Although he said that he was going to search, Shoube Takeo had no idea where to start.
His sense of smell was far better than ordinary people, but it wasn't as good as a dog's. It was impossible to find him with the help of a camera.
What should I do?
Supernatural power isn't omnipotent. Moribe Takeo hid in the forest and scratched his head. He was trapped in a quagmire of helplessness.
"Fox Immortal Sama, Fox Immortal Sama …"
There was no other way. Moribe Takeo calmed his heart and called out to the Fox Demon in his body. The Fox Demon was related to Tamamo no Mae, so there should be a way.
Answer me, please answer me, fox demon.
[Why did you come to disturb me?]
The impatient Fox Demon's voice echoed in his heart.
"Fox Immortal Sama, do you have a spell that can find people?"
[Find people?]
Mizuno was stumped by Takeo's words. He really didn't have such a thing.
Was there a ninjutsu to find people in the original work?
Mizuno didn't have any impression of it. If there was, it would really be a blessing in modern society.
"Yes, Fox Immortal Sama …" Takeo repeated the incident with Heino Eko. "It's all because of my mistake."
[Is that so …] Mizuno withdrew his hand from the doorknob and sat on the chair while thinking. Takeo, this guy, when I wasn't paying attention, actually dared to eat the cradle and hooked up with a high school student. This guy is a scumbag.
Mizuno frowned and thought for a while. He reluctantly thought of a method, but he didn't know how feasible it was.
Moribe Takeo nervously waited for the Fox Demon's reply.
After about half a minute, the Fox Demon's voice sounded like the sound of nature.
[Answer me, I'll give you two things.]
"Ah, yes …"
Suddenly, something fell in front of Takeo.
It was … an arm?
It wasn't an arm made of flesh and blood, but a proportionally sized mold made of an unknown material. The inside was hollow, but there were complete joints and palms.
It was roughly symmetrical with his left arm, but how could he use this thing? An arm-shaped "compass"?
If you wanted to find someone, just throw your arm on the ground and walk in that direction.
[This is a puppet prosthetic made by the Saber Saber Shop. Put it on your right arm and try to use Cha — Spirit Energy to move it. It's not very flexible, but if you put it in your sleeve and put on a glove, it will look like a normal person.]
Takeo felt warm in his heart. The fox demon was really considerate. Walking on the street with empty sleeves was too eye-catching. With such a prosthetic arm, it could save him a lot of trouble. Moreover, the name of the Blade-saber Bazaar sounded like a supernatural existence. It must have spent a lot of money to buy this prosthetic arm.
But what he needed the most right now was to find Heino Eiko.
"Ga ga."
A crow's strange cry suddenly rang out. A crow suddenly flew up in front of Moribe Takeo. Its appearance was so abrupt, as though it had suddenly appeared from another dimension.
The crow flapped its wings and stopped in front of Moribe Takeo. Its black eyes stared straight at Takeo, making Takeo's hair stand on end.
[Use this crow's eyes to find where the little girl you were talking about is.]
"Eyes?"
As soon as Moribe Takeo's voice fell, the world in front of him suddenly turned upside down. He saw himself standing "in front of" him, with white hair and a prosthetic arm in his hand.
"This … This is the crow's perspective …" Takeo was so shocked that he stuttered.
[If you know, then hurry up and find her. Maintaining a crow like this consumes a lot of my spirit energy.]
"Okay!"
Takeo found a hidden place and sat cross-legged on the ground. He commanded the crow to fly at a low altitude. He didn't lament over this new experience. Right now, everything was more important to save people.
Heino Eiko was taken away by a few people. In order to avoid the government's motorcade, the other party must have quickly left the scene. The most likely was a vehicle. It was either a multi-seater van or a motorcade, but the possibility of her being hidden in a building couldn't be ruled out.
But Nara City wasn't big, but it wasn't small either. There were so many vehicles, where could he find her?
The crow flying at a low altitude didn't attract anyone's attention. But after walking through the streets around Jinjitachi, Takeo didn't find the slightest trace of Heino Eiko, except for vehicles that seemed to be from the government.
Speaking of which, who was the other party?
Moribe Takeo's heart sank. He couldn't even confirm the other party's identity. Other than the government, who else would hunt him down like this? In the past few days of chivalry in Osaka, Takeo asked himself if he had offended any good person. On the contrary, he even saved a rich man. Could it be that the Kyodo organization of Feitian Shindi was taking revenge? Damn it, the other party was actually so deeply involved with the local government. If he had known earlier, he would have eliminated them.
"That is …"
Moribe Takeo commanded the crow to fly down. In a temple in Nara, there was an ordinary-looking business car parked. The license plate was Nara Prefecture's license plate, and the background was Nara Deer.
But what attracted his attention was the roof of the business car. On the roof of the car, there was a fox mask. It was the mask that he put down at Heino Eiko's house the day before yesterday. Half of it was already broken, and he didn't expect that she would pick it up.
How did Heino Eiko put the mask on the roof of the car while being escorted … that wasn't important. What was important was that he found a clue.
"Fox-deity -sama, I found it!"
[Then I'll take the crow away. I'm so tired.]
"Hey, I'm so sorry."
Takeo's vision returned to normal. He stood up from the ground, picked up the prosthetic that the fox demon -sama gave him, and inserted it into the broken part of his arm.
"Click."
The strange thing was that the prosthetic, which seemed to have no technical content, was firmly attached to the broken part. Using spiritual power to lick the connection, it was dry at first, and then it was worn together.
Moribe Takeo felt that he could slightly control the prosthetic.
It swayed a few centimeters left and right, up and down, but that was all he could do. He still couldn't bend his forearm to control the delicate movements of his fingers. But this was already a pleasant surprise. When the day came that he could skillfully use spiritual power to control the prosthetic, and then put on the gloves, he would look completely like a normal person.
As expected of a prop produced by a supernatural existence. If it could be promoted to the whole country and the world, there would no longer be people with mobility problems.
Lowering his head to avoid the government's arrangement in his memory, Moribe Takeo quickly and cautiously ran to the temple.
As a former ancient capital, and now a historical city, there were many temples and shrines in Nara. The temple that the other party's car stopped at was only a small one. Half of the temple's property was used to run the cemetery business.
The people of Nara who were in a hurry didn't notice the strangeness of the man passing through. In this city with many foreign tourists, they had seen all kinds of strange people.
"It's here …"
Looking at the temple door in his previous vision, Moribe Takeo narrowed his eyes.
He didn't knock on the door and directly pushed open the temple door. He gently put away the prosthetic with his left hand. With just a thought, a raging flame would spurt out from his right arm.
This was his responsibility, and he, Moribe Takeo, would definitely bear it.