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Matsuda frowned, then kicked Teng Xiangming in the butt.
"Ouch,"
Teng Xiangming screamed in agony as Matsuda shoved his entire ghostly body into the wall.
After a moment, it cautiously poked its head out.
Upon seeing Matsuda, Teng Xiangming immediately burst into tears and rushed to Matsuda's feet.
"Officer Matsuda, you've finally arrived. I thought I'd never see you again."
"How...did you get into this state?"
Matsuda stared, mouth agape, at the guardian spirit clinging tightly to his leg...
Matsuda was surprised because he saw Teng Xiangming's head.
And only then did he understand why Teng Xiangming had tried to shove his head into the wall earlier.
It turns out that Teng Xiangming's hair had been burned by something.
The entire middle of his forehead was burned off, but the hair around it survived.
This makes him look like he has a Mediterranean hairstyle now.
"What exactly happened? Where is the Ghost Knight?"
Matsuda suppressed a laugh and asked a question.
During their last meeting, Teng Xiangming mentioned that he was being targeted by a woman.
That woman can attack spirits by manipulating lightning and fireballs.
Because of this, Matsuda specifically assigned the Ghost Knight to protect Teng Xiangming.
Unexpectedly, even with Ghost Knight around, Teng Xiangming still managed to make things look like they are now.
"Is it that woman you mentioned last time who's causing trouble again? Even the Ghost Knight couldn't beat her?" Matsuda asked.
"No, how could that woman possibly beat Brother Knight!"
Teng Xiangming quickly shook his head.
"If it weren't for Brother Knight protecting me last night, I probably would have been killed by that woman."
"Then how did you get into this state? And what about the Ghost Knight? I don't see him." Matsuda frowned.
"I brought this on myself,"
Teng Xiangming lowered his head and gave a dry laugh.
"After the woman was knocked to the ground by the knight, I wanted to go over and take a look, but who knew that the woman would suddenly throw a fireball at me, and then my hair caught fire."
"As for Brother Knight, he went after that woman."
"You went to chase after someone?"
Matsuda paused for a moment. He remembered clearly that the order he gave to the Ghost Knight was only to protect Teng Xiangming.
"Has something happened? Otherwise, the Ghost Knight shouldn't have disobeyed my orders, right?" Matsuda said sternly.
"Actually, it's Yoko's friend, Ms. Hoshino,"
Teng Xiangming said in a low voice,
"I don't know what happened last night, but when Brother Knight and that woman were fighting in the alley, Miss Hoshino noticed what was going on in the alley and came over."
"Then?"
Matsuda frowned as he looked at Teng Xiangming.
"Didn't I just say that my hair was burned by a fireball? Actually, that woman also threw out a cloud of purple mist,"
Teng Xiangming said with a face full of guilt,
"My hair was set on fire by the fireball, so I ran around frantically trying to put out the flames on my head, but I just managed to dodge the purple mist that was supposed to be thrown at me..."
"And then Hoshino Terumi was hit?"
Matsuda's lips twitched slightly.
For Hoshino Terumi to encounter something like this in the middle of the night, her luck is comparable to that of an unlucky person.
"Hmm, that purple mist seems capable of imprisoning souls,"
Teng Xiangming's voice trembled again as he recalled what happened last night.
"After Ms. Hoshino was hit, I vaguely saw her soul seem to be enveloped by that purple mist and fly back into that woman's hand!"
"No wonder Hoshino Terumi in the ward couldn't wake up even though she wasn't injured. It turns out her soul was taken away."
Matsuda suddenly realized,
"and after?"
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"Later, the woman couldn't beat the knight, so she ran away. The knight seemed to be very angry about Miss Hoshino, so he chased after her," Teng Xiangming replied.
So that's how it is. Matsuda wasn't too upset to hear that the Ghost Knight disobeyed his orders to save Hoshino Terumi.
"By the way, do you know which way they went?" Matsuda asked.
"I don't know," Teng Xiangming shook his head repeatedly, then noticed that Matsuda's expression was somewhat displeased.
He hurriedly explained, "At that time, I was thinking about how to put out the fire on my head. By the time I noticed, Brother Knight and that woman had already disappeared."
"Fine, I'll go find it myself."
After getting a detailed description of the woman's appearance from last night, Matsuda glanced at Teng Xiangming's unique hairstyle and decided not to scold him anymore.
After instructing Teng Xiangming to continue watching over Yoko, Matsuda returned to the ward and told the three girls,
He left the hospital after investigating the alleys near Yoko's apartment.
……
After Teng Xiangming committed suicide in his apartment, Yangzi moved to another place.
Following the address she gave him, Matsuda arrived at the new apartment building.
After asking around a bit, they found the alley where Hoshino Terumi had collapsed that morning.
Unfortunately, since it was already past noon, any clues the Ghost Knight had left him earlier were all dissipated by the yang energy of noon.
What should we do now?
We can't just wait for the Ghost Knight to take care of that woman and bring back Hoshino Terumi's soul.
Or perhaps, the Ghost Knight was killed by that woman?
Although Matsuda had confidence in Ghost Knight, the latter scenario was not impossible.
The lightning and fireballs that woman used would be extremely damaging to evil spirits.
If the Ghost Knight is hit, it will likely suffer considerable damage.
Moreover, this also involves Hoshino Terumi, a completely innocent person.
Matsuda naturally couldn't leave it unattended.
But the problem now is, how do we find the Ghost Knight and that woman?
Matsuda is having a headache over this problem.
Suddenly, a "quack quack" sound came from above.
He looked up and saw two crows standing on the telephone pole next to him.
Crow, that's right!
How could I forget that!
Matsuda had an idea.
……
When Matsuda arrived at Mihara Shrine...
Although it was afternoon, small groups of believers still came to worship and pray.
The shrine's head priest, Mr. Mamegaki, was also standing in the worship hall, talking with the worshippers.
Matsuda did not disturb him, and quietly bypassed the worship hall to arrive at the main hall at the back.
When he left last time, the main gate of the main hall had a huge hole damaged by a flock of crows.
These days have passed, and the hole in the main gate of the main hall has long been repaired.
Fortunately, because this is a temple, the main entrance to the main hall was still unlocked.
After Matsuda pushed open the door and went inside, the puppet body of the raven god that the system had rewarded him with last time was still attached to the statue.
Matsuda closed his eyes, and based on his previous experience, with a thought, he immediately transferred his consciousness into the puppet body of the crow god.
Then, he controlled the crow spirit, summoning all the crows within the shrine grounds to the front of the main hall.
Then, following Teng Xiangming's description, he ordered the crows to search for the woman wearing a dark red cloak.
He also relayed his order to all the crow colonies around Tokyo.
The crows under the command of the deity at Mihara Shrine number in the tens of thousands, practically scattered throughout Tokyo.
Moreover, given the wisdom of crows, they can even distinguish humans clearly, let alone the woman with such an obvious feature as wearing a dark red cloak.
Sure enough, half an hour later, a crow returned to report the news.
They have found the woman.
Matsuda then instructed the crow spirit to give the order that the crow that brought the message should obey his commands from now on.
He then returned his consciousness to his body.
As expected, the crow that brought the message obediently landed on Matsuda's shoulder, cawing as if urging Matsuda to hurry up and follow it.
Matsuda was about to leave when a system notification sounded in his mind just as he was about to step out of the main hall.