Before his parents and Officer Tateda passed away, Kaiinji Suyou learned many fighting skills from them, many skills that were summarized from the agents' life-and-death missions. They might not be flashy but were sufficient to use.
Perhaps this would not be successful under normal circumstances, but it was enough to deal with Yamaguchi Daichi who underestimated his enemy at this moment.
Holding the cold black metal, just like his father did in his memory, he easily snatched the deadly weapon from the enemy who was taller than him.
I picked up the gun, but it wasn't the familiar weight.
An unobtrusive smile slowly blossomed at the corner of Haiyin Temple's mouth, but it soon grew bigger and bigger.
"Click."
After a few careless moves, the muzzle of the gun was turned upside down.
The black muzzle of the gun was originally pointed at the man's heart, but after a moment it was raised a few inches.
[Thank you, I am impressed]
[Brother Hai beats him]
[Great! The Yamaguchi guys originally wanted to find a hidden place to bully Hai-ge, but now they are about to be beaten up and have no place to ask for help]
[666, this movement, this smoothness, is pleasing to the eye, definitely practiced]
[Expecting Yamaguchi to get beaten]
[Looking forward to Yamaguchi getting beaten +1]
[Looking forward to Yamaguchi getting beaten +10086]
Haiyinsi Suyou was breathing softly, his face was a little red due to his emotional excitement, which was probably the only color on his pale skin.
The vision changed in an instant. The office in black and white suddenly became too monotonous. The simple decoration suddenly seemed too shallow and unbearable in Haiyin Temple Suyou's eyes.
Want red.
Want more red.
An abnormal excitement swept through my body at that moment.
In the schoolbag beside him, a red-covered notebook was kept open for some time, with a few tiny numbers flashing on one of the pages.
Yamaguchi Daichi looked at the young man in front of him with surprise and suspicion. He didn't understand why such a thing happened, and he didn't understand why the Kaionji tour, which seemed to him to be so timid just now, had such a strong contrast.
His mind went blank for a moment, and the instinctive fear of being pointed at by a gun roared throughout his body.
At this moment, he suddenly became unsure whether he had put the bullet in the gun.
The boy's smile and those red eyes that were so similar to the dead person made Yamaguchi Daichi feel deeply trapped.
Fear seemed to have become something addictive and ecstatic in that red sea, roaming freely in Yamaguchi Daichi's internal organs, and then bringing with it a huge emptiness.
Someone was talking in his head.
No, not just the brain, but also the heart, lungs, liver... even the fingertips and nails seem to have turned into auditory receptors, listening to this buzzing sound.
He was suddenly able to breathe deeply, and after the tidal fear evaporated, in the immense sense of emptiness that almost crushed his will, he suddenly realized that it was the sound of the upstream trip to Haiyin Temple.
But he couldn't think, he could only listen. At this moment, the arrogant adult finally learned to be a "polite" listener.
"What are you afraid of, Mr. Yamaguchi?"
The boy's voice was soft, just like when they first met, but this time, Yamaguchi Daichi felt even more fear than last time.
"Bang--"
The man who had been sitting paralyzed on the ground for a long time suddenly widened his eyes. Fear made him bite his tongue. The smell of blood flowing in his mouth finally made Yamaguchi Daichi feel that he was still alive.
Haiyin Temple Suyou just pulled the trigger.
The safety was off, the gun was properly positioned, and the loaded gun made a dull sound.
But as expected, the gun was empty.
"Don't be afraid, Mr. Yamaguchi. If anything, it was a blank."
The boy even imitated the joking tone he used that night without taking it seriously at all.
Traveling along the Haiyin Temple path, it was as if he had become a completely different person. The ending tone of the song "Shangxuan" was indescribably strange.
But it’s not enough, Haiyin Temple is traveling back and forth, wanting to see more red.
If there had been a bullet in it just now...
If there is anything else...
I want to see the gaping wound, the huge hole in the chest, the shattered flesh and blood...
Stop!
Reason suddenly returned.
It was too dangerous just now. Haiyinsi Suyou looked at his hands in a daze.
The man was still sitting paralyzed on the floor, his eyes had begun to blur, and it looked like he had been taught a lesson.
Haiyin Temple Suyou no longer distracted him, but began to think about his own loss of control.
He was a little confused as to whether those were temporary manias caused by the influence of ghosts and gods, or they were thoughts that already existed in his heart.
It would be better to resolve the matter of Zongji Temple as soon as possible, Haiyin Temple Suyou thought with some headache.
At this moment, the man sitting on the ground suddenly trembled.
Daichi Yamaguchi felt someone talking to him. Was it the boy in front of him?
No, it wasn't, it was a more mature voice, his nightmare.
"Shut up!"
Haiyin Temple Suyou looked coldly at the man in front of him who suddenly shouted into the air.
The man twitching and screaming on the floor was like the most humble and funny clown in a farce. His out-of-control appearance made Haiyinsi Suyou suddenly doubt whether he was really that scary just now.
But soon, he got the answer from the man's words.
"It's not me, Haiyin Temple! Shut up!" The man's panicked voice was so ridiculous and sharp, but it soon turned into a curse-like curse.
Haiyin Temple Suyou watched all this in silence, but he did not feel happy.
Daichi Yamaguchi seemed to have regarded him as his father, no wonder he was so scared just now. It seemed that men still had some value.
"Did I do something?" Haiyinsi Suyu clenched his fists and asked, imitating his father's tone.
"I don't know. I don't know anything."
But no matter what he asked, Yamaguchi Daichi just kept repeating the same thing.
His ID was still on the table, but at this moment, he didn't want it anymore.
Everything suddenly became boring.
Is this really the place I once dreamed of? Is this really the place my parents risked their lives to protect and preserve? I suddenly had such doubts while touring Haiyin Temple.
If the essence of the dream is just to save others, then whether to join or not suddenly seems to be insignificant.
Without further thought, Haiyinsi Suyou looked at the man sitting paralyzed on the ground, pondered for a moment, then picked up his backpack and prepared to leave.
He didn't want to get into any trouble by the time others came to their senses after treating the agents like this in the Special Ability Special Affairs Unit.
He still remembered the way out. When Yamaguchi Daichi brought him here, he had avoided the camera, so it was convenient for him to leave now.
However, before he could go far, he was stopped by someone.
"Mr. Sakaguchi."
Looking at the young man standing not far away, Haiyinsi Suyou chose to call out his name first.
"Come with me." There seemed to be something suppressed in the young man's voice.
As he traveled back to Kaionji Temple, he could feel Sakaguchi Ango's eyes wandering over him, as if he was trying hard to find something different.
"I'm sorry, but Mr. Sakaguchi, I may not--"
He didn't want to drag things out. Since he had met Sakaguchi Ango at this time, he immediately wanted to explain his thoughts just now, but Sakaguchi Ango spoke before him.
"My boss wants to see you." The young man's voice was cold and stiff, but Kaiinji Suyou could feel the deep worry about himself emanating from Sakaguchi Ango.
The young man who had always been so reliable in front of Haiyin Temple, at this moment, couldn't help but reveal a sense of uneasiness about the unknown.
Unable to refuse, I finally chose to follow Sakaguchi Ango on the tour to Kaionji Temple.
[Could it be that Daichi Yamaguchi was discovered?]
[It’s not that fast, and Sakaguchi Ango doesn’t seem angry or anything]
[The atmosphere feels a little off. Is the Special Ability Unit going to do something to Kaion Temple again?]
[It’s possible. Hiss, Sakaguchi Ango’s expression looks wrong.]
[What happened?]
Haiyin Temple Suyou also wants to know about the problem of barrage.
He was finally brought to an office by Sakaguchi Ango. The sign on the door read "Farming".
He felt Sakaguchi Ango's hand on his shoulder. The man's fingers clasped his shoulders forbearingly. He was clearly pushing him towards the door, but at the same time, he had a contradictory feeling of wanting to pull him back.
“…”
Sakaguchi Ango opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something to him, but at this time a voice came from inside the door.
"Come in."
the voice said.
When Suyou opened the door of Haiyin Temple, he was faced with a strange middle-aged man.
A middle-aged man wearing a kimono and with his head shaved like a monk was looking at him with a smile.
Haiyin Temple Suyou instinctively felt that this smile was dangerous, but staying at the door too long would only show his cowardice.
"Come and sit down." The middle-aged man said gently, with a surprisingly friendly attitude.
After calming down, Haiyinsi Suyou walked over naturally and sat down on the chair in front of the man.
"I am Taneda Santohuo."
"Hayin Temple Suyou." The inexplicable self-introduction part, Haiyin Temple Suyou thought, this seems to be impolite, but he no longer cares.
What he just did would not be necessary for the Special Ability Unit, and his fantasy about this place seemed to be almost shattered.
"I know you. Your parents were my most capable subordinates. I personally arranged your employment." The man didn't seem surprised at Haiyin Temple's attitude. He just asked, "Would you like something to drink?"
"Thank you for your kindness, but I don't need it now." The man named Taneda Santouko's evaluation of his parents made Haiyinsi Suyou's attitude a little better, but only a little.
"I want to know when I can leave, Mr. Taneda?" The desire to leave here was stronger than ever. Although Taneda Santouko's current attitude seemed very friendly, he had already begun to want to leave.
"Don't worry, kid," the man waved his hand and said with a smile, "Did you encounter any difficulties in getting the job?"
"Why don't you tell me what happened just now?" the man said in an encouraging tone.
He must know something about what happened just now. Looking at those smiling eyes, Haiyinsi Suyou made such a judgment.
As I was traveling back to Haiyin Temple, a bold idea suddenly flashed through my mind.
He recounted what had just happened in full.
After the narration, the office fell into silence as he expected.
The man named Taneda Santouki was sitting behind his desk, still wearing that mask-like smile on his face.
But after a moment, the man unexpectedly burst into laughter.
Haiyin Temple Suyou watched all this happening in confusion. Just now, the man's smile actually became much more sincere.
"What a wonderful way to achieve great things with small efforts. You have done a great job. You are as good as your parents. I am looking forward to your joining us."
The unexpected praise caught Haiyinsi Suyou off guard, but he still maintained his facial expression.
[? ? ? ? ? ]
[Isn't it crazy to have a fire on the mountain?]
[Ah, even after being slapped in the face, he can still smile so happily, emmmm]
[Could it be that Brother Hai was so angry that he lost his mind? That's not possible]
[Rational guess, is it possible that Tanaka Santouhuo has a disease that makes him laugh when he gets angry (hand gesture)]
Looking at the unreliable guesses in the barrage, Haiyinsi Suyou strangely agreed with them a little bit. This was really too outrageous. At this moment, he could not understand Zhongtian Shantouhuo's idea at all.
"Thank you for your compliment, but I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't live up to your expectations." Haiyinsi Suyou said as tactfully as possible.
"Don't refuse so quickly. I didn't make it clear before." The man slowly stopped Haiyinsi Suyou from saying the next word.
"This is not an order, nor is it a compensation," the man stared at the boy opposite him, "This is a request."
"It is a request from the country. We need your ability and we beg you to join us."
"Please think about it carefully, kid," the man stopped smiling, and after the frivolous mask disappeared, he looked particularly serious.
Haiyinsi Suyou was stunned. This was too heavy a responsibility and invitation. He almost ran away, leaving behind a sentence "I'll think about it" and left quickly.
This time, Taneda Santouki did not stop him. Instead, he turned to the man who appeared after Kaionji Temple and said, "You did a good job, Kosugi-kun. You also deserve some credit for discovering such a talented person."
"I just gave a little boost." The man named Ken Kosugi came in front of Taneda Santoka and said humbly.
"It's not good to be too humble, but you really like to hide your edge and avoid the light." The superior said with a smile, quietly admonishing his subordinate, "Maybe you will be transferred to another place in the future, and please continue to 'help the cause', Xiaoshan-kun."
"Okay," regardless of what Kosugi Ken thought, Taneda Santoka continued to order, "Go call Sakaguchi-kun."
However, when Ken Kosugi picked up the phone, he found that there was no signal.
He said hesitantly, "Mr. Taneda, the communication system seems to have a problem."
"Is that so? Then I'll have to trouble Xiaoshan-kun to go there in person and notify the maintenance department to come over." The man seemed a bit nonchalant about the communication issue.
But Ken Kosugi still had some doubts.
"Is it really worth doing this, Captain Taneda?" Ken Kosugi rarely called Taneda Santoka "Captain". This was a question that required a serious answer.
"No matter coercion, bribery or extraordinary temptation, it will be useless for this child. Now that his value has been determined, use responsibility and emotion to tie him firmly here," Taneda Santouhuo paused, his attitude becoming somewhat ambiguous, "He is the same person as his parents."
"It doesn't matter if it doesn't succeed. Agency 7 has been cleansed out anyway. The experiment to artificially enhance clairvoyance has probably failed. No wonder they're so anxious. They should be thanking that kid."
"What about the Utopia? That German guy seems to be on the side of the port mafia." Ken Kosugi asked hesitantly.
"It doesn't matter. Their gods have long been extinct. If something really goes wrong, the locals will be the first to get upset."
Taneda Santouko took a sip of tea and completely dispelled all of Kosugi Ken's doubts with simple words.
***********
"Please."
The man held the hand of the blonde girl, and after his subordinates respectfully opened the car door, he smiled and spoke to the boy behind him.
Although going to Zongji Temple to get the talisman is important, it is certainly not something that would require the leader to go there in person and mobilize a large number of troops.
However, Mori Ougai's identity at this time was just a parent who accompanied the children to Sojiji Temple to play and pray. It was a very reasonable reason, and no one had any reason to stop it.
Even though the Black Lizard's men were escorting this special shipment, Sen Ouwai still felt uneasy about letting Michel Ende leave his sight and go alone.
Utsuro no Sou and Michel Ender were undoubtedly destabilizing factors for Yokohama, and although they were called a collaboration, Mori Ou Waiye was never at ease about it for even a single second.
Regardless of whether the little king would do something to his subordinates out of interest, or whether the little king had other intentions, he had to observe in person.
"snort."
The noble-looking boy just hummed softly, without much response to Sen Ou's actions, and walked straight into the car.
[Mori Ogai seems to really value the little king, and even accompanied him to Sojiji Temple himself]
[The previous part is wrong, it doesn’t say “pay attention”, it clearly means “be on guard”]
[But I finally waited for this scene, I was really looking forward to it]
[Yeah, if the little king goes there, he will definitely find something. The old monk in the live broadcast of the port mafia was really scary.]
[But it seems that the purpose of the little king is still unclear. Is it to develop believers? But why is he interested in Zongji Temple?]
[Are you trying to steal the incense from Zongji Temple? I was just kidding.]
[That would be fun, shocking, the ultimate showdown between the Bodhisattva of the Western Heaven and the God of India (bushi)]
[By the way, Hai-ge is also going to Soji-ji Temple with Tanizaki today, I wonder if they can run into each other]
Haiyin Temple Tour: I’m sorry, you probably won’t encounter that.
It would be fine if he used a vest to fight Mori Ougai, but to be on the safe side, he had no plans to face Mori Ougai directly for the time being.
Kaiinji Suyou no longer viewed the barrage through the perspective of the little king, but looked down at the time. The time he had agreed with Tanizaki Junichiro was very close.
For some unknown reason, his phone calls and text messages were affected in some way, and he was unable to contact Tanizaki Junichiro for a while.
Fortunately, the Weather Bureau issued an announcement, and from the reassuring broadcasts on the streets it sounded like some sudden stellar activity caused magnetic field fluctuations.
Shortly after the communication was restored, the light-haired young man hurriedly sent him a text message, which made Haiyinsi Su You feel a little relieved and able to think about what happened yesterday.
He instinctively felt something was wrong with Taneda Santouko's abnormal attitude before. Although the man did not reveal much, Haiyin Temple Suyou could feel that Taneda Santouko must be in a high position.
In this situation, the man actually asked me to join in, which was definitely not a simple invitation.
He had been thinking for a whole night about what made him worthy of such an invitation. The system's special ability department should not know the answer, so it must be his own clairvoyance. However, the range of vision he had shown to the outside world could only be described as relatively outstanding. It all seemed strange.
His thoughts were interrupted by the arrival of Junichiro Tanizaki.
The panting, light-haired young man brought the worst news - Naomi Tanizaki's household registration file could not be found.
This is terrible, and it means that many traces of Naomi Tanizaki in this world have been erased.
If she had simply been forgotten, there might still be a chance of recovery, but when even the objective traces of her existence disappeared imperceptibly, Haiyin Temple Suyou was not sure that he could "pull back" the girl in that state, or in other words, whether he could see the girl in that state was a problem.
After all, even though he was certain that his memories had been tampered with, Kaionji Suyou still often wondered whether the girl named Tanizaki Naomi was his own fantasy.
Moreover, the disappearance of household registration means that there is no way to report a missing person. It is likely that this is the reason why Tanizaki Junichiro's previous attempt to call the police failed.
Seeking help from the Special Forces Division was somewhat unrealistic as there was too little evidence. The testimonies of him and Tanizaki Junichiro alone were not enough to draw the Special Forces Division's attention to Sojiji Temple.
Kaionji Suyou did not tell Tanizaki Junichiro about this. The young man was just regaining his spirits after a long absence, and it was hard to discuss such a topic with him.
"Let's go."
Haiyin Temple Tour took a look at the watch. There were more tourists at this time, so they wouldn't be too conspicuous if they blended in.
Although I have always lived in Yokohama, this was my first time visiting Sojiji Temple during my Kaionji tour.
The temple is much larger than expected. Across the short bridge with red handrails is the entrance gate of Zongjiji Temple.
These ancient buildings look majestic and solemn. From the outside, they don't look eerie at all. If it weren't for the series of doubts, Haiyin Temple would probably not have suspected this place at all.
Following the tourists who came to burn incense and pray, Kaionji Suyou and Tanizaki Junichiro secretly observed the surroundings, but they did not see anything worthy of vigilance. This place seemed to be just an ordinary temple with strong incense, except that the price of burning incense was much more expensive than that of ordinary places.
But Haiyin Temple Suyou knew that all this was just an illusion in front of ordinary tourists like them. The evil-repelling wooden plaques in their pockets returned to the place where they were made, and for some reason they seemed to have become heavier.
But the further you go inside, the more unfamiliar everything around you seems.
Although the buildings are of similar style, you may feel a sense of dislocation when you visit Haiyin Temple.
The walls on both sides of the road will suddenly have a strange sense of weathering, as if they have been weathered since ancient times, but they will return to normal when you look at them again.
The trees around me are so familiar, the trees in the distance are so familiar, the brown bark is so familiar, the texture is so familiar, the leaves are so familiar, and every vein has been traced by countless of my past selves.
The leaves are green and the trunk is brown. The leaves are shiny, but the trunk is not.
The leaves are golden.
Wait, that's not right!
Haiyin Temple Suyou's pupils suddenly dilated, and he immediately looked towards the direction where the golden light came from, but he only saw the blue sky between the tree shadows that seemed unreal.
He was struck by a huge heart palpitation. His brain was like an overloaded hard drive, loaded with too many files. It was extremely difficult to open or close it.
Tinnitus.
He was troubled by some crackling sound, like that from a bad radio.
But after listening carefully, I found that it was not the disordered noise caused by poor contact between the carbon diaphragm and the contact brush or impurities, but another more orderly, soft and vivid sound.
It comes from that soft and elastic tissue in the middle of the throat of a certain mammal. That magical little thing made up of muscle and mucous membrane is emitting some kind of vibration, which combines into a humming effect.
It's a human voice.
It was monks reciting sutras.
However, it did not sound like any language, but more like a kind of stiff, self-made nonsense. But it was like a torrent of information that never saw the light of day, sweeping towards Haiyin Temple.
Someone was looking at him, and the moment he was fixed by that gaze, his confused state seemed to be relieved a little.
It should have been a full and rich smiling face, with a high and plump bun, broad eyebrows, kind eyes and round ears.
But at this moment, his brows were frowned and his eyes were filled with worry.
The broad, round hand slowly rose up.
"Fellow students from Haiyin Temple!"
It was the voice of Junichiro Tanizaki.
The normal world suddenly returned.
The sound of monks chanting the Heart Sutra was heard constantly.
In front of him were still the tiles of Zongji Temple, and to his right was a room filled with monks. There were old men with white beards, and there were also young people who couldn't even sit still.
In the backpack behind the boy, the red notebook seemed to twitch slightly twice, but no one noticed.
On one of the pages, a number suddenly fluctuated, and as if it was disturbed by something, it slid down very quickly, and finally retreated and disappeared, as if it had never existed.
"Fellow students from Haiyin Temple!"
Seeing that the black-haired high school student did not respond, Tanizaki Junichiro called out again, and this time his voice was filled with worry.
This trip back to Haiyin Temple finally gave him some response.
"What's wrong, Mr. Tanizaki?"
The young man named Kaionji Suyu calmly raised his head and looked in the direction of Tanizaki Junichiro, as if the person who had not responded to Tanizaki Junichiro's calls many times and had been lost in his own thoughts was not him at all.
Being stared at by those red eyes, Tanizaki Junichiro suddenly became speechless.
Perhaps we should also thank the boy's glasses. His thin body and the dark circles under his eyes made him look morbidly dangerous, like a venomous snake that could still inject venom into its enemy's body even after being cut open.
Thanks to the glasses, it seemed as if all these dark things were blocked, just like locking a dangerous cold-blooded animal in a transparent incubator, which gave Tanizaki Junichiro a false sense of security.
"No, nothing. I just saw you in a daze. We should go somewhere else." Tanizaki Junichiro swallowed the words back when they came to his lips. This is what he finally said.
Tanizaki Junichiro took out the tourist map he had just received from the door and looked at it carefully. Fine beads of sweat formed on the tip of his nose.
He was a little unsure where to go next. What had just happened seemed to prove that if they continued to act like ordinary tourists, it would be almost impossible to discover anything unusual.
While he was hesitating, he suddenly heard the young man next to him speak.
"Go that way."
The boy's voice was low, and he sounded as if he was enduring some kind of pain when he said this.
"Are you okay?" Tanizaki Junichiro didn't ask why, but just asked with concern.
"It doesn't matter." Haiyinsi Suyou answered as usual, but his face looked even paler.
When the light-haired young man turned around and walked ahead in the direction pointed out by Haiyin Temple, a ball of paper was quietly thrown into the trash can.
A certain deep red color was slowly seeping out of the paper ball. Kaiinji Suyu coughed lightly twice, swallowed the bloody taste in his throat, and caught up with Tanizaki Junichiro.
There are less than six days left in the countdown.
He could no longer remember most of what had just happened. He only remembered that hand. The direction he suggested Tanizaki Junichiro to explore was exactly the direction indicated by that hand.
Just.
Haiyin Temple Suyou raised his eyes and looked in the direction they were about to go, his expression gloomy.
That was where the little king and Mori Owl were heading, the so-called VIP reception area.