Chapter Ninety-Seven: Footsteps
Furuta waved his hand, the value of this faceling had been squeezed out, and it should have been killed, so it would be safer for Kiyosuke to kill, at least to ensure that it would not be copied.
"Furuda-kun, I think we should change the way we think about the investigation." Kiyosuke took out the terminal and handed the photo taken today to the two of them.
"What is this?" Furuta looked up at Seisuke suspiciously, and there was a photo of a private house on the terminal, and it didn't look like anything was wrong.
"I think we can change our mindset and try to dig out the enemies in the shadows, and the best way is to wait for them to be exposed."
Kiyosuke smiled slightly, retracted the terminal and explained: "I suspect that the people in this house have been replaced by facelings, and the goal was to investigate tonight, but was interrupted by Kobayashi-kun." ”
"I see." Furuta reached out and rubbed his chin and looked at Kiyosuke thoughtfully.
"Since the enemy is not fighting alone, but acting in an organized and planned manner, why don't we go with the flow?"
Kiyosuke nodded, although he prefers to fight head-on, but it is very inconvenient in the town, if he catches one and kills one like now, the ghost knows when he will be caught, it is better to hide himself in the shadows and wait quietly for the Faceless Man to come out.
This is actually the idea of a normal investigation, but Furuta and the others thought about the Facelings as ordinary difficult monsters, so they didn't think about it this way.
"What Kiyosuke-kun said makes sense, it seems that we need to adjust the battle plan." Furuta's eyes lit up, they had indeed fallen into a misunderstanding before, and they shouldn't treat Facelings as ordinary incidents.
Although there are many intelligent monsters, it is the first time that Furuta and others have encountered an opponent who has organized and purposeful operations, and the previous battle plan is obviously not very applicable.
After deciding on the plan, the three of them immediately returned to the conference room.
It was late at night, and all four teams had returned to their station.
After Furuta summoned everyone to the conference room, he immediately opened the enchantment, and the two onmyoji, such as Kobayashi-kun, were responsible for strengthening and opening multiple enchantments in case of accidents.
Now that he is ready to investigate according to the line of thought that Kiyosuke said, the first problem to be solved is to first eliminate possible spies in the team.
Gutian has not done this before, on the one hand, because the investigation work is not easy, and if there is a mistake, it may cause the situation to get out of control.
On the other hand, Furuta has also considered Kiyosuke's idea, if there is really a spy, then sooner or later the other party will show his feet, and he may be able to find the organization of the Faceless Man under the way.
The first problem has been solved, if there is indeed a gap, it is natural for Qingjiejun to make a move, and the second problem has also been found to be a better way to deal with it by changing the plan.
Therefore, after everyone entered the conference room, Gutian decisively opened the enchantment closure.
"Captain, what are you..."Some team members looked at Furuta with a serious face in surprise, not understanding what was happening.
After a short period of commotion, the crowd gradually calmed down.
Some of the nimble team members have already figured out what the captain means, and silently distanced themselves from others to prevent them from being attacked by possible enemies.
"Everyone, stand still and don't move." Furuta gave a very serious order.
At the sound of the order, all the team members stood in place, waiting for the next step.
Quiescence.
The pins drop in the meeting room can be heard.
Everyone remained upright and focused on the two captains.
"I can't see it at all." Furuta had a headache, and after glancing at Kanda, the other party obviously didn't notice anything wrong with the players.
Although some of the straight-minded team members still had doubts in their eyes, everyone's eyes looked very smart, and there was no sign of stiffness at all, and there were no facelings at all.
"Are we overly cautious?" Furuta pinched his eyebrows and decided to let Kiyosuke-kun try it, but he and Kanda-kun didn't see anything.
"Seisuke-kun." Furuta turned his head to look behind him.
Kiyosuke nodded knowingly, walked straight to the two of them, and closed his eyes in front of the teammates.
He had already discovered the flaw in the Faceling's copying, but Furuta and the others had no way to feel the power of nature, so they naturally couldn't tell the difference.
As soon as Kiyosuke's mind moved, the points of light in the depths of the 'god' flickered slightly, and then the power of nature floating in the air slowly unfolded in front of him.
Wave-like induction ripples through the small conference room like sonar.
"This is..."Kanda Tong Kong was shocked, he actually felt some kind of familiar aura from Kiyosuke,
If he guessed correctly, Kiyosuke-kun might have already given birth to the rudiments of the realm in his body, and as long as he pierced that thin film, he would immediately break through the title level.
As far as he knew, this teenager should be three months old before he was 16 years old, and if he was only C-level and had B-level combat power, although it was rare, there were still many geniuses who could do it.
For example, Furuta-kun beside him is not far behind, although he is not capable of fighting B-level, he can resist for a while.
"But, a 15-year-old title-level swordsman?" Kanda felt a little ridiculous, this was something that was simply unheard of, C-class and B-class were two concepts at all, one was still human, and the other was already close to non-human existence, and they couldn't be said to be the same at all.
While Kanda and the two were thinking, Kiyosuke finally discovered the Faceling hidden among the team.
"This faceling's ability to copy is truly rebellious, and if I hadn't been able to sense that he wasn't alive through the forces of nature, I am afraid I wouldn't have been able to detect him at all." There was a hint of surprise in Kiyosuke's eyes.
The Facelings hidden in the team were apparently stronger than the ones who were dissected in the basement.
"It's a pity that you met me." Kiyosuke sneered.
"Huh!"
Kiyosuke's figure flickered slightly, and the small conference room had no distance at all for him.
"Poof!" There was a muffled sound.
Except for Kanda, no one saw how Kiyosuke disappeared.
When the team members reacted, the arms of their teammates next to them had fallen to the ground, and the whole person was pinched by Kiyosuke's neck with one hand and hung high.
"Damn!
The team members next to the Facelings were stunned and were about to attack Kiyosuke with a loud yell, but they were stopped by the sharp-eyed team members beside him.
The faceling who was hung up by Seisuke, the original owner was a friend of this team member, and when he saw his friend's arms cut off, he was directly ignited by his always straight nature, and he didn't even notice that his 'friend's arms were cut off, and he didn't even shed a drop of blood.
Ignoring the team member, Kiyosuke turned his head to look behind him and said, "Furuta-kun, have you killed it?" ”
Furuta pondered for a moment, he had just dissected a Faceling, and it didn't make much sense to dissect another one, and now it was more important to reformulate the battle plan.
"I'm sorry for you, Seisuke-kun." Furuta nodded.
When Kiyosuke heard this, his palm was slightly forced, "Bang!" The Faceling didn't even have a word before he crushed it into two.
"I'm sorry, but I guess it's not your friend." Kiyosuke looked apologetic and explained to the team member next to him.
The sturdy-looking team member froze in place, staring blankly at the gradually mosaicing corpse on the ground, his lips trembling slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say a word.
Kiyosuke shook his head, Wakkanai's team has been here for so long, and they didn't have the experience to deal with it in the early days, and they fought separately, resulting in being copied and replaced, which is a scene that no one wants to see.
But at this point, there was nothing he could do.
Although he couldn't accept the result, the team member bowed down and apologized to Kiyosuke.
"I'm sorry, I was rude." His voice was a little dull, as if he was suppressing his emotions.
"This is the case." Kiyosuke bowed his head slightly.
After apologizing, Kiyosuke and Furuta glanced at each other, nodded and walked out of the conference room, now that the hidden danger of the facelings has been solved, the next step is to make a battle plan.
But he didn't plan to act with Furuta and the others, and he still had something to do tonight.
"Squeak~" Closing the door of the conference room, Kiyosuke strode downstairs, it's almost late at night, it's a good time to investigate, today was delayed by Kobayashi-kun, it's time to continue the unfinished I task.
After coming downstairs, Kiyosuke's figure flashed slightly, and the next moment he appeared in an alley in the distance.
At this time, it was already ten o'clock in the evening, and there were still many ordinary people walking on the road, so Kiyosuke bought a bottle of drink from the vending machine in the alley, put on his hat and walked slowly towards Sanada's house.
While passing by a small park, the conversation between several townspeople reaches Kiyosuke's ears.
"I heard that today Sakata and Nakamura's house were razed to the ground, and it is said that there was a fire explosion in Nakamura's house, and Sakata was killed along with him." The speaker's voice was hoarse, sounding like he had a throat injury.
"I saw the scene, it didn't look like a fire explosion at all, there were very few traces of flames." Someone retorted.
"yes, yes, that's right."
His words seemed to be the same as most people's thoughts, which caused several others to echo him.
If it was a fire and explosion, why no movement was heard in the town today, it doesn't make sense at all.
"Isn't it a fire, isn't it an earthquake?" The man who spoke first retorted.
The few people arguing were dumbfounded, they really had no way to explain the reason, but this matter was obviously not normal, obviously the entire house was burned down, but no one heard a single movement today.
After a moment of silence, someone spoke: "Recently, it seems that there is some unrest in the town. ”
The others nodded, and although it seemed calm, they could clearly feel that the 'atmosphere' in the town was different, and there was an oppressive feeling.
"It seems that ordinary people are not unaware." Kiyosuke shook his head and turned and entered another alley.
The alley where Sanada's house is located is quiet, and the houses in the neighborhood seem to be vacant, and almost no one passes by in the middle of the night, except for a few houses with lights on.
After making sure that there was no one around, Kiyosuke jumped lightly and jumped onto a tree directly opposite Sanada's house, hiding himself in the canopy.
"It seems like it's been too quiet." Kiyosuke frowned slightly, his eyes fixed on the house in front of him.
Sanada's house is an ordinary two-story house with a small yard in front of it, but it can be seen that the house is some years old, and the wall paint in some places has begun to peel off.
The courtyard was empty, and the lights in the house were almost on, but Kiyosuke didn't hear the voice of talking.
Apparently, there was no one in the room.
After hesitating for a moment, Kiyosuke decided to go into the room to investigate the situation, and he couldn't see anything while standing here.
"Rustling~" The leaves trembled slightly, and Kiyosuke's figure disappeared in a flash, landing on a corner in the backyard of Sanada's house.
After slightly releasing the 'god' to poke his vision to make sure that there was no surveillance, Kiyosuke followed the corner of the shadow and climbed into the first floor of the house.
Most of the lights on the first floor were on, but no sound came, and it seemed that no one was at home at all.
"There's weirdness." Kiyosuke squinted, this room is nothing special, there is neither monitoring, nor the breath of special powers, it seems... And no one is there.
The wooden house was almost soundproof, and he was now on the ground floor, and if there were people upstairs, it would not have been possible to make no sound at all, especially in such an extremely quiet environment as it was now.
After flipping upstairs, it did prove his conjecture.
"Sure enough, there was no one in this house at all." Kiyosuke frowned slightly, although he had stepped on it today, he shouldn't have exposed his vision.
After thinking for a moment, Kiyosuke decided to continue waiting in this room, and if no one showed up by tomorrow, then he would have to change his target.
After inspecting the house, Kiyosuke climbed into the attic through the window on the roof.
The attic floor is covered with even dust, and the hanging ladder under the entrance is also full of dust, and it looks like no one has come up for a long time, so Kiyosuke chose to continue lurking here, the wooden house has basically no sound insulation, and as long as someone enters the yard, he can feel it.
After hiding his figure, Kiyosuke closed his eyes and began to meditate.
"There are less than ten days left before the Sword Valley Enlightenment, and the agreement with Toms is less than a month." Kiyosuke thought silently in his heart, he couldn't afford to delay this faceling for too long, after all, he also had his own things to do.
"And... Senpai..."Seisuke opened his eyes, and a hint of complexity flashed in his eyes.
When the agreement between him and Toms is completed, he will go back to Tokyo, but he has not yet figured out how to face his senpai.
Although the senior sister didn't speak at that time, Kiyosuke had a faint premonition in his heart, and he felt that he seemed to know what the senior sister wanted to say, so he had a headache about how to respond to the senior sister.
Time passed slowly in Kiyosuke's thoughts, and two hours passed in a flash.
"Squeak~" Kiyosuke's ears moved, he heard the door open, and it was obvious that someone had entered the courtyard.
"Click, click." Regular footsteps slowly walked towards the house from the courtyard gate, and the footsteps were heavy and light, as if they were not the same person's footsteps.
"Two people? It seems that it should be Sanada and his 'child'. A thought flashed through Kiyosuke's mind.
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