Tokyo Detective

Chapter 513 It’s coming

The Po-Xiong Mo is a legendary entity that is a collection of vengeful spirits of children who were abandoned, abused, or killed. In ancient times, many female infants and children who could not be raised were abandoned on the mountains, which is why this evil thing was created.

Also known in folklore as "Fangweimo" or "Fuweinu," it has been documented in Japan for over a thousand years and resides in a distant spirit world called the Mountain.

Legend has it that the spirit world where the Po-Xu-Ma resides is located in Wakayama Prefecture, but no one knows the exact location. Naoki Hanyu's hometown is in Wakayama Prefecture.

The Po-Xu demon will retaliate against the parents who harm their children, take the children away, and eventually merge with them. Therefore, what most likely attracts the Po-Xu demon is the child's resentment and evil thoughts.

The priestess's instructions continued to come through the phone.

"Lock the windows and doors, draw the curtains, fill the corridor with as much water as possible using bottles and bowls from inside the house, and open the front door."

Following the other party's instructions, Kuroki Teppei knelt on the ground and hurriedly placed bowls filled with water throughout the corridor before opening the door, as if welcoming something or using water to prevent the other party from approaching.

"Put away all the sharp knives and smash all the windows in the house."

Teppei Kuroki continues to make what he believes to be the right decision, while also recalling memories from long ago, the ins and outs of the events.

Some people are not wrong; children are sometimes attracted to death and have a strong urge to smell it.

Thirty years ago, he and a girl he was playing with pulled the oxygen tube from his seriously ill grandfather, causing his death. Although the doctor said that his grandfather would not live for more than a week, the fact is that his grandfather died at their hands.

The reason was that the two of them were looking at their grandfather, who was barely clinging to life, and wanted to see him breathe his last, just like when they were playing in the mountains, they would jokingly crush small creatures like butterflies.

Afterwards, his childhood sweetheart disappeared. He remembered that before she disappeared, she told him that she was being targeted by a demon and had to call out his name, and that he, the lying child, would be taken away. In fact, he was not taken away.

He thought all of that was in the past. He was a leader among children when he was young, found a good job when he grew up, and later helped his wife, who came from a single-parent family, pay off her debts, so she agreed to marry him.

After having a child, the couple did try to treat their family well, but they failed to do so.

He completely left the children to his wife, expecting her to take care of them like a single-parent family, while he did nothing but provide financial support. Even when the children fell and got injured in front of him, he would call his busy wife to take the children to the hospital.

He only posts fake daily life stories on social media, such as how happy he and his daughter are, and how well he takes care of her.

This life was disrupted half a month ago when the demon Po-mu targeted him again for some unknown reason. He tried to find an exorcist woman, but it was no use. The exorcist woman then introduced him to her sister, a shrine maiden, who was none other than Fushiyama Yoshiho, whom he had spoken to on the phone.

However, Fushiyama Yoshiho was not available to go to Tokyo at the moment, so she could only introduce a blind sorceress for help. Later, due to her own mistake, the sorceress's arm was torn off by the Po-nu demon.

Now he can only face the demon alone and wait for Fushiyama Yoshiho's help over the phone.

Is everything ready?

A woman's voice broke through Kuroki Teppei's memories.

"We have already done."

"Really? You still have glass left to break."

How did she know?
A question flashed through his mind, but the nervous Teppei Kuroki didn't think too much about it, recalling that the other person was probably referring to his wife's portable mirror.

Seeing that it was completely dark outside and the house was pitch black and eerily terrifying, Kuroki Teppei suppressed his fear and took out the mirror and smashed it.

A moment later, Kuroki Teppei sat down on the edge of the corridor, covered in sweat.

"Everything is set up. What's next?"

"Thank you for your hard work. Just welcome it in, and then it's my turn to work."

Kuroki Teppei breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, and the woman's voice continued to come from the phone.

"Are you afraid?"

"I'm not afraid, because you're here, and a long time ago a girl told me that a monster would take me away."

"What was the girl's name?"

"I forgot."

Just then, the landline rang, startling Kuroki Teppei. He was worried that the caller was a demon.

Soon the landline phone made a sound.

"Unable to connect temporarily. Please leave a message after closing the call."

Teppei Kuroki wanted to pick it up, as long as he didn't say anything, but the female voice on the phone stopped him.

"That's its call, please don't answer."

"It could also be my wife."

Please do not answer.

After a few seconds of hesitation, the voice of the message was heard.

"Mr. Kuroki, are you there? If you are, please listen to me without calling back. I am Kaho, Kanai's older sister. Please leave here immediately. What just happened was a trap set by it. If you can't leave, please take a knife or a kitchen knife and stand next to the glass. It hates glass and sharp things the most."

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Kuroki Teppei felt completely lost, unable to tell which was real, and he heard a message on his phone telling him not to listen to the messages.

The message was eventually cut off.

"Please act as soon as possible."

Just then, the change in the phone's voice filled him with despair, as the voice gradually became hoarse and eerie, even carrying resentment.

"Anyone whose name has been called by it can never escape."

Kuroki Teppei put down his phone listlessly, muttering to himself.

"why."

An answer came from the gate.

"Because you're a liar."

Kuroki Teppei looked towards the doorway in horror, only to see a ghostly face that was both strange and familiar. It was his childhood sweetheart, whom he often dreamt about in his nightmares, though he could no longer remember her appearance. The face was pale and partially rotten, covered in mud and looking disheveled. She was still wearing the little red shoe they last met, but only one shoe remained; the other had been found by the police during the mountain search years ago.

It burst into the corridor from the door with a chilling laugh, overturning bowls full of water and spilling them on the wooden planks along the way, as if welcoming its arrival.

Kuroki Teppei used all his strength to close the inner door, then slammed a pair of bloody handprints onto the glass door, the blood-red outline gradually moving downwards until Kuroki Teppei uttered the name of his childhood sweetheart.

“Zhi Sha”.

The next morning, in Setagaya Ward, an apartment building.

Naoki Hanyu led the members of the Third Investigation Division through the cordon and into the house marked "Kuroki Family." As soon as they entered, they were immediately hit by a strong, foul stench.

Onizuka Eikichi pinched his nose in disgust.

"It stinks! Wasn't it supposed to have died just yesterday?"

Ignoring his subordinates' questions, Naoki Hanyu entered the living room and saw a corpse that had been cut in half at the waist. Only the upper half of the body lay on the ground with its eyes wide open in death, while the lower half was nowhere to be seen. Even so, the upper half of the body was shrouded in black mist.

Naoki Hanyu bypassed the corpse to check the room. All the glass was smashed, and it looked like it was done by someone. There were also some lucky charms. When he got to the balcony, he was immediately attracted by the caterpillars on the flower bed.

Naoki Hanyu reached out and grabbed a caterpillar, squeezing it. Black mist and dark green blood stuck to his hand.

"Kazama, have someone burn everything in the house, especially these caterpillars. Remember to avoid skin contact as much as possible. If you absolutely have to touch them, have Onizuka do it."

Kazama Kohei nodded.

“I understand. I will discuss it with the deceased’s wife.”

"Well, let's discuss it, but don't make any guarantees. Take a look at this thing."

Naoki Hanyu then took out what he called a lucky charm. What was written on it was not important; what mattered most was its texture.

"It had some grains and other random stuff added. I remember this thing was a demon-summoning talisman."

Just as Japanese ghouls generally dislike salt, rice is also something they like to eat. Combined with other things that ghouls like, it's quite possible that this could attract their attention.

Kazama Kohei took the amulet and sniffed it.

"That's right, so what's your plan, Director?"

"Take a look. If it's not a big deal, just give me a heads-up."

"clear."

Just then, the voices of police officers and a woman could be heard outside.

"Miss, you can't go in."

"I am a friend of Teppei Kuroki."

"Friends are not allowed either."

"I'm actually an exorcist, please let me in."

Naoki Hanyu led his men out of the apartment and immediately saw a woman being stopped, who turned out to be someone they barely knew.

"Fushiyama Kana?"

It was the exorcist Kana Fushiyama, whom I had met more than a year ago when dealing with the black stakes. She had short, dry hair dyed gold with reddish tinges, thick black eyeshadow, and still dressed like a delinquent girl.

Kana Fushiyama was equally surprised.

"Officer Yuzuru, what are you doing here? Is the exorcism department in charge of this case?"

"Exorcism class? What the hell is that?"

Kana Fushiyama gave a strange answer.

"Yes, it's the first time your police force has a department that's responsible for the supernatural, and the news has spread throughout our industry."

Naoki Hanyu nodded.

"So you're here to deal with the filth that killed Kuroki Teppei? Forgive my bluntness, but you're not capable of handling it."

"I know, I just wanted to do what I could. Officer Yuzuru, you're here to exorcise the demon, right?"

The scene of someone violently killing the Black Stake clone back then is still vivid in my mind. My sister said that the Black Stake was completely dealt with afterward. If it were the man in front of me, he might be able to deal with the Soul Demon.

Naoki Hanyu shook his head.

"No, I'm here to clean up the mess."

"deal with?"

Naoki Hanyu said calmly.

"Our most important task as the Third Investigation Division is to minimize the deaths and injuries caused by the filth, not to treat everything."

Kana Rakubuyama understood what the other person meant, and at the same time, she understood what her sister had said before.

For government officials, dealing with the mess is never the first priority; minimizing the impact is the priority.

Kana Fushiyama was speechless for a moment. At 27 years old, she had lost her uterus, and it was truly heartbreaking for her, who longed to be a mother, to watch an innocent girl die.

"excuse me."

Seeing that the other person was about to leave, Naoki Hanyu, having known them for a while, still offered a reminder.

"Miss Fushiyama, you'd better not get involved in this matter. Our Third Investigation Division will take full responsibility, and we will save them, mother and daughter, if possible."

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As Naoki Hanyu watched the woman go downstairs, he frowned. After thinking for a moment, he decided to call Yoshiho Fushiyama. He hadn't been in contact with her since she refused his invitation to be an advisor to the Third Investigation Division.

(End of this chapter)