Chapter 470 No, Really No
Jiang Xia's vision blurred briefly, and everything around him seemed to be covered in a layer of sticky blood, becoming blurry and bright red. He moved a little, raised his hand and touched the wall next to him, breathing heavily.
The clay puppets that he had just pasted on his body to cover himself had already turned back into shikigami and shrunk back into the printed space.
The ghosts clung to Jiang Xia tightly, turning their heads around blankly, looking around. They realized that something must have happened here, but they didn't see anything strange - the sticky tentacles that were so ostentatious and high-profile in the eyes of the magician seemed to be hidden here, blending into the air. If it weren't for the occasional flickering of the light, the ghosts would almost think it was an illusion.
The air in the abandoned warehouse twisted from the inside out, as if an invisible heat wave was sweeping across it.
Shuji Kano, who was lying on the ground, was hit by some extremely strong emotion and actually regained consciousness from the knife.
He opened his eyes blearily and looked around instinctively. He immediately saw Jiang Xia leaning against the wall.
[…We need to silence this detective. Or lock him up and delay until 0:00 today…]
This thought was like a drop of pure water falling into the sea. As soon as it emerged, it was instantly swallowed up and assimilated by the salty waves.
Shuji Kano got up anxiously, ran to Jiang Xia, and looked worried.
“…”
Jiang Xia looked at him silently.
Then he raised his hand, and before Shuji Kano could support him, he gave the old man an enhanced version of a hand knife in return for his kindness.
The strange-looking Shuji Kano fell to the ground with a thud.
The surroundings became quiet again.
…
I don't know how much time has passed. It seemed like a few days, but also like only a short moment. I could vaguely hear a woman's scream of extreme pain.
The sound stretched from very close to very far away, and then all the strange feelings faded away.
Jiang Xia opened his eyes and saw that everything around him became clear again. The warehouse was still the warehouse, the old wooden walls were still old, the ground was covered with wooden floors with fine cracks, and Shuji Kano was lying quietly on the ground.
At this moment, an extremely strong breath of energy core suddenly came from the side.
Jiang Xia turned his head and saw a teardrop-shaped crystal "floating" beside him. The crystal was as bright as a diamond, containing dizzying high-density energy. It was held up by some invisible object and carefully brought to him.
"No." Jiang Xia glanced at the energy core, then lowered his gaze slightly below it, and said in a flat tone, "Stay away from me."
The crystal hanging in the air paused and stopped where it was.
But soon, it approached shamelessly as if it was used to this kind of treatment. Almost at the same time, Jiang Xia felt something sticking to his back, gently stroking it, the movement was gentle and full of flattery.
Jiang Xia moved half a meter away without any expression, then touched his pocket, took out a box of mints, and lit a match.
The flames rose up, and the ghost mint burned at an unprecedented speed, quickly turning into dried cigarette butts. A large amount of murderous aura overflowed, enveloped Jiang Xia, seeped into his body, and turned into some kind of driving force.
The crystal held in mid-air suddenly trembled, and the invisible tentacles were no longer stable.
Finally, with a silent struggle, the crystal fell to the ground with a plop. The air around it cleared and the strange touch disappeared.
The invisible tentacles disappeared.
The strange redness in Jiang Xia's eyes quickly subsided.
He closed his eyes for a moment, and when he opened them again, his pupils had returned to normal.
Jiang Xia let out a breath silently.
Then he lowered his head and weighed the iron cigarette box in his hand which had instantly become empty.
...It's really useless.
While Jiang Xia was looking at the cigarette box sadly, the ghosts beside him all looked at the crystal on the ground, unable to take their eyes away.
As early as just now, when this tear-shaped energy core appeared, the ghosts were already very coveted.
But Jiang Xia said "no", so they didn't dare to take it. They could only wipe their mouths and look at the crystal for a while, then look at Jiang Xia for a while, hinting wildly.
Jiang Xia stood up mercilessly under the blinking gazes of the ghosts, dragged the unconscious Shuji Kano, and walked towards the door.
When passing by the tear-like crystal, he stepped on it and walked past without stopping.
Then the pace got slower and slower...
When he reached the door, Jiang Xia stopped.
He turned around and took a look at the crystal that had more magic power than Koizumi Hongzi and Kidd combined, double that: "..."
Although its function is not clear, this is definitely something that came from the witch - it has a faint aura of the same origin as Koizumi Akako and the magic power she was wearing when she pretended to be Kid that day.
...It's not that I want this energy core. It's just that if I leave it here, if the witches follow the scent and come here with a bunch of heavy firepower weapons, it will be troublesome.
If they were taken elsewhere, the energy cores would eventually be picked up by witches and used to strengthen them. In that case, healthy witches might occasionally come up with this kind of surprise attack.
...In short, we can't leave this crystal alone.
Got to find a way to deal with it.
From a rational point of view, the most reliable and convenient way at present is to completely erase the remaining traces through absorption...
…
Jiang Xia temporarily threw the energy core crystal into the imprint space.
It would take some time to completely crush and absorb it. However, the imprint space was completely isolated from the outside world, so there was no need to worry about the witches using the same old tricks to predict the location of the crystal.
Moreover, although they didn't know what happened, judging from the screams they vaguely heard just now, they probably wouldn't be able to check on him for the time being.
At this time, the old man Shuji Kano who was standing next to him was still strong and he woke up again stubbornly and crawled up.
The old man touched the back of his head, looked up and saw Jiang Xia. After a moment of confusion, his expression suddenly became alert. He secretly reached for a piece of wood on the ground next to him. It seemed that he still hadn't given up the desire to "survive the prosecution period."
…his attitude returned to normal.
The way Shikano Shuji looked just now was probably because he was overwhelmed by the intense emotions coming from other beings and was unable to stand his ground.
At this time, the source of influence disappeared, and he naturally returned to his original state.
What just happened and the sudden emotions will probably just be regarded as a strange dream...not a big deal.
Jiang Xia observed briefly, and before Shikano Shuji could launch a sneak attack, he attacked him with his knife again, forcing him to lie down quietly.
The murderous aura on Shikano Shuji had been washed away just now. Now only a thin layer of it remained, and Jiang Xia was not in the mood to hit anyone for the time being.
He called Inspector Megure and told him that he had just been attacked for no reason while trying to send an old man home. He was now at an abandoned warehouse in 6-chome, Shinagawa District, and hoped that the police could come and help with the aftermath.
After hanging up the phone, not long after, a group of police cars rushed over.
For some reason, an ambulance was secretly included in it.
(End of this chapter)
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