Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 22: Shrine and Heritage
PS: This chapter is mainly dialogue, without much content. It is just a supplementary explanation of some things, so it is a separate chapter. The next chapter of the main text will be updated soon.

Only souls with supernatural powers can, after death, integrate into Uesugi Sosetsu's golden body in the form of a host and become his incarnation. Moreover, if Uesugi Sosetsu needs, the soul can be retained to communicate with him.

Communication also consumes the soul's energy and "spirit", and cannot be carried out all the time. When Uesugi Sosetsu does not need the soul, they will fall into a deep sleep to restore their soul power.

This meant that the communication time between Uesugi Sosetsu and the old priestess Kurosawa was limited, and the old bitch's attention was always on other things. After Uesugi Sosetsu emphasized it again and again, Ms. Kurosawa reluctantly answered his questions.

[What is the other world like? How did you learn supernatural powers? ]

Uesugi Sosetsu first asked the question that interested him the most.

[I don't know. My master taught me seriously, but I didn't remember anything.] Ms. Kurosawa shook her head lazily: [In short, the other world is a place very similar to the real world. We entered there in a special way. It is exactly the same as Kurosawa Shrine. The only difference is that the visibility is very poor. I can't see the area outside the shrine clearly, and my master won't let me go out.]

[I learned the Vajra Dharma in the other world. I don’t remember how I learned it.] Ms. Kurosawa continued: [It wasn’t very pleasant, and I didn’t study seriously. I felt that I had learned it once I could sense a little bit of strange power.]

[It just so happens that the master told me that the inner world is a dangerous place. Since I said I have learned it, she didn't take me in again. ]

Uesugi Sosetsu lowered his head in silence.

Your mind is already filled with the extravagance and glamour of Tokyo, right?

[Did your master talk about these things?] Uesugi Munen could only continue to ask: [For example, barriers? The source of supernatural powers, etc.]

[All I know is that supernatural abilities can only be learned in the other world. After you learn them, it doesn’t matter. As for the barrier, my master only told me... um, let me think about it.]

Ms. Kurosawa pondered, hunching over uncomfortably, forcing herself to pull herself away from decades of dissipation, hanging out in nightclubs and gigolos, snowboarding three times a year, snowboarding twice in Hawaii, scanning the Champs Elysees in Paris for new arrivals from boutique fashion stores, endless Hakone hot springs, Michelin candlelight dinners at high-end sushi restaurants, Chanel perfumes and Harrington jewelry, and to recall the boring and lonely life of spiritual practice in her youth.

[Oh, yes, Master once said that the barrier is to guard the dead gods. These dead gods are both the source of danger and the source of supernatural powers.] Ms. Kurosawa thought for a long time before she suddenly realized: [Do you know? Master told me that there were some legendary figures in ancient times in history. They were all "gods"!]

[What exactly?] Uesugi Sosetsu raised his eyebrows, finally getting to the point.

[I don’t know.] Ms. Kurosawa shook her head.

[Then do you know which god is guarded by the barrier of Kurosawa Shrine? ] Uesugi Sosetsu asked.

[I don’t know.] Ms. Kurosawa still shook her head.

【Then your method...】

[I don't remember, I don't know where it came from.] The old witch continued to shake her head with a nonchalant look on her face: [The master doesn't seem to care much either.]

You are the heir of the shrine!
You pass the chicken!
Uesugi Sosetsu was simply speechless about this old witch.

But he still understood Ms. Kurosawa's choice. To put it bluntly, the wealth created by modern industrial and commercial society was not unimaginable in ancient times, and the temptation to these ancient professions was even more fatal. It was understandable that Ms. Kurosawa did not have the idea of "it is my responsibility to pass on the shrine's legacy", and after she made money by using her supernatural powers to trade stocks, she also tried her best to give back to her hometown.

After asking almost all the questions about the barrier and the shrine, Ms. Kurosawa could not remember anything else, so Uesugi Sosetsu quickly asked another question that interested her: [Have you ever met other people with supernatural powers?] [If it was face to face, the answer would be none.] Ms. Kurosawa smiled and said: [I have lived for sixty-five years, and have mastered the Vajra-breaking Technique for fifty years. The only person I know who has supernatural powers like me is my master.]

[But speaking of this, my master did tell me that I must do everything I can to avoid being known by others.] Ms. Kurosawa concluded: [So I never told anyone that I moved once every one or two years when I was trading stocks. Thinking back, when the stock market was the hottest, I was fortune-telling every day. I did this for two years. I once encountered a strange person investigating near my home, and I moved away immediately...]

[After a few years of stock trading, I have used up most of my strength. You should know, handsome boy, that supernatural strength will not recover. If you use it a little, it will be less. I have used it all for stock trading.]

[That's it.] Uesugi Sosetsu understood, and he had one last question: [So, how much do you know about the Kanto Shrine Alliance? Are there other superpowers in it?]

[I'm sorry, I don't know. These things are handled by the master.] Ms. Kurosawa shook her head in embarrassment: [Maybe there are one or two, but they are not public. I have also visited many shrines in Kanto, and I can confirm that 95% of the shrines have lost their inheritance.]

[I understand.] The soul power of Ms. Kurosawa was already very weak, and Uesugi Sosetsu asked one last question: [So how do you see me now...]

[Don't go, there are too many of them!] Ms. Kurosawa immediately shook her head: [Handsome boy, with your two moves, you will die if you go in. You must use the Vajra Method I taught you to fight the enemy.]

[I have never practiced any fighting skills, and I don't know anything about martial arts or kendo. But even if I am like this, handsome boy, I am no match for you now.]

[There is still some time. Visualize an incarnation and attack me.]

When Ms. Kurosawa died, she was already old and weak, and her supernatural powers were completely exhausted. In order to fight normally, she had to borrow from Uesugi Sosetsu.

Uesugi Sosetsu nodded. Visualizing the incarnation requires a lot of courage, but he must know his own strengths and weaknesses.

Thinking of this, Uesugi Sosetsu immediately expended a lot of his energy to create an incarnation. In front of the golden body of Aizen Myooh, he rushed straight towards the incarnation of Ms. Kurosawa's dead soul in his visualization.

Ms. Kurosawa was not in a hurry. When Uesugi Sosetsu pounced on her, she seized the opportunity to raise her right hand, and raised her forearm just in the path of Uesugi Sosetsu's attack, easily blocking Uesugi Sosetsu's random attack.

【Can cut through! See through! 】

This attack was like shoving an arm into Uesugi Sosetsu's face, but with the blessing of Vajra Dharma, Ms. Kurosawa's dead soul was as still as a mountain and as hard as iron. Uesugi Sosetsu had no way to deal with her forearm. Before he could attack again, Ms. Kurosawa had already used her left hand to force Uesugi Sosetsu's body to the other side, and at the same time, she swung out her right hand, and her hardened index finger was ready to point at Uesugi Sosetsu's temple without error.

[You still need to practice, handsome boy.] Ms. Kurosawa said with a strange smile: [It is useless to just rush in. Go learn some martial arts. Otherwise, if I go in, your brain will be sprayed out. You have learned my Vajra Holding Method, so you know how hard it is.]

The index finger pressed lightly into his temple, causing Uesugi Sosetsu's forehead to bulge with veins in pain. With the help of her magic, Ms. Kurosawa's fingers were incredibly hard. If they really hit him, even if his head wasn't pierced, his skull would definitely be cracked.

[Without coordinated moves, you can't beat anyone. Go find a powerful martial arts master.] Ms. Kurosawa had already used up all her soul power at this time: [Practice more techniques, and use the method I gave you. Only then will you have a chance of survival when facing those precious objects.]

【Thank you so much! 】

　After some research, I found out that the Japanese were indeed rich before.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)