With the sound of unhurried footsteps descending the stairs, a middle-aged man with casual tan hair appeared in front of me, with a mustache symbolizing his age.

Seeing the man coming, Kanzaki immediately stood up and bowed respectfully to him.

The man came to the table and sat down, looking at me with a smile on his face: "You are Shi Fan?" ”

Thinking about the connection between the situation in the book and the man's appearance, I didn't react for a moment, and only after a moment did I reply, "Ah...... Yes, it's me, you should be Kashiwagi Spring, right? ”

The other party nodded: "That's right, I've already heard about you, of course Zhou Jun told me." ”

"Oh......" I suddenly seemed a little nervous, because Kashiwagi Spring's own aura has a strong sense of oppression, and he is worthy of being an official in the political circles of this country.

"I'm so sorry." He looked at Kanzaki, who had already sat back in his chair, "Due to my special status now, it is inconvenient to go out in person for some things, so I basically let Kanzaki serve on my behalf, including the participation in this operation." ”

"It's okay, I understand......," I paused, "but this time we're asking you something." ”

So Kanzaki and I told him that the three artifacts were three of the sacred trees, and that we had intentions.

Kashiwagi Izumi was silent for a while after hearing this, and then said: "Legend has it that the three artifacts are supreme treasures, and they are kept by the emperors who are the descendants of Amaterasu, and it can be said that they are a symbol of Japan. ”

"To put it bluntly, I'm afraid that I will be transferred when the time comes." I'm blunt.

Kashiwagi Quan smiled and nodded: "But...... The government is still very serious about the current situation, and the Emergency Response Headquarters has already been established, and it is not impossible for the headquarters to come forward and borrow it. ”

"Are you familiar with that Motobe!?" I asked without thinking.

"Actually, you may have heard of the Supreme Commander of the Headquarters."

"Who?"

"Foggy Hidden Crane."

"You mean the female ninja!?" I thought back to the book, "She is a person from a special agency directly under the emperor, and she is very powerful, so it is not surprising that she became the supreme commander of any kind." ”

"More than that, she is actually a bridge between the royal family and the political world, serving both."

"As a political official, aren't you also familiar with the emperor?"

"That's different, His Majesty the Emperor and I only have a private relationship, and we don't serve him directly."

"I see." I thought for a moment, "Just find the Misty Hidden Crane and let her borrow the artifact from the Emperor in the name of the Countermeasures Headquarters!" ”

"But there's no guarantee that it will work." Kashiwagi Quan thought for a moment, "I can only have the mentality of giving it a try, if it doesn't work, what are your plans?" ”

So I told him about the current division of soldiers, and he laughed after hearing it: "It's really simple and rude, but Magatama is in the Emperor's Mansion, and I'm afraid it won't work in this way." ”

"What then, can you help?" I looked at him eagerly.

"Let's talk about it." He paused, "Anyway, I'll help you contact the crane first, if it's possible, maybe you can go directly to the headquarters, you must know that the officials here do not exclude external help, after all, everyone understands the current situation." ”

After saying goodbye to Izumi Kashiwagi and Granny Kazuko, Kanzaki took me to his residence, where I stayed for the past two days, because Tokyo is relatively far away from the sea of trees where the "Requirer" is located, and it is very inconvenient to go back and forth about things, not to mention that there are a huge number of beasts in that sea of trees, so you can't kill monsters back and forth.

It is a very ordinary five-story apartment, located in the suburbs of Tokyo, the one where Kanzaki lives is located on the east side of the third floor, and the interior is very luxurious and modern after entering the door, which is very different from Kashiwagi Spring's home, according to Kanzaki, each suite of the apartment is the same configuration, he has lived here since graduating from university, and it was Kashiwagi Spring who arranged for him.

"He's really good enough for you." I sat on the comfortable and soft sofa and lay lazily half-lying, "That's how my son is treated." ”

Kanzaki gave me a glass of water, sat down across from me and said, "Yes, so I'm very grateful to him, he's like a father to me, he didn't want me to be involved in the retainer's affairs, but now that this situation continues to develop, no one can be immune to it, in this case, someone has to step up." ”

Speaking of this, my mobile phone rang suddenly, it was Hanqin calling, in addition to asking me about my current situation, he also told me one thing, it turned out that the artifacts kept in Atsuta Jingu and Ise Jingu had been secretly transported to Tokyo by the official before the situation became serious, and were stored in the Emperor's Mansion along with Magatama.

It seems that the official also knows that in such chaos, the two shrines no longer have the ability to keep the artifact, so they put all three things in the safest place at present, in this case, it is conceivable how tightly guarded the imperial mansion is today, if you want to rob hard, you will inevitably fight fiercely, win or lose for the time being, and more importantly, it will make the image of the retaker even more unbearable, not only terrorists but also robbers, if you really want to do that, Dad's coffin board will definitely not be able to hold it.

After a long night's anxiety, Kanzaki knocked on my door early in the morning, with a cold expression and a little excitement: "The countermeasures headquarters invited us over!" ”

"What?" I felt incredible.

Kanzaki nodded very affirmatively: "The teacher just called and sent me the address of the headquarters and related matters, asking us to hurry over!" ”

With such exciting news, it only took me more than three minutes to wash up, and I went out with Kanzaki and drove to the designated place.

Coming to Kasumigaseki in Tokyo, where the Japanese administrative organs are concentrated, surrounded by heavily guarded government compounds, the car drove to the gate of the compound with the "Metropolitan Police Department" sign hanging outside, several guards came forward and asked us to show our documents, Kanzaki naturally took out a card similar to an ID card from the pocket of his clothes, handed it to them, and the other party immediately let him go, and bowed deeply to us after handing it back.

"Is this a pass?" I asked curiously.

"Sort of." He replied slightly cryptically.

After parking the car in the underground parking lot, at the pedestrian exit, there was already a person in a black suit waiting there, with a staff badge around his neck, named Maruyama Mio, whose position was the police department, and after seeing Kanzaki and me, he very politely helped press the elevator, and then entered with us, but did not speak.