Chapter 72: 72
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Right after that, Narukami shifted his line of sight to the other side. On the side of him was a shop that sold fridges, televisions, etc.
Right now, the television was on display and was turned on. Playing a news channel.
Narukami watched the early news channel for a moment and his brows gradually knitted down.
Seeing the changes in his facial expression, his ancestor was perplexed and asked, "what's wrong?"
But Narukami didn't answer, he kept focusing on the news.
The little girl frowned and she looked at the TVs. She soon understood what was going on.
In the news, a wrecked building with black smoke filled the air was shown. It was terrible.
Surrounding buildings got the impact, debris fell to the ground, part of a building went missing as though being erased.
It was clean and gave those who saw it a mysterious feeling. A supernatural one.
Without wasting much time, Narukami quickened his pace. The place that had been destroyed was Ryu's home! He wanted to investigate what was going on by himself.
He wasn't worried about Ryu, the latter was stronger than any Sorcerers in the same rank as him.
But thinking about Asahi with Ryu, he was uncertain if that new member of his was alive.
Either way, he had to check Ryu's place and figure out what was going on.
Is it a new enemy? Underhanded schemes? A threat? Whatever it is, I welcome that. Just don't blame me if I find you and let you rest in a miserable death, he said inwardly and as it got to the end, his inner voice became cold and deep.
Seeing his descendant just rush off like that, leaving her behind. The little girl was hesitant if she should chase him or not.
After a bit of hesitation, it would be wise not to. After all, she had to lay low and avoid mortal affairs as much as possible.
Looking at his back, the little girl smiled as she said to her heart, this will be interesting.
.
.
After a few minutes, he arrived. He didn't use teleportation, afraid that it would attract official Sorcerers.
They were on high alert, even as we spoke. Most official Sorcerers had been deployed secretly and had their spiritual senses enhanced.
If they detect a fluctuation in the air, they would notice. Should Narukami teleport, that was more than enough to attract attention!
He would be like a piece of meat while they were hungry dogs.
Narukami noticed all the above as he rushed here and he was grateful to himself that he made the right decision.
Along the way, he noticed more and more Sorcerers. He discovered them not because of his eyes, but their scents.
Relying on his nose, he found out there were more than a hundred Sorcerers around him.
This made him both curious and alarmed. As he got closer, their numbers increased.
Narukami then concluded, It seems All Beyond already took care of this case, it's Ryu who disappeared after all. There's no way they are going to let him be.
Ryu had a dragon power in him. One must know it was coming from a powerful Anomaly at the ninth stage.
Its blood contained a berserk will of negative emotions, let alone its power which was from the Anomaly's core!
Should Ryu lose control, all the five major organizations had to work together once more to kill him.
Unfortunately for them, their opponent would be terrifyingly powerful. This was because Ryu was a Sorcerer, his strength would soar, becoming explosive and quite destructive by the time he became an Anomaly.
And when that happened, he would be classified as the first tenth Anomaly after thousands of years.
Thinking about such an outcome made Narukami slightly worried about Ryu's situation.
Arriving at Ryu's home, a few blocks away from him. Cops were standing on guard in front of yellow lines across the street.
Preventing civilians to pass through the scene.
Before the lines were curious crowds. Their gazes were that of curiosity and concern.
They were worried if such a thing would happen to them as the terrible 'accident' was going to happen to them.
Indeed, the media covered this as a leaking gas accident. There was no way they would dare to say that this event was related to something paranormal.
That would be hard to accept, as well as ridiculous and baffling. Even if there was one, the media said it was because of paranormal means.
It was certainly going to be a laughingstock! And for such a media company to be a laughing stock was the same as failing in this line of work.
Nonchalantly walking through the crowds, Narukami arrived before the yellow line.
But as he was about to cross it, one of the cops guarding it firmly said, "civilians cannot enter. This is a dangerous area."
Narukami grabbed something from his pocket and showed it to the cop.
It was a badge that every official Sorcerer had. One could show it to the cops if there was a case involving the police department.
The latter looked at it for a few short seconds with a rather serious expression.
The policeman nodded after authenticating the badge was real and let him enter.
Narukami lifted the yellow cross as he slightly bent down his body and passed it.
He opened his phone to message Ryu yet he saw a message in it.
[Narukami, you may have seen the news. Our current situation can be considered as good, I guess? I don't know, I can't explain it to you. Time is running short, just to let you know that me and Asahi with Z. We will be okay.]
He frowned, even Z is involved? Just what is going on?
He got a bad feeling when he knew that Z was involved. Nothing's good when this guy was involved.
He felt a headache at this point and said to himself, just what did Z do for the heavens to have a grudge on him?
Narukami and Z can be considered close. The latter often told him tales of his adventures and all of them were interesting but Narukami couldn't help but pity Z.
In all those adventures, he was always at death's gate, sometimes got schemed so hard that his trust towards humanity gradually died but thankfully managed to pull it through and kill the mastermind a hundred times worse.
Now that Z was involved, it should be safe to assume it was relating to Z's past or something along the line.
Perhaps old grudges of an old 'friend' and the former want to settle it here, right now.
Narukami then put this at the back of his thought for a moment and went to the debris of Ryu's home.
Ryu actually lived in a small 7x7 apartment but he loved to say the whole building was his home and the owners of each room were like his family members.
After asking around, Narukami found out the tenants of each room weren't home but instead they were in a hot spring.
On the day before the accident, a strange man gave them coupons to enter a hot spring for free as a 'goodwill' as the man just moved out and wanted to maintain a good relationship with his neighbors.
Narukami felt like this man was more than meets the eye. It seemed coming here wasn't in vain, at least he got some clues.
Looking at his surroundings, he noticed a few official Sorcerers at the scene.
Just as he was about to approach them, someone approached him first.
"Good morning, Narukami-san," a man in his twenties greeted him politely with a smile and Narukami simply nodded.
"Good morning, and you are?" Narukami replied indifferently.
"My name is Hikomi Aza, most people call me Komi. You can call me anything you like."
Narukami grunted in acknowledgement and said straight to the point, "any developments?"
Komi paused for a brief moment and replied, "Other than the fact that the Fallen Nightless is the main suspect, we discover a man named Zarakhtul. He was the one who gave those coupons to the tenants."
Narukami's forehead creased slightly but this little detail was left unnoticed by Komi.
Narukami then asked, "what is his motive?"
"It's unknown. After a complete check of his background, we found out he is an important figure in Ki's Fantasy World."
Ki's Fantasy World was a game company owned by Kuroda Ki, Kuroda Aya's father. It was one of the biggest game companies in the world. Their games were always high on demand.
Their games, in terms of quality or entertainment. It was a top product!
Not waiting for Narukami to utter a word, Komi added, "he is also connected with the serial killer that kills official Sorcerers. We then figure out the name."
Narukami was amazed inwardly and said calmly, "All Beyond does hold to its name. In a short time, you manage to find out this much information. But why say it all to me?"
He became suspicious at this point. Such information was valuable and there was no way one would give it freely.
When Narukami asked this, his eyes were like probing Komi's soul. It felt like Komi's secret was leaking out upon his gaze.
He felt incredibly unsettled and uncomfortable but managed to control his emotions as he replied with a smile albeit lips slightly quivered, "you're the detective of this branch. Your reputation as the one who gave out clues in the Mabashi Shrine accident. Thanks for your contribution, we were able to get to the roots and defeat that dragon Anomaly in its embryo form."
Though he said embryo form, it was the size of a thirty-story building!
Although in embryo form, it could topple down a country if given enough time. If the five major organizations were careless, their official Sorcerers might die without a chance to scream.
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Right after that, Narukami shifted his line of sight to the other side. On the side of him was a shop that sold fridges, televisions, etc.
Right now, the television was on display and was turned on. Playing a news channel.
Narukami watched the early news channel for a moment and his brows gradually knitted down.
Seeing the changes in his facial expression, his ancestor was perplexed and asked, "what's wrong?"
But Narukami didn't answer, he kept focusing on the news.
The little girl frowned and she looked at the TVs. She soon understood what was going on.
In the news, a wrecked building with black smoke filled the air was shown. It was terrible.
Surrounding buildings got the impact, debris fell to the ground, part of a building went missing as though being erased.
It was clean and gave those who saw it a mysterious feeling. A supernatural one.
Without wasting much time, Narukami quickened his pace. The place that had been destroyed was Ryu's home! He wanted to investigate what was going on by himself.
He wasn't worried about Ryu, the latter was stronger than any Sorcerers in the same rank as him.
But thinking about Asahi with Ryu, he was uncertain if that new member of his was alive.
Either way, he had to check Ryu's place and figure out what was going on.
Is it a new enemy? Underhanded schemes? A threat? Whatever it is, I welcome that. Just don't blame me if I find you and let you rest in a miserable death, he said inwardly and as it got to the end, his inner voice became cold and deep.
Seeing his descendant just rush off like that, leaving her behind. The little girl was hesitant if she should chase him or not.
After a bit of hesitation, it would be wise not to. After all, she had to lay low and avoid mortal affairs as much as possible.
Looking at his back, the little girl smiled as she said to her heart, this will be interesting.
.
.
After a few minutes, he arrived. He didn't use teleportation, afraid that it would attract official Sorcerers.
They were on high alert, even as we spoke. Most official Sorcerers had been deployed secretly and had their spiritual senses enhanced.
If they detect a fluctuation in the air, they would notice. Should Narukami teleport, that was more than enough to attract attention!
He would be like a piece of meat while they were hungry dogs.
Narukami noticed all the above as he rushed here and he was grateful to himself that he made the right decision.
Along the way, he noticed more and more Sorcerers. He discovered them not because of his eyes, but their scents.
Relying on his nose, he found out there were more than a hundred Sorcerers around him.
This made him both curious and alarmed. As he got closer, their numbers increased.
Narukami then concluded, It seems All Beyond already took care of this case, it's Ryu who disappeared after all. There's no way they are going to let him be.
Ryu had a dragon power in him. One must know it was coming from a powerful Anomaly at the ninth stage.
Its blood contained a berserk will of negative emotions, let alone its power which was from the Anomaly's core!
Should Ryu lose control, all the five major organizations had to work together once more to kill him.
Unfortunately for them, their opponent would be terrifyingly powerful. This was because Ryu was a Sorcerer, his strength would soar, becoming explosive and quite destructive by the time he became an Anomaly.
And when that happened, he would be classified as the first tenth Anomaly after thousands of years.
Thinking about such an outcome made Narukami slightly worried about Ryu's situation.
Arriving at Ryu's home, a few blocks away from him. Cops were standing on guard in front of yellow lines across the street.
Preventing civilians to pass through the scene.
Before the lines were curious crowds. Their gazes were that of curiosity and concern.
They were worried if such a thing would happen to them as the terrible 'accident' was going to happen to them.
Indeed, the media covered this as a leaking gas accident. There was no way they would dare to say that this event was related to something paranormal.
That would be hard to accept, as well as ridiculous and baffling. Even if there was one, the media said it was because of paranormal means.
It was certainly going to be a laughingstock! And for such a media company to be a laughing stock was the same as failing in this line of work.
Nonchalantly walking through the crowds, Narukami arrived before the yellow line.
But as he was about to cross it, one of the cops guarding it firmly said, "civilians cannot enter. This is a dangerous area."
Narukami grabbed something from his pocket and showed it to the cop.
It was a badge that every official Sorcerer had. One could show it to the cops if there was a case involving the police department.
The latter looked at it for a few short seconds with a rather serious expression.
The policeman nodded after authenticating the badge was real and let him enter.
Narukami lifted the yellow cross as he slightly bent down his body and passed it.
He opened his phone to message Ryu yet he saw a message in it.
[Narukami, you may have seen the news. Our current situation can be considered as good, I guess? I don't know, I can't explain it to you. Time is running short, just to let you know that me and Asahi with Z. We will be okay.]
He frowned, even Z is involved? Just what is going on?
He got a bad feeling when he knew that Z was involved. Nothing's good when this guy was involved.
He felt a headache at this point and said to himself, just what did Z do for the heavens to have a grudge on him?
Narukami and Z can be considered close. The latter often told him tales of his adventures and all of them were interesting but Narukami couldn't help but pity Z.
In all those adventures, he was always at death's gate, sometimes got schemed so hard that his trust towards humanity gradually died but thankfully managed to pull it through and kill the mastermind a hundred times worse.
Now that Z was involved, it should be safe to assume it was relating to Z's past or something along the line.
Perhaps old grudges of an old 'friend' and the former want to settle it here, right now.
Narukami then put this at the back of his thought for a moment and went to the debris of Ryu's home.
Ryu actually lived in a small 7x7 apartment but he loved to say the whole building was his home and the owners of each room were like his family members.
After asking around, Narukami found out the tenants of each room weren't home but instead they were in a hot spring.
On the day before the accident, a strange man gave them coupons to enter a hot spring for free as a 'goodwill' as the man just moved out and wanted to maintain a good relationship with his neighbors.
Narukami felt like this man was more than meets the eye. It seemed coming here wasn't in vain, at least he got some clues.
Looking at his surroundings, he noticed a few official Sorcerers at the scene.
Just as he was about to approach them, someone approached him first.
"Good morning, Narukami-san," a man in his twenties greeted him politely with a smile and Narukami simply nodded.
"Good morning, and you are?" Narukami replied indifferently.
"My name is Hikomi Aza, most people call me Komi. You can call me anything you like."
Narukami grunted in acknowledgement and said straight to the point, "any developments?"
Komi paused for a brief moment and replied, "Other than the fact that the Fallen Nightless is the main suspect, we discover a man named Zarakhtul. He was the one who gave those coupons to the tenants."
Narukami's forehead creased slightly but this little detail was left unnoticed by Komi.
Narukami then asked, "what is his motive?"
"It's unknown. After a complete check of his background, we found out he is an important figure in Ki's Fantasy World."
Ki's Fantasy World was a game company owned by Kuroda Ki, Kuroda Aya's father. It was one of the biggest game companies in the world. Their games were always high on demand.
Their games, in terms of quality or entertainment. It was a top product!
Not waiting for Narukami to utter a word, Komi added, "he is also connected with the serial killer that kills official Sorcerers. We then figure out the name."
Narukami was amazed inwardly and said calmly, "All Beyond does hold to its name. In a short time, you manage to find out this much information. But why say it all to me?"
He became suspicious at this point. Such information was valuable and there was no way one would give it freely.
When Narukami asked this, his eyes were like probing Komi's soul. It felt like Komi's secret was leaking out upon his gaze.
He felt incredibly unsettled and uncomfortable but managed to control his emotions as he replied with a smile albeit lips slightly quivered, "you're the detective of this branch. Your reputation as the one who gave out clues in the Mabashi Shrine accident. Thanks for your contribution, we were able to get to the roots and defeat that dragon Anomaly in its embryo form."
Though he said embryo form, it was the size of a thirty-story building!
Although in embryo form, it could topple down a country if given enough time. If the five major organizations were careless, their official Sorcerers might die without a chance to scream.
Right after that, Narukami shifted his line of sight to the other side. On the side of him was a shop that sold fridges, televisions, etc.Right now, the television was on display and was turned on. Playing a news channel.Narukami watched the early news channel for a moment and his brows gradually knitted down.Seeing the changes in his facial expression, his ancestor was perplexed and asked, "what's wrong?"But Narukami didn't answer, he kept focusing on the news.The little girl frowned and she looked at the TVs. She soon understood what was going on.In the news, a wrecked building with black smoke filled the air was shown. It was terrible.Surrounding buildings got the impact, debris fell to the ground, part of a building went missing as though being erased.It was clean and gave those who saw it a mysterious feeling. A supernatural one.Without wasting much time, Narukami quickened his pace. The place that had been destroyed was Ryu's home! He wanted to investigate what was going on by himself.He wasn't worried about Ryu, the latter was stronger than any Sorcerers in the same rank as him.But thinking about Asahi with Ryu, he was uncertain if that new member of his was alive.Either way, he had to check Ryu's place and figure out what was going on.Is it a new enemy? Underhanded schemes? A threat? Whatever it is, I welcome that. Just don't blame me if I find you and let you rest in a miserable death, he said inwardly and as it got to the end, his inner voice became cold and deep.Seeing his descendant just rush off like that, leaving her behind. The little girl was hesitant if she should chase him or not.After a bit of hesitation, it would be wise not to. After all, she had to lay low and avoid mortal affairs as much as possible.Looking at his back, the little girl smiled as she said to her heart, this will be interesting...After a few minutes, he arrived. He didn't use teleportation, afraid that it would attract official Sorcerers.They were on high alert, even as we spoke. Most official Sorcerers had been deployed secretly and had their spiritual senses enhanced.If they detect a fluctuation in the air, they would notice. Should Narukami teleport, that was more than enough to attract attention!He would be like a piece of meat while they were hungry dogs.Narukami noticed all the above as he rushed here and he was grateful to himself that he made the right decision.Along the way, he noticed more and more Sorcerers. He discovered them not because of his eyes, but their scents.Relying on his nose, he found out there were more than a hundred Sorcerers around him.This made him both curious and alarmed. As he got closer, their numbers increased.Narukami then concluded, It seems All Beyond already took care of this case, it's Ryu who disappeared after all. There's no way they are going to let him be.Ryu had a dragon power in him. One must know it was coming from a powerful Anomaly at the ninth stage.Its blood contained a berserk will of negative emotions, let alone its power which was from the Anomaly's core!Should Ryu lose control, all the five major organizations had to work together once more to kill him.Unfortunately for them, their opponent would be terrifyingly powerful. This was because Ryu was a Sorcerer, his strength would soar, becoming explosive and quite destructive by the time he became an Anomaly.And when that happened, he would be classified as the first tenth Anomaly after thousands of years.Thinking about such an outcome made Narukami slightly worried about Ryu's situation.Arriving at Ryu's home, a few blocks away from him. Cops were standing on guard in front of yellow lines across the street.Preventing civilians to pass through the scene.Before the lines were curious crowds. Their gazes were that of curiosity and concern.They were worried if such a thing would happen to them as the terrible 'accident' was going to happen to them.Indeed, the media covered this as a leaking gas accident. There was no way they would dare to say that this event was related to something paranormal.That would be hard to accept, as well as ridiculous and baffling. Even if there was one, the media said it was because of paranormal means.It was certainly going to be a laughingstock! And for such a media company to be a laughing stock was the same as failing in this line of work.Nonchalantly walking through the crowds, Narukami arrived before the yellow line.But as he was about to cross it, one of the cops guarding it firmly said, "civilians cannot enter. This is a dangerous area."Narukami grabbed something from his pocket and showed it to the cop.It was a badge that every official Sorcerer had. One could show it to the cops if there was a case involving the police department.The latter looked at it for a few short seconds with a rather serious expression.The policeman nodded after authenticating the badge was real and let him enter.Narukami lifted the yellow cross as he slightly bent down his body and passed it.He opened his phone to message Ryu yet he saw a message in it.Narukami, you may have seen the news. Our current situation can be considered as good, I guess? I don't know, I can't explain it to you. Time is running short, just to let you know that me and Asahi with Z. We will be okay.He frowned, even Z is involved? Just what is going on?He got a bad feeling when he knew that Z was involved. Nothing's good when this guy was involved.He felt a headache at this point and said to himself, just what did Z do for the heavens to have a grudge on him?Narukami and Z can be considered close. The latter often told him tales of his adventures and all of them were interesting but Narukami couldn't help but pity Z.In all those adventures, he was always at death's gate, sometimes got schemed so hard that his trust towards humanity gradually died but thankfully managed to pull it through and kill the mastermind a hundred times worse.Now that Z was involved, it should be safe to assume it was relating to Z's past or something along the line.Perhaps old grudges of an old 'friend' and the former want to settle it here, right now.Narukami then put this at the back of his thought for a moment and went to the debris of Ryu's home.Ryu actually lived in a small 7x7 apartment but he loved to say the whole building was his home and the owners of each room were like his family members.After asking around, Narukami found out the tenants of each room weren't home but instead they were in a hot spring.On the day before the accident, a strange man gave them coupons to enter a hot spring for free as a 'goodwill' as the man just moved out and wanted to maintain a good relationship with his neighbors.Narukami felt like this man was more than meets the eye. It seemed coming here wasn't in vain, at least he got some clues.Looking at his surroundings, he noticed a few official Sorcerers at the scene.Just as he was about to approach them, someone approached him first."Good morning, Narukami-san," a man in his twenties greeted him politely with a smile and Narukami simply nodded."Good morning, and you are?" Narukami replied indifferently."My name is Hikomi Aza, most people call me Komi. You can call me anything you like."Narukami grunted in acknowledgement and said straight to the point, "any developments?"Komi paused for a brief moment and replied, "Other than the fact that the Fallen Nightless is the main suspect, we discover a man named Zarakhtul. He was the one who gave those coupons to the tenants."Narukami's forehead creased slightly but this little detail was left unnoticed by Komi.Narukami then asked, "what is his motive?""It's unknown. After a complete check of his background, we found out he is an important figure in Ki's Fantasy World."Ki's Fantasy World was a game company owned by Kuroda Ki, Kuroda Aya's father. It was one of the biggest game companies in the world. Their games were always high on demand.Their games, in terms of quality or entertainment. It was a top product!Not waiting for Narukami to utter a word, Komi added, "he is also connected with the serial killer that kills official Sorcerers. We then figure out the name."Narukami was amazed inwardly and said calmly, "All Beyond does hold to its name. In a short time, you manage to find out this much information. But why say it all to me?"He became suspicious at this point. Such information was valuable and there was no way one would give it freely.When Narukami asked this, his eyes were like probing Komi's soul. It felt like Komi's secret was leaking out upon his gaze.He felt incredibly unsettled and uncomfortable but managed to control his emotions as he replied with a smile albeit lips slightly quivered, "you're the detective of this branch. Your reputation as the one who gave out clues in the Mabashi Shrine accident. Thanks for your contribution, we were able to get to the roots and defeat that dragon Anomaly in its embryo form."Though he said embryo form, it was the size of a thirty-story building!Although in embryo form, it could topple down a country if given enough time. If the five major organizations were careless, their official Sorcerers might die without a chance to scream.
