Tokyo, Chiyoda-ku, Occult Research Institute.

Shortly after Sosuke Araki and his party left, Toshi Mochizuki, wearing toad sunglasses and flowing hair, leaned sideways against the door frame of the quaint reception room with his hands in the wide sleeves of his bathrobe.

"Although it has nothing to do with me, is it really not afraid of making things troublesome to hand over the Taketori Picture Scroll so rashly to this group of old, weak, sick, disabled, and non-professional soul exterminators?"

He seemed to have just finished his bath, and through the wide neckline of his bathrobe, he could see charred-black skin extending from his left arm all the way up to the center of the triceps in his arm.

"Rather than expecting you to use that 'ghost hand' to blast the resentful spirits into 'soul dust', it is indeed better to give it to the Soul Slayer Association to try."

With his back to him, Yasuji Mochizuki sat upright, elegantly and solemnly picked up the hot tea in his hand, lowered his head and took three sips.

"What's more, among those 'old, weak, sick and disabled' and 'non-professionals', didn't someone make you deflated today?"

"Ahem...... At that time, I only used one percent of the "power of the great rivers and mountains", and I happened to be eaten by this hand again, so I was careless for a while...... However, the evil monk also has some strength. ”

Hearing this topic, Mochizuki Che coughed lightly in embarrassment, but without a trace of annoyance, he praised the other party.

For him, only the strong players who meet their opponents in chess can arouse his interest.

"You've seen all the images recorded by the psychic camera, right?"

As if he wasn't going to dwell on the topic, Mochizuki put down the tea bowl and patted the low table in front of him, motioning for the other party to come and sit down.

"I reviewed it five times while I was in the bath...... I don't need to make tea, it will affect my sleep quality. ”

Mochizuki sat down at the table on his knees and discussed it with the other party seriously.

"Regarding the remains of the mountain man's resentful spirit, the ghost that suddenly mutated and formed, I compared all the historical materials in the research institute and the archives of Lesson 9, and none of them have a similarity of more than 50%."

"Oh? Even the research institute ...... Could it be that this is a brand new thing?! ”

Hearing the results of Koji's preliminary analysis, Tochizuki raised his eyebrows exaggeratedly.

"Not only that, but that thing is clearly composed of resentment, and the logic of self-repair and change form is completely different from the spirit body, but it is more inclined to the category of living beings......"

"I suspect that it is the external composition of resentment and spirits, but the inner origin is a completely different dimension."

As soon as he talked about his own research scope, Koji Mochizuki's originally slow speech became fanatical.

"It's just the same trouble for me."

For Mochizuki Che, no matter what kind of enemy he is, he is just the target of a punch, and the only difference is that he has to judge how much strength he has to make.

"Beware of arrogance and rashness, and don't take it lightly. I specially transferred you back to explore the secrets of the 'cracks' in the Kuramae apartment, new ghosts, and possible resentments. ”

"yes, I thought you transferred me back to get the Soul Destroyer Association and the Ninth Lesson gang out of class?"

"Strong or weak, as long as you are human, there will be something worth using. In the same way, as long as it is human, it will also have its own 'price code' and 'weakness'. In this respect, humans are much cuter than those disordered, chaotic ghosts......"

"Hmph, I'm not interested in your dirty "Zonghengxue" and "Scheming", I'll go to sleep first."

Hearing this topic, Mochizuki's forehead throbbed, as if he remembered something unpleasant, and turned straight away.

"Yangming Scheming" and "Guiguzi Zonghengxue" were introduced to Japan by the Dragon Kingdom and regarded as classics, which were widely used in philosophy, military, politics, and commerce, and were also the strategies of the Mochizuki clan for generations.

However, because of some childhood experiences, he has always been extremely disgusted with this kind of scheming things.

"It's not the tricks that are dirty, it's the human heart...... What do you think, what is the strength of that Araki-kun? ”

"How much of your 'great power' can surpass him?"

When he reached the door of the reception room, Yasushi Mochizuki's faint words stopped him again.

"In terms of skill alone, it is quite good among those who slayer spirits......

Mochizuki Che lowered his head and thought for a moment, and gave his judgment pertinently: "According to the video, when he fought with me, there was no trace of spiritual power leaking from his body, which means that he still hasn't done his best...... If you don't use 'that thing' and only use the 'power of the great rivers and mountains', seventy percent should be able to take him down. ”

"Seventh, yes, that's a ...... after all"

"As for the 'Moon Gaze Secret Treasure' buried in time, I'm afraid it's no longer the beautiful appearance that people imagined, so let everyone in the Soul Destroyer Association work hard first."

Yasushi Mochizuki's words came from the crack in the door of the reception room, but no one responded.

……

Saitama Prefecture, Wako City, late at night.

In the dark room, only the fluorescent computer screen flickered slightly.

"Uh-huh...... Aha...... Expand each wah-da-baa......"

"Oh, the deceased, the deceased, the deceased......"

"Bang Bang ......"

"Si Guo is going to die!"

From time to time, I can hear the sound of men and women exercising fiercely from next door.

"In the middle of the night, that's enough, the !! next door"

The man sitting in front of the computer got up and hammered the wall a few times, which was better than nothing.

“…… I have an important conference call in a moment!! ”

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Moon Shadow-kun, are you working so late? I'm going to put the headphones on, and I'm going to blame Junko Kato for being too involved in this latest comeback exclusive......"

Behind the light steel keel partition wall, a man replied apologetically in a rough voice.

"Bastard, I don't work, Junko teacher can't invest, it has nothing to do with you opening up so loudly, right?!"

The man with a delicate face and a thin figure sitting in front of the computer is the Moon Shadow Chigusa who made a "big noise" in Tokyo a month ago, and has multiple identities such as "Hell Revolution", IMB700, and Teacher Kiyomi.

In the aftermath of the "Gates of Hell" incident, countless people were displaced as high-rise buildings in the entire Taito Ward were almost completely destroyed.

Although the government has given large amounts of compensation and set up many resettlement sites, it has inevitably led to a long-term increase in housing prices in many parts of Tokyo.

Just as the lease of Roppongi's room expired, he was unwilling to accept the rent increase, and at the same time, in line with the villain idea of "three holes of cunning rabbits", Tsukage Chigusa took this opportunity to move to Wako City, Saitama Prefecture, on the outskirts of Tokyo.

Located at the southern tip of Saitama Prefecture and adjacent to Nerima and Itabashi Wards in Tokyo, Wako City is home to affordable housing and a well-established business district with banks, bookstores, and supermarkets to meet the basic needs of life.

What's more, although it is not within Tokyo, there are three tram lines that can be used, and it takes only 13 minutes to get to Ikebukuro.

For all these reasons, Wako City has the highest population growth rate in Saitama Prefecture in the past decade, and it is also one of the 10 fastest-growing cities in Japan, with a majority of citizens in their 30s and 40s.

Moving to the young city of Wako has various advantages, but there are also unexpected troubles.

That is, in the bachelor apartment rented by Moonshadow Chigusa, the hormonal neighbor across the wall would sound on time every late at night with a lingering voice that made it difficult to fall asleep, and he just wanted to devote himself to his studies and couldn't stop.

At first, Moon Shadow Chigusa was quite envious, thinking that the guy next door had a girlfriend living with him.

From time to time, he curiously rolled up newspapers in his ears and pasted them on the wall, secretly ate a lot of stimulating "dog food", and at the same time was "ashamed" of his neighbors because of their high level of exercise.

As a result, when he met in an elevator and saw a bunch of large CDs and DVD rental membership cards in the guy's hand, he suddenly realized and became angry!