The Great Villain from Conan

"Meet the master."

Upon seeing this, Officer Sato quickly clasped his hands together and saluted Fahai in return.

"Hello, Master."

Conan seemed very nervous, his heart was pounding like a deer. He was really afraid that Fahai would directly expose his true identity.

Officer Sato looked around with a vigilant look on his face, then approached Fahai and asked in a low voice, "Master, why are you here? Is there any evil spirit here as well?"

It’s no wonder that Officer Sato is so vigilant. If Fahai hadn’t rescued her in time last time, she would have died at the hands of the giant fish monster.

In the eyes of Officer Sato, Fahai should be the kind of enlightened monk whose mission is to exorcise demons and monsters, so wherever he appears, there must be evil spirits causing trouble.

"The donor is smart. There are indeed ghosts haunting this place."

Fahai nodded slightly, and then said to Luye Xiuer: "Donor, dust to dust, earth to earth, your life span has come to an end, why bother staying in the world, why not enter the reincarnation and be reborn as a human being?"

"Gudong!"

Upon hearing this, Shikano Shuji swallowed unconsciously and asked nervously, "Master... are you talking to me?"

"Donor, you misunderstood. I was talking to the donor sitting on your shoulder."

Fahai said seriously, "Donor, don't you realize that you get backaches very easily?

After all, with a dead ghost sitting on his shoulders, he would definitely be much more tired than an ordinary person."

"Pfft!"

As soon as Fahai finished speaking, the guilty Lu Ye Xiu Er was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground, and asked with a pale face: "Master, what does that dead ghost look like?"

"He was wearing a police uniform and looked somewhat similar to this Sato donor..."

Fahai stopped talking halfway, and looked over Shikano Shuji's shoulder, pretending to listen attentively. He nodded and said, "I understand your intention, benefactor."

As Luye Shuji was about to collapse, Fahai turned to him and said, "This donor, the donor on your shoulder, asked me to tell you something. He wants to know why you don't turn yourself in."

"Ah ah ah..."

When Shuji Kano heard this, he let out a shrill scream and slapped his shoulders frantically with his hands, as if he could get rid of the ghost on his shoulders.

Looking at the suddenly crazy Kano Shuji, Officer Sato finally guessed the truth and asked in a trembling voice: "Master, is the dead man on his shoulder called Sato Masayoshi?"

"..."

Fahai did not directly answer Officer Sato's question, but turned his head and stared at Shikano Shuji's shoulder for a while, then nodded slightly and said: "Yes, his name is indeed Sato Masayoshi."

After receiving Fahai's affirmative answer, Officer Sato's eyes instantly turned red, and he shouted at Shikano Shuji: "You killed my father! Isn't that right? Shikano Shuji, answer me!"

"I didn't mean it. I didn't mean it. I really didn't mean it."

After being yelled at by Officer Sato, Shikano Shuji woke up from his frenzied state and knelt down with a pale face.

Chapter 227 Soul Ascension (First update, please vote)

Shikano Shuji was like a deflated ball, and said with a dejected look: "Actually... I didn't even want to kill him..."

Upon hearing this, Officer Sato couldn't help but ask, "Are you talking about my dad?"

"No… not him, I meant the guard."

Shikano Shuji shook his head and said, "I just wanted to push him away, but I didn't expect to shoot him in the vitals."

"What about my dad? Wasn't it you who pushed him down at this intersection that year, causing him to die in a car accident?"

"You are wrong. It was your father who pushed me away."

Shikano Shuji sighed and said, “When your father arrested me and took me back to the police station, as we passed this intersection, I thought about the bleak future of going to jail and decided that I might as well die.

I was planning to commit suicide by crashing into that big truck, but I didn't expect to be pushed away by your father.

If it weren't for your father, I would never have had a chance to start a new life."

Officer Sato said angrily: "Are you kidding me? How can you say you are starting a new life by using the stolen money?"

"No! I didn't spend a penny of the stolen money. I hid them all under the altar at home. I plan to return them after the statute of limitations has passed."

Hearing what Shikano Shuji said, Officer Sato couldn't help but frown and said, "But the statute of limitations has already passed for three years, why haven't you returned the money yet?"

"Because I have lived in Italy for three years, according to our laws, the time spent living abroad will not be counted in the statute of limitations, so it will not be until tomorrow that the statute of limitations has really passed."

Shikano Tsuyoshi said halfway through his sentence with a relieved smile, "I originally thought that as long as the statute of limitations was over, I would be free.

But now it seems that I can’t escape after all, I can’t escape…”

It would have been fine if Kano Shuji didn't know about it before, but now that he knows that Sato Masayoshi's wronged soul has never been reincarnated, but sits on his shoulders all day long, his scalp tingles just thinking about it. He might as well go to jail to atone for his sins!

"In that case, then come with me to the police station and explain your crime!"

As Officer Sato spoke, he took out a pair of old handcuffs stained with blood and handcuffed Shuji Kano's hands.

"These...these handcuffs are..."

Facing Shikano Shuji's inquiring gaze, Officer Sato said seriously, "These are the handcuffs my father used. They are also the relics he left to me."

"Amitabha, the donor's wish has been fulfilled. If you don't enter the reincarnation cycle now, when will you?"

Fahai put his hands together, uttered a Buddhist name, and suddenly a dazzling golden light burst out from his body, turning into a golden light column that shot up into the sky.

"That is……"

Under the shocked gazes of the crowd, a phantom shrouded in black mist flew out from Shuji Shikano's shoulder and rushed into the dazzling golden light column.

Under the baptism of the golden light column, the black shadow gradually turned into a translucent middle-aged man. He nodded to the tearful Officer Sato, and then disappeared into the void with the golden light column.

"father!"

Seeing this, Officer Sato shed tears but smiled with relief.

What Officer Sato didn't know was that the shadow she had just seen was not her father's soul, but an illusion created by Fahai.

Although Baili Jing has mastered the power of summoning souls and can directly enslave the souls of the dead, Officer Sato's father is just an ordinary person and has been dead for eighteen years, so his soul has long dissipated.

Therefore, Baili Jing directly used the soul-transferring technique to hypnotize everyone present, making them see the illusion of their souls ascending to heaven.

"Amitabha, good, good, I am leaving now!"

After Baili Jing finished speaking, he took a step forward and instantly appeared several feet away, and disappeared from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye.

"Really...really a great monk!"

Looking at Fahai's disappearing back, Shenniao Diezi and the others all showed awe on their faces and bowed in the direction he left.

"That's the one!"

Ayumi suddenly let out a loud shout, pointing at the long-haired man in a black windbreaker across the street and yelling, "That's the arsonist I saw last night!"

"what?"

Officer Sato's face changed drastically, and he subconsciously shouted to the long-haired man: "Police! Don't run!"

When the long-haired man heard what Officer Sato said, his pupils shrank and he turned around and ran without saying a word.

"boom!!!"

However, before the long-haired man could run far, Riven, disguised as Bailijing, came out of the coffee shop next door and kicked him unconscious.

So the arsonist who had brought himself to the police station was taken back to the police station by Officer Sato along with Shikano Shuji.

……

three days later

A bombshell piece of news went viral on the Internet. That is, the officials of the United States actually publicly acknowledged the existence of supernatural beings and announced that they had reached a cooperative relationship with a supernatural force called "Tongwenguan".

Although the existence of supernatural beings is no longer a secret since the "God of Death" made a high-profile appearance on the Internet, this is the first time that the official has directly acknowledged the fact that supernatural beings exist.

According to the official announcement released by the United States, Tongwenguan can establish its own power within the United States, and is also eligible to recruit residents of the United States to join Tongwenguan.

Once the United States is invaded by other supernatural forces, or if wild supernatural beings and supernatural creatures come to the United States to cause damage, Tongwenguan is also obligated to help the United States fight against the invaders.

After reading the official announcement released by the United States, ordinary people were shocked but more confused.

After all, the United States has always been domineering. Under normal circumstances, it will definitely try to conquer Tongwenguan instead of cooperating with it.

Only those who are in the know know that it is not that the top leaders of the United States do not want to conquer Tongwenguan, but that the extraordinary people in Tongwenguan are too strong.

If they were just facing ordinary warriors, the top leaders of the United States could choose to suppress them with heavy firepower.

However, those warriors who absorbed the blood of the Ghost King have awakened all kinds of strange blood ghost arts. Some can teleport, and some can curse the enemy remotely. They are simply not something ordinary people can contend with.

Unless the top leaders of the United States choose to perish together and directly use nuclear bombs to carpet-clean the United States, it is impossible to destroy the entire Tongwenguan.

What's more, Tongwenguan not only demonstrated its powerful strength, but also promised some high-ranking officials of the United States that it could grant them the ability to live forever.

Faced with the two choices of mutual destruction and win-win cooperation, even a fool knows which one to choose.

Chapter 228: The First Year of Extraordinary

After some friendly talks, the senior executives of the United States and Tongwenguan finally reached a cooperative relationship.

Before netizens could recover from their shock, more than a dozen countries, including China and Russia, publicly acknowledged the existence of supernatural beings and announced that they had reached friendly cooperative relations with different supernatural forces.

As countries openly acknowledged the existence of extraordinary people, the whole world became excited, and this year was also called the "First Year of the Extraordinary".

At the same time, Huanyinfang, headed by the Empress, also reached a cooperation with the top leaders of the island country and began to build up its own power.

In addition to the Huanyinfang headquarters in Mihua City, the empress also plans to establish nine more branches, each of which will be headed by a Nine Heavens Saint Lady.

With the help of Gao Yushan, the empress quickly selected the locations for the headquarters and branches of Huanyinfang.

The headquarters of Huanyinfang was built in the center of Mihua City and was converted from an office building over 200 meters high.

The branches of Huanyinfang were established in nine first-tier cities, including Osaka and Kyoto, and were spread out with the headquarters as the center to form a protective posture.

With the cooperation of the island country's officials, the headquarters and branches of Huanyinfang were quickly established, and the work of recruiting new members also began.

Huanyinfang is different from other supernatural forces. They only recruit female members.

The empress divided the disciples of Huanyinfang into three levels, from high to low: core disciples, inner disciples and outer disciples.

The status of core disciples in Huanyinfang is second only to the Empress and the Nine-Sky Saint Lady, which is equivalent to the reserve of the Nine-Sky Saint Lady. Ji Ruxue belongs to the level of core disciples.

Inner disciples are inferior to core disciples, and there is a big difference in the treatment of both sides.

Core disciples are qualified to practice four-star martial arts, such as Paiyun Palm, Fengshen Leg and the like.

Inner disciples can only practice three-star martial arts, such as Fairy from the Sky, Eighteen Palms of the Dragon Subduing, Nine Yin Scriptures, etc.

As for the lowest-level outer disciples, they are specially set up to recruit new members.

If you want to become an outer disciple of Huanyinfang, you only need to meet either of the two recruitment requirements.

The first recruitment requirement is: a girl who is no older than 20 years old, good-looking, and has a certain talent for cultivation.

The second recruitment requirement is: spend 1 billion yen to purchase a spot for an outer disciple. There are no restrictions on age, appearance, and cultivation talent. The only requirement is that the disciple must be a woman.

It is obvious that the first recruitment requirement is to recruit talents and inject fresh blood into Huanyinfang, while the second requirement is to win over powerful and wealthy women.

Although the outer disciples have a low status, they also carry the name of Huanyinfang, and they will also be protected by Huanyinfang.

If an outer disciple accidentally offends other extraordinary people, those extraordinary people will also make a big deal out of a small matter for the sake of Huanyinfang.

Moreover, after outer disciples join Huanyinfang, they are also eligible to apply for some commissioned tasks within Huanyinfang and ask other members for help.

As long as the outer disciples can provide enough mission rewards, they can even ask the Nine Heavens Saint Lady to help with the mission.

Many powerful figures immediately realized the benefits of being an outer disciple of Huanyinfang, and spent 1 billion yen to purchase a place for an outer disciple, allowing their wives and daughters to become outer disciples of Huanyinfang.

Tomoko Suzuki also spent 3 billion yen to purchase a place as an outer disciple for herself and her two sisters, Sonoko.

Although the outer disciples of Huanyinfang are only qualified to practice two-star martial arts, the martial arts that the empress has people prepare for them are all particularly attractive to women.

According to the rules of Huanyinfang, every new outer disciple is eligible to choose one internal skill, one light skill, and one martial art to practice.

For example, Suzuki Tomoko chose an internal skill called "Beauty-Nourishing Skill", a light skill called "Flying Swallow Leg", and a boxing technique called "Broken Jade Fist".

Among the three internal skills that outer disciples can choose from, the power of "Beauty-Nourishing Skill" can only be regarded as the weakest, but it can make the practitioner's skin become whiter and more delicate, and can also eliminate wrinkles.

Therefore, although the power of "Beauty-Nourishing Skill" is weak, it is the most popular among the three internal skills.

The Flying Swallow Leg is a light skill that is good at close combat. When performed, the body moves lightly, like a flying swallow in the palm of the hand.

The "Broken Jade Fist" is a very powerful boxing technique that can make the fist as hard as jade, and can easily break jade and stone.