The two, one big and one small, stayed in the warehouse, which was where they would work in the future.

Hanako moved the glass on the table that was originally used to hold things aside. He adjusted his posture and sat down again, waiting with a serious expression for Geto to ask him the next question.

Feeling the anticipation, Xia Yujie had no choice but to cooperate and asked: "...Can you tell me more about him?"

"That's exactly what I'm planning on doing," he said. "First of all, he's a crazy guy, so you'd better be prepared."

Summer Oil: "...Why do you say that?"

Hanako stretched out her hand and pointed behind her. "Do you know who the customers of this store are? The answer is humans and monsters."

"What do you mean?"

"Our boss does business with both humans and monsters. Mixing the worlds of humans and monsters together is simply an unprecedented and bizarre thing. But if that were all, he could say he was just doing business and didn't care about these little things." Hanako paused, then continued in a slow tone, "But his wish is more than that."

"——He believes that in order for monsters in modern society to gain a foothold in the world and have a peaceful and stable life, they need the power of humans." Hanako sneered: "Really... If I weren't here, this guy who overestimates his own abilities would have been eaten by monsters long ago."

"Really?" Xia Yujie pressed his temples, "Let me ask you a question, is Jiuyuan a human?"

"A real human being." Hanako sneered, "Compared to you, he is just an ordinary person."

"…'Ordinary people' who can see spirits and monsters?" Xia Yujie asked with a smile.

Thinking of how Jiuyuan had happily called himself his "child" before, Xia Yujie became more and more curious about his psychology.

Geto Suguru continued: "However, ordinary people like this are planning for a better future for monsters..."

This doesn't sound selfish, and may even sound completely altruistic.

"I know what you're thinking - 'This won't do him any good', right?" Hanako hit the nail on the head and continued to explain: "His original intention was to reduce the number of abnormal deaths among humans. However, after coming into contact with monsters, he believed that many of the tragic deaths from 'abnormal' situations could be avoided, as long as there was a perfect order."

Hanako: "Everyone follows the same safety agreement and keeps to themselves...it's really that simple."

"That's what they say, but it's quite difficult to implement," said Geto Suguru.

"So, we need to establish a system among the monsters first. After all, monsters mostly live in large or small groups, just like the different territories of different sizes in ancient times. In addition, there are many "nomads" who do not belong to any party...ah, just thinking about it is already very troublesome! If there is a management system like humans, when issuing announcements, we only need to broadcast them to the citizens of the country on TV, and everyone can receive the news, how convenient it would be."

When Xia Yujie heard this, he also laughed.

"Kyuon, do you want to become the prime minister of the youkai while being a human? Working towards such a grand goal, I think this does not meet the standard of what you call an 'ordinary person' at all."

Hanako shook her head. "That's two different things. You're a sorcerer, right? Then you should know that there are shrine maidens and Onmyoji in this world. Some say that they all came from the same origin thousands of years ago, but with the passage of time, it's impossible to verify these facts. Apart from those who have the 'orthodox inheritance', there are many who changed their ways."

Hanako said casually, "People who can see spirits, curses, and monsters cannot return to ordinary life even if they want to. Moreover, Kuen can only 'see' and does not have the ability to protect himself."

Hearing this, Xia Yujie thought: ...then he really has strong psychological qualities.

He really didn't expect his boss to be so ambitious, but instead of admiring him, he felt more worried.

...If the gap between ideals and actual strength is too great, it will only end in a broken form. Xia Yujie is not a fan of tragedy, and of course he does not want to see such an ending.

Hanako seemed not to notice Geto's worries at all, and continued, "Spells, Onmyoji, magic... He doesn't know anything."

"But... this guy wants to let the monsters live a peaceful life. What else can he be but a lunatic?"

However, Geto Suguru didn't think that Hanako really completely opposed Kuen's ideals. These words that were both a criticism and a compliment deepened his suspicions.

"Maybe, Kuen is a pacifist. If he didn't have something that you, Hana...kun, approved of, you wouldn't have become his partner, right?" Xia Yujie said, "Otherwise, you wouldn't have agreed to run this store together."

He deduced that Jiuyuan's ultimate goal was to make this store an intelligence agency for monsters. Whether it was occupying the store or selling items, it was all a means to attract customers. In this day and age, if you want to do something, you can't do it without intelligence.

Monsters do not have convenient communication tools like humans, so they can only use this ancient method to build their own power.

Hanako, however, showed a lot of disgust. He curled his lips but didn't say anything harsh in the end: "What pacifist... I think he is either a madman or a fool. But..."

"Um?"

"You're right in one thing—I don't dislike people like him. Otherwise, I wouldn't have gone with him."

“——I want to see the future he describes.”

…

…

Bringing Geto into the team means that he has one more piece of the puzzle he needs for his script.

"In this way, the factions are very clear." Jiuyuan thought.

Combining the incomplete scripts he has thrown out to different forces, we can piece together the following information:

Hanako escaped from his "master" and chose Kuen, who shared the same ideals as her, as his companion, and was willing to assist him in achieving this lofty ideal.

As for the other group, the attitudes of Snowman and Slit-mouthed Man are still to be considered. At least in Gojo Satoru's eyes, Slit-mouthed Man is still a dangerous person. He does not agree with his master's order to "build good relations with humans" from the bottom of his heart, but is just executing the machine. If Gojo Satoru saw Hanako, he would definitely think they are more sincere.

Kuen: ...In this case, it seems that the group of Slit-mouthed Man has become more of a villain.

It's like they are hatching some big conspiracy. They say they want to be kind to humans and live in peace with them, but in fact, neither of them really wants to get along well with humans.

Shit, then doesn’t that make the masters behind them more like villains?

Kuen: ...Okay, I'm the villain.

"It is better to quickly bring these two groups together, and then everyone should work together for the cause of peace instead of fighting among themselves."

Find an opportunity to make peace and reveal the attitude of the "master" behind the scenes...

After all, he really suspected that if he delayed for too long, Gojo Satoru would affect his plan.

Oh, and there's also the matter of Geto Suguru to deal with.

What is more important in the long term is what happens to the part of his soul that is missing. He doesn't want anything to happen to his employees.

as well as……

"Suyu-kun's clothes need to be taken care of as well."

He believed what Geto Suguru said. Since he wanted to avoid the college, he shouldn't take it lightly.

But he probably couldn't use ordinary clothes, so Jiuyuan quickly turned his attention to the system. He remembered that 10,000 reputation could unlock the daily supply pool, and he could dig out some suitable things for him from the card pool.

"System, are there any costumes in the daily supply card pool? It would be best if the function is similar to Fox Mask, but it doesn't matter if the effect is slightly worse."

【System: Yes. 】

[System: However, most of the costumes in the daily supply card pool are N-level, so the effects will be much worse.]

Jiuyuan: "Is there a higher level?"

[It is recommended that the owner unlock 10,000 reputation as soon as possible, which will not only unlock daily supply card draws, but also open the reputation store. ]

[Things you don't need can be sold to the store. The store will sell R-level items and a small number of SR-level items. The owner can exchange them for SR-level clothing. ]

...That's not bad.

Although he initially wanted to buy clothes for Geto, after the system said this, he thought that he should also always have some SR-level disguise props on hand to deal with special situations.

Although he has now created the image of a "master" out of thin air with the help of his sock puppets, what will he do if there is a special situation that requires him, the "master", to appear in the world?

It is better to start preparing countermeasures early to avoid being passive.

However, reputation... Just now Xia Yujie gave him 300 reputation, and now it is 5300, which is still a long way from 10,000.

His reputation increased very quickly some time ago, but that was with the help of the power of the Internet. Later, it increased again because the Sorcerer and Gang Hei gave him a little surprise... After the two aliases of Snow Man and Cracked Man have more contact with them, the increase in reputation in this area will soon slow down.

He also didn't have much money left. He could get by for a while with the money he got from unlocking reputation achievements, but the time it would take to unlock each level of reputation achievements would only increase. He had no choice but to find another way. The store the system mentioned just now was a good choice.

Jiuyuan: "System, is there any way to quickly increase my reputation?"

[System: The owner can try bounties and daily tasks. An emergency task will be issued every day, which usually has higher returns.]

"Show me what I can do right now."

Unfortunately, the only bounty is the exorcism mission, which gives money, although not much, but it is still enough, and the reputation is only a few hundred points. The daily missions are also boring, with only a few missions for people to take advantage of.

[System: After the owner lights up more content, the tasks and suspense will be richer. ]

It's not that he looks down on these small tasks, but they are not enough to fill the gaps between his teeth. For example, there is a bounty task that requires exorcism three times. All the slit-mouthed man has to do is find some place with a strong cursed aura at night and chop a few cursed spirits. Although the reward is also pitiful at only 20,000 yen and 300 reputation, it is not worth it for him to "do it specifically". It is basically as difficult as "buying a few buns at a convenience store on the way home from school."

Kuen: Bounty? That's it? It's not even enough for my kids.

[System: ...Master, why don't you just move forward with your role mission?]

After saying this, he sounded a little aggrieved: [You can get 30,000 reputation if you complete all the character missions of the Slit-Mouthed Man...]

Jiuyuan: “…” I almost forgot.

However, if I pushed forward with this mission, Gojo Satoru would notice me. He had already warned me against this, so it would be inappropriate to contradict him now.

……etc.

Jiuyuan looked at the progress bar. This was a staged reward based on the achievement rate. It was not necessary to complete 100% in one go to get the full reward. In other words, if you continue to look for the enemies of the slit-mouthed man, you can still get the achievement rate reward, but you can't do the final step of "revenge".

But that's not quite in his character.

It's too frustrating that we can't fight back even though we have found our enemies.

Jiuyuan suddenly remembered the "Yellow Spring Pass" he had just drawn.

...Can we just throw them into hell?

…

…

After Axue and Nakahara Chuuya separated, he returned soon after and played the old trick of thieves robbing thieves, successfully destroying a small gang with little fighting power, and also took away a place they used for office work, and then he went to do intelligence work.

The task of finding enemies for the man with the slit mouth was completely taken over by Axue, while the man with the slit mouth himself was assigned another job.

That's right, it was the daily suspense that Jiuyuan had always disliked.

Although they said that the bounty missions offered too little money, the tireless monsters had time and energy. After much thought, I decided that there was no need to give up this little bit of money.

Jiuyuan was like an obsessive-compulsive gamer who went to the nearby ghost adventure site - an abandoned hospital, and did a crazy cleanup.

This place is simply a base for breeding pigs. If we keep them there for a while, we might even be able to breed special grade ones.

Bai Ya dragged his scissors stained with black blood on the ground, making a sharp and harsh sound.

The remaining blood stains on it represented his great achievements - cursed spirits, resentful spirits, and even some evil thoughts that had not yet formed a complete body, were all cut off by him one by one.

"…What a trouble." His leather boots stepped over a piece of the prosthesis that he had cut into pieces and could no longer recognize its shape.

Cleaning for an hour straight would not make him physically tired, but would only make him mentally tired.

Standing in the corridor on the second floor, he looked up at the bright moon outside the window.

Xiao Bai: “…I want to sleep.”

Then he shook the sleeve of his left hand, and the new clothes he bought today were also stained with dirt.

"I really want to take a bath..."

Just as he was about to strike, he heard footsteps in the building where he was the only one there.

He was very familiar with this voice, having heard it once today.

"… I mean, I originally planned to use this place for students to conduct practical exercises."

Gojo Satoru looked at the hospital corridor that had been cleaned up by the young man in front of him and complained, "This is the extracurricular teaching venue I found with great difficulty, but now it is completely unusable."

After all, the cursed spirits here were either dealt with by the Slit-Mouthed Man, or they managed to escape before he dealt with them.

"Mr. Slit-Mouth Man—you're not going to compensate me?"