Night.

Outside a phone booth in Yoyogi Park.

The blood-stained kitchen knife tore through the corpses of ghosts and gods all over the place.

Scarlet dresses roam the streets of Shinjuku.

in a public phone booth.

A small silver tinker ignites the flames.

Su Qi and Hans Christian Andersen stood in a faint halo.

"Only the power of ghosts and gods can kill ghosts."

Andersen holds a lighter box in his hand.

The faint light of the lighter seemed to shield Miss Mary from finding them.

"This kind of ghost who locks on food has an attitude towards food like a beast that protects food."

"I'm ...... Food? ”

The corners of Su Qi's mouth twitched.

"Why do ghosts and gods eat people?"

He's always been weird.

"A natural rule, just as humans breathe air spontaneously."

The two watched Miss Mary wander through the blur of the night until the scarlet dress disappeared.

The flame goes out and the halo disappears.

Hans Christian Andersen put away the lighterbox.

"As long as ghosts and gods are aware of the more shallow humans, animals, and ghosts that can see their existence, they will spontaneously enter into the 'logic of eating'."

The two walked out of the phone booth.

Su Qi's phone rang.

"Hello, I'm Miss Mary, I can't find you, I'll go back today."

Doodle......

"It doesn't seem easy to lock down this ghost of yours."

Andersen squatted down and looked at the ghosts and gods on the ground that were being chopped into pieces and slowly dissipating, and said.

"Two ghosts and gods lock on to one food at the same time, and there will inevitably be a fight, which is the natural law of idealism in the mysterious world.

It appears for more than a dozen seconds a day.

It means that you have a big killing weapon that can cause damage to ghosts and gods in these ten seconds every day. ”

"This ......"

Su Qi raised his eyebrows.

"It doesn't look very safe."

"So you're going to have to get on good terms with this Miss Mary."

Hans Christian Andersen took out his camera and took pictures of the corpses of the ghosts and gods that were gradually dissipating on the ground.

and with silver powder, lime, and some water.

Around a small piece of the broken corpse of the ghost, a formation was drawn.

"Isaac's burnt offering, the umbilical cord for the sheep, and the afterbirth garment for the sheep......"

Hans Christian Andersen recited a ritual incantation.

At the same time, a crystal placenta slowly generated, enveloping the small piece of broken corpses of ghosts and gods.

This crystal afterbirth is the kind that wraps the relics of ghosts and gods at the auction, and it is a small secret technique.

Mystic by preparing three casting conditions:

Elements, rituals, incantations.

With practice, you can make a birth.

The afterbirth coat has the effect of isolation and freshness.

It can preserve food from spoilage, and it can also isolate bacteria, isolating some of the adverse effects of divinity.

A convenient secret technique commonly used by mystics.

"What are you doing with the corpses of ghosts and gods in your afterbirth?"

"You need to get paid for your files."

"Remuneration?"

……

Tokyo's limited land space, with its dense population and expanding business model, has led to the expansion of vertical economic space.

Tokyo's underground traffic corridors and commercial districts are no worse than the prosperous commercial districts above.

Shinjuku underground shopping mall, a second-hand shop.

This second-hand shop is part of the Black Gate Club.

Su Qi and Hans Christian Andersen in the store.

Behind the counter of the window separated by iron railings is the only teller of the second-hand store, Ms. Mitsui.

A robot that always droops his eyelids, is lifeless, and speaks mechanically like an emotionless robot.

"Matte Layer Archives - Yoyogi Park Phone Booth Incident, Processing Completed ......"

"Processor, Member Su Qi ......"

"Remuneration Settlement...... The honorarium is 100,000 yen, and a non-matte file certificate. ”

Ms. Mitsui taps on the keyboard and pushes a small tray out of the counter window.

on the pallet.

A wad of cash, a black card.

Hans Christian Andersen pushed the tray in front of Su Qi.

"It's your commission."

This second-hand shop in the underground shopping district of Shinjuku.

It is Kuromon's sanctuary for divine objects in Tokyo.

Contains a large number of divine objects.

At the same time, it also serves as the release of entrusted files, settlement points, an office, and a logistics window.

Members of the Black Gate Club can view this second-hand store and receive the commission file.

Collect rewards here and exchange them for divine objects.

With the "help" of Miss Mary, Su Qi solved the ghost incident in Yoyogi Park.

That's the commission file released by the Black Gate, so naturally you can get the corresponding remuneration here.

100,000 yen in cash, which is not a small amount for Su Qi, a student.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare's minimum hourly wage for this year's part-time job is 1,000 yen, which is almost equal to his monthly part-time earnings.

"What is this Optless Layer Credential for?"

Su Qi picked up another black card and asked.

"The voucher is for the exchange of divine objects.

Lightless, which is the level that can be exchanged for divine objects, the same as the depth of the deep sea.

Illuminated layer, low-light layer, matte layer, abyssal layer, Moho layer, Gutenberg layer......

In this shelter in Tokyo, there are no divine objects in the Gutenberg layer, and there are only 3 Moho layers at the highest. ”

Andersen asked the teller, Ms. Mitsui, and brought a list of containments.

"Shelter?"

"Among the various mystic factions, the Black Gate relies on the 'Divine Asylum' to gain a foothold.

We have a systematic knowledge of the acquisition of divine objects, creations, and secret arts...... and sales channels. ”

"Ghost Relic Auction?"

"That's right, the Ghost Relic Auction is a divine object sales business of the Black Gate, and the members of the Black Gate Club have two identities in the psionic circle.

One is a collector and the other is a container. ”

One for sale, one for production?

Su Qi thought to himself.

However, he did not obtain divine objects when he dealt with the ghosts and gods this time, because he used "violent" means.

Andersen handed over the containment list.

"This is a list of extinct divinities that can be exchanged in the Tokyo Shelter.

You can choose which one you need to redeem with your voucher.

Of course, if you are not interested, you can also sell or save the voucher.

Every 100 low-level vouchers can be exchanged for higher-level vouchers. ”

Su Qi flipped through the list.

Hans Christian Andersen continued:

"The ability of the Mystic to absorb the contained divine objects is theoretically unlimited.

However, if you have the divinity of ghosts and gods, and if you contain too many powerful divinities, you will be affected by divinity and lose control.

Moreover, the overly chaotic composition of divine objects and abilities will weaken your connection with the original owner, making it difficult to intercept the anchor line.

Therefore, I suggest that you carefully consider how you want to build your abilities when choosing a divine object.

The power of the divine object is only a convenient means for us.

Our goal is to get more anchor lines through convenient means. ”

Su Qi nodded.

For the mysterious, whether it is a divine object, a secret art, a ritual, these are just means.

The anchor line is their goal and demand.

And the source of his own anchoring, the construction of the Tokyo Divine Lord, really needs more means to help.

……

Su Qi flipped through the directory, which recorded the names of the divine objects, as well as the ability research and speculation report.

Page by page......

In the end, Su Qi chose one.

"I'll change this."

Hans Christian Andersen took the list and looked at Su Qi's choice, frowned and asked, "Are you sure?" ”

"Sure."

Su Qi nodded, this was exactly what he needed now.

Su Qixuan's page on the list.

"The fire of the Salary King, the embers are eternal."

The name of the divine object is: Spreading Fire.