Tokyoites don't have martial virtue

However, when he saw the prisoner's appearance just now, he found that the other party was just a human with a similar build to himself, and even a bit thin.

Eliza is reading a book on her tablet, her fingers lightly tapping the screen:

"Ghouls aren't that powerful; they're just low-level spirit creatures... but they're undead."

"An immortal?" Kyushu Sei was shocked.

“That’s right. Ghouls are transformed from dead humans who have been cursed, and their souls are extremely similar to humans.” Eliza turned off the tablet and looked at him calmly.

"They are monsters condemned by the heavens, whose bodies are almost immortal, but whose souls decay very quickly. Ghouls can absorb the souls of humans after they eat their corpses and gain their memories. This is the only way they can maintain their humanity, otherwise they would quickly become empty shells without reason."

"Many ghouls, after consuming human corpses, attempt to disguise themselves as humans and blend into human society," Eliza continued.

“They are constantly craving fresh souls and must feed on average once every six months to a year, so some ghouls will deliberately ‘create corpses.’ They are like hidden mines buried in human society and must be cleared away as soon as possible.”

Kyushu nodded thoughtfully, finally understanding why the Public Security Demon Hunting Division was taking this prisoner so seriously.

"Is there really no way to kill them?" Kyushu Makoto asked with some concern.

If there really are "immortals" in this world, does that mean if you bury them in the ground for hundreds or thousands of years, they can still be alive and running around the world when you dig them up?

Or is it that even if you chop them into mincemeat, they can be resurrected intact after a few days?

“As far as I know, the only current methods for dealing with them are imprisonment and sealing.” Eliza lifted her chin thoughtfully.

"After all, if there were a way to kill them, they wouldn't be called 'the undead'."

Yokohama is located in the eastern part of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, and is the largest city in the prefecture. It is about a half-hour drive from Tokyo.

The escort mission proceeded smoothly without any incidents or accidents.

However, after the convoy arrived in Yokohama, Makoto Kyushu discovered that the local security situation was indeed somewhat chaotic.

Graffiti was a common sight on the streets, and overturned trash cans and litter were scattered everywhere. Almost half of the shops were closed, and there were very few pedestrians; an unsettling atmosphere permeated the air.

Once the escort team arrived at the special detention center and handed over the prisoners, the mission was considered complete.

After completing his mission, Ritsu Hachijo planned to have the Hachijo family send a car to pick him up, while Eliza planned to take a taxi back to Tokyo.

However, after being persuaded by the other two, they decided to take the express train back.

The reason is simple: it was rush hour, and taking a bus home would inevitably lead to a major traffic jam, so taking the train would be much faster.

The four arrived at the station, bought train tickets to Tokyo, and then waited in the waiting area.

The two groups didn't get along, so they deliberately stood on opposite sides of the waiting area, intentionally avoiding each other.

While waiting for the train to arrive, Eliza took out her tablet from her pocket and read to pass the time.

"哐——!"

"Ouch!" Suddenly, she was bumped from behind and nearly fell onto the tracks.

After managing to regain her balance, Eliza turned around unhappily and found that the person who had bumped into her was a young man wearing a hooded smock.

Strangely, the man was wearing a white smiling mask, obscuring his face, and his behavior was furtive.

Kyushu Makoto was drawn by her cry and quickly looked over.

Under their gaze, the hooded masked man picked up a woman's wallet and waved it around, as if showing it off to them.

"That's my wallet!" Eliza instinctively touched her pocket and exclaimed, pointing at him.

"Hehe, goodbye!" The hooded masked man let out a mocking laugh and immediately turned and ran away.

"I'll go catch him, you call the police right away!" Kyushu Makoto immediately got up and strode after him.

In the sparsely populated station, the two ran one after the other.

The hooded masked man seemed to know a bit of parkour, sometimes leaping over railings, sometimes jumping off walls, darting around like a monkey.

Kyushu Makoto kept close behind, trying his best not to let him disappear from his sight.

They chased each other all the way, but the distance between them never shortened, and they almost lost each other several times.

"There's no way to fight anymore!"

In desperation, Kyushu Makoto had no choice but to take out four enhancement talismans from his pocket and secretly stick them inside his trouser legs.

Although the other party is a pickpocket, he is ultimately an ordinary person, so psionic tools cannot be used in this situation.

But Kyushu Makoto couldn't care less about that now. When dealing with such a morally corrupt villain, any means necessary was required. He could always explain to the Onmyōryō later that he "suspected" seeing the other party use superpowers and was forced to use a psychic item to retaliate.

The talisman emitted a faint glow, and Kyushu Makoto felt his legs become as light as feathers, allowing him to leap and run nimbly.

The hooded masked man circled around the subway a few times before quickly arriving at the subway entrance.

"Hmph, you can't catch up, can you?"

He turned around triumphantly, only to find that Kyushu Makoto was right behind him, just a body length away, almost within reach.

"Run! Keep running!" Kyushu Makoto laughed and pulled out a pair of plastic scissors, throwing them directly at him.

"Thud!" At such close range, the scissors pierced the hooded masked man's thigh, causing him to scream in pain. He rolled a few times on the ground and then lay still.

Kyushu Makoto slowed his pace and cautiously walked towards him.

"Hiss... Damn it, you forced me to do this!" The hooded masked man gritted his teeth in anger, struggling to pull a small syringe from his pocket, the liquid inside shimmering with a pale purple light.

He bit open the syringe cap with his teeth, intending to inject it into his arm.

"What is that? Stop!"

Kyushu Makoto immediately rushed forward and kicked him twice. One kick sent the syringe flying from his hand, and the other kicked him in the face, shattering the mask in the process.

Ten minutes later, the police arrived and arrested the pickpocket whose face was covered in blood. Kyushu Makoto had already disposed of the four talismans and pretended that nothing had happened.

Eliza quickly arrived at the scene and retrieved her wallet.

She glanced at Kyushu Makoto's legs, as if she understood something, but just snorted and pretended not to know anything.

Kyushu Makoto understood her gaze, but pretended not to know anything, and a strange tacit understanding developed between them.

"Wait, what is this?" Suddenly, Eliza's gaze fell on a syringe filled with purple liquid on the ground, which belonged to the pickpocket.

She carefully picked up the syringe and murmured softly, "This seems to be a 'demonizing potion,' a banned drug that was very popular in the Kanto black market a while ago."

"Demonization potion?" Kyushu Makoto felt there was something very wrong with the name.

"This is a supernatural potion made from the 'soul' of a spiritual species, also known as 'demonic nature.' It can turn a person into a half-demon in a short period of time, granting them superhuman strength." Eliza looked at the syringe in her hand and thought for a moment:

"However, this drug also has significant side effects. Long-term use will pollute the user's soul, causing them to lose their humanity and degenerate into half-human, half-demon monsters."

"I remember a while ago we caught a yakuza group that was smuggling these kinds of banned drugs. I think it was called the Kazama Group."

"The Kazama Group!" Kyushu Makoto reacted to the name: "So they're also involved in supernatural cases?"

"They didn't seem to know what they were smuggling, but they were ultimately treated as 'supernatural criminals,' and they'll never have a peaceful life," Eliza snorted and said with a smile.

“Since this petty thief has the demon-transforming potion, he is also a supernatural criminal. Your use of my talisman to capture him just now did not violate the rules.”

"Ahem, that's really fortunate." Kyushu Makoto coughed a few times, a little embarrassed.

After the two exchanged a few words, a young policeman walked over to them and said with some admiration:

"You must be a traveler from somewhere else. It's amazing you managed to catch someone from the Flying Man Gang."

"The Flying Heroes Gang? Could it be that this pickpocket has an organization behind him?" Kyushu Cheng sensed something was wrong and stepped forward to ask warily.

"Yes, Yokohama is particularly dangerous lately. You should go back as soon as possible," the young policeman sighed, offering a seemingly serious piece of advice.

"Especially avoid the area around Shoumin Town, as it is now the territory of the 'Evil Prince San Taizi'."

141. The Evil Third Prince

After catching the subway pickpocket and recovering Eliza's wallet, the two applied for delayed tickets at the station's ticket office and took the next train back to Tokyo.

That was their original plan. However, Eliza discovered a demon-enhancing drug, classified as a "supernatural forbidden drug," on the thief, thus changing their plans.

According to the supplementary provisions of the Supernatural Events Countermeasures Act, smuggling or using supernatural items of illegal origin will be considered a "supernatural criminal".

Combating supernatural crimes is the duty of every exorcist, and the Yin-Yang Bureau will provide generous rewards.

“Hongzhong, wait a moment. I need to report the discovery of the demon-transforming potion to the Demon Hunting Department and the Onmyoji Bureau.” Eliza took out her phone, her earlier bad mood clearly gone:

"Assisting in the investigation and capture of supernatural criminals earns extra points; we're so lucky!"

Kyushu Makoto couldn't help but chuckle.

This colleague gets so excited about "points" that he can't move, he's used to it.

However, Kyushu Makoto was quite concerned about what the police had just said, especially the "Flying Heroes Gang" and "Evil Third Prince" mentioned by them.

While Eliza was on the phone reporting on the case, Kyushu Makoto went online to look up some information.

Soon, he learned about the current situation in Yokohama from several forums and news websites.

About two or three months ago, three scoundrel groups suddenly appeared in Yokohama, known as the "Three Villains":

The "Flying Heroes Gang" is a thief group whose members all wear masks and hoodies, moving through the city like phantoms.

Suddenly rising in Yokohama, the biker gang "New Heaven Creation" claims to revive the "glory of Wano Country's racing."

The "Eastern Domination" is a group of delinquent students and unemployed youths from Yokohama and several nearby cities who frequently engage in street fights and claim to "rule the Kanto region".

No one knows why these criminals suddenly appeared in Yokohama at the same time, but their emergence has indeed brought a lot of trouble to the local area - the crime rate has skyrocketed, residents are in a state of panic, and public resentment is boiling.