Qiao Qiao is a registered soul exorcist.

The so-called registered soul repeller is an officially certified soul exorcist who has been registered with the Heguo Soul Exterminator Association.

It's very different from those charlatans who swindle and cheat.

Qiao Qiao also thought about making a name for himself and becoming an unregulated soul slayer at first.

But after trying for a while, he still came to register honestly.

Removing spirits is easy, but picking up work is a hassle.

Just think about it.

Good walk on the road.

Suddenly, a high school student comes up to you and says to you.

"I see that your seal hall is black, and there will be a disaster of blood and light within seven days, and I have a plan to help you eliminate disasters and ward off evil spirits."

Do you believe it?

Qiao Qiao wouldn't believe it anyway.

The Soul Remover Association is not only able to give official certification to Soul Killers, but also accepts the entrustment of ordinary people to issue them to registered Soul Removers.

As for the reward, it is settled by the client and the soul slayer themselves, which is quite convenient.

"Ah, Qiao Jun, I'm here early today."

As soon as Qiao Qiao walked into the association building, one of the receptionists at the front desk, Miss Sakura, greeted him warmly.

The lady was quite young, baby-faced, and was said to have been a shrine maiden at the shrine, but for various reasons, she ended up staying in the Soul Remover Guild as a logistician.

In the office hall, there are many receptionists similar to her.

"Sakura-san, I'm here to submit a proxy report."

Qiao Qiao said with a smile and handed over a document at the same time.

"It's hard work, I'll contact you to confirm."

Miss Sakura, who was through the glass, smiled slightly, and then tapped on the keyboard to confirm the completion of the commission.

"Well, it's done, it's just ......"

Miss Sakura frowned slightly, revealing a slightly distressed expression.

"Qiao Jun, you'd better be lighter next time, the client complained and said that the precious trees in the park were damaged."

"There's no way, that cherry blossom tree, probably eroded by too much yin qi, has been semi-demonized, relying on capturing the nearby resentful spirits, if it is just a simple removal of spirits, there is no way to cure the problem."

Qiao Qiao said seriously.

He's not a guy without common sense.

Spending 500,000 yen to blow down a cherry blossom tree in order to be handsome, this kind of behavior, Qiao Qiao can't do it.

He made the decision after a practical investigation.

Use a cloudburst bomb to directly address the main body of the cherry blossom tree.

Simple, clean, leaving no residues.

Qiao Jun was joking again.

Miss Sakura didn't care about Qiao Qiao's words.

Half-demonized cherry blossom trees are not so easy to encounter.

And this commission, it seems that the client has been haunted for almost a month.

If it's a half-demon, then this half-demon is too herbivore.

Take 10,000 steps back.

Even if it is really a half-demon, it is not something that a soul slayer like Qiao Qiao, who has only debuted for half a year, can solve.

"Sakura-san, do you have any more commissions today?"

Qiao Qiao asked, paused, and added.

"Preferably about the spirits."

"Is it a resentful spirit again, Qiao Jun, you really like resentful spirits."

Miss Sakura said jokingly, but her hand was still tapping on the keyboard, helping Qiao Qiao search for the commission.

After Qiao Qiao registered, he began to remove spirits, but Qiao Qiao has always undertaken the work related to resentful spirits.

Spirits are the most common spirits.

If you end up with regrets, you are reluctant to give up, and your obsession is too deep, and it is easy to become a resentful spirit.

Especially in modern society, there are too many people who are unwilling to pass away.

In most cases, it is necessary to understand the deeds of the resentful spirits before their death, and formulate a purification plan according to local conditions.

However, on the other hand, the reward of the spirits is very low, only about 50,000 to 150,000 yen.

Beginner soul slayers usually start with the wraith, but after three or four months, they will graduate from the wraith and move on to the more powerful weirdness.

Powerful soul slayers usually don't take on the work of resentful spirits.

One is because of the low remuneration.

The second reason is that sometimes the wraiths can be unexpectedly powerful.

If you don't prepare enough, it's easy to overturn.

If a well-known soul eliminator fails to cure a small ghost, he will be laughed at in the coffin.

Provided he's still alive.

But Qiao Qiao specially asked the resentful spirit to entrust him, no matter how much he was paid.

As long as it is a resentful spirit, even if it is a coconut, Qiao Qiao will also retreat to show you.

Over time, it even had the title of "Wraith Killer" in the Shinjuku branch.

In itself, Qiao Qiao's method of removing spirits does not belong to any of the yin and yang arts, Shintoism, Buddhism, etc., and there is no shadow of Catholicism, Taoism, etc., which makes people feel quite peculiar.

In Qiao Qiao's words, he used "Chinese characteristics [beep-] doctrine to remove spirits".

This method amused some traditional exorcists.

Coupled with the fact that he has been undertaking the commission of weak resentful spirits, some people think that Qiao Qiao is cowardly.

However, Qiao Qiao didn't care about these remarks.

Those resentful spirits that the famous soul slayer disdained need someone to heal after all.

Every time Qiao Qiao solves a commission, there may be a family that gets happiness because of it.

If so, his work is meaningful.

There is a Chinese proverb, don't take the good for the small.

What's more, the resentful spirits are currently the object of Qiao Qiao's research project, and contacting a larger number of resentful spirits will help his research.

"There it is, in Nakano."

While Qiao Qiao was thinking, Miss Sakura printed out a document and handed it to Qiao Qiao.

“...... Having said that, how does Qiao Jun usually spend his weekends? ”

Miss Sakura asked casually.

"Study, exercise, and get rid of the spirit."

Qiao Qiaoqiao didn't raise his head, looked at the information and replied.

"That's right, but sometimes you have to relax, and speaking of which, I've heard that Ikebukuro has opened a Chinese restaurant, and it seems to have a good review."

Miss Sakura said with interest, looking at Qiao Qiao's serious side face.

"In terms of Chinese cuisine in Heguo, in fact, the taste is quite different from real Chinese cuisine, especially Sichuan cuisine, to be honest, the mapo tofu in the Tokyo Chinese restaurant can only be said to be fried meat with tofu, and there is no essence of mapo tofu at all."

Qiao Qiao said seriously.

"I don't recommend that Ms. Sakura try Kazuku's mapo tofu, because it will bring a bad impression of Chinese cuisine."

“？？？”

Miss Sakura didn't know how to answer for a while.

Is there something wrong with the way you hint at it?

When her face was full of question marks, Qiao Qiao had already finished reading the information.

"I've taken this commission, please let Miss Sakura inform the client, I'll be on the scene tonight, well, around nine o'clock."

He looked at the time.

If possible, Qiao Qiao still hopes to catch the last train of the subway.

Taxis in Tokyo are simply legal robbery.

If it weren't for the fact that Qiao Qiao didn't have a driver's license.

He even felt that he was working full-time as a taxi driver at night, and part-time as a soul removal.

Probably make more money than it is now.

"Okay, okay."

Miss Sakura nodded hesitantly, and couldn't help but sigh after seeing Qiao Qiao leave.

......

Nakano District.

Near Shiki-no-Mori Park, in a Chinese-style family restaurant.

High school students who have finished club activities have a dinner together, families with children sit around a table, and songs from the last century are played in the dining room, which is very nostalgic.

Qiao Qiao finished eating the white rice with mapo tofu and drank a bowl of miso soup before he could fill his stomach.

"Sure enough, the taste of mapo tofu is not authentic."

Muttering in a low voice, Qiao Qiao took out the information that Miss Sakura had given him.

The client's name is Shinnosuke Arai, and he is an ordinary office worker.

Mr. Arai bought a second-hand house with a high-rise apartment two months ago, but after moving in, he always had nightmares.

In the dream, there was a man who kept screaming to return the house to him, and his voice was very miserable.

When he wakes up in the middle of the night, Mr. Arai even feels his eyes on him.

Later, after investigation, it was discovered that the original owner of this house was the owner of a small company, and after he went bankrupt due to poor management, he was in debt, his wife was separated, and finally hanged himself in his apartment.

After that, perhaps because of the lingering ghost, three families in a row moved away quickly after moving over.

It was because of this low price that Mr. Arai bought this apartment.

This commission is to see if it is the influence of the resentful spirit.

If so, begin the work of removing spirits.

As for the possibility that it wasn't, Qiao Qiao didn't think about it.

In this world where spirits are rampant, if there is any phenomenon that is difficult to explain, then nine times out of ten it is weird.

After confirming the address, Qiao Qiao took out a plastic bag from his schoolbag.

In plastic bags, there are assembled parts made of high-strength plastic of varying lengths.

He carefully assembled the parts, attracting the attention of a child under the age of five at the next table.

The child watched Qiao Qiao's assembly process with interest, probably thinking that he was assembling some kind of robot.

After a few minutes, Qiao Qiao looked at the huge long-barreled revolver in his hand and nodded with satisfaction.

The kid looked at the weapon in Qiao Qiao's hand and was dumbfounded.

Qiao Qiao noticed the child's gaze, he put away his revolver, put his finger in front of his mouth, and pouted softly.