Terrifying Heavens: I'll directly worship the Black Law of Fengdu!

Chapter 130 People Who Died from Supernatural Events in the Past Thirty Years

Many police officers arrived at the Tokyo hospital, crowding around Hitomi's ward. Nakagawa was pale, Hitomi was dazed and numb, and Li Xuan remained silent.

The forensic doctors gasped in horror at the brutality of the crime. They had seen dismemberment cases before, but those always required various tools. In the hospital room, however, both Shengye's throat and Hemei's arms had been ripped off by a human, as the imprints of human fingers remained on them.

Li Xuan, Renmei, and Zhongchuan were taken to a small room.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Superintendent General and the Superintendent General of Police sat opposite each other, the atmosphere somewhat tense.

The Superintendent General of Police holds a high position, responsible for police affairs within Tokyo, and his status is higher than that of the police chiefs of other prefectures. He exchanged a glance with the chief and then asked, "Nakagawa, as the captain of the action team, are you absolutely certain that you saw the ghost the moment you entered the room?"

Nakagawa rarely sees these impressive leaders on a regular basis.

Sweat beaded on his forehead as he nodded vigorously and said, “Yes, Mr. Li Gan is a Taoist priest from China with the ability to exorcise demons. When he was with me, he received a distress call from Ms. Renmei. We rushed over in our police car, with Mr. Li Gan leading the way and me following behind. When I entered the ward, Mr. Li Gan was fighting that ghost!”

Katsuya and Kazumi, who were originally in the ward, were already dead, while Ms. Hitomi was slumped in a corner. Because the situation was extremely urgent, I was forced to draw my gun and fire, but the shot was ineffective. I was almost killed by the ghost, but Mr. Li Gan saved me at the critical moment…”

The Superintendent General of Police was silent for a moment, then looked at Hitomi: "Your brother, Katsuya, and sister-in-law, Kazumi, came from the countryside and recently moved into a villa, right?"

Hitomi nodded slowly, her face weary, and said, "We're all poor. We finally found a cheap place to live, especially in a place like Tokyo. There's no reason for us to give up..."

The Superintendent General of Police took out a booklet, flipped through it a few times, and said, "A very heinous murder occurred in that house. Before your brother moved in, another family also went in, but they died not long after. Did you know that?"

Renmei shook her head and said, "No, the real estate agent told my brother that someone had died there before, but it's normal to say that someone died there. In this scientific age, there's no need to be superstitious about these old folk customs. My brother thought it made sense, and since the house was indeed cheap, he pooled his money to buy it."

The Superintendent General sighed slightly and said, "That house is too eerie. It's explicitly prohibited from being traded in Tokyo. I can't believe someone still did something like this! We've just sent people to arrest the real estate agent. However, we are very sorry for the death of your family member."

Renmei: "..."

What could she say? She was just an ordinary citizen. Could she possibly argue with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Commissioner if she disagreed?
The Superintendent of Police finally turned his gaze to Li Xuan. Seeing this, the Chief of Police sitting next to him handed over a small file folder, saying that it contained detailed information.

He opened the file folder, looked at the information inside, and said, "Li Gan, a tourist from China, just arrived in our island nation yesterday. His job description is a folk culture researcher. After you arrived in Tokyo, you went straight to the house of the former Saeki family. Someone witnessed you intercepting Tokunaga Katsu, right? Then his mother, Chie, had a car accident."

Afterwards, you took a taxi to the Akihabara forest at the foot of Mount Fuji, and soon returned to Tokyo. Then you followed Fujiwara Jiro to the vicinity of the University of Tokyo to see Fujiwara no Yuki's body, right? How do you manage to predict someone's death every time?

Oh?
In 99, when surveillance cameras were not yet widespread, it was remarkable that the Tokyo police were able to conduct such a thorough investigation. Although many details were missing, it was still quite impressive.

Li Xuan expressed his appreciation and said, "I am a researcher of folk culture and also a member of Taoism, a traditional religion in our country. As a Taoist priest, I have learned magic and can naturally sense some things in advance. I happened to sense that there was something wrong with that house, so I reminded Shengye and his family to escape quickly. Who knew that the old man would be hit and killed by a truck controlled by an evil spirit."

My reason for going to the Forest of Trees was simple: I knew nothing about the ferocity of evil spirits in your country, so I inquired about places where people often died to see if there were differences in the abilities of ghosts in different areas. In the Forest of Trees village, I encountered a group of ghosts who had hanged themselves, and based on my observations, I concluded that the ghost in the Saeki family's house that you mentioned was more terrifying.

After returning to Tokyo, Fujiwara Jiro invited me to his house. At his house, a ghost called using his daughter's cell phone.

I interrogated a little devil from my phone and learned Fujiwara Iyuki's location. I then went with Fujiwara Jiro to investigate. After that, I believe Inspector Nakagawa's testimony is more convincing.

Nakagawa quickly chimed in, "That's right, Mr. Li Gan wasn't lying. He told me in the interrogation room that there was a ghost. At the time, I was skeptical, but I never expected that something like this, where a ghost harms people, would actually happen?"

The Superintendent General of Police said, "I know something's fishy."

Nakagawa was dumbfounded: "Huh? Then why..."

The department head took out a thick booklet, spread it out on the table, and pushed it in front of the three people, saying, "This is a compilation of some of the supernatural murder cases in the island nation over the past thirty years. The Aokigahara, Mount Fuji, and the Saeki family are all included. This year alone, there are more than 50 people who have been recorded as having died in supernatural events."

Nakagawa was utterly shocked. He had worked diligently for almost ten years since graduating from police academy, and no one had ever told him about these things before…

The department head seemed to see through his thoughts and said, "You might ask, since we know these paranormal events are happening, why don't we try to solve them?"

Nakagawa nodded: "Yes, I'm very confused."

The minister stated, “Since the Warring States period, many spirits and deities have appeared on this land, as well as various outstanding individuals, such as various Onmyoji, the most famous of whom was Abe no Seimei. However, starting in 1940, these practitioners gradually aged and died, and the talent pool dwindled, until slowly no one was able to suppress these supernatural phenomena.”

We've tried systematically cultivating talent, but no matter how hard the children tried, they could never cultivate the legendary 'spiritual power,' and without spiritual power, they couldn't deal with the supernatural. Someone suggested that letting these children confront the supernatural directly, experiencing the terror of life and death, might awaken them…”

Nakagawa asked, "Have you awakened?"

The minister shook his head and said, "They're all dead... Since then, we've given up on finding people to cultivate spiritual power and started researching various weapons that can deal with supernatural phenomena. In the end, there's only one thing that works against supernatural phenomena, and that's fire. There's no other way."

Nakagawa was taken aback: "If we control the area around the Saeki family's house, we can burn it down completely."

The department head seemed to recall a horrific memory, his face turning pale as he said, "It's no use, because the night before the plan is implemented, those members always die for various reasons. Even those who are secretly carrying it out are killed the moment they appear in front of the house..."

(End of this chapter)