Three days later, Al and Geto Summer Oil went to Kawasaki City again, this time bringing with them the humanoid cursed power detector Gojo Satoru.

Of course, the title of "Humanoid Curse Force Detector" was given by Alran, and Gojo Satoru himself did not like it.

"You might as well call me Bionic Man No. 2."

Summer Oil Jie complained: "Does a android sound cooler than a humanoid curse force detector?"

Gojo Satoru said as a matter of course: “Yes.”

Seeing that they were about to start bickering over such an insignificant matter, Al urged, "Wu-chan, Jie-chan, eat the bread quickly. You can't work on an empty stomach."

It’s okay to quarrel, but you have to eat first.

Gojo Satoru & Kayuki Kagome: "..."

They chewed their mouthfuls reluctantly. Xia Yujie felt that the bread in his hand tasted like chewing wax. He complained in a low voice: "My stomach is still that of a traditional oriental person. Eating bread for breakfast is worse than being hungry..."

Gojo Satoru didn't have any problem with bread, but -

"Al, I don't want to drink milk today."

Al had no choice but to exchange his mineral water for him: "Really? I'll buy you some juice when I get off the bus. Just make do with it for now. JJ, you can't not eat. What should I do? How about we find a traditional restaurant to eat rice after we get off the bus..."

"Well, no. I can just skip breakfast."

"How can this be! This is child abuse! You are still growing up, how can you go hungry!"

"…Forget it, I'll just eat it."

This is the biggest disadvantage of leaving technical secondary school.

There is no school cafeteria, no auxiliary supervision, and the only means of transportation to the mission location has become buses and Shinkansen. In short, completing missions is much more troublesome than before.

——I really miss the school cafeteria and assistant supervisors.

They had a quick breakfast in the car, and when they walked out of the station, they saw Suda Manami standing outside with dark circles under her eyes. She was leaning against her car, and when she saw them, she greeted them nonchalantly, "Good morning, Mr. Saito."

The shouts of "Mr. Saito" were very meaningful, but the trio on the opposite side were so thick-skinned that they didn't care at all.

Al even took the initiative to ask, "Hey, Miss Suda, didn't you get enough rest these days?"

Look at this girl with heavy dark circles under her eyes. Such a beautiful girl is about to turn into a giant panda.

Suda Manami said: "It's nothing, I just worked too much overtime."

Xia Yujie thought she was busy until late at night every day, and said ashamedly: "If I had known you were so busy, I wouldn't have asked you to get up so early in the morning to pick us up. In fact, it would be the same if we went to find Tahara Hideki ourselves. After all, it is a rare day off."

Suda Manami waved her hands and said, "You misunderstood. I didn't get up early. I just got off work."

“…”

Um?

Just got off work?

The three of them looked at the digital clock hanging at the station at the same time. The time showed eight o'clock in the morning.

Suda Manami said faintly: "I didn't get off work until seven in the morning."

"!!!"

Is this the legendary office worker? !

Xia Yujie was shocked and said, "Your company doesn't require people to work overtime like this every day, does it?"

"That's not the case." Suda Manami opened the car door and motioned for them to get in. "Although I worked overtime for 21 days in a row, I always got off work at 11pm. The number of times I worked overtime until 7am was relatively small. Don't get me wrong."

Everyone: “…”

They all looked at this great man with admiration.

It turns out that the workplace of ordinary people has become like this. At this moment, Al felt that what Geto Suguru said before was very right - it is not easy for everyone to live in this world!

He sat in the front passenger seat and let the two children sit in the back seat, not forgetting to give them the snacks he bought from the station canteen.

Gojo Satoru took the bag, rummaged through it, and took out the Dorayaki.

Xia Yujie also took out a box of yogurt from it.

Al said earnestly to outsiders, "It's not good to be too stubborn, Miss Suda. You look very bad."

Suda Manami said nonchalantly, "It's okay, I just feel a little depressed."

Kagome: "...This is not a good performance."

This is clearly a sign of sudden death!

Suda Manami shook her head: "You came here to help for free. As the one who found you, I can't just ignore you."

Al thought about it and suggested sincerely: "How about this. You give me one million and then go back to sleep. If you give me the money, you can leave everything to us with peace of mind, right?"

"...Haha, how is that possible? One million is two months' salary for me."

Gojo Satoru bit the straw of his juice and asked her curiously, "I heard that you were a sorcerer before? Is working overtime like this better than being a sorcerer?"

Suda Manami slowly started the car, and she didn't feel offended by what he said: "It's okay. Although there is an impulse to assassinate the boss every day, at least there is no danger to life, and the income is relatively stable... Most individual sorcerers don't have a stable source of income, because most of the missions that can make money will be taken up by the sorcerers of the high school."

The beautiful lady said, "But I really want to change my job now. I want a stable income, no life-threatening situation, and enough sleep. But there are not many working environments like this. It would be great if I could meet two of these requirements."

Gojo Satoru turned his head and winked at Geto Suguru secretly. Geto Suguru paused and quickly understood what Gojo Satoru meant.

He asked, "Ms. Suda, did you quit your job as a sorcerer because you didn't want to be a sorcerer anymore?"

"That's not the case." Suda Manami said calmly, "The teacher who introduced me was killed by a cursed spirit during a private mission. That incident was a big blow to me. That's why I changed jobs."

“…I see. Sorry.”

"It doesn't matter. It's all in the past."

The car drove smoothly towards Hideki Tahara's apartment.

The trio learned from Manami Suda that Hideki Tahara did not listen to Takeshi Kagome's advice. He did not move, did not plan to change companies, and did not focus on his wife and daughter. Instead, he found a friend of his - who seemed to be a professor of folklore.

After hearing about the Pakuroku, the professor of folklore actually looked up some relevant information, asked for an amulet that was said to be able to drive away the Pakuroku and placed it in Hideki Tahara's home. He also took Hideki Tahara to the red-light district to find an exorcist whose background he was unknown.

Unexpectedly, the exorcist girl in the red light district was really capable. She told Tahara Hideki's fortune and came to a conclusion similar to that of Geto Suguru.

——Be nice to your wife and children.

Tahara Hideki: “…”

Hideki Tahara was furious. He slammed the door and walked out, angrily scolding his friend for finding such a liar for him.

Gojo Satoru laughed so hard, "What about now?"

Manami Suda was infected by his smile and couldn't help but laugh too.

"I'm still looking for a reliable exorcist, but when I saw him in the company the day before yesterday, he had some more traces of cursed energy on his body. When we met yesterday, the cursed energy was even stronger. I thought about it and still felt a little uneasy."

Her brows furrowed slightly. "That shouldn't be a trace left by the exorcist in the red light district."

"Well, what is it? Just go to his house and take a look."

Half an hour later, they arrived downstairs of the apartment building, just in time to see Tahara Hideki and another man hurriedly walking out of the apartment. Gojo Satoru peeked in and exclaimed exaggeratedly.

"That guy was cursed by a cursed spirit."

Xia Yujie was surprised and said, "What's going on? The last time we met, the connection between him and the Pok'un was not so serious."

Suda Manami whispered, "So there really is some new problem, right?"

Al reminded them, "Go-chan, J-chan. Those two are leaving. Should we follow them?"

The two boys were silent for a while, and Xia Yujie arranged: "Let's split up. Wu, you go with Miss Suda to Tahara Hideki's house to check on his daughter. Al, let's go and follow those two guys."

Gojo Satoru made an OK gesture, and Al got out of the car without any objection. Soon, a manta ray curse spirit carried Al and Geto Suguru and flew up, following Tahara Hideki's taxi from a distance.

Manami Suda looked at their figures flying into the sky with a thoughtful expression.

A technique to control cursed spirits?

Gojo Satoru on the side glanced at her calmly, "Aren't you leaving?"

The eyes behind his sunglasses were so beautiful that they didn't seem like eyes that a human could possess. After being stared at for too long, she felt a creepy feeling as if she was being stared at by an inhuman being. Manami Suda came to her senses and quickly unbuckled her seat belt.

"Let's go."

They got out of the car, went upstairs, and rang the doorbell of Hideki Tahara's house. After a while, Kana Tahara came to open the door for them.

Tahara Kana was surprised: "Ms. Suda, there is also this——"

"Hey." Gojo Satoru said in a relaxed tone, "I'm an exorcist, a companion of the two exorcists last time. Look, that weird guy with small eyes and long purple hair."

Tahara Kana: “…”

Manami Sugata: "..."

Is it really okay to describe your companion like this?

Kana Tahara immediately understood who the "weird bangs with small eyes" and "weird person with long purple hair" were, and she immediately said, "Please come in, what a coincidence, my husband just went out with his friends."

Gojo Satoru walked into the living room without hesitation and saw Koori who was playing with a doll.

“…”

He walked over, gently pulled down the small round sunglasses on his nose, stared at Tianyuan Orisa for a while, and smiled with interest.

"Really, just like Jay guessed, they are integrated together."

Zhisha blinked in confusion.

Manami Suda on the side asked nervously: "Melted together?"

Gojo Satoru pointed at Zhisha and said, "This child has merged with the Pakuru. She has tamed the Pakuru and made it a part of herself."

Manami Sugata: "!!!"

Manami Suda was shocked: "Can she really do this?"

"Well, my eyes don't lie."

Gojo Satoru calmly looked away and looked at the brand new amulet hanging on the wall.

He touched his chin, walked to the amulet, and asked Tahara Kana: "Hey, madam, where did you get this from?"

"This amulet?"

Kana Tahara looked very nervous. She didn't understand Gojo Satoru's comments about Kana, but that didn't stop her from feeling uneasy.

"This was obtained by a friend of my husband for us. He said that if we hang it at home, it can drive away evil spirits..."

Manami Suda asked her, "Friend? Is that the university professor?"

Tahara Kana was stunned: "Yes."

Gojo Satoru smiled and asked meaningfully, "You two, do you have a good relationship?"

Kana Tahara spoke the truth: "He is a very good person. He has been running around for our family's affairs these days. Just now, he and my husband went out to find a new exorcist..."

Gojo Satoru calmly interrupted, "Are you sure they are not planning to team up to murder your wife and get bail?"

Tahara Kana: “…”

Tahara Kana was shocked and asked, "Why do you say that?"

Suda Manami reminded in a low voice: "Mr. Saito, that professor is not bad. When we came here to have a party before, the professor always took good care of Mrs. Tahara."

He supported her, asked her about her health, and helped to wash the dishes. He cared about her much more than her real husband. That kind of feeling... well, anyone with a discerning eye could see it, except Chanel herself who didn't notice it.

Gojo Satoru understood the implication of Suda Manami's words.

--whispering sound.

Is this a plot about a man killing his husband and stealing his wife? How boring.

Gojo Satoru pointed his slender finger at the amulet in front of him and said meaningfully, "This is the death warrant he personally sent over."

"A talisman...forcing death?"

"Well, to put it simply, this thing is specifically used to attract the Polu demons, and it can deepen the connection between your family and the Polu demons."

Tahara Kana: "!!!"

Manami Sugata: "!!!"

…

Al and Xia Youjie followed the taxi all the way. The taxi drove for about fifteen minutes and finally stopped in front of an ordinary noodle shop.

They landed in a nearby alley, pulled up their hoods, sneaked into the noodle shop, and found a seat in the corner.

Alka whispered to Kayuki, "Look, it's Oosaka-kun."

Xia Yujie turned around and looked, and said in surprise: "It's her?"

The woman sitting at the same table with Tahara Hideki was wearing fashionable sunglasses. She was about the same age as the proprietress of Ayan, but her face under the sunglasses was very fierce, and it was obvious that she was not someone to be trifled with. She looked like one of those hermits with a weird temper in novels.

Kimiko Ohsaka is considered one of the most famous psychics in Japan, but this "most famous" does not refer to how good she is, but... ahem, she appears on TV too frequently.

As long as it is a program related to supernatural events, there will be Kimiko Oosaka. Now, she has become a famous psychic known to every household in Japan.

She uses the most exaggerated exorcism rituals to perform exorcisms on TV and makes the most sarcastic comments on various supernatural events. The variety show always gets full marks and she occasionally even appears in magazines. She spends more time appearing in variety shows than in her main job as a psychic.

Al had watched Oosaka Kimiko's "Hyperspective" with Gojo Satoru, Gayu Gakuen and Iri Nozomi. After watching it for ten minutes, they all said that the so-called "supernatural events" in the show were so embarrassing that they were so embarrassed that they would rather watch "FZ" again.

Normally, this kind of psychic who is loved by the public should be a liar, but Oosaka Kimiko is actually a genuine psychic.

Yes, a quasi-first-class psychic, whose ranking in the psychic world is second only to those of Senbogo Oiwa and Higa Kotoko.

In response to this, Ieiri Shoko said: Japanese psychics are doomed.

Al said in a low voice: "It seems that she is the exorcist that Tahara Hideki found himself."

It's really terrible that Hideki Tahara would rather find a quasi-first-class psychic whose expertise is not so suitable than listen to the heartfelt advice of the top-class sorcerer.

Xia Yujie sighed and said helplessly: "In terms of social fame and influence, Oosaka Junzi beats us 'unknowns', so it's normal for Tahara Hideki to find her."

Besides, they just called themselves Saito Ichi-San from the beginning to the end, so they can't blame others for being treated as liars.

Al immediately comforted him: "Don't be discouraged, J-chan, if you debut in a variety show, you will definitely be more popular than Oosaka-kun!"

Xia Yujie paused and said honestly, "No, if I debut, I will probably be criticized as a vase that rides on the popularity of the supernatural circle."

Al: “…”

Indeed.

Don't ask. If you ask, the guy is just too handsome and it's hard to convince people.

Al muttered to himself, "Should I praise you for your self-awareness or should I say you are narcissistic?"

Xia Yujie was so embarrassed that he said angrily: "This is not called narcissism!"

His eyes suddenly widened, and his expression suddenly became serious: "Here it comes! It's the cursed power of the Pok'u-ma, I won't mistake it."

A faint magical force entered the noodle shop, and there seemed to be giggling sounds in my ears, but when I listened carefully, I could only hear the noisy voices of the noodle shop customers talking and laughing.

After quickly finishing a large bowl of beef noodles, Oosaka put down the bowl, clasped his hands together and said, "Thank you for the treat."

Seeing that she had finally finished eating, Tahara Hideki asked anxiously, "Master Oosaka, do you have a way to solve the problem of the Pokkyu Demon?"

Oosaka Junzi took off her fashionable sunglasses and looked at Tahara Hideki with her cloudy eyes. After a while, she said slowly, "The Pakuro Demon is a monster that has lived for at least a thousand years. I can't do anything to it, but I can cut off the connection between you and the Pakuro Demon."

Contact...contact again.

Last time, that weird exorcist Liu Hai also kept emphasizing "connection".

Tahara Hideki asked Oosaka Kimiko: "What should we do?"

The faint laughter in the noodle shop suddenly came closer to them, and Oosaka Junzi's eyes flashed, "Here they come!"

Tahara Hideki was stunned. "What? What's coming?"

The next second, his cell phone on the table suddenly rang. Tahara Hideki picked it up and saw that it was an anonymous call.

He had a bad feeling in his heart and looked up at Oosaka Junzi, who nodded slowly at him.

"Pick up the phone. No matter what the person on the phone says to you, don't respond. I will delete the connection between you before I hang up the phone."

Tahara Hideki took a deep breath and answered the phone.

"Ku ...

It was that familiar laugh again.

Al in the corner said with a strange expression: "Jack, will this really work?"

After a moment of silence, Xia Yujie replied, "It is indeed useful, but the core problem of this incident lies with Orisa. As long as Orisa summons the Pakurokuma again, the connection between the Pakurokuma and Tahara Hideki will be established again. This method is only a temporary solution and does not address the root cause."

After Tahara Hideki answered the phone, Oosaka Kimiko made a hand seal and began to mutter something. After a while, her forehead was covered in cold sweat, and it was obvious that the fight was very difficult.

Meanwhile, on the phone, the Pok-luk demon was using various voices to trick Tahara Hideki into making a sound. It changed its voice into many different ones, using multiple identities such as Chana, Orisa, colleague, superior, and parents to mock Tahara Hideki. Tahara Hideki was so angry that his face turned red, and he was about to burst out in anger several times, but was stopped in time by his friends.

Oosaka-kunzi chanted the spell faster and faster, and the curse power gathered in the noodle shop became more and more murderous. At this crucial moment, Tahara Hideki slammed the table and shouted in a defensive voice: "What do you know! You know nothing! What right do you have to dictate to my family!"

Xia Yujie cursed: "Idiot!"

With a "puff" sound, Kimiko Oosaka spat out a mouthful of black blood and her spell casting was interrupted. She was attacked by her own spell and was seriously injured in an instant. The cursed power lurking around her suddenly twisted into a sharp knife and slashed towards Kimiko Oosaka who had lost the power to resist.

Al dodged and grabbed Aosaka Junko's collar and pulled her away.

The next second, the chair that Oosaka Junzi was sitting on was shattered into pieces.

"ah!"

The customers in the noodle shop were shocked.

"Blood! Someone is vomiting blood!"

"What happened to her?!"

"Quick, call an ambulance!"

There was a sudden commotion in the noodle shop. Kagome pushed aside the other customers who gathered around and went to check on Kimiko Oosaka's injuries.

Hideki Tahara took two steps back in panic and rushed out of the noodle shop with a look of horror on his face.

“Ah——Don’t come over here! Don’t come over here!!”

Kimiko Oosaka, who was lying on the ground, had a dark blue face and dark blood was constantly flowing from the corners of his mouth. The blood color on his body was rapidly fading, and his situation was very bad.

"Hold on!"

Geto summoned "Saiko" and asked "Saiko" to use the reversal technique to relieve Kimiko Oosaka's injuries. After a while, Kimiko Oosaka's face finally turned a little red.

She opened her cloudy eyes and looked at Geto Suguru, then glanced at the disheveled "Saiko", and raised her hands while struggling.

"save……"

Xia Yujie held her hand and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, you won't die. I can save you."

"Save...someone...I...have angered...the Pok'u Demon. Go save...Tanahara Hideki."

Xia Yujie felt a pain in his heart: "What time is it now? You are still worried about that guy!"

"This is our...mission." Oosaka Junzi said hoarsely: "You are...the same kind, you can...understand it, right?"

“…”

Xia Yujie took a deep breath and said, "Of course I understand. My companions have already gone after Tahara Hideki. We will not let the Pakuro succeed. Don't worry. I am a top-class sorcerer. We can handle this."

Only then did Oosaka-kunzi show a look of relief: "Then I'll leave it to you..."

After she said this, she completely fainted.

Al immediately transformed into a spirit and fell right behind Tahara Hideki. After Tahara Hideki ran through several streets in panic, he finally received another call.

He answered the phone with shaking hands, "Master Oosaka?"

The calm voice of Kagome Kagome came from the other end of the phone: "Mr. Tahara Hideki, please go to the Crescent Hotel in Kawasaki City immediately. Your wife and daughter will soon join you at the hotel. Your actions just now have angered the Pakumo, and it will most likely come to your house to look for you, so please do not go home."

Tahara Hideki was shocked: "Then Kana and Orisa..."

"My companions will lead them to retreat together. You don't have to worry about their safety. You don't have to worry about your side either."

Because Xia Youjie knew that Al was next to Tahara Hideki.

"Anyway, go to the Crescent Hotel right away and meet up with your family. I'll come find you after I send Ms. Oosaka to the hospital."

Tahara Hideki hung up the phone with a pale face.

Just as he was about to take a taxi to the Crescent Hotel, his cell phone rang again.

"……Hello?"

Kagome's voice came from the phone again.

"Mr. Tahara Hideki, please return to your home immediately."

Al was stunned.

Hideki Tahara was also stunned.

"Didn't you just tell me to go to the Crescent Hotel and never go home?"

"Kaguya Kei" said calmly in the same tone as before: "The plan has changed temporarily. I will help you exorcise the Pakuru, so please return home immediately and prepare to fight the Pakuru. Remember to throw away all the knives in the house, destroy all the mirrors, fill bowls and cups with water, and place them in various corners of the house. These are all preparations to fight the Pakuru. You are a good husband and a good father, right? This is a fight for your wife and daughter. I hope you can be brave this time."

Al: “…”

He knocked on the queue and asked, "Jie, did you call Tahara Hideki again?"

Kagome didn't understand and said, "No, I'm in the ambulance. Oosaka-kun is not in good condition. What happened? Did Tahara Hideki do something again?"

Al: “…”

He asked, "Does the Polumo hate mirrors?"

Kagome recalled: "There is indeed such a saying. I heard that the Pakyuu is afraid of mirrors, knives and scissors. Oh, and he also likes water. However, this saying has not been confirmed."

Al said with relief: "Jack, we must subdue the Polu demon. When we really can't make money one day, we can still use the Polu demon's ability to conduct telecommunications fraud. It will definitely help you cheat a lot of money."

Summer Oil: "...Huh?"