Tokyo Knights: The Odd Jobs X Files

This department has an ace up its sleeve: a curse master who specializes in using curses to kill those who could harm the group.

Relying on the power of this curse master, Saint-Tropical Pharmaceuticals has enjoyed smooth sailing for years, reaping countless profits. Now that they have encountered the curse master, these group executives are naturally afraid.

Who on earth messed with the Curse Assassin?!

These executives harbored resentment in their hearts.

Normally at this time, they should be lying in the warm embrace of their mistresses, unlike now, when they have to stay here in fear.

But no one dared to say it out loud, because over the years, Saint-Gobain Pharmaceuticals had built polluting factories, falsified data to expedite the approval of new drugs, colluded with members of parliament... They had done very few good deeds, but countless bad ones. Nobody's hands were clean. Asking this question would only drag everyone down with them and serve no purpose.

However, the head of the "external affairs" department of Saint-Tek Pharmaceuticals didn't take it seriously. Having cooperated with the curse master for many years, he trusted his special advisor for the "external affairs" department, Gendo Kakuzan. When it came to curse killing, he was the real expert. At the same time, he was also a member of the mysterious and unpredictable supernatural organization "Nine Chrysanthemums Faction" and was one of the "Nine Chrysanthemums," making him an extraordinary supernatural master.

Yan Shan had also visited the scene where the three executives were cursed to death. He judged that the curser's strength was probably close to that of a Grand Master of Extraordinary Arts, but still not enough to be a threat.

He has already set up a protective barrier in the conference room, which can absolutely guarantee the safety of these senior executives from Saint-Gobain Pharmaceuticals.

Outside the headquarters of Saint-Tropical, a scout spirit beast gently flew onto Qian Jialuo's finger.

"Is everyone here? That's good. After so many years of waiting, the time for revenge has finally come."

Qian Jialu put away the scouting spirit beast, and with a wave of her hand, a figure as black as ink emerged from her shadow. Apart from being black in color, this figure looked exactly like Qian Jialu, even in terms of clothing and attire, and even held a black, axe-like magical weapon in its hand.

Aside from its color, the biggest difference between this shadowy figure and Qian Jialuo is that a huge eye on its forehead is emitting an eerie light.

"Go, you monstrous beast, send those who deserve to go to hell to where they belong!"

Qian Jialu gave the order to the dark figure.

An expression suddenly appeared on the shadowy figure's calm face—a murderous smile that made his face extremely ferocious.

Kill! Kill! Kill!

Chapter 720 It Startled!

The jet-black beast's body transformed into black liquid, which began to expand rapidly after entering the shadows, quickly becoming a surging tide that swept towards the headquarters of Saint-Gobain Pharmaceuticals.

In a secret room in the headquarters building of Saint-Gobain Pharmaceuticals, Yan Shan suddenly opened his eyes. They've arrived!

What Yan Shan did not expect was that the enemy's attack was so fierce!

The black tide surged toward the headquarters building of Saint-Gobain Pharmaceuticals, flowing upwards along the building's exterior walls.

This black tide contained a powerful negative force; wherever it passed, glass shattered, walls cracked, and the entire building began to shake.

Fortunately, Saeko Nogami knew that the battle with the Cursed Assassin could potentially affect ordinary people, so she evacuated all the employees and security personnel from the headquarters of Sentex Pharmaceuticals. Otherwise, this incident alone would have caused countless casualties.

The executives of Saint-Gobain Pharmaceuticals on the top floor of the building were startled by the sudden shaking. They asked in a panic, "What's going on? Is it an earthquake?"

"Don't panic, with Master Yan Shan here, there will definitely be no problem!"

The Minister of Foreign Affairs remained extremely confident in Yan Shan's abilities, but could not quell the panic among others.

"What's going on? It's pitch black outside?"

One of the executives opened the glass window of the conference room and peered out to see what was happening. But as soon as he stuck his head out, black liquid suddenly surged up and entered his mouth and nose. In the blink of an eye, a chubby body shrank and became stuck in front of the window, its fate unknown.

The sudden change startled the executives, who frantically ran outside. Gui Zhoulan, who was guarding the door and maintaining the barrier with his spirit blade, shouted, "Don't come out!"

The barrier she set up enveloped the entire conference room. The executive officer who had just opened the window and leaned out partially broke free of the barrier, which allowed the black tide to slip through. Even so, the black tide was still unable to break through the barrier.

However, if these people run out of the conference room, they will truly break free of the protective barrier and put themselves in danger.

Gui Zhoulan's warning came too late. The executives of Saint-Tropical, who were under death threat, rushed out of the room. After they all ran out, countless black tides surged out of the once peaceful corridor and blocked the door of the conference room. The black tides could not break through the barrier for the time being, but they could pour in and lurk from other entrances of the building, waiting for all these people to leave the conference room before sealing off their escape route.

The executives at Saint-Tropical Pharmaceuticals then realized they had been tricked by the Curse Assassin, but it was too late to go back. They could only run towards Gui Zhoulan, crying out, "Help me!"

Even Gui Zhoulan, whose face was usually calm and composed, couldn't help but frown at this moment.

These idiots who only cause trouble are exactly the same as those shameless politicians in the National Assembly!

However, Gui Zhoulan couldn't really ignore them. After all, Ise Grand Shrine also needed to make a living. The shrine's extraordinary status wasn't due to its abundant offerings, but rather because it could provide protection for those high-ranking officials and nobles.

She pulled the spirit blade from the array set up on the ground. The previously set-up barrier dissipated, and the black tide became even more turbulent. Gui Zhoulan raised the blade straight up and slashed at the black tide.

Under the surging spiritual power of the spirit blade, the black tide was forced back, but Gui Zhoulan's expression did not relax.

She could sense that the entire building was now surrounded by the black tide. With her strength, could she lead these people to safety?

It's chaos, utter chaos!

Originally, it was thought that the curse master would curse and kill the executives of Saint-Tropical Pharmaceuticals in the same way as before. However, since it was unknown who would be cursed and killed, they could only protect them together.

Therefore, the original plan was for Hazuki Tomei to use the Kanko to patrol outside and search for curse killers, while Oniju Ran would use a barrier to protect the executives of Saint Pharmaceuticals on the top floor of the building. As for Isayama Yomi, who could control Ranguren, she had the strongest mobility, so she would wait for an opportunity to act in the middle of the building.

There was nothing wrong with this arrangement, but the premise was that the curse master would still use the previous method to curse. But now the curse master is not playing dirty tricks, but has used such amazing magic. It is clear that he is going to wipe out all the senior executives of Saint-Tropez Pharmaceuticals!

The most troublesome situation right now is that of Isayama Yomi and Hazuki Tomei. How are they? Can they escape from this black tide? This black tide has the ability to erode spiritual power, and resisting it requires a lot of spiritual power. I have the spiritual sword that has been offered by the Ise Grand Shrine for generations as a source of spiritual power, so resisting it is not too difficult for me. But Isayama Yomi and Hazuki Tomei do not have this advantage.

Just as Kijuu Ran was worried about Isayama Yomi and Hazuki Tomei, a beam of light shot out, forcing back the surging black tide and opening a passage.

"Xiao Lan, come over here!"

Isayama Yomi rode the path of the chaotic red lotus.

Meanwhile, Hazuki Tomei stood beside Isayama Yomi, holding the bamboo tube that controls the Kanko in her left hand and prayer beads in her right. The "White-Robed Kannon Sutra" was wrapped around her, blocking the Kuroshio from her and Isayama Yomi.

Clearly, Kuroshio was no match for them. After encountering Kuroshio, the two realized that their previous plan was useless, so they quickly rushed to the conference room on the top floor.

Gui Zhoulan was overjoyed to see his companions arrive to help. He said to the executives of Shengte Pharmaceuticals who were already terrified and at a loss, "Quick, follow us."

The executives immediately followed, but several remained kneeling on the ground, unable to get up.

"Wait, my legs are weak..."

Just as Gui Zhoulan was about to help those people, the president of Saint-Tropical Pharmaceuticals, who was running at the front, immediately said, "Forget about them, protect me! There's a helicopter on the rooftop, let's go to the rooftop!"

Anyway, the helicopter on the rooftop can't fit so many people. Most of these people were going to be abandoned anyway, so why waste time on them?

Gui Zhoulan's eyes twitched. Seeing that the black tide was getting stronger and stronger, and the passage that Luan Honglian had blasted out would soon be submerged by the black tide, Gui Zhoulan had no choice but to throw a few wooden plaques to the executives who were unable to escape.

"These are amulets blessed by the High Priestess. They can protect you in the Black Tide. Take them!"

Gui Zhoulan knew that the spiritual power of these amulets was limited and could not protect those executives indefinitely. She did this only to make her conscience feel better.

"Protect us!"

The president of Saint-Tek Pharmaceuticals shouted as he ran. Gui Zhoulan had no choice but to use his spirit blade to create a mobile barrier to protect these people as they ran towards the stairs.

Three female high school students with psychic abilities used their spiritual power to protect the executives of Saint-Tropical Pharmaceuticals and bring them to the rooftop. However, on the rooftop, the helicopter used for escape had been broken into three or five pieces. A monster that looked just like Chika stood in front of the wreckage of the helicopter, holding a black axe and showing a ferocious smile to everyone.

"Chikara, it really is you!"

Upon seeing the appearance of the monstrous beast, Hazuki Higashi instantly realized that the curse master who had killed the high-ranking executives of Saint Special Pharmaceuticals was actually Chikaro.

As for Chika's improved strength, Hazuki Tomei was not surprised.

A sorcerer's strength is composed of many factors; sometimes, a powerful magical artifact can bring about a dramatic change in a sorcerer's power.

Even using some costly evil spells can cause a sorcerer's strength to rise several levels in a short period of time.

Judging from Qian Jialuo's appearance, there are probably two possibilities.

Isayama Yomi and Kijuu Arashi saw that Hazuki Higashima knew the woman in black and wanted to ask her about it, but the situation was critical and they had no time to worry about that. They shouted, "We can't worry about that now, let's defeat her first!"

This black tide is clearly controlled by this woman. Only by defeating this woman can they stop this black tide. Otherwise, when their spiritual power is exhausted and they are unable to resist the black tide, it will be their death!

Leaving behind the delicate Hazuki Tomei, who was weak in direct combat, to protect the group's executives, Isayama Yomi and Kijuu Arashi attacked together, slashing at "Chikara".

"Chikara" wielded a large axe and engaged in battle with Isayama Yomi and Oniju Arashi.

Both Isayama Yomi and Kijuu Arashi are skilled swordsmen, and they had previously worked together to protect the old priestess. Now, their second collaboration was seamless, allowing them to unleash 120% of their full potential.

However, it was of no use.

Whether it was Isayama Yomi's family heirloom sword "Lion King" or Oniju Arashi's spirit sword, they were like cutting through water when they struck Chikara, passing right through but unable to cut her off.

On the contrary, the great axe in Qian Jialuo's hand was powerful and heavy with every strike, and the two dared not even take it head-on, and could only dodge it.

One side's attacks are useless; a single hit will kill them, while the other side can attack without any problem, and even if they hit the other, they cannot pose a threat. The two sides are locked in a stalemate.

Hidden in the shadows, Yan Shan was secretly observing the battle taking place on the rooftop.

The place where he was was also surging with black tides, but his spiritual power was profound, so resisting these black tides was not difficult for him.

The battle on the rooftop was fierce, but he was in no hurry to go forward.

Why go up there now? He should wait until both sides have worn each other down before going up to pick off the kills; that would save him the trouble.

Moreover, the situation is not critical enough now. He will only intervene when these people are about to die, saving them like a divine intervention. Only then will they remember his kindness.

Isayama Yomi and Kijuu Arashi teamed up to fight against "Chikara" but were at a disadvantage. After fighting for a while, they quickly discovered that although "Chikara" was fearless of being slashed, she would sometimes still dodge.

"It's eyes!"

Isayama Yomi quickly realized why "Chikara" dodged; she was afraid that Isayama Yomi and Oniju Arashi would hurt the eye on her forehead!

Gui Zhoulan also understood. She exchanged a glance with Isayama Yomi and began to attack the eyes on the opponent's forehead with all her might, forcing "Chikaro" to defend continuously. The balance of power was actually reversed.

While the two were relentlessly attacking Qian Jialuo's eyes, Yan Shan also noticed the abnormality in Qian Jialuo's eyes.

This is... a "parasitic fruit"!

The well-informed Yan Shan immediately recognized the true nature of the eye and couldn't help but show a look of surprise and delight.

I thought the parasitic fruit had disappeared, but I never expected to find one here. It's like heaven is helping me!

Yan Shan was overjoyed, but fearing that Jian Shan Huang Quan and Gui Zhou Lan might damage the treasure, he abandoned his plan to collect the heads and stopped hiding himself, rushing out and shouting, "You wicked creature, stop your rampage!"

Holding a golden scepter, he combined it with his immense spiritual power and shattered "Qian Jialuo" into pieces in an instant.

"Yan Shan..."

Outside the headquarters building, Chika saw her enemy through that eye, and she gritted her teeth, speaking in a voice full of hatred.

Upon seeing her greatest enemy appear, Qian Jialuo no longer hesitated and immediately activated the strongest mode of the evil beast.

Yan Shan appeared like a savior, shattering "Qian Jia Luo" the moment he appeared. His achievement was dazzling, shocking not only Isayama Yomi and Gui Zhoulan, but also the executives of Saint-Tek Pharmaceuticals.

"It's Master Yan Shan!"

"I knew Master Yanshan wouldn't abandon us!"

"Master Yanshan, thank goodness you were here!"

"I knew those young vixens were useless; we still need you, Master!"

These effusive compliments made Hazuki Tomei, who was protecting them, quite unhappy.

She went through so much trouble to protect them, and these people not only weren't grateful, but did they really need to belittle her to elevate that guy named Yan Shan?

These flattering words were indeed pleasing, but Yan Shan had no time to pay attention to them at the moment, as he was focused on the black tide in front of him.

He just smashed "Chigalo," and the eye on "Chigalo's" forehead fell into the black tide. He needs to retrieve that eye as soon as possible.

Just as Yan Shan was about to take action, the black tide suddenly began to gather. In the blink of an eye, the black tide that had spread throughout the entire building condensed into a ball, transforming into the body of a female giant.

The giantess looked down at Yan Shan with a ferocious expression, ignoring everyone else, and stomped down on him.

Yan Shan quickly dodged, but while he managed to avoid it, the executives of Saint-Gobain Pharmaceuticals who rushed towards him seeking his protection were in for a terrible fate. They were crushed into mincemeat by the female giant, with only a few who were slow to run escaping unscathed.

Damn it...

When Yan Shan saw that the female giant was still going to chase him, he hurriedly ran away, not even having time to straighten the priest's hat that was crooked on his head.

Just as Yan Shan was about to be caught up by the female giant, a shockwave struck the female giant, causing her to stagger.

"Luan Honglian, continue!"

"Isayama Yomi gave the order," and Ghost Curse Storm seized the opportunity to gather spiritual power in his spirit sword, transforming it into a giant blade of light that slashed at the female giant.

The female giant was attacked repeatedly, and Chigara's eyes turned red.

You guys, I've been holding back all along, but you've remained stubbornly obstinate. You're the ones who forced me to this!

Qian Jialuo bit her finger and activated the spell. The female giant on the rooftop roared and unleashed a powerful pressure. The ground shattered and the entire rooftop collapsed. Everyone had nowhere to stand and was about to fall straight down.

Just as everyone was about to be engulfed by the rubble, suddenly, all the rubble stopped falling and floated in the air.

At the same time, a dark figure floated down and landed silently on the female giant's head. The female giant was immediately frozen in place, unable to move.

"Yan Shan..."

The dark figure spoke to Yan Shan in a dignified voice: "I ordered you to deal with these people, not to do it this way. If you do it this way, how can our 'Nine Chrysanthemums Faction' take over Saint-Treasure Pharmaceuticals?"

"'Nine Chrysanthemums School'?"