Nagasaki, near the Hamahama Beach.

This is one of Nagasaki's famous beaches in Kamigoto, where you can enjoy a picturesque view of the emerald sea and white beaches. The beach has beach lounges and shower facilities.

Because the time is warm, the beach has already begun to be visited by tourists.

However, today is a weekday and there are not many people at the beach.

Makenyu Yuuki, who recently assisted in the removal of spirits in Nagasaki, finally finished his work and came here to rest with his squad leader, Tomo Masao.

According to Yuuki's temperament, he doesn't have much interest in playing on the beach. When I saw the blue water, my first reaction was itchy hands, and I felt uncomfortable if I didn't fish.

The real fishing veteran, even if he crosses the Santu River after death, he has to throw two rods.

So Yuuki simply bought a set of fishing gear and rented a small yacht to go out fishing.

He wore a floral shirt, big pants, and sunglasses, and drove the yacht out to sea in high spirits.

The weather is sunny today and the sea is open.

The yacht is fast, riding the wind and waves, the salty and wet sea breeze blows in the face, and the blue and white waves are churning around the boat.

While driving the boat, Yuki spoke to Xiao Pingtou: "O Nagatomo, has the report of this operation been written?" ”

"It's already written."

"Oh, so how much is written about the reimbursement of the battle?"

"Only Mr. Yuuki has a reimbursement for the Exorcism Silver Bullet, I didn't write it."

"How can you not write it? There will always be wear and tear, your hammer always needs to be maintained, right? It also costs money. Yuuki's sunglasses slipped off the bridge of his nose for a few minutes, "Also, remember, if anyone asks, my reimbursement for this bullet is about 80." ”

"Ah...... Ah......h

Changyou stood up.

Mr. Yuuki participated in the operation this time, did he fire so many shots?

"Don't be so rigid. The organization is kind enough to let us stay up late and work overtime, and we have to be kind enough to get a little wool back from the organization. Ahem, everyone is like that. That's it, I'll give you forty percent of the extra subsidy, and those who see it have a share, although it doesn't seem to be a lot, remember to take it to maintain your hammer. I remember an old Chinese saying that if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. ”

"Oh......"

The man with a small flat head is as square as his head.

He's really not used to doing this kind of deception, but it's not good to go against Mr. Yuuki's intentions.

"The captain is like this, just get used to it." Namotomo came out from behind him and said in a voice that only he could hear.

Xiao Pingtou didn't know how to respond to the spirit behind him, so he heard Yuki in front of him say to him: "Changyou, is your face not very good?" ”

"That...... I can't swim. ”

Nagatomo Masao can't swim, and the speed at which Yuuki Shinkenyu drove the boat was really a bit ridiculously fast, so he couldn't help but be a little frightened.

"It's okay, it's okay, I'll catch you if I really fall. You have to learn this from that kid in Kamiya, the last time I took him out to sea, I drove much faster than this, and he didn't even frown. Yuki said as he turned the throttle harder.

When he reached the open, uninhabited sea, he finally stopped, and soon began to fiddle with his fishing gear.

A rip woman in a trench coat and a mask appeared from the side and skillfully strung bait for him.

After stopping the boat, Xiao Pingtou breathed a sigh of relief and got up to look.

The warm sunlight shines through the thin clouds and reflects on the azure sea. The sea breeze blows on the cheeks with a surging salty taste, and the temperature is not sultry, so it is fresh and comfortable.

A few seagulls soared above, the sea in the distance was calm, the bow of the ship gently swayed up and down with the waves, as if the whole ocean was showing its calm and serenity, and the gray buildings on the shore in the distance were faintly visible.

The water and the sky are connected.

The sea is wide and the fish jumps, and the artistic conception of the sky is high and the birds fly is probably like this.

"Changyou." Yuuki sat on the bow of the boat, threw out a rod, and began to speak again, "You and your cute little girlfriend are called Sayuri Ishino, right?" How are you getting along? This mission is one after another, you haven't seen each other in a long time, right? ”

"It's good, it's good."

"Really? We can go back to Tokyo tomorrow, and you should be happy to meet that kid right away, right? By the way, Ishino should have graduated too, which university did she go to? ”

"Ochanomizu University."

"Oh? That's pretty good. Alas, that kid from Kamiya should learn from you. His affair with the Onizuka Shrine of Juqiong Shrine is really going to kill me. When will these two people be able to ...... Speaking of which, there are many people in the countermeasures room, waiting for them to confirm their relationship. ”

"Hmmm......"

Nagayou didn't know how to answer.

In fact, when he first saw Yuuki Shinkenyu, Xiao Pingtou thought that he would be a very serious person.

But when you actually get along, you will find that this is not the case at all.

What did Mr. Yuuki say......

When I work, I am really vigorous and resolute, but once I am free, I actually seem a little noisy, and I love to gossip, like a chattering Ojisan next door.

Such as Kamiya-kun's gossip, as well as a lot of melons in the countermeasure room, Nagatomo heard it all from Uncle Yuuki.

In the past, Xiao Pingtou felt that Kamiya-kun was like a person standing in the clouds, he could only watch from a distance and could not get close.

But after being forced to eat so many melons, this impression is inevitably disillusioned.

Kamiyagawa falls off the altar!

It's not too bad, though. After learning more, both Mr. Yuuki and Kamiya-kun have become vivid and living people around them. Let Changyou really feel that everyone is the same, living in the world, they all have to eat, drink, and sleep.

That's what makes a human being.

After that, the two stopped talking, and Yuuki began to concentrate on fishing.

His rod soon moved.

The buoy sinks underground, and the carbon material boat fishing rod bends down, with an obvious sense of sinking and pulling.

Yuuki has a lot of experience in fishing, and if you're lucky, it's definitely a big catch.

The rod was pulled up, and a huge marlin jumped out of the water, and the surface of the fish's skin, which was as thick as leather, emitted a dazzling white light in the sunlight!

Marlin is a fierce carnivorous fish, with an elongated and flattened body, strong and powerful, a high head that tapered backwards, and a strong tail peduncle.

In "The Old Man and the Sea", the old man of Santiago caught this kind of fish.

"Here, big guy!"

Marlin hooked up, quickly dived back into the sea, and began to dive with a strong pull on the rod. The explosive force of terror even began to drag a small yacht.

Yuuki excitedly pressed one foot against the edge of the boat, held the rod in both hands, and began to boil the fish.

Fishing is a process of fighting wits and courage, and this is especially true when fishing for big fish in the sea, you have to drive the boat to turn the fish over until the prey is exhausted, and then you can really pull the fish onto the boat.

This is also an important part of the fun of sea fishing.

"Changyou, go and rudder! Play the way I said! ”

"Oh...... Oh! ”

On the surface of the sea, the battle between man and fish lasted for nearly half an hour.

It's just that Nagatomo, who helped with the rudder, looked exhausted under Yuuki's command, and so did the marlin underwater, whose strength to resist the struggle was significantly weakened, and he was once again pulled out of the sea by Yuuki.

"Changyou, let's get it up and knock it with a fishing stick!"

"Ah......?"

Xiao Pingtou was stunned, the marlin was unusually huge, probably two meters long, and the maxilla protruded forward like a spear head.

Can this thing be knocked out with a fishing stick?

"I think the captain should be referring to your hammer when he says fishing stick." The spirit behind Changyou was also a little eager to try at this time and give advice.

However, is it a bit ...... that the weapon used to remove the spirit is used for fishing?

As Nagaso hesitated, he clearly saw that Mr. Yuuki switched from holding the rod in both hands to one hand, and the free hand touched his waist, and took out his Smith & Wesson revolver and aimed it at the water.

Bang!

On the vast sea, where there were no other ships, a gunshot rang out.

Splashing water.

The marlin flipped its belly and floated up......

Masao Nagatomo: ???

Wait?

Is this okay?

"Changyou, hurry up, let's get the fish!" Yuki hurriedly greeted the long friend who was still confused.

Xiao Pingtou hurriedly stepped forward, and even the rift girl began to help.

As far as the formation is concerned, the fun has already been enjoyed anyway, and the small crack is not considered cheating.

……

Yuuki began to measure the big catch of this sea fishing.

Counting Marin's long snout, it is a full 2 meters long and weighs 60 kilograms!

There's nothing in this world like this solid and heavy catch that makes a fishing veteran happy.

After cleaning up the marlin that had been shot in the head, Yuuki was still admiring it, when his mobile phone suddenly rang.

It's a coincidence.

It was a call from Kamiyagawa.

"Uncle, are you going back to Tokyo tomorrow?"

Kamiya probably had just been to the countermeasure room, and he already knew that Yuuki would be able to return to Tokyo tomorrow.

"yes, yes. How do you know I've just caught a big fish? Yuuki happily replied to him.

"Huh? What did you say? ”

"Yes, yes, it's a marlin, 2 meters long!"

“……”

"Oh, how much do you ask? It's okay, it's okay, it's only 60 kilograms. ”

"I'm hanging up like this."

"Alas, you kid is really incomprehensible, no wonder you can't get a girlfriend......"

Both—

Kamiya really hung up the phone on the other end.

But as soon as the call ended, Yuuki's cell phone rang again.

He said in his heart that this kid Kamiya still has a bit of a conscience, but at first glance, it seems that the caller ID is not from Kamiya, but the clerk in charge of contact in the countermeasure room.

Originally, at this time, no matter who called, Yuuki would have to show off his harvest of sea fishing, but this call alone made him not interested.

When the contact person at the countermeasures office called, it was clear that there was another trouble.

Sure enough, after answering the phone, Yuuki True Kenyu's expression changed completely, he patted the little flat head beside him, and the original joy became more restrained:

"Changyou, your wish to go back to see your girlfriend tomorrow may be disappointed. Here in Nagasaki, there was another trouble that asked us to help. ”

……

Nagasaki Prefecture is located at the southernmost tip of Japan and the westernmost part of Kyushu Island, and is composed of peninsulas, headlands, bays, and lakes.

Yuuki was entrusted with the place they were tasked to go to on Tsushima Island, a small village hidden in the mountains of Mt. Ebondake.

It is located in a remote area, and it is sparsely populated, so it is called Jixiangsu.

The buildings along the streets of the town are all quaint dark brown eaves, but it has a very rural atmosphere.

What's happening here recently is very weird.

In such an extremely remote and small place, if something extremely strange does not happen, it will not alarm Yuuki Makenyu, who is directly under the headquarters of the countermeasure room.

According to the contact person's account on the phone, someone has become a tree on the side of Jixiangsu.

And it's not just one person, there are dozens of cases in a short period of time, maybe even more.

How did the specific person become a tree, and the contact person couldn't understand it on the phone, but this is how it was reported in Tsushima City, and the specific situation had to be checked by Yuki to find out.

Jixiang stay.

Yuuki came here with Nagatomo, and it was already dusk.

There aren't a few police officers in the area, but the one in charge of picking up Yuki and the others is a veteran police officer sent from Tsushima City, and he knows the situation in the countermeasure room.

The police officer at the head is surnamed Hanai.

The surname is nice, but Officer Hanai's appearance is not flattering. In his forties, his figure is seriously out of shape, and his belly is so obvious that he has some buttons on his uniform shirt.

"Mr. Yuuki, thank you for coming."

Officer Hanai saw the big man sent down from above, and after confirming the documents, he immediately bowed and shook hands.

"It's all part of the story. Listening to the above, your affairs here are a bit serious? ”

"Yes, it's a bit serious."

As soon as I said this, Hanai felt a headache. He has been a police officer for more than 20 years, and he is also a high-level person in Tsushima City, and he knows a little bit about it through his position. But what happened here like Xiangjisu is too paradoxical, and it's really unheard of.

"There are dozens of people killed, so why did they report to the countermeasures room at such an extent?"

"No, Mr. Yuuki. It happened so quickly, it seemed like it happened overnight, and by the time I realized it, it was already like this. And according to the worst estimates, it may be that the situation of Kojisu continues to deteriorate now. ”

"Got it."

In the case of Tsushima Kazukujuku's "people turning into trees", the countermeasures room has already reacted and completely blocked information on the Internet.

At present, the police force of Tsushima City, and even Iki City, have been deployed around the area, and the lockdown is implemented, and people are no longer allowed to enter or leave.

In addition, the number of official soul slayers in the entire Tsushima Island is pitifully small, and all of them have been dispatched at present.

Outside the entrance to the main street of Jixiangju.

Dusk is coming to an end, a dead air, the afterglow of the setting sun illuminates the streets orange, the lake is a lake, and there is no half of a figure in sight.

A barricade has been erected at the entrance, and several police cars are blocking it.

When Yuki and his party arrived, they were surrounded by several local official soul slayers.

It may be that there are no elite soul slayers on Tsushima Island, and these people seem to be at the disposal of Officer Hanai. At the suggestion of Hua Jing, the spirit masters talked about the situation in Jixiangsu.

"Slow down, let's talk about them one by one." When Yuki entered the working state, he was very leader-like, and his every move was also very convincing, "First of all, answer me, after what happened to Jixiangjuku, have any of you ever been inside?" ”

"Yes, Mr. Yuuki. Tezuka, Uemura, and I went in. ”

Among the soul casters, there was a lady who looked to be in her 30s and stood a little forward.