Chapter 585: Countermeasures Bureau's 'Perfect Score' Reading Comprehension Countermeasures

The Tsuchimiya Spirit Vein suffered an Evil Spirit Tide attack, and the Countermeasures Bureau headquarters received the news very quickly; just as the Countermeasures Bureau was discussing a conclusion and planning to use transport planes meant for extinguishing mountain fires to deliver Holy Water capable of purifying evil spirits for large-scale spraying to eliminate the Evil Spirit Tide…

Suddenly, they discovered they were no longer needed, because the Evil Spirit Tide had already been wiped out by someone else a step ahead.

"Who wiped it out, we are currently investigating; Xiao Huangquan, you don't need to come over, it's this late and it would count as disturbing your rest; wait until tomorrow and then come to the Countermeasures Bureau side to understand the situation."

Shen Gongji Shobu hung up the phone, then asked the Detection Squad staff member beside her: "How is it? What about the residual Spiritual Power and resentment here?"

"Section Chief, there is no residual Spiritual Power or resentment in this vicinity at all."

The Detection Squad person answered this question.

"That is truly lucky; tonight we don't have to work too much overtime."

Beside her, Sakurai Ikki heard this and became somewhat happy.

"Don't be happy too early; tonight we don't have to work too much overtime, but afterwards, we might have to work overtime every day."

Nikaido Kiri glanced at him and poured cold water on it.

"Eh?"

"An Evil Spirit Tide of this scale was yet eliminated so cleanly, not even a shred of Spiritual Power or resentment left behind; you wouldn't think the one who acted is some ordinary person, would you?

And the other party took away Madam Tsuchimiya's corpse; what exactly is their purpose? If we don't figure this out, the matters on our Countermeasures Bureau side will only increase."

Iwahara Kōji explained from the side.

The next day, Broly woke up and finished eating, and was about to be sent to elementary school when he was called aside alone by Jianshan Huangquan.

"Broly, regarding the incident at the Tsuchimiya family last night, you must temporarily keep it secret from Kagura, understand? I don't want her to worry excessively."

Jianshan Huangquan whispered in the boy's ear.

"Mm."

At this, Broly, who had attacked the Tsuchimiya family last night, nodded seriously; if he had known Aqua Master couldn't come over here immediately, he wouldn't have gone to attack the Tsuchimiya family to seize the corpse.

"Broly is really a good child; do your best at school~"

The girl smiled like a flower, kissed the boy's forehead, then took his hand and walked toward the entrance.

At the entrance, Tsuchimiya Kagura had already changed her shoes, looking somewhat strangely at the two people walking over.

Last night, when Jianshan Huangquan received the communication and got up, she did not wake the girl sleeping beside her.

"Sister Huangquan, are you and Broly whispering secrets I can't hear?"

The girl asked.

"There's no such thing; I was just instructing Broly to take good care of you at school."

Jianshan Huangquan flatly denied it.

"Mm."

Broly nodded in agreement.

"I'm the older sister; shouldn't it be me taking care of him?"

Tsuchimiya Kagura puffed her cheeks, showing a cute appearance, but did not notice anything abnormal.

"Then please take good care of him too!"

The three people went out the door; as students, even though an Evil Spirit Tide incident occurred last night, it seemed to have no great relation to them; those who should go to school still had to go to school.

Jianshan Huangquan sent the two to the elementary school gate, said goodbye to the two, then went alone to the junior high school she herself attended.

"Broly, I'll take you to the classroom!"

Outside the school, the hand held by Jianshan Huangquan had only been let go for a moment before it was actively taken up again by Tsuchimiya Kagura's small hand.

After entering the elementary school, the girl truly acted like a big sister, taking care of this 'Little Brother' of hers.

"Eh, why is Tsuchimiya holding a boy's hand?"

Fifth or sixth grade; elementary students of this age already have awareness of the distinction between sexes, and this awareness makes them subconsciously mock same-sex peers who are too close to the opposite sex.

Drawing an umbrella on the blackboard and writing boys' and girls' names under it is precisely the kind of prank children of this age would do.

So, when Tsuchimiya Kagura led Broly by the hand into the classroom, the elementary students who knew Tsuchimiya Kagura began to have some strange talk.

"This is my Little Brother; his name is Broly; from now on he will be our classmate; please treat him well."

However, these words did not affect Tsuchimiya Kagura; she openly led the boy to the lectern and introduced the boy to the class students.

"So it's a Little Brother; why haven't I heard you mention him before?"

After getting off the lectern, some familiar girls gathered around, asking about the situation.

"He's an adopted brother."

Tsuchimiya Kagura's introduction let Broly easily blend into this elementary school class.

"He looks pretty cute~"

A girl familiar with Tsuchimiya Kagura said, leaning over.

"Broly Little Brother, call me Sister and let me hear it!"

She teased the Saiyan boy.

Broly: "..."

"Please don't tease this child."

Tsuchimiya Kagura hurriedly stopped her; she looked perfectly normal, perhaps because she had been entrusted by the girl to take care of the boy.

"Hey, you guy, are you also Kamen Rider?"

Besides the little girl who came over wanting him to call her Sister, after the first class break, a group of little boys also came over to strike up a conversation with him.

"Kamen Rider is?"

Broly asked doubtfully at the other party, then saw the boy in front of him point at the slide phone in his own hand.

"Isn't this thing of yours a Kamen Rider transformation device?"

Speaking, the other party also took out a slide phone that looked very similar, but was made of plastic.

Pressing the button on it, clipping the thing onto his belt, the sound of 【HENSHIN】 rang out.

"Uh, this isn't some transformation device, it's a phone."

Broly shook his head, then showed the other party the phone in his hand.

And on the screensaver was a group photo of him, the young woman, and the girl, with three little kittens perched on their heads.

"Eh, you actually took such an intimate photo with girls?

And you don't even know what Kamen Rider is?

Hmph, you little brat, don't even dream of becoming friends with us!"

The boy looked at his phone screensaver photo and let out a cold snort from his nose.

Leaving those words, he took the group of little boys around him and left.

Broly: "???"

"Are you okay?"

Seeing this, Tsuchimiya Kagura leaned over to ask; she also suddenly realized why she had chosen that style of phone.

It was because the boys in class had once played with similar toys, and all thought they were cool, so she assumed as much, but didn't expect it to backfire at this moment.

"I'm fine, Kagura-neesan. Just right, here, I also don't want to become friends with anyone besides you."

Broly said seriously.

【So this is the feeling of being relied on by a child smaller than myself?

Even though Broly is the super exorcist genius who is more powerful than me……】

Tsuchimiya Kagura thought, then also said seriously: "The boys won't play with you, but this neesan will play with you, Broly, what do you want to play?"

There are quite a few games among elementary students, but for girls, the only one suitable for playing during recess is Cat's Cradle.

Going to school is a relatively boring matter; Broly is not interested in most elementary subjects, but he is very attentive to Tsuchimiya Kagura sitting next to him, sharing teaching materials with him, and answering his questions.

After using the method of asking for knowledge to raise the girl's Happiness Value by three points, the time also arrived at afternoon school end.

"How was the first day of school?"

Jianshan Huangquan left school early in advance, ran to the elementary school front door to pick the two of them up, and seeing the boy walking out together with Tsuchimiya Kagura, directly asked.

"Very pleasant, Kagura-neesan taught me many things I didn't know."

Broly nodded in answer; school was boring, but getting along with Tsuchimiya Kagura was very pleasant.

"That's good, I was afraid you might have some discomfort adapting to campus life."

Jianshan Huangquan only then felt relieved.

"I have to go to the Countermeasures Bureau side; you two just stay at home."

After walking the two back home, Jianshan Huangquan went out the door again.

"Huangquan-neesan, do I not need to go together?"

Broly asked.

"If you go together, won't only Kagura be left at home? Right now there's no emergency quest at the Countermeasures Bureau, so Broly, you stay home and keep Kagura company!"

Jianshan Huangquan answered.

"Ah, it's fine for me to stay home alone; your two jobs are more important, maybe you can save other people's lives, so there's no need to worry about me."

In response, Tsuchimiya Kagura indicated refusal; born into a Demon Hunter Family, she had been educated this way since childhood.

Exorcist work is a very important matter, possibly involving other people's lives, so when her parents went out to exorcise and couldn't accompany her, she had to obediently listen and be a sensible good child.

【Hmm, be a sensible good child……】

Thinking of this, Tsuchimiya Kagura felt a bit sad again, tears welling in her eyes.

"Kagura-neesan, are you okay? If not, I'll stay home and keep you company."

Broly detected her Happiness Value change and hurriedly said.

"No, no need, I'm fine, just suddenly thought of Mother. Every time Mother had work, she would leave me at home, telling me to obediently wait for her to return.

And every time I was very obedient, but Mother suddenly just couldn't come back. Broly, Huangquan-neesan, I can wait at home, but I hope you two can forever return……"

"Rest assured, we'll definitely return."

Jianshan Huangquan took Tsuchimiya Kagura's hand and seriously guaranteed to the girl.

"Mm, will definitely return."

Broly also took Tsuchimiya Kagura's other hand and said.

However, the "will return" in his mouth was probably not quite the same as the "will return" in Jianshan Huangquan's mouth.

The young woman's meaning was that they would definitely return home safely.

And Broly's meaning was that your mother would return alive afterwards.

Broly and Jianshan Huangquan went to the Countermeasures Bureau together.

Arriving at the Countermeasures Bureau, Jianshan Huangquan sought out Shen Gongji Shobu and inquired about the specific situation.

"Division Chief, what exactly happened at the Tsuchimiya Family side last night?"

"You're here, sit. I'll have Nikaido pour you juice."

Nikaido Kiri poured two cups of iced juice and explained the situation on behalf of Shen Gongji Shobu.

The Evil Spirit Tide wasn't described much; mainly it spoke of intruding into the Tsuchimiya Spirit Vein Land, and the mysterious black-clothed person who eliminated the Evil Spirit Tide.

"According to the Tsuchimiya Exorcists' description, the other party's build should be a dwarf; holding a sword, he entered as if into an uninhabited land, cleaved apart the Acala Barrier, and intruded into the Tsuchimiya Family's Spirit Vein Land."

"Ah, the other party destroyed the Inheritance Ritual; did something happen to the Tsuchimiya Family Head?"

Jianshan Huangquan became somewhat nervous; she was mainly worried about the girl at home, who, after losing her mother, might have to face losing her father in just a few short days.

"That's not the case. After that black-clothed man intruded into the Tsuchimiya Spirit Vein, he didn't destroy the Inheritance Ritual, nor did he kill anyone. He just..."

Speaking to this point, Nikaido Kiri's complexion became somewhat strange. She paused, then continued: "He just stole Tsuchimiya Madam's corpse."

"Eh, Kagura's mother's corpse was stolen?"

Jianshan Huangquan widened her eyes.

"The situation is exactly like this."

Iinaga Noriyuki walked over and confirmed this situation.

"Wait, if that's the case, then doesn't the Tsuchimiya Family's Inheritance Ritual count as being destroyed?"

"It doesn't count. With Spirit Beast Byakuei already having been taken out, Tsuchimiya Madam's corpse merely serves the function of helping soothe Byakuei.

Even if lost, it would only increase the Inheritance Ritual's risk and extend the Inheritance Ritual's completion time. The ritual itself was not destroyed."

Hearing this, Jianshan Huangquan breathed a sigh of relief. The Inheritance Ritual wasn't destroyed, and Tsuchimiya Kagura's father also had no accident. This counted as very good news.

"Then, what's with you all looking gloomy one by one?"

The relaxed Jianshan Huangquan took a sip of iced juice, looking at the worried Countermeasures Bureau people, and couldn't help but ask.

"The problem lies right here. A mysterious person with terrifying strength, able to easily exterminate the Evil Spirit Tide and destroy the Acala Barrier to intrude into the Tsuchimiya Family Spirit Vein — after intruding into the Tsuchimiya Family Spirit Vein, they were neither aimed at seizing the Killing Stone held by the Tsuchimiya Family, nor aimed at destroying the Tsuchimiya Family's Inheritance Ritual. Then what exactly did the other party go there to do?"

"Nabu doesn't understand."

"Nabu also doesn't understand."

The Nabu brothers, one sentence each, expressed the inner situation of everyone inside the Countermeasures Bureau.

"What we are speculating on is precisely that mysterious person's purpose."

Shen Gongji Shobu said.

"That person seized Tsuchimiya Madam's corpse. Isn't the corpse the other party's purpose?"

As yesterday's party involved, Broly spoke up at this time. He felt he shouldn't let so many people feel troubled.

"No no no, Little Brother Broly, if you think like that, it's too naive. Risking intrusion into the Tsuchimiya Family Spirit Vein guarded by a large number of Exorcists, just to seize a deceased person's corpse — even if it's Tsuchimiya Madam's corpse — is really unreasonable."

"So, we feel the other party very likely has an even greater scheme!"

"What scheme?"

Jianshan Huangquan pursued the question.

"Tsuchimiya Family's strongest Spirit Beast, Byakuei!"

Shen Gongji Shobu answered this question.

"The Tsuchimiya Family's ability to manipulate Byakuei originates from the Tsuchimiya Family's special Bloodline.

According to our speculation, the reason the mysterious person seized Tsuchimiya Madam's corpse is very likely to crack the Tsuchimiya Family's special Bloodline, thereby laying the groundwork for seizing the strongest Spirit Beast Byakuei!"

Iwahara Kōji said.

"Ah?"

Broly's mouth gaped open. How could he not know that he actually had this layer of intention?