From Earthbound Spirit to Tokyo Evil

The bronze mirrors that Xia Chuan sent with the crows were not enough. Moreover, under the current circumstances, wasn’t the price set previously too low?

"It would be a waste not to make money if it's delivered to your door." Xia Chuan responded quickly and immediately sent her another batch of bronze mirrors.

So... Kana Nomiya's heart immediately calmed down. Although she was a little nervous about having too much money and was increasingly afraid of commissions of millions or tens of millions, she quickly introduced a new policy.

Ten bronze mirrors will be released every five days, starting at 20 million yen. Each person is limited to purchasing one at a time. There is only one chance to bid in a blind bid, and the highest bidder wins.

Chapter 167 Patriots

Because this was the first time this was done, and the three Nomiya sisters had never hosted such a large event before, they didn't know how many people they had to receive and how to receive them, so in the end, they had no choice but to ask Akasaka for help.

Of course, Akasaka has never done such a thing. However, among Akasaka's affiliated companies is a famous auction house in Tokyo. Many antiques that were confiscated by Akasaka and cleared of the spiritual power, will power and resentment attached to them were sold through them in exchange for the funds needed to maintain Akasaka.

Therefore, they quickly got the operation plan for this type of auction, and even borrowed various props and resources needed, and cooperated with the personnel temporarily transferred from Akasaka to complete the relevant preparations.

"The auctioneer said that because it is the first time and the items being sold are so precious, the total transaction amount may reach 2 billion, or even exceed 3 billion!" Nomiya Kana was so excited that she almost fainted. Although she looked calm and peaceful in front of others, when she was praying to Natsukawa alone in the main hall, Natsukawa felt that the blood vessels in her brain were about to burst.

It's just money, what's the big deal...

Two billion, and every five days... Although the price will certainly drop after the bronze mirrors are supplied in large quantities, how many wealthy businessmen and politicians in Tokyo can afford this price? How many of their wives, children, and other important people are there? There should be no fewer than a few thousand people, right? Even if the base price is 20 million yen per bronze mirror, it is still a business worth tens of billions or even hundreds of billions.

Of course, the more crucial thing is that the bronze mirror provided by Xia Chuan is not a one-time item that is valid forever after purchase. Instead, it is a consumable item that becomes invalid after one use. It will not accumulate and eventually depreciate wildly.

If there is a real problem of poor sales, all we need to do is send Shengli out to quietly launch an evil spirit attack and consume some of those bronze mirrors...

Alas... Xia Chuan shook his head and drove such dangerous and despicable thoughts out of his mind.

I am the only god in Tokyo, how can I...

Everyone was busy preparing for the auction that was to begin in a few hours. At this moment, a man suddenly walked into the main hall quietly and stopped in front of the shrine.

"Master Kailin, Master Kaitani, haven't you always wanted to know who the traitor in Akasaka is? Please come to me and talk to me. I promise that I will give you a satisfactory answer. Please talk to me. This concerns the safety and future of Tokyo. Please!"

Someone passed by and the person walked out immediately.

Akasaka's traitor?

Why didn't you report to Kuroda Koji but came to me instead?

Xia Chuan's curiosity was really aroused.

That guy is 100% human, and he should have never appeared in front of Natsukawa before. Judging from his actions in the shrine, he should be a member of Akasaka and his level is not low.

Interesting...

This guy drove away from the shrine quickly, but not very fast, as if he was waiting for Natsukawa to send crows to follow. So, Natsukawa really sent out a group of crows to follow the car, heading north all the way to the bank of the Sumida River.

The man quickly parked the car in an open space, then got out and looked up at the flock of crows flying in the sky. Xia Chuan then controlled them to land directly.

"My name is Baba Hiroshi, and I'm the head of the General Affairs Section of the Akasaka Regional Department. Nice to meet you, thank you for your guidance!"

"Regional Department?" Xia Chuan said through one of the crows.

Although he has been dealing with Akasaka for quite some time, there are so many different departments under it and there is no need to understand them all, so Natsukawa is not really sure what kind of department it is.

"We are the department responsible for other counties and cities outside the 23 wards of Tokyo," Baba Hiroshi explained immediately. "We are relatively independent in terms of business."

Xiachuan is no longer completely ignorant of Japan. According to this guy, the area that this regional department is in charge of is quite large, and there are also densely populated and economically developed places like Kanagawa, so the power and authority should be strong.

"Who is the traitor?" Xia Chuan asked immediately.

He actually always had an answer in his heart, but he never had the chance to confirm it.

"You should ask, who are the traitors?" Baba Hiroshi replied.

Xia Chuan immediately understood what he meant: "Are you one of the traitors?"

"Yes." Baba Hao answered frankly.

A flock of crows perched high on the embankment and stared at him, but he had obviously prepared for the worst and was not moved.

"You're not here to turn yourself in, are you?"

"Of course not." Baba Hao replied. "Although I am not qualified to negotiate any terms with you, the current situation has deteriorated to the point where it is likely to affect the overall situation. Therefore, we have no choice but to contact the Skeleton Society in this way, hoping to reach a consensus on some urgent issues."

"You are indeed not qualified." Xia Chuan said. "Let your leader come and talk to me."

As the temporary acting head of Akasaka, Kuroda Koji could only serve cautiously in front of Mukuroki. The guy in front of him was at least three levels lower than Kuroda Koji, so what qualifications did he have to talk about this?

"I'm sorry, but we don't have a recognized leader." Baba Hao sighed. "We are just a group of people who have come together because of the same ideals and aspirations. There is no distinction between high and low among us, so I'm very sorry."

These guys... If Xia Chuan didn't know that there was a similar tradition in Neon history, and it happened not just once or twice, but repeatedly in different historical eras, and to a large extent even determined the history of Neon as a country, he really wouldn't be able to believe what he said.

"Then how can I trust you to represent others?"

"I can't represent them." Baba Hao sighed again. "A considerable number of people still place their hopes on the Styx Society, but I and some others believe that the Skeleton Society is more rational and restrained, and has deeper goodwill towards the people of Akasaka and Neon. The Skeleton Society's way of doing things and its philosophy are also closer to ours. So, I am not here today to get anything from you, but I hope that the Skeleton Society can trust us and accept us as aspiring people in some form."

"Chief of the Army?" Xia Chuan couldn't help but start to wonder if this was some stupid trap. But if this was a trap, it was really too exaggerated.

Chapter 168 Admonition

"If that's the case, why don't you give me the list so I can investigate?" Xia Chuan asked with a sneer.

"It's ready." Baba Hao immediately took out a piece of paper from his arms and carefully spread it out in front of the crow.

There are twenty-five people listed above, most of them are department heads or acting department heads. Only Baba Hiroshi and three others are section chiefs. It is worth mentioning that, judging from the departments they belong to, most of them are related to the scene or are cadres affiliated with the mobile forces. There is also one who seems to be the head of a special agency responsible for the placement of disabled persons.

It is worth mentioning that among them are even two squad leaders of the special assault force of the headquarters that Kuroda Mitsuru had just established.

"These are the core members. There are many more grassroots personnel who are not listed here." explained Hao Baba.

Is it because you often have to face the scene, fight with all kinds of aliens, and face tragic deaths, injuries and disabilities, that you have a particularly strong desire to change the status quo?

At least judging from this list, what Baba Hiroshi said should be true. However, Natsukawa is not ready to accept the joining of these so-called "patriots" immediately.

"Are these the only ones? Or are you avoiding those who support the Styx?"

Baba Hiroshi was silent for a moment: "Although there are differences on the specific route, they are still our comrades in driving out the three countries' garrisons and gaining the self-determination and independence of the Japanese nation, so..."

"Will they think so too?" Xia Chuan asked. "If they think so, will the Styx think so too?"

"We didn't have a very close relationship with the Styx Society before," said Maba Hao. "After all, their philosophy is very different from ours. Moreover, we only provided them with a small amount of intelligence to help them make plans, and they didn't know our specific identities."

"So, when you meet on the scene, neither of you will show mercy."

Baba Hao nodded silently, and then said: "So, those people are trying to guide the Styx to minimize the harm to civilian targets and turn their attention to people with higher status and position. In this way, the Styx will not have to continue to cause a large number of casualties and can still attract widespread attention and influence, and our chances of direct encounters with them will be greatly reduced."

Rather than being like-minded, it feels more like a kind of Stockholm syndrome. Because they were killed so badly by the other side, and the upper level had no corresponding countermeasures at all, and could only let the grassroots die blindly, so as a grassroots commander, caught between the pain of his subordinates and the pressure of his superiors, he had to imagine that the opponent was a comrade with similar ideas as himself, trying to attract the opponent's attention to other directions, in this way to achieve self-rescue?

What a pathetic and pitiful group of people.

"So, you don't have much information about the Styx Society?"

"That's true," said Maba Hiroshi. "Moreover, we paid a great price to gain the limited trust of the Styx. Perhaps it is because they have invested too much hope and price in the early stage that they cannot easily change their ways and admit that their choice was wrong."

"Now that you already know this, are you still prepared to just watch them continue to pay the price?"

Ma Chang Hao was silent again. After more than ten seconds, he replied: "We can't prove that our ideas are definitely correct, nor can we prove that they are definitely wrong. So, at least before the final result comes out..."

Separate the bets to ensure that no matter who the final winner is, Akasaka will always be among them?

This was quite frank, but it could not satisfy Xia Chuan.

"The Skeleton Society will not accept people with mixed thoughts." The list suddenly burned fiercely, and turned into ashes a moment later. "You can continue to fight for your so-called ideals in your own way. As long as you don't hinder us, we will not regard you as an enemy. This is also our attitude towards Akasaka and ordinary civilians."

"What exactly is your purpose?" asked Ma Changhao. "Can you tell us?"

"Let's build a world where aliens can live peacefully like ordinary people." Xia Chuan said.

"The three major countries cannot possibly agree with such a world, especially the Americans. Therefore, our ideals do not conflict at all. On the contrary..."

Unfortunately, Xia Chuan didn't want to talk to him about ideals. He didn't care who was in charge of Neon, and he had no interest in so-called national self-determination and independence. On the contrary, he was still a little happy that Daxia had the right to manage a large piece of land in Neon.

"What did you mean when you said the situation had deteriorated?" He was ready to end this conversation, which he thought was meaningless, as soon as possible.

"You should know about the new alien organization that recently appeared in Tokyo?" asked Hiroshi Baba.

"What do you mean?" Xia Chuan became slightly alert. "A new alien organization? Isn't it the Styx Society?"

"We have confirmed through various channels that the Onimian, Yaodao, and Tengu, who caused many incidents some time ago, have nothing to do with the Styx Society." Baba Hao's attitude became a little anxious. "They have also recently carried out many attacks specifically targeting US military pilots!"

"It has nothing to do with the Styx?" It should be impossible for Baba Hao to see the change in the expression on Crow's face, and Crow's voice itself was also very strange, so he should not be able to hear any emotional changes. "Since it is aimed at the US military, it should be your comrades. Why are you so nervous?"

"Because their actions are likely to attract the attention of the Watchers!" Baba Hiroshi answered immediately. "No matter how many civilians, politicians and businessmen the Styx will kill, as long as it does not directly affect the interests of the United States, they will not take any further action. But this time, all the dead were American pilots, which is equivalent to the annihilation of an entire squadron. It is already more casualties than a small-scale war! If this continues, the US military's military strength in the Western Pacific will be seriously affected! The Watcher headquarters will definitely send stronger and more powerful officials to take over Tokyo. In that case, everything we have done before will come to naught! So, Skeleton... Well, Lord God, we really can't get in touch with the members of this organization. If possible, please ask the Skeleton Society to stop them, or at least let them know the consequences of continuing to do so. If their goals are similar to ours, then they may become our companions instead of enemies. Even if not, they won't want to attract more powerful enemies, right?"

His words made Xia Chuan stunned for a moment.

Because his previous idea was to let Paul try to destroy a destroyer in Yokosuka.

However, what Baba Hiroshi said does make sense. If we do this, isn’t it a bit too exaggerated?

The US military doesn't have that many warships in Japan, right?

"Understood. I will try to contact them, but there is no guarantee as to what they will do. So leave it at that."

Chapter 169 Detour

The appearance of Hiroshi Baba is not surprising. Although the money-making model has been opened, the Skeleton Shrine still insists on providing free medical treatment to Akasaka members in addition to the trading of magic tools. Although there are not many lucky people who are so seriously injured that the hospital cannot treat them but can survive from the scene to the Skeleton Shrine, these examples have given ordinary members of Akasaka a tangible hope.

Even if they are all willing to die for the Japanese people, no one will refuse the chance to survive.

Compared to the Akasaka upper echelons and even the important members of Tokyo Watch who did nothing but let them die, the goodwill of the Skeleton Shrine was known to more and more Akasaka members.

From the initial warnings, intelligence, direct assistance to the current treatment, even the most demanding people in Akasaka cannot ignore the goodwill shown by the Skeleton Society. Although many of them still insist that there must be an ulterior conspiracy behind the Skeleton Society's actions, compared with the performance of the Tokyo Watchmen who are high above and should have been on their side, such words are becoming less and less powerful.

However, even if they wanted to join, Xia Chuan would not accept it.

The significance of these people to him does not lie in the direct help they provide him; their value if they do not join is far greater than if they join.

But Maba Hiroshi's last words made him think about whether he was really too hasty in responding to the US military's actions.

"You ask me these? Are you serious? What answers do you think you can get from me? After all, I'm just an idol singer!" Hitomi Kamio looked at him with a silly face.

"Can you please stop being so weird? Even if you don't care about these things, you have experienced history, right?" Xia Chuan was a little helpless.

But it would be better to say that there are no people around him with whom he can discuss these topics on an equal footing.

Apart from Kamio Hitomi, who he knew was not very reliable, he really didn't know who to talk to.

"My experience will probably only have the opposite effect on you." Kamio Hitomi put away that expression, imitated him, and sighed heavily. "Didn't I do more harm than good in the previous incident with Yiyou? Moreover, in the history I have experienced, all the actions were eventually proven to be wrong. Although there is also the saying of learning from failure, the world has changed so much now. Do you really think the experience of past failures can be useful?"

"What about your intuition? Do you think what he said makes sense?"

"I don't know." Kamio Hitomi still refused to give a definite answer. "Maybe you should ask your own intuition. Why did you want to do that before? Why are you hesitating now? What is the difference in between? If you figure out the answers to these questions, then you will know what to do next."

Why did you do that before?

Of course, it is because doing so can directly strike at the power of the US military and Tokyo Watch.

Compared with J and M, these modern weapons pose a greater threat to all the people and things that Xia Chuan cares about at this moment.

He could easily pin J and M to the ground at the same time, but he could not guarantee that all the people he wanted to protect would survive under the attack of a large number of missiles and bombs.

Planes, ships, artillery, the Watchers actually used to rule this land were not the telekinesis of J and M, but these killing machines controlled by ordinary American soldiers. What Xia Chuan was most worried about was naturally the ultimate killing weapon that had actually maintained world peace since the war.

Why are you hesitating now?

Of course, it is because Baba Hiroshi's warning is not groundless. If he were a senior executive of the Watchers, if too many things really happened in Tokyo, and even shook the balance of the existing system, they would definitely withdraw the incompetent J and M and send more capable officials.

"Didn't you consider this possibility before you took action?" asked Hitomi Kamio.

"Of course I have considered it, but..."

"Just?" Kamio Hitomi asked thoughtfully, playing with her hair. "I suddenly don't understand what your purpose is. Do you want to drive away the Watchers and rule Tokyo yourself? Or do you want to seek some special power and influence? Or, is it really just like you have always said, hoping to live in the sun?"

"What a joke, I have never thought about ruling anywhere." Xia Chuan shook his head.

"why?"

"Why? No reason, I just think it's troublesome and meaningless." Xia Chuan answered. "I don't want to bear such a big responsibility. It may be a bit selfish to say this, but I just want to enjoy the result of peace and prosperity, and I don't want to make any efforts for it. Politics, economy, finance, diplomacy, etc., just thinking about it makes my head hurt. After becoming the ruler, all the problems that Akasaka is facing now will be mine, why should I suffer that?"

"There have been rulers in history who did nothing!"

"Just a name, but with all the responsibilities that come with it, and facing the hostility of the whole world, what is the meaning of such a rule?"

Kamio Hitomi shook her head and then asked, "So, if you don't drive the watchers away, what you want to do is to make the watchers accept and ignore your existence?"