She patted Beichuan Si's shoulder comfortably and couldn't help but sound a bit proud as she spoke, "I am your regular contact person, which means I am your immediate superior."

"..." Beichuan Si.

Beichuan Si silently glanced at Gangye Yoshiko and then accepted the police badge that was handed to him.

He checked the information on it.

The ID photo was taken when he was assisting with a statement.

It must have been taken half a year ago when he first met Gangye Yoshiko.

This woman had even deliberately dug through such old records...

"Here's the entrance, let's go up."

Gangye Yoshiko stood at the staircase entrance, beckoning to Beichuan Si.

"Alright." Beichuan Si nodded and followed behind Gangye Yoshiko.

As mentioned earlier, this entire building was just a standard two-story office building, thus it was not equipped with an elevator.

The stairway comprised a double run staircase and an emergency exit.

Beichuan Si took note of this information and remembered it in his heart.

"This is the place."

Gangye Yoshiko's footsteps halted.

Following her movements, Beichuan Si also turned his head to look at the office door in front of him.

There was nothing special marked on the door; it looked just like a plain security door.

Gangye Yoshiko took a key out of her pocket, casually unlocked the door, and then walked inside.

Beichuan Si followed her, turning his gaze toward the interior of the room.

The standard office desks were set up in a square formation, with each desk equipped with a computer, and a whiteboard placed beside them.

There were aisles on both sides, and at the very back, a set of double doors led to a meeting room, likely used for discussions.

There were four people in the room, two men and two women, all looking quite young, the oldest among them being just over twenty.

It seemed that Gangye Yoshiko, as the immediate superior, had some foresight.

She knew to start nurturing some new blood from now.

Though the number of people was currently small, considering the entire special department was just established, Beichuan Si wasn't concerned about this issue.

Moreover, the most crucial point was—

"Four Directions Huixue?"

Beichuan Si looked at Four Directions Huixue, who stood up, her face equally surprised, and greeted her first.

"Beichuan Mage?!"

Four Directions Huixue exclaimed with delight,

"I never expected to meet you here, Beichuan Mage!"

"Neither did I expect it," Beichuan Si nodded.

He had thought that there wouldn't be any more connection with Four Directions Huixue.

Yet here he was, encountering her.

Perhaps this was what they called fate.

"Let's save the catching up for later."

Gangye Yoshiko clapped her hands to draw everyone's attention before continuing, "All of you have been recommended here by your respective families, shrines, and temples as elite individuals. You know more about exorcism than I do, so I won't say much about that."

"But—"

Gangye Yoshiko drew out her words, patting the whiteboard, "I hope that everyone will prioritize their own safety in their activities. Some incidents may require your cooperation, and senseless recklessness is very unwise."

After she spoke, she began introducing everyone.

Standing in a corner were siblings from Inari Shrine, a priest and a Shenle Witch named Inari Keiichi and Inari Oneji respectively.

The older brother, Inari Keiichi, appeared quite adept at socializing, always wearing a smile.

However, his sister, Inari Oneji, was a bit different.

When Gangye Yoshiko introduced her, she immediately raised her hand and exclaimed, 'Keiichi is the best in the world!'

This made Inari Keiichi scratch his head in slight embarrassment, after which he pressed down on his sister and apologized to Beichuan Si and the others.

The young man alone was the young head priest from Qingchuan Temple, named Qingchuan Xiuyi.

He was the twenty-two-year-old mentioned earlier.

"Please take good care of me." Qingchuan Xiuyi, with his buzz-cut, smiled and greeted everyone.

Then came Four Directions Huixue, who, as a Moon Witch and now possessing the combined power of the Moon Obscuring Mirror and the Moon Gazing Mirror, was also a force to be reckoned with.

After greeting everyone with her ethereal voice, she quietly walked and stood behind Beichuan Si.

Having introduced so many people, it finally came to Beichuan Si.

Besides Four Directions Huixue, the other three were curiously looking at the colleague who arrived a bit late.

Under their gaze, Beichuan Si didn't hesitate. He spoke in a calm tone, "Beichuan Si, high school student, part-time exorcism, no other hobbies."

Although this self-introduction was succinct, for Beichuan Si, it was definitely progress.

If it were the old Beichuan Si, he would have simply said 'Beichuan Si' with no follow-up.

But after being with Shen Gu Mirai for so long, his personality had changed a bit.

However, upon hearing Beichuan Si's self-introduction, Inari Oneji couldn't help but open her mouth, her voice carrying a hint of disbelief:

"I... I've heard from classmates... There's a delinquent leader at Kyubei High, Kyubei North Demon King Beichuan Si... Could that person be you?"

"If you are talking about Kyubei," Beichuan Si nodded.

She had heard from classmates before that there was a bad leader at Kyubei High, a cold-faced devil, whose shoulders often had a voodoo doll that could bring misfortune to people, looking terrifying altogether.

Originally she was discussing with her older brother about looking for Beichuan Si.

Because perhaps Beichuan Si was someone with supernatural powers, yet he did as he pleased to others.

Unexpectedly, she actually met the person in question here.

Thinking this way, Inari Oneji's eyes unconsciously flashed with a trace of benevolence.

She stealthily looked towards Beichuan Si.

Then—

Bleh!!!!

Inari Oneji, as if she had seen an extremely terrifying ghost, actually retched aloud.

She pointed at Beichuan Si, both shocked and questioning, her voice hoarse and twisted with fear: "You... You're not human! What on earth are you?"

"????" Beichuan Si.

What kind of greeting was this?

First retching at the sight of someone's face, then insulting them?

Beichuan Si raised his eyebrows.

"Ijiko! That's so rude!" Inari Keiichi, hearing Inari Oneji's words, couldn't help but chide her.

"But brother... the thing on him..."

Inari Oneji's face was full of grievance.

"Enough! Don't say anymore!"

Inari Keiichi frowned.

Although he said this, he was also curious.

What on earth did his sister see that made her so panicked?

Benevolence unconsciously flashed in his eyes as he turned to look at Beichuan Si.

The next moment, Inari Keiichi's legs went weak, and his hands trembled slightly.

What was revealed before him was a scene he couldn't have imagined.

A threatening black aura surrounded Beichuan Si, the intensity of the aura that occasionally leaked... it had already shaken Inari Keiichi somewhat.

But it wasn't just that.

If you looked closely, you would notice that around the edge of Beichuan Si's menacing black aura there was also a layer of deep purple-black aura.

It was as if one could hear the wails of countless aggrieved spirits within.

This was a 'curse.'

The resentment of extinguished spirits would attach to the living, forming a 'rite of purification.'

But—

"This is too dense! How can such a 'rite of purification' exist?"

Carrying such a terrifying curse was no simple matter of bad luck.

For an ordinary person, dying hundreds of times a day wouldn't be a problem.

"This truly is..." Nearby, Qingchuan Xiu Yi couldn't help but rub his eyes, his mouth agape.

What had Beichuan Si encountered?

Carrying such a thick 'rite of purification' and still being able to calmly survive for so long?

"Perhaps Beichuan is a bit out of the ordinary."

Nearby, Gangye Yoshiko, still unaware of what happened, casually made an introduction.

"Out of the ordinary?"

Apart from Four Directions Huixue, the three exchanged glances.

This wasn't just being 'out of the ordinary'...

This was definitely 'not human' at all.

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