From Earthbound Spirit to Tokyo Evil

"So, where did you buy that Buddha statue? Do you have a photo of it?" asked Tachibana Hiroichi, taking a look at the shrine that had been smashed to pieces.

"Calling headquarters, calling headquarters, this is Ara 104, the target person has escaped and may be walking to the antique shop in Nippori -chome Shopping Street. We are heading there. Over."

"Huang 104, received. Support is on the way. If not necessary, do not alert the target and maintain surveillance. Report your whereabouts at any time. Over."

"Let's go!" Mu Yuan said loudly.

The two drove quickly towards Nippori's commercial street. The target person had left for at least fifteen minutes. God knew if they could still catch up with him.

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Natsukawa is also taking action. Sato is not here, and the raccoon group cannot be called back for the time being. He can only rely on himself.

He immediately sent out Shiro, the only one he could use, but he didn't send him out to look for targets. Instead, he sent him to climb the tallest tree in the shrine and look for an opportunity.

Crows often appear in this area, and sometimes there are birds like pigeons, but the species is no longer important. No matter what Xia Chuan catches now, as long as it is not a sparrow, he will have to use it.

Soon, a large crow flew over, seeming to be very interested in the mouse exposed in the tree.

Xia Chuan immediately hit its wings, causing it to fall down with a scream.

Don't die!

Xiachuan quickly commanded Shiro to run to the fallen crow. It was a little embarrassed, but still alive.

well.

There was another small wooden box with an amulet stuffed in it that he had prepared earlier. He had already asked Shiro to pick it out. At this time, he brought it directly over and stuffed it into the crow's mouth.

Without anyone's help, he only had to rely on his spiritual power and a mouse that couldn't really understand his intentions. This process alone took him ten minutes, but he finally completed this almost impossible task. He then immediately injected a maximum of thirty strands of spiritual energy into the crow's body and began to treat its injuries.

The crow flew up immediately. Xia Chuan tried to train it like he had trained the mouse before, but almost made it fall to the ground.

It screamed and flapped its wings in panic in the air, causing the people passing by to look up. This went on for a few minutes before Xia Chuan finally found a way to guide it.

Although it was much more difficult than commanding a mouse, he finally commanded it to fly in the direction of the guy he had met before.

He saw Kimoto and Tachibana from a distance, so he carefully stopped the crows from approaching that direction. Then, he began to look for the guy in the surrounding streets, but did not see him.

That guy just ran away like that?

This result was somewhat beyond Xia Chuan's judgment.

His previous analysis had two points:

First, this guy was very likely related to the previous loss of spiritual energy, and his target was obviously himself, and his purpose was to seize or devour the spiritual energy. He was an enemy.

Secondly, he would not have imagined that Natsukawa could somehow mobilize Akasaka's power for his own use, so even if he had realized that he had been discovered by Natsukawa, he would not have chosen to escape. On the contrary, he had successfully devoured the spiritual energy separated from Natsukawa twice, which should have stimulated his desire and confidence. The fact that he had been discovered might even have further stimulated him, making him want to find Natsukawa's hiding place and devour him whole before he escaped.

At this time, Natsukawa couldn't help but thank the three generations of the Sato family for their unremitting efforts.

If they had not succeeded in shutting down the shrine, making it unknown and unknown to anyone except the nearby residents, this guy might have come to the shrine directly with the red seal on the amulet.

Sato, you are awesome. I have wronged you all along. It is okay for you to continue to be decadent. Please!

The huge sense of crisis made Xiachuan continue to carefully guide the crow's flight while thinking wildly, and confirmed that the guy was not on the way to the shrine.

Did some information mislead him and make him run somewhere else?

At this time, he saw Kimoto and Tachibana hurriedly running out of the small inn and driving away, so he guided the crow to chase them.

It was very dissatisfied and kept trying to break free from Xia Chuan's control. He had to constantly battle wits with it along the way, but unexpectedly, he saw the guy from before on a secluded path.

He did not change his appearance, so it is impossible to say that he cannot transform, but he probably does not have the talent for transformation like a raccoon cat... maybe.

The crow wanted to land and rest at this time. It had been flying for more than ten minutes, which was completely against its nature. Xia Chuan had to stab its body to warn it that it was wrong to do so and it would be punished.

The crow then started croaking in dissatisfaction again, but just as it was doing this, the guy on the ground suddenly glanced over.

Oh no.

When Xia Chuan saw him, he immediately ran over here.

You stupid!

He stimulated the crow's body again, hoping that it would choose the right direction to fly, but the crow quarreled with the invisible enemy in the air.

Fortunately, it may have also felt the threat posed by that man. When he was almost running directly below them, it finally gave up resistance and chose the direction that Xia Chuan hoped for.

"Headquarters, this is Huang 104. We are about to reach the target block, but we haven't found the target person yet. Over."

"Roger that, the idea is safe, backup will arrive in five minutes. Until then, remain restrained, over."

"Five minutes..." Tachibana Hirokazu sighed and said to Kimoto who was driving. Although he knew that it was not easy for the support to arrive in such a short time, five minutes was enough time for a lot of things to happen.

At this moment, a black object suddenly hit the front windshield heavily, and they could not see anything in an instant.

Mu Yuan instinctively stepped on the brakes and the car stopped suddenly. The car behind was unable to stop in time and rear-ended them, hitting them hard.

It was a crow. Even after experiencing such a horrific collision, it was still alive, and its head stuck in the glass was struggling desperately.

But what really frightened the two was that the detector hanging on their waists was vibrating like crazy.

"Get out of the car!" Tachibana shouted loudly, and at the same time took out a weapon from the toolbox.

The two men rushed out of the car quickly. The driver of the car behind was cursing. Mu Yuan took out a gun with one hand and his ID with the other and waved it in front of him.

"Get out of the car! Leave now!"

The man was startled, but at this moment, Tachibana shouted in surprise: "It's him!"

The guy they were chasing was at the entrance of the alley less than twenty meters away from them, looking at them fiercely and greedily.

Chapter 52 The thin line between life and death

what happened?

What does the vibration of the detector have to do with this guy? It's clearly beyond the measurement range...

But that guy didn't give them time to think and rushed straight towards them at an extremely fast speed!

"Kimoto! Run!" Tachibana Hirokazu shouted loudly, at the same time checked the shotgun in his hand, raised it and aimed it at the guy.

"It's a gun!!" The crowd around had been gathering around thinking there would be something exciting to watch, but now they were completely frightened and started running around screaming.

Several people were calling the police and the scene was chaotic.

Mu Yuan tried to open the trunk door, but the rear of the car had been deformed by the car behind, so she quickly opened the trunk door, got in, opened the seat, and began to search for weapons in the trunk.

Although she was holding a powerful military pistol, it was obviously useless against a guy like this.

Tachibana Hiroichi pulled the trigger.

There is never a rule in Akasaka's work manual that says one can only shoot after multiple warnings are ineffective, as the police do. The blood of countless predecessors has taught them that in any situation, shooting first and then questioning is the only correct option.

But the guy suddenly moved sideways before he pulled the trigger, rushed into the crowd, changed direction in an instant, and pounced on the car!

He only had time to fire a second shot in that direction before he was hit in the chest by a punch and flew out, crashing directly into the car behind him.

"Da da da da..." A series of gunshots rang out at this time, accompanied by the shattering of the car window. The submachine gun in Mu Yuan's hand spit out a series of flames, and the bullets penetrated the attacker's body mercilessly, knocking him back repeatedly without any defense.

But he didn't fall!

Mu Yuan fired all the bullets in the magazine in one breath, grabbed the military pistol that she had abandoned before with her left hand, put it on the car door and continued shooting, while her right hand tried to change the magazine.

The target suddenly roared, ducked and rushed forward, slamming heavily into the car door, causing the car to roll sideways and stop with the roof down!

The guy took a step forward and opened the car door with one hand.

"Kimoto!" Tachibana Hirokazu struggled to get up. Even through the bulletproof vest he could feel the severe pain in his chest, but he couldn't bear to watch that guy threaten Kimoto's safety.

The shotgun had flown away to who knows where, so he took out the pistol hanging on his waist and shot at the monster continuously while enduring the pain.

The bullet hit him from the side, making him roar again. He turned his head towards Tachibana Hiroichi. At this moment, a huge blood flower suddenly burst out from behind him, making him scream miserably!

He swung his arm back violently but hit nothing. However, Tachibana Koichi saw that the cut on his back was so deep that his snow-white spine was almost visible.

The next second, Mu Yuan took out a net gun from the trunk, pointed it at him, pulled the trigger, and wrapped him up.

But the net made of special steel wire only lasted for a few seconds before it was torn open in an instant. Fortunately, he was unable to completely escape from the net, and this time was enough for Tachibana Hirokazu to pick up the shotgun that had fallen to the ground.

The monster in the net opened its huge mouth and roared at him. The bloody mouth full of sharp teeth made Tachibana Hiroichi stunned for a moment, and then he pulled the trigger at that place without hesitation.

One shot, two shots, three shots, until the monster's head was finally beaten into a bloody mess, and even the spherical shape could not be seen. The gun in his hand had run out of bullets. He finally dropped the gun and sat down softly on the ground.

"Tachibana-senpai?" With disheveled hair and a large bruise on his forehead, Kimoto climbed out of the car, dragging a reloaded submachine gun.

Seeing that the monster had lost its ability to move, with only its lower body still twitching, she carefully pointed the gun at it and asked loudly, "Are you okay?"

"I probably won't die yet." Only then did Tachibana Hiroichi feel the pain in his chest that made it hard for him to breathe. So he struggled to look at the monster again, then simply lay down on his back.

The whistle finally sounded. Although the support was a little late, it finally arrived in time.

"Finally, I can take a good rest." Facing Kimoto, whose eyes were a little red, Tachibana Hiroichi endured the pain and forced a smile. "You should be able to take a rest too, aren't you happy?"

"Idiot!" Mu Yuan cursed without hesitation.

It took even longer for the ambulance to arrive and take away Tachibana Koichi, followed by the people who were injured in the chaos.

Mu Yuan received a rough examination at the scene and was found to have only hit her forehead on the car body, which was not serious. However, the doctor still recommended that she be admitted to the hospital for observation.

"Well done, you killed that guy." A companion came over and told her.

No one in Akasaka would ever accuse their companions of not leaving any survivors. Everyone knew that there was no room for hesitation or delay when facing these monsters.

It would be good to leave them alive, but it was better to kill them on the spot than to let them run away. The worst result was that because of a moment's hesitation, I died and the monster escaped.

Mu Yuan nodded without saying anything. Instead, he leaned against a car and silently watched his companions who had arrived one after another from behind brainwash the witnesses and confiscate their mobile phones for inspection.

What will the reason be this time?

Hunting down gang members? Or engaging in a firefight with international arms dealers?

The people from the TV station haven't arrived yet, maybe the script hasn't been written yet, and the relevant personnel and props are not ready yet.

The guy who rear-ended them was surrounded by two Akasakas and looked very excited. He saw the whole process from a very close distance, so he couldn't be brainwashed by ordinary means. He would definitely get a large sum of money, but he would also be forced to sign a confidentiality agreement. Once he told others what happened today, no matter if anyone believed it or not, he would be arrested and put in a special detention center, and would be released only after he fully realized the importance of confidentiality.

However, these are actually not important at all to Mu Yuan.

It had been a long time since the incident, but her mind was still in a mess.

How did we win?

She still hasn't figured it out yet.

The only thing that can be confirmed is that if it weren't for that sudden but powerful blow, she would not have had the chance to trap the guy with the net gun, and Tachibana Koichi would not have had the chance to kill him at close range.

And the bird that crashed through their windshield was never found anywhere.

Mu Yuan felt that the only explanation was that it had flown away after completing its mission.

It hit the windshield just to make them stop and face the monster, which might have been attracted by the same thing.

Kimoto suspected that the person behind all this was the so-called "Mukuroku" who had been passing information through Inaba Rika and playing with Akasaka. Just like his code name, he had been secretly spying on everything that happened in the city. Even now, he was probably still observing them with malicious intent.

Even if his so-called prophecy is true, he is still an enemy of humanity, so he is also an enemy of Akasaka.

Be sure to write it in detail in the report.

Kimoto Juri said to himself.

Chapter 53 Life is like jumping from one cage to another

At this moment, Xia Chuan, who was regarded by Mu Yuan as the mastermind, was not as leisurely as she imagined. Because of a bold attempt, he was in unprecedented crisis and could not take care of himself.

When Tachibana Hiroichi fired continuously at the ugly head, turning it into a bloody paste, a large amount of spiritual energy began to emerge from the guy's body and began to gather above his head.

Xia Chuan had never encountered such a situation before. He had witnessed the emergence of spirits many times before, but each time, the spirits were born at the moment of death. He had never encountered a situation like this before.

Dozens of groups of spiritual energy chased each other in the air, collided, and devoured each other, gradually taking shape and suddenly splitting, but they did not look like dead monsters, but a gathering of dozens of completely different faces.

For a moment, Xia Chuan even saw himself in it.

Are these... all the spirits devoured by that guy?

Because his spiritual energy had been devoured by me three times, I also became a part of it?

Fear, anger, resentment, pleading, unwillingness, all kinds of expressions kept changing, appearing in new positions every second, and then immediately replaced by other expressions.

Every second, a spirit is disintegrating and is immediately absorbed and devoured by other spirits, generating new twisted monsters, and most of them will also disintegrate within a few seconds after they are formed.