Fushizu Shrine, reception room.

"It's rude......"

The door opens, and Mayumi Kamigawa creeps in.

There were a few people sitting in the room.

Dressed in a priest's hunting suit is her father, the Kamigawa Grand Priest of Fushizu Shrine.

Next to it is the abbot of Yujing Temple.

Father's old friend.

and his disciple Ikyu, a very famous rookie in Tokyo's psychic circle in recent years.

Top 10 Outstanding Young Spiritual Abilities.

He came in second.

By the way, Kamigawa barely managed to squeeze into tenth.

The two next to them looked dressed as if they were from the Metropolitan Police Department.

When Mayumi Kamigawa came in, she happened to hear them talking about something, child abduction, and bird ......

"Our field team, the arrest operation carried out in the early hours of yesterday morning. But after entering the textile factory, there was no news again. ”

"How long has it been, and how many people have entered."

"So far, contact has been missing for more than 30 hours, and there were 15 police officers involved in the operation at that time."

"What else is there?"

"Gu Won Bird, this is from the mouth of an arrested suspect, saying that it is the name of the gang leader, and we suspect that there is some kind of psychic ability involved in the cult......

People from the Metropolitan Police Department shared what they already know.

Gu Won Bird ......

The Grand Priest of Kamigawa and the Abbot of Yujing Temple thought about it for a while, and compared it with some of the hidden organizations known in their memories and the recorded information of sunken ghosts and gods......

Not impressed.

"What do you think, Grand Priest?"

The abbot asked.

"I agree with you, Abbot."

Kamigawa raised his hand.

The people around him looked confused.

You two said it as if you didn't.

"Abbot, Grand Priest, if you two have any ideas, please make it clear, the matter of human life."

The people in the Metropolitan Police Department are in a hurry, their people have been missing for so long.

"We guess there should be a deep ghost coming up."

"Ghosts? Is there a way to deal with it? ”

People in the Metropolitan Police Department don't know much about this.

Whenever they encounter suspected supernatural events, they only know about these psychic people who come to the official support.

The Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications have been sending aid to the government for many years in order to deal with such unusual events.

"Police Department, this is my disciple Yixiu, this incident, he will lead the team to connect with you."

"Abbot, please take your own hands."

"I can't make a move."

"Why, that's human life."

"I also spare my life, old man."

“……”

The abbot shook his head.

"The deeper they are, the more terrifying they are, and we don't know how deep they are related to them.

If I go in person and provoke unsolvable ghosts, I will be powerless.

It's just right to go on a break. ”

The people in the Metropolitan Police Department looked incomprehensible.

But everyone in the surrounding psionic circle understands it.

They all know the rules of ghosts and gods.

The abbot and the chief priest have a strong ability to see ghosts, and the ghosts they can see are even more terrifying.

They may have more unpredictable powers that they can't deal with on their own.

And it is a safe way to let the disciples listen to the news at the same level.

It is stronger than ordinary people, and has certain means, but the ability to see ghosts is not so high.

The deep ghosts and gods cannot harm them, and the influence they can have on them is limited.

"Invisible" means "safe".

Finally, the Gu Bird Incident.

The Metropolitan Police Department and psychic powers exchange information and formulate a battle plan.

Prepare to visit the textile mills in the port area again tonight.

……

Auction venue.

Su Qi and Hans Christian Andersen returned to the venue.

Hans Christian Andersen pointed to the display case and asked:

"Do you have a fancy?"

Su Qi shook his head.

"I'm just a student, I can't afford it."

Mr. Andersen smiled.

"It doesn't matter, which one you fancie, I can send it to you."

Su Qi smiled, thinking that the other party was joking.

"That's what collectors don't need. Anyway, the real and fake ones are all sold the same. ”

“……”

Su Qixin said that there is really a fake in this.

"I'll see...... The 'thorn ring' of the earth royal gate is rich and rough and the price is called 300 million yen.

Oh, there's nothing in that afterbirth, I made it up. ”

"Sir, aren't you afraid of retaliation?"

"Huh? Are they innocent and fake? ”

“……”

"People have always believed in self-knowledge, even more than in their eyes."

Andersen turned his cane.

"Do you like little boys who tell the truth?"

Su Qi shrugged.

"Sir, I haven't figured out my own life yet, let alone take care of other people."

"I like your personality, are you interested in going for a drink together."

"Students are prohibited from drinking."

"We have something more fun than alcohol."

Hans Christian Andersen took out a black envelope from his pocket and handed it to Su Qi.

"What is this?"

Su Qi looked at it suspiciously.

The black envelope is printed with a few words in gilding:

Black Gate Club.

"Invitation."

"What invitation?"

"Are you interested in collectors?"

Andersen handed the envelope to Su Qi.

"Sir, what do you mean ......"

Su Qi was stunned.

Collectors, a mysterious and secret organization in the circle of psionics.

Countless psionic beings, listening to their news, looking for their traces but not to be found.

Looking at this absurd auction, you can see how many people have heard about it.

"Tomorrow before 8 p.m., Ginza."

Hans Christian Andersen gave Su Qi a look.

"If you want to join us, come with an invitation."

Su Qi was shocked, and at the same time doubted in his heart.

"Why me? Sir, we have known each other for less than ten minutes. ”

"Not everyone can join us.

We are not the same as the Psychics.

To obtain the Ghost Relic, you need to have a high level of inspiration to see ghosts, but you can't have psionic energy.

You, obviously, have this talent. ”

Su Qi and Hans Christian Andersen looked at each other, looked at each other for a while, and shook their heads, he couldn't fully accept this explanation.

"This can only be said to be eligible, not a reason to invite me."

"I'll just say, I like your personality very much."

Andersen smiled and changed his mind.

"You're scared, aren't you?"

“……”

Su Qi's face was slightly stunned.

"Every day you get a glimpse of the fear of not belonging to this world, and the threat of death is always with you.

I understand how you feel.

I have also wandered alone in fear, and at one point thought about leaving this terrifying world.

But I'm glad that someone reached out to me and pulled me by the hand. ”

Hans Christian Andersen took his cane and tapped lightly on the joints of his prosthetic legs.

Su Qi was a little surprised.

He didn't expect that this collector, Mr. Andersen, would give such an "emotional" reason.

However, Su Qi was not disgusted by this statement.

Madness is a sharp knife that cuts the throat, but it kills with one stab.

Loneliness is a painful terminal illness, cutting knives on people little by little.

Even in this indescribable "deep sea", human beings have never given up on finding their own kind.

……

The auction ends.

A large number of ghosts and gods, real or fake, have flowed into the circle of psychic people in Tokyo.

Hans Christian Andersen left Fusatsu Shrine.

Kamigawa Mayumi took Su Qi and went to meet the chief priest of Kamigawa.

Unsurprisingly, nothing came of it.

But it doesn't matter.

Su Qi's visit to the shrine this time was not in vain, he came into contact with a mysterious collector organization.

Su Qi looked at the invitation letter of the "Black Gate Club" in one hand, and the crystal birthplace in the other......

That's right, Andersen gave him a ghost relic in the end.

This is the last unsold one left of the auction, the cheapest one in the whole lot:

Physics Holy Sword.

……