You say this is a love game?

This younger senior seemed to be very optimistic about him, the "younger junior". Coincidentally, he was also very optimistic about this argumentative "younger senior". In addition, the two of them were only one year apart in age. He was in the first year of high school, and Miyamizu Inaba was in the third year of junior high school. They were exactly the same age, so on weekdays, they had topics to talk about such as exorcism, demon removal, part-time jobs, and studies.

Miyamizu Inaba likes to tell him about things related to monsters.

After chatting so many times, Mizutani Makoto got to know Miyamizu Inaba's temper - there was no doubt that they had similar tastes, which was why they could chat so happily.

Is there something evil?

cut!

That girl is more pure than him. He is still just a soul wandering in the cracks, but Miyamizu Inaba is a real ruthless monster killing machine. If she were asked to deal with the matter of Wa Yao and Tu Bi, Wa Yao would probably be killed by her together with Tu Bi before he could even explain himself.

Therefore, Mizutani Makoto dares to make a guarantee.

For an invitation like this to "slay demons", Miyamizu Inaba would definitely rush over like a shark smelling blood.

"She can smell the 'demon aura' in the air, and she's also a lower-level exorcist... She seems to be stronger than the average lower-level one. I heard her say she's killed more than one lower-level monster."

……feasible.

Instead of sending a message, he directly called Miyamizu Inaba.

"Hello, is Miyamizu there?"

"I discovered something related to vengeful spirits. I suspect someone, or a monster, is creating vengeful spirits on a large scale."

……

……

Near the end of the term.

Miyamizu Inaba's life is very busy.

The girl finished her part-time job at a newspaper after school. She didn't notice any remnant of demonic energy along the way, so she went straight to the supermarket to buy a lunch box for office workers. Carrying the lunch box that was not suitable for her age, she went straight back to her apartment.

She eats quite quickly and doesn't dawdle.

It's almost the end of the semester, and the schoolwork is gradually becoming stressful. Fortunately, Miyamizu Inawa's grades are not bad, and she studies quite seriously on weekdays. At this time, she just needs to spend more time on her studies, so she won't be completely overwhelmed by her studies.

After all, things haven't been peaceful in Night Light City lately.

[Codename S: Inaba, long time no see.]

On her phone, a contact named "Codename S" was sending her a message.

【Inaba: Long time no see, where have you been? 】

Codenamed S, he is one of the "insiders" that Miyamizu Inaba knows.

As mentioned before, due to the uncertainty of ghost blood, and the fact that Miyamizu Inaba does not ask for any reward for exorcising ghosts, her mode of action in Night Light City is to implement the "lone wolf" creed.

She knew quite a few folk exorcists in Night Light City, but her acquaintance was just acquaintance. It was nothing more than a brief understanding between people in the circle. If she had to go into details, they would occasionally exchange a few words when they encountered tasks, or someone would come out to communicate when the exorcism industry was in turmoil. Apart from that, there was no other contact.

But the code name S is different.

Codename S, Miss S, she likes to call herself "Secret Agent S".

This person is also someone that Miyamizu Inaba knows in the circle. He seems to be a relatively weak exorcist.

Miyamizu Inaba has never met Codename S, but she is the "colleague" with whom she communicates the most. The reason is that Codename S can always report the locations of many monsters, but Miss S herself does not have direct exorcism ability, so she will ask her colleagues to solve the problem.

But this kind of exorcism operation is not even a commission, and basically no one will pay attention to Miss S.

Against this background, Miyamizu Inaba responded to her several times in succession, and the two began to interact.

Miyamizu Inaba never thought of teaming up with Miss S, and Miss S never thought of showing up in front of Miyamizu Inaba. Miss S was not online all year round, and she usually only showed up once every one or two weeks to provide Miyamizu Inaba with the location of the monsters. So the two of them worked together in such a weird way of getting along for about two years.

Until two months ago, Miss S disappeared.

For two whole months, Codename S has not been online. Miyamizu Inaba has many speculations about this. She wondered if she had left Night Light City for various reasons like other exorcists. But she also thought that even if she left, it would not be necessary to have no news for two months. So she felt that something might have happened to her. Maybe she was the one who got her feet wet because she often walked by the river. She was overturned by some monster.

Unexpectedly, I received a message from Miss S now.

[Inaba: Did another monster appear this time? ]

[Codename S: Inaba, you're still so anxious. I disappeared for so long, and you didn't even ask about me when I came back online. All you keep talking about is youkai, making it seem like we have no relationship at all.]

...Are you close friends?

Miyamizu Inaba always felt that she was doing her job impartially.

[Codename S: Never mind, this is quite friendly.]

[Codename S: I did discover something that seems quite remarkable... but I don't have much evidence or inside information, so I can only give you a direction and let you investigate on your own.]

[Inaba: Not a monster? 】

[Codename S: It's probably a monster, and it might be a huge monster never seen before.]

After a short wait.

Miss S sent a new message and some screenshots similar to news.

[Codename S: Recently, Night Light City is undergoing puzzling changes.]

[Codename S: I suspect this is all related to the "murderer" at the beginning.]

[Codename S: Ever since that "perverted killer" appeared, the entire Night Light City environment seems to have undergone strange changes... Monsters have suddenly increased in number and become more active, and the exorcists have, for some unknown reason, disappeared.]

[Codename S: The Yajima family. They claim to be managing Yotsuga City, but I don't see them making any real efforts, especially around Yomi High School... Have you seen the news? That's the Yajima family's territory. I heard even the board of directors is made up of a group of exorcist families. Even if the Yajima family doesn't care, will the other board members let a mere ghost story kill people on campus?]

What Miss S revealed was exactly what Miyamizu Inaba had suspected before.

This isn't the first time the topic of the Yajima family's inaction has been brought up.

Yami High School, once a happy campus for young masters and young ladies, has now become a hotbed of ghost stories and murders... Even though the exorcism community is extremely exclusive and treats "irrelevant people" from the outside world extremely arrogantly, there is no reason to let ghost stories destroy the school's reputation, right?

【Inaba: What do you mean? 】

[Codename S: There might be something wrong with the Yajima family, and the key is to investigate that murderer.]

At this point, Miyamizu Inaba did not hide anything:

Inaba: ...I've speculated about this, so I posted a few threads on the forum and reported this issue to the forum administrators, hoping to spread the news about the changes happening in Night Light City. If it can attract the attention of the Tokyo exorcism community, it should attract more professional exorcists.

[Codename S: It's useless. It's true that many folk exorcists find the "murderer" case strange, but you have to understand that exorcists are a very arrogant and conservative group. Those in the Tokyo circle are unlikely to pay attention to areas outside of Tokyo.]

[Codename S: The Yajima family is the lord who manages the spiritual veins of the land and possesses powerful authority.]

[Codename S: Unless the Yajima family seeks help from higher authorities, your feedback will only be submitted to Tokyo headquarters, where it will be passed on to the Night Light City branch, leaving the local lord responsible...]

Feudal, too feudal.

Miyamizu Inaba, who had no idea about the logic behind this, was suddenly shocked by the feudal situation.

——Is the autonomy so high?

Codename S: You still don't understand, Inaba... Let me put it another way. To people in Tokyo, everywhere outside of Tokyo is the countryside. Now you understand, right?

[Codename S: Tokyo headquarters simply concentrates the strongest exorcists in Tokyo to better protect the Tokyo area. As for the defense forces in other rural areas, they are basically mainly composed of local lords... Night Light City is not so bad, at least it's all urban. If you go to counties and villages, you will definitely find that there are probably only a single ancestral shrine or temple to defend against youkai, and the exorcism power is incredibly weak.]

In fact, it is a very easy mistake to make, which is to subconsciously overestimate the makeshift Japanese government.

This country, in essence, follows the path of capitalism, with each region living its own life. It's good enough that they don't act like their American godfather, pulling each other's legs. And how can you expect them to unite their factions and rule the country from a single location like Tokyo?

What about the unity of the exorcists, where the headquarters gives an order and the whole country responds?

hiss……

You should lower the price of rice first, then we can talk about this topic.

So, even if you sometimes have this idea, the gentlemen in Tokyo may not have it.

You expect the Tokyo master to come to the local area to enforce justice, but the Tokyo master actually just wants to feel the passionate and unrestrained Tokyo heat of the girls in Tokyo. The stinky country people should take care of themselves and stay away from them.

Unless there is a devastating crisis, it is basically impossible to see the exorcist headquarters mobilized in full force. This country has been brutally oppressed by the Americans for decades and has long lost its former mobilization capabilities. It is now a broken-back dog, and this political outlook has spread to every aspect of the country...including the exorcism circle.

The exorcist forum is very lively.

It seems to be in good order, and there is a feeling that the official organization is very powerful.

But if this feeling arises, it is very likely that the organization of the Chinese next door is involved... But even the neighbors cannot be perfect, let alone the godson who follows in the footsteps of his godfather, the Americans, and is madly dragging things down?

Can local lords cover up everything?

It will tell you, yes! It really can!

It's not just abstract news breaking out locally.

To give a more interesting example - just like the Broken Cup War on the Fuyuki Studios next door, they play gas explosions every day, and the rules that magic tricks cannot be exposed have been trampled on countless times, and there is no invisible big hand to regulate it.

Japan has its own national conditions.

It's not just the government, it's also the case with those official organizations... the Agricultural Cooperatives, you can't help but believe it.

Fifteen-year-old Miyamizu Inaba is experiencing a shock in her worldview. She seems unable to believe that the Tokyo headquarters of the Exorcist Forum, which she has always thought to be pretty good, is actually so... disappointing?

[Codename S: You're wrong. Their organizational capabilities are lame, but Tokyo does have many exceptionally capable exorcists. When you consider this balance, you'll find that both the Exorcist Forum and Tokyo Headquarters have considerable combat effectiveness... but that's limited to combat effectiveness. Whether you can mobilize this group of experts remains a serious question mark.]

[Codename S: Counting on a sudden, unprovoked attack from headquarters is far too unreliable. I think we need to investigate first, otherwise this might end in confusion.]

[Codename S: I'm starting my investigation from the murderer's case. Also, as far as I know, there are quite a few victims in your school as well...are you interested?]

Is there any need to talk about this?

Miyamizu Inaba was just about to say that she had paid attention to the investigation before and wanted to talk to Miss S in detail, but her cell phone suddenly rang, and the phone interface popped up. The girl hurriedly answered the call.

"Ah? Mizutani-senpai!"

"Demon slaying? Okay, okay! I'll come over and discuss it with you!"

After hanging up the phone, Miyamizu Inaba also made a decision.

Inaba: I'll investigate, but please wait for the details. Once I finish what I'm doing, we can continue our discussion.

【Inaba: Someone is waiting for me.】

【Inaba: Now, I have to go slay the demon.】

Chapter 138: The Three Wings Sanatorium kills people and the bird in the cage of the Yin Moro ghost.

"...Great Bodhisattva?"

When he heard the name "Kiyān the Great Bodhisattva," Matsushita Kei was unwilling to believe it from the bottom of his heart. He argued with his parents, but in the end, it was his mother who pressed the flyer on the table and shouted at him with tears in her eyes:

"Don't you really want your sister to come home?"

These words made Panasonic Kei stand there in a daze.

Before Yutsuki disappeared, he always felt that his parents didn't care much about Yutsuki.

But after Yutsuki disappeared, his parents were devastated. It was as if they had loved Yutsuki like the apple of their eye... but it was obvious that they didn't care much about Yutsuki's feelings, and they didn't even know what Yutsuki liked...

This feeling is extremely contradictory.

What kind of feelings are considered true love?

Panasonic Kei didn't know.

But looking at his mother with red eyes in front of him, he felt strangely dazed. He seemed to have misunderstood something all along. He stood there in a daze until his father signaled him with his eyes. He suddenly woke up as if from a dream and went forward to comfort his mother.

It's getting dark outside the window.

The argument between him and his mother had lasted for so long without him noticing.

Matsushita Kai whispered, "Mom, you can't believe in these religious things."

After experiencing the incidents of Mizutani Makoto and the Contract Ghost Story, Matsushita Kei realized that ghosts and gods exist in the world, but the belief in ghosts and gods is not absolute. He now feels that he can barely believe in the ghosts and gods of orthodox religions, but those Japanese cults that are flourishing everywhere are absolutely not to be touched.

all fake.

The news has exposed so many feudal and superstitious cults. Even if ghosts and gods really exist, they would definitely not be so rampant.

"But I really did meet Yutsukiko."

"I even took a photo of her. She is still waiting at the Great Bodhisattva for us to take her home."

The mother took out her mobile phone with trembling hands, and when the album was opened, the photo that she treasured appeared in front of Panasonic Qi.

There was indeed a familiar figure in the photo.

She was a cute girl with two ponytails.

Matsushita Kai's eyes widened instantly and he took a step back in disbelief.

He looked at his father in confusion, only to find that his father was shaking his head gently. The middle-aged man lowered his eyelids and said nervously, "Maybe?"