Tokyo Fall Guys beats up the supernatural

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Lu Zizhen seemed to be deep in thought.

"That,

"The clue lies in Kashima Yoonzo's tattoo?" she continued.

"Kashima Yoonzomon, what do you know about this?" Dou Tang asked in return.

Lu Zizhen recalled for a moment and said, "Kashima is indeed a legendary place in Japan. The Kashima Shrine there is quite famous, but I haven't heard of any famous blacksmiths there."

"In this era, good weapons do make things much easier, but they are not meant to be supplied to evil spirits and exorcists. Simply ordering a good quality weapon from the market is perfectly sufficient."

“With Japan’s large population, weapon forging, though a niche industry, is not so well-known that insiders know each other inside and out, so it’s possible that nothing will be found out.”

Dou Tang nodded.

"Just do your best."

The two did not speak again. Lu Zizhen reached out and turned on the radio, playing a song.

Nikko City had already entered night. This valley city went to night earlier than Tokyo. The small mountain town seemed to radiate a stronger vitality at night than during the day, with people coming and going on the streets, making it very lively.

The snow piled up along the roadside had not yet melted, adding to the atmosphere of this legendary city.

Looking at the street scene outside the window, Dou Tang said in a low voice, "Another day of nothing."

"No, that's not it." Lu Zizhen suddenly laughed. "I have good news, do you want to hear it?"

"Just say it."

Lu Zizhen then continued, "The barrier around Nikko City is about to begin to shrink."

Dou Tang became interested and turned his gaze away from the street, looking at Lu Zizhen, waiting for her to continue.

"At midnight tonight, the exorcists responsible for maintaining the barrier around Sunlight City will begin their operation. As nodes of the barrier, they will move towards Sunlight City, shrinking the entire barrier. In the process, they will screen for evil spirits and exorcists. Although they may not have time to kill the evil spirits, it will be very effective in reducing the area covered by the barrier."

"This means that Tamamo-no-Mae's range of movement will become smaller and smaller!" Tou-Tang's eyes lit up.

"It's like a game of PUBG, the circle shrinks little by little until, in the end, her space for maneuver becomes so narrow that she has to take a risk, either breaking through the barrier to escape or showing herself to fight us," Lu Zizhen chimed in.

Chapter 291 Driving the Sky and Radiance

Night falls.

In the deep, untouched forest, a tent stands out conspicuously.

Lights were on inside the tent, casting shadows of people on its surface.

The figure had disheveled hair and looked somewhat thin; he appeared to be an old man.

Suddenly, a beam of light shone in the deep forest, and someone carrying a flashlight slowly walked towards them from afar.

It was none other than Ninomiya Yuki.

At this moment, Ninomiya Yusuke had changed his clothes and was wearing a conspicuous orange windbreaker. He was holding a flashlight in his right hand and carefully moving towards the tent step by step.

It was late at night, and the temperature in the forest was very low, with a damp atmosphere permeating the air. The ground was covered with unmelted snow, making it uncertain what one might encounter with each step.

Ninomiya Yusuke stumbled through the mud and reached the tent, calling out loudly, "Is anyone there? Eno-san, are you awake?"

"I'm awake!" A strong male voice came from inside the tent, and then the man inside unzipped the tent and crawled out.

Despite it being the dead of winter, the disheveled man wasn't even wearing a shirt. His upper body was incredibly strong, with very defined muscles. It was the kind of muscle that required careful training to build, and he even looked a bit more ferocious than Dou Tang.

The man named Jiang Ye cracked his neck, his eyes gleaming, and looked at Ninomiya Yusuke, saying, "So, is everyone else ready?"

Ninomiya Yusuke nodded and said, "All the other nodes are ready. Eno-san, we can begin as soon as the time comes."

Jiang Ye stroked his long beard and said, "I'm available anytime. Hmm, what about protection against evil spirits?"

“It’s already done.” Ninomiya Yusuke took out his phone and looked at the information on it. “A team of thirty people is already on standby at the designated node. They are scattered around the designated node and release spells to warn nearby evil spirits and monsters.”

Gradually closing in a spell that envelops an entire city is no small matter; it requires close cooperation among exorcists.

Unbeknownst to Dou Tang, Nikko City and the Association have already poured a massive amount of resources into this city.

Jiang Ye raised both hands, aligned them, with his thumbs touching his middle and ring fingers, and his index and little fingers raised high, like two foxes facing each other.

At that moment, Jiang Ye's eyes suddenly darkened, and he slowly raised his head.

He crossed his two hands, which had transformed into fox marks, with his left thumb touching his right little finger and his right thumb touching his left little finger.

Separate the index and little fingers of your left and right hands, interlacing them. Use your right thumb to hook the middle and ring fingers of your left hand, and place your index finger on top of the middle and ring fingers of your left hand, which is then hooked by the little finger of your left hand.

Then, the middle and ring fingers of the right hand pressed down, pressing down on the index finger of the left hand while being held in place by the thumb of the left hand. Finally, the tip of the index finger of the left hand held the base of the little finger of the right hand.

This is the "Fox Window," a handprint widely used in Japan, also known as the Fox Door or Fox Grid.

It is a hand seal used to see through the disguise of evil spirits or to perceive mysterious things. Through the gap formed by the interlacing of the hands, one can see through all illusions and see the essence of things.

These are all rumors, and regarding

For exorcists, this is the most convenient way to see through all the disguises of obsession.

Jiang Ye pointed the Fox Window at the sky, slowly brought it closer to his left eye, and looked up at the sky through the gap between his fingers.

In the sky, beneath a view impenetrable to ordinary people, lies a faint layer of seven-colored radiance.

This is the Great Barrier of Nikko City, a powerful barrier that requires hundreds of exorcists as nodes and burns millions of yen every day it operates.

Although its function is limited to screening for evil spirits and monsters, its advantage lies in its extremely wide coverage and high degree of concealment, making it perfect for Nikko City, which does not want to cause panic among ordinary people.

In Jiang Ye's vision, the faint glow stretched all the way to the sky, as if connecting with the clouds, and the barrier could be seen from all directions, left and right.

Hundreds of exorcists put aside their affairs and lived in seclusion like ascetics, either deep in the mountains and forests or rarely venturing out, exhausting their energy every day to maintain the massive barrier in front of them.

"Hmm... the barrier is in pretty good condition." Jiang Ye nodded, then looked at Ninomiya Yusuke and said, "Let's begin. Please wait a moment, Ninomiya-san."

He turned and went into the tent.

Ninomiya Yusuke breathed a sigh of relief and stood there quietly waiting.

Jiang Ye, who had crawled into the tent, seemed to be packing his belongings. A moment later, he came out carrying an incense burner.

The incense burner looked like a small milk pot. Jiang Ye held it in both hands, and wisps of smoke rose from under the lid, merging into the air and maintaining the barrier of Nikko City.

Jiang Ye held the incense burner in his hands and looked at Ninomiya Yusei, saying, "We can begin now, Ninomiya-san."

Ninomiya Yuuki nodded at him, then raised his hand and pressed a button on his phone, sending out a command.

Then, he turned the flashlight on to its brightest setting and headed towards the city of Nikko in the distance.

Jiang Ye followed closely behind, holding an incense burner in his hands.

………………

Meanwhile, in the dead of night when most ordinary people are fast asleep, countless exorcists slowly make their way under the starry sky.

Starlight fell like rain from the sky. In a world imperceptible to ordinary people, countless evil spirits and monsters raised their heads, their eyes filled with contemplation.

In their view, it was as if the entire sky had come alive.

The illusory sky, composed of seven-colored light, which had been quietly enveloping the entire city of Nikko, slowly closed and began to move.

If the battle between Tamamo-no-Mae and Dou-Tang at the hotel was the prelude to a grand drama, then the changes in this massive sky barrier at this moment are the true beginning of the show.

Countless exorcists carrying incense burners emerged from their dwellings. Some were dressed in rags, while others were dressed elegantly. Their faces were calm and devout, and the incense burners in their hands emitted heat and smoke, which drifted into the sky and merged into the barrier.

Each of them was accompanied by a guardian. These exorcists, who were specially trained to protect the barrier nodes, were like swords drawn from their sheaths. Each of them had fierce eyes, held their own magical weapons, and were vigilant about the risks around them.

In the dense forest, the exorcist descended the steps. In the darkness, the places where the moonlight fell appeared shadowy and eerie.

On the fields, the exorcist walks along the ridges, surrounded by snow-covered fields, as if walking on a white cloud.

Along the side of the highway, the exorcist walked silently, his companion on high alert. The two passed one street lamp after another, and one car after another passed by.

Traveling through the sky, they confront the extraordinary exorcists beneath the mortals, wielding the sky and its radiance.

Chapter 292 Two Corporate Slaves

As the exorcists continued their advance, unrest and chaos spread among the evil spirits and monsters.

Some came to Nikko City to take advantage of the chaos, some wanted to see Tamamo-no-Mae in person, and others had strange ideas about her.

Evil spirits and monsters have been flooding into Nikko City with the flow of people these past few days. They lurk among the tourists, disguised as ordinary people, and using the chaos of the large number of tourists as a disguise, deeply penetrating the body of the city and turning into unstable lesions.

Each one a ticking time bomb, ready to explode at any moment.

If we don't give them a sense of crisis and fear, then Nikko City will become their playground, where they can do whatever they want, turning it into something like Urayasu City.

Therefore, the exorcists must take action.

By tightening the barrier, they were given a sense of crisis, as if the exorcists were trying to trap them, forcing them to leave Nikko City. At the same time, this also put pressure on Tamamo-no-Mae, squeezing out her space to operate.

Lu Zizhen's plan was designed to kill multiple birds with one stone from the very beginning.

It didn't take long, less than half an hour, before the restless evil spirits appeared.

Ninomiya Yusuke looked into the distance, his eyes sharpening.

In the dense forest, a grayish-white phantom appeared out of nowhere.

The shadowy figure was half-hidden behind a large tree, and even when a flashlight was shone on it, its face could not be seen clearly, making it look like a blurry illusion.

Seeing this, Jiang Ye said, "A vengeful spirit that has already developed its own consciousness, Ninomiya-san, can you handle it?"

Ninomiya Yusuke nodded, pulled a short stick from his lower back, wiped it with his hand, and looked distressed: "Why does our family's heritage have to be so expensive?"

He rubbed his hands together on the short stick a couple of times, and a layer of dull gold appeared on his palms.

Radiance.

The shorter rod, however, was visibly smaller.

Upon closer inspection, one would discover that the short stick was actually gleaming with golden light in the darkness.

That's pure gold.

The Ninomiya family, which used its immense wealth to unlock the secrets of exorcism, developed an extremely costly method of exorcism through the work of Ninomiya Kinjiro.

Using gold, an extremely stable metal, as the vessel for their obsession, the Ninomiya family's exorcisms are silent until they are used, and once unleashed, they are not only extremely expensive but also exceptionally powerful.

Ninomiya Yusuke put away the golden short stick, then rubbed his hands together, spreading the gold powder all over his hands. Afterward, his golden hands shimmered in the darkness.

He raised his hand and made a slight stroke on the bridge of his nose, then took a deep breath. Using gold as a medium, he could see through the illusions of evil spirits even without looking through the Fox Window.

At this moment, Ninomiya Yuki's nose was shining with a golden light, which looked extremely strange from a distance.

"Evil spirits ahead, if you wish to leave Nikko City and have never harmed anyone before, then you may pass," Ninomiya Yusuke said in a clear voice, which was very clear in the silent forest and carried far and wide.

"But if you harbor hostility towards us, then come and try! Come and test your strength!"

Upon hearing this, the white phantom, half-hidden behind a large tree in the distance, couldn't help but slowly emerge from behind the tree. Only then did Ninomiya Yusuke realize that it was a middle-aged man wearing a white shirt, extremely thin, with an inescapable weariness on his face.

"So...tired..." The vengeful spirit let out a low growl with an unclear meaning, its dim eyes staring silently at Ninomiya Yuuki.

He raised his translucent arm, pointed at Ninomiya Yuuki, and said in a low, dejected voice, "Working overtime at midnight... is not allowed..."

Ninomiya Yusuke was about to say something harsh, but after hearing this, he suddenly froze.

Working overtime in the middle of the night...aren't I working overtime in the middle of the night right now?

I've been really tired lately... extremely tired. I've been running around and busy, and I haven't had any time to rest at all.

Before he knew it, Ninomiya Yusuke's eyes welled up with tears. He suddenly felt that he didn't need to work so hard. Even if he didn't become an exorcist and just lived as an ordinary person, his family could still live comfortably.

“Waaah…” Ninomiya Yusuke became more and more sorrowful as he thought about it, and even let out a mournful cry.

"Wake up!" Jiang Ye, the bearded man, suddenly kicked Ninomiya Yujing in the butt, causing Ninomiya Yujing to stumble and almost fall to the ground.

"You've been affected by his resentment! Idiot!"

Hearing Jiang Ye's reprimand, Ninomiya Yujing finally came to her senses, shook her head vigorously, and looked at the white-shirted vengeful spirit not far away with a ferocious expression.

"Damn it, they actually took advantage of my reluctance to work overtime to mess with me? You bastard, aren't you working overtime in the middle of the night too?!" Ninomiya Yusuke raised his golden finger, pointed at the vengeful spirit not far away, and said viciously.

"I told you to go up and beat him up, not to argue with him..." Just as the bearded Jiang Ye was about to kick Ninomiya Yujing again, he noticed that the white-shirted vengeful spirit not far away seemed to be making some strange movements.

After hearing Ninomiya Yusuke's words, the vengeful spirit seemed to feel uncomfortable all over. It suddenly knelt down with its arms crossed, and a series of extremely sad cries, filled with deep despair, came from the dense forest.

Seeing this, Ninomiya Yusuke also looked troubled: "He seems very sad. Did I say too much?"

Jiang Ye, with the big beard, hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

Ninomiya Yusuke strode forward and arrived in front of the white-shirted vengeful spirit in a few steps. Even so, the white-shirted vengeful spirit did not make any move, as if it had completely broken down and given up resisting because of Ninomiya Yusuke's words.

Ninomiya Yusuke sighed, feeling extremely sympathetic, and said, "Friend, I know you still have many grievances against this world, but the dead cannot be brought back to life. Since you really don't want to work overtime, why don't I send you off on your final journey?"

"After all, we're in the same boat. I've been working overtime so much lately that my scalp is tingling and I feel like I'm neither human nor ghost."