Chapter 567

"Eh, Huangquan Miss, are you preparing to take the initiative and sortie to exorcise spirits?"

Sakurai Ikki asked curiously.

"It doesn't count as exorcism; it's just to find some spirit body targets that can be used to practice techniques for this child."

Jianshan Huangquan shook her head and explained in one sentence.

"Huh?!"

The others who were working heard this and all looked over this way.

"Broly has the talent to be an Exorcist; his talent was recognized by my father. My father went to participate in the Exorcist Alliance meeting, but he had me teach him the Isayama Family techniques."

Jianshan Huangquan continued explaining.

"Wait, if I remember correctly, this child was only brought back to the Isayama Family the night before last, right?"

"Mhm."

"Can I ask, when did he learn the techniques?"

"Just today."

"What, he only just came into contact with techniques today, and now he's going to practice?

Huangquan Miss, don't you think that's too rushed?"

"That's right, this is no child's play, something to be played at like playing house."

Iwahara Kōji, who was at the Mossy Head, straightened his face and agreed.

The act of letting a child who just came into contact with techniques directly use spirit bodies to practice techniques.

This is simply not treating the boy's life as a matter of consequence.

"Broly."

The girl didn't rush to explain, but first called out to the boy in her arms.

"Hm?"

Broly looked at the girl's face right before his eyes, a questioning puzzled expression surfacing on his face.

"You go outside and wait a moment, okay? Big sister has some private words to say to the Countermeasures Bureau companions."

Jianshan Huangquan put the boy down and spoke to him in a consulting tone.

"Okay."

Although Broly was curious what Jianshan Huangquan wanted to say, he didn't refuse the girl's request and obediently went outside to wait.

"Alright, now I can explain to everyone."

After sending the boy away, Jianshan Huangquan then spoke to the others at the Countermeasures Bureau.

"No matter what you want to say, letting a boy who just came into contact with techniques go use spirit bodies to practice techniques is extremely irresponsible behavior toward the other party!"

Iwahara Kōji put forth his attitude; cute children should be properly cherished.

"What if I say Broly is a super genius?"

"No matter how much of a genius, it's no good."

"His swordsmanship is about to catch up to me, and from just coming into contact with techniques to mastering them, from 9 AM to 3 PM, it only took six hours. Hmm, more precisely, excluding the time we spent eating together, it was five-plus hours."

"Bang—"

Iinaga Noriyuki, with his legs hooked on the tabletop, accidentally pushed too hard and his office chair tipped over backward, sending him crashing to the floor. But compared to his bruised butt, he wanted to know the authenticity of Jianshan Huangquan's words more.

"Is what you said true?"

"I have no need to joke about this. With that child Broly's talent, he will sooner or later emit his own dazzling light in the Exorcism Realm.

It's just that my father worries he is young and his temperament isn't enough, and might develop a spoiled, arrogant psychology because his own talent is too strong.

So, regarding his talent, I shouldn't speak of it directly in front of him and you all, but what I can guarantee you is that that child is truly super powerful!"

Jianshan Huangquan, having said this, had eyes that were shining bright.

"Barring accidents, that child will later become the Isayama Family Head."

"Ah, he's the Head, then what about you, Huangquan Miss?"

"I am currently his guide; once that child grows up, I will become the big sister supporting him from behind. Is there any problem with that?"

"Uh, no problem. Huangquan Miss, I feel you have a broad mind."

"Agree with Big Brother's opinion."

On the left side, the Nabu twin brothers chimed in one after another; not only do they look identical, even their names are the same, heard it's a tradition from their birth country.

"That's how things are. Hope everyone can cooperate. For now, don't let that child Broly realize his own talent is very high. Also, the matter of borrowing the Spirit Field Investigation Device."

"Cooperating is no problem, but regarding the Spirit Field Investigation Device, I feel you might not need that thing."

"What do you mean?"

"Large-scale Spirit Power Field Detectors can't be carried on one's person; small-scale detection devices aren't as good as an Exorcist's own spiritual sense detection..."

The Countermeasures Bureau's monitoring of spirit power fields is conducted with mechanization and manpower together; only thus can fine-grained surveillance be achieved.

Jianshan Huangquan hasn't been in the Countermeasures Bureau long; she probably thought a portable Spirit Power Field Detector could find spirit bodies, but that's wrong. That thing at most plays an assist role.

"Nikaido."

Shen Gongji Shobu, sitting in a wheelchair, looked at the OL-clad female aide beside her, Nikaido Kiri. Understanding her meaning, she hurriedly ran to the reference room and brought back a stack of materials.

"Huangquan Miss, our Ministry of the Environment Supernatural Countermeasures Bureau itself possesses some information on supernatural locations, such as abandoned old school buildings, tunnel entrances where car accidents always happen, haunted buildings — these are all places where real spirit bodies have been discovered to exist."

Nikaido Kiri handed over some materials, and on them were written information on when and where spirit bodies were discovered.

"Eh?"

Jianshan Huangquan took the materials from the other's hand and asked in surprise: "Since they've been discovered, why not deal with them?"

"Well, because some spirits here are rather thorny, and some haven't caused any harm. So, the Ministry of the Environment Supernatural Countermeasures Bureau's countermeasure is to isolate and handle those spirit bodies."

"Some spirits, as long as they are isolated and sealed in a timely manner, will slowly self-dissipate with the passage of time. Our line of work doesn't have enough manpower; you know this. Compared to fighting desperately with those dangerous spirit bodies that haven't caused social harm, this method, though slow to show effect, wins in safety."

"Of course, situations like Miss Huangquan wanting to find spirit targets for Broly to practice techniques on — these recorded places are perfect for that, aren't they!"

Director Shinguuji said with a smile, someone willing to handle the backlog of dangerous supernatural existence sites in the Countermeasures Bureau is a very good thing.

"Do all these places have spirits?"

Jianshan Huangquan held a stack of documents, her beautiful brows furrowing as she asked.

"Theoretically they all should, but with the passage of time, who knows if the spirits in those places have already dissipated — that requires you to go personally confirm."

"Director Shinguuji, you wouldn't be planning to make me a tester, would you?"

"My my, Xiao Huangquan you really are smart. After you confirm the safety of some supernatural locations, if those places have commercial value, I'll naturally contact some real estate companies in the name of the Supernatural Countermeasures Bureau — rebuild what should be rebuilt, demolish what should be demolished, and earn a sum of funding for the Bureau from it.

Of course, Xiao Huangquan is the main one doing this work, so at that time I'll definitely give you a generous bonus."

Shinguuji Shobu didn't hide this point either, saying it with a smile to Jianshan Huangquan.

And this counts as a hidden benefit of the Countermeasures Bureau — if there weren't good treatment, how could you make people risk their lives exorcising spirits!

"Alright."

Jianshan Huangquan didn't have any dissatisfaction either — being able to find spirits for Broly to practice on, and also get a bonus, this counts as a win-win.

Walking out of the office area, she saw the boy sitting blankly on the sofa in the rest area. Jianshan Huangquan walked over and said: "Sorry to keep you waiting, Broly. Everything's settled, let's depart."

"I'm Sakurai Ikki, the one driving you to the supernatural locations this time, little brother Broly, just call me Brother Sakurai."

The youth who followed behind the girl said.

Broly looked at Jianshan Huangquan.

"Don't take advantage of my Broly. Broly, just call this guy by his name, add Mister at the end."

Sakurai Ikki pursed his lips, but still went downstairs and outside, driving the Supernatural Countermeasures Bureau's dedicated vehicle over.

And the first supernatural location to go to was an abandoned old school building.

Broly and Jianshan Huangquan stepped on the wooden floorboards inside, making creaking sounds — quite a place with a haunted feel. But actually walking through it, they discovered the spirits here had dissipated long ago.

"No death incidents occurred here. The spirits' birth should have originated from the strange rumors among this school's students back then. But now that batch of students graduated long ago, the rumors weren't passed down, so naturally the spirits created by the rumors would also dissipate..."

Jianshan Huangquan made a deduction.

Next was a tunnel entrance that always had car accidents, but how to put it — purely the tunnel entrance design had problems, causing frequent car accidents.

And the spirits originally discovered here were probably people who died in car accidents, but before this place could become a true vengeful spirit ground, the Countermeasures Bureau discovered it and sealed the problematic tunnel entrance design.

And with no more car accidents continuing to occur, after this place became rarely visited, the dead souls sealed here before also lost their traces long ago.

"Sigh, another wasted trip. I say, Mister Sakurai, the spirits in these places — they wouldn't all have dissipated already, would they?"

Jianshan Huangquan was somewhat suspicious. The data for these two locations were from three or four years ago — such a short time and no spirits left. She suspected places with even longer times might have lost their spirits long ago.

"Shouldn't be. Some places in here, definitely can run into those dirty things."

Jianshan Huangquan looked at the man in the driver's seat ahead with suspicious eyes, then hugged Broly onto her lap, and turned to teach the boy experience in facing off against evil spirits.

"Not being afraid and not panicking is the top priority. Only by staying calm can you more calmly deal with evil spirits..."

Sakurai Ikki watched this scene through the rearview mirror, suddenly feeling a bit envious of the boy in back — to have a beautiful girl big sister like Jianshan Huangquan giving careful guidance.

"The third place to go is a ghost house villa in Arakawa Ward. The house's owner was once a company president, but due to economic turmoil causing the company to go bankrupt and liquidate, he couldn't bear the result and hanged himself in his own house.

Perhaps because he had strong spiritual sense in life, when discovered he was already a powerful vengeful spirit. This time there definitely won't be a problem..."

When they arrived at the ghost house, time was already approaching dusk. Under the sunset, the abandoned house built on a slope showed a few degrees of gloomy terror.

Before the rusted iron gate below, there was an old yellow police cordon tape — what the police used to seal the scene back then.

"Caw caw caw~"

A flock of black crows stood on the ghost house villa's roof. Upon seeing someone approach this side, they started cawing and calling out.

Like warning strangers not to approach their territory, and also like reminding visitors that some bad things exist here.

Some old doors were pushed open, inside covered densely with talisman papers. The talisman papers extended from the doors onto the walls, continuing into the dim interior.

Clearly it was summer, but a cold air emerged from inside, lowering the perceived temperature by several degrees. Even Sakurai Ikki as an Exorcist couldn't help but grip the Exorcism Weapon Briefcase in his hand tighter.

"Now this is a place that feels like it has spirits!" Jianshan Huangquan said, then asked the boy beside her, "Broly, do you feel nervous?"

Broly shook his head. Ghosts weren't something he hadn't seen before. Wiz was a top-tier existence among the Undead — a Lich. What could he be nervous about?

But the girl beside him didn't seem to think so. She held his hand and comforted him: "Don't worry. According to the records, this place has at most a Type C spirit.

Six or seven years have passed. Maybe it's even downgraded to Type D miscellaneous spirit level.

With your current strength able to cast spells, you definitely can handle this kind of spirit.

And even if you can't handle it, don't I, your big sister, have your back!"

"Mm."

Broly responded, not refusing the girl's kindness.

【As expected, he's still nervous!】

Jianshan Huangquan thought, holding the boy's hand and striding into the somewhat chilly villa interior.

And just as someone stepped into the villa, in a dim room covered in talisman papers inside the villa, a black ghost body with a noose hanging around its neck — in its hollow eye sockets, crimson light suddenly blazed up.

Malice spread through the room. The old talisman papers on the surrounding walls turned to ash bit by bit. The closed door went *click* and opened by itself.

Like cold air from a freezer, it spread out from the opened door crack. At the Countermeasures Bureau, the device monitoring Tokyo's spirit power field began sounding an alarm.

"Bad, a strong spirit power field appeared in Arakawa Ward — Level C, Level B, ah, it's already risen to Level A!"

Nikaido Kiri cried out in alarm. Level A meant a Type A high-level spirit appearing, or multiple Type B mid-level spirits appearing collectively — this kind of serious situation.

"Wait, one of the supernatural locations Xiao Huangquan went to isn't in Arakawa Ward? Could it be..."

"Quickly confirm the center position where the spirit power field occurred!"

The Countermeasures Bureau people moved rapidly. Soon they confirmed the specific location of the spirit power field occurrence — it was emitted with the ghost house villa as the center.

"Director Shinguuji, we found more detailed data. The original owner of that ghost house villa — the company president who hanged himself — after being unable to borrow money from the bank, borrowed a huge sum from a loan company.

And behind that loan company was a black organization group. That president precisely chose suicide because of this loan."

By the time it was discovered, multiple members of the gang that had gone to collect the debt had already been found hanged to death in their own homes.

It was an extremely ferocious evil spirit, and because the Countermeasures Bureau had a manpower shortage at the time, as long as that evil spirit was blockaded it would not leave the Ghost House Villa to harm people on its own, so the Division Chief at the time chose to isolate and blockade it.

Nikaido Kiri reported the situation.

"That old hag is too absurd, leaving behind such a huge hazard and not even giving a reminder?!"

Shen Gongji Shobu's complexion was unsightly, and the old hag she referred to was the previous Countermeasures Bureau Division Chief.

"Perhaps she felt that as long as no one approached that ghost house, the thing inside wouldn't be drawn out."

The isolation handling was effective, and no further hazard was produced; a stability-maintaining, non-risk-taking handling method indeed complied with the approach of public servants.

"Now is not the time to talk about this, hurry and confirm Xiao Huangquan's situation; if they haven't entered the Ghost House Villa yet, have them withdraw immediately!"

A Type A Upper Spirit is not something a Demon Hunter Family heir who just debuted not long ago can deal with.

With the slightest carelessness, even those veteran Exorcists from the Demon Hunter Families could end up trapped inside and killed by the evil spirit.

(Chapter End)