From Earthbound Spirit to Tokyo Evil

Xia Chuan felt a headache again.

If he ordered the shrine maidens to stand aside, the fragile cooperation between the Skeleton Society and Akasaka would probably end soon. However, knowing M's plan, he still watched the shrine maidens become cannon fodder, which also made him feel uncomfortable.

He hesitated for a moment, then commanded a crow to fly directly towards the silver werewolf, and then it landed directly in front of him.

"I am the Skeleton Society's Skeleton Scout." He controlled the Raven and said, "Warrior, you are in front of the Skeleton Shrine. Please explain your intentions."

The silver werewolf obviously hesitated for a moment, as if considering whether he should kill the crow with one punch, or listen to what it said next.

It seems that he is not completely ignorant of the Skeleton Society.

"Haizhi, has your Skeleton Society completely become the Watchers' lackeys?" In the end, he still chose to talk.

"The Skeleton Society has no intention of intervening in the fight between you and the Watchers." Xia Chuan controlled the Raven and said, "It is precisely to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings between us that I have made an exception and explained this to you."

"What does that mean? That we shouldn't rush into the shrine and kill that bitch?"

"That's right." Xia Chuan replied. "You can attack them anywhere, but please don't do it in our place."

"You still have the nerve to say you're not a lackey of the Watcher?" The silver wolf growled. "If you really don't want to get involved, then kick her out!"

"You should understand that this is exactly what M intended. She is staying here at this time because she wants to make us enemies." Xia Chuan changed his words. "You knew her trick but you still rushed into it, putting yourself and your subordinates in danger, and needlessly adding an enemy that could have been avoided. Is this your way of fighting? Your attack has lost its surprise and is almost impossible to achieve any effect. Even so, are you still going to launch an attack?"

The silver werewolf roared angrily.

"Leave." Xia Chuan continued. "Go kill J, attack the US military base, destroy the Akasaka headquarters, or blow up the US Embassy. You have many ways to show your strength and teach the Watchers and Akasaka a lesson. Know who the real enemy is and choose the most appropriate time rationally. This is the way a warrior should fight. We will remember the kindness you show at this moment, and perhaps this kindness will help you at some point in the future."

The silver werewolf roared again. He raised his head unwillingly and looked at the group of crows in the sky that were brought by Xia Chuan and were circling above their heads. He roared angrily, but finally chose to leave.

The sound of wolf howls came from a distance, and soon, all the wolfs quickly left their previous hiding places and disappeared into alleys in different directions.

They probably won't be willing to give up their attack on the Watchers tonight, but they probably won't attack the Bone Shrine again, at least not tonight.

Xia Chuan withdrew his spiritual thoughts from the crow and thought about how to return to Hezhuang.

At this time, he saw Yui Aoki's Crow God mixed in with the crows he had temporarily gathered, seemingly studying the power to drive and command them.

Oops, did this guy notice something?

Chapter 77 An Uneasy Christmas Eve

Each shikigami has its own personality, which is related to the character of its owner on the one hand, and depends on its innate race on the other.

Nomiya Wakana's rat god Boji would hide the truth about the god from his master because of Natsukawa's intimidation, because he was transformed from a rat after all, and his master himself was not a very reliable guy. But crows are very bold and naughty animals, and Aoki Yui has a very persistent personality under her weak appearance... Natsukawa doesn't think this guy will hide the truth for him.

Can't keep it secret anymore?

For some unknown reason, Xia Chuan suddenly felt a little panicked, even when he was facing the silver werewolf.

At this moment, the Crow God suddenly swooped down, and Natsukawa saw that Matsushige Goro walked out of Tsuru Manor with a kitchen knife in one hand and a frying pan in the other, with a determined look on his face. Behind him came Yui Aoki and Rena Kawaguchi. Several regular customers followed hesitantly with various things in their hands, but in Natsukawa's opinion, their only role was to block the way back if something really happened, so as to kill Matsushige who was walking on the outside.

The Crow God landed on the sign of Tsuru Manor and cackled a few times at Yui Aoki.

In fact, it should be able to speak like the rat god Boji. After all, the vocal organs of a crow should be far more suitable for simulating a variety of sounds than those of a mouse. But the strange thing is that so far, Xia Chuanlai has never heard it speak a word of human language.

However, Yui Aoki had her own way of communicating with it. She used gestures to quickly ask the Crow God about the whereabouts of the person who had run out of the store before. The Crow God cackled a few times, telling her that the guy was fine, and pecked hard at the wall next to the sign, telling Yui Aoki that the guy was good at fighting.

There were other people around, so Yui Aoki didn't have time to fully understand what it meant, but when she saw it say that Hiro Kamiya was fine, she finally felt relieved.

Are those monsters still around?

The Raven God flapped his wings and told her that those guys had run away, and...

"Yui?" a familiar customer at the back asked in surprise.

"Eh? It's okay, it should be okay." Yui Aoki didn't know how to tell everyone the news. At this time, Natsukawa ran over from the street next to her.

“Kamiya-san!?”

"I don't know what happened, those guys all ran away." Xia Chuan looked at the Crow God a little guiltily. It seemed to be staring at him, but it didn't seem to have recognized his identity.

I really don’t know whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.

"Really?" The guests following behind exclaimed in surprise.

"I saw them all running south." Xia Chuan said casually.

The silver werewolf did leave towards the south, so he was not lying.

"Then we..." People suddenly began to doubt again.

The most reliable method is of course to wait for the police to arrive, but until now, the police call has not been connected. Who knows when they will show up?

But if I go back by myself... After the destruction of Nishioku Commercial Street, they actually moved to different places and didn't live close to each other like before. Who can guarantee that what the child in front of me said is true? What if he saw it wrong, or missed it?

"Everyone should stay in the store and wait for the police or others to come." Matsushigoro said at this time. "If you are worried, it's okay to stay until tomorrow morning."

This is actually not the safest way, but being with other people makes you feel safer than being alone.

However, knowing that the monsters had most likely left, people finally felt a little calmer.

Matsu Shigegoro still didn't dare turn on the lights, and everyone still didn't dare to sit back on the chairs by the window. So, people still sat behind the counter away from the window. Matsu Shigegoro made a lamp with plates, thin cloth and oil and placed it in the place where everyone was hiding, dispelling the darkness and providing some peace for everyone. Then he found some side dishes that he had prepared before, and brought wine and cups.

"Huh? Can we drink too?" Kawaguchi Rena was a little surprised. Before this, Matsushige Goro had strictly forbade them to drink.

"The world is already like this, it would be pitiful if someone died without even having a drink." A regular customer said before Matsushige Goro could. "Right, Goro?"

"I just want you to relax." Matsushige Goro said, and then poured a little wine for each of the three minors. However, when pouring for Xiachuan, he thought for a moment and poured him nearly half a glass.

Everyone held a cup and there was a moment of hesitation.

"Why cheers?" someone asked.

"So that there won't be any more scary monsters in this world?"

Xia Chuan sighed quietly and clinked glasses with everyone. What made him feel a little strange was that Kawaguchi Rena actually took the initiative to come to him and clink glasses.

"Thanks for your hard work." She smiled at his expression. "I always thought you were a suspicious guy, but I didn't expect you to be so brave."

Aren’t you afraid of having nightmares at night if you talk to the god you serve like this?

Xia Chuan shook his head.

People were calling their families to confirm each other's safety, to report safety, and to inquire about news, and the atmosphere gradually relaxed.

Under the flickering lights, a strange festive atmosphere inexplicably appeared.

"It would be fun if no one got hurt," said one drinker. "This is probably the most special Christmas Eve of my life."

Unfortunately, it's not just a matter of people getting hurt.

Natsukawa had been paying attention to observe the movements outside the pub and at the shrine, and also confirmed the situation of other people. From the information obtained by Asakawa Manabu, the chaos created by the Cheka on this night has caused the police force of many police stations in Tokyo to be seriously overspent, which is why no one has come here.

"Terrorist attacks" occurred in Marunouchi, Roppongi, Omotesando, Shiodome, Shinjuku West, Odaiba, and Yokohama Port, almost all the romantic places familiar to young people in Tokyo.

The police report did not mention sensitive words such as "werewolf", but almost all reports and requests for help revealed the role of supernatural powers.

Because these places are places where people gather, there may not be many direct casualties, but there are hundreds of reports of trampling injuries and deaths, and in previous explosions, the number of missing and injured people also reached hundreds.

According to preliminary estimates, the number of casualties across Tokyo on this Christmas Eve should have exceeded 1,500.

Guys like the Cheka and the Watchmen really don't treat the Japanese as human beings.

Xia Chuan sighed.

If the Watchers were to retaliate in the same way for the trouble caused by the Cheka, I wonder how many more people would die in this meaningless battle of wits.

The drinkers began to talk about werewolves, monsters and ghosts. Someone recalled what Matsushige Goro had said before and began to ask him if he knew something. Natsukawa felt someone was staring at him. He turned around and saw Kawaguchi Rena quickly turned her gaze away.

What the hell is wrong with this guy?

Chapter 78 If you don’t do something, you won’t die.

A group of people sat on the cold floor and chatted. The atmosphere gradually became more relaxed, but Natsukawa, Kawaguchi Rena, and Aoki Yui listened to the drinkers desperately guessing the truth of the matter from their own perspectives, and they all felt like laughing.

We waited until almost twelve o'clock, and finally two police cars appeared nearby.

After all, people still couldn't spend the whole night in the pub. Although they didn't think the police would be of any use against that monster, the arrival of the police still made them feel much more at ease. So, several people who lived nearby invited each other, encouraged each other, and set out on the journey home.

"I won't be opening the door tomorrow." Matsujugoro said to everyone. "Everyone, stay home and spend time with your family. Yui, you guys should be careful too, don't go out unless it's something special! Wait for my call the day after tomorrow, and I'll let you know when it's safe."

"Yes, Mr. Matsushige, please be careful too." said Yui Aoki.

This journey for the three high school students was actually the safest in every way. However, Natsukawa felt that someone was watching him the whole time. He just didn't know if it was Yui Aoki's Crow God or the somewhat weird Kawaguchi Rena.

Did they see anything?

Natsukawa was a little confused, but... he really hadn't figured out how to tell Yui the truth.

It was agreed to be before the New Year...

Five days to go.

The three of them didn't say much along the way. They just walked back to the apartment in silence, went upstairs together, and then said good night to each other.

In this situation, Kawaguchi Rena should have found Yui to sleep together, but Natsukawa listened to their movements silently, and the first thing he did after returning home was to fall on the bed and did not get up for a long time.

It was not until the Crow God began to knock on the glass impatiently that Yui Aoki hurriedly stood up and opened the window for it.

Xiachuan could have directly cut into the magatama on her chest to see what was going on over there, but for some reason, he suddenly felt a little resistant.

If I go over there rashly at this time, maybe that guy will see through me?

However, he could only hear the Crow God cawing, and had no idea what it was saying to Yui Aoki. This feeling was indeed too bad.

Kawaguchi Reina started calling her brother and Sato Kentaro to let them know she was safe, and asked them what had happened. There were too many people around, so she couldn't go into detail on the phone, but Asakawa Manabu and Sato Kentaro were not really worried about her safety.

The gods have already returned, and she only needs to pray to them in time to get help. In their opinion, there is nothing to worry about.

"Is Lu Ke okay? Let it talk to me." said Rena Kawaguchi.

Her dog god was originally given to Manabu Asakawa, who wanted him to take care of him and protect him. But Manabu Asakawa either forgot to feed him or forgot to walk him, and the dog god always had to remind him, which made him very angry. So one day, when Manabu Asakawa opened the door and asked him to go downstairs to walk himself, the dog ran directly to find Rena Kawaguchi.

What's even more frustrating is that when Kawaguchi Rena was surprised to see her dog god and called Asakawa Manabu, he didn't even know that it hadn't come back. From then on, Kawaguchi Rena could only foster it with Sato Kentaro. There, it could at least receive devout care from believers, which could comfort it from the grievance of not being able to stay with its owner.

As Natsukawa listened to Kawaguchi Rena comforting her shikigami on the phone, he felt that this girl was more and more strange. No matter how he thought about it, she actually had no reason to hide her identity from Aoki Yui.

If he wasn't worried that Yui wouldn't be able to accept that everyone around her had deceived her, would he be so entangled in this matter?

While listening to the two girls talking to their shikigami, he distracted himself by controlling the crows to wander around the streets of Tokyo.

It had been several hours since the first "terrorist attack" and there was hardly anyone to be seen except emergency personnel, police, Akasaka and soldiers.

Under the gorgeous and beautiful night scene, only ambulances, police cars and armored vehicles are patrolling the streets. This contrast makes the streets of Tokyo on Christmas Eve look particularly desolate.

Natsukawa turned his thoughts back to the shrine and saw that M was already drunk, and the others seemed to have drunk a lot under her coercion. Nomiya Wakana was grinning, Nomiya Misa was crying while hugging Inaba Rika, and Inaba Rika was trying to comfort her. Nomiya Kana was competing with M in drinking, and Kimoto Juri looked at M with anger on her face, as if she was about to rush up and slap her twice.

Kana Nomiya should have been reminded in her dream to put up a sign at the door saying "M and dogs not allowed".

Xia Chuan thought maliciously, but this idea suddenly gave him an inspiration.

In fact, he could have told Yui the truth subtly in her dream!

In this way, wouldn't everything be smooth sailing and he wouldn't have to worry about it anymore?

He immediately withdrew his thoughts. The two girls seemed to have fallen asleep. He carefully cut into Aoki Yui's magatama, but this action immediately attracted the attention of the Crow God.

"Gah?"

In the darkness, its eyes sparkled. It stood up and flapped its wings continuously. Then it immediately flew to Yui Aoki's chest and landed on it, staring at the magatama motionlessly, as if it was about to peck it hard.

You pointy-mouthed, hairy thing...Okay, you win!

Xia Chuan had to retreat immediately.

Five days left...

Xia Chuan spent the entire night searching for related posts, looking for possibly similar movies, TV series, and novels, hoping to get some inspiration, but to no avail.

Just at seven o'clock, his mobile phone suddenly received a text message from the school, warning all students not to go to crowded places where crowds gather in the next few days, to strictly discipline themselves and stay at home.

This should have been done long ago.

Xia Chuan shook his head.

If the Tokyo municipal government had taken such measures earlier, although it would certainly still be impossible to prevent retaliation from the Cheka, the casualties would certainly have been much smaller.

Most houses in Neon actually have no defense capabilities when facing supernatural events, but people are scattered over a vast area, so no matter how much damage the Cheka inflicts, the casualties will certainly not be great.

A moment later, another text message suddenly came to his phone.