From Earthbound Spirit to Tokyo Evil

"Lord Hailuo, we have just spoken with the clan leaders of the major dukes in Kyoto. It is rare that you have come all the way from Tokyo to announce the position and attitude of the Skeleton Society. To show our sincerity, the major dukes and the powerful people living nearby have discussed and would like to take this opportunity to present gifts for the establishment of the Kyoto branch of the Skeleton Shrine. We would also like to take this opportunity to talk to you face to face. May I know?"

"No problem, I'm very welcome." Xia Chuan said.

"Well then..." Honinji Shoei looked at Chief Kono, who was sitting next to Natsukawa with an uncomfortable look on his face. "Everyone at Kono, let's hold a grand event that Kyoto hasn't had in a long time to celebrate the Skeleton Shrine!"

Xiachuan looked at him with interest, but Director Takano seemed to have thought of something and his face turned very ugly.

"Atonement, atonement." Honinji Shoei clasped his hands together again, and a green light emanated from his body and went straight into the sky. A moment later, two huge paper lanterns suddenly appeared above their heads.

After apologizing, Qingshan also gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. The huge ghost figure stood up again and waved in all directions under the light of the lantern.

The lanterns on Mt. Atago lit up again, and after a moment, they lined up in a row in the darkness and slowly floated towards this side.

In another direction, a huge ball of white flame appeared out of nowhere, and a huge face could be vaguely seen in it, also floating towards this side.

A giant paper umbrella jumping on one leg, a giant fluorescent tree walking slowly, a huge wheel with flames, a giant crane with green wings, a temple floating in the air... Within a few minutes, many strange shadows appeared in various places in Kyoto, and then continued to float over here.

Is this... A Hundred Demons Night Parade?

It is certainly not as impressive as the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons described by the fox demon. However, it does look quite imposing. For humans, it must be a huge mental shock and may even cause great panic.

No wonder Honinji Shoe said "thank you for your hard work" to Minister Konomoto. It should be completely impossible to cover up such a scene, right?

What is it?

The Kyoto aliens are declaring their power to the Skeleton Society?

A declaration of power to the Konoha Organization?

A declaration of power to the world?

An outburst and a small revenge after being suppressed by Takano for many years?

Show the world your support for the Skeleton Society?

Or is it really as Honinji Shoe said, that it was simply a way of expressing congratulations?

It doesn’t matter to Xia Chuan, because he can’t control other people’s thoughts anyway.

With so many unusual incidents happening in Tokyo, the fact that the aliens exist has already reached the point where it can no longer be hidden, so it is a good idea to reveal them at this opportunity. The people of this country have always believed in various gods and Buddhas, so as long as we strengthen the crackdown on deceptive cults and make good use of the media controlled by various institutions, we may be able to take this opportunity to expand the number of believers of the Kasumigawa Society.

It's already the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons, so adding a few hundred thousand believers shouldn't be a big problem, right?

"So……"

He quietly carved words on the jade slip made of soul jade in his arms, then took it out and said with a smile: "At this time, a hundred flowers should be added to the fun!"

People didn't understand what was going on, but a moment later, petals suddenly fell from above their heads in the wind. Amid exclamations, everyone saw that the cherry trees in the shrine were full of flowers again in this late summer and early autumn, and they were extremely gorgeous.

Not only that, all kinds of flowers sprouted from the flower beds, mud ground, and even the cracks in the floor tiles at their feet, forming clusters of colorful flowers, competing for beauty.

"Where is the bright moon?" Xia Chuan asked again.

The clouds in the sky suddenly dispersed, and the crescent moon became round at a speed visible to the human eye, illuminating the area brightly.

"A distinguished guest has arrived."

The people of Gaoye were on high alert as a huge shadow of a fire man turned from the corner of the street.

Chapter 255 Busy People and Idle People

"Newspapers, television, and portal websites all suppressed the news. Takano also tried its best to delete data through technical means and on-site bans, but there are still many videos circulating, and they have even spread to other countries." Facing Natsukawa, Kuroda Koji could not say anything to accuse him, and could only state the facts. "The Cheka Hokkaido Office and the Special Office called to ask what was going on. As far as I know, Takano was also under the same pressure."

Xia Chuan was a little helpless. This matter was neither planned by him nor organized and implemented by him.

Although judging from the current results, all parties seem to regard this as a display of the Skeleton Society's strength, but most of those who appeared that night were just false shadows, and their actual combat effectiveness was probably not as good as his alone.

According to the demon fox, no one would do this in the past, because this method can only fool mortals and cannot enter the eyes of many gods. But in this era, it seems that it has really fooled many people.

"Where's the Watcher?"

"So far they have remained silent," Kuroda said. "I asked Derek specifically, and he hasn't received any instructions either."

Something was wrong, but I couldn't tell what it was.

"How are the stock market and foreign exchange market?" Xia Chuan asked.

In order to turn Tokyo into a hostage, its economic attributes must be ensured, which forced Natsukawa to start paying attention to areas that he had previously ignored.

"The plunge has stopped, but if something like this happens again, I'm afraid..."

“Are there any signs of a large-scale exodus of U.S. capital?”

"They have been withdrawing gradually in recent months. However, the US has a huge interest in Japan and has been investing in it. It has not yet reached a level that requires vigilance."

Thanks to the endless stream of problems and incidents within the United States and European countries, after everyone has competed with each other to see what is worse, Japan's situation, although a bit alarming, has not yet reached the point of causing systemic panic and large-scale capital flight.

Xia Chuan didn't quite understand these things, but specific matters would naturally be handled by specialized agencies and departments, so there wasn't much he had to do.

"After this wave, as long as the Watchers don't cause trouble themselves, similar situations shouldn't happen again." He said to Kuroda Koji. "Thank you for your hard work."

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"You didn't invite me to such an interesting event..." After Kuroda Koji left, the fox demon appeared out of nowhere.

"I've already said that this wasn't my plan..." Xia Chuan still couldn't get used to this "sister" who was hundreds of years old acting like a spoiled brat in front of him, and he always wanted to give her a righteous flying kick to make her disappear from his sight. "Besides, don't you sneer at this kind of deceitful behavior?"

"Although it's fake, it's a grand event that hasn't happened in decades..." Yaohu held up his phone. "Look at the photos these people took. The shaking is so severe and the lighting is so bad. It's not professional at all!"

"Is there still someone who has slipped through the net?" Xia Chuan couldn't help but lean over to take a look. The person who filmed the video must have been hiding in his room, shooting the video through the gap in the curtains. The picture was shaking, and it was also shifting from time to time, but you could still see a huge, hairy humanoid monster walking between the buildings, like a King Kong magnified several times.

A single video like this would definitely be considered a bad joke, but there were so many similar videos circulated through mobile phones and various small forums, which could verify each other, that it was difficult for Akasaka and Takano to suppress the news.

"Why don't you go to Kyoto?" Xia Chuan suddenly thought of a way to make his "sister" disappear from his sight temporarily. "It won't work if there's no one there..."

"Then let Kawaguchi Reina go." The fox said immediately. "She is so utilitarian that if you dangle a carrot in front of her, she will definitely work like a cow or a horse. Besides, without her messing around, it will be much easier for you to start a harem."

"What do you mean by harem..." Xia Chuan raised his fist to protest against her slander, but he was somewhat tempted in his heart. Sato Kentaro was definitely the right person for this, and Kawaguchi Rena was probably the best match for him among the qualified miko maidens. "Then let Sato and Kawaguchi go..."

"Tsk~" The fox demon sneered with disdain. Xia Chuan finally couldn't bear it anymore and gave her a slap on the face.

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As the chief priest of the Kasumigawa Society, Kasumigawa naturally could not allow Sato Kentaro to be controlled by the shrine maiden as he had done in the past.

According to his previous plan, a ceremony was held soon to give the first batch of jade slips engraved with imperial edicts to the backbone of the Kasumigawa Society, headed by Kentaro Sato, who had been fully tested in a series of past events.

Using the power of words in reality consumes much more energy than in an illusion, but the power is much smaller. However, the effect is already amazing enough. The most important thing is that this power can completely ignore qualifications, age, gender, IQ and any other factors, and is simply granted by the will of God.

In other words, the basic usage of Word Spirit Technique is lower, and it relies more on the favor of gods than the shrine maiden. It depends entirely on how much weight the person using it has in the eyes of gods. It can be said to be the most suitable spell with no threshold for human use.

There were only four simple lines of words on the jade slip, corresponding to the four kinds of words and spirits he had used: light, fire, all spirits, and vision. The jade slip given to Kentaro Sato specially added the rejuvenation spell to facilitate him to create a blooming effect when preaching.

The user only needs to hold the jade slip, silently recite any of Xia Chuan's divine names in his heart, and read out the corresponding decree aloud to borrow his power. The jade slip itself, like the Bible used by the two missionaries in the previous illusion, comes with an automatically activated defense array to ensure that the holder of the jade slip will not be easily ambushed and killed instantly by the opponent without being aware of it.

Of course, "I said" has been changed to "God said", although the sense of being a middle school student is still overwhelming, the shame has at least been alleviated.

Such a gift made Sato Kentaro and others extremely excited, especially after they tried to use this method to fight between trials, their self-confidence and piety instantly rose to a new level.

"Don't get involved if there's nothing to do." Xia Chuan had to warn them.

In terms of the cost-effectiveness of using spiritual power, the most efficient way is for him to do it himself. The next best way is for the shrine maidens to use the shikigami to fight. The shrine maidens praying to him for divine power through the Kagura dance and then fighting is already a very uneconomical way of using it, but in comparison, it is still more efficient than the word spirit technique.

This may also be the price that must be paid for giving up the use of thresholds.

However, Xiachuan still equipped them with other means that could be used for daily combat: samurai swords made by enchanting means, holy water that could attack spirits, and a revolver that could be loaded with six demon-killing bullets at a time.

The style of the priest of Natsukawa Daimyojin suddenly became a little strange. He wore a mask on his face, a magatama hung on his chest, a holy bottle in his left hand, a jade slip in his right hand, a long sword hung on his waist, and a revolver hidden in his hunting clothes...

"There is absolutely no aesthetic appeal at all..." The fox demon Erika said with disdain. "Can such an appearance really fool people?"

"It's a little ugly..." Xia Chuan was also scratching his head. "Then, why don't you design a set of robes for them, sister?"

"Of course you can, but what reward will I get if I do it well, Onii-chan?"

"They also represent your image, why do you want any reward?" Xia Chuan knocked her head again, causing the fox demon to scream and cover her forehead.

After a long time, such characters and relationships didn't seem so abrupt and weird anymore, especially after Natsukawa started to bully her like he bullied Kawaguchi Rena, she suddenly felt that this result was actually not bad.

If the fox demon had appeared as an older woman, how would he have had the chance to hit her on the head so easily?

"Don't make it too trendy. You have to consider the continuity of the image. You also have to consider that most of the priests are middle-aged men with poor figures. If they wear trendy clothes, they might look even worse than this."

"I know!" Erika answered loudly with an unsatisfied look on her face. Sato and others standing opposite them could only smile awkwardly.

"Safety comes first. Also, although we don't need to worry about Takano's actions, for long-term considerations, we still have to continue the secret missionary method, and the personnel list must also be kept confidential."

"Yes, please rest assured, we will be careful!" Sato Kentaro said hurriedly.

"Then, let's go!"

This was done out of consideration for the possibility of falling out with the Watchers. For the same reason, as a cover, the Koya Organization purchased all the houses around the Kyoto Skeleton Shrine, demolished them and transformed them into open space, and the Koya Organization set up a rapid response force nearby to protect them. In order to strengthen their strength and to show goodwill to the Koya Organization, Xia Chuan not only donated a batch of bronze mirrors to them, but also gave them 5,000 demon-killing bullets and a batch of holy water as a priority, greatly enhancing their ability to fight against aliens.

However, the Kyoto Bone Shrine also only interacts with the Kono Organization and important people in the Keihan area, and the healing rituals and the auction of bronze mirrors also follow the very mature experience in Tokyo. For this reason, Natsukawa finally sent the eldest sister of the three Nomiya sisters, Misa Nomiya, to serve as the chief shrine maiden, and the two best performing apprentice shrine maidens served as her assistants to jointly undertake this task.

"You don't need to do too much, just maintain your presence appropriately and get along well with Takano. If there is an unexpected incident that you can't handle, don't take risks, and always focus on saving yourselves."

Kentaro Sato, Rena Kawaguchi, and Misa Nomiya soon set out on the journey in batches with their respective men, and the Kasumigawa-kai in Tokyo was also taken over by Kentaro Sato's assistant, and also began to expand rapidly under the instructions of Kasumigawa.

Natsukawa first targeted the cults that Akasaka had already targeted. He directly eliminated the cult leaders and senior clergy through violence, and with the cooperation of Akasaka, he brutally seized their property. He then set up a separate parish for the rescued believers to carry out transformation.

On the other hand, they continued to spread their missionary work in secret, expanding their organization like a spider web.

The only god, the indulgence and even support of official institutions, the reality of the existence of demons and monsters, and the far more favorable conditions that Xiachuan Society offered to its believers than those of other sects. After the reins that had been holding them back were loosened, the number of believers expanded almost exponentially.

Although most of the people who joined at this time were only general believers who could only provide a small amount of faith power, the organization of Xiachuan Society even became a little loose due to the dilution of the backbone personnel. The large increase in believers still brought Xiachuan several times the spiritual power supplement, which made him more confident in dealing with the revenge of the Watchers and Cheka.

The recruitment and selection of the second batch of shrine maidens was soon put on the agenda and handed over to Yui Aoki and Chiyu Moriyama. This time, Natsukawa no longer set any restrictions. As long as they had qualified beliefs and they were considered talented enough, they could all be recruited.

Correspondingly, Kiryu Kazuryū also began screening the second batch of God-chosen warriors.

Everyone became very busy, even the Corpse Agency was arranged to go to Kyoto to help complete the work of the Corpse Shrine branch, but strangely, Natsukawa suddenly became free.

It turns out that it feels so good to be able to leave everything to your subordinates and not have to do it yourself!

With nothing to do, Xia Chuan suddenly remembered that he and Chiyu Moriyama had been absent from school for several months without even explaining anything to the school. On the other hand, Yui Aoki and Reina Kawaguchi had also been absent from school for several months, probably because they had been abandoned by the school.

Given their current situation, going back to school would be an absurd and strange thing in itself. However, Xia Chuan suddenly missed the Tokyo University winning team that he had founded, so he quietly strolled over.

It was almost the same as when he last left. Everything was still there, and there were even a lot of new furniture and items.

Because he deliberately chose to go there during the afternoon club activity time, the activity room of the Victory Club was full of people. The second-year guys were testing the latest game, while Kenta Sano was sweetly doing exercises with his girlfriend, who could obviously make a living by force but chose to go for the cute route. It seemed that he had not given up on the promising career of a test-taker, and his love life was also progressing well.

"Are you a freshman? We're not hiring here!" A familiar voice suddenly sounded behind me.

Xia Chuan turned around and saw the two youngest sophomores, carrying large and small bags of snacks. It was obvious that they were asked by Sano to run errands.

"Sorry..." Xia Chuan looked innocent and saluted hurriedly like a first-year rookie, then quickly left the place.

Everyone looks in good health, and they should remember to come back before the exams to boost their excitement about practicing questions and ensure that the legend of the Tokyo University winning team continues.

Then...except for him as the director and Chiyu Moriyama, everyone else should be from Tokyo University!

Chapter 256 New Events

"Senior Nomura, is this bullet really useful?" said the young Akasaka agent as he inspected his newly issued large-caliber revolver.

"Who knows? But the Skeleton Shrine won't lie to us about something that could be exposed at any time, right?" The older agent called Nomura sighed, drank the lukewarm coffee in the cup in one gulp, then flattened the paper cup, made a shooting motion, and threw the paper cup into the trash can on the side of the road. "What? Still not used to it?"

"The weight, recoil, and ammunition capacity are all different..." The young agent nodded.

"There's nothing we can do. There must be some limitation. But if we practice diligently and increase our reloading speed, the firepower won't be reduced much. Besides, the caliber of this gun is much larger, and the stopping effect is also better," said Nomura.

Because the number of demon-killing bullets that Natsukawa provides to Akasaka every month is limited, their standard configuration has now been changed to this six-shot revolver, two ordinary bullets and one demon-killing bullet, and each person is also prepared with an additional ten demon-killing bullets to deal with possible long-term confrontations.

In addition, after reaching a healthy cooperative relationship with the Skeleton Society, the number of bronze mirrors has gradually increased. Although it is not yet possible for every front-line personnel to be equipped with one, at least every front-line agent can wear one while on duty, and exchange it with the successor when leaving the post.

Strangely enough, when they didn't have these things and had to fight those supernatural things with their flesh and blood and bulky and difficult-to-use EMP weapons, various incidents occurred frequently, and even made them feel overwhelmed and on the verge of collapse. But after obtaining these weapons and equipment that were said to protect them through the Skeleton Society, the vicious abnormal incidents suddenly decreased sharply.

The Corpse Agency, the Skeleton Shrine's trainee shrine maidens and God's chosen warriors, plus Akasaka's newly formed special forces, the Arashi Group and the Flame Group, have a small number of vicious and abnormal incidents that are in short supply, and ordinary agents like them have no chance to use force.

This result actually made him a little confused.

In the more than ten years since he entered Akasaka, the training and education he received all along was "the aliens must not be trusted, and they must be completely eradicated at the first time at all costs, otherwise, it will only bring multiple casualties." After Akasaka cooperated with the Skeleton Society, the voices of opposition and suspicion have never decreased. He himself is also one of the skeptics, and even now he still believes that behind the Skeleton Society's disguised goodwill, there must be some ulterior motives.

The Watchers are so powerful that even if the Skeleton Society can gain a brief advantage through conspiracy and calculation, they cannot be the final winner.

But facing the quietest and even comfortable few months in more than a decade, looking at these juniors who could have easily died, and thinking about the predecessors and partners who died tragically in front of him, his heart finally began to waver.

It's like drinking poison to quench thirst. Although they know that the result of doing so is likely to be very bad, their inner instincts drive them to have more and more expectations that seem impossible to them.