Before the restaurant closed, Seimii Shukishima went to the car outside to wait. She could not occupy a table all by herself like an unwelcome guest.
She only came to the restaurant to show her respect to Mizuno. It was not an exaggeration to treat a world-famous supernatural being this way.
Today, Sada Maki was the first to leave the shop. The policewoman who came to the shop didn't make any hostile moves, which made her feel relieved.
Recently, the world had not been very peaceful. Although it was impossible for Mizuno to affect the entire world, just the supernatural incidents around Tokyo were enough to make people tremble in fear.
A few minutes later, Mizuno followed her out. The two were a little far apart from each other, but their destination was the same rental house. The journey was filled with the tension and excitement of an intelligence agent.
Seeing Mizuno walk out of the restaurant, Seimii Shukishima started the car and followed behind Mizuno. She was openly tailing him. After all, with the power of the big monster, he must have noticed that she was tailing him.
When they were far away from the restaurant, Seimii Shukishima slowly got out of the car.
"Master Yuriyoro."
She lowered her head humbly. Even without the heels, she was almost as tall as Mizuno. In a Island nation, she could be considered a female giant.
Hearing Yuriyoro address him as Master Yuriyoro, Mizuno felt a little uncomfortable.
There were a lot of sockpuppets, but if someone pointed out their identity in real life, they would feel like they were being called by a chuunibyou online nickname.
"Hmm." Mizuno glanced at the small park and walked toward it.
At night, the public park was very quiet. The children had all gone home. Normally, there would be campers sleeping on the ground in the park, but the number of homeless people had greatly decreased recently. It was very difficult to find homeless people in the park again.
If it was possible, Seimei Shukishima wanted to invite Mizuno to the Supernatural Hall's headquarters in Dajeon. She wanted to receive Mizuno with the highest standards, but that was just a thought in her head. They could not invite a God like that.
Perhaps the only one in Tokyo who could talk to Minister Yuriwaku face to face was the Sacred Tree of Yoyogi.
The two of them chose fixed chairs in the park and sat down. They looked just like ordinary people, but Aoi Shukishima's age gap was quite big judging from her attire. It was like an old cow preying on young grass.
"Are you here to ask about Zhifu City?" Mizuno did not put on airs and went straight to the point. "That sword strike was indeed my doing."
"Ask?
We don't have that intention. "
Seimei Shujima did not dare to use a tone that sounded like an order. "On behalf of the Supernatural Hall, I would like to thank you. If not for your help, I have no idea how many people would have died in Zhifu City."
"Heh."
Mizuno chuckled softly. If it weren't for him, Chichibu City wouldn't have been so unlucky as to encounter such a thing. "I didn't attack just for the sake of the people of Chichibu City. I also had my own considerations. Being able to deal with it in advance will save me a lot of time and effort. Otherwise, once it accumulates its power, I'm afraid that I'll be the first one to be targeted."
They were old enemies.
Seimei Shujima understood. She used the traditional imagination of the Supernatural Hall and composed a song about the love and hatred between Minister Yuriwaku and the monster.
"Then, may I know who it really is?"
"It's the resentment of the souls of the people who died in the Kanto War."
Mizuno rambled on and on. "Soldiers and farmers who died unnaturally in the chaotic world mostly returned to the Underworld, but each of their souls more or less left behind a trace of obsession.
Just like blowing up a tempura, no matter how good the preparation is, there will still be some residue that sinks. "
Seimei Shujima's expression was serious. Even though they were in a public place like a public park, it did not affect her solemnity.
However, no matter how imaginative an ordinary person was, they would never imagine that a bureaucrat from the Supernatural Hall would have a meeting with a legendary supernatural in a small park.
"The residue isn't big individually, but when it accumulates, the amount is shocking. Especially after the Renakura Shogunate appeared, Kanto has been plagued by war until it formed a few hundred years ago."
"Hmm."
Seimei Shujima did not know which part of the Island nation her ancestors came from, but they were not born and raised in Kanto.
Although Kanto was the heart of the Island nation, it had only been developed about eight to nine hundred years ago. One could say it was very late. In history, there were two long-lived shogunate regimes that relied on the fertile Kanto Plain to control the royalty of Kyoto.
Whoever controlled the Kanto Plain would have the power to control the royalty.
It could be said that the wars of the Island nation over the past thousand years were due to the natural confrontation between Kyoto and the Kanto Plain. The royalty of Kyoto wanted to cross the mountains to control Kanto, and the Takeshi family of Kanto relied on the rare plain puppets of the Island nation to control Kyoto.
It was not until the introduction of the railroad after the industrial era that the two plains were connected.
After a thousand years of war, countless people died in the war in Kanto. If this was the truth of the monster that Minister Yuriwaku mentioned …
It was indeed a difficult enemy to deal with!
Even if it could be destroyed this time, there was no guarantee that it would not appear next time. After all, it was a monster that had become a rule in people's minds. It was not something that could be destroyed even if it had a physical body. It was more like the demon in the heart described in Buddhist scriptures. Speaking of which, Minister Yuriwaku even extracted the monster's soul in the end.
"Hundreds of years ago, I fought with it. Later, it was the Priest and Onmyoji who worked together to seal it. A monster of this level can only be sealed, but it cannot be completely killed. But even if it is sealed, it is only for a short period of time."
Mizuno rambled. "This time, the seal seems to have been destroyed from the outside, but with the age and loosening of the seal, it will fall off on its own in less than half a year."
Of course, this was said to Kristen who had just gained monstrous power. However, whether it could play a role in the diplomatic game between Japan and Japan, Mizuno was not confident.
"When the spiritual power is more concentrated, even I will not be able to kill it."
"I have put away its remaining body, and I will come back to put a new seal on it."
On the surface, Seimei Shujima nodded firmly, but in fact, she was still skeptical. She was born with a skeptical attitude towards everything, otherwise, she would not have sent Sun Tzu to investigate Mizuno based on her intuition.
"Buzz."
The phone in Mizuno's pocket suddenly rang. Seeing that it was a call from Mai Sada, he nodded to Seimei Shujima and said, "Miss Shujima, I need to go back."
"Hey, let me see you off."
Waving his hand, Mizuno stood up and said, "No need."
Watching Mizuno leave, Seimei Shujima sat in the car and smoked in melancholy. There was still a trace of doubt in her heart.