Tokyo Ghost Diary

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The noise of the propeller woke Gen Hoshino from his drowsiness. Behind his eyes, he saw the green cloth roof.

With just a slight shift in his vision, he understood his situation, because the zipper door of the shed where he was now was open, and he could see the ruins outside.

Apparently, he is still in Kyoto.

The sound outside is very noisy, not only the noise made by helicopter propellers, but also various human voices and footsteps...

Hoshino Gen raised his hand and pressed his painful temples, then directly supported the folding bed under him and got out of bed.

After dragging his heavy body out of the shack, the sky outside was already bright. Judging from the position of the sun, it seemed to be around eight or nine in the morning.

"Ayuan——!"

Gen Hoshino walked out of the shack a second ago. This second, he heard Tamamo Mae's shout. Gen Hoshino looked around and saw the little girl sitting on a small chair next to the door of the shack.

Seeing him coming out, the little girl's dull eyes immediately shone brightly. Hoshino Gen put his hand on her little head. Tamamo Mae smiled and rubbed her head against his hand, while speaking softly. He asked: "Ayuan, do you feel better?"

"It's okay for the time being." Gen Hoshino knew that Tamamo Mae was asking him about the pollution.

The situation last night could indeed be said to be dangerous. If he didn't resist, he was really just a little closer to losing himself... But this is not important, and he doesn't care about it very much. Compared with the pollution itself, he What he cares more about is that in his spiritual world, the figure that pulled him out of the sea of ​​blood...

Although he did not see the face of the figure, Hoshino Gen actually knew who it was. After all, they had been together for so long.

But even now, he is still a little dazed, and even more... unbelievable. Not long ago, he was very sure that he would be insulated from the so-called [anchor] in his life.

He really couldn't imagine...

"Hey, Hoshino, are you awake?"

A voice woke Gen Hoshino out of his trance. He looked in the direction of the sound and saw Asaha Shinichi walking over. He said with a smile: "I was just about to wake you up, but since you are already up Okay, that’s good, I’ve packed my things, let’s go back to Tokyo.”

After speaking, he gestured to a group of staff members wearing uniforms of an unknown department not far away.

Hoshino Gen looked over there. There was a helicopter parked in the open space, two helicopters hovering in mid-air, and a huge container was suspended by a steel cable below the two hovering aircraft.

The group of workers is fixing the container.

"What is that?" Hoshino Yuan couldn't help but ask.

"Our trophies." Asaba Shinichi grinned and looked quite happy: "We contributed so much in this battle, not to mention the bonuses that the returning team should give us, the trophies we took down ourselves , it must also belong to us."

Hearing what Asaba Shinichi said, Hoshino Gen already realized what was in the two containers - the heads of the two skeletal snakes that he and Asaba Shinichi had chopped off.

"I plan to go back and try to see if I can fuse the big snake's shadow with my head. If it goes well, I might be able to recreate the power of a real skeletal big snake." Asaha Shinichi took a step forward and wanted to reach out to Hoshino Gen. on his shoulder, but Hoshino Gen raised his hand to block it.

Asaha Shinichi didn't mind, and still smiled and said: "How do you plan to use that one of yours?"

Hoshino Gen frowned and thought for a moment. Unexpectedly, he didn't know what use that head could have. Of course, after all, it was the legendary Yamata no Orochi skeleton. Even if it was used as an alchemy material, it must be the top quality. But the problem is that his knowledge of alchemy is actually not very deep. Using materials of this level is definitely a huge waste...

"Have you not thought about it?" Asaba Shinichi seemed to see Hoshino Gen's distress, he smiled and said: "Do you want me to give you some advice?"

Hoshino Gen looked at him.

"Ha, it's actually very simple. Give the thing to Master Nishida. In exchange for your achievements and rewards this time, ask Master Nishida to help you refine a top-level item for defense. In this way, your last shortcoming will be eliminated. It was made up for."

Asaha Shinichi pushed up the sunglasses he got from nowhere and said with a smile: "Of course, the premise is that you have a way to get rid of the scary pollution on your body."

Gen Hoshino said nothing, but looking at his thoughtful expression, one could tell that he was seriously considering Asaba Shinichi's suggestion.

Qian Yuxin smiled and patted his shoulder: "Okay, let's think about it on the plane and let's go."

Hoshino Gen held Tamamo Mae's little hand and followed Asaba Shinichi into the helicopter parked in the open space.

There was someone in the cabin, it was Takasugi Yusuke who had not been seen before. At this moment, Takasugi Yusuke was sitting cross-legged on the seat with his eyes closed as if he was meditating, and there was a half-burned scroll suspended in front of him.

Perhaps the sound of Hoshino Gen and others coming in disturbed him. Takasugi Yusuke slowly opened his eyes, and the scroll suspended in front of him gently fell back into his hand.

"Hey! Yusuke, what's wrong with your kid's face?" As soon as Asaba Shinichi entered the cabin, he noticed something strange about Takasugi Yusuke. Of course, he was not the only one to notice it. Of course, Hoshino Gen and Tamamo Mae also saw it. It’s just that Asaha Shinichi was the only one who spoke out first——

The current Yusuke Takasugi has faint silver snake scales on his cheeks, and his eyes also have the familiar vertical pupils with green light, like the eyes of a snake.

Gen Hoshino glanced at the scroll in Yusuke Takasugi's hand and realized something.

Sure enough, Takasugi Yusuke smiled, his eyes returned to normal, and the scales on his face faded quietly. He said in a calm voice: "The shikigami contract with the Skeleton Orochi."

Asaba Shinichi's eyes suddenly widened, and a exclamation almost brewed on his lips, and then Yusuke Takasugi continued to add: "Of course it is impossible to succeed."

"...Ahem!" Asaha Shinichi almost couldn't hold his breath, but before he could complain, Takasugi Yusuke said again: "But miraculously... it didn't completely fail."

"What do you mean?" Hoshino Yuan couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked.

"Literally." Yusuke Takasugi raised his lips slightly, and he seemed to be in a good mood: "Under normal circumstances, if the shikigami contract fails to be signed, the contract scroll will 100% spontaneously ignite and burn, but..."

Takasugi Yusuke threw the scroll in his hand and said with a smile: "This contract was seriously damaged, but it was not really burned."

"Maybe it's because of my own special abilities. When I was wrestling with the Skeleton Orochi last night through the shikigami contract, I seemed to have a special connection with it."

"And at the end, when the sword fired by Hoshino and the young lady penetrated the body of the skeletal snake, his soul was violently shaken. I took advantage of that moment to forcefully complete the contract."

"Although I can't summon the Skeleton Serpent like a real shikigami, I seem to be able to use it as an external source of energy through the special connection between me and it, and indirectly extract its energy through the transformation of the contract. Power to use.”