From Earthbound Spirit to Tokyo Evil

"Let them in." Xia Chuan said immediately.

In order to protect the safety of Yui and others, his real body naturally cannot leave the B&B at will. However, there is a large amount of spiritual power in the shrine that can be used at any time. The three Nomiya sisters plus Inaba Rika, although not a powerful combination, should be enough to deal with the guys from the Styx Society.

Apart from the two aliens standing outside the torii gate waiting quietly, there were no other uninvited guests around.

Misa Nomiya quickly came out to greet the guests on behalf of her sister, the chief shrine maiden, while Wakana Nomiya had already been impatient to ask the rat gods to command the spirit rats in the shrine to prepare to scare people.

However, the two guys sent by the Styx had obviously seen the world and were not scared by the strange flock of crows and rats. They followed Nomiya Misa calmly all the way to the main hall, and after they saluted the chief priestess who had been waiting for them there, they were welcomed into the main hall.

The three Nomiya sisters chanted softly and used the Hinoki Dance to summon Natsukawa's divine body.

Ordinary people cannot communicate in this way and can only use crows and rats as a medium, but it is much easier when dealing with aliens.

The representatives of the Styx Society soon felt the surging divine power coming from the shrine, so they bowed deeply again: "I am Qianzang of Koneyama, and this is Manzi of Dorakawa. We have received a message from Master Haishan and have come to pay respects to the masters of the Skeleton Society. Who are you?"

"I am Hailin." Xia Chuan replied.

The one summoned by the three Nomiya sisters could only be of this identity.

"I've long heard of your name." Chizang Osoeyama's expression was a little subtle, but the relationship between the Skeleton Society and the Styx Society has always been bad. Both Haizhi and Hailin have the blood of a lot of Styx Society members on their hands, and no matter who comes forward, the situation will not improve.

He turned around and took the package from Dorakawa Manzi's hand and opened it carefully. Inside was a gorgeous and ancient lacquer box. After opening the lid again, a neon doll emitting a strange aura was revealed.

"It's just a small gift, not a token of respect."

Although he didn't know what this thing was, he couldn't show his weakness at this time, so Natsukawa nodded to Nomiya Kana and asked her to go over and take the lacquer box.

The atmosphere seemed to relax a bit, and Chizo Osoroyama began to praise the Skeleton Society's record against the Watchers. He kept praising them so much that even Xia Chuan couldn't stand it anymore and had to interrupt him: "Just tell me why you're here."

"In the past, there seemed to be some misunderstandings between your association and us, and some unpleasant things happened. However, since your association and our Styx Association coincide with each other and have the same goals, then the two parties can completely..."

Is this the beginning of trying to force the Styx Society to become the Skeleton Society?

"Mukuyama should have made it very clear before. There are three paths, and you only need to explain your choice."

Osoruyama Chizang's smile was a little awkward, but he quickly shook his head as if nothing had happened: "I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding here, Lord Hailin, you may not know the true strength of the Styx and..."

"If you really have enough strength, then it shouldn't be the Skeleton Society that challenged the Watchers." Xia Chuan really had no patience for this kind of diplomatic rhetoric. If the opponent was the alien management agency of the three major countries, it would be fine, but what benefits did a mere alien organization that only dared to engage in conspiracy in Tokyo want to gain from him?

When they were recruiting the Tokyo aliens, forcing them to join the Styx Society, and wantonly devouring the weak aliens to strengthen themselves, it was such a law of the jungle. Why did they suddenly start doing such weird things when it came to them?

"The Skeleton Shrine is right here. You can just launch an all-out attack like you did last time."

The smile on Chizō Osoryama's face had completely frozen, but Natsukawa was not going to give him any face.

He has a lot of issues to consider now. He doesn't have time to argue with the Styx Society and make them share the fruits of victory. He also has no time to play tricks on them, waste time trying to please and appease them, and guard against them doing something behind his back.

At this time, he could only choose the simplest and most direct approach, rather than gentle negotiation.

What's more, the so-called victory is just an illusion, and there is no fruit to be shared at all.

It would be best if the aliens of the Styx Society were willing to accept the current situation. As long as they behaved themselves, Xiachuan would not let Akasaka deprive them of their right to survive at will. And he would not force them to become cannon fodder like they did to those weak aliens.

But if they don't want to, then he can only be rude.

"Or, you can hide and see if the skeletons can find you." Xia Chuan continued. "You have less than twenty hours to make a decision and take action. Now, please leave."

"The Skeleton Society is not even willing to listen to our conditions and requests?" Osoryama Chizō's smile finally disappeared completely, and this expression made Natsukawa feel much more pleasing to the eye.

"There are three paths before you, and all you can do is choose one of them. You can choose to surrender, and at that time, we will naturally listen to your conditions and demands."

"In that case, we'll take our leave first." Osoroyama Chizō stood up.

Kana Nomiya escorted them out of the main hall, while Misa Nomiya and Wakana Nomiya escorted them out of the torii gate again.

A cloud of fog suddenly appeared from nowhere and enveloped them. After a moment, the fog dissipated and the two people disappeared.

"Lord Hailin..." Kana Nomiya asked somewhat uneasily.

"I will ask Kuroda Koji to strengthen the vigilance and defense around here. They probably won't dare to attack here." Xia Chuan said. "However, to be on the safe side, you should still stay alert and don't relax too much."

Chapter 218 People who want progress

"Lord Hailin, do we really not need to consider their reactions?" The amount of information Nomiya Kana obtained was too little, and she had no idea what was going on.

Why did the Styx suddenly come to her? Why did the attitudes of both parties become what she saw?

In her mind, the Styx Society was still the terrorist organization that was powerful enough to pose a huge threat to the Skeleton Society and was always hiding in the darkness waiting for an opportunity to strike. There was clearly a chance to reconcile with them, so why did the Lord God have to be so... strong?

Although it was known that the gods of the Skeleton Society had reached a consensus with the Watchers, the three Nomiya sisters had actually been well protected since they moved to the new Skeleton Shrine in Nishio Hisa. They had hardly experienced any danger worth mentioning and were completely unaware of the changes in the power of the Skeleton Society.

In her opinion, it was rare for Minghe to take the initiative to come to her for negotiations, so there seemed to be no need to reject their goodwill.

"They are just a group of speculators. Giving them face will only make them go further." Xia Chuan said. "You just need to be on guard."

Xiachuan was a little concerned about the way Chizo Osoryama left, but this level of escape technique was not too sudden or hidden, so the priestesses should have enough time to react.

Especially for the three Nomiya sisters, with three rat gods and the shrine full of crows and rats, the possibility of the Styx sneaking in quietly in this way is almost zero.

The only one who might pose a threat to them is actually the guy who can teleport, so if Minghe doesn't give the answer he wants after the time limit, the first thing he has to do is to concentrate all the strength at hand to kill that guy.

Kana Nomiya didn't know how to convince her god. Her relationship with "Kailin" had never been very close. Although she prayed earnestly every day, the god rarely responded to her, and whenever he gave instructions, they were always in brief sentences.

Although she made a lot of money for the shrine, it seemed that it had little to do with her personal ability and efforts, and was completely dependent on the gift of God. She even always felt strongly uneasy because she made too much money... If she could contribute this money to the shrine in exchange for God's favor, she would do it without hesitation, but God didn't seem to care about these external things at all.

As a shrine maiden, she always felt a strong sense of alienation from the god she served, which made her increasingly uneasy. But just like many times before, before she could say anything else, Xia Chuan had already left.

"Second sister?" Nomiya Wakana was about to discuss the magical spell of escaping through the mist with her elder sister, but she saw the uneasiness on her second sister's face. "What's wrong? What did the God say?"

"Nothing." Nomiya Kana tried to force a smile, patted her sister's head, and also patted the head of Boji who was standing on her shoulder. "Lord Kailin asked us to be alert and be prepared for battle. Boji, you will have to work hard these days."

"Please leave it to me!" The Rat God had actually received a warning from Xia Chuan a long time ago, and he immediately agreed.

And Nomiya Wakana was eager to try.

I don’t know when was the last time I fought with the Styx. At that time, the spirit pets of my two sisters had not yet awakened to become Shikigami, and Boji had not yet understood how to fight with more powerful strength.

"Let them try!" she said loudly. "This time we must kill them all and let the gods see our strength!"

"Don't learn from that guy Sasaki..." Kana Nomiya sighed, but she was slightly shaken deep down in her heart.

In this real world where the strong prey on the weak, perhaps this is the way to gain the favor of God?

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Natsukawa's sudden departure was not due to his intentional disregard for the three Miyabi sisters, but rather, it was because Kuroda Koji suddenly called the encrypted cell phone he brought with him at his main body.

It's the middle of the night, so there must be something to do.

"Lord Haishan, it's me! I'm Yokota!" Yokota Bunta said flatteringly and eagerly on the other end of the phone.

This monster who was captured by Xiachuan and forced to join Scott's team was in big trouble after his identity was exposed. He was immediately arrested and interrogated to see if he had any conspiracy with Hiro Kamiya.

If there was, he would have confessed, but unfortunately, he had nothing to say, and was identified as a diehard Skeleton Society traitor. After a series of tortures, he was imprisoned in the dungeon of the Watcher headquarters.

After Xia Chuan reached a consensus with the Watcher, he was a blessing in disguise. Not only was he released immediately, but he also received a generous compensation to "clear up the misunderstanding." After he experienced all these things and roughly figured out what happened, he immediately regarded himself as a subordinate of "Mukuyama" to protect himself.

But in fact he had nothing to do with the Skeleton Society, and he didn't even have a way to contact Xia Chuan directly. In order to confirm this identity, he had to rack his brains and even muster up the courage to claim that he was a special envoy sent by Xia Chuan to supervise the operation of Tokyo Watch, and forcibly stayed in the Scott Group, which had in fact become the new headquarters of Tokyo Watch.

"Yokota?" Xia Chuan only then remembered the mountain cat. Was he implicated by him? "What have you been doing during this period?"

"Lord Haishan, according to your instructions, I have obtained important information!" Yokota Bunta was using Kuroda Koji's phone, on speaker, and was afraid that Natsukawa would reveal his true identity, so he spoke hurriedly. "Just now, two guys suddenly appeared in Scott's team and hid in Derek's office to conspire with him for about an hour! At the beginning, they introduced themselves as members of the Styx Society! One of them should be the guy who could teleport before!"

shortage?

"Kuroda, do you know about this?" Xiachuan asked immediately.

"I just found out about this as well." Kuroda Koji immediately distanced himself from the matter.

"Go talk to Derek," Xia Chuan said. "Ask him what's going on. Does the Watcher want to break the agreement so soon?"

"Yes." Kuroda Koji sighed and said.

No one knows what the future will be like, but his fate has gradually become tied to the Skeleton Society.

If the skeleton would fall, the Watcher would never use someone like him again.

He also had no choice.

"Master Kaiyama?" Yokota Bunta asked hurriedly. "What about me?"

"You did a great job." Xia Chuan said. "For the next period of time, you will be responsible for protecting Kuroda."

"Yes!" Yokota answered excitedly, and the heavy stone in his heart finally fell. "Please rest assured, I will stay with Deputy Kuroda and complete the task well!"

Protect? It should be surveillance, right?

He looked up at Kuroda Koji, and when his gaze turned to him, he smiled naively.

Chapter 219 The time limit has expired

Derek did not deny that Styx would contact him.

"They hope to gain the support of the Watchers and receive the same treatment and status as the Skeleton Society in cities other than Tokyo."

"Did the Watcher Headquarters agree to their request?" Kuroda Koji asked with a sigh.

Derek looked at Bunta Yokota who was following behind Koji Kuroda and did not answer the question.

Kuroda Mitsuru sighed.

"They won't take orders like that," he told Derek.

Although he did not fully agree with the policy of indiscriminately exterminating all aliens, as a member of the Akasaka clan and as a human being, he could not accept the result of allowing aliens to climb over humans and act tyrannically again.

Being ruled by the Watchers was a helpless situation for a defeated nation, while the Skeleton Society was an unexpected variable beyond their plans.

Fortunately, no matter what the original intention of the Skeleton Society was, and what their ultimate goal was, they at least maintained goodwill towards Akasaka, the land of Tokyo, and the people who lived on it. Most of the victims in their hands were marginalized people such as the Yakuza, the homeless, or simply American soldiers. In the incidents related to them, most of the innocent people involved did not suffer misfortune directly because of them, but were affected by indiscriminate attacks.

In a sense, the members of the Skeleton Society are more human than the important members of the Watchers, even more human than these people.

The rise of the Skeleton Society was not the result they wanted to see, but it was definitely not the worst result.

But will Styx?

They are nothing but mud and stones used to fill the road ahead. How dare they have such delusions?

The people in Kono, Izumo, Kenzan, Morioka and other institutions, even if they dare not resist the orders of the Watchers openly, will definitely resist such an outcome with all their might behind the scenes.

"It's their freedom to accept or not. I'm only responsible for conveying and supervising," said Derek.

As a warrior, he hated the current situation, but he was also powerless to resist the orders from the Watcher Headquarters, so he could only fight against this chaos in his own way.

Kuroda Koji looked into his eyes seriously, and finally nodded slowly: "I understand."

As they were walking them out of the room, Derek suddenly asked in a low voice, "Are you really determined to take Akasaka down that path?"

"It's not that I want to take Akasaka there, it's that the Watcher didn't give me the chance to take another path." Kuroda Koji sighed again. "Don't worry, I will do my best to keep the situation in Akasaka unchanged. No matter what the final result is, Tokyo still needs it."

Bunta Yokota had already hurried to the elevator and pressed the button, then turned around and smiled at him innocently.

Kuroda Koji was not fooled by this illusion, and smiled at him gently and calmly.

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Natsukawa soon received feedback from Kuroda Koji and learned that one of the two people who went to find Derek was the guy he was going to kill first.

After Kuroda Koji completed his report, he received another report from Yokota Bunta. This mountain owl severely accused Kuroda Koji and Derek of evil, and also attached a prediction of how things might develop.

The actions of the Styx Society will not go smoothly. The alien management agencies in various places are very likely to pretend to obey but actually disobey, and may even try to kill the guys from the Styx Society.

Natsukawa didn't know that this was actually Kuroda Koji's prediction, but he was very interested in the result.

The fact that Minghe would leave Tokyo was an acceptable outcome for him, as long as they didn't come back to cause trouble and interfere with his next actions. It didn't matter whether they brought about their own destruction or occupied a place and acted tyrannically, it had nothing to do with him.

"Well done!" He quickly sent a raven to deliver an amulet to Yokota Bunta, so that he could report to him at any time. At the same time, he also gave Yokota Bunta a ball of pure spiritual energy through the raven as a reward.

Such treatment immediately made Bunta Yokota excited as if he had been injected with chicken blood.

"Please rest assured, they are just two mortals. Their every move is under my surveillance. I will never give them the opportunity to harm the interests of the Skeleton Society!"

Time passed quickly, and soon it was the deadline given by Natsukawa. He asked Kiryu Ichiryu to bring the medium to the Skeleton Shrine, and then used the blood sand table and the power of the medium again to spy on the location of the members of the Styx Society.

The four guys he had captured had already evacuated Tokyo, but they did not go far and were in a position where they could return at any time. Perhaps they were both afraid and unwilling to give up, and wanted to wait and see whether the Skeleton Society would really kill them.

The members of the Styx Society who were tracked down through the doll sent by Chizō Osorizan also hid at the edge of the Tokyo circle. When they sent this thing, they probably didn't expect that it would be used to do such a thing.

Natsukawa was a little uncomfortable with what these guys were doing, because their location was not within the traditional Tokyo metropolitan area, but was still within the jurisdiction of Akasaka.

It can be understood as a response to Xia Chuan's warning, or it can be understood as ignoring his warning and testing the edge of death by playing a borderline game.