The people from the Special Ability Section arrived faster than Kaionji Suyu had imagined, and the relationship between Sakaguchi Ango and his parents seemed to be much closer than he had previously imagined.
"Are you sure the demon's target is you?" The man seemed to be Sakaguchi Ango's subordinate. He asked the boy sitting opposite him in a formal manner, but his expression was indescribably strange.
"Yes, the token of ghosts and gods is here." Haiyin Temple Suyou answered calmly, pointing to the tea table in front of him.
A white hat was placed on the tea table between him and the man. He found it in his room after he had traveled back to Haiyin Temple and reached an agreement with the system.
It was like a sign from a demon named Hachishaku-no-Fu.
However, his eyes were secretly following the bullet screen above the man's head. For some reason, in such an ordinary occasion, the live broadcast was still going on, and some of the bullet screens seemed to be very familiar with this man.
In the bullet screen, the Special Ability Unit seems to have a certain degree of popularity.
[What happened? What happened? It turns out that the Special Ability Division is here to handle this.]
[This is my wife’s hat! I’ll see something exciting in a few days]
[People cannot, or at least should not]
[Why does this person look not very smart?]
[I thought I would see Sakaguchi Ango, but he is only in charge of big cases.]
[It’s the handsome guy I saw before! As expected, he is being entangled by Lady Hachisha.]
Countless bullet screens flashed by. Perhaps because of the presence of the Special Agents with Special Abilities, the number of viewers of the bullet screens was much larger than last time, and mixed in with some terms that Haiyin Temple Suyou did not quite understand.
The mark on the man's forehead became more obvious after he said the words "Traveling back to Haiyin Temple".
Yamaguchi Daichi already had some guesses in his mind, and he found it both funny and infuriating. Due to his work and the fact that he was born with the ability to see ghosts and gods, he also heard some things about the Kaionji tour.
In his eyes, Haiyinsi Suyou was a pitiful child. Since the death of Haiyinsi and his wife, the child had become withdrawn and eccentric, and now seemed a little unreasonable.
I heard before that Kaionji Temple had received a token from the gods, and since Ango Sakaguchi happened to have the ability to read memories left on objects, he immediately decided to let them investigate first.
But at this moment, there is a most critical problem facing Daichi Yamaguchi.
In Yamaguchi Daichi's vision, there was nothing in front of him.
The tea table in front of me was wiped very clean and tidy, but there was no token of ghosts and gods as Haiyin Temple Suyou mentioned.
The man hesitated for a moment, then slowly asked, "It's very presumptuous, but I didn't see anything."
At this moment, the bullet screen above the two people began to refresh frantically after Yamaguchi Daichi said this.
[grass (a kind of plant)]
[Can't you see it?]
[What level of ghost is this? Can anyone give me some analysis?]
[Isn't this Lady Hachisha's hat? When did she become such a high-ranking ghost?]
[The Special Ability Special Agents Unit is not able to do this this time (Dumbledore shakes his head)]
[Black-haired boy is in danger——]
As the bullet screen flashed by, Haiyin Temple Suyou's mood sank a little after hearing these words.
They could not see the tokens of ghosts and gods, and seemed to be unaware of the bullet screen flashing past their heads.
"Are you sure?"
After a brief silence, the man questioned, his brows furrowed.
Not to mention the other two agents, Yamaguchi Daichi's psychic ability was assessed at level C last month. If even he can't see...
A cold fear climbed up the spines of everyone present, gnawing at the cracks between flesh and bones like an ant.
Somewhere in his heart, Yamaguchi Daichi hoped that the boy in front of him would admit that this was an illusion.
"I am quite sure of that."
The speech along the way to Haiyin Temple was slow, but firm and calm.
"Yes and for sure, there is a white women's sunhat."
Silence enveloped the place once again. Yamaguchi Daichi was still able to remain calm, but the two subordinates who came with him could no longer sit still.
"But there's clearly nothing here!" the man standing behind Yamaguchi Daichi said loudly, staring at Kaiinji Suyou, as if he wanted to make Kaiinji Suyou admit that he was lying.
The expression of the female agent on the other side became even more indifferent, and she gripped the knife at her waist tightly.
However, the conversation between the two was directly skipped by Haiyin Temple.
The boy, still in his school uniform, suddenly stood up and opened the closed curtains, allowing the street scene outside to be fully displayed in front of everyone.
At this time, the streets were completely shrouded in the night. The clear moonlight was not blocked by the clouds, making the city very bright and large. However, the city at night was still more unfamiliar than in the daytime.
"Mr. Yamaguchi."
The black-haired high school boy called out the name of the agent from the Special Ability Special Affairs Section.
"Can you see anything?"
Yamaguchi Daichi had no idea what the child was trying to do. In his opinion, this was just a way for a child who was extremely lacking in love after the death of his parents to get attention.
But he still came to the window and looked out according to the boy's instructions.
Nothing.
Yes, nothing.
Even though the moonlight was too bright, it seemed to have a mysterious Tyndall phenomenon in the night mist, turning into something pale and strange, causing some subtle obstruction to the vision.
But Yamaguchi Daichi still dared to guarantee that he did not see anything unusual.
Those ghosts and gods that like to appear at night don't seem to be active at this time. At first glance, the streets are even cleaner than during the day.
The agent of the Special Ability Division stood in front of the window, and for a moment he even suspected that his clairvoyance had disappeared. The weak five senses of human beings are always weakened by some force at night.
But the sight of a ghostly old man, not much taller than a finger, slowly moving by the window and pushing a stone past him dispelled his worries.
"Today's moon is very beautiful. It's rare to see such moonlight in the city. If I have to say it, it's probably this little old man."
After seeing the moonlight, Yamaguchi Daichi seemed to be in a better mood and even felt like joking.
The wrinkled little old man was picked up by the man.
The old man is the lowest class of ghosts and gods, and he can't even have a rank. He slowly starts to become corrupted just by being touched by a man.
But the young man in front of him didn't seem to react to his words. He just stared out the window expressionlessly. Perhaps it was the effect of the moonlight, Haiyinsi Suyou's face looked so pale that it was transparent.
The bullet screen in the live broadcast room exploded once again.
[！ ！ ！ ！ ！ ！ ！ ]
[Back, back, back, back, back, back, back]
[What was that just now? It jumped right into my face?]
[Brothers, please put protection on the public screen]
[Protect, protect, protect, I was so scared just now, ahhhhhhhh]
The source of the heated discussion on the barrage was facing Haiyin Temple through the glass.
The woman I had seen before was pressing her entire face against the glass window.
The woman, or rather the ghost, had a twisted smile on her lips, revealing her white teeth.
If I remember correctly, this is the second floor of Haiyinsi's house, but the woman's head, neck, and most of her shoulders still appeared above the windowsill.
The corners of her clothes were thrown high in the evening breeze, as if they were suspended in the air, or as if they really had such a terrifying and unreasonable height. She stood upright in front of the window of Haiyin Temple, guarding her prey loyally and greedily.
He was struck by such fear and loneliness that he almost collapsed.
It's not like he hasn't encountered this kind of thing before. When he wasn't skilled at ignoring ghosts and gods, he had been entangled by such things, but he had always been successfully resolved by his parents or his parents' colleagues.
Looking around at Haiyin Temple, the confused or cold faces of the members of the Special Ability Section flashed before his eyes, and he felt dizzy.
This was the first time he couldn't get help from a place he always trusted.
He is alone now.
Kaiinji Suyou suddenly realized this. It was within his expectations that Yamaguchi Daichi would not be able to see Hachisha Lady. One day, the world in his eyes would become like this.
But at this moment, a feeling of being abandoned still inevitably arises.
The world of childhood was shallow and safe. Although it was full of strange things, at most I was disturbed by ghosts like old men. I could still share my life with my parents who also had the ability to see spirits.
As he grew older, coupled with that strange and disordered dream, he felt like he was wrapped in a cocoon that separated him from security and understanding. He struggled alone in it, unable to breathe.
No one can understand.
At least the other three people present couldn't understand why Haiyinsi Suyou suddenly wanted to laugh. It was like a bowstring that was stretched too tight and finally reached its limit.
No one could understand his world.
The woman in the white dress waved at him. Haiyinsi Suyou knew that he was firmly entangled, so he simply waved back indifferently. Only Yamaguchi Daichi watched all this happen with an unclear expression.
"hat."
He saw Lady Hachisha's lips moving as she spoke these words, and was able to read this meaning from her distorted mouth, probably because this ghost had been muttering these words in front of him for too long.
The woman raised a dry and skinny hand, and the fingertips, which were completely dyed black, pointed at the hat on the coffee table. The nails of the devil rubbed against the glass, making a harsh sound that only the person who was wandering in Haiyin Temple could hear.
"Maybe you need to have a good rest, kid." Yamaguchi Daichi looked at Kaionji Suyou with a complicated look as he put down his hand that was waving towards the window.
Yamaguchi Daichi noticed this child who once asked to become a member of the Special Ability Unit like his parents.
This child has clairvoyance, excellent grades, and a strong sense of justice. Under the influence of his parents, it is possible that he will become an agent of this world.
But since the death of the Haiyin Temple couple, Haiyin Temple seems to have become somewhat lonely and unfriendly.
Thinking of this, Yamaguchi Daichi felt helpless and worried, and became more certain that the boy in front of him was using strange behavior to attract attention.
"But it's not surprising. Something else is happening."
Yamaguchi Daichi tried to break the news of his colleague's death as tactfully as possible so as not to further shock the child, who, in his opinion, was mentally unstable due to the trauma of his parents' death.
"But don't worry," the young member of the Special Ability Division said soothingly, "The shrine's priest has already taken care of it."
It seemed that Yamaguchi Daichi not only did not believe what he said, but also had some misunderstandings. However, Kaiinji Suyou had no intention of explaining. He just acquiesced to the agent's guess and watched the three people leave silently.
The world he can see may make people feel distant if they just talk about it. The trip back to Haiyin Temple once again made him deeply realize this.
But these bullet screens seemed to see everything he saw.
Thinking of this, his heart suddenly seemed to be gently touched by something soft, and a spicy and sour feeling spread in his chest.
Yes, the posters of these barrages, the ones who looked down on him and made him angry, ironically became the source of his sense of belonging and the only ones who could share the world with him.
He needs companions, even if these companions are the so-called "audience" in the higher-dimensional world.
"System." Haiyinsi Suyou called calmly to the red notebook.
"Let's tell a lie together."
"A big lie."