Tokyo: I am the Lord of All Demons!

Upon entering the mall, Jun Morita had no time to admire the dazzling array of goods, nor did she have time to ask anyone where the cinema was; instead, she immediately began searching!

It was found right away!

The direction from which the ghostly power emerged was northeast, on the second floor of the shopping mall!

"Follow me!" As he ran, Jun Morita didn't forget to turn back and check on Risa Ishikawa's location.

Risa Ishikawa was indeed running, but she was too bad at running and was already out of breath after only a few steps.

She couldn't understand why they had to run to find the ghost; wouldn't that waste their energy before the battle even started?

Couldn't we use magic to teleport within this space? That way, at least we wouldn't have to expend so much energy.

But there was nothing she could do; Ishikawa Risa was being led by the nose and could only frantically follow behind Morita Jun.

After walking up the escalator and turning two corners, the two finally saw the cinema located on the second floor of the mall.

Perhaps because it was haunted, the movie theater was no longer being watched over, and the front desk was empty, making both Jun Morita and Risa Ishikawa feel very uncomfortable.

But finding the ghost is the priority!

Without thinking too much, Jun Morita and Risa Ishikawa rushed into the movie theater to search for the source of the demonic power.

However, once they entered, they discovered that the intensity of the ghostly power was uniform everywhere, which made it impossible for them to find the source of the ghostly power.

Seeing that Jun Morita had stopped, Risa Ishikawa couldn't help but ask, "What should we do? Should we split up?"

“No.” Jun Morita glanced at Risa Ishikawa. “I don’t trust you to act alone.”

That one sentence warmed Ishikawa Risa's heart; this must be what they call care from a senior...

Suddenly, Jun Morita had a flash of inspiration: "I've got it! Let's go straight to the restroom, and we should be able to see Hanako there."

Risa Ishikawa hesitated for a moment: "The toilet? Isn't Hanako from the urban legend only supposed to appear in the school toilets...?"

Jun Morita immediately retorted, "That's true in urban legends, but Hanako has already appeared in the movie theater, would she still care about such things?"

"That makes sense!" Ishikawa Risa exclaimed, then pointed to the sign on her right, "The toilets are over there!"

However, at the very moment she pointed in that direction, a chilling air surged from the right, penetrating the bodies of the two lightly dressed divine messengers like a knife.

Chapter 124 Strange Doll

The mere feeling of chills was not enough to defeat the two divine messengers, Jun Morita and Risa Ishikawa, whose bodies were protected by divine artifacts that could reduce the damage.

Soon, the two divine messengers found the restroom in the movie theater by following the directions shown on the sign.

I don't know why, maybe it's a person's subconscious, or maybe it's because Hanako should be in the women's restroom, so the two messengers walked into the women's restroom without thinking.

When the two entered the restroom, they made a new discovery: every stall in the restroom possessed extremely strong ghostly power.

Jun Morita swallowed hard, preparing to push open the cubicle door, but after hesitating for a moment, he turned back to his companion and said, "One of us will push the door open, and the other will be ready to launch an attack at any time. What do you want to do?"

"Ah... I'll take charge of launching attacks at any time..." Ishikawa Risa was still a little scared, so she could only make this choice because she thought that this way she could at least stay away from the compartments and not be the first to be attacked by the enemy.

There are six toilet stalls in total. Since it's supposedly haunted, no one should be using the toilet there anymore, but all the doors are either ajar or completely closed.

This is very suspicious.

Jun Morita walked to the corner of the first cubicle and instructed, "Then get ready."

"Ready." Ishikawa Risa gripped the Binding Staff tightly, ready to unleash a close-range divine light attack on the ghost within at any moment.

Jun Morita stepped forward, easily pushed open the door to the first cubicle, and quickly dodged to the side to stand ready. At that moment, a cold, eerie wind blew out.

However, there are no ghosts inside.

Risa Ishikawa's staff was about to strike when she was forced to retract it.

Next was the second one, but Hanako wasn't seen in the second cubicle either.

The third and fourth ones were the same; apart from the strange wind blowing out, nothing suspicious was found.

Jun Morita thought there would be a female ghost in the fifth cubicle, but he was disappointed; there was nothing unusual inside.

Next, only one remains.

However, Jun Morita hesitated to open the door, and Risa Ishikawa couldn't help but ask with concern, "Why aren't you opening it?"

Jun Morita whispered, "Because Hanako is very likely hiding in here, I need to confirm again that you are ready."

“I’m really ready,” Risa Ishikawa replied softly.

"Then let's go!" Jun Morita suddenly raised his voice, then stepped forward and kicked open the door to the last cubicle!

With a loud bang, the door to the cubicle was pushed open, revealing a hanged female corpse to the two of them!

The female corpse was dressed in a JK uniform and was hanging by her neck with a rope. Her neck was bent at an angle, and her hair was disheveled, making it impossible to see her face. However, it was certain that this was Ms. Hanako.

Upon seeing this, Ishikawa Risa was startled and hesitated for a second or two before using the Bond Staff to launch a close-range divine light attack.

At this moment, Jun Morita had already reacted and launched an attack on Hanako-san almost simultaneously with Risa Ishikawa.

And so, the divine light and lightning struck Hanako-san at the same time, causing her delicate body to tremble violently!

However, nothing came of it.

Despite being attacked by two forces simultaneously, Hanako remained strangely unharmed.

"What's going on?!" Jun Morita's pupils contracted, completely unable to understand why Hanako-san was unharmed.

Risa Ishikawa was equally baffled, but she soon discovered the clues about the so-called "Miss Hanako".

In front of Jun Morita, she went into the private room to observe the so-called "Hanako-san" up close.

Seeing her so reckless, Jun Morita was almost paralyzed with fear and immediately stepped forward: "Be careful, it's dangerous!"

Actually, there is no danger.

"Miss Hanako" looked lifeless and seemed to have no intention of attacking the two of them at all.

Only after getting closer did the two realize that this was not Hanako, but a life-size rag doll that looked very much like Hanako...

Upon discovering that it was a rag doll, Jun Morita and Risa Ishikawa finally breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time felt a little disappointed.

I breathed a sigh of relief, of course, because Miss Hanako had escaped, avoiding a fierce battle with the Demon King.

She was disappointed, of course, because she had already escaped and she hadn't been able to test just how strong the so-called Ghost King really was.

Oh, and this also solved one of Jun Morita's doubts: it turns out the thing that was hanged was a rag doll! No wonder the divine light had no effect on it.

If the divine light has no effect on Hanako, then Jun Morita simply cannot imagine how he could possibly defeat her...

Perhaps only the Supreme God himself can defeat the Demon King.

Seeing that Ishikawa Risa breathed a sigh of relief, Morita Jun immediately warned, "Don't relax. Ghosts are very cunning; they might attack you from behind when you're off guard."

This warning was effective, and Ishikawa Risa, as a junior colleague, became nervous again.

She looked around warily and asked, "So, senior, what should we do with this doll?"

Jun Morita thought for a moment and said, "Take it back. I was just worried about not having a photo or description of Miss Hanako. This is a freebie."

The two then worked together to remove the life-size doll that was hanging in the toilet; however, the doll was unexpectedly heavy.

After taking the doll, the two prepared to leave. To their surprise, Hanako did not launch an attack. It seemed that she was afraid of fighting the divine messenger, so she fled far away.

What a joke! The Ghost King is nothing special!

This further convinced Jun Morita that as long as the two divine messengers acted together, they would be invincible and could even scare away the Demon King!

When the two walked out of the mall, there were already quite a few people watching outside. The reason was not only because of the ghost story inside, but also because Inspector Matsushita Ryuki, who had previously fled back, had brought several colleagues and set up a cordon.

Matsushita Ryukyu's actions affected not only the onlookers, but also another divine messenger.

Previously, Fujita Mino, who had already gone home to rest, discovered through the Shinto Hall's internal group chat that there would be another operation tonight.

So, they came to eat melon seeds.

Surprisingly, this melon is quite sweet.

It turned out to be Jun-san Morita, who, along with a newly arrived divine messenger, wanted to destroy the Demon King Hanako.

That's absolutely out of the ordinary.

However, instead of barging into the movie theater in the mall, Fujita Mino remained at the mall entrance, waiting for the right moment to act.

Just now, Fujita Mino noticed something unusual. She felt that the ghostly power in the mall seemed to have been transferred underground and was fleeing in the northwest direction.

Fujita Mino will not chase after him. Although she is usually reckless, she is clear-headed when it comes to matters of principle and will not let herself get caught up in a bitter struggle alone.

So, Fujita Mino sat on a bench in the mall outside waiting for news, but unexpectedly, the two of them brought out a life-size doll.

She went up to them and asked Jun Morita, "Mr. Morita, what are you carrying?"

Jun Morita said with a wry smile, "Hey, you didn't expect that, did you? I found a life-size doll of Hanako in the restroom of the movie theater in the mall!"

Risa Ishikawa stepped forward, intending to bow and address Mino Fujita as "senpai," but unable to bend over while carrying the doll, she could only offer a fawning smile:

"Greetings, senior! I am the newly arrived divine messenger, Risa Ishikawa. Please take good care of me!"

"Oh, hello..." Fujita Mino replied casually, her attention still focused on Hanako dolls.

This life-size doll still has a trace of residual ghostly power. This ghostly power is not exactly the same as the ghostly power that escaped earlier, but it is completely consistent.

Seeing the two preparing to lift Hanako's life-size doll into the car, Fujita Mino couldn't help but ask with concern, "Morita-san, are you planning to take this back to the Shinto Hall...?"

“Yes, we’re going to do a full analysis of this doll so we’ll be more confident in our fight against Hanako.” Jun Morita said, as he, Risa Ishikawa, and some police inspectors helped lift the doll into the police car.

Looking at this scene, Fujita Mino felt something was wrong, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what it was.

She always felt that it was wrong to bring Hanako's life-size doll back to the Shinto Hall, as something dangerous might happen.

However, seeing that Jun Morita and the others were determined, Mino Fujita didn't say anything more.

After loading the doll into the car, Jun Morita came over and asked, "What are you thinking about? Why aren't you going home to sleep?"

"Hmm, I'll wait a bit..." Fujita Mino replied casually.

"Then we'll go back." Jun Morita and Risa Ishikawa then got into the police car and drove away from the scene with the other police cars.

Order was quickly restored at the scene.

However, it was already 10 p.m., the time when the mall was closing, so there were fewer and fewer people around.

Fujita Mino then left the place, walking through the streets at night, still feeling uneasy.