Suginami District.

A street that used to be full of traffic.

At the moment, traffic here has come to a standstill.

Police cars, fire trucks, and ambulances surrounded the accident site, separating the crowd of onlookers.

"The cause of the accident is simple."

"A high school student was accidentally hit by a driver when he was crossing the road normally, and according to the results of the current investigation, it should be that the driver was alerted by the co-pilot's wife and panicked and stepped on the accelerator."

"The high school student was hit on a power pole on the side of the road, but the driver never let go of the gas pedal because of nervousness and a concurrent heart attack."

"Later, the vehicle deviated and hit several other cars."

"It's miserable."

After listening to the report of his subordinates, the Ito Ryohei Police Department of Suginami District frowned slightly.

"Never let go of the throttle? Heart disease? ”

He is not the police department of the Ministry of Transportation, which specializes in dealing with traffic accidents, but he happened to accompany his family to go shopping in the vicinity, and when he saw an accident, he came to check on the situation.

"Yes, the driver who caused the accident is 82 years old and is now being rescued because of a heart attack."

"Eighty-two?"

Ryohei Ito was a little surprised.

Although Heguo's driver's license does not set an upper limit on the driving age, in other words, as long as you can still step on the accelerator, you can drive at any age.

However, due to the aging society, there have been more and more cases of traffic accidents among the elderly, which is really a social problem worthy of attention.

There have been calls to ban people over sixty years old from driving, but the opposition seems to be louder.

Ryohei Ito does not comment on this, at least judging from the case in front of him, older drivers are indeed more likely to have accidents.

"What about the high school student?"

"The doctor has pronounced the death."

“...... Is that so. ”

Ryohei Ito sighed.

"How old is that kid?"

"I confirmed my student ID, I am fifteen years old, and I am a student of Matsunoki Middle School."

"Matsunoki Junior High School ......"

Ryohei Ito was stunned.

Because his daughter was also a student at that school, the same age as the unfortunate victim.

I wonder what her father will do when he learns about this.

Ryohei Ito didn't think about it.

"When will the Soul Exorcist arrive?"

"The nearest one is in Nakano, and it's about five minutes away."

In Wakoku, when such a traffic accident occurs, a soul killer is sometimes called.

In some cases, it is to help identify the corpse through psychic and obtain first-hand information about the accident.

In other cases, it is to dispel grievances and prevent the deceased from causing trouble.

Another case is to check whether there are any signs of evil spirits.

For example, if the evil boy who was on the highway before, if there was no intervention of the soul slayer, then it is very likely that he would be treated as an ordinary traffic accident, thus ignoring the existence of evil spirits, which may lead to more traffic accidents in the future.

In this day and age, famine and war are basically gone, and traffic accidents, homicides, and natural disasters are more likely to lead to the appearance of resentful spirits.

For example, in this incident, although the older driver is indeed worthy of criticism, the possibility of resentful spirits cannot be ignored.

Therefore, as soon as they received the report of the incident, the police contacted the Soul Killer Association and asked it to send reinforcements.

Ryohei Ito was not the main person in charge here, and after a little inquiry about the situation, he helped deal with the scene.

A few minutes later, just as Ryohei Ito was crouching to collect the fragments of the vehicle at the scene, the soul slayer arrived.

"Hard work...... Well? ”

As soon as Ryohei Ito took off his gloves and was about to shake hands with the other party, he found that it was Qiao Qiao who was standing in front of him.

"Ito Police Department, I didn't expect us to meet again."

Qiao Qiao graciously shook Ryohei Ito's hand back.

"Who is this?"

Ryohei Ito noticed Sasa Hoshino behind Qiao Qiao again.

"This is Sister Hoshino, you can also call her a ghost shark."

"Ghost shark?"

What kind of role-playing game is this?

Ryohei Ito didn't quite understand, but it seemed that normal communication was fine.

“...... So, please check the scene to see if it was an accident caused by evil spirits. ”

"Understood."

Qiao Qiao and Hoshino Sasa, led by Ryohei Ito, entered the cordon.

The scene of the traffic accident was very tragic, and because it was a series of car accidents, several cars were parked in the middle of the road.

You can even see blood splattered on the ground.

Qiao Qiao didn't speak, he swept around the scene with his spiritual vision.

The amount of yin qi is within the normal range, and the vehicle that caused the accident is not in a state of being relied on by resentful spirits.

I took another look at the ambulance that was rescuing the driver who caused the accident.

There is also no trace of a wraith.

From this point of view, it is indeed not the work of evil spirits.

"It's not a haunt."

Qiao Qiao replied.

Ito Ryohei hesitated a little, and then his eyes were a little gloomy.

If there are no ghosts, it is a simple traffic accident.

It's a simple man-made disaster.

If attention can be paid to any link, there will be no disaster.

Qiao Qiao didn't care about Ryohei Ito's expression, his gaze crossed the other party's shoulder and fell behind.

Sasha Hoshino didn't know when she put down her suitcase and ran there.

There was a patchy telephone pole there.

Beneath the telephone pole, there was a large pool of blood that had not yet fully coagulated.

Hoshino Sasha crouched down.

Beside her, there was a teenage girl in a student uniform, squatting next to a telephone pole and crying.

"Woo-woo-"

The girl couldn't cry, her face full of tears.

In the sun, she shimmered.

Yes, this is the spirit of the dead.

"Cry, cry, it's fine."

Hoshino Sasha stretched out her hand, and although she couldn't touch the girl's spirit, she said in a gentle voice.

Next year, he is younger than himself, but he encountered such a thing.

This is also, helpless.

Not long after, a man suddenly tried to enter the cordon.

"My daughter...... My daughter ......"

His face was full of anxiety and shock, and he struggled with the police for a long time before he was finally taken to the ambulance.

Hearing the man's voice, the spirit of the weeping girl suddenly raised her head.

"Daddy?"

She called out to a voice that men could not hear.

The spirit began to move, following in the man's footsteps.

Hoshino Sasha chased after her, and Qiao Qiao also followed in order to ensure safety.

In the ambulance, a cold corpse was lying.

The girl who was originally young has lost her temperature.

Her father watched all this in amazement, unable to say a word.

His daughter's spirit looked at her father, and then at her own body, as if she had finally understood something.

I'm dead.

He is no longer alive.

"Dad, I was wrong, I shouldn't have ......"

"I'm sorry, Suzumi, I shouldn't have told you that, I shouldn't have ......"

One man and one spirit spoke almost simultaneously.

Qiao Qiao saw that between the spirits of the man and the girl, a bridge lit up.

"Suzumi, do you want to continue studying?"

"I'm annoyed, old man, you don't care about my business."

"I'm busy in the store every day, isn't it for you?"

"If it weren't for your work, how could your mother run away with someone else."

"Suzumi, you have to think about the future."

"Long-winded, you don't understand me at all."

"If you don't clean up your room today, you won't live here in the future."

"Whoever wants to live with you, I'll tell you, I hate you the most!"

The dialogue between father and daughter flows through the psychic images.

The two don't seem to be on good terms.

It's the kind of father who can be seen everywhere and doesn't know how to get along with his daughter, as well as a daughter who is in a rebellious period.

With the passage of time, such a father and daughter may eventually understand each other.

But there is no time left.

The thoughts that are not conveyed have been accompanied by the passing of life, and they can no longer be heard.

However, Hoshino Sasha gently held the hand of the girl's spirit.

He put it on the back of his father's hand.

"Your daughter already knows what you mean, and she says to you, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said those things to you."

Hoshino Sasha was acting like a true soul slayer at the moment.

The words of the deceased are conveyed to the living.

The noisy city contrasts with the quiet ambulances.

The maiden's spirit took one last look at her father.

Then they turned into particles of light, and disappeared in the sunlight.

In this solemn scene.

Qiao Qiao's attention was not on the father and daughter.

He saw that from the father's body, a bit of black yin qi like silk threads flowed into the crowd of onlookers.