Truth is everywhere within range

"The name of the deceased was Koichiro Miki. The body and vehicle were found beside the road connecting Yamanashi Prefecture and Tokyo. When they were discovered, the body was severely decomposed and the internal organs were completely missing. It is estimated that the time of death was more than four days, vomiting."

Ito Police Department of Suginami Ward looked at the preliminary on-site inspection report and then looked at the scene, feeling his stomach churn.

In the white snow, a car rushed out of the guardrail and crashed into the wasteland next to it. There was only a highly decomposed corpse in the car, with the internal organs completely missing.

This was in the winter when the mountains were covered with heavy snow, and the Great Sun had just passed the day before yesterday. If the body had been left here for a week, would it really have rotted like this?

And even if it is attacked by wild beasts in the mountains, it is unlikely that only the internal organs will be ripped out.

The Ito Police Department, who had experienced several strange incidents, naturally thought of something strange, so they immediately reported it to the Spirit Exorcist Association.

"Police department, people from the Soul Exterminator Association have arrived."

The police officer reported.

The Ito Police Department looked away from the disgusting scene and looked at the black police car on one side.

Two people got down from the top.

A boy wearing a horn-buttoned coat, and a girl who looked like a junior high school student wearing a red and white coat.

It looks a bit familiar.

The Ito Police Department saw the other party's appearance.

"We meet again, Qiao Sang, who is this?"

He said hello and looked at the girl aside.

"Hello, I am Ariko Asano from Atsuta Shrine."

"It turns out to be the shrine maiden of Atsuta Shrine."

The Ito Police Department saluted.

Today's spiritual exterminators are all young and promising.

He brought two people to the scene.

"Wow, it's so miserable."

Ariko said she was miserable, but she actually looked at the surrounding situation very carefully.

"Put on your gloves."

Qiao Qiao asked the police for gloves and opened the car door.

Even in winter, the rancid smell is still nauseating, and it becomes even stronger as soon as the door is opened.

"vomit--"

The young police officer on the side finally couldn't help but vomited out.

"Decomposition of living things generally depends on the nourishment of microorganisms. At such a low temperature, this process should be prolonged a lot. It seems that corpses that have been frozen for tens of thousands of years have been excavated in foreign countries, and they are still very good at low temperatures. It’s intact.”

Qiao Qiao asked. He only had a rough understanding of the relevant knowledge, but it was still far from being a real police officer.

"But this body doesn't look like it has been in low temperature for so long."

Ariko looked at the corpse's empty eyes.

"In such a low-temperature environment, it generally won't rot like this."

The Ito Police Department put on a mask to slightly block out the smell.

"and"

He looked at the posture of the body.

Yes.

Normally, if the death occurred in an accident, the body would at least be in the driver's seat.

But this body was lying in the back seat. When it was discovered, the car windows and the like were tightly closed, making it almost impossible for the outside world to enter.

In other words, a secret room.

"No, no, no, it's too fantasy to discuss secret rooms in a world with weird beings."

Ariko waved her hand and looked away from the car.

Qiao Qiao also finished the inspection.

"How's it going? Did you find anything?"

Ito Police Department asked, pinching his nose.

"Well, not at all."

Qiao Qiao spread his hands.

"Sure enough, it's still not suitable for a detective role-playing game."

He said that he originally thought that since he was here to investigate, he would have to use some conventional investigation methods, but it seemed that this kind of mental activity was not suitable for a spiritualist.

Qiao Qiao gently placed his gloved hand on the sofa in the back seat of the car.

Psychic -

Pictures emerge.

Driving on a snowy night, the vehicle broke down, and then

"?"

Qiao Qiao saw that after the deceased's vehicle had a problem, the psychic image was blank. When he could see the image again, it was already a scene where a passing vehicle noticed something was wrong and called the police.

There is a large section in the middle with no information at all.

Well, this car was probably involved in the accident with the deceased, and it disappeared during this period, only to reappear today.

Otherwise, with so many vehicles passing by every day, we should have noticed it by now.

Channeling is really not easy to use when facing the old gods.

Qiao Qiao thought.

Yes.

When he and Ariko came, they didn't just receive help from the police.

It's because among the coordinates given by the old god's wish, this is the closest to Tokyo.

In the mountains of Yamanashi Prefecture, there exists an old god who was sealed.

Judging from the current situation, it is very likely that the seal of the old god has been broken, or at least leaked.

Just like the old god over Mount Hiei, even if the seal is not broken, a simple leak may cause huge disasters.

Faced with this situation, Qiao Qiao has two choices.

The first is to try to repair the seal. Of course, this operation is very difficult, but if you can find the specific location of the leak and find a large shrine such as Meiji Shrine, the seal is not that troublesome.

Another option is to destroy the old gods directly.

Of course, in order to destroy the Old Gods, they must be released to some extent.

For this reason, Izumo Heavy Industries sent Qiaoqiao a device to deal with this situation.

This is a prop developed by combining the data collected by Qiao Qiao in Limbo last time and the research results of Izumo Heavy Industries for many years.

It's called [Disguise Hell]. As the name suggests, it's a hell-like barrier that can accommodate targets, but it lasts up to one hour, is one-time, and is quite expensive to build.

To put it simply, if Qiao Qiao finds that the seal of the old gods cannot be repaired, and some special emergencies cause the old gods to break the seal, then he can use this device to delay time.

One hour, under normal circumstances, is enough time to get in touch with the Soul Exterminator Association and Izumo Heavy Industries and carry out a fire coverage strike.

"There have been several disappearances around here in the past few years. Some villagers went up the mountain to cut down trees and then disappeared into the forest. However, there have been rumors of similar beasts here, so most of them thought they were attacked by wild beasts. eaten."

Ito Police Department said.

The villagers here are relatively conservative and don't want to make too much noise. Moreover, the deceased people cut down trees illegally, which is disgraceful, so no serious spiritual exterminator or police have been asked to check the situation.

Compared with big cities like Tokyo, these small mountain villages are much more conservative and backward, which is probably some kind of backlash brought about by urbanization.

“There’s a special feeling in these mountains and forests.”

After being in contact with so many old gods, Qiao Qiao could sense a similar aura.

Heavy snow has closed the mountain forest, and something distant and ancient is awakening in it.

"Ariko, pack up, we're going to go up the mountain tonight."

Qiao Qiao made a decision.