Chapter 13: A Hundred Ghosts Walk at Night
September 2nd, 8 p.m
"That's it, this mission failed because of the involvement of ordinary people, but the target location has been confirmed, it is impossible for the other party to take the mission target within the specified time, and the mission can continue" Chong sat in the basement and talked to the person on the other side of the screen
"Okay, it's hard work, the English Puritans have already reported the situation to me, fortunately there was not much conflict between the two sides, otherwise it would be a little troublesome to solve" Across the other side, wearing a green surgical gown, the head and foot suspended in a life support device made of tempered glass, four meters in diameter, ten meters in length, the third seat of the academy's executive committee, spoke, his voice always sounded like a mixed gender, so Chong never wanted to listen to it
"What should I do next, is it to leave the forbidden book catalog, or to leave the two major powers of English Puritanism" Chong really didn't expect that today's task was actually given to him by Aresta Crowley himself, if it was just a trivial matter, he obviously didn't have to come forward in person, then it seemed that he definitely wanted to face the other side this time
"Hehe, you're really funny, indeed, the main reason for helping them find the forbidden book catalogue this time is to be able to keep her on the science side," Aresta admitted very cheerfully
"Then it seems that the attacker was also sent by you, why did the scientific side leave that unstable bomb behind? I've heard that in the UK, the number of attacks on the banned catalogue in a year is higher than that of all the presidents of the United States combined," Chong asked, although he didn't want to say so much, but he was also his own personal boss, and he had a lot of work to do himself, and if he fell, it wouldn't do him any good
"Because of a little personal matter, I need the assistance of the forbidden book catalog" is very good, this sentence translates in the ancient meaning of the Celestial Empire as "Lao Tzu has his own plan, so you subordinate scum don't care so much"
-- I don't think I understood it wrong
"Then I know very well what I'm going to do next" Chong said indifferently, "I refuse, it's impossible for me to be an enemy of a saint at all, besides, God Split Fire Weaving is still a saint who is famous for his physical skills, and there are only four or five people on the scientific side who dare to confront him head-on"
"This is the base camp of the science side, it is impossible for the other party to dare to kill here, and you don't have to fight her head-on, I just need you to keep the two of them safe in the dark, aren't you studying in my school?" Aresta said
"Mission time, I can't follow them for the rest of my life"
"Within five days, the time for the banned book catalog is approaching, and they don't want to miss it, so they will definitely speed up the planning process" Aresta smiled "This mission is very important, of course, correspondingly, I will pay you very well, how about the management of a satellite?" Of course, you can choose, as long as it is launched by Japan."
"Are you serious?" Chong was surprised, they have always been very strict with themselves in terms of intelligence, even a newspaper has to be studied by a special person before daring to send it to him
"Of course, because this mission is ...... for me No, it's important for the whole side of science, so of course I can't be stingy, and besides, I've been guarding against you for so many years, and I'm going to give you a little sincerity once in a while," Aresta still looked at himself with a smile on his face
"It seems that the real important thing is not the catalog, then I understand" Chong unilaterally cut off contact and began to pack his things and prepare to go out, since the other party gave sincerity, then of course he had to give a response that matched it, these days he simply nested on the roof of the building opposite the student dormitory to make do, anyway, he has done this many times, and he is almost used to it
Fifteen minutes later
"The night outside the house is very quiet, there is no sound in the whole world except for their own wheezing and footsteps, there are only occasional fireflies in the dark scenery, the night in the suburbs gets dark very quickly, so it is quiet very quickly, and there will be no one on the street at this time
After all, this is a suburb abandoned by the times, and it has no value for development, and things that can't keep up with the times will of course be eliminated, which is a matter of course
Chong frowned, he hated the noisy and boring city, especially at night, when there was a lot of drinking, ordinary people would vent their dissatisfaction in taverns and streets after work, and some would wander in the alleys, searching, and then attacking their own kind, as ferocious as wild beasts
He wasn't used to that kind of life, even though he was among them
Ten o'clock in the evening
Chong looked up and saw the building that was still covered with scorched marks, and breathed a sigh of relief, he had been worried about whether he would go the wrong way, and it seemed that his wayfinding skills would improve at night
Chong fixed the binoculars on the roof and headed downstairs, he needed to buy some spare food, and he also needed to get some contact with the people who lived here
It was much easier than he had imagined, and although they were scared to see a masked killer-like man knocking on the door in the middle of the night, they immediately put on a different face as soon as they pulled out their coins
Although I really want to say "what a human being XXX" in the middle and second direction here, I still have to deal with the scene, because some guys are not cooperative, so I knocked them unconscious with the butt of a gun
(Next is food) look around.,School Park City because most of the people who live here are students.,So the usual curfew is very early.,Most of the shops will close after ten o'clock.,The rest of the shops are underground shops except for vending machines.,Generally buy something unsightly.,I heard that sometimes it is sold. Selling people, but it is estimated that the probability is not high, after all, the real danger here is actually people. Trafficker,On the way, I wanted to catch a girl, but it turned out to be Mikoto Misaka or something......
After a circle, Chong walked to the exit to the south, where the shops were open all day and there was no need to worry about acquaintances seeing them
Tokyo has been the capital of Japan since ancient times, so of course there are a lot of talented people in it, almost one out of ten people you meet on the street will be very human, unlike the big country across the sea, this phenomenon in Japan is due to the history of the country, and the land of Japan is much smaller than the other side, so you can't divide a piece of land into several regions like them, and then build bridges and roads in the area so that people in different areas can keep coming and going. They can only leave everyone in the circle of Tokyo
However, they also knew very well that if a group of unruly beasts were to be locked together, then the treaty would be a joke or something, so they could only divide Tokyo into four districts, and although they were allowed to travel with each other, they were not allowed to leave their areas of belonging without permission between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m
Unfortunately, this treaty does not apply to me, because I live in the suburbs and I am not even eligible to be included in the district
So here's the time to set it up routinely
To the north is the Gakuen metropolitan area (the core of the science side), and most of the buildings inside are research institutes, student dormitories, and schools, where nearly two-thirds of Japan's weapons are produced, so military protection measures in this area are extremely strict, and visitors must bring relevant documents that can prove their identity (no real estate certificates), and the administrator is the prime minister himself
To the east is the welcome area (a port city open to the outside world), and most of the people living in it are outsiders, such as hermits who cultivate immortals, knights in full body armor, and some alien tourists or something, of course, the premise is that you must have enough strength to move in, there are only more than ten residential houses, but until now they have not been full, after all, what you meet there is either a sword emperor or a martial artist, but they occasionally allow some people who have made great achievements to live in it, as for the manager, hum! It's a knot
To the west is the general area (formerly the city of Tokyo), which is not much different from other cities, and the people who live in it are no different, but because the joint campus is built there, it has been proposed more than once in recent years, and the mayor and two auxiliary councillors are the administrators
The south side is the ancient style area (which retains a lot of culture from the Kyoto period, the residents are retro, and the folk customs are relatively simple), because the buildings inside still retain the style of the Kyoto period, so after entering, almost everyone will think that they have traveled back hundreds of years ago, and they are still living in that era of peace full of rouge, but there are many shrines there, and the crowd will be full almost every morning, after all, the Japanese like to visit the shrine, and the manager is the shogun, so what is the name of the current shogun? I've never heard anyone say it myself
Finally, there is the central area of Japan (everything is unknown), the land that everyone will walk through and at the same time is not allowed to walk, that is the absolute heartland, and it is also the palace that shows the absolute royal power, and the names of the people allowed to be in it cannot be mentioned in front of outsiders, and there is no way to mention it if you want to, because you are not qualified to enter it at all
Chong couldn't help but relax when he saw the antique bamboo gate, which was like a space completely cut off from the outside world, and he couldn't even think about anything when he stayed inside, so hurry up or it would get in the way
“?” Isn't there no curfew here? Why is it only ten o'clock that there is no one on the street? Went to a temple fair on another street? Or did you go to the shrine in a group?
"Jingle Bell" was just as Chong was thinking about the reason, when a bell interrupted his thoughts
Chong couldn't help but be a little annoyed, he would forget this kind of thing, but it's no wonder that it's useless to think about this kind of indiscriminate activity, so if he really wants to say it, I'm afraid he can't remember it, but deliberately doesn't think about it
The "jingle bell" bell lasted for ten minutes before stopping, followed by a flurry of footsteps
Led by an old man and a young man, the white-clad yokai began to wander step by step, and the wonders of the world that did not belong to the world appeared, and the Hyakki walked nocturnally - a tradition that has been maintained from the Heian period to the present, countless yokai have proved their existence in the present world, proving that they have always lived forever, they have no words, no expressions, just wandering the world like lonely spirits
Chong leaned in the corner and looked coldly at the hundred ghosts who passed him, the wandering that once symbolized his royal power has now become a funeral that proves the meaning of their existence, this is the youkai, what a drama that fits their identity
"Yokai, pathetic loser," sublime whispered, and then he stepped out of the shadows and bypassed the ranks of youkai, which had previously been an absolute act of death, and the youkai did not allow humans to disturb their feast
But not anymore, the youkai who saw him just kept going, and no one paid attention to him, not because they were disdainful of his weakness, but because they didn't dare
After all, the power is no longer theirs
"Click!" Under the night sky, an eye suddenly opened