Zongman I fight weirdness in everyday world

"Miss Minakata, there's indeed a problem inside."

"Is that so..."

Hearing Tamamo-no-Mae's words, Minakata Hiyori, dressed in a suit, wearing glasses, and dragging a suitcase, nodded.

"Yes, I understand."

Immediately after, Minakata Hiyori took out her phone from her pocket and dialed a number.

"Begin the operation."

"Understood."

Amane Suzuha responded from the other end of the phone, then stretched languidly, yawned, and walked forward.

"Seriously, they don't give people a moment's peace."

When she arrived at the arrival hall of the terminal, Amane Suzuha exchanged glances with Futaba Rio and Yotsuya Miko. Without the need for verbal communication, the three of them understood each other.

"Don't move!"

Amane Suzuha walked up to the old woman dragging the suitcase, without the slightest hesitation, she directly pulled out a gun from her pocket and pressed it against the other's neck, while her left hand took out an ID card from her coat pocket and displayed it to everyone.

"Kyoto Prefectural Police Special Operations Unit, everyone freeze, cooperate with the investigation!"

"Eh? Eh..."

The old woman stiffened for a moment, then her body trembled like a leaf, and a look of panic and fear appeared in her eyes.

"This... This officer... I... I haven't done anything..."

Just as the old woman was halfway through her sentence, Amane Suzuha noticed a hint of coldness flashing in the other's eyes, and her hands were already reaching towards a certain part of the suitcase.

"Bang!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Amane Suzuha directly delivered a powerful hand chop to the back of the other's neck, then squatted down to check on the old woman lying on the ground. With just one glance, she noticed an unusual detail and directly reached out to wipe the other's cheek.

"So, she deliberately disguised herself to look old... Using this image to make others lower their guard, heh heh, I've seen this kind of trick many times."

The other two people carrying weapons, who were noticed by Yotsuya Miko, couldn't help but be stunned when they saw this scene.

This is different from what was said in the plan?

Why is the Kyoto Prefectural Police here?

Before they could make any move, a dozen fully armed special police officers suddenly poured into the hall. Including Amane Suzuha, more than a dozen gun muzzles were pointed at them.

"I advise you not to act rashly, just lie on the ground and surrender, otherwise..."

Amane Suzuha put her index finger on the trigger, revealing a slight smile.

"My shooting speed is very fast, you know."

...

After the three suspects were subdued by the members of the Kyoto Prefectural Police Special Operations Unit and taken directly away from the scene, Makise Kurisu belatedly reacted, looked at Futaba Rio and Yotsuya Miko in front of her, and said with a complicated expression.

"You guys already thought... that something unexpected might happen today?"

"Of course."

Futaba Rio took off her glasses, took out a lens cloth from her pocket and wiped them, replying with a smile.

"You wouldn't think that our every action is just a whim, would you? Professional exorcists will consider all the possibilities at the scene. This is the first time you've appeared in public since the Leskinen incident. If I were an enemy hiding in the shadows, I wouldn't miss such an obvious opportunity."

"But..."

While feeling relieved, Makise Kurisu also seemed a little unable to accept it.

"Since you knew, why didn't you tell me in advance? It made it seem like I was the only one kept in the dark..."

"Because you haven't received professional training."

Yotsuya Miko said in a flat tone, using a matter-of-course tone.

"Isn't this a normal thing? You haven't received professional exorcist training, and you don't have the psychological quality to remain calm in the face of danger. If I had told you in advance, you would definitely have started looking around the moment you entered the terminal. The other party isn't stupid either. If they had seen through the flaws, today's performance wouldn't have been possible."

"That's true..."

Makise Kurisu really couldn't argue on this issue. After all, compared to Futaba Rio and Yotsuya Miko, her psychological quality was indeed not strong enough to remain calm even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of her.

Several minutes later, dozens of tourists dragging suitcases walked out of the exit.

"Where's your senior? Where is she?"

Futaba Rio scanned the passengers coming out, a look of doubt on her face.

"Why can't I see her?"

"Are you Futaba Rio? I'm here."

"Huh?"

Hearing the voice beside her, Futaba Rio first turned her head to take a look, and then... she made a move that she never thought she would make in her life.

Futaba Rio, looked down.

A girl with messy black long hair and green eyes was standing in front of her, and even took the initiative to extend her hand.

"Hello, I'm Kurisu's senior at the research institute, Hiyajo Maho."

"Y-You... Hello..."

Futaba Rio looked hesitant, and shook hands with Hiyajo Maho.

Yotsuya Miko, who was standing beside her, almost laughed out loud when she saw this scene, looking like she was trying to hold back her laughter.

There was no way, this scene was just too hilarious.

Futaba Rio, who is one meter fifty-five tall, is already considered very short among the Super-Unity members, only slightly taller than the one-meter-forty-seven-tall loli Menma.

But who would have thought that there would be an even more skilled person?

This girl, who is wearing loose clothes and is half a head shorter than Menma... is Makise Kurisu's senior at the research institute, the twenty-one-year-old Hiyajo Maho?

"Senior, I'm finally meeting you."

The smile on Makise Kurisu's face was not fake, but she was really happy to be able to meet Hiyajo Maho. After all, the two of them had worked together for so long, and even though they were separated by two places, they often video-called, which was enough to show that their relationship was very good.

"Kurisu."

Hiyajo Maho was dragging a heavy suitcase that was taller than her waist, looking a little strenuous.

"Let's go, I have a lot of things I want to ask you."

Seeing Maho Hiyajo's struggling appearance, Kurisu Makise proactively took her suitcase and said with a smile.

“Senior, let me help you.”

“Yeah, thanks.”

“Senior, long time no see, have you gotten shorter again?”

“You… are you asking for a beating?”

… …

Later that day, inside the Kyoto Metropolitan Police Department headquarters.

“Soichiro, have the people been caught?”

“They’ve been caught.”

Soichiro Yagami was sitting in his office. Hearing Yagami's question, he pointed to the surveillance footage on the computer screen, breathed a sigh of relief, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

“Thankfully, these three people don't seem to be spiritual ability users. Otherwise… it would have been hard to say whether we could have controlled the situation today.”

Yagami shrugged and replied with a smile.

“Where are there so many spiritual ability users? Do you really think they're wholesale in the vegetable market? Awakening the ability to materialize the soul is a very difficult thing. I see you don't understand the gold content of us spiritual ability users.”

“Yes, yes, gold content, high gold content, alright?”

Soichiro Yagami replied somewhat helplessly, then looked at the three silent people in the surveillance footage, his brow furrowed.

“These three guys, no matter how much we ask, they don't say anything. The guns they're carrying have been professionally handled, so we can't find any clues. There's also a large amount of compressed explosives in that suitcase. Such professional equipment… who exactly sent them?”

“Who knows?”

Yagami smiled indifferently, then stood up and said softly.

“However, it doesn't matter whether they talk or not. As long as we devour their souls, we can also obtain useful clues.”

Chapter 513: The Exorcist's Intelligence Channels, Maho Hiyajo's Suspicions Arise

Just then, before Soichiro Yagami could speak, the phone on his desk suddenly rang.

“Hello, who is this?”

When he heard the voice coming from the other side of the phone, Soichiro Yagami's expression instantly became serious. He didn't say much, just nodded.

“Yes… yes, yes, I understand. After I ask clearly, I'll call you back.”

After hanging up the phone, Soichiro Yagami first raised his hand and rubbed his brow, then looked at Yagami standing there and slowly said.

“Do you know… who just called me?”

Yagami chuckled and replied.

“The Superintendent General.”

Soichiro Yagami was taken aback and surprised.

“How did you know?”

“Are you stupid?”

After being questioned by Yagami like this and stared at with an idiotic look, Soichiro Yagami finally realized that making a phone call in the same room, even without speakerphone mode, was no different from shouting directly with a loudspeaker in front of Yagami, whose hearing far exceeded that of ordinary people.

Normally speaking, Soichiro Yagami wouldn't be so slow to react.

It was just that the identity of the person who had just called was too shocking, which caused him to lose his composure for a moment.

That was the Superintendent General, the highest rank in the Sakura Province Police Department system!

Such a figure calling was actually for…

“Since you've heard it, I'll be blunt.”

Soichiro Yagami rubbed his brow, a solemn look appearing on his square face. He sighed and said.

“The Superintendent General said that those three people are not terrorists, but police officers who have received confidential missions and are currently in action, with their identities kept secret. He advises… no, rather than advising, it's more like he's directly issuing an order to me, telling me to immediately release these three suspects.”

Hearing this, Yagami smiled.

“This is simply telling us that those three people have a problem…”

Soichiro Yagami nodded slightly, thought for a moment, and then tentatively asked.

“Or… you could use the identity of ‘Mask’ and pretend to break into the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters, and then devour the souls of those three people?”

“That's too stupid.”

Yagami didn't even think about it and directly rejected Soichiro Yagami's proposal, lost in thought.

“If I were them, as long as ‘Mask’ dared to do such a thing, within half an hour, there would be overwhelming reports in the media. Then, they would question the ability of your Kyoto Metropolitan Police Department, after all, even the criminal suspects they arrested can't be protected, and the headquarters building is freely entered and exited by ‘Mask’. As an official stability maintenance organization, it's really unqualified, and they might even directly point the finger at you, the head of the special operations team.”

“Or… that's what the enemy originally intended.”

Yagami walked to Soichiro Yagami's desk, looked at the computer screen displaying the surveillance footage, pointed to the three people sitting in different interrogation rooms, and said in a calm tone.

“If that's the case, these three people probably don't know anything, they're just pawns being used by others. Or, they don't even know they're being used. In short, they think the orders they received definitely didn't come from the real mastermind.”

Hearing Yagami's words, Soichiro Yagami felt a headache. After all, as a veteran detective, he was good at catching criminals through clues, not speculating on these conspiracies. He hesitated and said.

“You mean… we can't kill these three people, and we can't interrogate them, we can only let them go like this? If that's the case, it would have been better to let you take action directly at the airport.”

“It's not a complete loss.”

Yagami looked at Soichiro Yagami sitting in his seat and asked with a smile.

“Soichiro, you've been in the police force for so long, even if you don't use the Metropolitan Police Department's internal network, you should have some connections, right?”

What Yagami didn't expect was that Soichiro Yagami's answer was very straightforward.

“No.”