Why are there only loser heroines around me?

Maori said no, because the target would use some strange method to "disappear out of thin air". He would only appear during the festival, and he would disappear once the festival was over.

Their investigators found this target by looking through the lists of missing persons from past summer festivals. Previously, these cases were classified as missing persons because there was no evidence and the people simply disappeared into thin air. It was not until the task force members found a record of a little girl in the transcripts of the time that...

"My friend was eaten by a red monster."

No one would take the affairs of a little girl seriously until the recent resurgence of the supernatural, when these old cases were taken seriously again.

Interestingly, this demon only appears in the summer, so their chance only comes in the summer.

If the demon could be caught and tortured, perhaps all the "missing persons without a clue" cases that occurred during the festival could be solved.

It only appears in the summer, which is another new clue.

He had never heard of a demon that appeared only in the summer.

Ukyo posted this clue to the group chat of the supernatural club, intending to mobilize the public to search for which demon would appear in the summer. Everyone asked him if a ghost would appear in Toyohashi again, and Ukyo said yes, and they should never go out tonight.

He didn't mention the location "Sanhe Park" because high school students are very curious. The more you tell them not to go somewhere, the more rebellious they will be in trying to get there.

Ukyo hadn't mentioned the exact location in the group chat, so everyone except Yanami sent him a private message, wanting Ukyo to tell them quietly and promise not to tell anyone else and not take any risks tonight.

Youjing had long seen through these people's tricks. He didn't reply to any of their private messages and pretended not to see them.

He was puzzled as to why he hadn't received any messages from Yanaijian, and he couldn't even see her in the group chat.

Perhaps she was caught up in some post-holiday "personal matters," or perhaps she'd accepted another karaoke invitation from 8K, a humble attempt to salvage lost connections. There were many reasons why someone wouldn't check group chats, and Ukyo didn't really care. But he wanted to take Yanami to the "crime scene" to gain some perspective, so he sent her a private message, asking her to prepare the demon-slaying items on the list and meet him at the entrance to Mikawa Park at 7:30.

As a result, the other party did not reply.

This made Ukyo frown.

Since they have entered the dark side of the normal world, at least their small team of two should be organized and disciplined so that they can be efficient enough when facing problems.

"Go get the verification quickly." He added this sentence at the end of the private message. She had to officially join his detective agency before she could be a legitimate "employee". Only then could he "legitimately" manage Yanami.

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There is still some time before night falls.

Ukyo planned to go to the APITA Mukaiyama store, a shopping mall in the city, to buy some salt for use in the evening.

He planned to sprinkle salt on the knife. To ensure that the dry salt would not fall off, he would first apply a layer of oil on the spider cut. This was a kind of abuse to the ancient knife, but an ancient knife that could not kill ghosts had no value. Afterwards, he would wipe the spider cut well, hoping that it could temporarily endure the torture for a night.

When I came to the food area and wanted to look for bagged salt, I found that all the salt in all price ranges had been sold out and were labeled "to be restocked".

Sure enough, the salt shelves became the hardest hit areas waiting to be replenished.

He doesn't have much salt in stock at home, so he hopes this purchasing spree won't last too long.

The supermarket was out of salt, so Ukyo only bought oil. This meant he'd have to ride his bike back home. He wondered if he'd miss the Mori Investigation Team's capture plan. Hopefully, nothing would happen to them. But as he was about to leave, a sudden thought struck him: why hadn't he just cut the spider and enchanted it with salt at home, instead of making a special trip to the Xiangshan store?

The human brain becomes confused after processing too much mixed information. Ukyo found that ever since receiving the message from Mori, he had been constantly searching his memory for the module related to the red demon. This caused him to multitask. He even considered whether to conduct a suffocation game, collect enough black tar, and perform a "tar enchantment" on Spider-Slicer before returning to the scene. After filling the bathtub with water, he realized that it was not the designated time for the game. He had made too many mistakes today. Until he heard a familiar voice in his ears -

"It's been ages since I've been here... Ah, the coffee beans are cheaper! What are Ukyo's beans called? After being used to the high-end stuff, wouldn't my palate be hard to adjust to cheap beans?"

Ukyo stopped and stepped back the length of a shelf.

How could I meet Yanami in a place like this?

He glanced at the sign above. Salt was categorized in the "Gourmet Food" section. It didn't seem unusual to run into Yanami here. She was pushing a small cart filled with adult items, seemingly doing household shopping for the busy adults at home.

She was pushing the cart with one hand and holding a double-layer ice cream ball in the other.

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There were many people holding double-layer ice cream scoops in the food area, but most of them were children. Yanai saw that the cart was loaded with quite a lot of things. She was pushing the heavy shopping cart with only one hand, and her arm was shaking slightly. It was probably difficult for her to even turn.

The reason why she didn't reply to messages was found out, because she didn't have enough hands.

"Yanagi..."

A slightly gloomy voice came from behind.

Seeing him standing there motionless, Yana slowly turned his head.

Although I haven't done anything wrong, when I hear this sound, I feel like I'm being caught by the teacher for playing with my phone in class.

"Ukyo...are you here to do some shopping too?"

Strange, why should I be afraid?

Ukyo looked at the salt in Yanami's shopping cart.

The small mistakes he made can now be made up for.

Ukyo took out the salt from the shopping cart, said "looking at the phone", and then carried the salt through the crowd, came to the cashier and paid quickly. In just a few seconds, he disappeared from Yanami's sight.

The girl breathed a sigh of relief, but the words "looking at the phone" gave her a bad feeling.

After seeing the content of the message, she realized why the other party didn't want to pay attention to her, and immediately set the other party's message to the top. Another contact in the top column was Kuda Kusuke. Yanai hesitated for a moment, bit her lower lip lightly with her upper teeth, and removed the other party from the top list with trembling fingers.

"--call."

It feels like I survived a disaster.

Yanai swallowed the double-layer ice cream in her hand in a few bites. When her teeth felt the cold stimulation, her stomach began to go against her body. After enduring the cold feeling, she was able to push the shopping cart with both hands and her speed immediately increased.

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After one hour.

Sanhe Park.

Ukyo successfully met with Maori, who introduced him to the only three investigators currently in Fengqiao City: a junior high school student, a high school student, and an elderly man.

The petite girl in front of him, Youjing, had seen it before. He remembered that on a rainy day not long ago, she ran to bring an umbrella to Wenshui, a classmate.

"You are... Numizu Yoshiki, right?"

The other person lowered his posture and bowed politely to Youjing. "So it's you, Senior Youjing. I often hear you mentioned at home. You are the top student in the grade. I have always wanted to be friends with you, but I am too timid to start a conversation. I hope you can look after me when you are free."

He doesn't deserve any care, as he is a "socially anxious" person who rarely takes the initiative to talk to his classmates.

Another high school student was also his acquaintance.

Ukyo looked at Chihaya Asagumo, who was wearing a black mask and a pair of strange red-framed glasses on her nose.

"Does Mitsuki know that you became an investigator?"

"Haha~" Asagumo Chihaya smiled and gave him a friendly smile, "Teacher Ukyo, can you keep it a secret for me? I haven't told him yet."

This combination makes Ukyo a little uneasy, so the junior high school student who can see ghosts that Mori mentioned is Yoshiki Onomizu.

So what is Chihaya Asagumo's so-called "superpower"?

Chihaya said that she could detect ghosts hiding in the crowd, and she could lock onto the target even if they did not reveal themselves from the possessed person. The main contributor to locking onto the red-skinned demon this time was not Yoshiki who could see ghosts, but Chihaya who had the ability to perceive.

Both of them were perceptive talents, but Mao Li had mentioned to him during the initial phone call that there was another capable person in the team who had killed ghosts before.

Ukyo set his sights on the last person.

He was definitely a tall man, a head taller than herself, with broad shoulders and two large Bodhi bracelets on his wrists.

Maori said that this was Kuroda, who could not speak due to the temple rules. The person who killed the ghost was him. Maori took him to the cell where Hiraga Masae was imprisoned for testing. No matter what method was used to stimulate her, the thin ghost in her body did not dare to come out and was very afraid of this monk.

Kuroda nodded towards Ukyo.

This person looks like he has a real "expression paralysis" and there is no expression on his face.

Ukyo asks how they plan to capture the red-skinned demon.

Maori's method was simple. This demon loved to eat, much like the gluttonous demon mentioned in the Bible. Once it had enough food, the demon's true form would be revealed. It would no longer be satisfied with ordinary food, but would instead set its sights on the living people wandering the world. The method for making it appear was also simple: simply feed it continuously.

At that time, once its true identity is exposed, the plainclothes detectives disguised as snack vendors will immediately take out salt, holy water, and crosses, and use all the things that can hurt the devil, and then arrest it after it loses its ability to resist like Hiraga Masae.

The reason why we don't act directly against the possessed person is that before the demon appears, sprinkling salt and spraying holy water on the body will have no effect, and may not even prevent the appearance of the demon. We must wait until the demon appears before spraying salt on the possessed person to achieve the effect of "harming the demon."

Before the ghosts appeared, people were just normal people, but after the ghosts appeared, people seemed to have become part of the ghosts, which is why they were seriously injured by the holy water.

These were the results obtained through repeated testing on the Slant people, which shows how important Ukyo's arrest was to the Japanese police.

The scene of the fight with the Slant people was still vivid in Maori's mind. He didn't want to be blown away by something invisible again. He reminded everyone on the police frequency band to wait for his signal before using holy water, otherwise it would only alert the enemy.

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With the help of Chihaya Asagumo, Ukyo found the target of the mission.

He was a little fat boy with small eyes and big ears. He looked very cute, just like a little Maitreya statue.

Could this thing be a demon from hell?

With such a kind image, it seems more likely that he is a domestic ghost.

Ukyo couldn't see anything on it.

He asked Yoshiki if he could see it, but Yoshiki shook his head.

The girl wanted to know if her ability was the same as Ukyo's, so she asked Ukyo, "Senior, how many ghosts can you see?"

How many?

Ukyo said he couldn't see any.

Yoshiki smiled. It seemed her presence wasn't insignificant. She could see five of them, but most were harmless imps, stealthily carrying away the festival's trash, while others were feeding on human negativity. She said Ukyo's eyes had only just awakened. Initially, he could only see powerful creatures, but after gradually adapting, he could see more clearly.

But remember never to communicate with those "little ghosts". If they find out that you can see them, they may attract more powerful evil ghosts from the "Gate of the Netherworld".

Ukyo asked what the Netherworld Gate was. Yoshiki said it was a gathering place for Japanese ghosts, with the largest one in Tokyo and the rest randomly popping up in various places. She pointed in a direction and told Ukyo that it was the gate to Toyohashi City. Ukyo looked in the direction she pointed, but saw nothing in front of him.

Jiashu hopes that he will not tell his brother about these things. She just needs to hide in the dark and protect her brother, and does not want to involve him in her own world.

Youjing told her not to worry, he never said anything too much.

At the same time, he also asked Jiashu whether those who can see ghosts have their own small circle.

Yoshiki said yes. They have a group chat with over 200 people from all over Japan. Most of them are born with this ability, but it disappears before the age of four. Only those who can retain the ability after the age of four are true "psychics." Their group leader is named Minamoto, lives in Tokyo, and claims to be the last descendant of Minamoto no Raikou, the last demon slayer in Japan, who watches over Tokyo's "gate" and cannot leave in this life.

When mentioning this surname, Ukyo couldn't help but recall the owner of Spider Cut. He asked Jiashu if the group leader was called Chisheng.

Jiashu was stunned and said he didn't know. The group leader only mentioned the last name and never the first name.

Ukyo thought that there really was an organization in this world that kept secrets like the academy, but for some reason, they didn't send anyone to contact him.

"Doesn't this organization need fresh blood? I've been causing quite a stir online lately. Your boss...or leader, principal, or whatever, doesn't want to contact me? Want to recruit me?"

Yoshiki Onomizu smiled and pointed at himself, then put his hands behind his back and said, "Am I not the one who came to contact Ukyo-senpai?"

It turned out that she was waiting for him here.

"You're really patient. You've said so much to stimulate discussion."

Jiashu chuckled, "Even if you didn't ask, Yuan was ready to recruit you. I sent a friend request and a group membership request to Ukyo-senpai a long time ago, but Ukyo-senpai didn't agree~"

So that’s it….

His contact requests remained at a steady 99+, and Ukyo didn't want to disrupt that. Too many girls had added him, and to avoid being harassed, he'd already disabled the temporary chats. He should have checked his LINE messages before he'd even seen them on YouTube. Now it seemed like they were a very primitive organization, lacking any expert hackers, and could only contact him through the archaic "friend request" method.

Ukyo thought he had found the organization, but Yoshiki said that they didn't have many people, and the only one who could fight the ghosts was Dongjing, and the others were just his "eyes", responsible for monitoring various places in Japan.

It seems the organization is still a bit underdeveloped. The boss behind the scenes doesn't like to train his subordinates and is a lone wanderer. Just like me in the past, I can't get far if I fight alone.

If there is really no relevant organization in the world, then let him establish it.

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Mission target: Little Maitreya.

The other person's face was not recorded in the Japanese police's database, so the investigation team called it by a code name.

Little Miroku has already eaten 25 takoyaki, 10 skewers of grilled squid, more than 100 pieces of self-service sashimi and countless sushi.

In half an hour, he grew from a short and cute boy into a greasy middle-aged man. The small red T-shirt was tightly stretched on his body. Ukyo thought of the Mountain Demon Hago, but a red version.

If he eats any more, his height will exceed two meters. Chihaya Asagumo said that he should be reaching his limit and will soon be bored with ordinary cooked food. He will start to reveal his true colors and choose the "living people" he likes from the secular world to devour.

The inspection team saw little Miroku sitting down in a sukiya and ordering a large bowl of ramen.

Yanajian deftly manipulated the uniquely shaped ramen fork and spoon, her eyes shining as she stared at the pork bone ramen in front of her. She didn't know that danger was approaching. Ukyo asked her to wait at the entrance of Mikawa Park. She only waited for a few minutes before losing her patience because her stomach was protesting. After a small bowl of oden, she still felt very hungry. She smelled the aroma of pork bone ramen from afar and wanted to have another bowl.

She slurped the noodles and occasionally opened her mouth to sip the soda beside her.