Jiang Xia's vision blurred briefly, and all the surrounding scenery seemed to be poured with a layer of sticky blood, turning chaotic and bright red. He moved a little, raised his hand to touch the wall next to him, and breathed heavily.
The puppet clay that he had just put on his body to cover him had already transformed into a shikigami and retracted into the seal space.
The ghosts clung to Jiang Xia's body, turning their heads blankly and looking around. They realized that something must have happened here, but they didn't see anything strange - the sticky tentacles that were flamboyant and high-profile in the eyes of the magician.
, here it seems to be hiding its figure, blending into the air. If it weren't for the occasional swaying of the light, it would almost make the ghost think it was an illusion.
The air in the abandoned warehouse twisted from the inside out, as if an invisible heat wave was sweeping through it.
Shikano Shuji, who fell to the ground, was struck by some unusually strong emotions and regained consciousness from the knife in his hand.
He opened his eyes drowsily, looked around instinctively, and immediately saw Jiang Xia leaning against the wall.
[...This detective must be silenced or locked up and delayed until 0:00 today...]
This thought is like a drop of pure water dropped into the ocean. As soon as it emerges, it is instantly swallowed up and assimilated by the salty waves.
Kano Shuji got up anxiously and ran to Jiang Xia's side, with a worried look on his face.
"..."
Jiang Xia glanced at him silently.
Then he raised his hand, and before Luye Shuji supported him, he repaid the old man with an enhanced version of his sword.
Strangely, Shikano Shuji fell to the ground.
The surroundings became quiet again.
…
I don't know how long it took. It seemed like a few days, but it seemed like it was only a short moment. A woman's scream of extreme pain was faintly heard in my ears.
The sound stretched from extremely close to extremely far away, and then all the weird feelings faded away.
Jiang Xia opened his eyes and saw that everything around him became clear again. The warehouse was still a warehouse, the old wooden walls were still old, the ground was covered with finely cracked wooden floors, and Luye Shuuji was lying quietly on the ground.
At this time, an extremely rich breath of energy core suddenly came from the side.
Jiang Xia turned his head and saw a tear-shaped crystal "floating" beside him. The crystal was as bright as a diamond and contained dizzying high-density energy. It was held up by something invisible and carefully held in front of him.
"No." Jiang Xia glanced at the energy core, then looked slightly below it, and declined in a calm tone, "Get out."
The crystal hanging in the air paused and stopped in place.
But soon, as if it was used to this kind of treatment, it shamelessly came closer. Almost at the same time, Jiang Xia felt something sticking to his back, caressing it gently, and the movements were gentle and full of flattery.
Jiang Xia moved half a meter away without expression, then touched his pocket, took out a box of ghost mints inside, and lit the match.
The flames rose, and the ghost mint burned at an unprecedented speed, quickly turning into dry cigarette butts. A large amount of murderous aura overflowed, shrouded Jiang Xia, seeped into his body, and turned into some kind of driving force energy.
The crystal held in mid-air suddenly trembled, and the invisible tentacles were no longer stable.
Finally, with a silent struggle, the crystal fell to the ground, the air around it cleared, and there was no longer any strange feeling.
The invisible tentacle disappeared.
The strange redness in Jiang Xia's eyes quickly faded away.
He closed his eyes for a moment, and when he opened them again, his pupils had returned to normal.
Jiang Xia breathed out silently.
Then he lowered his head and weighed the iron cigarette box that instantly became empty in his hand.
...it's really useless.
While Jiang Xia was looking at the cigarette box bitterly, the ghosts beside him all looked at the crystal on the ground, almost unable to look away.
As early as just now, when this tear-shaped energy core appeared, the ghosts were already coveting it.
But Jiang Xia said "no", so they didn't dare to pick it up. They could only wipe the corners of their mouths and look at the crystals for a while, and then look at Jiang Xia for a while, giving crazy hints.
Under the blinking gazes of the ghosts, Jiang Xia stood up mercilessly, dragged the fainted Shikano Shuuji, and walked towards the door.
When he passed by the tear-like crystal, he stepped on it and walked over without stopping.
Then the pace becomes slower and slower, slower and slower...
When he reached the door, Jiang Xia stopped.
He looked back at the crystal, which was more than double the magic power of Koizumi Anko and Kidd combined: "..."
Although the performance is not clear, it must be something obtained from the witch - it has a vague aura of the same origin as Koizumi Anko and the magic wrapped around her body when she pretended to be Kidd that day.
...It’s not that I want this energy core. It’s just that if I throw it here, it will be very troublesome if the witches follow the aura and come looking for me with a bunch of heavy firepower weapons.
And if taken elsewhere, the energy core will eventually be picked up by the witches and strengthened. In that case, the healthy witches may make this kind of surprise attack from time to time.
...In short, we cannot leave this crystal alone.
You have to find a way to deal with it.
From a rational point of view, the safest and most convenient way at present is to completely eliminate its remaining traces through absorption...
…
Jiang Xia temporarily threw the energy core crystal into the seal space.
It will take a certain amount of time to completely crush and absorb it. However, the seal space is completely isolated from the outside world, so there is no need to worry about the witches repeating their old trick of divining the location of the crystal.
Moreover, although they don't know what happened, judging from the screams they heard vaguely just now, they probably won't bother to check on him for a while.
At this time, the old man Lu Yexiu next to him was getting stronger, and he stubbornly woke up again and got up.
The old man touched the back of his head and raised his eyes to see Jiang Xia. After being confused, his expression suddenly became wary and he secretly touched a piece of wood on the ground next to him. It seemed that he still had not given up his desire to "survive the prosecution period."
...the attitude is back to normal.
The way Kano Shuji looked just now was probably because he was overwhelmed by strong emotions originating from other beings and was unable to hold on to his position.
But at this time, the source of influence disappeared, and he naturally changed back to his original state.
What happened just now and the sudden emotion will probably just be regarded as a strange dream... It's not a big problem.
Jiang Xia briefly observed, and before Luye Shuuji made a sneak attack, he used his knife again and asked him to lie down quietly.
The murderous aura in Luye Shuuji's body had been washed away just now. Now there is only a thin layer of freshness left, and Jiang Xia is not in the mood to knock anyone for the time being.
He made a call to the Megure Police Department, saying that he had just kindly sent an old man home but was attacked for no reason. He was now at the abandoned warehouse at 6-chome, Shinagawa Ward, and hoped that the police could come and help with the aftermath.
After hanging up the phone, not long after, a group of police cars rushed over.
I don’t know why, but an ambulance was secretly included in it.