From Earthbound Spirit to Tokyo Evil

Fortunately, it doesn't look like an interrogation room, but an ordinary meeting room.

Inaba Rika breathed a sigh of relief.

There were some exquisite-looking snacks on the table, and the woman quickly brought hot tea, but Inaba was not in the mood at all at the moment.

Fortunately, not long after, two men came in. The middle-aged man walking behind closed the door, and the noise outside was suddenly cut off, while the old man walked to the opposite side of her with a smile.

Inaba stood up hurriedly.

"I'm Shinjiro Ishino, the acting chief of Tokyo Akasaka, and this is my deputy, Koji Kuroda. It's our first meeting, please give me your guidance."

"Please give me your guidance!" The man named Kuroda Koji bowed solemnly.

"Yes. I'm Inaba Rika, please give me your guidance."

"Please take a seat." Ishino said with a smile. "Don't be too nervous, just be casual."

"Yes."

"Ms. Inaba, as you can see, we have already set up a temporary countermeasures headquarters for the incident you reported before and have begun to conduct corresponding investigations. However, due to too few clues, the progress is honestly not satisfactory. So today, in addition to wanting to learn more about the process of the person who took the initiative to contact you twice, I mainly want to work with you to figure out why it chose you. I may ask you some questions next, no matter how trivial or insignificant the questions are, I hope you can tell the truth. Please rest assured that we will strictly keep your privacy, and no third person will know these contents except the two of us."

"Yes." Inaba took a deep breath and nodded. "I've thought about this question too. Although I think it just chose me by chance, I'm willing to answer all questions as long as it can be helpful."

"Thank you very much. Ms. Inaba, let's get started right away."

"Well, let me start asking questions." Kuroda Koji flipped open the folder in his hand. "Ms. Inaba, your hometown is Minamitsuru County, Yamanashi Prefecture, right?"

"Yes." Inaba nodded.

"So, you should be familiar with Aokigahara, right?"

"Yes, rather than saying I'm not unfamiliar with it, I'd say I'm very familiar with it. My father was once a volunteer in the search and rescue team, and I grew up hearing legends about that forest. The reason why I chose my current career is probably related to my background."

"Has your family ever produced any famous people? It doesn't matter even if the elders just mentioned them by chance."

"I don't remember any. My family has been farmers for generations, so there shouldn't be any famous people."

"Do you remember anything strange happening in your home?"

"I have heard a lot of stories from other families, and I have verified them many times, but to be honest, none of them were true."

"Does your family have anything very old? Like statues, amulets, antiques, etc.? Antique dolls, or wind chimes?"

"I don't remember it."

"What about pets? Do you have any particularly smart pets? Or animals that you've kept at home for many years?"

The questions came one after another, very diverse and detailed, ranging from Inaba Rika's childhood to her going to Beijing, and even her several boyfriends were not spared.

Ishino hardly spoke after his opening remarks. He only spoke to change the subject and ease the atmosphere when some questions were difficult for Inaba to answer. Or when Inaba felt tired, he paused at the right time to let her rest for a while.

Inaba Rika could feel his eyes staring at her, as if he wanted to peel off her skin and penetrate her soul. This feeling made her feel creepy, but she could do nothing about it.

She felt that these questions were meaningless. The so-called "spy" didn't care about her at all and didn't understand her. It was impossible that he came to her because of some factor in her life or bloodline.

It was just standing on a high place and throwing stones down randomly, and unfortunately it hit her.

But she couldn't fight against a behemoth like Akasaka, and she didn't even have the slightest desire to resist. She could only try her best to cooperate with them and get a slightly more favorable result for herself.

"You must think we are too inhumane, right, Ms. Inaba?" Ishino Shinjiro suddenly asked during another break. "I'm sorry, but the responsibility we shoulder is too heavy, and we have no choice."

"Ah? No, no! I understand your position and ideas very well. I have been thinking that it would be great if I could help."

"That's good. By the way, when this is over, Ms. Inaba, would you like to come to Akasaka to work?"

"what?"

"As you know, the pressure we face is indeed very great and the danger is also very high, but correspondingly, our treatment and level are also very high, and we can enjoy many special conveniences. But I don't think these are important. What's important is that what we are doing is very important to the whole of Tokyo, the whole of Neon, and even the whole of humanity. Everything we silently give is to protect this world so that more people can live happily. Ms. Inaba, I heard that you are a person with a strong sense of justice and a strong desire for the truth, so Akasaka should be the most suitable place for you."

"Um...can I think about it?" Inaba Rika never thought she would face such a choice.

"Of course." Ishino said with a smile. "It's okay, you can take your time to think about it."

"Time's up, shall we continue?" said Kuroda Koji.

The questioning lasted from morning to evening. Inaba Rika was exhausted, but the two people opposite her did not look much different from the beginning.

Finally, when the document turned to the last page, Inaba Rika's heart finally settled down.

"Thank you very much!" Ishino said. "You are the calmest and most cooperative person I have ever met, Ms. Inaba. I am really looking forward to your answer."

"Thank you. I will definitely consider it seriously."

"Well..." Kuroda Koji opened the box that had been placed in front of him. "This is the latest abnormal wave detector. It is specially made to look like a women's watch for easy concealment. As long as an alien invades within ten meters of you, it will vibrate to remind you. The disadvantage is that the sensitivity is relatively weak, but it is much better than the old model you are using now."

"Thank you."

"This button can send out a distress signal. For your safety, we will arrange three groups of people to protect you 24 hours a day, making sure they don't go beyond 50 meters around you. We will monitor the signal on your watch in real time, but it is up to you to decide whether our people will show up. If you feel that the situation is out of control, press this button immediately and our people will take action immediately."

"Um... can you hear my voice?" Inaba Rika wanted to ask what kind of action it was, but thought better of it. If that spirit wanted to kill her, Akasaka's people would not be able to get there in time.

"Yes, this is also to ensure your safety."

Chapter 50 Key Figures

[Sato, how are the preparations for the blessing ceremony going? ]

Akasaka's attention was finally diverted to the non-existent conspiracy, but for Natsukawa, the most fundamental problem was not actually solved.

A stable source of vows and a stable source of money.

If Akasaka was not there, then founding a new sect would naturally be the best option, but now, everything can only be done secretly under the premise of extreme caution, and the difficulty can be said to have increased several times.

The greater difficulty lies in the fact that Xia Chuan himself is too severely limited, and the tools he can currently use are too weak.

"Please give me a little more time. I already have an idea." Sato responded solemnly, and then ran away in a hurry.

Am I putting too much pressure on him?

Xia Chuan couldn't help but have some doubts about himself.

Sato's problem is probably that he is not bad enough, nor is he treacherous enough. But as a qualified charlatan, how can he be neither bad nor treacherous?

Losers should not be chosen from the beginning. They may be more likely to cling to straws, but their own qualities determine that even with the help of a powerful external force like Xia Chuan, it will still be difficult for them to make breakthrough progress.

Maybe I should still do as I originally thought, find someone bad enough, use him, and then ruthlessly abandon him?

But where should I find such a person?

Sanlang, it seems that it is time for you to take action.

The well-fed mouse was actually unwilling to move, but under Xiachuan's coercion, it obediently crawled out of the cage and ran along the sewer towards the shopping street.

This time, Xia Chuan injected fifteen strands of spiritual energy into the amulet in its body, preparing it to detect a route it had never taken before. If it was unfortunate enough to encounter someone from Akasaka on the way, it could also test the bottom line of the sensitivity of Akasaka's testing equipment again.

There was nothing or anyone worth mentioning along the way, so Xiachuan simply took this opportunity to let Saburo run to the small hotel where Sato had stayed before, preparing to connect several safe routes to form a closed loop.

But just as they ran to the street corner opposite the inn, Xiachuan suddenly felt a strange power, and then he found that his consciousness had returned to the shrine.

what happened?

He immediately remembered the previous time when his spiritual power was lost, but that time it was because he did not take care of it. But this time, his consciousness was clearly focused there the whole time, so why didn't he feel anything and it was suddenly disconnected?

He immediately focused his attention on the statue, which he had not paid attention to for a long time. He carefully leaned out and saw that it should be the place he had passed by before. There was a middle-aged man sitting on the side of the road, looking down and studying something.

There were some traces of blood on the ground. After a moment, Xia Chuan realized that those should be the remains of Saburo, and what the man was studying should be the amulet that he had hidden in Saburo's stomach.

A huge sense of crisis suddenly descended upon him, and he stepped back again, carefully hiding in the lobby of the hotel, spying on the man.

This place is less than three kilometers away from the shrine. If this man finds the place through the words on the amulet, what should he do?

He didn't even know how the other party discovered him and dealt with his clone.

This guy probably wasn't a spirit, because some passers-by glanced at him curiously. But he wasn't like Takahata and the others, who could easily tell that he was different from humans.

He has a completely different temperament, so he should not be from Akasaka. Then, who is he? Or, what is he?

Is he related to the previous disconnection?

The man suddenly crumpled up the thing in his hand and threw it into the sewer. He raised his head and Xia Chuan saw a face full of wildness.

impressive.

How to do?

The man was about to leave, and Xia Chuan suddenly made up his mind.

Judging from his actions on both occasions, he is definitely not a friendly alien.

Otherwise, he should at least touch it first and then devour it.

He rushed out of the hotel lobby and saw a young girl reading text messages on the side of the road. Suddenly, a force pushed her from below, causing her to stand up her phone. Then, without pressing any buttons, she heard a series of clicking sounds from the phone and a series of photos were taken.

"Hey, hey, hey?" Before the girl had time to think about what was happening, the phone in her hand suddenly started automatically sending pictures to an unfamiliar number. This finally scared her completely, and she screamed and threw the phone away.

He saw me.

Xia Chuan watched the man stride across the street towards him and firmly sent the last line of text on his phone.

【Find Him, He is the key person】

The man was already in front of him. Xia Chuan stared at him with wide eyes. His mouth suddenly grew very big, revealing his sharp and tiny teeth. The powerful suction directly dragged Xia Chuan over and swallowed him in one gulp.

Xiachuan's consciousness returned to the shrine again.

It was not a friendly experience at all.

Next, it depends on Akasaka's ability to take action.

I just hope that guy doesn't pay attention to the content on the phone, or that he's not the type who can change his appearance at will.

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Rika Inaba looked at the pictures sent to her phone from an unfamiliar number with confusion. There were six pictures in total, and they seemed to be street scenes somewhere.

Then, there was a message from the same number.

【Find Him, He is the key person】

It took her a second to realize what that meant.

So, without hesitation, she pressed the button on her watch.

"Ms. Inaba?" As expected, a few seconds after she opened the door, someone from Akasaka ran over from a distant room.

"Someone sent me a message, I think it was Mukuro."

Although there are many things in the photos, the focus of all six photos is undoubtedly only one person.

"We'll track this number right away." Akasaka's staff said. "Do you know this person?"

"I've never seen him." Inaba Rika shook her head and replied.

She was really fed up with this kind of life.

The base station from which the number last sent a signal was quickly identified, and Tachibana Koichi and Kimoto, who were the closest to the place, rushed to the place a few minutes later, but they saw nothing except a girl huddled on the side of the street sobbing.

There was a cell phone on the ground that had been trampled to pieces. Mu Yuan checked the photos she had received before and found that they were taken at the place where she was standing.

"What's wrong with you?" Tachibana Hiroichi comforted the girl. She looked only sixteen or seventeen years old, probably still a high school student.

"My phone...it suddenly..." the girl said in panic.

"Who broke it? Did you see that person's face?" Mu Yuan asked.

"His face...his face..." the girl started crying again.

Chapter 51: Driving the tiger and swallowing the wolf

The girl had lost her ability to think logically in fear, and Kimoto continued to comfort her while Tachibana Koichi stood up and looked around for possible clues.

The hotel next door caught his attention. He walked in and found that the front desk was empty, but just as he was about to ask loudly, he heard low sobbing.

A middle-aged woman huddled in the small space behind the front desk, looking dazed.

It took the two of them several minutes to finally calm the two witnesses down, and Tachibana Koichi also got the hotel's surveillance video.

The man in the photo suddenly crossed the street, rushed over, picked up the phone that had fallen to the ground, then "roared" and smashed it on the ground, and then stepped hard. Then, he rushed directly into the lobby of the hotel, grabbed the owner's clothes and lifted her up, asking her where she got the Buddha statue in the shrine.

Perhaps because of fear, both of them had vague memories of the appearance of this "key person". The only common point that could be confirmed was that his mouth was very large and full of tiny teeth.