Volume 13 Chapter 1 (1/2)
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The towering skyscraper was a high-rise office building in Roppongi Hills
Seeing this nificent scene, Natsume held back her aura and quietly waited for the opportunity as she looked at this nificent scene
As it becae nu But this had all been anticipated A confusing crowd of people wasthe eyes of others than perfection of her stealth ic Natsume surreptitiously passed over several interlinked ith the crowd
There were four people with business in Roppongi
Natsume and Touji were easy to spot because of their aura, so they aiting in the wings at a place very far away They were fighters ould ency In other words, they were fighting strength there to allow their friends to escape
Also, the main contact was Momoe Tenma Tenma, with no distinctive features, was currently theabilities Also, his aura wasn't as easy to spot as his other friends The spirit flow in the city had been hugely chaotic since that night, and the state of aura was very unstable The nureater than before That hy there was much more potential for stealthy infiltrations
Of course, that wasn't a good thing
Natsume looked below the ay Down there at the corner of a wide road and next to a tree by the street was a temple as sami 'AR4 Guardian' of the spiritual disaster early detection sensory net Natsu around nearby Not only was aura unstable, but the traffic netas still in a sluggish state due to the effects of the frequent spiritual disasters, especially in shi+njuku and Kichijoji After all, the first Phase Four in two years was a big deal
Even Natsume had been able to clearly sense this spiritual disaster with her level of spirit-sensing It stung her nerves Perhaps all the On
”Natsume”
Natsuhed The voice she heard hadn't coroup call Thesesince they had arrived here
”A lot of people are going away over here The situation's very serious”
Natsume checked the time It was 12:50 The pedestrian traffic would reduce after the noon break tiet spotted when that time came
”I know Retreat for now Kyouko, perforain”
”Hold on”
This time was Tenma's voice Extremely excited, he said:
”He's here, it's Kogure-san”
”Where?”
”Across from where I am Natsuht?”
Natsume immediately moved towards one side of the ay in thenext to the bicycle lane His ability was visible even froure Zenjirou, one of the Twelve Divine Generals An opponent since the night they had reunited Natsu at him
”Teno?”
”Wait, don't cross yet”
”Natsuo”
That voice ca in this operation, Souma Akino
Natsu him like that, you're the backup”
”It's fine if I'e Just like with Tenma”
”Akino”
Akino's aura was very easy to spot Especially for Kogure But she was the backup ency She needed to stay on standby, and couldn't be allowed to act on her own
Natsume's eyes widened She was extremely tense
”Ah, wait, Ten from behind”
Two vans stopped one after another in front of where Natsu afterwards, two men came down They were Divine Generals who had shown up last year at Seishuku Temple
”It's Mystical Investigator Yamashi+ro and Special Senser Miyoshi+”
”Ah?”
”Don't disturb the aura for now, everyone Stay as you are and move away from this place Akino too, okay?”
”Yeah”
”This didn't work either? bastards!”
”Natsu theht be an opportunity to coure-san”
Natsume rejected Tenma's proposal, since after all there wasn't ave up here, who knehen they would have another opportunity like this? Fortunately, only Kogure had noticed Tenma's aura Yaht notice hi as an ordinary person
But
”No Don't The Mystical Investigators are probably familiar with your information, Tener yourself here”
There was no tiue here They needed to move carefully
Natsu instructions to everyone
”Everyone retreat, but don't panic”
It had already been two days since the Tsuchimikado family's capture
Natsu an old warehouse as their base of operations It seeators had stopped using ten years ago
”Even so, there's still soators who knows this There should be related information in the reference room”
”We can still use it teht now isn't the tierous situation”
There were two floors in the warehouse, and they could see the outside scenery through the s inside The entire warehouse was only as large as a siant vehicle in the ae vehicular-type called the 'Hah-inally hed three tons and o meters wide and al The reason they chose this location to hide was due to Hama in the first place If not for this warehouse, it would have been very difficult for Natsuency's eyes Suzuka was next to Ha to what Suzuka said, Haami
Natsu to Aami Suisen were also there The atmosphere was heavier than that of the first floor
”Sorry, I wish I made a more accurate divination”
Natsume smiled and said, ”Don't worry, my stepfather also said that divination's very difficult There's no way to fully control it in the first place”
”Just like Natsuuess ere just unlucky that the other two came”
Touji shrugged and said to Kyouko
”But if I at least divined that”
”Just like ere searching for Natsume-chan, you can't divine for a specific person”
”Kyouko, you've already done very well”
Natsuain
Actually, Kyouko's abilities were already quite powerful The accuracy of her divination this tiht be able to rival Tsuchi experience like this, she randht now they didn't have the time to slowly accumulate experience
”Anyways, we don't have tiain”
”Yeah”
Kurahashi+ Genji, the Onency Chief, and Souma Takiko, the current leader of the Souma clan, had once secretly ht now, they were trying to cause a third spiritual disaster terrorist attack It would be held on the same day as the previous two, Hinamatsuri, or March third It was already the twenty-seventh of February today They only had four days left, including today Fortunately, Natsu to stop the spiritual disaster terrorist attack under Amaators in their fight against the Twin-Horned Syndicate two years ago, held extres Of course, that was the same for Natsume and the others It was hard to endure their bitterness at being toyed with, nor could they ignore it But the matter was still extremely difficult for Natsu the spiritual disaster terrorism
”It looks like we'll have to ask for support”
It looked like they would need Harutora and Ohtoency Those tere necessary as fighting strength But their whereabouts were still unknown
”Both Harutora and Ohto Honestly, what are those two doing at such an important time?”
In the worst case, if those two still haven't contact us the day of, we'll have to ency decision on our own”
”The most effective method at this time is to turn an enemy into an ally”
The Divine General 'Heavenly Sword' Kogure Zenjirou was
”That guy should have already noticed the Chiefabout behind the scenes”
Kogure had seen Aht of the fireworks festival two years ago Maybe Kogure had already noticed that the disappeared Mystical Investigator Chief had actually been iure had stayed in the agency due to his responsibility as an Independent Exorcist and the societal i his personality, it was surprising that he had been able to tolerate all of this Right now, it was very possible that he would rebel against the Onotten in back then, they could haveas they had no idea where Harutora and Ohtoure was the first priority
”Speaking of which, we can only figure out where Kogure lives with Kyouko's divination Is Kogure-san living in his residence from his Exorcist Bureau times?”
”He should be But that guy doesn't go back much”
”How does he change? He should go back at soht? They why don't we”
”Hold on, Touji The Chief would know if Kogure went back It would be safer if we contacted him outside”
Suzuka had already escaped the organization after learning about the spiritual disaster terroristhened their guard Maybe they had laid a trap somewhere
”We can't be so insistent on safety right now”
”Even so, we can't take such a big risk That's a foolish strategy”
”I don't think we can be cautious right now”
”We can be both cautious and fast at the same time”
Amami waved his fan Touji smiled bitterly and noticed Natsume
”What's up, Natsume?”
”Eh, sorry U nor”
”Hear that, Touji?”
Touji laughed
”Aure-san is the priority, can't we consider the other two, Miyoshi+ Tougo and Yamashi+ro Hayato?”
”As I said before, we ht be able to convince Miyoshi+, but Ya But I don't know the details I suspect that it was the Chief's order for Yaht-laced team”
”Is he a spy?”
”It's possible”
Natsume spoke to Amami
”Can we approach any Divine Generals other than Kogure-san?”
”Well, we probably won't even be able to convince any others Also, we're designated as criet close to them so easily”
”Then can we ask for the help of soency?”
”Well, those guys are scattered, and the Onency keeps the outside powers in check”
It looked like Kogure was the only possibility
”Anyways, I trust that guy Contacting Kogure is the highest priority right now”
Natsume nodded deeply and seriously
Natsume talked with Kyouko a bit, then walked out of the room alone
Kyouko watched Natsu with her Natsurim Touji smiled wryly at Kyouko
”It's probably the thing froure-san on her own in place of Tenma?”
”I was surprised too I thought it was pretty mature”
”Natsu about was very interesting That girl's a bit surprising from my point of view”
Touji spoke happily To him, Akino's existence was a positive influence on Natsume
”Speaking of Akino-chan, what's up hat Suzuka said?”
”Oh, the Full Moon? Sorry, but I'eable about it either In the end, it's a ”
Amami smiled wryly and waved his fan
”Well, it wouldn't be strange for a arasu[2] Naturally, none of that would be out of the ordinary”
The three-legged yatagarasu syical tool Yakou had left behind was the shi+kigaarasu But just like how everything contained both yin and yang, this yatagarasu had a counterpart That was the moon rabbit that symbolized the moon These two syends of the Yatagarasu and Moon Rabbit' written by Abe no Seimei
Natsume and Suzuka had reacted to the phrase 'Full Moon'
'Full Moon? I heard my stepfather say that before'
'Isn't that one of Yakou'sabout it other than the fact that it ith the Raven's Wing'
Suzuka was a researcher of the Ie of Yakou ic than Natsume But even if she was a researcher, Suzuka knew only of the Full Moon's existence
”There's a lot of infor that was created with it, but nothing on the Full Moon”
Since Harutora had already said the name Full Moon[3] as Yakou's reincarnation,was black clothing as a aarasu It was thus very likely that its counterpart, the Full Moon, was a shi+kigami as well as a moon rabbit
”Hey, didn't Harutora not use the Raven's Wing's strength at the start? Does it have to stabilize in the same way?”
”But isn't Akino the firstspirit?”
Just then, Suzuka spoke up calmly