Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

Chapter 371 Where to stir up dust

"Entering the Mirror World with a physical body... who... who are you..."

"It doesn't matter. Her soul is no longer here..."

"Even if you kill me... the original Asuka... can never come back..."

In the layers of lenses, the figure was so shattered that it could not be seen clearly, and the voice was getting weaker and weaker.

"What... Quick, tell me, where did Asuka's soul go?!"

Xia Fan rushed into the space inside the mirror, wanting to catch the other party and question him, but looking at the "fragments" all over the ground, he didn't know where to start...

"Her soul... the mirror sky... even the ordinary world... who knows where it has wandered to..."

“Hehe, hehehe… The seal of the human world has been loosened… My Mirror Clan… will eventually… return to the human world… quietly…”

After the body was shattered, the existence in the mirror, even the cold laugh, was shattered into countless pieces...

"Tell me clearly, how can we get her body back?!"

"What about the seal of the human world and the Mirror Clan?"

Xia Fan leaned over to look at the pile of broken mirrors and asked anxiously.

"All we want is to... escape from prison... to have a body... to experience the real world..."

"What can I do... there is nothing in the mirror... where can dust gather..."

But the broken mirror had melted like ice, dispersing into crystal particles and disappearing without a trace.

"Sir Xia Fan, are you okay?"

In the interrogation room, Aoi Jinguji was anxiously leaning in front of the mirror...

Ever since Xia Fan disappeared from the mirror, the entire mirror surface became foggy and it was difficult to see anything.

"I'm fine...it's just that thing in the mirror...I didn't explain it clearly, and it's gone..."

The next second, Xia Fan's tall figure suddenly walked out of the mirror...

"what!"

"Well……"

Caught off guard, the two felt a soft touch between their lips, and then they bumped into each other.

"Hug, sorry..."

"It's okay... It's hard to see through this mirror... It's not Master Xia Fan's fault..."

At this familiar "accidental encounter", the two people's eyes made contact, their movements froze for a moment, and then they separated with blushing faces.

"Oh, that thing has disappeared, and Asuka himself..."

Suddenly remembering something, Xia Fan looked towards the center of the room...

Asu Ichika, who was fixed on the bench, fainted with his eyes rolled back at some point.

……

Ten minutes later, Ming Ri Yihua, who was unconscious, was lying on the hospital bed with an IV drip.

"According to the preliminary physical examination data, her body functions are intact. Apart from some gynecological diseases, she has no other problems. However, her current condition is no different from that of a vegetative person..."

"We will send her to the best hospital in Tokyo to further examine the cause of her loss of consciousness."

The medical staff of Section 9 informed Higurashi of the situation.

"The thing in the mirror said that Asuka's soul wandered somewhere. This should be the reason why she can't wake up..."

"And, it sounds like there are more similar things in some space, taking advantage of the loosening of some kind of 'seal' to invade the human world?" "Could this seal be related to the seal stone mentioned in 'One Hundred Tales'?"

"In the mirror, who are those who call themselves the 'Mirror Clan'?"

Outside the ward, Xia Fan, sitting on a bench, was staring seriously at the note in his hand, his brain thinking hard.

In order to prevent any omissions, after he came out of the interrogation room, he asked the agent to help him record a "top secret confession", and immediately recorded the fragmentary words of the existence in the mirror before it disappeared.

"In the legends of District 11, there aren't many supernatural beings related to 'mirrors'..."

"Ancient books say that the so-called cloud mirror is an object that reflects the shapes of various monsters, and its reflection is the shape of the monster, and it moves along with the monster. This is the monster of the mirror."

"If my guess is correct, the monster we just encountered is the monster called 'Yunwaijing'."

Jinguji Aoi sat down next to him and spoke softly.

"monster……"

"But, according to your Psychic Association, aren't you completely extinct? Even half-demons with weak bloodlines like Yayoi are becoming increasingly rare?"

After repeating this word, Xia Fan looked puzzled.

When something is abnormal, there must be something wrong. Out of awe of nature and animals, ancient people called all invisible, intangible and uncontrollable forces "monsters".

From ancient times to the present, there have been a large number of legends about "monsters" among the people of District 1.6. Many idioms related to monsters have even been integrated into life. Even "monster studies" has been officially taught in colleges and universities as a branch of cultural anthropology in District a few years ago, and a "monster database" with subjects has been established.

According to the records of the Psychic Association, "monsters", supernatural beings that are "above humans and below gods", have been rampant among the people since the Heian-kyō period of the "One Hundred Demons Night Parade" to the Edo period...

The royal family even set up a special institution called "Onmyoji", where psychics served as "Onmyoji" to govern monsters. In a sense, this was the predecessor of Lesson 9.

What is strange is that when District 11 was defeated and lost its country, and the royal family gave up their identity as "living gods", the existence of "monsters" suddenly disappeared, leaving only a very small number of "half-monsters" with rare bloodlines surviving in the world.

"Yes, although the truth behind the disappearance of the monster is a mystery, it is an indisputable fact that this species no longer exists in the world..."

Aoi Jinguji obviously did not expect that behind Asuka Ika's seemingly ordinary violent case, there was actually a series of complicated circumstances involved.

The fact that "monster culture" has been popular in a large number of film, television, animation and game works for decades, but no monster has been promoted to "god" through this, can confirm that the monster clan is indeed extinct.

"However, the reappearance of Yunwaijing and the mentioned 'same species' and 'seal', the truth behind it is not optimistic."

"This is a matter of great importance. I will report it to the royal family immediately and investigate the case with all my strength."

She felt a little uneasy when she thought about monsters like "Yunwaijing" that were stirring under some kind of seal and quietly "replacing" the identities of normal people.

"None of the 'strange stories' mentioned in 'Hyakumonogatari' are simple..."

"This case is so complicated, why don't I help investigate it?"

Feeling the uneasiness in the witch's mood, Xia Fan also raised his hand and asked to join.

"Since Lord Xia Fan is willing to help, I will naturally welcome him with open arms. However, I would rather not waste your time on such boring tasks as screening cases and reading ancient books..."

"Don't you have more important things to do tomorrow?"

Jinguji Aoi shook her head and declined, smiling playfully at Xia Fan.

"tomorrow?"

"Oh, I almost forgot..."

Xia Fan was stunned for a moment, then patted the back of his head.

"Uncle Higashino, it seems that you sent a lot of carefully written "Debut Messages" to my mailbox, but I haven't had time to read them yet."

Tomorrow is the day when the ranking of the "Idol Birth Festival" will be announced and the group will officially debut.

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(End of this chapter)