When Sosuke Araki finished eating the third bowl of eel rice, Takumi Fujiwara on the opposite side didn't even finish the first bowl.

"Is it really that delicious?"

Takumi Fujiwara, who eats these high-end ingredients every day, naturally can't understand the happiness of Sosuke Araki, who has been living on expired food at convenience stores for a long time.

He just looked tired, and he picked up the rice in the bowl and put it in his mouth.

For him, dining is just a boring part of a boring life.

However, seeing that the guy opposite was eating so deliciously, he himself was unwilling to eat more than usual.

After eating, Takumi Fujiwara, who was "not interested" on the surface but had actually been a fan of Ghost Face Rider since he was a child, couldn't resist Sosuke Araki's invitation and went downstairs with him to "observe" the Ghost Rider's customized heavy locomotive "Ghost Jet".

"This, this is simply a super high level of restoration...... No, this was originally produced by the animation company itself, so it should have been customized directly by the manufacturer who made the shooting props......"

"It's not just the looks, it's also the performance tuning."

As soon as he saw the handsome locomotive that only appeared on TV, he couldn't help but stretch out his hands, caressing every inch of his skin with indescribable techniques, and admired the high-fidelity details and exquisite workmanship of this locomotive.

It seems that only when faced with these hobbies will the expression on his face that he is indifferent and uninterested in everything disappear for a while.

Just then, Sousuke Araki's phone rang.

"Oh, Kohei, I'm here in Shibuya......"

The person on the other end of the phone seemed to say something, and Sousuke Araki's expression immediately became serious.

"What? Is it today, it's finally going to begin...... It's not you who reminded me, I completely forgot! Looks like I'm here...... Sure enough, it was a fateful arrangement. ”

Hanging up the phone, his eyes were sharp like a samurai about to go to battle, and he said to Takumi Fujiwara, who was straddled on the locomotive, "I have something important to solve, and I want to go to the neighborhood to solve it." It's not good to park over there, so I'll leave the locomotive and clothes to you first, and I'll come back at night to get it. ”

After saying this, Sousuke Araki ran in the direction of the subway station in a bit of a hurry.

"Oh......"

After Sosuke Araki left, Takumi Fujiwara answered indifferently, looked at the motorcycle in front of him, and swallowed his saliva with a nervous expression.

……

Shibuya Ward, Shinji Meigu.

Passing through the dark wooden torii inlaid with chrysanthemum patterns is a simple and grand blue-roofed dark wood temple.

This is the main hall of Meiji Jingu.

The Meiji Jingu Shrine is dedicated to the Meiji Emperor and the Empress Dowager Shoken, so a large number of chrysanthemum coats of arms are used.

The chrysanthemum coat of arms that can be found everywhere in the torii gate and shrine does not mean that Emperor Meiji had any other peculiar hobby for this flower.

The chrysanthemum coat of arms, the full name of which is "Sixteen-petal Eightfold Table Chrysanthemum", is the family crest of the Emperor of Japan.

In the side hall at the back of the main hall, a middle-aged man dressed as a priest and not angry and arrogant knelt on the top of the quaint reception room and gently put the tea bowl in his hand on the table.

"I know what you're here for...... However, the terms of this joint operation were that the exterminators sent to join the association participate in the official extermination operation on the premise that they were willing to participate. I, the Fujiwara clan, have always opposed this proposal, but since we signed it, we will not hinder it...... Everything depends on the wishes of the dog himself. ”

The two people sitting opposite the middle-aged priest were none other than Mochizuki Ayano and Ichiro Tokimoto.

The reason why the two of them appeared here was that considering the recent situation and the Nirvana presided over by Kukai, with the joint signature and consent of the Cabinet, the Diet, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Culture, Sports, and the Imperial Household Agency, it was decided to let the soul slayers of major religious organizations join the Spirit Exterminator Association and conduct joint actions with the Ninth Section.

The proposal for joint action, Mochizuki Ayano had already submitted a detailed plan two years ago.

A team of detectives, armed with state-of-the-art equipment, and a team of soul hunters work together to solve the crime.

After all, compared to the shrines and temples that have dealt with resentful spirits and monsters for thousands of years, the ninth lesson, which has only been established for twenty years and focuses on dealing with ordinary resentful spirit cases, can only be regarded as a toddler who has just learned to walk.

If you can combine traditional methods of removing spirits with modern psionic technology and strict rules of action, you will definitely be able to strengthen your wings.

Although Japan's major religious organizations are under the dual supervision of the Metropolitan Government of the Interior and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Culture, the powerful religious families behind them are more inclined to carry out their own extermination activities because they do not want to reveal their secrets and use the power of worshipping the gods as official drives.

The Metropolitan Police Department, how can it pry those huge ancient existences, and this proposal will naturally not be resolved.

This time, the nirvana presided over by the national treasure-level soul destroyer Kukai made the royal family, the Yin Yang Liao and those soul slayer clans feel the taste of cold lips and teeth, and the new presiding officer of Kawasaki Daishi Temple announced that he would cooperate with the official and expressed his determination to enter the WTO to eliminate spirits, which finally contributed to this matter.

However, it is not necessary for all religious figures to join, but only to require each family to send a representative to join the Soul Destroyer Association and carry out joint operations with the Ninth Lesson on a voluntary basis.

The Fujiwara clan, as a staunch opponent of the joint action, was still reluctant to participate.

The representative sent by the Meiji Jingu, the "once in 4,000 years", has officially replied to the email, declining the invitation for joint action.

"Archpriest Fujiwara, what you said is the reason why we came here this time......

Mochizuki Ayano bowed respectfully to the other party and continued, "I believe that if we personally explain the current situation facing Tokyo to your son, I think he will be able to understand our difficulties and help us. ”

Her attitude is so respectful, naturally because the priest sitting at the top is the contemporary head of the Fujiwara clan, the chief priest of the Meiji Shrine, and the current "yin and yang head" of the Yin-Yang Liao, Fujiwara Tree.

In Japan, there are many families of soul slayers with a long history and rich heritage.

Behind these big clans, the imperial family, political circles, conglomerates, and even the underworld are involved, and like towering trees, they bury their roots in every inch of the entire land of Japan.

The Fujiwara clan is one of them.

The Fujiwara clan, which has secretly manipulated the Japanese imperial family for more than 300 years by relying on political strategy and marriage, is one of the prominent clans in Japanese history.

The Meiji Shrine, which enshrines Emperor Meiji and Empress Dowager Shoken, has been secretly maintained by the Fujiwara family for generations since its construction.

"Tree, your precious son is known as the 'God Favored One Who Meets Once in Four Thousand Years', and your father traveled with me at his age to registrar the rivers and lakes, retreating from a hundred ghosts, and it is time for young people to come out and experience the experience."

Ichiro Tokimoto on the side also helped.

According to his "inside information", the "god favorite" of Meiji Jingu is quite powerful, and he already has the level of exemption level [three] when he is ten years old.