From Earthbound Spirit to Tokyo Evil

This sentence, put in a specific context, is no different from a confession. Of course, Natsukawa knows that Kamio Hitomi would never mean that, but being said this by a recognized beauty, and perhaps the most famous idol in Japan, still makes him feel happy.

In fact, wouldn’t it be great if the relationship between the two sides was closer and Kamio Hitomi took Yui and the others to study the Kagura dance that could truly please the gods?

Information on the Internet was updated very quickly. With the deliberate arrangement and public relations of the agent, the message forwarded by Kamio Hitomi did not attract any more attention. At the same time, the agent also asked the assistant to forward some information about artists from the same agency, such as the Leshin Festival concert that will begin at the end of May and various products endorsed by Kamio Hitomi, which quickly suppressed the popularity of the missing person information and finally deleted it quietly.

However, the purpose of finding someone has been achieved, and this result made Natsukawa and Kamio Hitomi very satisfied.

Of course, Natsukawa continued to search the streets near the place where the photo was taken for the whereabouts of Kiyokawa Yuriko, while Asakawa Manabu was trying to obtain the police surveillance video of the area. Kinoshita Takashi also began to look for clues that she might have left in the vicinity and investigated unofficial surveillance videos that were not connected to the Internet. On the other hand, the thugs of the Kiryu Group also began to search the area through their own channels.

No matter whether she was hiding in this area, working in this place, or passing by this place by chance, looking for someone or something in this place, Xia Chuan believed that he was not far from finding her.

"Hey! Have you seen this woman?" The two thugs asked the shop owners and apartment managers on the street one by one.

This method is not very efficient, but the gangsters have nothing to do anyway, so it doesn't hurt to ask while collecting protection fees.

"No, no." The shop owner who was asked answered repeatedly, which earned him a slap in the face.

"Look carefully for me! You said there's nothing without even looking?"

The shop owner had to stare wide-eyed. The gangster also called his wife over: "Old woman, come over and take a look. Have you seen this woman?"

The pictures on their phones made them look a little surprised, but they still shook their heads: "Sorry, I haven't seen it, I really haven't seen it."

The two thugs didn't notice their subtle expressions, took the protection money, and left cursing.

"Isn't this the child's father?"

"Don't talk nonsense." The owner immediately scolded in a low voice. "Don't cause trouble!"

But they didn't notice that Kinoshita Takashi, who happened to be buying cigarettes in the store, had noticed their conversation.

"My Lord God, I may have discovered something here." He immediately prayed to Xiachuan through the amulet.

Xia Chuan, who was conducting street investigation two blocks away, immediately moved over.

They couldn't possibly have any relationship with Kiyokawa Yuriko, who was a raccoon cat, so there was a high probability that they had seen her nearby before, or even more than once!

Natsukawa immediately began searching the area, while Kinoshita Takashi also began observing the area to see if there was any surveillance video that could be investigated.

Most of the houses nearby are single-family houses, with a few old apartments interspersed. It is just an ordinary residential area on the outskirts of Tokyo.

Xia Chuan accidentally broke into a house that looked pretty good on the outside. The monsters inside looked at the spirit that came through the wall in surprise. After a moment, Xia Chuan suddenly retreated out of there.

Yuriko Kiyokawa!

And... four or five monsters!

I don’t know whether to say it is lucky or unfortunate, but he seems to have accidentally discovered a secret base of the Styx Society!

Chapter 228: Civet Cats Can Be Very Fierce

What are these guys doing here?

What role did Yuriko Kiyokawa play in it?

Should we kill the other monsters inside first and capture Kiyokawa Yuriko?

But...it was broad daylight...and, because this place was actually outside Tokyo, the number of crows that Xiachuan had scattered here was not that many. In fact, if he hadn't been looking for Yuriko Kiyokawa nearby recently, he would never have deployed crows in a place like this.

Xia Chuan immediately began to gather all the crows here, but distant water cannot quench immediate thirst. The spiritual power that could be gathered now might be able to kill one or two of the monsters, but in that case, the others would most likely run away.

Kiyokawa Yuriko shouldn't be an important person in there? So, scare them and let them leave her behind and escape?

Xia Chuan was thinking quickly while mobilizing the crows. At this moment, a monster rushed out of the house and saw the crows in the sky. He screamed hysterically, "It's the Kaiju!"

The monsters immediately took action, and the doors and windows of the house shattered into pieces in an instant. Three monsters fled in different directions for their lives, but the monster who saw him showed a crazy expression and quickly swelled up like a balloon.

Dark brown hair grew rapidly as his body expanded, covering his entire body in an instant, and fangs and claws also grew out at the same time.

Is this guy going to sacrifice himself to buy time and let the others escape?

Really, can't you just run away like everyone else?

Why are you pretending to be a hero here? You are making it very difficult for me, do you know that?

While Xia Chuan was waiting for the nearby crows to arrive, he was keeping an eye on the situation inside the house.

Why didn’t Yuriko Kiyokawa escape?

He suddenly had a bad premonition and lunged downwards.

The youkai, which had completely transformed into a monster, roared and pounced on him, but he easily dodged it.

He rushed into the room again, only to see the last monster smearing something that looked like blood on Kiyokawa Yuriko's face while chanting some kind of spell.

There was a box at his feet, and no one knew what was inside it.

Yuriko Kiyokawa fell into a magic circle and had turned back into her original form. Her eyes were bulging and bloodshot, her canine teeth and claws were growing rapidly, and her body was also expanding rapidly. It was obvious that she was losing her rationality and turning into a killing machine.

Natsukawa pounced on the monster without stopping, and finally stopped his actions, forcing him to give up his efforts and jump out of the broken window, but the next second, Kiyokawa Yuriko pounced on him, barking.

Xia Chuan could only flee from the room. The guy had already escaped more than ten meters away, and his body was rapidly shrinking back into a human form.

Those who should have fled have fled, but...

A strong wind came towards him from behind with crazy barking. Natsukawa nimbly avoided the attack of Kiyokawa Yuriko, but her body had become completely huge and violent, so she threw herself directly against the courtyard wall, exposing her huge body directly to everyone's eyes.

This place was not very busy, but it was not a deserted place either. The sudden appearance of the monster made the pedestrians on the roadside scream, which attracted the attention of Qingchuan Yuriko, causing her to abandon Xiachuan and rush straight to the housewife.

That does not work!

Such scenes had occurred many times during the two months of fierce fighting between the Styx Society and Akasaka, making Xiachuan wonder where the Styx Society found so many fearless monsters. Now, he knew the answer.

Those monsters that were killing crazily in Tokyo were not really willing to die for the ideals of the Styx Society, but were created as killing machines by some secret method. And their fate was no exception, snipers, rocket launchers, and even armed helicopters or ground attack aircraft. The decisive factor was not even how much damage they caused, but what kind of attack method was more suitable for their environment and how far they were from important areas.

Xiachuan immediately thought of her ending. This place was neither a prosperous urban area nor had any important facilities. There were no tall buildings around to deploy snipers. The incident happened suddenly and Akasaka had no time to dispatch ground emergency forces.

Therefore, it is highly likely that an application was made to Tokyo Watch within a few minutes of receiving the report, followed by the dispatch of armed helicopters or attack aircraft.

From now on, he had less than ten minutes to stop her and bring her back to her senses.

But... Xia Chuan couldn't help but want to swear, he didn't know what to do at all!

He only had time to hit her hard from behind to draw her attention back to himself.

What to do? Should I lead her to a crowded place to make Akasaka afraid to act rashly, or lead her to a less crowded place to save more innocent people? Or, just...

The nearby flock of crows quickly grew larger under his control, and pounced on Kiyokawa Yuriko, entangled with her, buying time for Natsukawa.

He took the opportunity to switch back to the crow, quickly overlooking the surrounding environment, and soon came up with an idea.

"Come on!" He hit Kiyokawa Yuriko hard again.

Her power has far exceeded the limits of a raccoon monster, and there is no trace of a raccoon at all. The price she paid was her sanity.

Xiachuan probably had guessed what those guys from the Styx Society had done. They must have forced Yuriko Kiyokawa to devour an evil spirit that was far beyond her own abilities.

The intense pain attracted the attention of Kiyokawa Yuriko, making her pounce on Natsukawa again. She tried her best to choose deserted streets and alleys, and at the same time continuously gathered the power of the crows that came one after another, attacking Kiyokawa Yuriko from time to time, and quickly leading her to the nearby Arakawa River bank.

Akasaka should have received the news by now... A large group of crows finally arrived, allowing Natsukawa to gain enough strength. Afterwards, he attacked Kiyokawa Yuriko again and led the raccoon cat that had lost its mind to the Tokyo Bay in the south.

You idiot, hurry up!

The environment became simpler, with no houses, vehicles or pedestrians blocking the way, and both of them naturally moved faster.

The Arakawa estuary was just ahead, but at this moment, the roar of fighter jets could be heard overhead.

Damn it!

Then...

A large flock of crows suddenly rose high into the sky, and by the time the fighter pilots spotted them it was already too late.

"FXXX!"

Sparks suddenly appeared on the wing of the diving fighter. A moment later, the American pilot ejected from the cabin and watched his plane crash into the sea.

At this time, Yuriko Kiyokawa was finally led to the beach by Natsukawa.

Chapter 229: She's still cute if she doesn't become an adult

The crisis was only temporarily resolved. Natsukawa believed that the crash of the attack plane would only prompt Akasaka to launch a more violent attack because they had already reached an open area and the next attack might even be weapons such as artillery shells and missiles that were far beyond their sight.

He just won a few minutes.

How can I make this crazy raccoon cat in front of me return to normal?

How can we eliminate the uncontrollable resentment from the evil spirit in her body?

Yuriko Kiyokawa's attack made him unable to think, so he rushed directly towards her, attached himself to her tightly, and began to try to invade her body to eliminate the unnecessary resentment.

But Kiyokawa Yuriko was so crazy that she started to harm her own body in order to attack Natsukawa. Natsukawa tried to compress her carotid artery to make her lose blood in the brain and pass out, but it didn't work. Time waits for no one, so he simply gritted his teeth and broke her limbs, finally making her temporarily unable to move.

Monsters shouldn't be drowned?

Thinking of this, he summoned a large number of crows, cast the spell of multiplication and let them throw her into the sea. Then, he summoned the nearby fish and dragged her into the deep of Tokyo Bay.

In order to be able to move with Kiyokawa Yuriko, he even had to let a crow fall into the water by itself, and then manipulate a big fish to swallow it in one gulp.

Artillery shells suddenly came from nowhere and bombarded the estuary and sea where they were before. Xiachuan sped up to drag Qingchuan Yuriko to a farther place. There seemed to be helicopters and speedboats rushing over his head, but that had nothing to do with him anymore.

The water was actually not very deep, but fortunately it was not clear enough to conceal their whereabouts.

Natsukawa was actually a little worried that Kiyokawa Yuriko would drown, but her vitality was obviously too strong in her crazy state, and there was no sign of drowning at all. On the contrary, as time went by, her limbs began to heal themselves, forcing Natsukawa to take action again and break her limbs again.

In order to avoid being discovered by Akasaka, he dragged her far south until he reached the uninhabited area at the southern end of Boso Peninsula and returned to the beach. He then notified Sato Kentaro, Kawaguchi Rena and others who had already driven to the nearby area in accordance with his orders.

Although he had followed Natsukawa for quite a long time, Kentaro Sato had never actually seen any monsters. The same was true for the believers and Rena Kawaguchi who came with him. The monster in front of them, which kept twisting like a giant bear and making terrible roars, made them a little frightened and their legs went weak, but they believed in their own gods after all. Although they were extremely frightened, they still followed Natsukawa's instructions and began to arrange the ceremony on the beach as quickly as possible.

Xia Chuan actually didn't know whether this approach would work, but there was really no other way at the moment, so he could only give it a try.

Fortunately, the "Katsura Dance" used to pray for blessings and cure diseases seemed to have an effect on Kiyokawa Yuriko's condition. Of course, it also healed her limbs that were broken by Natsukawa, forcing Natsukawa to take ruthless action again, causing her to suffer torture and pain once again.

A large amount of spiritual energy filled with strong resentment escaped from her body with the rhythm of "Katsura Dance" and was swallowed up by Natsukawa without mercy. Her body began to shrink gradually and finally returned to the appearance of an ordinary raccoon cat.

Seeing that she seemed to have calmed down, Xia Chuan finally did not break her limbs again. She seemed to have been exhausted by her previous experiences and pain. After raising her head to look at the person in front of her and Xia Chuan, she fainted.

"Lord God, us?" asked Rena Kawaguchi.

"Find an abandoned house nearby and put her in it, then you can go back." Xia Chuan said.

Although he didn't feel there was anything wrong, he decided to see the situation before deciding whether to take Yuriko Kiyokawa back.

Otherwise, if he made a wrong judgment and she was actually a die-hard supporter of the Styx Society, or if the Styx Society had left some tracking spell on her, then his true identity would be exposed inexplicably.

After finally finding the "real shrine maiden", Xia Chuan made an exception and kept a close eye on her for the entire night.

He tried to enter her dreams, but the side effects of falling into madness during the day seemed not to have completely subsided. She kept running away in her dreams and screaming hysterically, which made Xia Chuan finally give up the idea of ​​obtaining that knowledge in this way.

Let's wait until she calms down.

Perhaps because she was seriously injured, Yuriko Kiyokawa was in a coma until the afternoon when she finally woke up. The Styx that Xiachuan was worried about did not come in the end.

At this time, Takahata and Yoshiyama finally arrived.

They have lived in the human world for more than 20 years but cannot drive. They are reluctant to call a taxi, so they have to change several modes of transportation along the way. It took them most of the day to find this place. These two guys are really a shame to monsters.

"Yuriko!" Seeing the female raccoon cat wake up, the two men immediately rushed over with tears in their eyes, which scared her instead.

"You are?"

"I'm Yuuki! Do you remember when you first started learning swordsmanship, I was your sparring partner?"

"I'm Tatsuya, Tatsuya! The one who took you to steal persimmons when you were little! Do you still remember me?"

The two guys rushed to introduce themselves, and their enthusiasm made Xia Chuan a little uncomfortable.

Is this something that has entered my mind?

However, their appearance quickly dispelled Yuriko Kiyokawa's uneasiness and suspicion, and she finally looked at Natsukawa with gratitude.

"Thank you, my God, for letting me escape from this sea of ​​suffering. I am so grateful!"

Perhaps because she had no clothes, she did not transform into a human form, but continued to bow deeply to Xiachuan in the posture of a raccoon cat.

To be honest, to Xia Chuan, she is even cuter now than when she turned into a human.

It's plump and fluffy and looks like it's going to be great to pet.

Hmm... Xiachuan suddenly felt a chill.