From Earthbound Spirit to Tokyo Evil

Still shaking his head.

The relationship between the two is not good enough for Kimoto to go further. In fact, she has no obligation to consider the future for Yui Aoki, but for some reason, although their appearance and personality are completely different, when she sees her, Kimoto can't help but think of her sister.

If she hadn't died at the hands of the cultists, she would have been exactly the same age as Yui.

"You don't want to go to school because someone is bullying you?"

Still shaking his head.

Although Natsukawa said that she could tell the truth after leaving out the things about herself, Aoki Yui really didn't have the confidence that she could not make any mistakes after speaking.

So, she decided that no matter what Mu Yuan said, she would not say a word.

This attitude of not cooperating at all made Mu Yuan a little angry: "Where is your father? Doesn't he care about you if you don't go to school?"

After she blurted out this sentence, she immediately regretted it, because she recalled at this moment that Yui Aoki's father was an extremely irresponsible alcoholic and violent person. If Aoki really refused to go to school for the reason she thought, in addition to the school who turned a blind eye to the bullying, this incompetent father was definitely one of the reasons.

"I'm sorry," she said immediately.

Yui Aoki couldn't help but want to say that there was no need to apologize, but in the end she just shook her head.

"If the people who bullied you are Ayano Minami and Yuuki Yoko, then you don't have to worry about them anymore." In the end, Kimoto held back his sermon and decided to just tell her the news. Although he couldn't tell her the real reason, if it could get her back to school, then her trip would not be in vain.

"They won't be at Higashioku High School anymore. If you're not going to school because of them, then I hope you can consider going back to school. I'm not saying you have to go to college, but at least you should get a high school diploma. That way, when you want to start over, you'll at least have a chance."

She stood up, said goodbye to Yui Aoki and left. After she walked a few steps away, Yui Aoki finally spoke for the first time.

"Excuse me...what do you mean when you say they will no longer appear at Dongwei High?"

"They are both dead." Kimoto decided to tell the truth, because if Yui really returned to school, she would know this fact immediately. "Ayano Minami committed suicide not long ago, and Yuuki Yoko died of a sudden heart disease. The education department will definitely investigate and guide the school bullying situation in Higashio High School, so after you go back, the things that bothered you before will never happen again."

"They're all dead?" Yui Aoki's reaction was more surprised than she expected. "You mean, Konan and Yoko are both dead?"

"Yes. When you were absent, something happened in the school that embarrassed them all. Someone took a photo and posted it on the Internet. Ayano Minami committed suicide because she couldn't bear the pressure. Not long after that, Yuuki Yoko also died due to health reasons."

Yui Aoki lowered her head as she spoke, which surprised Kimoto. Could it be that her previous guess was completely wrong? Ayano Minami and Yuuki Yoko were not opponents of Yui Aoki, but friends?

"Um...thank you for coming to tell me this news. I will think carefully about going back to school. Thank you!"

"Well, take care. I'll come see you again if I have time."

After watching Kimoto walk away, Aoki Yui slowly walked back, but her mood was a tangled mess.

She knew what was going on without Mu Yuan saying much. She had originally decided to completely forget everything about that school and live a good life with her guardian spirit.

but now……

He did that for me.

The cell phone in her bag suddenly rang. She looked up and found that she had walked downstairs to the apartment without realizing it.

[Yui, are you okay? ]

"I'm fine." Yui Aoki raised her head and tried her best to smile.

【Why did she come to you? 】

This is all my fault and has nothing to do with Mr. Guardian Spirit.

"She heard about my skipping classes and came to me to persuade me to go back. I told her I would think about it, and she went back."

【That’s all?】

Xiachuan was a little confused. Wasn’t Mu Yuan here because of Ayano Minami’s death?

He looked at Aoki who seemed a little uneasy but still tried to smile, and decided to keep the fact that Ayano Minami's evil spirit had come to hide.

The whole thing was my own decision and had nothing to do with Yui. Besides, everything has been resolved, so there's no need to make her feel unnecessary self-blame and panic because of it.

"Yes, that's it." Yui Aoki answered with an effortful smile.

Let me take care of this matter myself, so that Yui/Guardian Spirit-san doesn't have to bear more pressure.

The two of them thought the same thing.

Chapter 27 Suspicion

After saying goodbye to Yui Aoki, standing on the side of the road, Kimoto Juri suddenly felt a little dazed.

Since joining Akasaka, she has become accustomed to the busy life every day. The occasional relaxing time, even for just a few hours, makes her feel at a loss and she doesn't know what to do.

Is it really like what my predecessors said, go home, take a hot bath, and then have a good sleep?

She looked at the time and decided to go back to Higashio High School one last time to sort out any clues that she had missed. Then, just like Tachibana Koichi said, she would let this matter go completely.

What she never expected was that when she subconsciously asked the students in Class C of the first year about Yui Aoki, she got an unexpected answer.

"Aoki? She and Konan are friends? Don't be ridiculous. She was the one who was bullied the most before."

"Yeah, wasn't it because they took Aoki to the bathroom to take pictures that the day Konan and the others got into trouble?"

"Was Aoki Yui present at the scene that day?" Kimoto confirmed again in surprise.

"Yes, but she seemed to have left early. Was it her father who came to pick her up?"

"Aoki Yui's father?" Kimoto was surprised again.

"Yeah, what a horrible person!"

The following information surprised Kimoto even more. The information related to Yui Aoki was fine. According to the students' description, Yui Aoki's father was an extremely good fighter. He looked ordinary and even kept apologizing to everyone. But in fact, he was a ruthless man who could smash the desk into pieces with one punch!

"Is this the person?" Mu Yuan immediately asked the headquarters to send a photo of Aoki Takeshi to her mobile phone. Although the students were not quite sure, most of them finally thought that it should be this person.

Smash the desk with one punch?

Mu Yuan studied the desk of Dongwei Gao. Although it was not particularly sturdy, it was almost impossible for non-professionals to achieve the level described by the students. According to the information she had, Aoki Takeshi should never have practiced martial arts. Although he had many violent behaviors, they were all drunken fights, and the injuries to the opponents were never serious.

How could such a person achieve this?

"There was indeed such a person that day, but it was Teacher Abe who called him over." This was the security guard's testimony.

"What nonsense! I did call him, but he never answered the phone. How could I possibly get him to come to school?" said the head teacher of Class C, Grade 1.

Mu Yuan checked the surveillance video at the school gate that day and found that Aoki Takeshi had indeed entered the school at that time. The surveillance video in the corridor also captured him running all the way, but in the end it was another person who took Aoki Yui away.

"Ah, it should be Mr. Kyogoku, right? But... I remember seeing him at the door of the women's restroom, right? He took off his coat to cover the girls."

"I definitely never left the school, let alone took students away." Mr. Kyogoku, who arrived later, was very surprised by the video. "Is this a video of our school? Could it be a prank by some students? Don't we have that kind of technology now?"

"I understand. Thank you for your cooperation. I will take these videotapes away." Mu Yuan has gradually calmed down from his initial shock.

After leaving the school, she immediately called Tachibana Koichi.

There was loud music and a woman's voice on the other end, but she ignored it. After confirming that it was Tachibana Hirokazu who answered the phone, she immediately said, "We've discovered a transformation incident, senior, please come over immediately!"

"Mu Yuan, aren't you working too hard?" An hour later, Tachibana Hiroichi hurried over, reeking of alcohol and the scent of women's makeup, which made Mu Yuan give him a fierce look.

"What? It's a rare half-day off, can't you relax a little?" Tachibana Hiroichi said with a guilty conscience.

"I have checked the surveillance videos along the way out of the school. Two cameras are broken and one has been covered by the back camera. Only five cameras captured the scene at that time."

There was a device for playing surveillance video in the car. Tachibana Hirokazu slapped his cheeks hard and watched it attentively.

"There were two of them when she passed by the store, but when she appeared in the next video, there was only one person."

"This is the video footage from the school corridor at the time. You can see that Kyogoku was indeed in the crowd. But the camera was not facing the girls' restroom, so there is no way to know what was going on at the time."

"So..." Tachibana Hiro nodded. "The biggest question now is, does Aoki Yui know that Mr. Kyogoku who took her out of school is a fake? If she knows, does she know the true identity of this 'person', where did they meet, and are they still in contact? If she doesn't know, why did this 'person' come to save her, and why did he take her out of school on purpose?"

"What kind of alien can transform to this extent?" Mu Yuan asked.

"A lot of them are fine, but after so many years, their absolute number should be small. Anyway, let's take these videos back to headquarters for analysis first."

Mu Yuan hesitated.

"You want to go find Yui Aoki? Absolutely not!"

"I just went to see her at noon, and the abnormal fluctuation detector didn't respond at all."

"Have you looked for her?! Just because there wasn't any back then doesn't mean there won't be any now. There are many types of aliens, and all kinds of methods are emerging one after another. Instruments can only be used as a reference, not the only basis for judgment!" Tachibana Hirokazu's expression became serious. "What did you say to her?"

"I told her about the deaths of Ayano Minami and Yuuki Yoko. Her surprise must not be fake!"

"But this is just your subjective judgment. If she had been prepared for this, it wouldn't be difficult for her to perform this expression. Kimoto, until the investigation is thorough, you can no longer regard Yui Aoki as an ordinary person.

Have you ever thought about how we met her? What if she memorized the summoning rituals of those cultists and used them to summon some kind of monster? Ayano Minami's death may not really be suicide, and the one who killed Yuuki Yoko may not be Ayano Minami's evil spirit!

Even if she really knew nothing about the deaths of the two, it does not prove that she is completely innocent. Maybe she just wished for revenge and did not know that it would bring such serious consequences? "

His words made Kimoto's face turn very ugly. She really couldn't accept the assumption that the weak and helpless girl suddenly became the real murderer behind the scenes: "What about Takashima Shuichi? Why did she kill Takashima Shuichi?"

"Maybe it's because Takashima bullied her, maybe it's because Takashima left her in danger, or maybe it's because Takashima pestered her. You should know better than me how complicated the minds of girls of this age are." Tachibana Hiroichi said. "Let's go back to the headquarters and let Agent Ishino make the judgment. Before that, you are not allowed to get close to Aoki Yui again!"

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Chapter 28 Temporary Separation

Akasaka quickly conducted an investigation, which showed that at the time of the incident, Aoki Takeshi was working in a factory in Itabashi District and had no time to go to the school.

Further investigation also showed that he had run away from home half a month ago, and had been staying everywhere, even living in an Internet cafe near the factory, and had never returned home.

"Someone said that he once said after getting drunk that his daughter was no longer the same person she used to be," the investigator in charge of Banqiao District finally said.

To ordinary people, this sentence is nothing more than a complaint about the growth and changes of children, but in the eyes of Akasaka people, it may have a completely different meaning.

"We haven't had direct contact with Aoki Takeshi yet for fear of alerting the enemy. Do we need to find an excuse to take him to the police station for questioning?"

There is a zone between Itabashi and Arakawa, but the actual distance is not too far. After considering for a moment, Agent Ishino temporarily rejected this proposal: "We shouldn't be able to get more information from him. Let's observe Aoki Yui for a while, and pay more attention to Aoki Takeshi. Don't let him get out of the surveillance."

The surveillance of Yui Aoki soon produced certain results.

After Aoki left, she was also fired from her previous job and went to work at a pub called "Tsuruso", working from 4pm to 8pm every day. Most of the rest of the time she stayed at home alone, and at most she went to nearby convenience stores and supermarkets to buy some daily necessities.

No shopping, no friends, no socializing, which is very suspicious by the standards of a 16-year-old girl.

Akasaka also conducted a preliminary investigation of the owner and regular customers of Tsuruso from the outside and found nothing suspicious. It is worth mentioning that there is a shrine next to Tsuruso, but according to the investigators, there is nothing particularly noteworthy about the shrine. Even the owner of the shrine is facing a serious financial crisis due to poor management, and it is said that he was once forced to come to the shrine by loan sharks.

"We disguised ourselves and entered the shrine to check, and there were no abnormal fluctuations."

"Where is the chief priest of the shrine?"

"It's just a branch of the Hakusan Inari Shrine. It's not registered, and the only priest is Kentaro Sato. His attitude is very attentive, even a little morbid, and he doesn't have the reserve and bearing of ordinary priests at all. We conducted a rough investigation on him, and he probably doesn't know about the other world."

"How about Aoki Yui on her way back and forth?"

“I barely have any contact with anyone, just checking and texting occasionally.”

"Can we monitor her phone, retrieve the information on it, and see who she is contacting?" Ishino asked.

"It's very difficult, unless we can find a way to install our chip in her phone. But we found a problem. The phone registered under Yui Aoki's name has been shut down for ten days. She should be using another phone whose owner is unknown."

"It's getting more and more suspicious." Tachibana Hiroichi said after taking a look at Kimoto. "What should we do? Agent Ishino, do you want to make further contact?"

So far, all their investigations have remained at the peripheral stage. They did not send anyone to pretend to be a new tenant to be Aoki Yui's neighbor, nor did they actually go to Tsuru Manor to investigate, and they did not send anyone to enter Aoki Yui's house to search when she was away. In order to avoid causing unnecessary vigilance, they did not even send anyone to follow Aoki Yui closely, but only monitored her from a distance.

Of course, it would be the easiest to solve the problem with one EMP. For Akasaka, who always pursues results, it is not a problem to detonate EMP at the two places where Yui Aoki mainly stays. But they must consider that due to the lack of understanding of Yui Aoki's previous state, they cannot judge whether her current state is a disguise, and whether the real target has moved to a third place.

At least there are no known new victims now. If Yui Aoki is not the target and they act hastily, it is likely to lead to more serious and unpredictable consequences.

"Kimoto." Agent Ishino asked after a long consideration. "What do you think? You don't have to force yourself. If you feel there is danger, you can refuse to accept the mission."

"I want to meet her again and go to her house." Mu Yuan said immediately.

"If there's something wrong with her, then you might..."

"I'm ready," said Kimoto. "I've been ready since the day I entered Akasaka."

"Okay then." Ishino nodded. "We'll be ready outside."

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[This separation is only temporary. When it’s over, I will come back to you right away. This is my promise! ]

At the same time, Natsukawa was also saying goodbye to Yui Aoki. She curled up in the quilt and cried like a tearful person, but she didn't say a word of denial from beginning to end.

This made Xia Chuan feel even more uncomfortable.