I repeated these words in my mind.

He asked himself why he thought so. The previous barrage seemed to mention that Tanizaki Junichiro had a missing sister.

Could it be that the young man in front of him really had a sister who had never existed in his memory? Haiyin Temple Suyou suddenly felt creepy.

Some memories seem to be distorted, or replaced by other messy things.

Memory is like forcing incompatible puzzle pieces together, while abnormality is like a stone thrown into a calm lake, sending cold ripples in all directions.

In his memory, Tanizaki Junichiro did not have a sister, but in his subconscious while traveling to Kaionji Temple, he inexplicably believed that the young man was a sister-con.

This is not normal. This is extremely not normal.

Kaionji Suyu believes in his memory and intuition. He can even remember that his grandfather came to visit his home when he was three or four years old. If Tanizaki Junichiro had a younger sister who was his deskmate, he would have no reason to forget and it would be impossible for him to forget.

Some clues that had been ignored before suddenly appeared in his mind.

There were still textbooks in the belly of the desk in front of him that had not been taken away, and a pink notebook filled with beautiful girlish handwriting that had been placed in his drawer and had not been returned in person...

Everything pointed to one possibility, that is, something had tampered with his memory.

At first he suspected that it was because of the interrogation in the Special Ability Division, but his classmates and teachers did not remember Naomi Tanizaki. This was not a memory tampering against him alone, so he had to suspect some other supernatural forces.

"Zongji Temple..." He couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Hearing his words, Tanizaki Junichiro's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw.

"Do you remember this..."

"I remember some, but there are some that I just can't remember no matter what. It seems like my memory has been tampered with." Haiyinsi Suyou frowned and said in a bad tone.

It feels bad to have your memory tampered with, which means that you can't even fully trust your own memory, which is an extremely tricky thing.

"Now, could you please tell me in detail what happened, Mr. Tanizaki?"

After asking the waiter to bring a cup of warm tea to Tanizaki Junichiro again, Kaionji Suyou began to ask Tanizaki Junichiro questions.

Tanizaki Junichiro took a deep breath and then slowly began to tell the story. He did not look very well, but his worry about his sister's safety still kept him going.

"In fact, it started gradually when Naomi disappeared. I found that other people, other people," the young man's expression became extremely painful, "other people seemed to be slowly forgetting Naomi. Even I myself, sometimes I would be horrified to find that I had forgotten a little about Naomi."

"Even some other members of the Armed Detective Agency seem to have forgotten Naomi. I know that Mr. Ranpo seems to have figured out something, but he suddenly fainted last night, which made everyone very worried. However, Ms. Yosano said that he was frightened too much, but I don't know why he couldn't wake up. Everyone in the detective agency is very anxious, so I can only investigate alone."

"But," the young man swallowed and continued, "But I'm sure that Mr. Ranpo must have seen something. Mr. Ranpo told me before that I could come to you if I really had no choice, and Mr. Dazai didn't seem to be affected too much, but now I can't find Mr. Dazai anywhere, and the president is not here either..."

[Shock! No wonder the Armed Detective Agency didn’t send anyone to look for him…]

[Oh my god, what the hell is going on? Doesn’t Edogawa Ranpo have no clairvoyance at all? This can’t be the influence of a ghost or a god.]

[Not necessarily. I remember the intelligence said Ranbu actually has a strong sense of inspiration?]

[Let’s not talk about that for now. They’ve all lost their memory. It’s as if Naomi’s existence has been wiped out. It’s so scary.]

[So, what kind of ghost is this? It's ridiculously powerful.]

[It can’t be the Sojiji Temple again, I just heard Youjiang mention Sojiji Temple]

Although there were still some doubts, with the dual confirmation of his own subconscious and the anxious words of Tanizaki Junichiro, Kaionji Suyou was still convinced of the existence of Tanizaki Naomi.

Coming to Kaionji Temple for a tour was not originally in Tanizaki Junichiro's plan.

Originally, Edogawa Ranpo asked him to find Kaionji Suyou, but Tanizaki Junichiro didn't take it seriously. However, now that things have come to this, he came to Kaionji Suyou's school to try his luck, but learned that Kaionji Suyou was ill, and he didn't meet the boy until now.

Although Tanizaki Junichiro's words were overly emotional and a bit confusing, Kaionji Suyou still understood what he meant.

At the same time, this also made the expression of the Haiyin Temple tour more serious.

He carefully thought about the relevant knowledge in his mind, and a terrible idea came into his mind.

This is not a simple kidnapping, nor is it eating, but rather the power of existence being taken away by ghosts and gods. It is similar to "kamisamaj", but not exactly the same.

Few people, or rather, ghosts and gods, can master the method of eliminating human existence. Those who can understand this method are all the best among ghosts and gods, and may even be the legendary great beings. The Haiyin Temple tour is far from seeing those things, but it feels fear instinctively.

Whether Naomi Tanizaki's existence is completely devoured by the demons, or she is replaced and assimilated by the demons, or her body is occupied by the demons, these are not the ending that Kaionji Suyou wants to see.

Good things should never die like this.

Absolutely not.

"Then let's go."

The black-haired boy's voice was loud and clear.

Haiyin Temple Suyou stood up straight from the soft seat in the booth. His sickly complexion, overly thin figure and dark school uniform made him look like a black pine tree standing proudly in the wind and rain.

When hearing the words of the black-haired high school boy, Tanizaki Junichiro was obviously stunned.

"Go, what for?" the young man asked hesitantly.

He was still sitting in the same position, as if he didn't understand how things had turned out like this.

It's no wonder that he was a little slow to react. Tanizaki Junichiro never thought of asking Kaionji Temple to help him with the tour. It was too inappropriate both morally and logically.

It was just that he had lost too much memory about his sister, which made him often doubt whether those remaining fragments of his memory were his own imagination or just glimpses of the past. That's why he couldn't help but come to Kaionji Suyou to ask as Edogawa Ranpo had said before.

In fact, when he followed the boy to the cafe, he felt a little regretful. Because of his momentary fear and sense of loss, he rashly dragged this innocent child, who had even been haunted by ghosts before, into the matter. This was really too selfish.

"Of course, to investigate Naomi's disappearance and the mystery of Sojiji Temple."

The unhesitating voice of Kaionji Suyou made Tanizaki Junichiro a little at a loss.

“Hey, hey, hey, hey, this, this won’t do!” The light-haired young man almost shook his head like a wave drum and refused repeatedly. He was not very good at refusing others now, but at this moment he still insisted on staying where Haiyin Temple was.

"Hayinsi classmate has nothing to do with this matter. I was very rude to grab you at the school gate just now. No matter how you look at it, it's too dangerous. This matter should really be left to adults."

"I can handle it by myself." The young man looked very tired, but still spoke in the most relaxed tone and put on a smile as if to reassure people not to worry.

But these words suddenly stunned the black-haired high school student, and the boy clenched his fists quietly on his legs.

********

"Xiaoyou, you should wait for your mother to come back home. Be obedient. Your father will be off work soon."

The woman with soft short light yellow hair bent down half helplessly and half amusedly, propped up her knees and spoke to the black-haired boy.

The neat uniform suits her perfectly, making her look tall and heroic.

"I want to go with Mom, too. Take me with you. I promise I won't cause any trouble! I can see it all. I, I can definitely help!"

The young child spoke nervously, looking a little embarrassed and very reluctant to be separated from his mother.

"I want to defeat the bad guys like my parents!"

These were words full of longing, and the woman couldn't help laughing.

"Okay, okay, I'll let you be a hero for just one second."

The woman took off her uniform hat and put it on her son's head. It was obviously not the right size for a child and looked funny and cute.

In a moment, she took back the hat, adjusted its position, put it back on her head, and did not forget to ruffle the boy's hair maliciously, and rejected her son's request without hesitation.

"But this is an adult matter. Xiaoyou is still a child. You can help your parents when you grow up."

The woman said jokingly, and the sound of the door closing seemed to hit the boy's heart.

*********

A trip back to Haiyin Temple helped me escape from my memories.

"But I can't."

The certificate of the Special Ability Division obtained from Ango Sakaguchi finally came in handy at this time.

"But I can't."

The journey back to Haiyin Temple was repeated, and the young man’s words just now seemed to have touched somewhere in his heart.

It's rare to be passionate.

He carefully took out the certificate that was kept warm at the innermost part of the backpack, closest to the body, and showed it to the young man in front of Tanizaki Junichiro's incredulous gaze.

“It’s my responsibility.”

The black-haired high school boy said it word for word, just like his parents had said it countless times.

Just like he had heard it countless times from his parents at the entrance before, he could blurt it out without much thought.

[Ohhhh, Xiao You is so handsome (flower maniac)]

[Why call me Xiao You? Call me Brother Hai! Brother Hai is so handsome!]

[I want to call you Xiaoyou! My weak but strong wife]

[I was really impressed when Haige said he was going, but I’m still a little worried]

[Wow, the aesthetic of a broken egg hitting a rock, hehe, I wonder if there will be a small game of war damage, slurp]

[You don’t have to go alone, but honestly, there’s really no need to go to Haiyin Temple]

[Oh, I’m still worried about Xiaoyou. I hope everyone can come back safely. Didn’t Sojiji Temple kill so many people just for a golden wish?]

[Now that you mention it, I am worried. Please don’t let anything happen.]

I just need a reasonable reason to go to Zongji Temple. Although it was impulsive, it surprisingly felt good, Haiyin Temple Suyou thought.

The Special Ability Unit's credentials sometimes have some special powers, which may have unexpected effects on investigations. This is also one of the best choices.

However, seeing the concern for me in the comments still makes me feel warm even though we are so far apart.

But when he saw the rekindled hope in the young man's eyes, the black-haired high school boy lowered his eyes, and something in a corner of his heart was rekindled.

There are still ten days left. He must find the truth and survive in these ten days, and bring the girl back safely before all traces of Tanizaki Naomi left in this world disappear completely.

However, now that the decision has been made, it is impossible to bypass the Special Ability Division by using the privileges of the certificate.

Even though he had doubts about the place he had longed for the most, he still chose to join the Kaionji tour because there were still people like Sakaguchi Ango defending that place.

Moreover, regarding the disappearance of Naomi Tanizaki, if they could get the attention of the Special Ability Section, it would also bring some convenience to their investigation.

Haiyin Temple Suyou took a deep breath, looked at the number in the phone's address book, but hesitated to dial it.

After much hesitation, he chose to send a text message to Sakaguchi Ango, explaining that he was going to report on his duties in the Special Ability Division.

Sakaguchi Ango responded very quickly and said that if he was willing, he could come that day. It made people feel as if the Special Ability Unit had been waiting for him to join for a long time and couldn't wait for him to join.

Although all this is still a little weird, in order to avoid any further delays and to avoid any more trouble, Naomi Tanizaki's matter can't be delayed any longer, so Kaionji Suyou decided to go to the Special Ability Section immediately.

However, he remembered the member of the Special Ability Section who had visited his home before, and questioned the professional qualities of some of his future colleagues.

If the working environment is difficult, there doesn't seem to be a good solution, but working under Ango Sakaguchi seems to be much better.

If that's the case, it shouldn't be a problem to ignore them, Haiyin Temple Suyou thought. In the past, he was always regarded as a weirdo because he couldn't learn to conceal his clairvoyance when he was a child.

But after growing up, I got used to it and was actually accepted by those guys who claimed to be normal people and integrated into the group.

It was a ridiculous and irritating experience, he thought, hoping that maybe it wouldn't be as bad as he thought.

But I’m afraid that what I say will come true.

Unfortunately, the person who led the tour to Haiyin Temple to handle the formalities was the same agent.

But it's not surprising. Yamaguchi Daichi is also a subordinate of Sakaguchi Ango and the one with the most experience. However, due to some reasons, he has no mission at hand.

Therefore, it seemed only natural to let him guide the newcomers and future colleagues who were also Sakaguchi Ango's subordinates.

However, Yamaguchi Daichi had many prejudices against Kaionji Temple and believed that Yu was an obstacle to his career advancement. He did not try his best to tell him and even secretly had the evil intention of attacking him.

But what Yamaguchi Daichi didn't know was that you could still see bullet screens when you travel upstream from Kaionji Temple.

As soon as he entered the Special Ability Division, Kaionji Suyou saw a lot of bullet screens passing by, which had already clearly revealed Yamaguchi Daichi's evil thoughts.

[I originally thought that this Yamaguchi was just blind and mentally ill, but he actually has such a vicious mind. Xiaoyou is in trouble.]

[That’s right, it’s obviously your own incompetence, yet you are blaming others]

[I think he is just a coward. He even conspired with that guy called “Xiao Shan” to bully a high school student. What kind of people are they?]

[But they seem to have guns... I don't think they will actually shoot]

[I guess it's just scary. Seeing him like that, I don't dare to shoot here anymore. I'm afraid Xiaoyou will fall into his trap and suffer some psychological trauma.]

[That is to say, the Special Ability Unit is too rubbish. It seems that except for Ango Sakaguchi, all members are villains. I don’t know why Hai Ge joined. Even if he goes to the Port Mafia, it’s better than staying here.]

[Don’t say that. You didn’t even notice that the Special Ability Unit solved that ghost problem before. After all, it’s a legitimate official organization. It’s not garbage, right?]

[That won’t work. The death rate of mafia in the port is so high.]

[Tsk, it's as if no one dies in the Special Ability Unit. A lot of people died before, but the Sojiji Temple incident was still not resolved.]

[The Armed Detective Agency is still the most suitable. Brother Hai should have just gone with the flow at that time. Anyway, I don’t think it’s a good idea for him to join the Special Ability Unit.]

Seeing that the barrage was noisy because of these things, Kaiinji Suyou temporarily withdrew his attention and concentrated a little to communicate with Yamaguchi Daichi.

Yamaguchi Daichi didn't know that his plan had been exposed by the barrage. He always pretended to be very nice in front of his colleagues and greeted Kaionji Suyou politely.

The black-haired boy obviously recognized him. He showed some obvious rejection when he saw him and his eyes immediately turned away, making Yamaguchi Daichi laugh at him in his heart, thinking that he was a brat who didn't know how to hide his emotions.

Although he didn't know what the boy was thinking, when they walked into the elevator, Yamaguchi Daichi could feel that his future colleague was looking at him with a much more wary look.

But Yamaguchi Daichi was confident that the boy would never see through his plan and would not be able to cause any trouble. Instead, he imagined a scene in which he would make the Kaionji trip suffer a little, and he actually showed a rare twisted smile of satisfaction.

Boring and completely meaningless, when Yamaguchi Daichi led him into an office, Kaiinji Suyou glanced at the camera in the corridor and silently made this definition.

As expected, there was no one in the office.

Perhaps in order to let Kaionji Temple visitors relax their guard in the future, Yamaguchi Daichi still maintained the demeanor of a good senior, pretending to say that he would pass on some "experience" to him as a person who had experienced it before.

But at this moment, looking at the man's extremely hypocritical face, Haiyin Temple Suyou suddenly felt unnaturally excited.

He didn't know if it was the effect of the curse from ghosts or gods, but his mind was sometimes in an unstable state. He was obviously not the type to stir up trouble, but he was excited about what might happen in the future, and he suddenly longed for violence.

!

He forced himself to break free from that strange state, and provoked Hachisha Lady one after another. Now he was targeted by some unknown ghost or god. The mental burden he had accumulated unintentionally was beyond his imagination. No wonder people with clairvoyance would never actively provoke ghosts or gods.

The man sitting opposite him seemed to have said something just now, but Kaiinji Suyou was completely immersed in that impulse and didn't notice it at all.

Yamaguchi Daichi was naturally very annoyed about being completely ignored.

He was the one who had the most hope of promotion before, so his colleagues would not ignore his words, and his superiors also valued him. He had almost never encountered such treatment before, so he said in a blaming tone: "It seems that you haven't learned to listen to your seniors? You can't learn to be polite, right?"

But the black-haired boy opposite still looked indifferent. His eyes, which were red to the point of being uncomfortable, seemed to always contain only one emotion: calmness. They were like a pool of blood without ripples, making people want to tear this calmness apart.

It was as if no matter what he said, it couldn't elicit any reaction from the boy, and instead, Yamaguchi Daichi looked as ridiculous as a clown.

Such a contrast was enough to make Daichi Yamaguchi completely angry.

"It seems that your family education is just like this, but it's no wonder, your father is just an extremely despicable guy," the man named Yamaguchi Daichi said without hesitation, revealing his vicious speculation about the colleague who died. The jealousy and disgust in his words were obvious, "He was promoted so quickly, and I don't know what means he used to please his boss. I don't even know how real his achievements are."

"If he hadn't died in the previous mission, how could he have been awarded this honor just based on the level of the ghosts and cases." Yamaguchi Daichi's tone actually revealed a bit of indignation and resentment, as if he was jealous of even the award for sacrificing a colleague.

"Bang--"

The boy sitting opposite him suddenly stood up, and the chair behind him fell to the ground, making a dull thud against the smooth ground, but the boy seemed not to hear it.

Although the black-haired high school student was not particularly tall, and even looked thinner than the last time they met, Yamaguchi Daichi still felt a strange sense of oppression from the shadow cast by the boy standing up.

The most striking thing on Haiyin Temple Suyou's pale face with a sickly and tired look was his pair of eyes, which were red almost blood red, but it seemed that some unknown storm was brewing in them.

Those red eyes that were too similar to his father's gave Yamaguchi Daichi an illusion. Under the tremendous sense of oppression, he even had an absurd illusion that the dead were resurrected.

It shouldn't have been like this. In his plan, he shouldn't have been the one feeling scared. He clearly wanted to see the boy begging for mercy, but at this moment, his positions and identities seemed to have been completely reversed.

Instead, he was the one who was about to fall into a disadvantage. The air he breathed in seemed to be getting less and less, making Yamaguchi Daichi feel as if he was short of oxygen.

He unconsciously reached for his waist, and the touch of the cold metal tube suddenly made him hard.

But the Kaionji upstream trip also started, and the shortened distance broke a string in Daichi Yamaguchi's mind.

He shouldn't have pulled out a gun here. Yamaguchi Daichi was frantically trying to call the police. If he was caught shooting his colleagues, his future would be ruined.

But here he deliberately threatened a hidden room that Ken Kosugi had found for him that was not under surveillance, and if it was just a scare...

Controlled by his emotions, Yamaguchi Daichi made the wrong decision from the beginning, and he slowly pulled out his gun.

However, he watched indifferently as another hand, as pale as its owner's, grasped his pistol.

Before any part of his body could react, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his wrist, and then his hand was empty.

"You can't fail to learn manners, Mr. Yamaguchi." That was the voice of the devil.