"Lady Stringichiro, after one investigation after another, we found the target, she treated people at the docks, and after leaving, she entered Asakusa Ward."

The message of the Chaos Crowd is transmitted through the blood.

Ichiro, who was eating at a beef hot pot restaurant, made a movement in his hand, but immediately returned to his original state, and he couldn't see anything abnormal.

"But the other side seems to have some kind of blood ghost magic that moves long distances, and we can't keep up. Sorry to disappoint you. ”

Obviously, the Chaos Crowd mistook the obscuring of their vision for teleportation, and considering that the ghosts and Buddhas they were familiar with were like this, it was normal to have this association.

Hearing this, Ichiro didn't feel disappointed or anything.

After all, in the ninja class, the Chaos Wave Crowd is the lowest level of existence, and it can still deal with humans, but the five senses of ghosts are much more developed than those of humans, and it is difficult to do it without being discovered.

[However, the other party found out about them, but they didn't kill them. 】

[With such a soft heart, it should be the pearl world that Ghost Dance Tsuji has been condemning. 】

Ichiro was a little curious.

[Even the ghosts under my command did not attack humans because they received orders......]

[This pearl world is really a mysterious character. 】

Otherwise, it would not have taken more than a month to find a trace.

"I don't blame you."

"Since they went to Asakusa Ward, it's very likely that they're hiding there, and there's no chance that there will be a residual smell. I'll let the nearby lone shadow bring the ninja dog over, and you will stay where you are. ”

"Yes."

Then, Genichiro returned his attention to the dining table and continued to listen to Minoru Kawa complain about his life in Butterfly House.

After more than a month, the three of them finally ate the beef hot pot that Kuano Kuangjin never forgot.

“…… Anyway, that paralyzed face just won't leave, this is not his mission area in the first place! It's so thick-skinned......"

Minoru Immortal said as he poked the tamako (egg) tofu in the bowl with his chopsticks, frowning at the other tables.

In the eyes of Immortal River, it was as if the bowl was not food, but Tomioka Yoshitoi.

"So what does the water column do every day?"

Masano asked curiously.

"Since he doesn't have any romantic thoughts about Chanel."

"Speaking of which...... One morning, I occasionally passed by the small courtyard where he lived. ”

Minoru Immortal secretly lowered his voice, it was hard to imagine that he would have done this a month ago.

"And then?"

Ichiro was also interested, and hurriedly asked.

He was also very interested in the column of water that was ranked on the first few pages of "Old Hunter's Notes".

"I found him facing the pond in the yard, muttering something strange."

"Strange words?"

Minoru Immortal nodded.

"Yes, I probably heard a few words, and he seemed to be boasting about his reflection in the water......"

"What did he say, 'Kanae thinks I'm great,' 'Master thinks I'm a genius for water breathing,' 'Miss Nagajin thinks I'm making rapid progress,' 'Aoi thinks I'm handsome,'...... As he spoke, he pinched his face as if he was going to make some kind of expression. ”

"With such a narcissistic person, I wonder if there is something wrong with my ears."

Masano and Ichiro glanced at each other, and they both saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

I really know people and faces, but I don't know my heart.

It's not enough for others to praise themselves, but they still have to say it to their own reflections.

I didn't expect that sullen Tomioka Yoshiyong to be such a person.

"But that doesn't explain why he stayed in the butterfly house and didn't leave."

Masano asked, "It stands to reason that after learning Miss Yongzhen's posture, he should be the least likely person to be injured, right?" ”

Especially when the twelve ghost months have disappeared.

Now the Ghost Slayer doesn't even know that the compilation of the lower strings has been canceled by Onimai Tsuji.

"Who knows what that guy is thinking......"

Immortal Kawa Minoru said helplessly, "Anyway, except for the girl who followed Miss Yongzhen, no one will often look for him." ”

The so-called girl is the girl who was saved by Tomioka Yoshiyoshi from his predecessor No. 6, Aoi Kanzaki.

Because the character is too serious and serious.,So Yongzhen stayed by his side.,Learn Shinto.,Usually when Chana Hui is not there.,Will take care of the child in the butterfly house.。

For Tomioka Yoshiyong, a life-saving benefactor, she is naturally very concerned.

"I remember, he was a very intuitive person."

Ichiro suddenly remembered that on the day he first became a ghost, Yoshiyoshi Tomioka was the first to see that he was not hostile.

Since discovering that Genichiro could appear under the sun, Tomioka Yoshiyoshi did not ask about it, and even took the initiative to keep it a secret.

If it weren't for a delicate and calm mind that stopped water, it would be difficult to make such a judgment.

"I wonder if he somehow knew that Miss Chanae might be in danger, so he didn't leave?"

The complaining session, which was originally quite pleasant, suddenly became heavy.

"Speaking of this ......"

Immortal Chuan frowned and said, "Now that the New Year and the Lunar New Year have passed, and winter is coming to an end soon, Chanae is still safe." ”

"Could it be that 'swaddling Jizo' you gave me has already reversed her doom."

Actually, he originally wanted to say whether the old lady's language was not accurate.

But everything that has something to do with the Son of God is magical, so he prefers to believe that it is the work of the infant Jizo.

"The more you feel that the danger is over, the more careful you must be."

Ichiro admonished, "The so-called accidents come quietly when you least expect them. ”

No one knows better than him the power of the old lady who can fly away and go anywhere.

It's only been a long time, and she and Shinji Sase have lit up the ghosts and Buddhas in all the prefectures of Japan, and now that they have returned to the Hirata Mansion, they no longer go out and walk, but occasionally chat with Kuro.

When Ichiro went to ask her what her plans were and wanted to ask for some advice from the arcade, she only gave a one-sentence answer.

"Waiting, the coming of the honorable one."

In Ashina, the only people who can be called honorable by the old lady are Kuro and Changea Goko.

Since Jiulang is already in the world, then the old lady is waiting for only the one who has become a royal son.

According to Genichiro's current experience, killing a specific ghost will draw out characters related to it, such as the sick leaf to Eijin, the ghost of Narutsu to the owl, and the fallen brother and sister to the Yaksha to kill the headless (the twins under Gennomiya).

And the self-proclaimed "Second String" Tong Mo of the Sect of Eternal Bliss just corresponds to the prince of change.

When the old woman said, "Waiting for the venerable person to come", it means that this second string is probably not far from death.

In addition, the recent investigation of the Eternal Bliss Sect was carried out by Butterfly Chanae......

So Genichiro guessed that the so-called catastrophe of Butterfly Chanae would probably be on that guy.

And the second of the first string, doesn't it confirm the word "Buddha enemy" that the old lady said at the beginning?

However, of course, he couldn't talk to the immortal Minoru Yaming about these speculations, so he could only remind him: "Let Hua Zhu be careful when investigating the Eternal Bliss Sect, after all, it is a second string." ”

"I'll remind her."

Immortal Minoru thought so.

He once proposed to investigate with Butterfly Chana.

However, the church seemed to only admit high-ranking officials or young and beautiful women, and if he acted rashly, it was easy to arouse suspicion.

However, every time Chanae went to collect information, he would follow him not far away, which should be regarded as a layer of insurance.

But according to insiders, the sect leader who is suspected of being the second of the strings has not appeared for a long time.

His high-ranking officials and followers are closely related to each other, forming a solid high-level alliance, so it is difficult to get the government to order a ban without tangible evidence.

In this way, a good dinner ended in Immortal River's calm face.

It's February 15, 1910, and March means the arrival of spring.

If that happens, it must be in the next few days.

He clenched his fists, looked at the dark sky, and swore in his heart—

Chana.

I'm not going to let you have anything to do!

……

After opening the "Old Hunter's Notes" and finding the location of the Lone Shadow Crowd, Genichiro used his shinobi hand to fly all the way up the wall, and soon came to the place where the ninjas were, a T-junction on the edge of Asakusa Ward.

【Asakusa? It's perfect for hiding......]

Asakusa is Tokyo's entertainment district, and Hanakaido is not far from here, as are Sensoji Temple and shrines.

By the way, due to the profound mana of the monks of Xianfeng Temple and the endorsement of Buddha sugar, Sensoji Temple has now become the last temple of Xianfeng Temple.

Because of the ghosts, a large number of high-ranking officials and nobles came to Asakusa to pray for the blessing of Buddha candy, and now the price of Buddha candy sold to people other than the ghost slayer is 500 yen a piece (equivalent to half the salary of the prime minister, and it takes a worker 21 years to earn so much money), but even so, the supply is still in short supply.

With the help of these high-level relationships, the monks began to go to the hospital again, using the full moon grass that had just been harvested to save people, providing a huge amount of prestige for Genichiro.

It is conceivable that when the widow water lotus who can cure the disease is formed, Ashina will become an important link between the country's top leaders - after all, who doesn't have a disease that can't be cured by spending no amount of money?

By that time, even if he had lost his strength, Ashina would have the true foundation to gain a foothold in this world—strong connections and alliances.

It is worth mentioning that these arrangements were arranged and completed by Jiurou himself, and Koichiro always stayed out of the matter.

It is enough to prove that Jiulang, this child, has grown up so quickly.

Then again.

Out of fear of ghosts, even if the ghost damage in Tokyo is not serious, at night, the streets are still depressed and terrible (so much so that this year's Chinese New Year is not popular).

The doors and windows of every house are closed, and you can occasionally smell the scent of wisteria flowers.

However, this situation has made it easier for the ninjas to act openly.

"Ichiro-sama." A long salute.

Originally, he was in charge of secretly guarding (monitoring) the patriarch Matsukata Masayoshi, but it was only because of the proximity that he was temporarily transferred here.

"What's the catch?"

Koichiro glanced at the ninja dog spinning in place.

This is a Shiba Inu.

It should be newly cultivated.

"It was true that the smell was found, but it disappeared when it said that."

Zhengchang pointed to his dog, "Plus the smell of wisteria flowers around is very strong, I'm afraid I can't continue to track it." ”

"I see."

Ichiro began to ponder the possibilities, his eyes roaming the nearby walls and telephone poles.

[Who would have thought that they would hide here? 】

"You go about your own business first, and I'll walk around by myself."

"Yes."

After the ninjas left, Genichiro Shin began to walk around the neighborhood with his hands behind his back, trying to find the location of the ghost by relying on the paper figures.

After all, no matter how soft-hearted a ghost is, he always has to eat.

Sure enough, as soon as he turned the corner, a shiny paper figure came to him, and Ichiro immediately chased it in the direction it flew from and came to a house.

With four points of spiritual vision, the farthest distance he can absorb paper figures has reached a full forty meters.

When Ichiro entered the door, he found that it was a woman covered in wounds, sitting in the corner with a child with bleeding forehead and closed eyes.

She clutched a pair of blood-stained scissors tightly in her hand, covered her mouth with the other hand and sobbed quietly, her curled legs trembling and twitching, apparently not recovering from the previous stimulation.

Not far from her, the corpse of a man who exuded a strong smell of alcohol fell in a pool of blood,

When she saw Genichiro coming in from outside, there was a hint of horror and despair in her eyes.

However, she didn't try to kill Ichiro because he was a child, but instead shrank back, looking like "my life is over".

[It's not a ghost.] 】

Ichiro immediately judged the signs in front of him, which should be a family drama that is very common in Japan - a drunken husband beats a child and is killed by his wife.

He wanted to leave, but suddenly remembered the experience of the Immortal River - and the mother who always protected their siblings, but was turned into a ghost in the end.

Looking at the unconscious child in the woman's arms, Koichiro threw out a pill and said lightly, "Give it to him." ”

Then he used the light of the electric light to go to a suitable angle and pull out a long shadow.

I saw that the blood-stained tatami mats and the corpse slowly sank into it as if they had entered a quagmire, and soon disappeared.

After doing all this, Ichiro left without saying a word.

Only this time, he was no longer surprised that he would do such a thing.

After walking around the neighborhood, he still couldn't find any trace of the ghost.

Then he suddenly remembered-

Yamada once told him, the woman who haunts the dock area and buys blood from fishermen and helpers will be Zhu Shi?

In this way, combined with the information leaked during Onimai Tsuji's miserable abuse, plus the chaotic people who were discovered by Zhu Shi before are also alive and well-

Maybe this ghost named Zhushi doesn't kill people.

All she had to do was drink blood.

In this way, naturally there will be no paper figures.

Combined with the blood demon magic that suddenly disappeared in front of the eyes of the Turbulent Wave before, and the fact that the ninja dog can still track the scent......

I'm afraid it's not going to disappear!

It's stealth!

Stringichiro's brain is spinning rapidly, and his vision is turned on unconsciously!

Then I saw that the place where the ninja dog had stagnated before, that is, the wall at the end of the T-junction, actually became transparent.

True Phantom Wall!

A fairly foreign house, sitting directly behind the phantom wall.

Above the door, there was a talisman with an eye on it.

That's where it all comes in.

[Found it.] 】

Ichiro was overjoyed.

This means that he will have a chance to learn more about Onimai Tsuji, after all, that guy has never hated a person (oni) so much.

This ghost named Zhushi must know something terrible, which makes the ancestor of this cowardly ghost hate each other so much.

However, thanks to these 4 points of vision.

Ichiro suddenly notices something strange.

It was in the pine tree behind this house that there was a crow standing -

He couldn't be sure if it was a normal crow or a ghost slayer at that time.

However, just in case, Koichiro skillfully summoned the Iron God Arm Bow and then shot arrows with the bow.

He didn't want the Ghost Slayer to know what he had to do with the ghosts.

Sure enough, he was still the same crumb, and he didn't even want to let go of an unidentified bird.

However, just before the arrow was fired, the sound of wings flapping sounded, and another crow landed on his arrow in such a bright light.

A pair of red eyes stared at him, full of puzzlement and doubt.

"Mr. Reeda?"

The crow spoke.

"What are you going to do to my wife?"