An infinite journey starting from paradise

"Whatever. This guy attacked the police. I was acting in self-defense."

Nogami Saeko raised her gun and was about to shoot when a purple light suddenly shot out from the shadow behind her and headed straight for the frog monster.

"Huh?"

The next moment, the amethyst bat familiar that Lin Shangren left in Nogami Saeko's shadow had already cut off the frog monster's tongue with its sharp wings, helping Nogami Saeko to escape while forcing the frog monster back with several beams of sound waves.

"What the hell is this?! Gah!"

The frog monster's recovery ability is also not weak. It has completed self-healing the moment it retracts its tongue into its mouth.

Before it could figure out what was going on, Nogami Saeko emptied the three remaining bullets in its magazine. The bullets hit the frog monster's round belly, embedding deeply into it without penetrating its skin.

"Gah!"

The frog monster suddenly puffed up its belly, deflecting the three bullets back. Its tongue, now erect, stabbed straight at Nogami Saeko's head. A dazzling purple light shone in front of Nogami Saeko. The bat familiar blasted away all the bullets and chopped the frog monster's tongue into a pulp.

"hateful……"

The frog monster stared warily at the bat familiar protecting Nogami Saeko.

At this time, a scream was heard from Reika Nogami's side, followed by a burst of gunfire - several monsters with green skin and a single horn on their heads appeared at some point and surrounded Reika Nogami and the Porsche 911.

"Reika!"

Seeing that Nogami Reika was in danger, the bat familiar turned into a stream of light and rushed over there.

The frog monster, seizing the opportunity, raised his machete, tensed his thighs, and then jumped high with all his strength, wanting to chop Nogami Saeko in half with one blow.

However, the moment it landed, a giant claw condensed from a materialized black shadow firmly grabbed its full-strength sword and crushed the machete into pieces.

"I've never seen a frog like yours. Did it come from Fukushima?"

"Huh?"

The frog monster was stunned, and then an unspeakable pain rose from its limbs, bones, and internal organs. The giant claw that crushed its sword suddenly exerted force, grabbed its torso, and pressed it to the ground, lying on its back.

"Let me think about it. How many steps are there in dissecting a frog in biology class? Um... the pin must have a thorn."

The frog monster's back was firmly pinned to the ground by the shadow beneath it, and thorn-like spikes suddenly protruded from its limbs, seemingly nailing it to the ground. The thorns on the spikes spun, crushing the frog monster's limbs into a bloody mess as it healed.

"Brother Shangren?"

Looking at the man in black who suddenly appeared in front of her, Nogami Saeko was a little confused, but more surprised.

"Hey, good morning. It looks like you didn't get enough rest last night. You should get some good sleep later."

Hayashi Shangren turned around and greeted Nogami Saeko, and at the same time waved in the direction of Nogami Reika.

The monsters surrounding Reika Nogami were instantly pierced through the bodies by the black thorns that shot out from under their feet and were nailed firmly to the spot.

"Kaka... let me go... Kaka, mortal, I am the frog man, one of the eight ghosts of Lord Wind God. Let me go now, otherwise Lord Wind God will not let you go!" The frog monster struggled and roared.

Lin Shangren turned around and asked jokingly, "Where is that Wind God you mentioned? His name is Guiwan Meng? Tell me where he is, and I'll go over and kill him right now, and confiscate that Wind God Sword."

"Onimaru Meng? Wind God Sword?"

Nogami Saeko looked at Lin Shangren's back in confusion.

"Huh... 'Legend of the Sword Hero' should be called 'Nine Dragon Balls', which is more approachable." Lin Shangren rubbed the back of his neck. "I didn't expect it to be sewn into this world. But if it is, some questions can be explained."

Thinking of this, Lin Shangren's eyes turned gray.

"Come, let me see if the Wind God you're talking about is the big bald guy I'm familiar with who turned evil in anger after his mentality was broken."

Chapter 387 He already has a daughter?!

"Legend of Sword Hero" is also known as "Legend of Wind and Thunder Sword", "City Storm", and "Fighting Sword God". When it was introduced to Taiwan Province, it was translated into "Nine Dragon Balls". It is one of Gosho Aoyama's early representative works and also one of the few completed works of the old thief Aoyama.

The story of "Sword Hero Legend" is both simple and complex. Its main plot is nothing more than the classic Dragon Quest trope of collecting artifacts, fighting monsters, leveling up, and changing maps. The frequency of changing maps and bosses is not high. But the complexity lies in the fact that the boss settings vary a lot:

Initially, the protagonist, Tetsuken, faces the evil second-in-command, Onimaru Takeshi, who has been controlled by the Wind God Sword. Then, during their final battle, the bunny-girl villain, Kaguya, appears from the moon, fused with Earth in her final form. After defeating Kaguya, she is followed by the underground beings, determined to destroy the surface world. After defeating the underground beings, they face the Yamata-no-Orochi, a native Japanese serpent, ultimately turning the entire Japanese archipelago upside down. Once peace settles, a Kendo Tournament, similar to the Tenkaichi Budokai (World's Greatest Martial Arts Tournament), is staged. The range of combat power, from standard swordplay to a single-sword, star-blasting battle, and finally back to swordplay, is truly outrageous.

In short, the setting of "Sword Hero Legend" is a mixture of science fiction, fantasy, Japanese martial arts, folklore and other elements. The story style is similar to the early "Dragon Ball", full of nonsensical and funny plots, but also has some passionate scenes. Overall, it is a relatively good shounen hot-blooded manga.

And such a work, to some extent, actually has the same world view as "Detective Conan": Okita Souji, Onimaru Takeshi, and Tetsuken have all made guest appearances in Conan's series many times, and there are even OVA series such as "Conan VS Kid VS Tetsuken! The Battle of the Swords".

So it's not surprising that elements from "Kenyuu Tales" appear in this world of science, which is a blend of many elements. Rather, it is precisely the existence of this kind of fantasy-level worldview that can explain the overly "scientific" things in "Detective Conan."

When Lin Shangren was a child, he watched the animation of "The Legend of Sword and Hero" on Star TV intermittently, and later he also read the content of the comics. He has a good understanding of the setting and storyline of "The Legend of Sword and Hero".

However, judging from the current situation, Lin Shangren's understanding of the original work can only provide a little reference at best - the story line of "Legend of Sword Hero" in this world has already been changed into a mess.

Take, for example, the giant toad pinned to the ground by Lin Shangren. In the original "Sword Hero Legend," the Eight Demons, including the Frog Man, were clumsy, buffoonish characters, but the frog man restrained by Lin Shangren is a true man-eating monster—inside its gut, Lin Shangren discovered undigested human remains. And this unfortunate creature buried in the frog's belly is named Hannya, a ninja from the Hannya clan.

Lin Shangren used the mind shadow to invade the frog man's consciousness world and searched his memory through his psychological shadow.

Frog Man doesn't have many memories in his head.

Frogman's memories revealed that he was originally just an ordinary frog. Before becoming Frogman, he had virtually no logical memories. A strange force transformed him into his current form. At the same time he became Frogman, a command like a thought stamp was imprinted in his mind: "Absolute loyalty to Lord Wind God."

As for the true identity of the "Wind God," Frogman didn't know. When he opened his eyes, he found himself on the side of the road, with only three ninjas from the Prajna family giving him tasks. He had never seen the so-called "Wind God."

The frog man only knew that "Lord Wind God" had prepared delicious and useful human ninjas for him as rations and servants, and assigned him some green-skinned demons as thugs, and ordered him to kidnap a woman named Hannya Feng and send her to the church in Rokugao Village. Apart from that, he knew nothing.

"Kidnap Hannya Kaede and take her to the church in Rokkaku Village?... It seems the Wind God Sword is likely in the hands of the vanished Hannya family. But would they go to such a high-profile trouble to hijack a prison van with a monster like this? If they're going to deal with the Nogami sisters, regular ninjas should be enough."

Lin Shangren thought about it and turned his head to look at the frightened Nogami Rika and Nogami Saeko who was bandaging the abrasion on her leg with a bandage.

"Use this. It's a potent medicine." Lin Shangren handed a vial of his own blood to Nogami Saeko. "It can be taken orally or applied topically."

"Ah."

Saeko Nogami took the test tube but did not open it immediately. She looked at Lin Shangren with suspicion, as if she had not yet figured out the current situation and did not know how to start.

It was Nogami Rika who was beside her who asked first: "Brother-in-law, what the hell are these things? Government biological experiments? Or alien invasions? And... why did you suddenly appear here? What on earth is..."

"It's a bit difficult to explain clearly. For now, just think of me as a demon hunter or magician. These guys are legendary monsters." Lin Shangren explained, "Their goal is to kidnap the girl in your car. Her name is Han Ruo Feng, the pickpocket that Yura caught on the spot."

"Demon hunter? Like Van Helsing? Wait, are there vampires in this world? And zombies, zombies, Frankenstein?!" Nogami Reika's expression suddenly changed to a hint of surprise. It was obvious that she was very interested in these supernatural beings and was more receptive to such unusual events than her sister.

"I'm not sure about that. I think there should be."

Lin Shangren answered, raising his hand to summon a dark shadow, which dragged Han Ruofeng from the car here. She closed her eyes tightly and did not move, looking as if she was still asleep. However, her rapid heartbeat still exposed the fact that she was pretending to sleep.

Lin Shangren was not in a hurry to wake her up. Instead, he used the Eagle Finger to make her really fall asleep, and then stuffed her into the shadow space.

"Brother-in-law...what did you do to her..."

"We've kept her under protection for the time being. We'll have to ask her about the situation later." As he spoke, Lin Shangren swept a ring across his belt driver, and a teleportation array immediately lit up under the feet of Nogami Saeko and Nogami Rika.

"This isn't the place to talk. Let's go to 'my house' and rest for a while. We'll discuss the details there. You guys go ahead and I'll talk to Mr. Frog."

As he spoke, Hayashi Naoto sent the Nogami sisters to the Misaki Doll Workshop, and he himself gave a kind smile to the frog man who had been disemboweled but was still alive.

Lin Shangren was woken up from the embrace of two beauties at around five in the morning, and one can imagine how grouchy he was.

[This thing is no longer useful... Hey, you're not interested in its edible value, are you?!]

"How could that be? I don't like bullfrogs. I was just trying to recall my junior high biology class."

As he said this, Lin Shangren pulled out two Glocks that had been blessed with physical exorcism from the shadows.

"Don't move, I'm going to test whether the enchanted conventional weapons have any effect on monsters like you. Don't worry, I won't let you die before I've tested all the weapons."

As he said that, Lin Shangren pulled the trigger.

……

On the other side, on the second floor of Misaki Doll Workshop.

The Nogami sisters passed through the teleportation array and sat directly on the sofa in the living room on the second floor.

Feeling the soft texture under her butt and looking around at the warm home decorations, Nogami Saeko felt a little unreal. Could it be that she stayed up late driving and drank too much coffee, and now she was actually dreaming, and everything in front of her and what she had just encountered were all illusions.

Nogami Saeko rubbed her eyes again, while Nogami Reika beside her looked towards the kitchen in surprise.

In the kitchen, a beautiful woman with a graceful figure, wearing a thin nightgown and an apron, was busy doing something at the cooking table.

Nogami Reika mustered up the courage to ask the woman from behind, "Excuse me...where is this place?"

"This is my home. You're the people Shangren wants to save, right?" Wuguo turned around and gave the two of them a gentle smile. "My name is Tokita... no, Hayashi Yukiyo, one of Shangren's wives. I made some hot porridge and eggs. You two can have some first to calm your nerves."

"You are... one of Inspector Lin's wives...?!" Nogami Rika looked at Wuguo in disbelief. She opened her mouth wide, but didn't know what to say.

At this point, Nogami Saeko had regained some composure. She asked, "Excuse me, where exactly is this place? Why did Inspector Lin send us here?"

"This is the Misaki Doll Workshop in Kitayami Town. Naoto must have sent you here so you can have a good rest. He specifically told me to prepare breakfast before he left."

As he spoke, Wuguo placed two plates on the table in front of the Nogami sisters.

"I only made white porridge and boiled eggs. I'm sorry for the poor hospitality. If you two want to take a shower, the bathroom is over there. As for the bedroom, there are usually no guests, so there is no guest room at home, but you two can rest in my daughter's room. Ming will go to school soon." Wuguo said slowly, acting like a considerate and gentle housewife.

It can't be said to be like, but rather that she is now. After being accepted by Lin Shangren, Wuguo completely awakened the traditional attributes of a good wife like the Yamato Nadeshiko.

"Wait! A daughter?! Inspector Lin already has a child?! Then my sister..."

"Reika!"

Nogami Saeko quickly stopped her sister from speaking.

"Oh, sorry."

Rika Nogami lowered her head and looked at the boiled eggs and porridge on the table. She didn't know what to do for a moment.

The fear of nearly dying, the joy of escaping death, the excitement and fear of the unknown, the fatigue and sleepiness, the hunger... all came together at this moment.

Nogami Reika picked up the porridge and took a sip of it.

"It's delicious... Um, do you have red ginger?"

"Yes, I'll get it." Wuguo said.

"Um, wait a moment." Nogami Saeko called out to Kiriko, "The bathroom is over there, right? I want to take a shower, is that okay?"

"Of course. I'll help you prepare the towels and other bath supplies."

Chapter 388: Another Demon Hunter

In the bathroom, Saeko Nogami took off all her clothes, and the belt tied around her thighs and her underwear that had been kept in the car for a day and a night were thrown into the laundry basket.

After drinking Lin Shangren's blood, the scrapes on her calves and arms had completely healed, but her mind was still a little confused.

Initially motivated by curiosity about Hayashi Naoto, Nogami Saeko interrogated Hannya Kaede. However, she unexpectedly uncovered links between the Hannya family and a serial dismemberment case involving prominent politicians years prior. Just as she was about to follow up, she received intelligence linking Rokkaku Village to a drug trafficking ring previously dismantled by the Metropolitan Police Department. This is why she, her sister Nogami Reika, and Hannya Kaede set out to investigate Rokkaku Village, under the guise of assisting in the investigation.

She thought it was just another ordinary crime investigation, but she didn't expect it to develop into what it is now.

"Monsters, magic, demon hunters? I can't figure it out. If I had known, I would have read more fantasy novels."

Nogami Saeko shook her head vigorously several times, trying to clear her mind of distracting thoughts and calm herself down completely.

"Don't think about anything yet. Let's wait for Inspector Lin to explain."

Nogami Saeko turned on the shower, and the warm water flowed over her beautiful body. Unlike Kiriko, who had a soft and plump figure at first glance, Nogami Saeko's body was very tight:

The waist is slender and the entire back presents a beautiful inverted triangle. The strong muscles are stretched tightly above the hips. When moving, the shoulders, waist, hips, legs and other parts rise and fall with the S-shaped curve, which has a very coordinated and pleasing beauty of movement.

The water flowed along the delicate indentation between her breasts, past her delicate, round navel. Her sides were densely muscled, bunched into a small circle. Even as her owner took deep breaths to adjust herself, her rising and falling chest and waist revealed no ribs; they were all soft, elastic muscle.

As the hot water poured down, a layer of mist gradually covered the bathroom. In the rising mist, Nogami Saeko vaguely smelled a strange fragrance with a slightly fishy and sweet taste.

As for the source of the strange fragrance, it was, of course, the remnants of Hayashi Naoto's battle with Kirika and Yura last night. The aphrodisiac effect of the washed-out bodily fluids had been greatly diminished, but it still caused Nogami Saeko to feel a slight heat.

But the real change happening to her wasn't this, but her eyes. Nogami Saeko's deep blue pupils were turning golden—the same transformation that had occurred to Aoki Fuyushi had also occurred to Nogami Saeko, and she was being transformed into a demon hunter by Lin Shangren's blood.

Not only the demon hunter, but when Nogami Saeko's eyes turned golden, a strange pattern like thorns and branches of the world intertwined appeared faintly on her lower back.

Of course, Saeko Nogami didn't notice any of this while she was in the shower. She just felt a little hot in her lower abdomen.

Nogami Saeko is not unfamiliar with this feeling. Even though she has never really tried it, this kind of thing is inevitable for humans with normal hormone secretion.

Of course, Nogami Saeko would do things to relieve stress, but it was obviously not appropriate in the current situation.

"Damn it, what's wrong with me?"

In order to calm herself down, Saeko Nogami simply adjusted the water temperature to cold water.

However, as the cold water poured down, Nogami Saeko's already erect tip became even harder, and her whole body began to tremble due to the sudden temperature difference.

At this moment, a shadow suddenly condensed on the ground beside Nogami Saeko, and then Lin Shangren emerged from this materialized black shadow.

In Lin Shangren's hand was holding the [Demon Slayer] that he had only used a few times. The blade was extremely shiny, but Lin Shangren himself was covered with a lot of dark red liquid.

"If I had known bullfrogs were so blood-thirsty, I would have bought myself a pair of RT-Mart-style shorts."

[After blasting with a gun, he chopped back and forth with several knives, then launched fireballs, lightning, and sonic kicks. He was just short of slicing it into small pieces. Are you a pervert? You're killing and torturing people.]

"What? This is called a rigorous scientific experiment. It's so that if we encounter a member of its species in the future, we can kill it quickly and humanely. In a sense, it's contributing to its fellow humans."