The sudden Tokyo earthquake subsided, and after the tremor subsided, Kamiya and Onizuka were separated.

The little witch went to the countermeasures room first to learn more about the situation.

Kamiya, on the other hand, went straight to Ocha.

When the earthquake struck, he contacted his family and apprentices separately.

There was nothing wrong with the house on the Arakawa side, the earthquake only affected the water supply in the house, and the house was intact.

But the situation on the side of Kanoya made Kamiya unexpected-

His apprentice was lost.

Not only could the phone call not get through, but even the little old man's body lost contact with No. 3, who followed Xiaolu, at the moment of the earthquake.

According to the little old man's feelings, the doppelganger No. 3 has not died, and there is still a little sense with the body, but it is very weak.

It's not even possible to tell where the doppelganger is now.

And the little old man's outer body was originally one with him, similar to the consciousness of a beehive or a swarm.

Now that contact has been suddenly lost, if 3 is really alive, then it is likely that he will now exist independently of the parent body.

It's hard to imagine why such a thing could happen.

Before, even if the little old man's body and clone were in the two worlds of the outside and the inside, they would not be disconnected.

At present, the little old man is trying to use that little sense to contact his doppelganger, but he has not made good progress.

Ocha.

When Kamiyagawa came here, no one from the Metropolitan Police Department or the Fire Department had yet arrived.

Students in the school are being evacuated towards the off-campus that has stabilized.

Kamiya showed his countermeasures room ID to the security room, and as a member of the Metropolitan Police Department, he didn't say any nonsense and entered the campus without any hindrance.

He quickly found Kanoya's homeroom teacher, Ms. Ikuta, at the school.

She was a woman in her forties who looked a little stern.

The moment Ms. Ikuta saw Kamiya, a look of guilt appeared on her originally anxious face.

"Mr. Kamiya......"

Ms. Ikuta's tone of voice was a little weak, and she knew Kamiya.

As Shikanoya's guardian in Tokyo, Kamiya met the lady once.

The guardians of the other students are all elders of their parents, but Shikanoya is the "elder brother" who seems to be a college student, so Ms. Ikuta is quite impressed.

And because Kamiya and Kanoya have different surnames, this lady previously understood the relationship between the two as cousins.

"Where's Yukino?"

"Shikanoya she...... I'm really sorry, Kanoya-san, it seems that he has been crushed under the gymnasium, and we have contacted the fire department, and the rescue personnel will be there soon. ”

Ms. Ikuta is still ashamed, although it is a "natural disaster", but the student has a problem at school, and as a class teacher, she naturally has to take responsibility.

Kamiya didn't even reply, raised his hand to greet the little old man who was following him, turned his head and ran towards the school gymnasium.

At the same time, he also ignored the anxious shouts of Ms. Ikuta behind him-

"Mr. Kamiya! It's dangerous over there! ”

……

The area of the gymnasium in Ocha is not small.

When Kamiya arrived here, all he saw was ruins.

The earthquake that has just occurred should not exceed a magnitude of five. The epicenter appears to be in Bunkyo Ward, and it has affected all 23 wards of Tokyo.

Only a small number of people were injured and missing, and a very small number of houses were damaged.

It has also affected the water supply and power supply in some areas.

Japanese law has very strict requirements for the safety of buildings such as earthquake resistance, and the Building Standards Act stipulates that new buildings must have the seismic strength not to collapse in an earthquake that occurs once in 100 years and not to be damaged in an earthquake that occurs once in decades.

In order to obtain permission to start construction in Japan, a building seismic report must be submitted. School buildings are even stricter, and their earthquake reports are often three to four hundred pages thick.

The gymnasium in Ocha is designed as a seismic isolation structure, which is to add a frictional sliding load-bearing seat between the ground and the building, and when an earthquake occurs, the shaking ground is separated to reduce the vibration intensity, just like adding a large spring under the house.

It is unbelievable that an earthquake of that magnitude just now could collapse such a building.

Kamiya glanced at the little old man at his feet, who immediately burrowed into the ruins of the gymnasium and began to search.

Kamiyagawa himself also narrowed his eyes and looked around, and he saw some "black gas" that would only remain after the strange talk was infested.

There have been strange stories here, and the earthquake just now definitely involved supernatural powers.

If you think about it this way, it is understandable that a stadium with a shock-free structure would collapse.

In the process of the little old man's search for the traces of the deer house, a girl wearing a sailor suit with tears on her face stumbled from behind.

It's a friend of the fawn, Akido Naohiro.

Before the gymnasium collapsed, Shikanoya pushed her out of the gate, so Akimichi only suffered a little bruising.

Then the building began to collapse, and the girl had no choice but to get up and run away.

Shikanoya's life and death are unknown, and Akimichi is extremely guilty, and she learns that Shikanoya's classmate's brother has come to the school, and he has already left the campus and turned back.

Seeing Kamiya, the girl just clasped her hands in front of her chest and cried vigorously, and it took a long time to say a complete sentence:

Kanoya-san...... Kanoya-san, who was crushed below to save me...... Woowoo woo ......"

"Yukino was with you before?"

"Well, together." The girl was still sobbing.

"And what do you see?"

"See...... See...... The floor at the entrance to the gymnasium cracked a large crack, and then ...... Kanoya-san, she just fell, wow! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Woo-woo-"

“……”

Kamiyagawa struggled to keep his composure and asked Akimichi a few more questions.

But this girl is already facing a breakdown now, crying and crying over and over again, and all she can say is just a few words.

The only thing that can be known is that after the earthquake, the fawn fell into a huge crack that suddenly appeared on the floor.

Kamiyagawa didn't ask anything more, and he really couldn't distract himself from appeasing the strange girl, just refocusing his attention on the ruins in front of him.

Later, Ms. Ikuta came and tried to persuade the two to leave.

The earthquake has just subsided, and I don't know if there will be aftershocks, and if they do, it is dangerous to stay in the rubble.

But Kamiya didn't listen to the persuasion, and once again showed his ID in the countermeasure room, saying that he was a member of the Metropolitan Police Department and wanted to stay here to cooperate with the follow-up rescuers.

Ikuta-sensei had no choice but to leave with Akido Naxun first.

After the two men left, rescuers finally arrived.

The leader is from the countermeasure room, and Kamiya looks a little familiar with that person, and he has seen it before in the Dream Man operation, and it seems that his surname is Yucheng.

The scene was chaotic and noisy for a while.

At Mr. Tamaki's instructions, no one disturbed or tried to persuade Kamiya to leave.

After another ten minutes or so, the little old man's work was completed and he came out of the ruins, and he searched all the corners of the ruins, inside and out.

"How's it going?"

"Woo woo woo."

The little old man shook his head and said that he had not found the deer house.

As a result, Kamiya was actually mentally prepared, because he didn't feel the presence of the fawn's breath outside.

The scout's careful search only confirmed this thoroughly.

The little apprentice was not under the ruins, and she was gone.

It's very bizarre gone.

According to Akido Nahiro, the fawn should be here. The girl, though emotional, didn't seem to be lying.

For a moment, Kamiya had a guess in his heart.

Akimichi said that the fawn fell into a crack in the ground that suddenly appeared during the earthquake, and it is now almost certain that the power of the gymnasium in the collapsed Ocha is related to the strange story.

The fawn should not be affected by some strange talk and then fall into the inner world, right?

But this idea was quickly rejected.

The teachers and classmates in the school still remember the fawn, which does not conform to the law of the gods.

"Where the hell is Yukino? She also ......"

No, she must still be alive.

Kamiya comforted himself in his heart and forced himself to calm down.

The fawn didn't know what had happened to her, and she didn't know where she had gone.

But judging from the current situation, it is likely that the third doppelganger of the little old man is still with her.

Otherwise, there is no way to explain why the doppelganger suddenly disconnected from the little old man.

They must have been caught up in some extremely strange event together.

And I already knew just now that although the No. 3 clone didn't know where it was, it was still alive, and there was still a last faint connection with the mother.

It is likely that the situation is similar for fawns.

After investigating the situation in the imperial tea, Kamiya did not stop here.

He took the initiative to find Mr. Yucheng, who was directing the scene, and left a little old man at the scene.

Exploring the ruins just now, although the little old man did not find the deer field house, he found the location where the other five students were crushed under the rubble.

Mr. Tamaki is a spirit killer who can see the little old man who does not hide his breath, and leaving his body behind can help him rescue those students.

In addition, Ocha Naka is the first scene of Shikanoya's disappearance, so it is necessary to leave a clone here to observe the situation at all times.

"Kamiya-kun, I heard about your sister...... Well, I guess it's your apprentice, she's also trapped under the rubble. Don't worry, we'll get her out as soon as possible. ”

Mr. Tamaki may have learned a little about the situation here from Ms. Ikuta, and seeing Kamiya's serious face, he comforted him like this.

"She's not here, I'm not sure where she's gone, maybe it's been influenced by some kind of weird story." Kamiya shook his head, "Mr. Tamaki, if there are other discoveries here, please inform me as soon as possible." ”

After speaking, he turned around and walked away from the scene quickly, in a hurry.

"Not there...... Over here? ”

Mr. Tamaki was stunned, and for a while he didn't realize what Kamiya meant.

Imperial tea at home and abroad.

As soon as Kamiya walked out of the school gate, he received a phone call.

Onizuka called, and the little witch on the other end of the phone said succinctly-

"Agawa, there are some clues in the countermeasures room, and now I suspect that the earthquake that has affected the whole of Japan recently is related to the earthquake catfish."

Earthquake catfish, a legendary yokai in Japan.

However, the ancient Japanese believed that the earthquake was caused by the underground activity of a giant catfish, and this strange catfish was called an earthquake catfish.

There is a theory that Japan, which has frequent earthquakes, noticed the abnormal behavior of catfish before the earthquake for a long time and connected the two.

So there is a proverb like "catfish make trouble, earthquake comes".

It is also said that the "Legend of the Immortals" of the Western Han Dynasty recorded: "There is a giant spirit, carrying the mountain of Penglai and dancing, playing in the sea." ”

This legend was introduced to Japan, and the "Giant Spirit Ao" was replaced with a "large catfish".

Kamiya: "Earthquake catfish? Got it, any other news? ”

Onizuka: "It's all trivial, how are you doing there?" ”

"I didn't find Yukino, she's gone."

"No...... See? Need help? ”

"Not yet. Oh yes. Hotaru, help me check the information in the countermeasures room to see if the earthquake catfish has the ability to make people go missing, or bring people into strange spaces. Also, in the previous earthquakes, were there any missing people who could not be traced at all? ”

"Got it, I'll contact you as soon as I have a clue. I'm always there if I need help. ”

"Okay, let's get in touch again."

Hanging up the phone and walking a short distance, Kamiya boarded the ghost Mazda parked in a hidden place.

He sat in the back seat and was silent for about a second or two.

I don't know if I'm thinking about something or calming down.

The atmosphere in the carriage was extremely oppressive.

Oishi and Takayama in the front row carefully looked at the boss's expression through the rearview mirror in the car.

The apprentice was nowhere to be found, Kamiyagawa did not show obvious anxiety and worry, nor was he resentful and sad, his expression did not show any fluctuations, as if a third party who had nothing to do with himself, as if the sea surface was calm on the surface, and only suffocating calmness was revealed.

Maybe all the mood swings were suppressed by him under that calmness.

"Go home and find Satoru."

Kamiya spoke in a deep voice.

Oishi and Takayama are both smart ghosts, and the boss came to Ocha to find Miss Kanoya, who can't be contacted, and now that people haven't brought it out, something big must have happened.

The yellow-haired boulder nodded, slammed down the accelerator, and drove the ghost car towards home as fast as he could.

……

The sky was gray, as if shrouded in a haze that could not be dispersed.

Shikanoya didn't know where she was, and her phone didn't have any signal.

Anyway, it's definitely not Ocha-san, and it shouldn't even be Tokyo.

"It's like falling into that crack and being transferred to a strange place."

From where the house is now, you can see a dilapidated village in the distance, and some mottled, unattractive low concrete buildings are located in it.

She didn't go there to explore, she waited where she was.

First of all, I checked my physical condition, and there were some abrasions and bruises on my body, which may have been bumped in the process of falling into the gap, but they were not serious and did not affect my movements.

"So I definitely didn't fall to the bottom, probably because I was transferred here during the fall."

In addition to this, the fawn also checked the equipment he was currently carrying.

Fortunately, she has the habit of carrying her schoolbag everywhere, and the things given by the teachers and the master are all by her side.

And in her bag, she still has her own water bottle and a sandwich given by Mrs. Pranya when she goes out in the morning.

Stretch the leash of the handbag into a shoulder bag and straddle it diagonally.

That way, you can have your hands free.

"The little grandfather said that there is danger in that village, and the periphery is not absolutely safe." Xiaolu thought about it and continued to sort out the equipment, not forgetting to comfort himself in his heart, "Although I don't know what happened, Master will definitely come to save me." I have to protect myself until Master finds me. ”

She had to arm herself as much as possible under the existing conditions, so as not to be caught off guard in any unexpected situation.

The holy virtue incense burner given by the master is the only weapon that can be relied on at present, and the double bonus of Buddhism and incense is in your hand.

The spices given by Teacher Yunju, according to the incense spells currently mastered, are classified and combined into various small material bags, which are directly placed in the outermost layer of the school bag.

The scriptures given by Mr. Kanazawa assist in the casting of Buddhist mantras; The broad-leaved plantain given by the master and the props of the binding effect, both of which are also placed in the outer compartment of the schoolbag for easy access.

"And the gymnastics uniform I changed into...... This one came with me. ”

Fold the gymnastic suit, compress the bag for the clothes, and stuff it into the inner compartment of the bag.

There are also spirit pendulums and tarot cards, there is a little old man with a perception of specialization No. 3, and the spirit pendulum that is not good when it is not used is not used, and it is put in the inner grid.

"Fortunately, my schoolbag can fit quite well, after all, it was specially chosen to hold these things."

Before putting away the tarot cards, the fawn also babbled to himself a hexagram.

Drew a card in the easiest way possible.

Seeing the card she touched, the fawn's dark eyes suddenly lit up vividly, and she was very familiar with this card -

[Reversed Wheel of Fortune]

Previously on Oguri Island, Kamiya also drew this card.

"Humph! I deserve to be Master's apprentice. Touching this card, Xiaolu felt inexplicably relieved, and at the same time cheered himself up in his heart, "Although it is reversed, this is the lucky card that the master has taken." I will definitely turn evil into good fortune like Master. ”

(End of chapter)