I simultaneously traverse countless worlds

The reason is simple: they are not newbie exorcists who are new to dealing with supernatural tales. On the contrary, even the youngest girl, who is at most a junior high school student, has received education on dealing with supernatural monsters since childhood. Some of them even inherited their family's exorcism sword at the age of sixteen. They are genius girls who can defeat multiple B-level evil spirits. Even the weakest exorcist among them can easily eliminate C-level evil spirits that ordinary exorcists find troublesome.

Even among the newly emerging urban supernatural tales, which already number in the double digits, only the [Kisaragi Station] and [Tenjin Elementary School] have been discovered so far and can be considered as dangerous as B-level evil spirits. Other evil spirits such as [Slit-Mouthed Woman], [Human-Faced Dog], and [Sarumu] are at most C-level evil spirits or even just D-level evil spirits, which are a piece of cake for this team of elite exorcists.

As for the urban supernatural tale of Kisaragi Station, which is at most a B-level, the group wasn't really too worried. If it weren't for the fact that the higher-ups in Japan had entrusted it to their department and that it was related to the whereabouts of Soldier America, they wouldn't have bothered to come all of them.

"Kagura, don't be so nervous. We just need to use our spiritual energy to protect ourselves and avoid being affected by the environment here. The more important thing is to make sure the rescue team is still there..."

Seeing the youngest black-haired beauty nervously observing her surroundings, the slightly older JK (high school girl) with long, straight black hair smiled slightly and reassured her closest friend, but the katana in her hand was in a ready-to-draw position, clearly indicating that she had not relaxed her vigilance towards her surroundings.

Not only her, but the other exorcists were also on high alert. The middle-aged man leading the group carried a light machine gun engraved with various runes on his shoulder, the two black men equipped themselves with the talisman statues and guns they had been carrying in their suitcases, and even the two seemingly recent Japanese office workers, one of them released his shikigami [Kanko], and the other held a talisman in one hand and a short gun in the other, ready to deal a head-on blow to any supernatural monsters that might appear.

This is naturally the vigilance that elite exorcists must have. Anyone who thinks that weak supernatural monsters or urban ghost stories are easy to deal with is probably already on their deathbed. The group present obviously wouldn't make such a basic mistake!

"Haha, Yomi and Kagura have such a good relationship. But you two don't need to worry too much. At least Iizuna-kun's Kitsune is scouting around, so there shouldn't be any problems..."

The middle-aged man leading the interaction between the black-haired JK (high school girl) and the girl who should be called JC (junior high school girl) seemed quite carefree. Looking at the two handsome Japanese men beside him, a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes before he changed the subject.

However, before the middle-aged man could finish speaking, the Japanese man he called Iizuna-kun suddenly changed his expression and withdrew his two shoji guns, making the atmosphere around them tense!

"Enemies! Guanhu says there are a large number of enemies ahead, charging towards us!"

The moment the Japanese man, known as Iizuna-kun, communicated with his shikigami, his expression turned grim as he issued a warning. His words caused the others to change their expressions as well, and they all became wary.

It should be said that this is a special department organized by the Japanese government to deal with incidents involving evil spirits and supernatural monsters. The group members are all elites in the exorcist profession. Compared to those who occasionally gain the ability of "spiritual vision" or master a little bit of the application of "spiritual power" and then run out to become exorcists, they have all experienced many exorcisms and even come from long-established exorcist families.

In particular, the Japanese government provided a lot of resources. Otherwise, ordinary exorcists would not need the specially developed spiritual firearms and spiritual ammunition. Even now, unless there is a large-scale concentrated fire, the spiritual firearms provided by the Japanese government are only at their limit when dealing with C-level evil spirits. However, they can replace the effect of many ordinary exorcists. This is why there are at least some elite exorcists who can exorcise C-level evil spirits on their own and can enter the special handling department for evil spirits and supernatural monsters established by the Japanese government.

Of course, the results achieved by the Japanese government are not very significant. At least only those with spiritual power or even the ability to see ghosts can use those spiritual power equipment to fight. Ordinary evil spirits are handled by folk exorcists or exorcists with lineages. The special department established by the Japanese government to deal with supernatural monsters is either dealing with supernatural incidents that cause a great deal of trouble or with tough cases that ordinary exorcists cannot handle.

Under these circumstances, once they entered the area covered by the main body of [Kisaragi Station], everyone was prepared for battle. It was just that the JC girl named Kagura was not as mentally strong as the other members.

"This...aren't these the American soldiers who went missing at Kisaragi Station?"

After waiting for a few minutes, the group saw figures dressed in American military uniforms approaching. Upon discovering their identities, another young Japanese man looked slightly surprised and couldn't help but voice what everyone else was thinking.

"Fire! They're the enemy now!"

Without hesitation, the middle-aged man leading the group shouted at the others while taking down the light machine gun he was carrying and firing at the approaching American zombie soldiers.

Da da da ——————!

As the American military's M249 light machine gun roared, the rhythmic long bursts of fire were crisp and pleasant. The American soldier zombies, still hundreds of meters away, were swept away one by one and immediately fell dead.

With just one move from the middle-aged strong man, the other exorcists realized that things were going well. The American soldiers who were originally trying to pinpoint their whereabouts had indeed transformed into monsters controlled by [Kisaragi Station]. However, these low-level zombies could barely be classified as D-level supernatural monsters, and they were the kind of monsters that had a physical form but low intelligence. They were much easier to deal with than the urban supernatural tales they had been dealing with recently.

Without going into too much detail, just two days ago, a group of exorcists dealt with that urban legend called "Heavenly God Elementary School." It was a little girl with good spiritual talent who transformed into the true form of the legend. The children imprisoned there were all driven to despair and became the evil spirits attached to "Heavenly God Elementary School." Moreover, those evil spirits possessed a certain level of intelligence. If it weren't for the group of elite exorcists' numerous methods and the fact that they were carrying a Buddhist treasure, it's likely that some of the exorcists might have perished at "Heavenly God Elementary School."

In comparison, the transformation of those corpses into zombies at Kisaragi Station might be more frightening in terms of appearance. Unfortunately, the zombies that the American soldiers turned into wouldn't use their weapons from their previous lives, and their movement speed was at most about the same as a normal person jogging. In a densely populated urban area, their sudden appearance might pose a considerable threat to ordinary people, but in an open area like this, facing machine gun fire, they would only be offering themselves up for death.

In particular, the other exorcists did not stand idly by. While the middle-aged strong man finished firing a 100-round drum magazine and was reloading, they all took action, using talismans, spells, and even shikigami to attack, and quickly cleared out the hundreds of American soldier zombies who were mindlessly charging in.

"Did these American soldiers stay here for too long and succumb to the corrosive power of urban supernatural tales, killing each other in the process?"

After the group cleared out the zombies transformed from the American soldiers, they ran to the tram station with the sign "Kisaragi Station." Looking at the messy remnants of the battlefield, the Japanese youth who fought with talismans and pistols spoke with some doubt.

"It doesn't matter. Our goal is to pinpoint their location. Since they're already dead, we'll destroy the original supernatural tale and let other departments handle the follow-up matters!"

Upon hearing the Japanese youth he also admired speak, the middle-aged, robust man, whose sexual orientation deviated somewhat from the norm, immediately turned his gaze away from the battlefield ruins, completely disregarding the fate of the reinforced battalion of American soldiers, and passed the question on to other Japanese departments.

As the paranormal response department established by the Japanese government, they didn't have the time to deal with the American soldiers. In fact, this group of American soldiers, who had been missing for more than half a month, were already considered missing persons by the American military stationed in Japan. The only thing to do was to finally confirm their fate so that they could be dealt with more properly. This pressure eventually fell on the shoulders of these exorcists.

The middle-aged man was not entirely clear about the intricate relationships within Japan, but he had some understanding of them. He did not elaborate on the matter, and the others did not ask either. They were also not interested in the power struggles among the various factions within Japan, or perhaps some of them had some knowledge of it but would not speak of it at this time.

When the middle-aged strong man and several other elite exorcists placed talismans on the tram station within the main body of [Kisaragi Station] and took out a Buddhist relic as a final defense, they successfully destroyed the core of [Kisaragi Station] and eliminated this urban supernatural tale!

……

"To all members of the Ministry of the Environment's Supernatural Disaster Countermeasures Office, thank you very much for resolving this issue. We will handle the follow-up work..."

More than half an hour later, on the highway in the area where the former Kisaragi Station was located, a helicopter that was clearly from the Japanese Self-Defense Forces landed. A Japanese official who looked very friendly spoke to the group in a very polite manner.

Behind the Japanese official, several transport helicopters had just landed when personnel in protective suits disembarked. They were directly searching the mutilated remains of the American soldiers, removing the dog tags that identified them, and occasionally putting relatively intact bodies into body bags and setting them aside.

This was clearly not a good job. Even if the American soldier's body had not been dead for long and there was no giant-like phenomenon, it was still very rare for a body to remain intact after being killed by the Shadow Soldiers and attacked by the Exorcists. The scene of blood and flesh flying everywhere was not uncommon on a brutal battlefield, but it was extremely rare in Japan. Every now and then, the people who were cleaning up the corpses and remains could not help but run away to vomit.

Unfortunately, even if they couldn't help vomiting, they still had to collect the remains of the American soldiers according to their superiors' orders. The Japanese official, for example, wouldn't do such a thing. They still had to consider how to pass this somewhat troublesome matter on to someone else, so that it wouldn't fall into their hands.

The deaths of hundreds of American Marines were something no Japanese official would dare to take on. Fortunately, the Japanese were only looking for their whereabouts, and their fates were already acknowledged. Now that their deaths were confirmed, the matter was considered closed.

"OK, we'll be going now!"

The middle-aged man leading the group nodded in response to the Japanese official's words, and with an indifferent expression, he led the others away. Even the JK girl known as Yomi and the JC girl known as Kagura left directly in their car.

As a special department of the Japanese government responsible for dealing with paranormal events, they naturally wouldn't get involved in political troubles, especially those related to America. Unless a high-ranking official in Japan gave the order, and the head of their Supernatural Disaster Countermeasures Office also had his own ideas, they generally wouldn't handle such an exceptionally troublesome matter. Now that they saw someone taking over the follow-up, the group had no objections and planned to go back early to get some rest and catch up on sleep.

Meanwhile, in a small town dozens of kilometers away, Li Mo witnessed the entire entrance of the Environmental Ministry's Supernatural Disaster Countermeasures Office through the eyes of several shadow soldiers, and he already had a plan in mind:

[Ministry of the Environment's Supernatural Disaster Countermeasures Office? Isayama Yomi, Tsuchimiya Kagura, so it's Ga-Rei... no, it's the plot of Ga-Rei Zero!]

(Isayama, the Yellow Springs!)

(Image of Tsuchimiya Kagura from Baidu Baike)

Chapter 9 is actually a composite world of Ga-Rei Zero.

Food Spirits*Zero!

This is a classic Japanese anime with supernatural elements that Li Mo had watched before. It was an old anime that he had watched for almost ten years before he transmigrated. He had also watched the main series, "Ga-Rei".

In general, the anime worldviews of Ga-Rei and its prequel Ga-Rei: Zero revolve around the struggle between evil spirits and exorcists. The male protagonist in the main series has some role to play, but in the prequel Ga-Rei: Zero, apart from a certain white-haired kid who is the antagonist, the other male characters are not very memorable, far less so than the female characters.

For example, in the prequel anime "Ga-Rei: Zero", the female characters that impressed Li Mo the most were the beautiful katana-wielding girl in JK uniform, Isayama Yomi, and her close friend, the JC girl Tsuchimiya Kagura. The former was a series of deaths for evil spirits, and was eventually abandoned by her fiancé and clansmen due to injury and disability. She became corrupted and killed off all her teammates, earning her the nickname "Death Princess" from the audience. The latter, on the other hand, is the female protagonist of the main "Ga-Rei" series.

Of course, in the timeline of "Ga-Rei: Zero", Kagura Tsuchimiya is still the second female lead. She has an extremely close relationship with Yomi Isayama, who is like a sister to her. Their relationship is that of the main family and the branch family, and they are also as close as sisters. It is so close that it makes people feel that it is a beautiful scene of lilies in bloom.

Li Mo was deeply impressed by these two female characters from "Ga-Rei: Zero". It was only after the middle-aged man with short white hair mentioned the title "Ministry of Environment's Supernatural Disaster Countermeasures Office" that he immediately confirmed that it was Isayama Yomi and Tsuchimiya Kagura.

Previously, Li Mo had been mentally assessing the other party's origins. However, with the crucial title of "Ministry of Environment's Supernatural Disaster Countermeasures Office" and the identification of Isayama Yomi and Tsuchimiya Kagura, two female characters from Ga-Rei: Zero, he was certain that he was in a comprehensive supernatural world centered around Ga-Rei: Zero. This also explained why there were [Spiritual Power] superhumans with their lineages and various supernatural monsters roaming around.

After all, when Li Mo first awakened his memories and the [White Mist Space], all he could confirm was that he had transmigrated into a supernatural world of various anime series with [spiritual power] and supernatural monsters. He could also confirm the storylines of two new anime series, "The Girl Who Can See" and "The Otherworld Outing." However, the increasingly dense supernatural monsters appearing throughout the Tokyo metropolitan area, and even urban supernatural tales beginning to materialize in the real world, meant that there was a crucial reason for this. He prioritized his own safety before cautiously exploring, since no one could say that this supernatural world was devoid of powerful individuals.

Once Li Mo confirmed the identities of Isayama Yomi and Tsuchimiya Kagura, he understood the main storyline of the supernatural world he was in. The origin of the rudimentary spiritual power of the [Dragon Leaf Shrine] and the anomalies in the Tokyo metropolitan area a few months ago were undoubtedly the main storyline of the original manga "Ga-Rei: Zero". A white-haired kid activated the power of the [Sesshoseki], which led to the frequent appearance of many evil spirits.

Now, Li Mo is certain that the plot of this supernatural world, which is based on "Ga-Rei: Zero," may have changed slightly, but several key characters and major events have probably already occurred, which has affected the main plot to some extent!

………………

Later, Li Mo let Yotsuya Miko stay overnight at the Dragon Leaf Shrine. She told her family that she and her best friend Yurikawa Hana would be staying together that night, and they had also discussed what to say to their families. It was almost midnight, and it was obviously not appropriate to go home or go to Yurikawa Hana's house.

In fact, Yotsuya Miko herself felt that staying overnight at the Dragon Leaf Shrine was somewhat inappropriate. After all, a man and a woman alone in the same shrine and spending the night together could easily lead to speculation. However, in the dead of night in Tokyo, Yotsuya Miko didn't have the courage to wander around. Although she now possessed a certain amount of spiritual power and, with her equipment, was not afraid of a few bad guys, she couldn't be sure if she would fall victim to some underhanded tricks.

Japan boasts about its low crime rate, but that's because it doesn't file many cases, and many murders are ruled as "suicides." This is also due to the suppression by Japanese yakuza groups. Don't you see that even after those yakuza groups were discarded and ruined, the number of actresses in Japanese AV films continues to increase? Apart from those who are genuinely in financial trouble and have turned to adult films, many women are controlled by yakuza groups.

Anyway, there have never been few and far between yakuza gangs and delinquents in Japan. If they found a pretty high school girl wandering the streets late at night, it was easy to imagine what would happen. In any case, Yotsuya Miko thought for less than a second before following Li Mo back to the Dragon Leaf Shrine to rest.

After taking Yotsuya Miko to a rest room at the Dragon Leaf Shrine, Li Mo did nothing wrong to her. Instead, he gave her a few words of advice and arranged for her to rest before going to the main hall of the Dragon Leaf Shrine to ponder.

"The fact that Yomi Isayama and Kagura Tsuchimiya are still alive in the Ministry of the Environment's Supernatural Disaster Countermeasures Office proves that the Tsuchimiya family, who exorcise demons and possess a small fragment of the Sesshoseki, exists. The Isayama family, where Yomi Isayama is located, is a subordinate branch of the Tsuchimiya family."

"At this point, Isayama Yomi should have been engaged to that guy named Iitsuna Noriyuki, right? But then, in the original storyline of Ga-Rei: Zero, she was severely injured and even judged to be permanently disabled, so she chose to give up the engagement. It seems that she also met her end. It's just that she was always protecting Tsuchimiya Kagura, even after she had a fragment of the Sesshose implanted in her. They were truly in love!"

"As for the Ga-Rei series, I remember the prequel's boss was that white-haired brat named Kazuhiro Sanzukawa, who made a pact with the Nine-Tails' consciousness within the Sesshose to resurrect its mother. Later bosses included those with forbidden spells and sealed immortal beings..."

In the main hall of the Dragon Leaf Shrine, Li Mo casually sat on a cushion, quickly recalling the relevant plots of the Ga-Rei: Zero prequel and the main Ga-Rei story. Based on the already established Shadow Ninja intelligence network and other channels, he quickly determined the world he was in and the general situation.

To be fair, Li Mo had previously speculated about the existence of a Food Reaper Zero universe, but the appearance of supernatural monsters and urban supernatural tales made him uncertain about his judgment. After all, there are quite a few other anime and game works with similar supernatural monsters.

Without going into too much detail, Li Mo wouldn't make a decision rashly if he didn't see a prominent existence with a high level of supernatural power, or determined the distribution of supernatural power in Japan, similar to anime like "Jujutsu Kaisen" which features "cursed spirits," anime like "Bleach" which also features spirits but with very obvious characteristics, and games like the "Fatal Frame" series which features evil spirits and earthbound spirits.

But when Li Mo confirmed that Isayama Yomi and Tsuchimiya Kagura, and that this supernatural world was based on the "Ga-Rei" universe, a sense of self led him to make a judgment that this world was based on "Ga-Rei"... At least, that's how it should be in Japan, but it's hard to say in China or other regions.

After all, Li Mo's core power is the cheat-like power he obtained from the [White Mist Space]. The power of the [God of Disobedience] that he fused with is essentially "the one that has escaped." While possessing powers such as anti-divination and prophecy, it also has a fairly keen sense of danger and intuition. For example, he has not activated the former sense of danger many times, but he has used the latter intuition frequently in several worlds. For instance, Li Mo in the DNF world has successfully defeated several powerful figures with this ability.

As someone who has integrated many of Li Mo's memories, Li Mo from the various supernatural worlds naturally knows the effects of the "Escaped One" essence. Just interfering with various extraordinary methods such as divination, prophecy, and tracking is already a useful ability to conceal one's own existence. Moreover, Li Mo from the modern urban world has developed it to a point where even modern technology cannot track it. Li Mo is also developing abilities such as intuition.

For example, Li Mo has a gut feeling that the current storyline in Japan follows the plot of "Ga-Rei: Zero". Occasionally, he discovers elements from new anime such as "The Girl Who Can See" and "Hidden World Outing", but these do not affect the overall worldview based on "Ga-Rei". At most, they just add a few other anime elements.

For example, urban supernatural tales and the like don't appear in the original "Ga-Rei" anime plot. However, considering that the main "Ga-Rei" anime also has the so-called "Immortal" sealed away as the boss, it's hard to say how many plot holes there are in the "Ga-Rei" anime!

"The Killing Stone, the Immortal, and the Sanzu River and Hiroshi should be the three most important bosses. The Forbidden Spells are actually negligible!"

After carefully considering the relevant information about the anime "Ga-Rei," and listing a few things that interested him, Li Mo began to plan his general goals with great interest. He then listed the "Forbidden Spell Path" as a less important goal, and pondered the situation of other possible villainous bosses: "However, there's the plot related to 'The Visible Girl,' where there seems to be a sealed evil god in a certain shrine, and 'The Otherworld Outing' also has a few urban supernatural tales..."

Okay, now that Li Mo has determined that he is using the storyline of "Ga-Rei: Zero" as his time point, he will naturally evaluate "Ga-Rei" and the other two possible new anime series, estimating how many of them are of interest to him or pose a danger to him.

Currently, besides the beautiful girls in the original "Ga-Rei" anime, Li Mo is more interested in the special key items and powerful evil spirits contained in the "Ga-Rei" anime and the other two new anime series. For example, there is the "Kessho-seki" that runs through the prequel and main story of "Ga-Rei". A single fragment of the "Kessho-seki" can create an A-rank evil spirit, and if it were to revive as an evil spirit, it would definitely be an S-rank evil spirit.

As for the "Undying One," a boss from the main story of "Ga-Rei," Li Mo believes it is definitely an S-rank special existence. Its strength is unknown, but its nickname "Undying One" implies that even if it is destroyed, it will revive. Moreover, according to the plot that Li Mo remembers, the "Undying One" seems to be sealed in a ley line node in the Tokyo area. As for sealed evil gods or urban supernatural tales, he doesn't remember much about them.

Li Mo only watched a few episodes of the anime "Hidden World Outing" before giving up. He was more interested in Yotsuya Miko's facial expressions in the new anime "The Girl Who Can See". It seems that "The Girl Who Can See" may have powerful evil spirits, but according to the current world view based on the main storyline of "Ga-Rei", the powerful evil spirits that Yotsuya Miko sees, which are as large as mountains, do not exist in the Japanese region.

After a brief deliberation, Li Mo made a decision. For the time being, he instructed the Shadow Soldiers to maintain their focus on the beautiful girls, including Isayama Yomi. However, their objective was set: to first locate several items from the world of "Ga-Rei."

"Then, let's find a piece of the Killing Stone first, and determine the location of the Immortal's seal, before we go find that white-haired brat!"

……

Li Mo and Yotsuya Miko's trip to Kisaragi Station went unnoticed by outsiders. Yotsuya Miko went to school full of energy the next day, carefully concealing the fact that she had gone to Kisaragi Station.

Although Li Mo himself didn't care much, Yotsuya Miko was smart enough to realize that the major incident at Kisaragi Station, with the deaths of several hundred American soldiers, was no small matter for the American garrison stationed in Japan. If they hadn't discovered Li Mo and Yotsuya Miko's actions, things would have been fine, but if they had, there would have been a huge crisis, and being hunted down by the American garrison would have been normal.

To be fair, Miko Yotsuya's mixed feelings of hatred and fear towards the American soldiers are a typical Japanese mentality: the Japanese, who have always admired strength, were completely defeated by America during World War II. Two nuclear bombs broke Japan's backbone. Furthermore, America not only stationed troops in Japan but also directly controlled Japan's economic lifeline and major markets, which gave her the capital to act recklessly in Japan. Japan was essentially castrated and trained into America's dog.

For Li Mo, America was naturally indifferent. Unless America recklessly ignited a global nuclear war, neither conventional military forces nor supernatural forces were worth his attention. After all, the Shadow Legion, in conjunction with the Seed of the Extraordinary, could rapidly amassed an army. If they were truly ruthless, they could create a large number of high-quality cannon fodder and even bring the war to America's homeland.

Of course, Li Mo had no interest in doing that. There were many Li Mos who actually enjoyed war or even revenge wars. They were enough to fight against America and even wage war. Li Mo planned to enjoy life in this world and, incidentally, study things like the Killing Stone and evil spirits.

In contrast, Li Mo didn't pay attention to Yotsuya Miko but gave her a few words of advice. Then he focused his attention on searching for the whereabouts of the [Killing Stone] from the original plot of "Ga-Rei" and the sealed place of the hidden boss, [The Undying One].

"Tsk tsk, this is the Killing Stone. It has actually fused with the power of laws. No wonder the Japanese are helpless against it and can even use its hidden power!"

On the afternoon of the third day after the Kisaragi Station incident, Li Mo was at the Dragon Leaf Shrine, staring at a fragment of the Killing Stone in his hand. After successfully finding this fragment of the Killing Stone by defeating the Shadow Soldiers, he took it and began to study it carefully, trying to uncover its mysteries.

In the original manga and anime of "Ga-Rei," Li Mo remembered that there were ten fragments of the Sesshoseki. One of them was sealed in the Tsuchimiya family as the trump card of each family head, another was in the hands of the villainous organization "Forbidden Spell Path" that appeared later, and several were in the hands of the white-haired brat Sanzukawa and Hiro. The last one was hidden somewhere in Japan. Through his intuition and the thorough search by the Shadow Soldiers, he finally found this fragment of the Sesshoseki.

It should be said that this fragment of the Killing Stone is by no means an ordinary treasure. The powerful spiritual energy it emits is enough to corrupt any person or evil spirit that can withstand its erosion, from the lowest level B evil spirit to the highest level A evil spirit. Moreover, it can give the corrupted and possessed object a powerful recovery ability. In a sense, it can even make the possessor immortal. Even the possessed evil spirit is very difficult for exorcists to completely eliminate.

However, the price is that the individual possessed by the fragments of the Killing Stone will be corrupted and devoured by the Killing Stone, whether human or evil spirit. It can be said to be a treasure full of ominousness and danger, but even in Japan, there are still people who continue to pursue its power.

"Huh? Jianzi actually brought people back?"