In Zongman, the evil spirits are eliminated physically.

Chapter 28: New Closed-door Instructor Iwato Suzuya

In order to recruit a part-time assistant and clerk, Ouyang Xuan printed some notices and posted them in places like neighborhood committees. Nearby stores would post notices here when recruiting employees or doing construction work. Some people looking for jobs or students who wanted to find part-time jobs would also come here to see if there were any suitable jobs.

During the last recruitment, Ouyang Xuan not only placed advertisements in newspapers and websites, but also posted them on the bulletin board. Quite a lot of people applied that time. In the end, Ouyang Xuan chose Yang Cai, who was born with stronger spiritual power. After all, his firm was in the business of exorcism, so he had to find someone with high spiritual power.

This time, because he was just looking for a part-time job and didn't have to be on site, Ouyang Xuan didn't post the recruitment advertisement in newspapers or on websites. He just posted an advertisement on the bulletin board. His purpose was to find a student living in the room or someone who wanted to earn some extra money. However, compared with the last time, this time it took several days for someone to call for consultation and then made an appointment for an interview today.

"Hello, I'm Kaguya Shinomiya, here to interview for a part-time assistant position."

Holding her resume, Kaguya walked in with a smile.

"Little Kaguya?" Haruno looked at the young lady who came in with surprise, "Could it be that the Shinomiya family has fallen on hard times? Even a young lady like you has to work outside."

"Sister Yang Nao, you're joking." Kaguya said, "Didn't I move out a while ago? My family hopes that I can train myself, and work is also a part of training and cultivation. I'm not very familiar with the employment environment, and when I saw that Lord Ou's office was recruiting, I came here for an interview."

"Sir Ou, this is my resume, please take a look."

Ouyang Jun took Kaguya's resume. No wonder the voice on the phone that day sounded familiar. Now that he saw the original owner of the voice, Ouyang Jun realized that it was Kaguya's voice.

Kaguya's resume was very beautifully written, neat and detailed with key points highlighted. Not to mention it was a resume for a high school student looking for a part-time job, even as a resume for an adult looking for a job, it was considered very qualified, even too good.

"Your resume is well written."

"Thank you for the compliment, Lord Ou. This is the result of the joint efforts of me and several friends." Kaguya lifted her hanging hair and looked at Ouyang Shun with her red eyes.

"Because this is my first job, several of my friends worked together to write this supposedly SSR-level resume for me."

"You can see that it's written just like the government gazette." Ouyang Jun flipped through several pages of Kaguya's resume. The girl in the ID photo on the resume didn't have the same appearance loss as in other ID photos. Instead, she faithfully portrayed Kaguya's perfect face.

"Is the friend who wrote your resume from a political family? Looking at your resume, I feel like I'm reading an official document."

"Her family did produce two prime ministers, so she must have picked up some of that overly formal air."

Ouyang Jun closed the resume. Actually, he didn't read it very carefully just now. He just picked out a few items to take a look. If he didn't feel that he couldn't let Kaguya, who had worked hard to write so many things, feel that her efforts were not respected, Ouyang Jun would not have wanted to read it just by seeing the number. Whose part-time job resume is so thick?

"Sigong, you're also an acquaintance of mine," Ouyang Falcon said. "Even if you don't know the specifics of the firm's work, you probably know what it involves, right?"

"I know. After all, Lord Ou and I are friends. I was even saved by him once. I know Lord Ou's work very well, if not completely."

"Then you can start work now?"

"If Lord Ou needs you, I'm available anytime." Kaguya said with a smile. The smile on her face was not only because of the joy of finding a job, but also because of the plan.

The part-time salary offered by Ouyang Xuan, just as Yang Nai had said before, was considered quite high not only for ordinary part-time clerks but also for full-time clerks in some companies. The working hours were not very long, which was enough for the top file managers in some large companies to come to the office and work for a few hours after get off work.

But even with such a high salary, they have been saying for several days that they have recruited people. Even the person who called to inquire was only Kaguya, and the person who came to the office for an interview was only Kaguya. It was as if the recruitment information was blocked and no one except Kaguya knew about it.

This was indeed the case. In order to ensure that Kaguya would get the part-time job at Ouyang Falcon's office, the Shinomiya family sent dozens of people to take turns staring at the bulletin board with the recruitment notice. Anyone who showed the slightest interest in the job would be attacked by the Shinomiya family. They would throw dirty water at them, question the high salary, and say that there must be some unspeakable secret. They would use verbal attacks to make those who were interested in the job back off.

If it weren't for the fact that this recruitment advertisement was posted by Ouyang Xuan, everyone in the Shigong family would have wanted to tear it down to prevent others from seeing it.

On the first night, Kaguya was so excited that she wanted to call Ouyang Xuan immediately and tell him that she wanted to come for an interview. She didn't even bother with the interview. She just said that she didn't want a job and would work for Ouyang Xuan for free, as long as she could get the job.

Fortunately, after picking up the phone, Kaguya became indecisive, wondering if Ouyang Falcon would think she was a liar, or if the Shinomiya family would think they were usurping power. Hayasaka Ai, who had been watching the whole process, yawned and asked Kaguya to hurry up, but Kaguya still accumulated her strength for a few days before finally getting through to Ouyang Falcon yesterday. Kaguya was very happy after that.

[This way, we can get Mr. Ou's phone number using legitimate methods.]

"Kaguya-sama, why don't you just ask him directly? He runs an office, how can he not tell you his phone number if you ask for it?"

"Hayasaka, you just don't understand. If you got Ou-sama's phone number that way, wouldn't it have been marked as work or business use? I still hope that my phone number should be listed as a friend in Ou-sama's notes."

Are you thinking too much, my lady?

Having become completely accustomed to her eldest daughter's love-brained behavior, Hayasaka Ai was too lazy to complain about Kaguya's weird train of thought. She couldn't argue with her anyway, so she just let her talk.

In addition to complaining about herself as the eldest daughter, Hayasaka Ai had something else stuck in her throat that she didn't say out loud, which was that Hayasaka Ai had exchanged phone numbers with Ouyang Falcon a long time ago. The time was when they were in Okinawa last time, so that when Kaguya might have the sequelae of the nightmare, Hayasaka Ai could find Ouyang Falcon as soon as possible.

"The salary I offer will not be very high. If you are not satisfied, you can leave." Ouyang Xuan did not think that the salary he offered would be considered too much by the eldest lady of the Sigong family.

"My main reason for coming to Lord Ou isn't money." Kaguya shook her head slightly. "I hope to learn more from Lord Ou, so that I can gain more motivation and help in my future life and work."

"If Master Ou doesn't mind, I can even pay Master Ou's internship fee."

"This isn't a hospital. I don't need to pay internship fees."

After all, they are just looking for a part-time job to do odd jobs. It doesn't matter who comes, whether it's Kaguya or Hayasaka Ai. Originally, Kaguya's identity is of no use to Ouyang Jun. Ouyang Jun just treats her as a girl he knows who comes to work in his office. He pays her salary and does her job as usual. It's just an ordinary employment relationship.

Ouyang Jun felt that he and Kaguya had just an ordinary employment relationship. Sanye, who was still familiarizing herself with the business with Yang No, was already staring at the direction of Kaguya and Ouyang Jun in amazement. Sanye would turn her head to look at Yang No from time to time.

You don't want money. I think you want to be the boss.

The girl looked at the man she secretly loved with longing in her eyes. This was the name that Sanye gave to Kaguya's eyes in her heart. Whether it was the look when she entered the door and sat down, or the expression when she was talking to Ouyang Falcon, all of them supported Sanye's speculation that this was a person who came to steal men under the pretext of looking for a job!

"Sister Yang No, um..." Mitsuha pointed cautiously in the direction of Kaguya.

"Oh, that's little Kaguya, our neighbor. She's one year younger than you, Mitsuha, and a freshman in high school."

"I don't want to know her information, I mean—" Before speaking, Sanye glanced at Kaguya, making sure that her eyes were still on Ouyang Falcon and not paying attention to her, and then continued, "That girl likes the boss, right? Isn't the boss your boyfriend? She came to your house—"

Before she could even utter the word "rob a man", Sanye's brain, which had been a little down due to too much explosive information received today, suddenly started working and brought back some of her recent memories. It was when she had just arrived at the office. At the door, she saw Ouyang Xuan and 2B docking and exchanging materials, and Yang Nai beside her was Ouyang Xuan's girlfriend.

Too shocked, Mitsuha covered her mouth tightly with her palms to prevent herself from screaming. The look in her eyes when she looked at Yang Noi was filled with an unknown feeling that should be called pity.

"Sanye, what are you looking at?" Yang Noi, knowing that Sanye had misunderstood, was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"Sister Yang Nai..."

"Stop, stop, stop, Mitsuha, what's with that expression on your face that says I've been NTR'd?"

"Boss, you, Miss Yuhar, you guys..."

In order to prevent Sanye's misunderstanding from getting deeper, Yang Nai explained to Sanye the relationship between herself and Ouyang Xuan in a concise and clear manner. After listening, Sanye, a simple and pure girl from a small country town, seemed to have experienced a war, and waves suddenly arose.

what?

Leaving Mitsuha, whose brain had crashed, aside to let her slowly digest what he had said, Yang No went to pour tea for Kaguya. Ouyang Jun poured one cup of orange juice for each person, but there was no portion for Kaguya.

"Tokyo, as expected of a big city, is so open. Surprisingly, they can actually accept multiple girls with one boy. Amazing! Is this the norm in international metropolises?" Mitsuha muttered, her face tangled. "This feels different from the Tokyo I imagined. I was thinking about finding a handsome boyfriend in Tokyo in the future, but if..."

Sanye's traditional concept of marriage and love was shattered after her first contact with real Tokyo lovers who were not on TV, although Ouyang Xuan and the others were exceptions among exceptions.

In the Longhu Office in the city, while Ouyang Xuan and his group were leisurely enjoying the air-conditioning, shrill screams and heavy breathing were coming from an abandoned air-raid shelter on the outskirts of the city.

In the pitch-black air-raid shelter, a girl in a white and green school uniform was running for her life. Behind her, a group of ragged ghosts and evil spirits were chasing her with roars. Their sharp fangs and claws left no doubt that they could easily tear the girl to pieces.

"Why are there so many evil spirits guarding the gates of Tokyo?"

"Suzume, run, they are catching up." The person who spoke was not a person, but a white kitten running at Suzuya's feet.

"I don't need your reminder, Minister. I can't stop at all!" Lingya ran at full speed, swinging the keys hanging on her chest and the ponytail behind her head vigorously. She was too afraid of the evil spirits behind her, so even though her face was hit so hard that it hurt, Lingya didn't dare to stop.

"From Shikoku to Honshu, I've never seen a gate guarded by so many evil spirits. There's nothing to eat here, so what are they doing with this broken gate?"

"Maybe the gate to their gathering place just turned into a door. If Ling Ya's fighting ability is strong, she can easily kill them all like the ancient gate-closers."

"I'm a novice close-door master, I'm so sorry." Even though she was running for her life, Ling Ya couldn't help rolling her eyes. Since she pulled the minister out that day, her life has been turned upside down.

"Exit, Suzuya."

"Finally I saw the exit."

Looking at the exit in front of her that looked like an A1 high-flash, Lingya felt for the first time how wonderful the sunlight was. She had been crawling around in this dark and damp air-raid shelter for an hour, and now she was being chased by evil spirits for another half an hour. This was only an hour and a half without seeing the sun, but Lingya felt like she hadn't seen it for a year.

After rushing out of the air-raid shelter, Lingya immediately felt the fatigue spreading from her feet. She fell down as if the power was cut off. Her face was very pale and she was gasping for breath. If she wasn't so tired that she was tired even to raise her hands, Lingya would have wanted to do a pose that her classmates liked very much and shout loudly to praise the sun.

The evil spirits that were chasing Lingya stopped at the edge of the sun, just looked at Lingya with eyes full of resentment, and then silently retreated back to their dark air-raid shelter.

Chapter 29 These Bastards Gave So Much

"The mission failed, Suzuya." The minister came over.

"Go away, my life is almost gone, and you are still talking to me about the mission." Lingya's voice was intermittent and she looked like she was about to suffocate.

"But, as the one who pulled me out, it's Suzuya's responsibility to close the door opened by the island nation." The minister said cutely, tilting his head.

"Don't mention it."

Falling powerlessly on the ground, Lingya, who was already covered in dirt, didn't bother to care whether it would leave mud and marks on her school uniform, the color of which was almost unrecognizable.

The experiences of the past half month flashed before her eyes like a kaleidoscope. Half a month ago, when she was at school, she gave directions to a handsome guy from another place. Although she didn't know why he was looking for ruins, Lingya still showed him the way. But the more she walked, the more she felt something was wrong. The ruins she pointed to were a hot spring village that had been abandoned for a long time. After more than ten years of abandonment, not only weeds and other plants had reoccupied the city, but also many small animals, such as wild boars.

If something happened to that man because of me, I would feel so guilty that I would commit suicide.

Lingya's aunt is now working overtime in the hospital because the city wanted to demolish the hot spring village yesterday, but it was attacked by a group of wild boars. Now more than a dozen people are lying in the hospital. Lingya heard from her aunt that several people are now in the intensive care unit.

What fool has blinded me to point others in this direction?

In order to stop the stranger, Lingya pedaled her bicycle until sparks were about to appear, but when she reached the door, she could only see an open wire mesh door with a sign saying "No entry, dangerous". Lingya had no choice but to go in. During the search, Lingya came to the top of a water-filled ball, where she pulled out the minister who wanted the stone.

Then the earthquake struck, and the stranger was hit by falling steel bars in order to protect Lingya and was seriously injured. Before he passed out, he told Lingya how to close the door. Lingya tried her best to finally close the door. Looking back, she saw that the man was almost dead.

According to Aunt Huan's recollection, when she saw Lingya, covered in blood, supporting a strange man as they walked into the hospital, she almost fainted from fright. If her colleagues had not pulled Aunt Huan back in time, Aunt Huan and the stranger might have been the ones lying on the bed.

That night, Lingya, who had just returned home, was preparing some midnight snacks for Aunt Huan to send to the hospital. Because of the earthquake caused by the extraction of the rock, all the beds in the hospital were full. Aunt Huan was so busy that she didn't even have time to come back for dinner, so she had to ask Lingya, who had nothing to do, to deliver it.

Ling Ya was busy in the kitchen, and then a group of people who claimed to be from the supernatural province of Shikoku came to the door. They came to recruit Ling Ya to join their gang.

To put it simply, what happened that day was that Suzuya pulled out the stone that she was going to replace prematurely, causing the door used by the entire island nation to suppress the evil spirit called Yin'e to open prematurely. The new stone will take another half year to make. In order to prevent a large-scale disaster from occurring during this half year, as the person who pulled out the stone and the person who was recognized and taught the closing spell by the previous closing master, Suzuya, you have been chosen to be the new closing master who will travel around the island nation and close the opened doors.

Lingya still doesn't know how this group of people who claim to be from the Supernatural Province persuaded Aunt Huan. On the day Lingya left, Aunt Huan just told Lingya to take care of herself, as if Lingya was preparing to embark on a journey to become a Pokémon Master.

At least other people have a starting pet when they set out, but I only have a map and a few books when I set out. At least you should send me a cat!

Then the minister appeared in front of Suzuya. The first thing Suzuya wanted to do was to stuff this unfortunate thing back to the place where she pulled it out, so that she wouldn't have to travel. Unfortunately, the stone was a disposable product and was useless after being pulled out, otherwise the minister would have been captured by the Hakurei Shrine in the west.

Although it is very shameful to force a high school girl to become a door closer and start traveling around the country, the people in the Supernatural Province also know that what they did is very shameful, but there is no other way. There is only one door closer in each generation, and only the door closer can close the door. In order to save Suzuya, the door closer of this generation is still cosplaying and sleeping in the hospital. According to the rules, he taught Suzuya how to close the door before he fell down, so Suzuya is the designated new door closer.

Even though the people from the Supernatural Province were a bunch of bastards for asking a high school girl to do such a dangerous mission, these bastards paid a lot.

When Lingya is carrying out the closing mission, she can get help from the supernatural provinces all over the place, eat at the best local restaurants, and stay in the best local hotels. Except for the fact that the closing mission is a little dangerous, Lingya sometimes really feels like she is here to have fun.

In addition to the treatment during the closing mission, the Supernatural Ministry also promised her a reward after the mission was completed, a reward at the national budget level, a place in the University of Tokyo, and she could directly enter the Supernatural Ministry or other central departments after graduation. At that time, Suzuya's heart was shamefully moved. After all, she was just a country girl from a rural area outside Tokyo, and she had never seen such a ceremony.

But no matter how much is offered, one must be alive to get it. Faced with such a dangerous task, Lingya also thought about it all night. That night, the town lost power due to the earthquake. The dark town seemed exceptionally quiet. But when the door was closed, Lingya, who had been connected with this land, just closed her eyes, and it seemed as if she could hear the painful screams and helpless tears coming from her ears.

If I hadn't closed the store, would there have been more people like you today, injured and losing their families due to the earthquake...

“Ah~~ I regret it!!”

Falling to the ground in a big mess, Suzuya swung her limbs helplessly. When she was in the west of the island country, there was the Hakurei Shrine, which was a unified organization, so there would be no evil spirits or monsters lurking when closing the door. There were also always the shrine maidens of the Hakurei Shrine to assist, so it was very convenient for Suzuya to close the door. But when she went to the east, the situation was completely different. Not only did she often see evil spirits and monsters when closing the door, but the organizations in the local other world would not put in much effort to help.

"Those bastards in the east, I told them there would be an earthquake if I didn't close the door in time. They actually asked me if I could control the earthquake on their competitor's territory. Can bastards like that be considered protectors?"

"The world in this island nation has been divided since the shogunate era hundreds of years ago. Unlike the west where there is the Hakurei Shrine, there are many organizations in the east. The earthquake can't kill them anyway, so it's better to use it to attack our enemies, killing two birds with one stone." The minister sat next to Suzuya's head, wagging his tail.

"Then Lingya, don't close the door. Come play with me and don't worry about the lives of these people."

"Hmm..." Ling Ya jumped up from the ground, "It still doesn't work."

"Although those people are bastards, the people living on this land are innocent. I cannot put them in danger because of those bastards."

"Suzume, you're so kind."

"I think so."

After taking just a few steps, Lingya felt something was wrong with the touch under her feet. She lowered her head and saw that the pair of small leather shoes that had accompanied Lingya all the way from Shikoku to Tokyo finally couldn't withstand the high-intensity work. They broke. When she lifted her foot, the sole fell off, revealing a foot wearing black calf socks.

"No way, this place is three kilometers away from the city. Am I supposed to walk back barefoot?"

Lingya made a bitter face and picked up her phone to contact the Tokyo Supernatural Ministry to see if they could come and pick her up. The answer Lingya got was the standard red bean paste, "We don't have a car to pick you up, but we can reimburse you for the taxi fare."

I can't even see the car now, so it's no use reimbursing me for the helicopter fee!

With resentment towards the inhumanity of the Supernatural Province, Ling Ya could only walk barefoot for a while. Fortunately, she didn't walk far before she met a pickup truck. An old couple who were transporting apples to Tokyo to sell were happy to give Ling Ya a ride. The old couple who were not going the same way as her left Ling Ya at the entrance of the tram station.

"Suzume, what should we do now?" the minister said in her ear in a voice that only Suzuya could hear.

"What else can we do? Let's get some help." Ling Ya held up her shoes with one hand and operated her phone with the other. "I need to check the list the Supernatural Ministry gave me. We can't deal with those evil spirits and monsters lurking near the door, so we can only ask the local shrine to take action to eliminate them."

"But before that, I have to go buy a pair of shoes first."

Barefoot and covered in dirt, Suzuya felt everyone's eyes on her as she walked into the tram station, but she ignored them.

"Minister, you--" Lingya suddenly felt her shoulder lighten, and there was a soft and warm furry ball in her arms. It was the minister who liked to squat on Lingya's shoulder.

"What's wrong with you?"

"Do you still want to buy a ticket?" Ouyang Xuan, who was standing behind Ling Ya, asked.

When Ouyang Xuan opened his mouth, Ling Ya realized that a line had already formed behind her. In addition to Ouyang Xuan, Mitsuha and Kaguya who were following closely behind her, there were several other people queuing behind her. Unlike Ouyang Xuan who had a calm expression and showed no emotion, the people behind her were already showing great impatience. In this city where time is money, Ling Ya was not wasting their time, but wasting their future.

"Oh, sorry, sorry, I was thinking about something, sorry, sorry." Holding the trembling minister in her arms, Lingya apologized to Ouyang Xuan, and also apologized to the people behind her. After buying the ticket, she left quickly.