Disguise and crash

In Japan, religious churches are legal, and corresponding religious laws have been enacted to regulate these shrines and religions. The Pansei-kyō (Panseokyō) originated in Kyoto. As early as the Nara period, with the beginning of the Tengen missionary movement, followers of Tengen established the Pansei-kyō.

Later, due to the worship of Tengen, who transformed his own magic into a barrier to protect Japan, he was moved to Tokyo with the establishment of Tokyo High School and the construction of Ryousei-gu Shrine.

The followers of the Panxing Cult are all ordinary people, while the nominal religious corporation is the president of a well-known corporation. Therefore, the headquarters of the Panxing Cult is located in a detached building near a bustling area in Tokyo.

Tsurumi Kawakami and his team tracked them down to this place based on the information on that phone. He looked up at the building in front of him, his mouth slightly agape: "They're so rich—"

On their way there, they found a lot of useful information on the phone. For example, the bounty on Tennori Riko on the dark web was posted by the Panxing Cult. The person who hit them with the car was a high-ranking member of the Panxing Cult who had donated a considerable amount of money to the cult.

Seeing the disgusting comments he made on his phone about asteroids, Tsurumi Kawaru felt an urge to go back and beat him up.

Gojo Satoru stood in front of the building with one hand in his pocket. He turned his head and his gaze fell on Xia Youjie, who had become silent since seeing those messages. He blinked his beautiful six eyes, walked over and hooked his arm around Xia Youjie's neck.

"Jay, cheer up! We're going to go in and beat those guys up, to get some justice for Riko—" The white-haired boy said with a grin, but he forgot the last part of his sentence and subconsciously looked at Tsurumi Kawaru, who was looking up at him in a daze.

Tsurumi Kawakami snapped out of his daze, caught his urging gaze, and hesitated for two seconds before saying, "Compensation for emotional distress."

Wu Tiao Wu nodded, patted Xia Youjie on the shoulder forcefully, and completed the second half of his sentence.

Xia Youjie's gloomy mood improved somewhat. He forced a smile and looked up at the building in front of him: "How do we get in?"

Seeing that he had regained some of his energy, Gojo Satoru smiled smugly, adjusted his round sunglasses, exchanged a glance with Tsurumi Kawaru, and said with a smile, "Of course, it's to complete the bounty!"

A few minutes later, the three men, disguised, swaggered into the Panxing Sect carrying two sacks.

At this moment, in the reception room of the Panxing Sect's senior members.

A middle-aged man with a slanted scar at the corner of his eye sat at the head of the table. Opposite him sat two men: one was a man with a scar on the corner of his mouth wearing a tight black T-shirt, and the other was a corporate slave wearing a black suit.

If Tsurumi Kawakami and the others were here, they would immediately recognize the man with the scar on his lip as the curse master who had attacked them at the airport that day.

"The bounty is easy to handle. As long as the price is right, I can bring the person over to you tomorrow." Fu Heishen crossed his legs, with an ugly-looking cursed spirit hovering on his shoulder.

Sitting next to him was a real estate agent he worked with, named Kong Shiyu, who was said to be Korean.

Upon hearing this, the man at the head of the table instantly turned pale. Kong Shiyu, who had an ordinary-looking face, glanced at him and immediately stepped in to mediate.

"...We've already dealt with the information about Six-Eyed Gojo Satoru and the Cursed Spirit Manipulator, but the High School also sent a student. Their spells are a bit troublesome, otherwise we wouldn't have failed last time." Kong Shiyu, as an intermediary, had experience that made him good at speaking eloquently and reading people's expressions.

He recalled the last airport attack and pointed out the reason for the failure.

After accepting the bounty, the Panxing Sect provided some information about the students from the vocational college who were escorting the Star Essence, with the most information about Gojo Satoru. The other two students received a few words of advice from one, while the other, a student named Tsurumi Kawaru, only received one sentence.

The intelligence failure was a major factor in the mission's failure, and the man's strange techniques worried Kong Shiyu. He had fought the man before, and the man's ability to deflect attacks was like a skill in a game, even ignoring the bullets he fired.

Back at the safe house, Kong Shiyu mentioned the matter to Fu Heishen'er, who showed a hint of interest in his eyes, followed by a surge of eagerness.

He knew that Fuhesh had a very powerful spell artifact, which was said to have cost the other party hundreds of millions. It was a spell artifact that could break any spell.

Upon hearing Kong Shiyu mention the intelligence issue, the leader of the Panxing Sect showed a hint of embarrassment, but he quickly hardened his expression.

Fuhei Shen leaned back in his sofa chair, arms outstretched, looking as languid as a resting beast. He kept his eyes half-closed and remained silent. He listened as Kong Shiyu and the other man dodged the question, eventually agreeing that the Panxing Sect would pay an additional eight million yen once the bounty was paid.

After finishing their business, the two got up to leave when someone knocked on the door and said that a curse master who had accepted the bounty had arrived with a Star Essence Body.

Upon hearing this, everyone in the reception room paused.

The leader of the Panxing Sect beamed with delight, not even glancing at Fu Heishen'er and Kong Shiyu, and eagerly walked past them towards the door. The two left behind exchanged a glance; one fell into deep thought, while the other's eyes flashed with an ambiguous expression.

Fu Heishen scoffed and strode after the man in front of him.

Kong Shiyu paused for a moment, then followed.

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Another meeting room.

Tsurumi Kawakami and his two companions, disguised as curse masters, were being invited to sit on a sofa. In the corner of the room against the wall lay two burlap sacks that were vaguely recognizable as human figures.

Xia Youjie was slightly nervous, his hands on his thighs, his back straight, glancing at the door every now and then. In contrast, the other two were enjoying the tea and pastries served in the reception room, while Gojo Satoru stood casually in front of a display shelf, staring at the items on it with great interest.

"Jay, look at this!" Gojo Satoru took a strangely shaped ornament from the shelf and waved it at Xia Youjie. "Doesn't it look like Bulbasaur?"

Xia Youjie looked up and paused for a moment. He glanced nervously at the doorway, then turned back and told Wutiao Wu to put the things back.

Gojo Satoru made a sound, picked up the small ornament, looked at it for a moment, and then casually put it back on the shelf.

He looked around boredly, then walked to the sofa and sat down. Seeing that Tsurumi Kawa was eating with relish, he also took a piece of pastry and tried it.

Seeing this, Tsurumi Kawaru pushed another plate towards him and called Xia Youjie over to join in.

Just then, footsteps sounded outside the door. Xia Youjie quickly finished the last bite, patted the crumbs off his hands, and sat up straight.

The door opened, and a middle-aged man with a somewhat fierce face walked in, followed by two other people. When Xia Youjie saw the people behind him, his pupils suddenly contracted, and he almost lost his composure.

Tsurumi Ryuu also recognized the other party, and he subconsciously looked at Gojo Satoru and Natsuyuki.

The leader of the Panxing Cult didn't notice the subtle expressions on their faces, his mind was focused on the Star Essence Body. As soon as he entered the door, he started shouting about the Star Essence Body. When he saw the two burlap sacks lying in the corner, his eyes lit up and he strode over.

Fu Heishen, who followed in from behind, immediately looked at the three people sitting on the sofa. He narrowed his eyes, his deep green pupils staring at them with an ambiguous look, as if he wanted to see who had intercepted the bounty.

Realizing they were faking their identities, Tsurumi Kawakuri realized what was happening and hurriedly looked away. He inadvertently made eye contact with Fushiguro Jinji, who was standing at the door, for a second. Not knowing how to act, he simply lowered his head.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the leader of the Panxing Cult walk towards the corner. Tsurumi Kawaru swallowed nervously. He watched as the other party untied the rope tied to the sack, revealing Tenniri Riko's closed-eyed face.

Seemingly having confirmed their identities, the leader of the Panxing Cult nodded in satisfaction, stopped tying them up, and stood up to walk in front of the group.

"Hey, we've completed the bounty, where's the money?" Gojo Satoru was still wearing sunglasses, so it was impossible to see the emotions in his eyes, but his tone was impolite and made no attempt to hide it.

Hearing his tone, the leader of the Panxing Sect would normally have felt offended and angry. But now that the other party had resolved the Star Essence Body issue, he was in a good mood and decided to magnanimously let it go.

Just as he was about to ask someone to bring the card over, he looked up and saw Fu Heishen and Kong Shiyu standing in the doorway. The joy on the man's face froze, and he belatedly realized what they had been talking about in the other meeting room.

Gojo Satoru seemed to have come specifically to nitpick. He glanced at the person at the door, then raised his chin and looked at him with even more rudeness: "Hey, you're not planning on not paying, are you?"

The man's face was stiff, but he forced a laugh and then called his assistant to bring in the card.

Just as the assistant was about to enter, Fuheishen raised his hand to stop him. He glanced lazily at the Stardust Corpse lying in the corner, a wicked smile playing on his lips as he said, "Didn't they say when they issued the bounty that it didn't matter if it was dead or alive?"

As he spoke, under the astonished gazes of the crowd, he walked to the sack in the corner, then took out a spell tool from the mouth of the cursed spirit hovering on his shoulder, and the next second he directly stuck it into the sack.

With a soft "pop," like a bubble bursting, the person lying in the sack suddenly changed appearance.

The sudden action caught everyone off guard, but the moment the spell was broken, Xia Youjie immediately summoned a cursed spirit that swallowed the bank card in his assistant's hand, and then immediately took it back.

All of this happened in just three seconds. After doing all this, Xia Youjie did not relax at all. He noticed the man's movements and his pupils shrank immediately.

"Enlightenment!"

Xia Youjie's eyes sharpened, and he grabbed Tsurumi Kawaru's arm, pulling him backward to dodge the incoming attack.

With a loud crash, half of the conference room collapsed, and the entire wall shattered under the immense force.

The leader of the Panxing Cult was already terrified and fled under the desk in a panic. Xia Youjie glanced at him with a hint of resentment, then led Tsurumi Kawaru outside the conference room.

In the center of the battlefield, Gojo Satoru and Fushiguro Jinji were locked in fierce combat. In one fell swoop, another wall in the conference room also perished.

Xia Youjie's expression turned cold. He released a large number of cursed spirits, which he used to entangle Kong Shiyu and the people from the Panxing Sect who wanted to help. Then he planned to go and help Wutiao Wu.

Tsurumi Kawaru looked around and caught sight of the Panxing Sect leader sneaking out from under the desk. His eyes lit up slightly, and he tugged at Xia Youjie's sleeve: "Jie, should we beat him up first?"

Xia Youjie paused, then sneered, rolled up his sleeves, and walked over.

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