Tokyo.

An office in the Special Investigation Countermeasures Room.

Papers are cluttered on the desk, and the ashtray in the corner of the desk is full of cigarette butts.

"The general situation is not easy to explain orally, I have a copy of the specific information here, you can take it and take it back, or take it back directly, if your master wants to know about the situation of those living people who have returned from another world, you can help convey it."

Yuuki pulled a file bag from the table.

The rift girl, who was wearing a mask, but her cheeks were a little crimson for some reason, and her eyes were always glued to Uncle Yuuki's body, poured a cup of hot tea and placed it in front of Kamiyagawa.

"Thank you, sister-in-law."

"Uhh

The slit woman's mask bulged slightly, and the tip of her slippery tongue protruded from it.

She must have liked what Kamiya called her.

See.

The female weird talk that became a Shikigami is so easy to dismiss.

Kamiya knows this.

Today, Kamiyagawa came to the special search countermeasure room, and he received a notice from Uncle Yuuki that he was handed over for the follow-up situation of the "Ruzuki Station Returning Incident".

And it has been a week since the return of the living.

The official organization has now almost recovered from its initial unparalleled shock.

"It's really you, making such a big move. I was originally on vacation in Hokkaido, but I ended my vacation early and flew to Tokyo because of your business."

"It can't be regarded as a move made by me, it's mainly my master, I just did a little bit of simple communication work. And I'm doing a good deed."

Kamiyagawa took a sip of the hot tea in the disposable paper cup without hurry, picked up the file that Yuki pulled out and looked through it.

The documents and information in the archives show that—

A week ago and now, members of the Special Investigation and Countermeasures Office have found many survivors who have returned from the inner world near the platforms of various subway stations and tram stops.

The Ruyue train is supposed to have taken those people back to where they first boarded.

All of them are in the "hidden" situation.

No relevant identity records can be found, as if they were superfluous people who appeared in this world out of thin air.

After confirming this, Kamiyagawa still sympathized with Nagatomo Masao.

In the same vein as the "Spectator" folk tale that Onizuka told earlier, even if Nagatomo returns to reality, his mom and girlfriend Sayuri Ishino will not remember who he is.

"Then Uncle Yuuki, how are you going to settle these people next? They have no identity and no past, and how to return to society is a big problem. Or are you not going to put them back into society?"

"There are some resettlement plans on file. And what do you mean not to put it back? What do you think we can do with them? Do you do a slicing study?"

"I haven't found it yet."

"Anyway, we've re-identified these people. Most of them need to return to society in a step-by-step manner, but they need to contact our people regularly and come for regular check-ups. There are also some people who no longer have basic sanity, and they may have to spend the rest of their lives in special welfare homes in the future."

"Oh." ….

Kamiya responded, pulling out a resettlement plan from the file, and the situation on it was similar to what Uncle Yuuki said.

Survivors are required to leave special records, regularly contact the Special Investigation Countermeasures Office, and cooperate with physical examinations from time to time to report various physical data.

In this way, if these people return to society, their personal freedom will be limited to a certain extent.

But this is probably something that can't be helped.

After all, they used their flesh and blood to walk through the inner world.

"Most people go back to society in a step-by-step manner, but what about the few? I see that there is an annex to the list of special personnel in this plan."

Kamiyagawa's gaze stayed on the information at hand, the empty hand,

Gently rub your fingertips against the leather armrests of the seat below.

"These people are the focus of attention, and their experiences in that world are unique in their own ways - boy, can I smoke?"

"Whatever you want, but it's better to smoke less, and it's a waste of life." Kamiyagawa shrugged, "What about the key object?"

On that special list, there is the name of Masao Nagatomo.

Syllable.

The silver casing of the zippo lighter opened, and the sound was crisp, spewing out a faint blue flame.

Yuuki Shinkenyu lit a cigarette for himself:

"The organization's meaning is to recruit them into the special search countermeasures room to do some clerical work, but they really can't work, they can just look at printers and pour tea—"

"In short, it will be much more convenient to enter the organization, whether it is follow-up contact, observation and inspection. There is a precedent for this kind of thing, and there are a few staff members in the countermeasures room who are not involved in armed operations, and who are themselves involved in some special ghost collision incidents."

"It seems that this kind of thing is not difficult for you at all."

"It's us. Even if you're still a supernumerary, you're still part of the Special Search Countermeasures Room. You don't know how much the upper echelons want to get you in right now."

"Okay, okay, we."

Uncle Yuuki leaned back in his office chair slightly decadently and spat out a smoke ring:

"You said before that there are 148 people sent out by your master from the inner world, right?"

"Well, there are a few strange people who obey my drive, and they helped my master save people, and the number of people they reported to me."

"If you can drive away the strange visits of non-Shishiki gods, you kid can really always give me some new tricks - let's get down to business, it's also recorded in the information. This week, our people found only 102 survivors. In addition, it is still in the sea of trees in Aokigahara...... More than two dozen unidentified hanged people were also found. It can be confirmed that all of them were suicides, and the time of death was within a week."

"What do you mean......?"

Kamiyagawa responded, and at the same time took out a few photocopied photos from the file bag.

The image above is a hanged corpse. They all hung on rows of ropes, like cured meat being dried.

This scene is somewhat similar to the strange talk rope that Kamiya had retreated from before.

Perhaps, the strange rope itself is the aggregate product of the resentment of several hanged people in the sea of trees in Aokigahara.

In addition, a suicide note written on white paper was also taken in the photo -

[The world has forgotten me.] Without an identity, without a past, what is the meaning of my existence? What am I coming back for? But...... At the very least, in this world, I can die a dignified death, and I won't become a disgusting monster after death. ]….

Kamiyagawa: ......

Yuuki Makenyu took a heavy puff of his cigarette:

"Boy, we save people by removing spirits, but many times, you can't save everyone, and many times, the ending is not perfect...... At the end of the day, we're just poor creatures who fight with our lives, you have to get used to it. You've done a great job."

"I know."

Kamiyagawa put down the copy of the photo in his hand.

"Oh, by the way, about your master, is he still reluctant to contact us directly?" Yuuki consciously changed the subject.

"Hmm."

"Okay then." Yuuki didn't dwell on this, "Tell him for the organization, and we pay him our highest respect."

The official organization has experience dealing with powerful neutral ghosts and gods, and most of them are not so easy to get along with.

It's all good if it's weird.

Actually, Kamiyagawa's inheritance of ghosts and gods, although it was brought up by Uncle Yuuki, he didn't fully believe it at first.

But now that the "Ruyue Station Returning Incident" has come out, there are so many witnesses who have confirmed the true existence of the powerful "Thor-sama".

Yuki didn't believe it, but he had to believe it.

And through this incident, it is basically possible to confirm that "Thor-sama

The attitude towards humanity is neutral and friendly.

With this endorsement, Kamiyagawa's identity as a "ghost and god disciple" in the organization will naturally rise.

At the mention of Kamiyagawa's mysterious master, Uncle Yuuki thought of another question: "By the way, is your master really Thor?"

"I don't know, maybe you call him that, and he just answered. Or, he does have some authority as the God of Thunder, but he is not the legendary God of Thunder."

Kamiya replied like a stream.

The events in Aokihara gave him a further understanding of the strange tales with the characteristics of gods.

Shan Yan, Mountain Grandmother, and King Pig Bamboo can all have the characteristics of the mountain god, so his vest claims to carry the characteristics of the god of thunder, isn't it too much?

"Perhaps. If you, an apprentice, can't say anything for sure, I won't dare to make any conclusions."

Yuuki Makenyu flicked the cigarette ash in the ashtray full of cigarette butts:

"Also, in the past few days, writing a written report on the matter of rescuing the living in the trapped world can appropriately increase your own role in the incident, and I will help you apply for a bonus from above. I know you like this."

"Is it much? I've been thinking about changing houses lately, and I need a lot of money."

「…… Do what I can."

……

Things were about the same, and Kamiyagawa got up with the file bag to leave.

Uncle Yuuki also stood up to see him off.

"By the way, boy. I've asked this question many times, but don't you really think about joining the Special Investigation Countermeasures Room? What about being my official assistant? With your abilities, this position will be yours after I retire. Can you get more money?"

"Besides, I'm fine now. And even if I'm a supernumerary, I'm sure I've made a lot of contributions to the Special Investigation Countermeasures Room."

"That's right. But ......"

"It's you, uncle. I've always wondered how other senior leaders in the organization have regular deputies, so why do you always act alone?" ….

"Shhh...... You asked me about this, I guess I haven't met any suitable people."

The two of them spoke like this and walked to the door of the office.

As soon as he pushed the door open, Kamiyagawa saw an acquaintance standing outside, it was Nagatomo Masao.

After Xiao Pingtou left the inner world, Kamiya talked to him on the phone several times.

However, this is the first time that the latter has been being questioned and examined in the countermeasures room.

"Kamiya-kun? Why are you here?"

Xiao Pingtou was far more surprised to see Kamiya walking out of the office than Kamiya to see him.

"Ah, I'm going to talk to Uncle Yuuki about something—how are you feeling these days?"

"I—I'm fine. Well, I'm here to find Mr. Yuuki...... Gen-la Kanazawa said, "I'll be in charge of my business......

Xiao Pingtou scratched the back of his head and carefully glanced at Yuuki Shinkenyu behind the Divine Valley.

"Oh, let's talk, I'm going downstairs to practice shooting. In a few days, you'll be freer and we'll be together."

Kamiyagawa smiled, holding the file bag and walking out of the hallway.

Along the way, several staff members of the countermeasure room subconsciously stopped and nodded hello to him.

For this ghost and god disciple who has repeatedly performed miraculous feats, no one dares to take it lightly.

……

in the office.

Yuuki sat down in his office chair again, reached out and pulled a file from the table to check it out:

"I know you, Nagatomo Masao, a friend of that kid in Kamiya. In this incident, he contacted his Thor Master, mainly to save you. Sit down, do you want tea? Uh, I'll pour it for you?"

Although he also sat on the opposite side of the desk, Changyou couldn't enjoy the treatment of a rip girl making tea.

Even he couldn't fully see the famous urban weird, but he had a vague feeling.

Feel this office

Something strange was present in the room.

"Ahh......h Nope."

Xiao Pingtou sat down nervously.

What I thought to myself was that although I always knew that Kamiya-kun was very powerful, I didn't expect him to be so powerful!

Not only can you come and go freely in such a special official place, but you can also talk and laugh with the big people here.

Moreover, Mr. Yuuki said that Kamiya-kun contacted Thor-sama mainly to save me......

If it weren't for the inappropriate timing of the occasion now, Changyou would have been moved to tears by the macho man.

"Tell me, what's the matter with me?"

"Well, Mr. Yuuki, I heard from Master Kanazawa that the Special Investigation and Countermeasures Office intends to make me a staff member here."

"Yes, there is such a plan, but it needs to be further evaluated. Don't want to? But your experience in that world is a bit special, and it's hard to disconnect from the strategy room in the future."

"No, it's not. I just wanted to ask, can I not be a clerk, but a ...... A soul slayer?" Changyou made it clear what he meant.

"Oh?" Yuuki shrugged his eyebrows in surprise, "Why?"

"If anything, I want to be like Kamiya-kun."

"Same as that kid? It's good to have this ambition, but don't compare yourself to that kid. I don't dare to compare with him now, huh...... He's hard to evaluate." ….

Uncle Yuuki said this, but there was a strange pride in his tone.

Then he began to flip through the file of the eldest friend in his hand.

Of course, this information Yuki has actually been read many times.

"Kanazawa told me that you may have a special physique, and it is easy to attract strange talk. What happened to you in the inner world was also very strange, you accepted a living soul, and you even picked up a strange weapon, right?"

"Uh-huh, yes."

"Because of the special encounter, you now have the strength to retreat from F-class weird stories, and you can even benchmark some D-class weird stories. It has a lot to do with the living soul that is entangled in your body, right? After observing and studying these days, the living soul in your body should not have malicious intent, but he was definitely not an ordinary person when he was alive. It's a pity that only you, the host, can hear what he says, can you know his identity now?"

"Still don't know, he only said that he used to be a folk soul slayer."

"Hmm...... In fact, you do have the qualifications to become a soul slayer now. However, being a clerk is much safer than being a soul slayer, have you really thought about it?"

"I've thought about it."

Xiao Pingtou replied very earnestly, but Uncle Cheng did not respond quickly.

There was silence in the office for a while.

Syllable.

The zippo lighter spews out a faint blue flame.

Yuuki Shinkenyu suddenly lit a cigarette silently and took a deep breath.

He narrowed his eyes, and in a blur of smoke, he saw a white humanoid figure coiling out behind Nagatomo Masao.

Looking at the living soul, Yuuki seemed to think of something, but it was as if he didn't think of anything.

After half a ring, he snuffed out the cigarette.

"Okay, your application, I'll react to the above."

……

Masao Nagatomo left Yuuki's office and breathed a sigh of relief at the door.

"That Mr. Yuuki doesn't have much of a fight, but it's really stressful to talk to him, and Kamiya-kun is really good at being able to laugh and talk to him."

As soon as he thought this, he heard a familiar whisper in his ears:

"He'll make you a soul exorcist!" The captain likes you, I can see it."

"Is that so?" Nagatomo was already proficient in communicating with the whisper in his ear that only he could hear, "But why don't you just tell that Mr. Yuuki? Say you used to be his ......."

"Because it doesn't make sense, Namoto! I'm dead, and no one here remembers me, not even my own past. Do you want to see me crying and begging them to remember me? My story is over, and you

Now that you're willing to become a soul exorcist, your story has just begun."

Thirteen Humility