Leaving Beichuan Huili alone at home still made me feel uneasy.

Thus, Beichuan Si thought it over and decided to leave Nishijou Kurenai and Shinra Bell in the living room.

After leaving the house, Beichuan Si hailed a taxi and rushed to the hospital.

About thirty minutes later, Beichuan Si got out of the taxi in front of the hospital entrance.

"Beichuan."

Gangye Yoshiko waved at Beichuan Si.

Obviously, she had been waiting there for a long time.

"You've finally arrived," Gangye Yoshiko said, clearly exasperated.

She couldn't believe that the topic they had discussed in the car had actually come true.

She had been joking that Qingchuan Xiu Yi should be fine, even teasing Beichuan Si with, "Think optimistically, at least Qingchuan should be safe."

But what about now?

Qingchuan Xiu Yi had only managed to come back alive.

"His neck and arms have various degrees of sprains and bruises, severe bleeding in some places, and he's still undergoing surgery. Although he is back, looking at Qingchuan's condition... he won't recover to his peak unless he rests in bed for a month."

While leading Beichuan Si forward, Gangye Yoshiko informed him of Qingchuan Xiu Yi's injuries.

"It's already very good that he's alive," Beichuan Si said emotionlessly, then asked, "Was he found in the apartment mentioned in the data?"

Earlier in the taxi, Beichuan Si had glanced at the information Gangye Yoshiko sent to his inbox.

It said that in a certain abandoned apartment on Ueno Road in Adachi District, one could often hear the tragic, desperate cries of children. Out of curiosity, someone went to investigate and ended up disappearing within the apartment.

No matter how much the search team looked, they could not find him.

It was as if he had been 'shinobu' like in the legends.

Because of this, that apartment had gained a somewhat famous name.

'The Adachi District Shinobu Apartment.'

"He was found there... covered in blood on the ground outside the apartment building," Gangye Yoshiko nodded her head.

"Is that so?" Beichuan Si nodded slightly.

"I also called the Inari siblings. As for the one from the Four Directions Family... she said she was preparing the necessary equipment, so she would be here a bit later."

"Mm."

Gangye Yoshiko and Beichuan Si chatted sporadically while waiting for the elevator.

After a while, the two entered the elevator and went upstairs—

"Brother Beichuan." Inari Keiichi quickly walked over with his sister, Inari Oneji. "We meet again."

"Mm. That was quick," Beichuan Si responded.

Uh...

Inari Keiichi also realized that Beichuan Si's comment 'that was quick' referred to the rapidity of Qingchuan Xiu Yi's mishap.

Not knowing how to respond, Inari Keiichi merely chuckled awkwardly before continuing on the same topic, "Brother Qingchuan is out of danger now, only requiring routine surgeries from here on. The only regret is that he won't be able to participate in this investigation; it's up to us now to deal with it."

"Ha-ha! This is the time for my number one brother, Brother Keiichi, to fulfill his role as the Inari Priest!"

Behind Inari Keiichi, Inari Oneji's tail nearly flipped up to the sky.

Beichuan Si didn't bother with her and simply asked, "Did you look over the data? Is the investigation ready?"

"Eh?"

Hearing Beichuan Si's words, Inari Keiichi and Inari Oneji looked at each other, both displaying a confused expression.

Their expressions seemed as if they couldn't grasp the meaning behind Beichuan Si's words.

After about five seconds, Inari Keiichi finally said puzzledly, "The data... I glanced through it, I suppose, and I roughly know the location of the incident."

Inari Keiichi's words made Beichuan Si take another look at him, and then he continued, "What I meant was, do you roughly know what happened there in the past? Or who lived there before, what they did, whether there were any crimes committed, and so on..."

But before Inari Keiichi could answer, Inari Oneji already confusedly interjected:

"What's the point of knowing these things?"

Next to Inari Oneji, Inari Keiichi also chuckled softly and gently added, "Exactly, Brother Beichuan, we are just exorcists. Investigating this useless information... It's totally unnecessary and a waste of time. We could use that time to directly go to the sites of the strange events and exorcise the vengeful spirits right away."

'It's totally unnecessary... we could use that time to directly exorcise the vengeful spirits...'

Hearing these words, Beichuan Si's eyes flickered.

These two really seemed more like qualified exorcists compared to him.

But...

The events of the deceased's life had no meaning?

Investigating these things was just wasting time?

Not only Beichuan Si, but even Gangye Yoshiko beside him couldn't help wanting to say a word or two.

However, Beichuan Si immediately raised his hand to stop Gangye Yoshiko.

Because now there really was no need to argue too much with Inari Keiichi and Inari Oneji over this issue.

Instead—

Beichuan Si turned his head, looked at Gangye Yoshiko, and asked, "Liangzi, is there more detailed information? What's the name of that family, what did they do before, what happened there?"

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