The content on the A4 paper also includes the second half——

[Don’t get the flesh and blood of green willows on them when you kill them. Green willows are afraid of fire. Only by completely burning their remains with fire can we prevent new willows from being born from their flesh and blood.]

"I even gave you how to deal with it. The person who gave the information really knew everything..."

Kamiyagawa looked away from the paper.

What can I say, the person who secretly reported to the countermeasures room was really considerate.

He is so considerate that it is difficult not to suspect that this person himself has some subtle connection with the God of Anyu and Beauty, and even worships him when he is ugly.

The "Aoyagi Murder Case" came to the attention of the Countermeasures Room, and it quickly attracted attention without the need for guidance from the two senior staff members, Kensuke Yuki and Kamiyagawa.

After all, behind this series of murders, it is very likely that there is something related to major events such as "Xiao Binze's former green willow", "The Curse of Visiting Ugly People", "Ping Jiangmen's Resurrection", etc.

And these events are not only known to Kamiyagawa, but also to the countermeasures room who have experienced the Heishangmon incident.

It's impossible not to pay attention to it.

At the same time, Kamiyagawa, who was unable to stay out of this series of events, naturally joined the investigation of the "Aoyagi Murder Case".

Two days later, new news came from Nagoya.

In Nagoya, another murder related to Aoyagi occurred.

It is said to be a homicide, but the current definition of the case is "missing person".

Moreover, there are two missing persons, one of whom has the surname "Qingliu".

After the Nagoya Countermeasures Room Branch investigated the incident, it quickly followed up the police investigation and reported the situation to the Tokyo Countermeasures Room Headquarters.

Official power investigations have such benefits.

Although ghost stories have occurred frequently in recent years, the ghost-killing forces mobilized in the countermeasures room have long been stretched thin. However, when official organizations pay close attention to a certain incident, countermeasures rooms in various places and even local police stations will be fully mobilized.

Get mobilized.

The efficiency of obtaining intelligence clues is far better than that of individuals working alone.

The day Kamiyagawa got this clue, he went to Nagoya to learn more details.

…

Countermeasures Office branch building in Nagoya.

As Kamiyagawa's current status as a senior member of the Countermeasures Office, he can certainly come and go freely in a place like this.

And here, I was naturally received by the personnel from the Nagoya Countermeasures Office branch.

"That's pretty much it, Mr. Kamiya."

"I understand." Kamiyakawa nodded.

According to the information provided here, the latest situation about the "Qingliu Murder Case" is as follows:

The suspect in this case is named Nagaoka Kazuhiko, and the victim is named Junichi Aoyagi.

Both are employees of a real estate company.

The incident happened on the second day after Junichi Aoyagi joined the company.

Nagaoka Kazuhiko was extremely emotional after seeing this "Green Willow".

According to the testimonies of many witnesses present at the time, Nagaoka's state at that time can be summarized as "madness and loss of reason without warning."

He screamed in full view of everyone, holding scissors, and threw Qingliu to the ground, trying to stab Qingliu through the throat with a ferocious expression.

At the same time, according to the witnesses of the real estate company, they did not know that Nagaoka and Aoyagi had known each other before, nor did they know that they had any disputes. The thing happened so suddenly that no one could react.

What follows is an even more bizarre development in this incident.

Did Nagaoka kill Aoyagi?

No one can be sure.

Witnesses all said that at the moment Nagaoka knocked Aoyagi down, they all experienced an indescribable confusion.

And according to the confessions of individual witnesses, when they were in a trance, they seemed to see a figure belonging to a young woman entering the office where everyone was.

After everyone regained their awareness of the surrounding situation, both Nagaoka and Aoyagi disappeared without a trace.

There is no trace of blood left.

Therefore, the current characterization of this incident is still "missing". Both the perpetrator and the victim have disappeared.

After the incident happened, people from the real estate company quickly called the police.

But after that, the two parties could no longer be contacted.

"While I was unconscious, I saw the figure of a young woman appearing..." Kamiyakawa took a few more glances at this piece of information that only appeared in the testimony of a few witnesses, "That real estate company, can you take me to see it on site?"

see?"

"sure."

…

Within Nagoya City.

An inconspicuous one-family house with a basement.

In the dark and damp underground space, a man was being tightly tied to a chair.

The man struggled violently, and the chair beneath him squeaked due to his movements.

His eyes were red because they were bloodshot, and they were violent and crazy, with no trace of reason in sight. The man's mouth was half-opened, with saliva flowing from the corners of his mouth, no different from a beast:

"Kill! Kill... Qingliu, kill! Kill him!"

In addition to the frantic man, there was also a young woman standing in the basement.

Ai Saotome is young and pretty.

"Please be patient, Mr. Nagaoka."

Nagaoka Kazuhiko was tied here by Saotome Ai.

As for the current situation of the former, Saotome seemed very troubled and helpless.

And as her soothing words fell, invisible ripples with strange power rippled through the basement, and Nagaoka was really quiet.

His pupils lost their frenzied look and were slowly filled with holes again.

Immediately afterwards, the fragile wooden chair stopped shaking, and Nagaoka, who was as restless as a trapped animal, became as sluggish as a puppet.

This is Saotome's ability to love, some magic techniques that are biased toward illusions.

It is very effective for influencing ordinary people, and it is also effective for some less powerful monsters.

After exerting control over Nagaoka, Saotome sighed.

On her right shoulder, the human-shaped doll woven from dry straw was sitting quietly in a dignified posture.

Hearing the sigh, the doll's mouth sewn with thread opened and spit out a black nail, which fell to the ground and broke into pieces.

Saotome glanced at the ground: "You said, if you find it troublesome, why not deal with this man like you dealt with that Aoyagi? Taki, although I know you are joking, it's not funny at all."

"Stop making fun of me. When I deal with Qingliu according to the method you gave me, I am not as calm as you said."

rustle--

The metal debris moved against the wet ground, changing the shape of the arrangement.

Saotome Ai: "I know, I know keeping him here all the time is not an option - uh, do you want me to send him to the countermeasures room?"

"It is indeed best for those people to handle it. But if you do that, it will be easily exposed, right? Using illusions to control strangers and sending the information we collected to the countermeasures room can hide the whereabouts. But a big living person,

Especially a living person who goes crazy from time to time...it's not that easy to operate. There are many people in the countermeasures room who are better than me."

"...Okay, you're right. When I went to that club to take away Aoyagi and Nagaoka, I was already at risk of being exposed. But who knew Aoyagi would find Nagaoka so quickly... Since

We already know the situation, so we can’t just ignore it.”

"But if there is really no other way, just expose it. The people in the countermeasures room are not completely unreasonable, and I didn't do anything bad. Don't worry, if I am accidentally caught by the countermeasures room

, and will never let them know of your existence."

In this way, Saotome Ai and the weird straw doll communicated smoothly back and forth in a strange way.

Things were just as they said.

Saotome went to the real estate company and used the illusion she was good at to stop Nagaoka from killing Aoyagi in time and took both of them away.

Among them, Aoyagi has been "processed" by Saotome according to the method given by the straw doll, Takihime.

Nagaoka was trapped in this basement by her.

She had to confirm whether Nagaoka was infected by "Aoyagi" and whether there was any possibility of becoming the next "Aoyagi".

Through Straw Doll's examination, Nagaoka did not have time to kill Aoyagi, so he was not infected yet.

But now, how to resettle Nagaoka, who has been unable to regain his sanity, has become a big problem.

Perhaps, dealing with him as well can really solve the problem once and for all.
To be continued...