At the height of the night, the streets that should have been silent are woken up by sounds that do not belong to the everyday.

Huge shadows crushed the asphalt pavement, and scarlet eyeballs shimmered with a strange light. The car parked on the side of the road was impaled by slender limbs, and the alarm sounded before it was interrupted by even greater destruction that followed.

Evil spirits with oval-shaped bodies and eight long arthropods are wreaking havoc on the streets.

"Drink!"

The blade slashed through and turned into a shining half-arc, a slash that the wind would split in two.

The evil spirit's body was crooked, and one of its feet was severed by the attack just now.

"Well done! Kensuke. ”

The howling wind blew a myriad of spells, combining into a tall giant to knock the unbalanced evil spirit to the ground.

"It's now!"

"Understood!"

A figure leapt into the air, holding the Demon Retreat Knife and stabbing at the head with scarlet compound eyes below.

The blade was completely submerged into the evil spirit's body, and the burst of spiritual power caused further damage, and within a few moments, the evil spirit fell and stopped moving.

When the evil spirit dissipated, Kyoko, a girl who manipulated the god, also stepped out of the shadows of the street.

"Mission accomplished."

"Whew."

Kensuke, who had withdrawn the Demon Retreat Sword, breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's progressive. Kensuke. ”

"After all, it's been so long, I can't just stay where I am."

Kensuke is no longer a newcomer to the strategy room, and he has gradually become accustomed to the work of removing spirits.

"That's pretty much it for tonight. Mr. Iwabata will pick us up in a moment. ”

Kyoko made contact with the others and sat down on the side of the road with Kensuke.

"Ah, it feels like it's been a long time since I've been dispatched so often."

Kensuke didn't open his hands and feet figuratively, and Kyoko felt the same way.

Since the establishment of the Special Zone for the Dead more than half a year ago, the number of incidents caused by evil spirits has been greatly reduced. Because of the existence of the Special Zone of the Undead, all the undead who have obsessions and evil thoughts after death and cannot return to the river of souls will be transported to the Special Zone of the Dead through the spiritual veins. Nearly ninety percent of the world's undead are teleported to the District of the Undead, with only a few remaining outside due to unexpected circumstances. These accidents can be roughly divided into the following types: first, the evil spirits are too powerful to break away from the spiritual veins, second, the local spiritual veins are extremely depleted to form a teleportation channel, and third, the local spiritual field has formed an environment that is convenient for the existence of evil spirits.

This is what happened after the emergence of the Special Zone of the Dead, and the countermeasures room and similar institutions in various countries have taken countermeasures accordingly. Because most of the evil spirits have come to the Undead Special Zone, most of the exorcists have entered the Undead Special Zone to help purify the evil spirits. Due to the relative concentration of evil spirits, and without worrying about implicating ordinary people, they can attack and retreat at any time, and the exorcists are very fond of it, which can be said to be a treasure of feng shui. The Special District of the Undead is also willing to help the exorcist, and the two sides have been working together happily so far. Outside of the District of the Undead, it is much easier to manage due to the drastic reduction of evil spirits. Those evil spirits that can escape from the spiritual veins can be easily observed, and the areas where the spiritual veins are depleted are generally sparsely populated, and the spiritual environment is purified or guarded by special exorcists. So nowadays, it's almost impossible to run around like headless flies looking for evil spirits.

However, the last few emergency dispatches are reminiscent of the old days, and of course there are still far fewer than before.

"Nothing is going to happen, is it?"

Kyoko couldn't help but be a little worried, she wasn't as nervous as Kensuke, and she thought about things a little more.

"The frequency of evil spirits has increased several times in recent days, is there really nothing abnormal?"

"You're not saying there's something wrong with Huangquan Country, are you?"

"No, it won't."

Nowadays, it is difficult for them to imagine the situation without the Special Zone of the Undead, and they feel that the working environment is now comfortable, which has never been seen in thousands of years. In the past, there was a task at any time and I had to leave early in the middle of school, but now I clock in to work like an office worker. It's scary to think about it when you go back in time.

"I don't think it's so unsturdy, it's something else that's wrong."

Suddenly, a voice came from behind the two, startling the two. Even if both of them relaxed their spirits at this time, it was quite terrifying to get behind them silently.

"Wow!"

"Huh? Mr. Iizuna? ”

The two looked back and found that the man who spoke turned out to be the senior of the countermeasures room, Iizuna Noriyuki, although he had already withdrawn from the countermeasures room at this time.

"Hi~~~ Good evening."

Iizuna Kiyuki squatted on the ground without a figurative figure, with a white T-shirt on his upper body, jeans on his lower body, and a headscarf wrapped around his head.

Since the Nine-Tails incident, Iizuna Noriyuki has become like this, but compared to the appearance of alcoholism and decadence in the past, I don't know how many times better. It is said that Noriyuki Iizuna is now working as an intelligence dealer and the like, and he also exchanges information with the countermeasures room from time to time, so he is no longer a waster.

"Are you thinking of me, Kenfu-kun?"

Iizuna Kiyuki affectionately hugged Kensuke's neck, and Kensuke couldn't break free with all his might.

"Ah, don't make a fuss!"

Kyoko waved her hands and didn't know how to stop them.

"Is it really not normal what happened lately? What did Mr. Iizuna find? ”

Noriyuki Iizuna shouldn't have come here for no reason, Kyoko thinks.

"Oops, just a little guess."

“？”

Seeing that the two of them were whetted by themselves, Iizuna Kiyuki smiled evilly.

"But it needs more corroboration."

"Ah, don't sell it."

"Tell me a little bit."

"Hmm...... Since you have pleaded with me so. Let's just say a little. ”

Iizuna Noriyuki's indecent expression suddenly closed.

"These evil spirits that escaped from the spiritual veins are probably man-made."

"What?"

Kensuke couldn't imagine anyone so mad.

"This ...... I had to inform my brother as soon as possible. ”

Kyoko's elder brother, the head of the countermeasures office, Teszozaemon, is now in charge of all supernatural events in Japan.

"He already knew."

Noriyuki Iizuna interrupted Kyoko, who was about to make a phone call.

"If you can't detect this kind of thing, he won't be Sozaemon."

"Yes. But my brother didn't let us know. ”

"It's also in the investigation stage, and what is happening now is definitely just the beginning, and the other party must have other purposes."

Just as they were pondering what the conspiracy was, the light of the headlights came from the distance, and it was Iwabata who had come to pick them up.

"Mr. Iwabata is here."

"Do you want Mr. Iizuna to ...... Hey? ”

Kyoko also wanted to ask Iizuna Noriyuki if he wanted to go to the countermeasure room, but he found that the other party had already run away with a cigarette in his hand.

Kensuke and Kyoko both sighed and walked to the car. What the conspiracy is is unknown, all they can do is be ready at all times.