Ozaki Ryuichi sat on the sofa in his spacious living room, looking at a pile of documents in a daze.
He is still the same, wearing bright clothes, and the necklaces, watches and even ear cuffs he wears are all expensive.
It's just that the originally flamboyant expression was no longer visible on his face, replaced by depression.
"Long Yi, what are you looking at?"
Probably aware of Ozaki's distress, a strange figure appeared from beside Ozaki and asked like this.
It was a humanoid female rat.
Perhaps Furui is more appropriate to describe it.
The silver-gray hair is soft and smooth, and the two gray-pink ears stand on both sides of the head. He is wearing a green cloak decorated with leaves, giving it an atmosphere of the mountains and forests. Except for the cloak, the clothes underneath are revealing and lining.
She has a graceful figure.
One of Ozaki Ryuichi's two shikigami, the beautiful one.
"Some reports from the club."
"You've never seen these before...is there something wrong?"
"There is a big problem at the club." Ozaki smiled bitterly.
Meirenyan doesn't understand business matters, and she doesn't know how to comfort her Onmyoji.
The conversation stalled for a while, until there was a messy sound of something falling to the ground from the direction of the study.
Beauty-like: "Achang is licking something again, I'll go talk to her."
"Well." After the beauty walked away, Ozaki Ryuichi glanced at the pile of information again, and approached the sofa with a frown, "No wonder dad gave me less pocket money this year..."
This rich young man has lived a life without worries about food and clothing since he was born. He enjoys luxury cars and mansions as he pleases, but he is rarely as depressed as he is now.
As Meiren said, he had never worried about matters related to the family business before.
On the contrary, when I first came of age, I came into contact with the mysterious circle of spiritual exorcists, and by chance, I became a spiritual exorcist.
Ozaki Ryuichi has some talent in exorcism, but his temperament is lazy and unruly, and he has only scratched the surface in the art of exorcism.
To be honest, the biggest driving force behind Ozaki's exposure to ghost removal was the beautiful Kaidan Musume and... the Acacia Spirit Taming Technique.
Of course, as a member of the spirit-killing industry, if there is really any need for him in the countermeasures room, he will try his best to cooperate.
Just like the time of "Crueling against Earthquake Catfish" more than a year ago——
At that time, the teacher who taught Ozaki Ryuichi the spirit-bending technique personally entrusted Ozaki with help.
In the crusade, this rich man did very well.
By controlling the rat swarm deep underground like a beauty, Ozaki Ryuichi successfully locked the location of the earthquake catfish.
After that, Kamiyagawa, a disciple of Onishi, showed his magical power and defeated the Aragami Earthquake Catfish without any surprise.
Ozaki is still happy to do this kind of work as an auxiliary to participate in a joint crusade. It feels like participating in a thrilling adventure. Moreover, he is an auxiliary and does not have to go deep into the front lines of the battlefield.
With a sense of participation, the safety of the individual and his subordinates can be guaranteed to a certain extent.
Ozaki Ryuichi enjoyed it.
Anyway, participating in the spirit eradication business is like this, it is more like a hobby for him.
Originally, he thought that his life would continue like this, rich and not boring, and accompanied by a lovely ghost talker.
But now, something has changed in Ozaki Ryuichi's life.
It can be seen from the information page at hand that the development of his family's industry is very sluggish.
Even a playboy like Ozaki Ryuichi, who never cared about his own club, realized this, which meant that the Ozaki family really had a big problem.
The Ozaki family is located in Nagoya.
Nagoya is known as the third largest metropolitan area in Japan, but its economy and culture are not as good as those of Tokyo and Osaka, and its tourism industry is not as good as that of Hokkaido.
But there are quite a few rich people.
In addition, Nagoya seems to be famous for its eldest ladies from well-known families, but the general impression among Japanese people is that the eldest ladies here are heroic rather than ladylike.
This stereotype may be related to the fact that the core industry of this place is heavy industry.
The Ozaki family, as a wealthy family in Nagoya, also relied on industry and has developed to this day.
His family's industry is concentrated in Zhongjing Industrial Zone, and its main areas are non-ferrous metal manufacturing and shipbuilding manufacturing.
According to Ozaki Ryuichi's current understanding, due to the continued decline of the Japanese yen exchange rate, the nonferrous metal industry, which is completely dependent on imported raw materials, has been greatly impacted.
As for the shipbuilding industry, theoretically speaking, export ships are basically settled in US dollars. The depreciation of the local currency is beneficial to the Ozaki family's ship exports. However, it is not a matter of a day or two for Japan's shipbuilding industry to decline to the point of being dead. Even if the yen exchange rate falls, it has not stimulated exports.
Orders grow.
In short, in today's economic environment, the two industries that the Ozaki family is mainly engaged in continue to suffer losses year by year.
Moreover, I don’t know if it’s just bad luck.
The Ozaki family's company suffered much more losses than other companies in the same industry.
Anyway, it's very miserable.
But to be honest, the shrinking output value of the family business may not necessarily change Ozaki Ryuichi's life much.
Given the size of the Ozaki family, even if the club they run goes bankrupt, the private property accumulated in their name will still exist.
But it may be due to the pressure brought by business operations. Ozaki Ryuichi can feel that the family is nervous.
Especially recently, this feeling is particularly obvious.
This somewhat affected Ozaki Ryuichi's mood.
"Dad also contacted me and said that he must go back to his hometown today. Since I can remember, our family has not been back often. And he didn't say what he was going to do suddenly..."
Look, it's almost time.
Because of an appointment with his family, Ozaki Ryuichi is going back to the countryside today.
His hometown is located in Gifu Prefecture, which is quite close to Shirakawa-go. However, because of its more remote location, it has not been developed into a tourist area like Shirakawa-go.
Overall, it is a small mountain village with few people living there.
Ozaki Ryuichi still didn't know what his father was doing when he suddenly notified him to go back together.
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Modern Tokyo, Arakawa Ward.
"oh?"
Kamiyakawa, who was reading information related to the God of Kinzanbi at home, stopped flipping through the papers in his hand.
On the corner of the desk in front of him, there was a [Looking for Ore Needle].
Two days ago, the Jinshan Shrine was dug out of Tsunei Aokigahara mine. After that, Kamiya temporarily took back the compass from Shikijiro Jiro and has always carried it with him.
In the past two days, whether in the ordinary world or in this world, the pointer of the [Ore Searching Needle] has been swinging wildly and never stopped.
Just now, Kamiya noticed that the pointer swing of the [Looking Needle] weakened.
It no longer rotates 360 degrees in disorder, but swings in a specific direction, forming a fan-shaped angle of about 60 degrees.
"It seems like something happened."
Kamiya put down the information in his hand.
The [Looking Needle] is definitely pointing at something, but although the compass is now a little more stable, the pointer is still swinging slowly.
You can only know the approximate direction of the pointer from you.
"Maybe it will be more stable after a while, but you should try to find it now."
From Kamiya's perspective, the thing that the [Ore Searching Needle] refers to is probably related to the Jinshan Bigu God, and may even be the current location of the Craftsman Ancestor God.
Need to pay close attention.
Also, he had a feeling that the relationship between the Jinshan Shrine under the mine, the ore-seeking needle, and Jinshan Pigu God was not...
The ore-seeking needle pointed to Kanayama Shrine, and the shrine was excavated, which further caused further turmoil for the god Kanayama Biko, whose whereabouts were unknown.
But——
The Kanayama Bikojin itself has undergone some strange changes, which caused the spiritual power of the Kanayama Shrine to become restless. The spiritual power of the shrine affected the mineral pointing needle that was also located in the Aokigahara mine, so it was marked and pointed out.
Of course, no matter what the cause and effect are, as long as we follow the guidance of this compass, Kamiya River should be able to intervene in the events related to Jinshan Bigu God.
Picking up the [Ore Searching Needle], Kamiya quickly went to Changshi.
After confirmation, after entering the ordinary world, the pointer on the compass became violently rotating again.
After returning to the present world, the pointer's rotation will once again ease into a fan shape.
In other words, the things to be dealt with this time happen in this world.
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It was already dark when Ozaki Ryuichi drove to his hometown in Gifu Prefecture.
This is a small village surrounded by mountains on three sides.
“I didn’t expect that I would go the wrong way if I followed the navigation. After all, it’s just too remote here.”
Ozaki drove the wrong way when he came over, which caused a lot of delay.
Although he has a scout shikigami like Meiren.
But it seems that the last time Ozaki returned to his hometown was when he was a teenager, and he learned the acacia spirit-bending technique only after he became an adult.
So it was the first time that Meiren returned to Gifu Prefecture with him.
Before that, she had no idea where her so-called hometown was, so she couldn't help her onmyoji guide her.
Of course, Ozaki Ryuichi doesn't really care about this kind of thing.
He is used to being undisciplined, and his mentality has always been very good.
The later, the later.
On the way, Ozaki's father called him a few times, but they just gave him a brief reminder and told him to come over quickly.
The car continued to drive along the path into the village, its bright headlights projected forward.
The old and short houses, the messy black wires tangled on the telephone poles and walls, as well as the maple forests that turn red after autumn, and the fields with dogtail grass.
All the scenery that can be seen on both sides of the road, after being briefly illuminated, quickly returns to darkness and silence.
Ozaki's old house is located in the southeast of the village.
It covers a large area and is the most impressive in the whole village, so it is relatively easy to find.
He parked the car in front of the old house and saw several luxury cars parked nearby, one of which belonged to his father.
It seems that quite a few Ozaki family members returned to their hometown today.
My father said that my uncle and the others would also come to the old house today.
My grandfather, who moved to Nagoya City a long time ago, also wants to come with me.
Ozaki Ryuichi thought this and got out of his car.
The courtyard door of the old house is unlocked. When you open the door, you can see that lights are still on everywhere in the wooden ancestral house.
Although no one has come back to live here for a long time, the old house does not look dilapidated. On the contrary, it is quite neat.
It is estimated that the family has entrusted the villagers to clean the ancestral house regularly.
Go through the courtyard and towards the entrance.
The entrance door was also unlocked. After opening it, Ozaki heard lively conversations coming from the end of the brightly lit corridor.
In my memory, the corridor past the entrance of the old house used to be the kitchen.
The family is probably still having dinner together now.
The normal atmosphere in the old house prevented Ozaki Ryuichi from thinking too much.
He changed his shoes and walked straight to the kitchen. He happened to be hungry too.
But it was a pity that when he walked to the kitchen, he didn't smell any fragrance. It was probably because he came back late and the food had been finished long ago or was already cold.
Approach the kitchen door.
Ozaki Ryuichi saw his father, two uncles, and grandfather sitting around the wooden dining table.
What are everyone talking about.
Seeing Ozaki come in, the conversation stopped briefly.
"Long Yi, you've got it right."
Long Yi's father said this.
"Haha, is it difficult to find the way back to your hometown?" Then his grandfather answered, "Are you hungry? I just left something to eat for you."
what the hell.
It turns out there is still food left.
"I happen to..."
Ozaki Ryuichi stepped into the kitchen.
While standing outside the door, his view was blocked by his father and uncle sitting at the table.
Can't see the table.
As you get closer, you can see the desktop clearly.
And when he saw something on the table, his unfinished words were stuck in his throat.
There are indeed dishes on the dining table, and the dishes are indeed not empty yet.
The dishes, whether neatly stacked on the plate, messy with sauce, or soaked in soup...
They all reflect a yellowish luster in the warm yellow light projected from the ceiling.
These yellow, hard "ingredients"...
No……
No one would regard this kind of thing as food.
Ozaki Ryuichi could see clearly that the things on the dinner plate were metal and gold!
The family members sitting around the dining table seemed not to notice anything strange about Long Yi.
His uncle even calmly picked up a piece of gold, put it to his mouth and bit it.
The sound of teeth biting open metal was clearly audible.
The little uncle chewed his mouth full of metal scraps, chewed and swallowed.
He ate the gold as naturally as he ate a piece of sushi.
Ozaki Ryuichi didn't understand how his uncle managed to do this.
"You...what are you doing?"
What exactly is going on?
The family is sitting together, sharing food and swallowing gold?
After all, Ozaki Ryuichi is an exorcist, and he has some sense of the strange and supernatural environment.
But even now, standing in the kitchen, standing in front of the dining table filled with gold, he didn't feel anything strange.
Not to mention, Ozaki's subordinates are pretty.
Even if there is something strange that he cannot detect, with his beauty-like perception, he will definitely be able to detect it in advance and give an early warning.
But she didn't do that.
This shows that even the beauty did not feel the strange situation here before entering the kitchen.