From Earthbound Spirit to Tokyo Evil

When the raccoon cat clan created the method of training spiritual pets, they probably never thought that a god would do such a thing personally. They certainly never thought that a god would have so much spiritual power that he could use pure spiritual energy to influence his spiritual pet all day long.

In just one week, Xia Chuan established a spiritual connection with Octopus Paul.

It must be said that this guy is indeed very smart. In a sense, Xia Chuan even thinks that he likes to think more than the black cat Moriyama Shengli. Without Xia Chuan's teaching, he already understands the status of different members of the family and his own position. He will actively try to express information to Moriyama Chiyu, but ignore the black cat.

Xia Chuan doesn't need to be fed at all, because it will use its tentacles to crawl out of the tank by itself, go to the shrimp tank to hunt for food, and even open the refrigerator door by itself to steal the fish inside.

It is also very brave, and even fought a fight with Moriyama in cat form, successfully scaring the black cat with ink and escaping back to the fish tank before the black cat got angry.

But what made Xia Chuan speechless the most was that as soon as they established a spiritual connection, it began to non-stop ask Xia Chuan all kinds of strange questions. What made him even more speechless was that these questions were completely unrelated, and many times illogical, or even just meaningless gibberish, but even noisier than when Xia Chuan occasionally wanted to listen to the prayers of the believers.

Because this sound was so degrading to his sanity, Xia Chuan had to frequently close the connection with it. It was not because he felt he was going crazy, but because this guy was just too annoying.

"If I had known this would happen, I would have raised squids." Xia Chuan couldn't help but complain.

"Let me take care of it." Chisuke Moriyama didn't think the squid was much better than the octopus, and of course she didn't think it was cute that the octopus Paul changed into various colors to show her. However, she was a very responsible person, and since it had become a part of this family, she felt that it should be given the care it deserved.

Besides, if I say something like this to its face, it should be sad, right?

But do octopuses have hearing?

"That's not necessary, but...oh, forget it." Xia Chuan was thankful that the octopus couldn't talk, otherwise, this guy would definitely drive a lot of people crazy.

But he didn't know that the next day, he accidentally forgot to take the octopus away. When Chiyu Moriyama passed by the fish tank, she unexpectedly saw a smiley face painted in bright red on the body of the octopus Paul.

"Are you thanking me?"

More inexplicable patterns appeared on Octopus Paul's body, most of which were pictures. One could even tell that they were Natsukawa, Moriyama Chiyu herself, and of course Octopus Paul himself.

"I don't understand at all... Wait a moment!"

Chisuke Moriyama quickly went to the bookstore, bought some picture and text cards for babies, and started showing them to Paul the Octopus.

She soon discovered that it was indeed deaf, but had very good eyesight, and could use its tentacles to sense tiny vibrations, thereby replacing part of its hearing.

Of course, the most important thing is that it quickly learned the simplest words and also learned to recognize her lip shapes.

That way, she can "talk" to it, and it can respond through the words on its body.

The intelligence and eagerness to learn of Paul the Octopus reminded Chiyu Moriyama of herself in the past to some extent. Moreover, she was very curious and wanted to know how far Paul could go.

So, when Xiachuan was not at home, she spent a lot of time teaching it to read.

"Master, I am your pet!" Moriyama Shengli reminded angrily.

"I'm just taking care of it for Kamiya-kun. You two should be good friends and stop quarreling!"

Octopus Paul immediately wrote on himself: "Don't worry, Sister Shengli takes good care of me."

"really?"

"Meow~!" The black cat jumped to the side angrily.

When Xia Chuan returned home, he was greeted by a black cat that was trying hard to be cute before he even entered the door.

"Victory, what's wrong with you?"

The black cat tried to draw on the ground with its claws, but it was not talented enough to draw something so complicated. It could only jump onto Xia Chuan's shoulder and whisper into his ear: "There's something wrong with that eight-legged monster! It deceived my master and is learning human writing!"

Learning characters? No way?

Xiachuan walked in immediately, but saw ripples on the surface of the fish tank. Octopus Paul opened all his tentacles and made a welcoming gesture, while Moriyama Chiyu was sorting the literacy cards with a little uneasiness.

"Let's buy a waterproof computer." Xia Chuan blurted out.

All the previous Shikigami had no desire to learn, and Octopus Paul was even just a pet... Was it because I, as a god, was too powerful, or was it because the octopus was an animal that was too magical?

Now that it has learned to read, what would happen if it were taught to use the Internet?

"Meow?" Moriyama shook his tail nervously.

How is this going?

Doesn't anyone think that this octopus monster is not a good thing?

Chapter 165 The Little Octopus Grows Up

Octopus Paul soon became a typical internet addict. If it didn't have to return to the fish tank frequently to replenish water, Xia Chuan felt that it would probably be like being sealed on the keyboard of a laptop, never leaving all day long.

Its eight tentacles tapped the keyboard very quickly, and it quickly learned to post messages and chat with people on the Internet. The massive amount of spam on the Internet perfectly satisfied its thirst for knowledge. However, Xia Chuan had to warn it every day not to foolishly expose its identity and location, and not to drive people crazy with chat.

He had to ask Manabu Asakawa to remotely operate the computer used by Paul to insure it from making low-level mistakes. Strangely, a pet soon became a "like-minded" netizen. Although Natsukawa had reminded Manabu Asakawa that he was facing only an octopus monster, after the initial surprise and hesitation, Manabu Asakawa quickly abandoned his prejudice and still made friends with Paul.

"Weird guy..." Since he was willing, Xia Chuan certainly did not interfere with such communication. Spirit pets are different from monsters. They are completely dependent on their masters. In a sense, Paul is even more trustworthy than Asakawa Manabu. Of course, the premise is that it can control its own thinking and desire to communicate, and not overwhelm Xia Chuan with a large amount of information.

The new semester is about to begin, but because there are too many things to do, Natsukawa and Moriyama Chiyu rarely participate in club activities.

The legend of the Tokyo University Victory Club attracted a large number of freshmen who wanted to join. However, without Natsukawa's approval, Kenta Sano did not dare to recruit new students. So, the Tokyo University Victory Club eventually became a secret base for this small group of people. Natsukawa still gave them financial support and occasionally stimulated their brains to maintain their enthusiasm and interest in this legendary profession of test-taker.

Although he was ready to fade out, he still wanted to make the Tokyo University winning team a legend in Aoba High School.

Given the Neon people's tradition of boasting and exaggerating, it is not impossible for this place to become a new urban legend in Tokyo's high school circles, or even a holy place for Tokyo test takers.

However, these things were just done casually. Xia Chuan had to focus his main energy on the new members of Scott's team, and secretly, it was naturally on the apprentice priestess, the demon swordsmen, and Octopus Paul.

This day has finally arrived.

Paul suddenly lost consciousness while surfing the Internet and collapsed directly on the keyboard, which also meant that the moment for him to become a Shikigami was about to come.

Xia Chuan has been keeping an eye on it, paying close attention to the changes in its spiritual power and the time it falls asleep.

Although not all spirit pets will become gigantic after becoming shikigami, Xia Chuan has probably found the pattern. They will always change according to some legends similar to themselves. According to this logic, Paul the octopus, who almost fills up half of the fish tank because of his good food and whose body size far exceeds the normal level of his kind, has a probability of becoming gigantic after becoming a shikigami of more than 50%.

In order to keep up with its changes, Xiachuan even had to plan a spontaneous trip with Chiyu Moriyama, renting a yacht to go out to the sea for fun.

And it finally woke up at the scheduled time, but because of its large size, Xia Chuan had to put it into the sea immediately.

"What's going on with me..." Paul was obviously not satisfied with his new form. One of his tentacle was now much thicker than his entire body before.

"I'm sorry, but with the current level of technology, you probably won't be able to access the Internet in the future," Xia Chuan said.

As a deity, he could easily talk to Paul, who was directly below the yacht.

Octopus Paul fell into deep thought for a rare time, but he quickly accepted this reality and began to try to adapt to the new environment and his new lifestyle.

I have to say that the octopus is really an animal with super adaptability.

"Let's try the effect of the multiplication technique while it's still dark." Xia Chuan said.

The yacht suddenly bulged upwards, causing Chiyu Moriyama to scream. A moment later, Paul flattened his body in time, allowing the yacht, which was accidentally lifted up by him, to return steadily to the sea.

The water of Tokyo Bay could no longer conceal Paul's normal form. When the huge tentacles crawled up from the sea, revealing terrifying huge suction cups and eyes bigger than bathtubs staring at them in the dark, Xiachuan didn't care, but Chiyu Moriyama and Black Cat Victory beside him were so scared that they couldn't speak.

Even in their nightmares, they had never seen such a huge creature. It was simply not something that should appear in the human world. It was a monster hiding in the deepest part of people's nightmares.

Xia Chuan was quite satisfied with this scene because it was exactly the result he wanted.

"Paul, see how long it takes you to master this spell."

The result was one hour, and what surprised Xia Chuan even more was that when he suddenly had an idea and tentatively asked Paul to learn the Iron Body, it also showed great talent.

Octopuses can change their shapes quickly, and can even make their smooth body surface as rough as seabed sand, and their fragile flesh can become tough. This spell seems to be tailor-made for them.

So, what about more spells?

The fireball spell was completely insensitive, and the ground spear, wind blade, and spirit arrow were also insensitive. However, although he had not mastered the ice arrow and ice shield spells immediately, he had obvious reactions, which seemed promising. What surprised them the most was that Octopus Paul mastered the concealment technique in almost no time, and even turned it into invisibility. The tentacles and huge body that had a huge pressure on Moriyama Chiyu suddenly disappeared in that instant. Although Xiachuan could still see it, neither Moriyama Chiyu nor the black cat could sense its existence through vision.

“This is really…” Chiyu Moriyama suddenly felt a little dizzy and even began to doubt her life.

It's ok that he can't beat Xia Chuan, but even an octopus...

At this time, Paul suddenly revealed his body, and a huge smiling face soon appeared on his body.

When it didn't know how to read and couldn't communicate with anyone except Xia Chuan, it showed a smile for the first time.

"Thank you very much." Words began to appear on its body, and it also realized the fear of Chiyu Moriyama and Black Cat, and carefully hid all its suckers. "I will never hurt you, and I will always remember the happy time I spent with you."

Chiyu Moriyama suddenly felt like crying. She seemed to see again the weak and helpless little octopus that had just been brought in and was hiding under the rocks in the fish tank.

The fear suddenly disappeared, and she took a step forward, reached out and gently stroked one of its tentacles, looking into its eyes.

"We'll come to see you often, Paul."

The smiley face appeared again on the surface of the octopus's body. Although it couldn't laugh, it laughed in this way.

"Well, goodbye for now." Xia Chuan sighed slightly beside him.

Every time things develop, there will always be a deviation from what he imagined, but he doesn't hate such deviations.

Chapter 166 The rumbling wind

On the way back, Natsukawa and Chiyu Moriyama were talking about how the octopus Paul fell into the sea and escaped when they were not paying attention, which was also a footnote to the sudden disappearance of the pet at home.

For Xia Chuan, all the conditions for what he wants to do are already in place, so he can start taking action.

Of course, the good days of some people will also be over.

Black Cat Victory had to quietly leave home in the middle of the night, and with the help of the crows, flew to the Yokota base in the west, and temporarily hid nearby. The two members of the Demon Sword Clan who could control the power of the ghost mask and the demon sword at the same time also left the gentle hometown where they had been immersed for more than a month, under the assignment of Kiryu Ichiryu, and hid in the Zama base and Atsugi base southwest of Tokyo, respectively, to prepare for their first mission.

Xia Chuan despised the act of massacring civilians. At the same time, it was meaningless to weaken the power of the US Army and the Watchers. Since one of the most important parts of the Watchers' power was the US military's strong military strength, especially the powerful air force, what could more directly show the Watchers' powerlessness than the casualties of the US Army, and at the same time shake the US Army's confidence and weaken the Watchers' power?

"Kill the pilots." Xia Chuan gave this order. "Kill as many American pilots as possible while giving priority to your own safety. It doesn't matter what actions you take, I just want this result."

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"Killed with one knife. Because the knife was too sharp and too thin, it went straight into the heart and was pulled out at an extremely fast speed without even causing heavy bleeding." Derek looked solemnly at the body lying in the toilet in front of him.

He leaned against the wall of the toilet cubicle, his eyes closed, as if he was drunk and asleep.

Derek imagined the process in his mind.

The victim entered the toilet, and the other party, who may have followed him, saw that the toilet was empty, immediately drew his knife, then supported his body, placed him on the toilet, and let his body lean against the wall. Finally, he closed the cubicle door and left calmly.

The whole process may take less than ten seconds.

He himself was also a good knife user and could have carried out the assassination with the same simple movements and in a short time, but it was impossible for him to cause such a minor wound.

"What do you think? Is he a killer or an alien?" Xia Chuan asked before him.

Scott's team and key personnel J could ignore the deaths of Tokyo civilians and even officials, but they could not ignore the deaths of American military officers.

This was the fourth airman to die in a similar manner in a bar near the base within a week, and otherwise it would not have alarmed them.

"It can't be a killer," Derek said. "It's definitely not human."

"Then what should we do? Set up an ambush nearby?" Xia Chuan continued to ask.

He was very sure that there was no surveillance camera around that captured the murderer, because he had a better understanding of the investigative methods of Akasaka and Scott's team. Before taking action, his men would always destroy the nearby surveillance cameras first, or take the videotapes or hard drives away directly after the crime was completed.

"Do you think they'll do it in the same place for the fifth time in a row?" Derek asked.

The slap in the face came soon, but this time it was not in the bar. The fifth pilot died quietly in his mistress's bed. Because the wound was on his back and there was almost no bleeding, the mistress did not even realize his death and thought he was too tired. It was not until noon when she came to wake him up that she saw a small amount of blood on the quilt and noticed the stiffness of his body.

The base quickly issued a ban prohibiting all military personnel from leaving the base.

But the same death incident soon occurred at another US military base, forcing all US military bases stationed in Nepal to issue a ban at the same time.

The Scott team and the personnel transferred from Akasaka desperately searched for possible clues near the scene of the incident, such as surveillance videos, witnesses, and insiders, but they always found nothing. While they were investigating, a vicious and unusual incident suddenly occurred in Yokota Base.

It was almost exactly the same as the incident that happened more than a year ago. The pilots who were unable to go out due to the ban gathered together to have fun, but while they were partying, evil spirits suddenly appeared from nowhere and took their lives, and then disappeared silently.

The incident more than a year ago at least had a possible cause, and the evil spirit was successfully dealt with, but this time, they didn't even have a clue.

Not only that, as if to slap him in the face, on the morning of the second day when J came to Yokota Air Base to stay overnight to stabilize the morale of the troops, four pilots and a dozen ground crew members who were preparing to have breakfast in the base restaurant were suddenly attacked by evil spirits. J only had time to see their bodies and their dead faces, and did not even see the shadow of the evil spirits.

"This is just the beginning." These words were written in ketchup on the floor of the restaurant, which, combined with the corpses scattered all over the floor, added an extra layer of irony.

J was furious and patrolled the Yokota base for several days in a row, trying to find the mastermind behind the scenes. All the members of Scott's team had to accompany him and go crazy for several days, but everything suddenly became quiet, and nothing happened for many days in a row.

A similar incident suddenly occurred in Tokyo. A major shareholder of a listed company was suddenly attacked and killed by an evil spirit at home. The next day, a senior police officer of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department was stabbed to death from behind in the underground garage of his apartment.

The Styx seemed eager to show its presence, but J and M were so overwhelmed by the death of a large number of pilots that they had no time to care about what was happening over there.

Tokyo, which had been peaceful for a short while, suddenly became tense.

At this time, the Skeleton Shrine in Nishiohisa suddenly welcomed a lot of customers. Among them were entrepreneurs who had had good relationships with the shrine before, and politicians who had just heard about the inside story of the Skeleton Shrine. Their requests were quite consistent. They hoped to obtain a bronze mirror from the Skeleton Shrine that could block the sneak attacks of evil spirits.

The fatal blow probably couldn't do anything, but at least it could prevent them from dying miserably at the hands of the evil spirit.

"My Lord God, what should we do?" Kana Nomiya immediately asked God for advice.