I’m a Witch In Dongying

　　 Then he took the wind raccoon’s neck with one hand and pulled it off his shoulder, with the other hand behind his back, and gently shook it towards the Jiufeng Shiyuan not far away.

　　 The 158th stop shikigami? Live!

　　 This gesture is not obvious, and most people may just ignore it.

　　 But with the eyesight of the old monster, he noticed it immediately.

To be precise, long before Bai Shuiqiu saw her, this old monster had already noticed Bai Shuiqiu and Suzuki Zhuxi and others standing at the school gate, looking curiously towards this side, with a pair of eyes on Suzuki Zhuxi and Shibingwei lingered for a few times, and seemed to be thinking about whether to come over and join in the fun.

　　 Jiufeng Ziyuan narrowed his eyes slightly when he saw the gesture made by Bai Shuiqiu, and he paused as he walked out.

　　 "...I'm sorry, Mihashi-sensei."

　　 Jiufeng Shion smiled slightly, and said to the female teacher next to him: "I suddenly remembered that I had forgotten a very important document in the office. I need to go back to get it. You can go back by car first, and you don't have to wait for me."

　　 "Okay, Teacher Jiufeng."

　　 The female teacher called Shanqiao didn't think much about it. She owed her body and continued to walk out of the school gate.

　　 Then, I saw this old monster staring at the school gate from the side of the light, while turning around and walking into the school, his figure quickly disappeared at the corner of the playground.

　　 "Huh..."

　　 Until this time, Bai Shuiqiu was secretly relieved.

　　 As Jiufeng Shion's figure moved away, the shaking on the compass gradually became smaller.

　　 And the wind raccoon had received Bai Shuiqiu's order at this time, and released part of its demon power at the right time, which was caught by the compass pointer, so the pointer was still trembling slightly.

　　 This subtle change did not attract Suzuki Zhuxi's attention.

Most of the girl’s attention was attracted by the wind raccoon. She seemed to notice the existence of the wind raccoon after Bai Shuiqiu took the initiative to speak. She rubbed her eyes involuntarily, with a happy expression on her face: " Kawaii...

　　 There is such a cute Shijin by your side. Looks like this, it should be a species like fox..."

With that, Suzuki Zhuxi stretched out her finger and poked the wind raccoon's ear twice. She chuckled as she watched the little thing dodge from side to side. After a few seconds, she seemed to react suddenly. The same, the tone was surprised again: "Wait, you just said...this is your shikigami? Does your shrine still have shikigami?"

　　 "Why... Is there anything wrong?"

　　 Bai Shuiqiu was also a little nervous by her exaggerated reaction.

　　 "It's not wrong, it's just..."

Suzuki Zhuxi paused, and said, "You may not be aware of the fact that shikigami is very rare now. Since the end of the Heian era, all kinds of monsters who have left names in history have gradually evolved from humans. Disappeared from society.

　　 Although some will appear one after another, compared with the time when the onmyoji technique was most prosperous, both the quantity and the quality have been significantly reduced. Especially after the end of the Warring States Period, due to the gradual formation of modern society, most monsters have disappeared...

　　 Correspondingly, many yin and yang rooms and shrines have fallen rapidly in the past few hundred years. Even the shrines that once had Shikigami in the past have basically lost their connection with Shikigami...

　　 Except for the one next to my grandfather, this one in your hand is the second living shikigami I have ever seen. "

"…alive?"

　　 What is this wonderful description?

　　 Did Suzuki Juki have seen a dead Shijin before?

　　 Bai Shuiqiu twitched the corners of his mouth, not entangled in the language, but recollected what Suzuki Zhuxi had just said in his mind, thoughtfully.

　　 In the girl's words, several very important messages were revealed.

—At least before the end of the Heian era, there was a period of prosperous magic in human society, and the group of monsters in the same period was far more rampant than it is now. The Great Onmyoji, it is very likely that they have all existed before.

　　—The time when the onmyoji technique declined, and the time when the monsters gradually disappeared from the human world, were all after the end of the Warring States Period, that is, in the most recent three to five hundred years.

　　—While the genie of monsters is gradually disappearing from human society, the shikigami who have signed contracts with Yin Yang Lao and shrines have also been disconnected from human society in a similar period of time. And now, hundreds of years later, shrines with shikigami are very rare.

　　 Tamamae Shrine where Zhuki Suzuki is located is one of them.

　　 and my own shrine...

　　 To tell the truth, it doesn’t count.

　　Because the shikigami who owns the wind raccoon is only Shirasuiqiu, not Tenme Shrine.

In fact, to speak of it, Bai Shuiqiu is very suspicious that Yunv may be inextricably related to her own shrine. Either she is the messenger of the "God of Water and Rain" in the image of the Oriental Dragon, or she is simply herself. An avatar made by the Dragon God.

　　 However, even if Ume is really the shikigami of Tenme Shrine, it is obvious that no one can drive her in her own shrine.

　　 Maybe the aunt with strong spiritual power had been in contact with Yunv, but after six to seventy years, there is no way to verify it.

　　 Say it...

　　 Suzuki Zhuxi didn't seem to mention anything about "Gods"?

　　 It stands to reason that if all the gods enshrined in the shrine really exist, the Inari **** enshrined in Tamamae Shrine, at least in terms of existence, should be much stronger than the rain master **** of his own. After all, almost two-thirds of all the shrines in Japan enshrine this god, and the amount of incense they enjoy can throw other gods out dozens of streets...

　　 Even if the power of the gods is not directly proportional to the amount of incense, the **** Inari should be the most powerful among the eight million gods...

　　 A few thoughts flashed through my heart.

　　 But Bai Shuiqiu didn't immediately follow up. After all, it was only the first time she met Suzuki Zhuxi. Without friendship, it is not suitable to ask questions.

and…

　　 Suzuki Zhuxi didn't seem to have time to respond to her. While she said that, the girl couldn't help but stretched out her index finger, squeezed it carefully on the wind raccoon, and then quickly retracted it. After confirming that the wind raccoon would not resist, he stretched out his hand again.

　　 For girls of this age, the wind raccoon is quite tempting to look cute and cute.

　　 "Ahem..."

　　 Seeing that the wind raccoon began to struggle in his hands, as if a little unhappy, Bai Shuiqiu coughed, and put the little things away: "Well, sister Suzuki, I think it is important for us to discuss business matters..."

　　 "Oh oh, sorry, because I have never seen this type of Shiki. I can’t help but...

Chapter 159 Is There Such a Means?

　　 Suzuki Zhuxi came back to her senses, smiled a little bit of a jealousy, and then Shi Shiran stood up and said, "I'd better talk while walking. Police Officer Kurijian must be a little impatient over there."

　　As we spoke, several people had already returned to the dark brown car.

Shibingwei got into the passenger seat, while Bai Shuiqiu and Zhuxi Suzuki sat in the back of the car together. After the three people closed the doors, Kuri Misaki also ignited the car. After driving forward for five or six minutes, Stopped in front of a cold drink shop.

　　 "Aren't we going to the police station?"

　　 Bai Shuiqiu was startled.

　　 "The police station is too far away. It takes too much time to rush there, and it is unnecessary. Basically, we have brought all the materials we need."

Suzuki Zhuxi took the lead in pushing the car door and raised his chin towards Bai Shuiqiu: "Get off the bus. This cold drink shop has a good evaluation on the Internet. It is said that the newly launched varieties taste very good. I wanted to come over and try it before. , I didn’t expect to have a chance just now... Let’s talk while eating, I’ll ask you, it’s the first meeting ceremony."

"…Oh well."

　　Since the other party said so, Bai Shuiqiu couldn't say anything else, so he could only push the door and get out of the car.

　　 The four people found a place in the corner of the cold drink shop. After sitting down, Zhuxi Suzuki ordered a strawberry ice cream and then handed the menu to Bai Shuiqiu.

　　 Bai Shuiqiu randomly ordered one and continued to pass down the menu.

　　 A few minutes later, the things ordered by a few people were gathered.

Suzuki Zhuxi first digged a large piece of strawberry with a spoon and delivered it to his mouth. After swallowing it, he sighed with satisfaction and looked at Bai Shuiqiu: "Student Bai Shui, this incident has gone through. We have been from Officer Kurimi. I’ve gotten to know, do you have any clues worth mentioning about this painted skin?"

　　 "Which aspect do you mean?"

　　 Bai Shuiqiu frowned slightly.

　　 The things she learned at Iwata's house have basically been told to Li Jiancheng, and there is nothing left to say.

　　 Moreover, the question of "clues about painted skin" sounds too general. When asked such a sentence suddenly, Bai Shuiqiu didn't know where to start.

"Ok…"

　　 Suzuki Zhuxi put one hand on his chin, seemed to hesitate for a while, and then said softly:

　　 "Then let me talk about the information we have...

Painted skin monsters have clearly recorded 34 appearances in history, of which 5 appeared in official history books, and the other 29 came from the records of Yinyangliao and shrines in various regions. The earliest appearance was in The Heian period more than a thousand years ago...

However, this does not mean that the monsters like painted skin were created in the Heian period, because as early as the Heian era, there have been records about painted skin in China, but the magical world in Japan was not prosperous at that time, so it is very likely that before This kind of monster had already existed, but it was not discovered by anyone.

　　 As for the last recorded record, it was in Kansai Nara Prefecture in Heisei 2, which is about 30 years ago. "

"The painted skin that appeared at that time killed 32 people in total, of which 19 people’s skins were taken away by it. Most of the dead and wounded were civilians, but it also included some clergy, as well as those from Nara Yagyu Shinyinyu Dojo. Seven or eight children.

This turmoil once caused a shock in the entire Kansai region. In the end, several shrines in Kyoto prefecture took the initiative. A dozen priests and maidens were dispatched to unite with the local Kasuga Taisha Shrine in Nara. Together with the full cooperation of the Yanagyu family, the entire Nara city It took a lot of manpower and material resources to set up the sky and earth network to kill the painting on the Qingquan Mountain in the northern part of Nara Prefecture...

The Painted Skin incident, and several other supernatural incidents in the same period, prompted the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to formally set up a supernatural incident countermeasure team and set up branches in various counties in the country. The countermeasure team in Chiba Prefecture was about It was only established 20 years ago, and Jubei and I are already the third group of members..."

　　"..."

　　 While talking, the Shibei next to him took out a stack of materials from the bag and pushed it over on the table.

　　 Bai Shuiqiu took it and said thank you, then lowered his head, flipping through a few pages at a glance.

　　 These materials include a detailed introduction to Painted Skin, from the causes, origins, to the abilities it possesses, as well as the number of casualties and movement trajectories caused by each occurrence of chaos in history.

　　 The chaos in Heisei 2 was probably the closest time, so the record was the most detailed, two pages full of paper.

　　 Afterwards, it is the analysis of this incident.

　　 Since half a month ago, the police’s on-site records and search reports of the missing incidents, as well as the analysis of the networks of the seven victims...

　　 These things, even Bai Shuiqiu had never seen them before, or they didn’t know all of them. On one page of the information, there is a map of interpersonal relationships. With the three members of the Iwata family as the center point, each relationship is outlined one by one.

　　 Several of the names have been circled in red, which seems to be the focus of the case.

　　 Bai Shuiqiu noticed that her own name is one of these red circles.

　　 Another familiar name is Kurimi Sanae.

"These materials are currently internal intelligence, and the security level is very high. Even the criminals who participated in the investigation of this case will not be accessible to those with lower ranks. ."

　　 Suzuki Zhuxi reminded him in a low voice, and continued:

　　"...Compared with other monsters, Painted Skin has several very obvious characteristics.

　　 First of all, its body is a kind of existence between evil spirits and monsters, which is similar to the special collection of evil thoughts among monsters. Therefore, it does not need to continue the race by reproducing like ordinary monsters. As long as there are enough grievances as nutrients, it will naturally form, and then continue to grow by absorbing grievances...

The main ability of painting skin is to change one's identity by depriving others of their skins, and it has a strong concealment. When it is intentionally hidden, even many priests will find it difficult to see through its identity unless it is aided Some special magical instruments or spells.

　　 The original plan of Jubei and I was to start a carpet search of the entire Ameda District and even Narita City from the Iwata family this weekend, but now, this plan is temporarily in trouble..."

　　 "What do you mean by sister?"

　　 Bai Shuiqiu moved in his heart, vaguely guessing what.

　　 Sure enough, I heard Suzuki Zhuxi continue to say:

　　"Because of the coming of the rainy season, Narita City had heavy rains for two consecutive days this weekend, which has washed away the evil spirits that remained before the painting, which caused great trouble to our search...

　　 And because Painted Skin itself has a cunning temperament, it is one of the few monsters with higher intelligence, and even more savvy than many humans. Once it has the intention to hide it, it is very difficult to find it out. "

"I see…"

　　 This answer is similar to what Bai Shuiqiu had just guessed.

　　Using torrential rain to wipe out evidence, she actually did it once indirectly. It was during the Tachikawa Lan case that she wanted to come and hide the evil spirit in a similar way to Painted Skin...

only…

　　 "Didn’t Sister Suzuki have the compass that can detect the location of the monster? Even in heavy rain, as long as the painted skin keeps moving and the evil spirit leaks out, it should be caught by my sister, right?"

　　 Hearing Bai Shuiqiu’s question, Suzuki Zhuxi smiled helplessly:

　　 "That compass does have the ability to track monsters, but it also has several obvious limitations.

　　 The first is the distance limit. The maximum demon energy that the compass can sense is within five miles. Once this distance is exceeded, there will be basically no reaction. And for monsters with excellent concealment ability like Painted Skin, the range that can accurately sense will continue to shrink.

Second, the compass can only sense the strength of the monster, but it cannot subdivide the types. Just like just now, it also has a certain reaction to your Shiki. It may be because your Shiki is also a monster, so it can cause the compass. React. "

　　"..."

　　 Bai Shuiqiu pursed his lips, and did not dare to say that what the compass had sensed just now was not the wind raccoon, but the old monster.

After all, she still doesn’t know Suzuki Juki and the "spiritual incident countermeasures team" behind her, and her attitude towards these monster groups, in case there is a conflict between the two, whether it is Suzuki Juki and Jubei who drove away the old monsters, Or the memory of the two of them was erased by the old monster...neither is a good thing.

　　 Moreover, judging from the current situation, Zhuxi Suzuki and Jubei are likely to be unable to defeat the old monster.

　　 In case something goes wrong in the hands, causing some disability, I am afraid the trouble will be even greater...

　　 Speaking of...

　　 If you turn the old monster into your own shikigami, can you avoid this conflict?

　　 After all, the wind raccoon who is a shikigami is actually a kind of monster. And with this reason, you can explain the situation at the Kyudo club as having arranged Shijin to protect the safety of Kurimi Sanae, which sounds reasonable.