Just as Dazai guessed, Hong Kong and Heihei also initiated corresponding measures.

They can easily deal with human opponents with a simple and rough procedure: find the person and deal with him in a terrifying way so that the reputation of Hong Kong Heiren will not be damaged.

But since the opponent is not human, the attitude of Hong Kong Hei becomes intriguing.

Especially after the military and police cancelled their search for the "Scissor Man", they also got the news - after all, there were several undercover agents in the military and police.

They don't want to be treated as dogs by the military and police to deal with leftovers.

After being disrupted by the military and police, the attitude of the Hong Kong triads became ambiguous.

In Mori Ogai's words,

"There is no irreconcilable conflict between us, is there?"

"If we completely block the news about what happened last night, it would be a perfect solution. But if we give in to the military and police and do the cleanup work for them, that would be a loss of face for the Hong Kong triads."

"In order to maintain their dignity in front of the public, they have to deal with the public's complaints. I believe the constant calls from the public have put a lot of pressure on them. So the ones who are really in conflict with each other are the military and police, not us. Chuuya-kun."

“Well, it would be troublesome if they have bad intentions towards us. I’ll leave this matter to you, Chuuya-kun.”

——If there is no contradiction, just block the news from last night and pretend nothing happened, and let the military and police continue to worry about public security issues.

——If there is hatred and conflict that cannot be reconciled, then deal with it.

After understanding the leader's intention, Nakahara Chuuya bowed and took his leave.

He has to go to Lai Bo Street to take care of other work.

But after coming out of the chief's office, my eyelids have been twitching.

(Although I don’t want to think this way…I always feel like something bad is going to happen.)

…

…

On the other side, Nanami Kento and Hirotsu Liulang, who was sent to handle the follow-up work, were patrolling. They were looking for clues and debris along the route where the incident happened last night.

"That is to say, the 'weird guy' appeared in this area last night."

"The surveillance cameras captured everything." Guangjin pulled up the surveillance video and showed it to him. "The other party did not avoid the camera. It's better to say that they had no intention of avoiding it at all."

“…Is that so?”

He was sent to Yokohama to handle the matter because of the phone call from Chuuya Nakahara last night.

Nakahara Chuuya explained the situation in detail and very cooperatively: He believed that the two strange men who suddenly appeared were suspected to be cursed spirits, monsters or the like, and he said to the assistants of the high school in a popular way - you should ask someone to come over and take a look.

Only after he arrived at the scene did he realize that this was related to the urban legend that had been circulating recently.

But he thought the possibility of it being a cursed spirit was not high, otherwise "Window" would have reported it long ago.

Before coming, he didn't think it was a cursed spirit.

Because cursed spirits are "invisible" to most people.

Now that he has seen the surveillance camera, he is even more certain of his conclusion.

Considering the popularity on the Internet, he also suspected whether someone was hyping it up. The college has also encountered reports of crimes that ended up with nothing happening.

For him, it turned out to be a good thing that it was a false alarm - it meant that no one was killed and no new sorrow and despair was created.

"So, it's someone you know?"

"If I'm not mistaken." Guangjin Liulang felt a little uncomfortable.

Considering that the person was someone the other party knew, Nanami chose a more tactful approach: "Is there any hidden story behind this?"

"No, you don't have to test me." Guangjin Liulang seemed to have aged a few years. "After last night, I went to find someone to get the news. The child is indeed dead."

I don't feel guilty to that extent, but I feel a subtle feeling, a bit regretful, but the emotions of a person at this time cannot be simply summed up by regret, and he knows that if he were to do it again, the tragedy might happen again.

"Really?" Nanami couldn't say anything, or rather, it would be inappropriate to say anything now.

So he focused more on the work at hand.

Nanami thought: The dead are coming back to life - that sounds really tricky.

And gather intelligence.

"Can you tell me more about it?"

"I see……"

After investigation, he was even more certain that this was not a cursed spirit, or rather, there was no evidence pointing to it being a cursed spirit.

Unlike the cursed spirits that were born from purely negative emotions, it looked very similar, but in fact it was something completely different. With his knowledge, he could only roughly determine that it was a supernatural creature or a monster.

This was not something that an ordinary sorcerer like him could handle, so there was only one thing he had to do -

Collect intelligence, write reports, and submit them to the superior.

That's all.

"By the way, where did Mr. Gojo go..."

It was clearly Yokohama who came here with us, but I never saw that person again along the way.

It seemed that she could only tell him over the phone. Not wanting to leave the work behind, Nanami called Gojo Satoru after figuring out the situation.

"Mr. Gojo, I'm Nanami."

"Oh?" Gojo Satoru's voice came from the other end of the phone. "What's wrong? Is the investigation over?"

Nanami felt inexplicably irritated by his overly self-righteous attitude, but knowing Gojo Satoru's temper well, Nanami had developed some resistance to it.

"Most of it is finished, but it's a little complicated." He said, "Mr. Gojo, where are you now?"

Gojo Satoru put the phone on his shoulder and said, "Ah - I'm confirming something."

He was on a path in the dense forest. The path was so hidden that even the locals of Yokohama might not know that such an alley existed.

In a port city, there is such a quiet place with green hills and winding paths, which reminds people of some urban legend.

On this path, there used to be a long rope with a talisman attached to it, but now the rope has been broken in the middle and is scattered on the ground.

"…It's broken." He whispered.

Nanami on the other end of the line heard his voice was muffled and asked, "What's disconnected?"

"Nothing. I have something to do, you go back first." After saying that, Gojo Satoru hung up the phone.

Gojo Satoru looked at the broken rope on the ground.

"Hmm... Could it be that something really escaped?"