Tokyo.

On August 18, it was cloudy.

Qiao Qiao sat on a bench in a public park in Nakano District, watching the people playing in the park in the afternoon.

It's Sunday and the weather isn't as hot as the previous days, making it a great place to get out.

He was holding a book on the history of paleontology in his hand and was reading it carefully.

The big youkai of Mt. Hiei is something that Qiao Qiao has never seen before.

According to the results of the investigation he listened to in Kyoto in the past two days, it is very likely that this big monster has been sealed for more than a million years.

This piqued Qiao Qiao's interest.

If there is such a strange thing in Mt. Hiei, is there a similar existence in other places?

And according to the Soul Killer Association, due to the loosening of the seal, the Great Youkai is able to influence the consciousness of humans to some extent.

This made Qiao Qiao think a lot.

For example, the big monster, the appearance of its tentacles flying, can be called the standard configuration of the restraint system.

Qiao Qiao didn't think that there really existed in this world, such as the old gods, the outer gods, and the like.

After all, the great existence that can interfere with cause and effect and dominate the universe does not need to hold on to an insignificant planet like the earth.

He felt that the Cthulhu mythos in this world should be apocryphal.

But Qiao Qiao guessed that when the creator made up this series of myths, would he be affected by these big monsters with loose seals?

The great yokai he saw on Mt. Hiei were not the gods of the Cthulhu mythos.

But these big monsters of the same period influenced the creators of the human race, thus creating a similar image, is there such a possibility?

Qiao Qiao didn't know.

He is not an expert on this after all.

After reading a book in the shade of a tree for a while, Qiao Qiao raised his head and relaxed his eyes.

Soon, he saw a girl.

She wore a long black dress with a snow-white neckline, a black headscarf and hat, and carried a slightly heavy and large suitcase in her hand.

On the chest, there is also a cross-shaped pendant.

It is clear that this is a nun.

The nun narrowed her eyes and finally found Qiao Qiao sitting on the bench, and she walked with her steps.

"You're Mr. Qiaoqiao?"

She put down the box that sounded really heavy, and said to Qiao Qiao.

"yes, then you are, uh, Sasha. Hoshino? ”

"It's Sasha Hoshino."

The nun seems to have become accustomed to the mispronunciation of her own name.

Under the sun, Qiao Qiao could see the long silver hair between the gaps in the hat of Sister Sasha Hoshino, her skin was very white, and her appearance was not the same as that of ordinary Chinese, with exotic qualities, that is, she was a little shorter in height, and when she stood with Qiao Qiao, she always felt like a crime.

The most distinctive thing is her pupils.

Two eyes, the left eye is turquoise and the right eye is azure.

The heterochromatic eyes are very eye-catching.

Judging by the name, probably half-blooded?

However, he speaks the language quite fluently.

Qiao Qiao recalled the information sent by Miss Sakura yesterday.

Hoshino Sasha is a soul slayer who belongs to the Nerima branch of the Tokyo Soul Removal Association, and of course, has not officially performed a spirit removal.

She is not a shrine maiden, nor is she a yin-yang liao, but a dignified Christian nun.

As for which faction it is, Qiao Qiao has not studied it.

Hoshino Sasa's mother is French, and her father is a university professor, and the two met in France, and after getting married, they returned to Wakuni and gave birth to Hoshino Sasa.

At the age of six, Hoshino Sasha awakened her spiritual powers, and based on her mother's beliefs, she was sent to a church in the Nerima area to learn how to remove spirits.

"However, there are really nuns in the Soul Remover Association."

Qiao Qiao sighed in his heart.

I heard Miss Sakura mention a little before that there is a very powerful nun in the Nerima area who is active as a soul removalist, but I didn't expect to see a living nun today.

"Sister Hoshino, shall we discuss today's commission first, or will we talk about it in the past?"

Qiao Qiao asked, after all, he was only an overseer and assistant, and all kinds of work to remove spirits would be left to Hoshino Sasha to complete independently.

"Let's go straight to it."

Hoshino Sasha said dryly, and suddenly said to Qiao Qiao as if he remembered something.

"Qiao San, there is one thing I want to remind you, when you are outside, don't call me by my name directly, you can call me by my code name."

"You mean...... Code name? ”

Qiao Qiao raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, my operation code name is [Ghost Shark]."

......

“...... Really, I said that I was able to complete the commission independently, but the guy [Meteor] was always chattering, just like an old mother. ”

"Meteorite?"

Sitting on the bus, Qiao Qiao tilted his head as he listened to Sasha Hoshino's complaints on the side.

Unlike Asano Arriko, who was as elegant and polite as she first saw Qiao Qiao.

Hoshino Sasha is very familiar, and after a few casual conversations, she began to talk about her church.

"It's also a code name, and all of us in our church have a code name."

Hoshino Sasha said seriously.

"I see, it's a very professional organization."

Qiao Qiao bowed slightly.

"The people in our church are all people who have a deep hatred for the weird, and some people even have their entire families killed by the evil spirits, and they are the only ones left, and they are incognito, just for the day when they can get revenge."

Hoshino Sasha said again.

I don't know if I heard her words, but an old man sitting in the front row looked back at Hoshino Sasha, saw her nun clothes, and turned back as if he understood something.

"It's tough."

Qiao Qiao was deeply touched that in wartime, there were similar elite units, all of whom were people with a deep hatred for the enemy, and this kind of people were resolute and extremely combative.

It seems that the church's strategy is moving up to date.

"Uh-huh, yes."

Hoshino Sasha was also relieved to see that Qiao Qiao seemed to understand him very well.

"By the way, Ghost Shark, what's this box of yours?"

Qiao Qiao glanced at the black box placed in the next seat, which was a little too huge for Hoshino Sasha, who was only about 1.5 meters.

"Well, this is my comrade-in-arms."

Hoshino Sasha smiled mysteriously.

"Comrade-in-arms...... Is it? ”

Qiao Qiao's eyes lit up.

"That's right, it's the most trusted partner who is the same person and fights together."

Hoshino Sasha said with her chest puffed up with nothing.

The bus arrived quickly.

The two got out of the car.

This is a commercial district in Nakano Ward.

Although it is not as prosperous as Ginza Shibuya, it is also very prosperous, with clothing, dining, and shopping.

On the upper floor of the mall, there are various office buildings.

Qiao Qiao and Hoshino Sasha took the elevator to the thirteenth floor of a building.

Here is a company that is the client today.

"Huh?"

Hoshino Sasha saw the company's signboard and was a little confused.

Because it's all in English, I can't find any Chinese characters.

"Well, this consignment company seems to be a multinational trading company."

Qiao Qiao replied.