Tokyo, My Childhood Friend is a Ghost Story

Chapter 195 Physics says it well: quantitative change leads to qualitative change.

On the international flight, Haruko Higa's thoughts were very complicated. She had figured out the overall situation, and Toshifuku Asahi and Izumi Inoue were handling it domestically.

Back overseas, she has to make a special trip to act out a play with the Americans who trust their own judgment more, to reinforce their own assessment.

To this end, Haruko Higa specially captured a vengeful spirit from Japan and sealed it in a magatama, intending to release it at the necessary moment to give the British a little misleading information.

This kind of misleading information might not be of much use under normal circumstances, but under high tension, even a slight mistake is enough for the hawks who like to engage in information warfare to make a lot of connections.

Furthermore, the cause of this transnational massacre was so illogical and incomprehensible that even they probably didn't expect it.

The deaths of Joel and the others were caused by a random, impulsive conversation with her niece—a development no normal person would have imagined.

The wings sliced ​​through the white clouds, and a piercing roar erupted.

Upon landing on the ground again, Haruko Higa followed the passenger passage to the airport terminal. From a distance, Zack, the head of the Demon Hunter Association, spotted Haruko Higa.

"Hello, Qing, thank you for coming all the way from Japan again."

Haruko Higa reached out and shook hands with Zack, instantly switching her mindset to that of a serious and responsible exorcist, and said solemnly.

"That's to be expected. As exorcists, exorcism is our duty."

Upon hearing Haruko Higa's serious and earnest voice, Zack couldn't help but admire her.

As expected of the strongest exorcist in the island nation for a thousand years, he has truly earned his respect by reaching this point and becoming the president of a national association.

Not only are they incredibly strong, but their work style is also remarkably solid.

After a brief meeting, the two walked out of the airport terminal, with Zack introducing the targets and areas suspected by the United States.

"Regarding this incident, we suspect it may be related to the existence of several restricted areas. Please take a look."

In the black sedan, Haruko Higa took the documents handed to her by Zack and carefully reviewed the information inside.

It must be said that there are always some places in every country and region that are blessed with outstanding people and beautiful scenery. This file contains background information on the restricted area, and the various data displayed in it made Haruko Higa's eyelids twitch.

The first thing that catches the eye is the ghost mine in Jiaozhou, which was originally an open-pit mine with rich copper ore.

However, in an accident thirteen years ago, a total of 337 miners, along with 87 firefighters who came to their rescue, all died there.

The causes of death varied; some died from jumping from heights, while others killed a large number of colleagues while driving large demolition vehicles before committing suicide.

There were also those who, after witnessing something unknown, went insane and returned home, only to kill their entire family of five in some kind of ritual.

In this document, a photo taken in a dark underground space, featuring a sinister being sitting cross-legged on the ground with a humanoid torso but three four-bone arms, is particularly striking.

"The mosaic over the head of the photo was done by us, mainly to prevent the curse from being leaked."

"curse?"

When Haruko Higa expressed her confusion, Zack explained that the eerie thing in the file, just looking at the photo of its empty skull eyes, would drive anyone crazy.

To avoid any unforeseen circumstances, we had to pay a price by blurring the image.

Listening to Zack's introduction, Haruko Higa knew that he was also a troublesome guy, but she could still accept it.

After all, compared to the Coconut Guardian Spirit, which makes one bleed with tears at a glance and can directly pull one into another dimension and kill Joel across time, it's not that scary.

After visiting the ghost mine in Jiaozhou, the next stop was several other well-known paranormal zones. One of them, the Mont Leon Ghost Hotel, which is still in operation, made Higa Haruko frown.

"If you know this place is very unsafe, why let it continue to operate?"

Zack looked embarrassed when faced with Haruko Higa's question.

"We ultimately live in human society, and sometimes, the rules are just the way they are, and there's nothing we can do about it."

I understand. It's probably because the hotel owner couldn't bear to see such a large hotel fall into disuse, so he used his connections to force it to continue operating normally.

"Actually, among these restricted areas, the Ghost Mine is the one we suspect the most. After all, it's the only place where cross-regional killings have occurred, and at the same time, Joel also went there to conduct an investigation and assessment."

"Investigation and assessment?"

Zack nodded, his expression complex.

"After all, it's a mine worth tens of billions of dollars. If circumstances allow, the authorities would naturally want to continue mining it."

When asked about the reasons behind it, Haruko Higa nodded noncommittally.

However, since you all suspect there's a problem here, let's just assume there really is a problem. "In that case, let's go check out the Ghost Mine."

Zack's initiative saved Haruko Higa the trouble of carefully selecting a suitable location, and the two arrived at the Ghost Mine at dusk.

"Qing, are you sure you want to conduct this investigation at this time? I know your spiritual power is very strong, but the night has never been our human domain."

Haruko Higa nodded, and under Zack's worried gaze, she took off her outer garment and activated her divine form.

A divine phantom appeared behind her. Following the elevator to the bottom of the mine, as soon as Haruko Higa landed, the evil being with three pairs of arms in the deep underground cavern sensed her arrival.

Its eerie green eyes lit up in the darkness. It didn't understand why these humans always liked to court death and disturb its peace. It just wanted to stay quiet.
Huh? What is this human woman doing?
At the bottom of the mine, Haruko Higa immediately sensed the troublesome creature deep underground. Just as she had guessed, it was at least powerful enough to destroy a small town.

If this were an island nation, she would indeed risk injury to fight the other party, but this is the United States, and her purpose here has never been exorcism.

So Haruko Higa pulled out a bunch of useless items from her pocket, but among them was a talisman that sealed a malevolent spirit, and held it in her hand.

Under the unwavering gaze of Zack and the others at the edge of the mine, they began to perform a ritual dance of sacrifice and prayer.

A strange, chilling tone came from Higa Haruko's mouth, and the sinister creatures on the edge of the mine vigilantly sensed Higa Haruko's movements on the ground.

What kind of ritual is this? Is she trying to summon something to deal with her?
Amidst suspicion, Haruko Higa, who was acting at the climax, let out a clear rebuke, and a golden light that could be seen even by ordinary people emerged from her body.

Amidst the dazzling golden light, Zack and the others instinctively closed their eyes. When the golden light faded, they saw Haruko Higa scream as she was blasted away by an unseen force, landing beside the elevator.

In the mine, a malevolent spirit, formed from a black, asphalt-like substance and constantly switching between beast and human forms, stared blankly at Haruko Higa, whom it had slapped away.

When did I become so strong? And why is she imprisoning me here?
"I can't fight off the evil spirits here, and there's more than one! Wow!"

Amidst Higa Haruko's slightly panicked shouts, Zack, who was at the edge of the mine, immediately ordered the elevator to be activated and brought Higa Haruko up.

During this time, the bewildered evil spirit subconsciously attacked the elevator where Higa Haruko had left several times, and the invisible attacks created large dents in the elevator.

When Haruko Higa returned to the surface, Zack helped her up, and Haruko Higa immediately vomited a mouthful of blood.

"Bury them here, if you don't want those two things to escape from underground."

Looking at the pale-faced Haruko Higa, Zack hesitated before glancing at the mine below. In his perception, there were indeed two sinister figures present.

One floats on the surface, while the other is emerging from deep underground.

After some hesitation, Zack reported the situation to the higher-ups.

Meanwhile, in the mine, the malevolent being that had emerged from the ground for the first time, intending to punish these humans, looked at the inexplicably appearing creature on the surface and let out a tentative growl.

The evil spirit, unable to understand the language, looked at this creature that was far more sinister than itself, and suddenly realized what was happening.

Haruko Higa is trying to make me fight this guy like dogs!
The malevolent spirit, realizing what was happening, immediately showed goodwill to the strange being emerging from the ground and assured it that it would not fight it and only wanted to kill the woman who had captured it.

After some interspecies communication, the evil being and the malevolent spirit finally understood each other's meaning and reached a preliminary agreement to cooperate. They looked at the edge of the mine and decided to leave all the humans on it behind.

But as soon as I looked up, I found that there was no one there.

Just as the two were confused, a piercing roar suddenly came from the dark sky.

Then, a dense array of orange-red meteors appeared in the night sky, arriving with a whooshing sound before the two could react. Before either could react, the meteors crashed into the mine and exploded.

boom!
The explosion shattered the rocks on the mine floor, sending them flying like bullets, and the violent shockwave caused the evil spirit's body to churn.

Even though the physical evil creature had formed a layer of eerie green energy shield on its body, it was still blasted away and knocked to the ground by the aftershocks of the missile explosion.

Immediately afterwards, missiles rained down one after another, accurately hitting the mine pit.

While missiles cannot directly kill evil beings and malevolent spirits, the sound waves and the energy they contain can affect them.

Although the impact is not significant, as physics aptly put it, quantitative change leads to qualitative change.

In the distance, Haruko Higa lit a cigarette and exhaled.

Looking at the mine pit where flames kept rising on the horizon, Haruko Higa's eyes were calm and serene.

Humans do have methods for exorcising demons without relying on exorcists; it's just a matter of the cost.

Looking at the mine, engulfed in flames from the saturation bombardment, even physical exorcism is still exorcism.

(End of this chapter)