I planted a sacred tree in Tokyo

"Yuto, are you awake?"

When Yuto Tatsuki opened his eyes, he found himself lying in the hospital.

"Saki?"

Turning his head slightly, Yuto Tatsuki, who was sore all over, saw the smiling face of the girl with a ponytail and Ryuji Yamagami with a sullen face next to him.

"Ryuji, why are we in the hospital?"

"Don't you remember?"

Although Ryuji Yamagami's tone was still not very good, he still raised his hand and tapped his temple.

"Think carefully about everything that happened last night."

Last night?

Just after moving back to his hometown, his father suddenly sent a text message full of "farewell" flavor; then he and Saki went out to look for him, and then they were besieged by "death slaves"; at the critical moment, his childhood playmate Ryuji Yamagami helped, and then met two masked black-robed men.

"Where are the two black-robed men?"

Tatsuki Yuto, who was lying on the hospital bed, subconsciously got up, but froze halfway because of soreness.

"Ah, lie down first, your body has been overexerted."

The girl Saki hurried forward and helped the distorted face of Tatsuki Yuto lie back on the bed, which made the stinky face of Yamagami Ryuji even darker.

"Let me explain,"

But when it comes to business, he, the "monk", still has a say.

"Last night, we were blocked by two black-robed men, and you suddenly broke out, repelled the two men, and tore more than a dozen "slaves" into pieces."

Then he fell to the ground, and Saki and Yamagami Ryuji had no choice but to carry him back to the apartment.

"Yuto, you haven't drunk extraordinary potions, right?"

After getting a nod from the boy on the bed, Sango Ryuji raised his hand and touched the golden slicked back hair.

"It seems that you may be possessed by some kind of "extraordinary existence."

Tatsuki Yuto on the bed had a confused expression on his face. Apart from this explanation, Yamagami Ryuji, as a "professional", could not think of any other reason.

"Anyway, thanks to you, we are still alive today."

"Next--"

Halfway through his words, Shan Shen Long Er closed his mouth.

Because there were footsteps and conversations.

"Brother, I'll leave this matter to you."

"Don't worry, after all, he is my brother, I will be responsible for finding him."

Accompanied by the conversation, the door of the ward was pushed open, and Mrs. Tatsuki and a doctor in a white coat walked in.

The doctor looked seven points similar to Tatsuki Yongren's father, and he was also middle-aged; but because of his elegant temperament, he looked younger.

"Uncle,"

Yongren, who was lying on the bed, saw the other party and struggled to get up and say hello.

"Lie down quickly, Yongren."

The elegant doctor raised his hand and pressed it to stop him from getting up.

"I heard about what happened to you last night. It's too risky."

"Especially you, Yongren."

The doctor walked to the bed and examined the boy's body while giving a stern warning.

"You are a superhuman, so you don't take the 'ghost slaves' seriously?"

"Those 'ghost slaves' won't die, but you - you have a large range of muscle strains and ligament damage all over your body, you need to rest for at least half a month."

"No. OK, uncle, doctor."

Tatsuki Yuto wanted to say that he was not a superhuman, but he gave up when the words came to his lips.

According to Ryuji, it was he who "showed his power" to repel the mysterious man in black robe and the ghost slaves, but he himself had no impression of it at all!

Maybe, is it possible that he is really superhuman?

"Yuto, I'm so glad you're okay."

The wound on his hand has been rebandaged.

The young Mrs. Tatsuki looked at the boy on the bed, and tears appeared in her red eyes again.

"Cough,"

Yamagami Ryuji coughed next to him, making everyone's eyes fall on him.

"Doctor Tatsuki, and Mrs. Tatsuki,"

"Since the treatment is over, let's discharge Yuto first."

? ?

"Yongren's condition is the sequelae of supernatural power. I am the 'host' of this town. Send him to my home and let me treat him."

"Ah, what Longji-kun said makes sense, brother?"

Mrs. Tatsuki, whose eyes were swollen from crying, turned to look at the middle-aged doctor in a white coat.

"Of course,"

"I'm just an ordinary doctor."

Tatsuki Yongren's uncle, the doctor in a white coat, nodded sensibly.

"Supernatural matters should be left to professionals."

They did it right away, borrowed a wheelchair from the hospital, and the three pushed Tatsuki Yongren out of the town's hospital.

"Doctor, are you just going to let them leave like this?"

Behind the window of the dean's office on the second floor of the hospital, a figure in a female school uniform hid behind the curtains, secretly observing the four people leaving.

"Just now in the hospital, as long as you gave an order--"

She could take down the four people!

"No hurry,"

The elegant middle-aged man sitting behind the desk answered casually, while picking up the photo frame on the table.

It was a photo of a refined young man and a young woman.

"The more critical the moment, the more cautious we must be."

"Call the others over."

Although there was an accident, the doctor had already checked it out during the treatment.

That brave man, his nephew, did have some "spiritual power" left in his body.

No, to be more precise, it was "demon power".

It would not be wise to act rashly: gather people and then strike with thunder!

"My stupid brother, you shouldn't have come back."

Since you're here, just stay.

————

"Ryuji-kun, your family still hasn't changed at all."

The four of them walked through the town and came to the temple on the nearby mountain: Although the mountain god Ryuuji was a magic monk, the spiritual power in his body was not fake. He carried Yutaka Tatsuki and his wheelchair up the steps and entered the temple completely. No problem.

"Aunt Chenyue, what changes can happen to this temple that has been inherited for five hundred years?"

In response to Yuuto's mother's words, Yamagami Ryuji replied helplessly, and at the same time turned around and closed the temple door.

"Follow me some of you,"

After entering the side hall, Shan Shen Ryuji's face became solemn.

"Aunt Chenyue, please take Yuto and leave this town immediately!"

"As for Mr. Chenyue's matter, you can figure it out after you get out. No, if your family doesn't have connections at the level of a district councilor, just pretend that something happened to Mr. Chenyue."

? ? ?

The three people in the room were stunned when they heard the words of Yamagami Ryuji who was dressed in a 'bad' way.

"Longlong Erjun, my husband is just missing."

At Mrs. Tatsuki's pale retort, Yamagami Ryuuji sighed.

"You shouldn't be back at this time,"

"Our place is no longer the same town as when you left - especially after the arrival of the extraordinary."

Seeing the three people, including the local girl Saki, all looked confused; the badly dressed young monk had to tell the story of the "darkness" of this town.

"More than thirty people have gone missing in our small town."

"In a small town with only 6,000 people, 30 people are obviously missing, but have you noticed anything unusual?"

Shake your head, X3

Not to mention Mrs. Tatsuki who just moved in, Tatsuki Yongto;

Even Saki, who lives here, has only heard such rumors, and then:

There is no more.

The so-called disappearance seems to be just gossip among people. Everyone is still living a normal life. Anyway, those missing people have nothing to do with them.

The island country pays great attention to "neighborhood relations". Families who live close to each other often visit each other as guests, give gifts, etc.~~

But on the other hand, if the family has nothing to do with you, then you are indifferent.

"The missing people are all withdrawn people in the small town."

"At first, everyone thought it was an evil spirit, and later they thought it was a 'Slave from the Underworld' causing trouble. Even I thought so, but one time I went out at night and witnessed something."

"murder!"

When I think of the ‘underworld slaves’ who obviously won’t enter the building,

But after carrying the fresh human corpse out of the house, Ryuji, the mountain god, felt cold all over.

"Those so-called rules of action of the underworld slaves were deliberately set by someone;"

"To 'capture' the people in this town!"

What--

"The government doesn't care?"

Tatsuki Yūto, who was sitting in a wheelchair, was numb.

Is this still an island country? Didn't he travel to some strange area?

"Who cares?"

Yamagami Ryuji became even more helpless,

"Do you think the mayor and the police don't know that something like this happened?"

But no action was taken. There is no doubt that these government personnel are either aware of it or are participants!

? ?

Mrs. Tatsuki and Yuto Tatsuki, who had just arrived from Kyoto, never expected that the situation in their hometown had become so bad.

But then I thought about it, in this era where the extraordinary has come, it is still very normal.

In ancient times, in any place, the powerful clans were the rulers.

If these big families want to do something, what can those scattered idlers do?

If the big family goes one step further, it is the so-called ‘Daimyo’: Daimyo kills people, as a matter of course! No need to even cover up.

"The person who can control the 'Slave of the Underworld', hiding in this small town, must be a transcendent person. - I have already reported this, but now the government simply cannot spare the manpower and energy to take care of our remoteness. area."

Even big cities can’t manage it. Kyoto has just been occupied by Abe Seimei. The livelihood of millions of people has made the island country’s government miserable. How can it have time to take care of this small town?

This is because the mountain god Ryuuji has the title of 'temple abbot' and belongs to the natural 'aristocratic class' in this era.

Otherwise, as a high school student, the most he could do was make a phone call to the police.

And the police in the small town have long been the other party’s people!

"That brave man's father."

"Mrs. Chenyue, please forgive me."

In order to persuade the two to leave, Yamagami Ryuji spoke bluntly.

"Mr. Chenyue probably met the mastermind behind the scenes. With his ruthlessness—"

Now it is estimated that the corpses have become 'underworld slaves': In order to investigate all this, Shan Shen Ryuji went out at night many times and saw several 'missing' people who turned into 'underworld slaves' and wandered around.

"Just forget it?"

Chenyue Yongto murmured subconsciously,

"Otherwise, you saw it last night."

Mountain god Ryuuji spread his hands,

"There are so many 'underworld slaves' and an unknown number of extraordinary men in black robes. How can we fight against them?"

Those men in black robes are conducting extraordinary experiments at night, but during the day they are the top officials of the town: the real black and white take all. In this case, what else can you do besides running?

"etc,"

At this moment, the girl with side ponytail Saki suddenly spoke and pointed to the information on her phone.

"The town's trams are out of service."

? ? ?

Normally, this would not be a big deal: the town's tram does not need to be run once a day, and there are not so many passengers and goods to transport.

But now, that is——

"Damn it, the other party doesn't want you to leave at all!"

The crisis was raging, and Yamagami Ryuji couldn't help but curse; but Saki had a flash of inspiration and raised a finger.

"Hey, you can take a walk on the mountain road."

"Don't think about it,"

The mountain god Long Er waved his hand,

"There must be people from the other side on the mountain road. Just one accident can cause the vehicle to roll down the winding mountain road, causing the car to crash and kill people."

"Call the police. No, send this information to the Internet and ask for help from the outside world."

As he spoke, Saki himself closed his mouth.

Before the arrival of the extraordinary, there was a period of time in the island country where "urban weird stories" were very popular: all kinds of strange rumors, and even horoscope divination programs, appeared openly on TV stations.

After the extraordinary arrival, it became even more overwhelming!

Reports, news, and posts about encountering supernatural beings, behaving strangely, and behaving abnormally are like a spurt.

However, ninety-nine percent of the time, it was later proven that there was no supernatural influence, only sinister human hearts. This has been repeated so many times that no one in the island country even reads this kind of request for help.

This won't work, and that won't work either. Doesn't that mean they can only wait to die?

"This is the sorrow of extraordinary times,"

Yamagami Ryuji’s final conclusion:

"Get ready to fight."

"My family's food reserves are quite abundant, so let's have a try with the mastermind behind the scenes: at best, we'll have good company on the road to hell."

————

The mayor’s house,

"As expected,"

This is an old wooden house: in the past, wooden houses were the mainstream in the island country.

After all, the island country is famous for its frequent earthquakes. The advantage of wooden houses is that even if they collapse, if you are lucky, you will not be killed.

Moreover, repairs are also very easy, unlike brick buildings that can easily crush people to death and injure themselves once they collapse in an earthquake.

However, with the popularity of modern reinforced concrete buildings, such buildings are gradually decreasing.

"As expected of an old guy, he can actually write a diary."

Serious people, who keeps a diary?

In the antique bedroom, Jiukong Yaoai was amazed as he read through a calligraphy diary.

In a small town of several thousand people, there are still so many intrigues.

And just as she expected, the thief who obtained the 'Baqi Remains', with the temptation of 'resurrecting' his relatives and bestowing extraordinary powers, took control of the town's mayor and police, and then secretly included the entire town. He is in control!

These people have experimented dozens of times without the knowledge of ordinary people.

From being unresponsive at the beginning, to resurrecting into a crazy living corpse, and then becoming a controlled 'underworld slave'.

Although the mayor's diary can only show the results, from a few words, it can be seen that the person who studied the "Baqi Remains" is quite capable.

"It's quite a talent. What a pity."

The little girl lamented that if it were in the past, she would definitely have such a 'talent' under her command.

But now, three consecutive 'betrayals' have made her no longer trust others; and her wanted status prevents her from revealing her whereabouts.

Tap tap tap,

The sound of footsteps came, making Jiukong Yaoai turn his head slightly.

brush,

The old wooden door was opened,

"Um?"

The person who walked into the room was an old man in his sixties or seventies.

He is the mayor of this small town: his eyes swept across his room, and the old man felt something was wrong, but he couldn't say it.

"As people get older, they become more suspicious."

Shaking his head, the old man walked to the room and sat down, picking up a photo frame from the cabinet next to him.

"Wait, wait; wait;"

"We will meet again soon~~"