Chapter 259.1
Of course, because Watanabe Ryuusei didn’t know about Higashi Meizi, Liu Xing couldn’t directly ask Nobi Nobita to investigate Higashi Meizi.
Thinking of this, Liu Xing suddenly remembered that Nobi Nobita hadn’t reported back on the progress of the Red-Clothed Female Ghost investigation, so Liu Xing couldn’t help but call Nobi Nobita over.
Nobi Nobita was also a smart person and knew why Liu Xing had called him over, so he smiled wryly and said, "Master, the investigation into the Red-Clothed Female Ghost is not going well. The Deep Sea Gospel Society has already started covering up the student suicide cases from five years ago. When I searched online, I found that all the results about the Morimoto Academy students who committed suicide five years ago had been deleted or were just brief mentions with no details. Moreover, I went to several old bookstores that sell used newspapers and magazines yesterday, and I was told that someone was buying up the reports of the suicide incidents at a high price, so I still haven’t found anything."
Liu Xing frowned, not expecting the Deep Sea Gospel Society to cover up the student suicide cases from five years ago, and to do so both online and offline.
However, to Liu Xing, the Deep Sea Gospel Society’s actions could only be described with one idiom - "to cover up a mistake is to make it worse." It was clear that the Deep Sea Gospel Society was hiding something, which was why they were doing this.
"Nobita, are you sure the Deep Sea Gospel Society is only targeting the student suicide cases from five years ago?" Liu Xing asked.
Nobi Nobita nodded and said, "Yes, I’ve carefully investigated the remaining online data and found that only the Morimoto Academy student suicide cases from five years ago were deleted, while the cases from the past five years can still be searched in detail. Moreover, the old bookstores still have records of the Morimoto Academy student suicide cases from the past five years, so I suspect the Red-Clothed Female Ghost is a student who committed suicide five years ago."
At this time, Ming Hanxing, who was sitting on the side, also offered his opinion, "This is not necessarily the case. I saw a message online yesterday that a program specializing in reporting paranormal events is planning to cover the Red-Clothed Female Ghost incident at Morimoto Academy, and this program is very famous in the country. I think Morimoto Academy is afraid that the program will investigate and reveal the identity of the Red-Clothed Female Ghost, so they’re destroying the evidence in advance."
"Of course, Nobita’s speculation is not unreasonable. I also think the Red-Clothed Female Ghost’s identity should be a student who committed suicide five years ago, and Morimoto Academy is intentionally leaving the reports of the past five years’ incidents to guide public opinion, making people who are just curious see what Morimoto Academy wants them to see, and quickly dispel the curiosity of the onlookers, so the Red-Clothed Female Ghost incident can fade away quickly and not cause a bigger impact."
Liu Xing nodded, and Ming Hanxing’s words made sense. Morimoto Academy was already guiding public opinion, and the Red-Clothed Female Ghost incident was currently very hot online, almost dominating the headlines of all major websites in Island Nation, a country that was very superstitious.
More importantly, among the people paying attention to the Red-Clothed Female Ghost incident, aside from the many curious onlookers, there were also many who had already guessed the truth, such as other secret cults, since they were all in the same line of work and had similar methods. Moreover, Liu Xing believed that the Island Nation authorities should also be keeping an eye on Morimoto Academy, given the many "accidents" and "suicides" that had occurred there, which were clearly suspicious.
Therefore, the Deep Sea Gospel Society must also be very afraid of being caught and causing more trouble, which was why they had to take such measures.
Liu Xing couldn’t help but think of a saying - "most people are forgetful."
Thinking of this, Liu Xing could only wave his hand and say, "Okay, Nobita, you don’t need to continue investigating the Red-Clothed Female Ghost’s identity for now. It’s not possible to find out anything anyway, so you can focus on working with Suneo to prepare for the upcoming strike action."
Nobi Nobita nodded and continued to discuss with Honekawa Suneo.VIsiT n0(v)eLb(i)(n).com for the best novel reading experience
At this time, Ming Hanxing walked over and said, "Master, since we’re idle, why don’t we go take a look at Fujiwara Shrine?"
Liu Xing raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised, and said, "Isn’t Fujiwara Shrine not open to the public?"
Ming Hanxing nodded and smiled, "That’s what they say, but if there’s no one inside Fujiwara Shrine, then we can go in and out as we please. At worst, we can just wear a mask."
Liu Xing chuckled, and Ming Hanxing’s words made sense.
So, Liu Xing and Ming Hanxing changed into casual clothes, put on masks, and headed to Fujiwara Shrine, buying two common anime character masks on the way.
Since Fujiwara Shrine was located on a small hill on the outskirts of Kyoto, there were few people around, and because it was during working hours, Liu Xing and Ming Hanxing didn’t see anyone on their way there. Of course, Liu Xing and Ming Hanxing also chose a route with few surveillance cameras to avoid being discovered by the Deep Sea Gospel Society.
In a secluded corner, Liu Xing and Ming Hanxing put on their masks and climbed up the small hill to Fujiwara Shrine.
When they reached the top, Liu Xing saw several operational cameras that had already locked onto them.
At this time, KP Fangs spoke up, "Okay, Liu Xing and Ming Hanxing, you’ve been discovered by the Deep Sea Gospel Society. You need to choose someone to take a lucky judgment. If the judgment fails, the Deep Sea Gospel Society will arrive at Fujiwara Shrine in 5 minutes (rolled a 1d10). If the judgment succeeds, they will arrive in 10 minutes (rolled a 1d10). The exact time will be randomly determined."
"Ghostly Talisman (broken), unknown effect, cannot be used."
Liu Xing raised an eyebrow, didn’t expect this paper to be the legendary Ghostly Talisman, but because it was too broken, it had no effect now.
But in Liu Xing’s impression, the Ghostly Talisman’s effect was to drive away ghosts and keep the home safe, now that it appeared in Fujiwara Shrine, it was quite interesting.
However, when it came to the Ghostly Talisman, Liu Xing thought of Lu Tianya, after all, Lu Tianya was a Taoist, and this Ghostly Talisman was also one of Lu Tianya’s professional skills, so Liu Xing put the broken Ghostly Talisman away, preparing to leave Fujiwara Shrine and go find Lu Tianya.
At this time, Ming Hanxing suddenly said, "Master, come take a look at this."
Liu Xing immediately went to Ming Hanxing’s side and found that Ming Hanxing was holding an old, palm-sized compass that looked like it had been used for many years.
It was clear that Liu Xing could confirm that this compass was also an item, because Liu Xing had seen this kind of compass at Lu Tianya’s house.
As expected, Liu Xing saw the specific information about the compass as soon as he picked it up.
An ancient compass blessed by a mysterious power, this 500-year-old ancient compass had a magical power that could affect certain mythical creatures, and the more MP consumed when using it, the stronger the effect. It required the profession: Taoist, sorcerer, exorcist, or monk.
Liu Xing looked at the compass’s information and couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow, didn’t expect this compass to have profession requirements.
But what Liu Xing was more curious about was the mysterious power that blessed this compass, was it from a great being, or a Great Old One?
However, it wasn’t the time to think about this now, because Liu Xing’s mobile phone alarm had already gone off, it was time to leave Fujiwara Shrine.
Liu Xing turned off the alarm and said to Ming Hanxing, "Okay, Teacher Ming, it’s time for us to leave, but before we go, let’s give the Deep Sea Gospel Society’s cultists a surprise."
Liu Xing said while pushing the Deep One statue, after all, as a follower of King Hastur in Yellow Robes, how could Liu Xing let the opposing faction’s statue go untouched?
However, Liu Xing’s push brought an unexpected gain, a red gemstone appeared among the broken pieces of the Deep One statue.
Liu Xing picked up the red gemstone, and what made Liu Xing feel unexpected was that this gemstone wasn’t an item, but an ordinary object.
This made Liu Xing feel a bit unexpected, after all, this gemstone was placed inside the Deep One statue, yet it had no special effects, making Liu Xing feel a bit unexpected.
Was this gemstone simply used as a decoration?
Liu Xing put the gemstone in his pocket with doubts, then followed Ming Hanxing out of Fujiwara Shrine.
Liu Xing looked at his mobile phone, less than 10 minutes had passed since they entered Fujiwara Shrine.
Time was still plentiful, Liu Xing and Ming Hanxing walked into a deserted alley, threw away their masks, and exited from the other end of the alley. Liu Xing arranged for Ming Hanxing to go home directly, while he took the Ghostly Talisman and compass to find Lu Tianya for help.
At this time, Alice led over a dozen Black-Clad Men into the main hall of Fujiwara Shrine, looking at the broken Deep One statue, Alice’s face was solemn.
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