From Earthbound Spirit to Tokyo Evil

As if in response to the priestesses' efforts, after the ceremony, Inaba Rika's raven Sefer finally fell into a deep sleep, which made them overjoyed.

Soon, the shikigami gradually woke up, and the shrine immediately became more lively.

The three rat gods each brought a team of spirit rats to play around and fight all day long, while Inaba Rika's crow god became the natural leader of the shrine's spirit crows, and even attracted a large number of wild common crows to gather here.

The huge flock of crows over Nishioku has become a new urban legend in Tokyo. Every morning, they will circle over the shrine for a long time before dispersing to various parts of Tokyo to look for food. In the evening, they will spontaneously gather over the shrine again, often circling for more than an hour before gradually descending into the woods around the shrine.

Many people were attracted to Nishio Hisahisa by this anomaly, but what greeted them were cold construction fences and security guards loyal to their duties. Someone used a telephoto lens from a high-rise building in the distance to take pictures of the grand shrine and huge excavation area within the fenced area, but before they could send out the news and photos, Akasaka agents had already come to their door. Not only did they confiscate all the negatives and storage devices, they also issued stern warnings to them and forced them to sign a confidentiality agreement that looked terrifying.

But supernatural events in Tokyo are no longer a secret. The intensive operations of the Styx Society for several months have already planted enough seeds of suspicion and fear. After the incidents in Odaiba and Roppongi and the later attacks in Shinjuku, Harajuku and other places, the number of witnesses, eyewitnesses and survivors has become so large that no matter how hard they try, they cannot be covered up.

Since these things could not be discussed on public platforms, people began to discuss them on personal websites, local area networks, and even through mobile phones and foreign websites. Various skepticism and conspiracy theories continued to emerge, and Akasaka had to shift his attention from preventing malicious and abnormal incidents to preventing the spread and expansion of rumors and hatred.

Shrines, temples, churches and gathering places of new religions also became places where people sought help and answers, but under the strict supervision of the Zonglian, various religious organizations that should have taken this opportunity to expand and make money had to stand on the side of Akasaka and do their best to quell the people's anxiety and anger.

"The cult will definitely take advantage of this opportunity to develop. If we can't continue to hide the truth, why not just make it public, at least part of it, so that people can calm down first?"

"The Miou countries haven't completely concealed the truth, right? Why can't we do the same as them instead of doing these futile things?"

Suspicion and resistance within Akasaka also began to spread. The actions of the Styx Society over the past few months have not only changed the general public, but in fact, the police and Akasaka who have always been on the front line facing those things have been changed more. The truth that has been quietly circulated among the masses may have been fueled by some of them.

"I'm very sorry!" Kuroda Koji's waist has been bent more than 90 degrees. Even M, who is not very familiar with Japanese etiquette, knows that this should be the most extreme posture except kneeling.

But what's the use?

They want someone who can solve problems, not someone who bows and apologizes to them all day long.

"If you can't do it, let someone who can do it!" J said impatiently.

The Imperial Palace that was destroyed by the werewolf is still under repair, but it will take at least three months to restore it to its original state. This makes J, who is temporarily in charge of the leadership of Tokyo Watch, very angry.

The only good news is that there is accurate intelligence indicating that the werewolf named Natalie has returned to Sapporo. Although she may sneak into Tokyo again at any time, at least on the surface, the conflict with the Cheka has come to an end.

But the new problem is no easier to solve than the werewolf. In a sense, because facing the thousands of people who already know the truth, continuing to cover up the truth may be more difficult than killing the werewolf.

After all, it is easy to turn a glass of water black, but it is almost impossible to turn black water white.

No matter how much they look down on Japan, in the current international environment, it is impossible for them to kill all those who know the truth and all those who doubt it for such a reason.

"If replacing me can solve the problem, then I will do it." Kuroda Koji still lowered his head, which had turned red from being drooped for a long time. "But... the current situation did not form overnight. Excuse me, given the current situation, I am afraid there is no way to solve the problem like in the past."

"So what do you think we should do?" M asked slowly.

"Reveal part of the truth." Kuroda Koji had obviously considered this plan thoroughly, and answered immediately. "We don't need to tell the public all the truth, but we can tell them part of the truth related to the Cheka. This can also divert the public's anger away from us and put all the blame on the Cheka. If it is done properly, it may even have a certain positive effect."

"Kuroda Koji, you don't know why Akasaka did this before, do you?"

"I know." Kuroda Koji leaned down heavily again. "But the situation is completely different! Japan today is no longer the Japan of the past. After years of continuous efforts, the Japanese people no longer have the ignorant and blind devotion they had in the past, and they almost no longer have a sense of national identity. Especially the new generation, it is almost impossible for anyone to incite them to die for the so-called ideals and justice. So..." He finally knelt down. "Please consider this plan! Even if it is just a small opening, the problem will be much easier to solve. Please!"

Chapter 104 I've heard of you for a long time, Ishino-san

J actually doesn't think there is anything wrong with opening this loophole, but he still has the most basic political qualities.

Good things don't need to be considered, but such things will definitely bring trouble. Therefore, the hole can be opened, but it cannot be opened in his hands, so that even if any problems occur in the future, it will not be linked to him.

He expected M, who was more nonchalant than him, to say something like "Just open it," but she just smiled and walked out.

J slammed his fist on the table, "Let's talk about this when Ishino comes back!"

"Yes." Kuroda Koji sighed deeply in his heart, stood up and walked out.

During this period, Ishino Shinjiro was not in the country. Instead, he went to the United States after leaving office and directly answered questions from Watchmen's important official A, while also trying to gain his support in recommending Kuroda Mitsuru as his successor.

The ranks and abilities of Overwatch's officers are not strictly in alphabetical order, but Officer A is an exception.

He was the first and most successful member of the experiment. All subsequent members of the Watcher were based on his experiment, but none of them could match him to such a high degree of success.

He founded the Watchmen organization together with the then President of the United States, and has served as its chief official since its inception. Although he does not directly interfere with the actions of other officials in various countries most of the time, as long as he opens his mouth, the other party will never refuse.

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Although he had received support from important person A when he took office as the acting head of Akasaka several years ago and had met him once, as the head of Akasaka who had to leave due to dereliction of duty, Ishino Shinjiro hardly received any due respect in the Watcher headquarters this time. Especially when the situation in Tokyo became worse and worse, even K "disappeared", Ishino Shinjiro became a coward in people's eyes. He was not received for many consecutive days and could not even be sure whether his meeting was submitted.

He had no choice but to ask J for help, and finally after being scolded across the ocean, he met with important official A. However, he was only given two minutes and had no chance to express his expectations.

"Who will take over should be decided by J and M. No matter who takes over this job, we only have one request, the situation in Tokyo cannot change in any way."

With great humiliation and disappointment, Ishino Shinjiro returned sadly, and the first news he heard was that Kuroda Koji boldly proposed to J to "open a gap".

"I'm now seriously doubting whether my decision was correct." He almost slapped Kuroda Koji in the face. "Didn't I tell you repeatedly when I asked you to take over this position that Akasaka must not ask for any changes? Even if changes are to be made, they can only be proposed by the important members of the Watchers? I've only been away for a few days, so my words are meaningless?"

"I'm sorry!" Kuroda Koji could only bow and apologize again. "But the current situation, the pressure from all sides is too great, I really have no other choice."

"Asshole! Idiot!" Ishino Shinjiro finally couldn't help cursing. "Sitting in this position means you have to bear pressure from all sides. If you can't even do this, then you might as well get out!"

"I'm really sorry!" Kuroda Koji could only say again.

"What's the point of saying this now?!" Ishino Shinjiro said angrily. "You've been with me for so long, don't you understand? J is much easier to deal with than K. You need to keep passing all kinds of bad news to him, so that he continues to be under pressure, and he will naturally be forced to seek a way out. Why are you so impatient to jump out? In this case, will he still consider this aspect? What an idiot!"

"terribly sorry!"

"Get out! I don't want to see you looking stupid!" Ishino Shinjiro cursed loudly, but the humiliation he suffered in the United States strangely disappeared.

Sure enough, Akasaka still can't do without him.

Kuroda Koji is still too young, and we must be under his supervision to ensure that no major problems occur.

"Go to the Imperial Palace!" he said to the driver. Then he began to call the heads of various departments in Akasaka, listening to their reports and giving them instructions.

Although there were people reporting to him what was happening in the United States, that was thousands of miles away after all. Only after he actually set foot on this land did he feel that everything was back under control.

After making several phone calls in succession, he gradually had an idea of ​​how to respond to J's questions.

Under the current circumstances, there is actually nothing wrong with Kuroda Koji's proposal, it's just that he is too eager.

Are you too eager to prove yourself?

Ishino Shinjiro sneered, and at this moment, there was suddenly another person beside him.

"Agent Ishino? I've heard of your name for a long time."

"Who are you?" Ishino Shinjiro's heart sank. How did he get into the car? Why didn't the detector sound an alarm?

The long knife in the man's hand pierced through the seat directly, nailing the bodyguard in the passenger seat silently to the seat.

The driver quietly reached for the emergency button, but the stranger's hand directly poked into his temple at this moment. The next second, his movements became stiff, but he operated the car meticulously and continued to drive forward steadily without even alarming the car behind.

"I have already resigned. There is no point in holding me hostage." Ishino Shinjiro calmed down at this time. He had no power to fight back anyway.

"Luckily you've resigned." The stranger said with a smile. "Otherwise, you would either be hiding in your shell in Akasaka or surrounded by a bunch of people. How could I have the chance to meet you like this?"

"What do you want?" asked Ishino Shinjiro.

"Of course, please give me a message to important person J." The stranger said with a smile, and suddenly inserted his finger into his temple.

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The car drove into the Imperial Palace. When passing the gatekeeper, the glass was lowered as required, and it was double-checked with documents and a detector.

There was nothing unusual, and they had been notified earlier that Ishino Shinjiro would be visiting.

"Agent Ishino, um, Mr. Ishino, please."

Ishino Shinjiro must have been worried about something, because he did not smile and nod to the guard as usual. Instead, he looked serious and did not look away.

The guard then stepped aside, tapped the car door gently, and signaled his companion to open the gate and let the car pass.

Two cars drove into the Imperial Palace one after the other, and drove directly to the Omiya Palace, which temporarily served as the headquarters of the Watchers, and stopped in front of the gate.

Someone came and opened the door.

Ishino Shinjiro stepped out of the car with a slightly stiff movement.

"Agent Ishino." People saluted him as usual. At this time, the large abnormal wave detector that had just been installed and debugged here suddenly beeped wildly.

Chapter 105 Bring a message

The person standing opposite Ishino Shinjiro was the first to suffer, but people only saw him fall to the ground as the alarm sounded, without even making the slightest reaction.

The next moment, the people standing in front of the Omiya Palace gate fell down one by one.

"Agent Ishino!" The Akasaka members in the two cars in front and behind of Ishino Shinjiro's bodyguards rushed out of the cars in surprise. The detector alarm sounded shrilly. Ishino Shinjiro, his personal bodyguard and his driver all got out of the car and stood among a pile of corpses, like the god of death.

Someone noticed the wooden expression on Ishino Shinjiro's face, which should never have appeared in such a situation, and then came to his senses. But before he could react, the invisible evil spirit pierced his heart.

The four people in the rear car all fell down instantly, and the four people in the front car immediately fled as quickly as possible, while issuing warnings at the same time.

However, the long sound of the alarm was enough to alert the people in the room. A moment later, J jumped directly from the balcony.

"J, I've heard of your great name for a long time!" Ishino Shinjiro still had no expression on his face. "This is a gift from me to celebrate your inauguration. Do you like it?"

J's face turned pale, he said nothing, raised his right hand, and used his telekinesis to strangle the evil spirit that had become more vicious after absorbing the spiritual energy of the deceased and was about to go into the house to continue killing.

The power of the important personnel was quite strong enough to restrain this kind of thing. It struggled frantically in the air, but was compressed and torn apart by J bit by bit, and had no power to resist at all.

Ishino Shinjiro's driver and bodyguard suddenly shot at J, but J blocked the bullet with his telekinesis just as it left the muzzle. He waved his left hand and the two of them flew towards the car next to them, and hit it heavily with a "bang". Their vertebrae were broken and their bodies flipped backwards, like two dolls thrown there.

J then stretched out his left hand towards Ishino Shinjiro and lifted him up with his telekinesis.

"Who are you?" Anger was burning in him.

"This is the opening of the new game." Ishino Shinjiro's tone was totally inconsistent with his expression. It was not his own voice. "The next game will be even more interesting. J, are you ready?"

"Get out of here!" J waved his right hand violently, and the evil spirit that killed more than a dozen agents was completely destroyed by him. He then used both hands to try to grab the thing that controlled Ishino Shinjiro's body out of his body, but at this time, a strange smile suddenly appeared on Ishino Shinjiro's dull face.

Bah!

Ishino Shinjiro's head suddenly exploded, and J hurriedly used his mental power to wrap up the blood and flesh fragments that were scattered around. Sure enough, there were many things like insect eggs mixed in there, as well as a large number of insect remains.

"Go get the A-level container!" J shouted loudly to the subordinates who had just rushed out, and at the same time controlled Ishino Shinjiro's body to prevent the same thing from remaining inside.

At this time, M finally appeared and controlled the other two bodies in the same way until agents in protective clothing arrived and carefully put the three bodies into containers and sealed them up tightly.

"How is this going?"

J did not answer M's question, but took his cell phone from a subordinate and immediately called Kuroda Koji.

"where are you?"

"Important Officer J, I just returned to the Akasaka headquarters." Kuroda Koji's voice sounded normal.

"Why didn't you come here with Ishino?" J asked immediately.

Kuroda Koji was silent for a moment: "Ishino Dai... Advisor Ishino hated the mistakes I made before, and asked me to come back and reflect on my mistakes. He will come over to explain it to you personally."

He suddenly realized something and asked in surprise: "What happened to him?"

"Does anyone else know his whereabouts?"

"I'll do it right away!" Kuroda Koji's voice sounded increasingly uneasy. "Excuse me...what happened to Advisor Ishino?"

"He was possessed by an evil spirit and is dead." J was in no mood to think about his words and said directly. "Send your best people here immediately and start investigating immediately!"

After hanging up the phone, he immediately began to contact the head of the Morioka agency and ordered them to immediately go on high alert to prevent the Cheka from sneaking in from Hokkaido again.

"I don't see what this has to do with the Cheka," said M.

"Even if we have nothing to do with them for the time being, do you think they will just sit there and do nothing when they see an opportunity?" J said angrily. "M, I'm asking you now, are you going to listen to my orders this time?!"

"Listen if it makes sense. Why should I listen if it doesn't make sense?" M began to check the car that Ishino Shinjiro was riding in. There was no sign of intrusion or destruction from the outside, but there were some clues left inside.

She soon noticed the marks on the back of the passenger seat. The clean cut immediately changed her nonchalant attitude.

She subconsciously touched the healed wound on her chest. The healing spell of the Skeleton Shrine was perfect. There was no trace left of the knife that pierced her heart. But she would never forget that scene. It seemed as if her heart was pierced again and even hurt slightly.

If she faced that guy again without anyone's help, would she be able to dodge the knife?

"I'll be away for a moment." She quickly got out of the car.

"A time like this?"

"I'll be back soon," said M. Then, ignoring J's roar, he got into the car in front and drove out of the Imperial Palace.

That guy might be hiding somewhere and watching what's going on here. Leaving alone might be walking into a trap, but she believed that the more unreasonable her actions were, the harder it would be for the enemy to find her flaws.

So, what could be more illogical than leaving at a time like this?

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Kuroda Koji was unable to even see Ishino Shinjiro's body because it had been transported to a US military laboratory in Yokosuka for research.