From Earthbound Spirit to Tokyo Evil

After listening to what Chief Editor Wada said, she already had a rough idea of ​​what the appearance of spirits meant. If they were not extremely dangerous, Akasaka would never have used such a radical attitude to deal with them.

How to do?

Is it a spirit that just happened to pass by, or is it a spirit that has always stayed in this place?

Come to think of it, why didn’t you think of checking the detector when you entered this place?

Countless thoughts raced through her mind, but none of them had any real meaning.

A gust of wind suddenly blew her hair from behind, and the next moment, the cell phone in her bag suddenly lit up silently.

[Inaba Rika, did you complete the task I asked you to do before? 】

A line of words popped up on the screen.

"Yes!" Inaba Rika blurted out.

Matsujugoro, who was waiting for her to pay, looked at her in surprise: "Are you okay?"

[It seems that you don't want to involve innocent people? Well, after paying the bill, let's go outside and have a good chat.]

"I'm fine." Inaba Rika said immediately. "Thank you for the hospitality. Well, I'm leaving now!"

She hurriedly took out the money, put it on the bar, and walked out as fast as she could.

"Wu Lang, did you scare me?"

"Eat your cucumber!" Matsushigegoro said as he looked at the figure that hurried away.

[You are very tactful, as expected of a journalist specializing in this field]

"Sorry, um...can we go to a more secluded place? That way, it will be easier for us to communicate."

[Your attitude is completely different from before.]

Natsukawa wrote on Inaba Rika's phone with a malicious look.

[It seems that you have learned a lot during this period of time]

"Yes." Inaba Rika hesitated for a moment and nodded. "Although I still don't know much, I understand a little better than before."

[So, you took the initiative to ask to go to a secluded place to protect those people in the tavern? ]

Inaba took a deep breath and said to the void: "I believe you will not hurt us. You came to warn us before, didn't you? What message do you want me to convey this time? Don't worry, I will convey it as soon as possible!"

Don’t jump to conclusions so quickly.

Xia Chuan said again with evil humor.

He admitted that he was indeed careless this time. He simply checked the cars parked nearby and confirmed that there were no people from Akasaka before rashly entering Tsuru Manor. Then, he saw Inaba Rika's actions.

Damn it.

Inaba Rika will definitely report to Akasaka as quickly as possible about her encounter with the spirit here, and then Akasaka's attention will be drawn back again, and the attention on Aoki Yui will definitely increase again. Then, wouldn't his previous efforts be in vain?

The problem must be solved immediately, but he can't really kill Inaba Rika.

Killing people to silence them is easy to say, and it is equally easy for him to do now. However, Xia Chuan knows very well that once he does this, he will easily become addicted to this act of wantonly taking other people's lives and quickly transform into a real spirit.

He had seen some spirits that had lost their will and were consumed by the desire for killing and revenge, and he didn't want to become like that.

Maybe that day will always come, but even if he can hold on for just one more day, it will be meaningful to him.

In a hurry, he suddenly thought of a possibility, and then he almost instinctively wrote those words on Rika Inaba's mobile phone.

"Please tell me what I can do, and I will do my best!" Rika Inaba tried to change the subject again.

[Okay then. Tell Akasaka that we are not their enemies. We also don't want those guys who have been buried to come back to this world. So, at least on this point, our goals should be the same.]

"Yes." There was a huge uproar in Inaba Rika's heart, and she could not describe how shocked she was at the moment.

How did she get involved in such an incident that sounded so bad?

[We will use our own way to prevent those old guys from returning, and Akasaka should also take their responsibilities. After all, this world still belongs to you.]

"Yeah, eh? That's all? What should I call you? What do you want Akasaka to do?"

【You can call me...】

Xia Chuan hesitated for a moment.

[You can call us the Skeleton Society. As for me, my code name is - Skeleton Observer]

"Skull Society? Skeleton?" For Japanese people, the last word is a little difficult to remember, and Inaba Rika can only desperately remember its shape. "What is Akasaka going to do? How can we contact you?"

【West Beijing, where everything will begin】

"Jingxi? Can you be more specific? Is it the west of Tokyo?"

[There is no time left, Inaba Rika, I will come again...]

At this time, Natsukawa quickly evacuated to a high place on the other side of the shrine and observed Inaba Rika's reaction from a distance.

She spoke several words to the sky in a daze, while constantly looking at her cell phone. She even took out the instrument and walked around holding it in her hand.

But in the end, she had to accept the fact that "Mukuei" had left. After hesitating for a moment, she began to walk quickly towards the busier station and at the same time called Editor-in-Chief Wada.

"Inaba?"

"Mr. Wada, I have something very important to tell you... It's not convenient to talk on the phone. Where are you now? I'll come to you right away!"

very good.

Xiachuan didn't know how much effect the confusion he spread would have, but given Akasaka's usual style, they couldn't ignore such clues.

Then they have something to investigate.

What kind of monsters have they buried, and which ones might escape and be resurrected? What is the Skull and Bones Society? What does it want to do? How many members are there? What does the name "Kaibi" mean?

What is most troubling to them is probably where exactly Jingxi is.

Xia Chuan suddenly understood why the predictions left by those prophets were always ambiguous and vague, neither specifying a specific time nor pointing to specific people or events. This was because people would naturally give them the most appropriate objects based on their own knowledge, experience, psychological expectations and imagination.

Jingxi can be the west of Tokyo, the west of Kyoto, or even the west of a place with the word Jing in it.

With such a large area, Akasaka would probably have a headache even if he just did a rough check, right?

Chapter 48 A Rat Cake

"So how should this word be pronounced?" Tachibana Hiro asked frantically, putting the documents on the bar.

"Aren't there pinyin below?" Mu Yuan was also severely sleep-deprived, which made her attitude a little bad.

Tachibana Koichi picked up the document again, but after trying to spell it several times, he gave up: "Doesn't it mean to peek or observe? Why not just call it 尸视, the Chinese characters look similar."

"If it really is a spirit with a strong sense of self, it might kill you just because you called its name wrong."

Tachibana Hiro was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter: "How is it possible? There are so many people in Akasaka, how could it choose to target me? Besides, it has always been in single contact with that reporter, right?"

"It's hard to say." Kimoto took a sip of lemonade and continued to look through the documents. "She said she was suddenly targeted again when she was eating at a restaurant in Arakawa, maybe here. Maybe she was sitting where you are now."

"Kimoto, your jokes are getting less and less funny." Tachibana Koichi said. "Excuse me, boss, I want one thick omelette, one dumpling, and one chicken skewers, one of each flavor."

"Okay." Matsushige Goro nodded. "Would you like some wine?"

Tachibana Hirokazu hesitated for a second: "Forget it, I have to go to work in the afternoon. It would be terrible if I get caught."

"I'll have beef ramen, thank you," said Kimoto.

"Wait a moment." said Matsushige Goro.

It was Tachibana Hiroichi who suggested going to Tsuruso for dinner, because they had been monitoring Aoki Yui from afar while she worked at this place for such a long time, but in the end, she never actually came in to eat once, which was really a loss.

Although Ki Yuan knew that his real reason was that the previous investigator said the food in this restaurant was indeed delicious, she did not expose him because she was equally curious.

They were already familiar with the environment, furnishings, and even the regular customers in the store, so even though it was their first time, they felt a strange sense of familiarity. As soon as Mu Yuan entered the store, he instinctively looked at the abnormal fluctuation detector hanging behind his waist, and found nothing unusual.

The two of them habitually sat at the position closest to the door, which was the short bar next to the cashier counter. This position was not very private, but they had long known that this store did not use a cashier counter due to lack of staff, and the boss always sat at the counter, so this was actually the most independent corner in the store.

"We're going to be busy for a while!" Tachibana Hiroichi glanced through the documents handed to them and couldn't help but sigh. "There are so many points that Arakawa needs to investigate. It seems that the head office has really done a lot of practical work over the years."

"After all, it's been almost 150 years." Kimoto also sighed. "Fortunately, there are only a few places that need to be focused on and investigated, and most of them are along the Sumida River. For the others, we just need to stay vigilant."

"I actually admire these seniors. Compared to them, we can really be said to be happy now." Tachibana Hiroichi looked at Matsu Shigegoro's actions and the expressions of other drinkers and sighed again. Every time he encountered such a lot of things, he was particularly envious of these ordinary people who knew nothing about the real world.

Ignorance is bliss.

At least that's the case for those of them in Akasaka.

They always face the most terrifying, darkest, and bloodiest side of the world. As far as he knows, many seniors who have worked in Akasaka for more than ten years have serious drug addiction. They can't fall asleep or even concentrate without taking medicine. But the nature of Akasaka determines that they have no resignation. Even if they are old and no longer work on the front line, those memories and fears will always follow them until they die.

Ordinary people can still fantasize about going to another better world, and thus live lazily and numbly without any sense of urgency or mission, but the people of Akasaka have to face the truth alone. For fear of implicating their families, they have to change their names and live like this for the rest of their lives.

"Mu Yuan, have you ever regretted it?" he suddenly asked.

"Me? No, at least not yet." Mu Yuan raised his eyes from the documents and rolled his eyes at him. "Stop being so sentimental, okay? Senior, why do I feel like you're the woman?"

"Hahaha." Tachibana Hirokazu laughed awkwardly. "I just think that if there really is a spirit that can communicate with us and help us, maybe... Hahaha, don't glare at me, I'm just talking casually. Of course I know that's impossible."

"Your thick omelette." Matsujugoro interrupted them. "Serve your rice over there."

"Oh, thank you. It looks delicious, Mu Yuan, do you want to try it?"

“I’m trying to lose weight.”

"Why are you losing weight if you're already eating ramen? Besides, you don't have a boyfriend, so who would you lose weight for..." He jumped off the chair to avoid Mu Yuan's elbow, and suddenly stepped on a strange object under the bar.

"mouse!!!"

"Senior, calm down!"

"RATS RAT!!!!!!!"

"This guest!"

"Ahhh, die, bastard!!!"

"Someone grab him quickly!"

"Ah~ my nose."

"It's bleeding! Call the police! Someone, call the police quickly!!"

"I'm sorry, we are the police. We are sorry for causing you trouble. We will compensate you for all these. We are really sorry!"

The chaos in Tsuru Manor was something Natsukawa had never expected. He had to observe a minute of silence for Jiro, who had turned into a rat cake. Then, floating in the air, he watched Kimoto confirm that Tachibana had calmed down, open the handcuffs, and slowly remove them from him.

Its death was not in vain, as it at least proved that the ten strands of spiritual energy would not set off the alarm of the detectors carried by the Akasaka members.

"I'm so sorry... I was bitten by a rat when I was a child, so... is your nose okay? I'm so sorry, do I need to accompany you to the hospital?"

Matsushigegoro also put down the kitchen knife in his hand.

Most of Hezhuang seemed to have been swept by a storm. Several drinkers sat on the ground, and some of them didn't even understand what had just happened.

Kimoto glanced at Tachibana Hirokazu, who was helping them up one by one, apologizing, and checking if they were seriously injured.

"Sorry, Mr. Matsushige, let's just stay calm on this matter?" She took back the ID that she had presented to prevent Goro Matsushige from jumping out of the counter.

"Are you from Akasaka?" asked Matsushige Goro.

"Yes. Who are you?" Mu Yuan immediately became alert. How could an ordinary person know his identity just because of an impeccable ID?

"My family has been taken care of by you. So it's okay, you can leave first. These are all regular customers, I will take care of them." Matsushigoro said. "You must have more important things to do, so please let me clean up."

Chapter 49: Every Detail

"Please go this way."

A woman in her forties led Inaba Rika through the chaotic conference room.

There were piles of various documents in the conference room, and many whiteboards were set up around it, covered with papers of various colors, and the blank spaces were filled with words.

Many people were on the phone, speaking very loudly because of their impatience. Even more people were arguing loudly around the map. It seemed like there were dozens of people arguing in the room at the same time, making the whole environment even more noisy and uneasy.

"I'm sorry, it's not always like this." The woman leading the way said apologetically.

"It's okay." Inaba Rika said hurriedly.

"Please come in."