In the anime, their emotions can be combined into strange props

This leads to the second rule of the game - you can give the other party the information they want based on the questions they ask, so that the information exchange can proceed more smoothly.

Of course, the above questions can be put off until later. The real focus now is -

"Who of us will tell the first piece of information first?"

This is the key point now!

Because after the first person tells the information, the decision-making power is handed over to the second party, so if the second party is shameless enough, they can directly interrupt the game and get the information for free.

So if Tamiya Yoshiko is really sincere...

"As a gesture of sincerity, I will naturally share the first piece of information. I think you will all be very interested in this information."

Tamiya Yoshiko calmly picked up her coffee, her narrow eyes slowly shifting to the right, looking at Hikigaya next to Xia Yan. Then, as if feeling nothing else, she sipped her coffee while chatting with the young man whose eyes bore a strange resemblance to hers about a seemingly unrelated topic:

"This world is actually quite strange. From time to time, creatures or objects from different worlds "fall" into this world. The reasons behind this are naturally beyond the ability of an ordinary being like me to understand, but..."

Tamiya Yoshiko's flat, unwavering tone seemed to pierce Hikigaya's heart like a sharp knife. "In just a few days, two of my kind suddenly descended into the same place, appearing in the same person—I've never seen otherworldly beings descend at such a rapid rate, and this kind of coincidence is undoubtedly an anomaly."

It turned out that she discovered our existence by relying on the brain wave induction between parasitic beasts!

Although he had vaguely considered this before, now that the other party gave a positive answer, Hikigaya's expression could not help but become extremely ugly and...

"But there's no need to feel guilty, young man."

Tamiya Yoshiko's narrow eyes, which seemed to be able to see into people's hearts, made Hikigaya feel an inexplicable chill in his heart. "Because although I did come to visit you for this very reason, I became aware of your existence not because of those two of my kind, but... much longer ago."

"Although it may sound strange to say this, our species is quite capable of self-learning, so I've also learned some hacking techniques that I consider to be quite good."

"And some alien beings who have little understanding of the modern world will easily cause quite a stir after their arrival. I'll then use this to find them with my self-taught hacking skills, persuade them to join, and try to control their actions so that they won't be detected as abnormal by modern society. But what if I put it another way?"

"Tuk Tuk~"

Tamiya Yoshiko's slender left index finger tapped the tabletop rhythmically. As the dark brown coffee in her right hand began to ripple, her pupils slowly shifted to the right again. At the same time, her indifferent voice sent a chill through everyone present: "As long as I don't look for them, they can easily cause a big commotion on their own. It's very simple..."

"It can attract special people like you who know of their existence."

Chapter 123 The Man-Eating Snake and the Hidden Village

Toru Amuro: "..."

"Hello, this is the ham sandwich specially made by Poirot Cafe. Please enjoy it."

Facing Tamiya Yoshiko's glance towards him, even with Amuro Toru's extremely excellent undercover self-cultivation, his hand movements and facial expression still froze for a moment.

Then he maintained a gentle business smile on his face as if nothing had happened, bent down and placed the plate with several good-looking sandwiches on the table between them.

And at the moment he straightened up, Toru Amuro took the opportunity to look at Xia Yan.

Stalking evil spirit!

The two of them came to the same conclusion at the same time. Although they had each encountered other alien beings, this was the only incident in which they had ever interacted.

Now it is obvious that Toru Amuro has been discovered by Tamiya Yoshiko, and his true identity is like a thousand-layer pancake with countless layers.

Even the fact that Tamiya Yoshiko and Xia Yan came to this Poirot Coffee Shop to exchange information was probably not a coincidence, but because Amuro Toru was also working here undercover.

This means that Toru Amuro was most likely within Tamiya Yoshiko's target range from the very beginning.

Suppose that the lurking demon was really allowed to exist by Tamiya Yoshiko, which led him to commit the extremely eye-catching major case such as the "Yika Town Serial Murder Case" so naturally, thus becoming a bait specifically to lure out people like them.

Then his existence as bait was undoubtedly very successful. Not only did it allow Xia Yan, who came to rescue Hikigaya, to enter Tamiya Yoshiko's sight, but it also hooked out Amuro Toru, a Japanese public security officer who revealed his identity.

Even if it weren't for Tamiya Yoshiko revealing this information herself, the three of them who had personally experienced the incident would probably still find it difficult to detect any abnormality in the evil spirit.

——Xia Yan, Amuro Toru and Hikigaya all truly felt the horror of Tamiya Yoshiko at this moment.

"Then here's the information I want to know."

However, Tamiya Yoshiko had no idea how terrifying she was. She simply picked up a sandwich from the plate with an expressionless face, opened her mouth slightly and took a bite, then asked indifferently, "Judging from the fact that two of my kind appeared in a short period of time, can you freely travel back and forth with the world I was born into?"

“To be honest, many of us want to reconnect with our original world.”

"We can't travel freely, but there's a small chance we can go to that world occasionally. As for why we can travel to other worlds... we can't tell you."

Upon hearing this, Xia Yan lowered his head to consider his words, then raised his index finger to the sky with a mysterious look on his face. "All I can say is that everything depends on whether you are lucky enough to be chosen by Him."

As usual, Xia Yan, who lied with his eyes open, secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't expect that the rule he casually set up, "The Lord God restricts the reincarnationists from revealing His information", could bring him some convenience at this time.

The only question now is whether Tamiya Yoshiko can accept the words of a riddler like him.

"Ah."

Fortunately, Tamiya Yoshiko just nodded without comment, then stretched out a hand towards him, indicating that he could ask for the information he wanted to know.

"From what you said, it seems that you have already won over quite a few members from other worlds."

Xia Yan pondered for a moment, then glanced at the two bodyguards behind Tamiya Yoshiko. "Then could you please tell me about the composition of your group? Of course, it's okay if you don't want to go into detail. As long as it's information about you, no matter how rare it is, I will recognize its value and provide information of equal value later."

Xia Yan began to try to expand the game of temptation and transaction in this information exchange game - well, in fact, this was originally one of the ways to play the game.

"Our organization is called [Man-Eating Snake]—don't look at me like that. The members we recruit are all inclined towards vicious and violent alien beings. Using this organization name will make them feel more identified with the organization."

"In contrast, I remember there was an organization that specialized in recruiting milder alien beings, intending to use a more gentle method to find a way back to their original world. It seemed to be called 'Hidden World Village'."

Tamiya Yoshiko's voice remained as indifferent as ever, but her eyes flicked to the left, planting a needle of resentment in Xia Yan's heart: "From the look of you, it seems she hasn't told you anything about this at all."

"shock!"

At this time, outside a floor-to-ceiling window of the Poirot Café, a snow girl who had followed here at some point and pressed her beautiful face tightly against the glass, making her look a little funny, seemed not only to be staring at Xia Yan and others in the store, but also to have heard their conversation.

Now she slowly, slowly moved her face down from the glass, as if trying to avoid Xia Yan's sight, with a guilty look that was visibly visible to the naked eye.

Xia Yan glared fiercely at the funny guy outside the window, then rushed over from behind the Snow Girl, dragging his sister with one hand, and now holding the back collar of the Snow Girl's kimono with the other hand, dragging them backwards with a dark face, as if he was holding two troublesome naughty children. Xue No nodded.

He turned his gaze back, without any grudge, and just looked calmly at Tamiya Yoshiko in front of him.

"I heard that the leader of their organization is a one-eyed, one-legged [God of Wisdom among Monsters]."

Tamiya Yoshiko had no reason to be disappointed or guilty about this. She simply continued calmly, "Of course, I haven't met their leader in person. I've only heard of her. That's all I know."

"Next, I want to know the evidence that you have been to my world."

Listening to Tamiya Yoshiko start the second round of questions, Xia Yan and Hikigaya exchanged a glance, and Hikigaya spoke solemnly, "I encountered a nest of many parasitic beasts over there, in the Higashifukuyama City Hall. Their leader, Mayor Hirokawa, is a human, and..."

"The strongest parasite, Goto, is dead!"

"correct."

Tamiya Yoshiko wasn't affected by the clumsy provocation at all. While Hikigaya grinned helplessly in front of her, Xia Yan raised his question again: "I want to know the specific locations of other alien worlds. The number doesn't matter."

"...Although this isn't considered an alien existence, do you know that among the local forces, besides you, there are others who know about our organization and are even hunting it down?"

Tamiya Yoshiko pondered for a moment, then uttered a term that startled Amuro Toru, who was eavesdropping nearby: "Do you know the Black Organization?"

Chapter 124 The Black Organization Epicly Strengthened

Now the situation is clear.

It was through the sudden appearance of two parasitic beasts of the same kind on Hikigaya's body that Tamiya Yoshiko discovered the abnormality of this "emerging force."

The purpose of her visit from then on was to find out how they could travel between the two worlds, so as to reconnect with the world she came from.

Xia Yan didn't know whether she wanted to return to her original world.

But the result: Xia Yan used the excuse that "the existence of the Lord God cannot be spoken out loud" and was only willing to reveal very little information to Tamiya Yoshiko, obviously not wanting to tell her in detail.

Then, Xia Yan's purpose gradually changed from the initial precautions to exploring the information of the "Man-Eating Snake" where Tamiya Yoshiko was, an organization that sounded quite dangerous.

But the result is also obvious: the most that Tamiya Yoshiko is willing to reveal is the name of her organization, which can only be regarded as insignificant information.

If we continue to probe deeper, she probably won't reveal more specific information about the membership composition of the organization she belongs to.

Therefore, after both sides failed to get what they wanted, the game of intelligence exchange ended.

After Tamiya Yoshiko briefly shared some basic information about the Black Organization, Xia Yan cut his losses in time and ended the game. Then...

"Then I'll take my leave. Thank you for your hospitality."

I watched as Tamiya Yoshiko picked up the shoulder bag on the seat, followed by the two bodyguards who had always had expressionless faces, and walked out of the coffee shop like an ordinary office lady.

Xia Yan's eyes narrowed slightly.

This was the second time he seriously considered whether or not to stay here with these three outliers.

Although it is definitely impossible to inflict fatal injuries to Tamiya Yoshiko, if the two bodyguards are killed, they will definitely suffer losses...

Unfortunately, Xia Yan ignored this thought as soon as it arose.

It seems that Tamiya Yoshiko came here just to exchange information. Their organization's main enemy at the moment is still the Black Organization. Unless there is a conflict of interest or no need, they will not specifically target Xia Yan and others to make enemies.

The same applies to Xia Yan. When confronting the organization that Tamiya Yoshiko belongs to, the risks and benefits are not proportional at all at the moment.

As Tamiya Yoshiko said: They do not have any absolutely irreconcilable contradictions now.

Rather, people with such irreconcilable contradictions are—

"Gentlemen, the price is 1660 yen."

Xia Yan glanced speechlessly at the dark-skinned waiter next to him who was still smiling. After drinking the last bit of coffee in his cup, he took out his wallet to pay the bill.

He should wait and see what actions this guy and the Black Organization will take.

“Thank you for your patronage~”

After sending Xia Yan and the other person out of the Poirot Café, Amuro Toru's tense smile and body suddenly collapsed completely, and then a depressed expression appeared on his face.

As "Bourbon", one of the senior cadres of the Black Organization, Toru Amuro also knew that the distillery organization he belonged to had indeed carried out special hunting operations against Tamiya Yoshiko and others.

But this was the first time he heard of the name of the organization "Man-Eating Snake".

There was no special reason for this. Even with Bourbon's authority in the Black Organization, he only had the right to participate in the hunting operation, but had no right to know about it.

The entire operation was personally controlled by Gin, the boss's confidant and a model worker at the distillery, ensuring the utmost confidentiality and thoroughness of the operation.

In the end, the only thing Toru Amuro knew about that operation was that the Black Organization finally brought back two "corpses" and sent them to the organization's most core and most confidential laboratory, which was known only to Gin, Rum and the organization's boss.

Toru Amuro had never felt that there was anything wrong with this before, but now after meeting Tamiya Yoshiko, he always felt that the operation seemed... a little too smooth!

With that woman's abilities, she definitely wouldn't let the Black Organization succeed so easily and take advantage of them, unless... that hunt itself was a setup?!

And the fact seems to be true. After the Black Organization got the two corpses, they began to go into a dormant state of rest, just like a tiger that had caught enough food to survive the winter. In order to avoid casualties, they reduced their actions against the Man-Eating Snake.

Until recently, perhaps because of a bottleneck in the research or some results, they seemed to be interested in launching corresponding actions to encircle and suppress the man-eating snake again.

After adjusting his mindset, Toru Amuro flipped the sign of the Poirot Café back to the "Open" status. While pretending that nothing had happened and being busy and doing business as usual, he was trying to do two things at the same time and his thoughts were racing.

——And in the final analysis, although Toru Amuro had taken the initiative to show his identity as a member of the Neon Public Security Bureau during the Lurking Demon Incident, judging from the fact that Yoshiko Tamiya came to him specifically to talk about the intelligence of the Black Organization, his identity as an undercover agent in the organization was probably exposed.

But now the question is…

How did she know?

You have to know that although Toru Amuro occasionally acts as a public security officer and fights criminals when he is in Tokyo, he is not a fool who will not carelessly reveal his true appearance and act.

When he acts as a public security officer, he will cover himself tightly. Gloves, masks, and hoods are all necessary props for his disguise. He even dyes his hair occasionally and pays close attention to the presence of surveillance cameras and recording equipment.

So how did Tamiya Yoshiko and that guy discover his identity?

...No, that's not the point right now.

That kid can still be dealt with slowly, but that woman named Tamiya Yoshiko is too dangerous. Now the organization is planning to restart the campaign against the Man-Eating Snake. Maybe I can use this opportunity to try to get rid of her... huh?

Thinking of this, Toru Amuro suddenly raised his hand to cover his mouth, and a drop of cold sweat slowly flowed down his forehead.

My identity was exposed → I wanted to kill Tamiya Yoshiko → I could use the Black Organization to deal with her organization...

He seemed to have discovered why Tamiya Yoshiko specifically talked about the Black Organization in front of him, and why she wanted him to know that her identity had been exposed.

The two discarded pawns thrown out before were just a big show performed by the Man-Eating Snake to buy time for development, and now - they are going to start fighting back!

As the person who pushed the Black Organization to launch another encirclement and suppression operation, they chose Toru Amuro, who was already trying to silence Tamiya Yoshiko.

At this moment, Amuro Toru suddenly realized that he did not seem to have the option of refusing.

If he does not take any action for a long time, then Tamiya Yoshiko's next move will not require much. Just sending an email to the members of the Black Organization with the message that "Bourbon is an undercover agent of the Japanese Public Security Bureau" will be enough to completely ruin his undercover career of the past few years!

This is a complete conspiracy!

Behind the table where the sunlight was gradually obscured by clouds, making the environment of the Poirot Café gradually darker, Toru Amuro had a very ugly expression on his face... and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

Since you guys want to use me so much, I'll play along, but you better be careful...

Don't let the bait escape the fishing net and swallow you all up!