194-Investigation and remaining questions




 On the south side of the Water Margin's Dark Castle, Kakitate Shima and the others are observing the situation in detail.

''The winner has been decided........ Mr. Tamon, do you know where Dou Dou Dou and the others are right now?

 Saying that, Shima asked Tamon Natsuki with a hard expression.
 The ability holders belonging to the agency that was brought in this time, still seemed to be unable to recognize the current situation that happened in front of them, and they stared at the dark castle of the Water Margin.

Right now, that boy seems to be moving to the north side of the big pond. It looks like he's chasing after the two magical abilities that were moving away from there. Shitenji-san and Shurian-san both seem to be on the east side of the facility, on alert for the rear end.

 While answering that........Natsuki's eyes, which were usually half-open, widened lightly and her black hair hung at a slight angle.

(Hm? I don't know........this strange feeling.

What's going on? Mr. Tamon.

No....nothing...nothing.

(Ah, a strong evil spirit swells up in the magic-based ability that was being chased. (Disappeared?)

We've lost all signs of our magical abilities.

"....! The two magicians the two magical abilities are probably the head of the Dark Night Leopard. You really did it all the way to the end, Dou Dou Dou-kun. And with that wound........what a girl, just an hour or so after setting up a fight......

Hey, Mr. Kakihate. I think it's time you told me. Who the hell are you? That rank D boy is. Even though I haven't seen him up close and personal, based on these results, that ability has a rank of AA no matter how you estimate it to be low. Even if you consider that his terrain characteristics and ability characteristics have been well molded.

 Yagyu Saizo (Yagyu Saizo), a rank AA expert who was watching this battle, turned his body towards Shima while carrying a ninja sword at an angle from his shoulder.
 Yagyu Saizo, the eldest son of the Yagyu family who had been sent by the Yagyu family at their request, was the man who was going to be the core of this member of the team that would be participating in the war when they saw that Yuto and the others were struggling.
 The family of the Yagyu family, which is also a lineage of ninja, is a family of all-rounders with high actual fighting ability and is good at fighting against people.

''Saizo-san as I said before, you really don't understand. For me, it's fair to say that the records I've taken here are everything. All I know is that I'm a boy who participated in the rookie exams we conducted this year as a natural ability and obtained a rank D.......

 Other than Saizo, the other dispatched faces also frowned at what Shima said.

''Then how did you come to pay attention to this boy? I imagine there was some reason or information that would have made me do so?

 Itoku, a rank B monk of the Koyasan Buddhist faith, turned his intelligent eyes to Shima. He wore a black robe with a sash and held a golden three-pronged vajra in his hand. Except for this man, all the others are dressed in civilian clothes, but Itoku seems that wherever he goes, he makes it a point to wear his vestments.
 The other faces also turned to Shima.
 An old monk who is also an Acharya, a rank C Dokai, sent from the same Koya Mountain as Iku.
 Asaka Chiyo, a rank B female yin-yang priest who also excels at supporting people.
 She is a rank C priestess, Kandela Otoba, who has been called in to counter the use of demons.
 Also a famous painter in the Japan Branch, Toyoda Minato is a person with a unique ability.
 And Natsuki Tamon, who was brought in to measure this Dodoori Yuto, the owner of the "Heavenly Eye", a unique ability to grasp foreign objects in this world.
 Except for Doukai, all of them are young, around 20 years of age, and they are all highly capable people who were carefully selected and requested by Nisasae and Shima.

''It's originally a super-secret matter, but I'm telling you this because Oomine-sama and the headquarters are allowing it to happen to some extent, but it's..................the situation at Miremar last month.

'Millmer? That newsworthy military regime has been overthrown?

Yes.

 Saizo tilted his head at what Shima said and raised his voice, and from the side, Wei De nodded in a calm tone.

''Miremar.......I believe there was a summoner who has summoned an unprecedented number of demons, right? I was surprised because I had detected its vibrations at Koyasan, too. It was so evil that it could have reached Koyasan, which was far away. I don't know who they were, but to say they were outrageous would be a lukewarm way to describe them.......summoners. Our rough estimate here is that the number of those summonses must be in the tens of thousands.

'What? Oh come on, is that true? How many summoners were there to summon that many? There's no end to how many you can defeat! I'm surprised Millimer is safe. An able-bodied person like me, who's good at one-on-one, won't make it in time.

 To Saizo's surprise, so did the others. It was partly because they didn't know the story itself, but even before that, that insane content of what Weidoku said was unacceptable, even for a person with abilities.
 First of all, he had never heard of summoning tens of thousands of demons. Also, the question remains whether there is an organization that can gather that many summoners.
 Shima was also surprised by the words of威徳.
 The fact that Koyasan had some sense of what the agency had not yet made public, even the agency had not yet made it public.

''! Did you know that much.......as expected of Koya-san.

'No it's because that's all there was to it. Perhaps there are other places you've noticed besides Koya Mountain.

''Well that's right. It was a bypass as well. It's reasonable to think so.

''Mr. Kakidate, so what does that have to do with that rank D?''

As a matter of fact, our Japanese office has sent a specialist to the scene.

 Everyone knew what Shima was trying to say and hardened their faces.
 Then, with a bit of a twitching face.......Chiyo, the young incoming head of the Asaka family, who is also acquainted with Shima, stepped forward.

''Well, you don't think it's those three? And that's how you got rid of an army of tens of thousands of demons? That's a joke, isn't it? The "Shibari

Don't do it, Chiyo. That.........no way, yo. Moreover, the summoner who is believed to be the master of that summoning has also been defeated. According to the investigation, there are at most only three people who are believed to be those summoners.......

Three?

'Huh? Really? Three people summoning that number is just insane! No, no, no, it's impossible, it's not possible! If there's a summoner who can do that, then the world will be run by summoners. And.........with the number of summons, then how many guys can you summon if you reduce the number of summons? It's hard to say, but it's possible to summon a Demon God class person without much preparation and without any preparation, just by using a simple summoning technique. My world is going to be turned upside down.

Yes that's exactly what I'm saying, Saizo-san.

''I........felt its presence. On the same day that the military regime was said to have been overthrown in Miremar, an evil and horrific wave that could only be considered to be of the Demon God class appeared in the far distance. The direction was exactly in line with a certain direction of Millimer. That was a demonic being that must never be allowed to exist in this world, a demonic being that must not be called in... probably a demonic beast of sorts. Just a super demonic beast with overwhelming power, I should say.

Seriously, mankind's at stake here.

Although I didn't have such a precise grasp of the situation in Koyasan, he said something similar. But...Then who was that culprit? The people who do that much are not sane, their ideology and their ability to do so. This is truly a level where the entire institution is fighting. Mr. Kakidate, are you saying that even that was dismissed by those three people?  I'm sure both the princess of Shitenji and that exorcist girl's abilities are beyond rank A. But even so........it's still not something that can defeat a demonic beast of the level Tamon-san mentioned......

''Yes........However, the investigation at the headquarters has concluded that both the super monster that was supposedly summoned and its summoner have been defeated. And probably only one of them is believed to have been defeated. No, to be precise, there's one person who is thought to have been defeated. We've confirmed the location of Mizuho-san and Marion-san at Miremer.

'One? One?!

Well, you're alone and that's another horrible thing to hear.

 As expected of the oldest Dao Kai, who had been quietly listening to the conversation so far, did not hide his surprise.

''Regarding the summoner... I'm sorry, Mr. Wei De, I can't tell you everything right now. However, as you said, as you said, the first problem that arose during the investigation team at the agency headquarters was exactly that. So who on earth was knocked down by whom? That's what I mean.

'.........Um, I'm sorry. Does that mean.........you don't mean to say that the agency suspects that the mysterious person, or rather, the person with the ability who defeated even that super monster, is that boy named Dou Dou Dou?

 Shima nodded quietly to Kamidera Otobo's modest question.

''That's right. But it's only a hypothesis and we don't know anything yet. That's why we have decided to take such a detour to investigate. I apologize to all of you who are very busy, but.... But I just want you to know, this is going to be important to the agency. If that's how many people are in the agency....

'It's going to give you a hell of a lot more influence in the world. Backwards and forwards. And the world is still unsettled in some ways. It's ironic that one of the organizations that was creating that unrest, the Dark Night's Leopard, would be used in this investigation, but...

'It's no laughing matter, Saizo. So, how are you doing? Shimari. The result this time.

'I told you not to do that Shimarin, Chiyo. ''This result is astonishing, to say the least. It's not very good, but that ability is far from rank D. After all, he's treating that Dark Night's Leopard like a baby....... If all of us here were to leave instead of those three, do you think it would be possible to destroy the Dark Night Leopard? Chiyo

You're kidding me. There's no way I can do it. Depending on how you fight, you might suffer quite a bit.................with Saizo-san working super hard. But I won't even set a goal of destroying them first, from the start.

"Hey hey I'm glad that didn't happen. But Mr. Kakitate-san I certainly think that boy is a terrible person, but what do you think? Given the agency's hypothesis and this story of Tamon and Koya Mountain...

'Well ... yes. In my opinion, given the scale of the crisis at Millmar, it's not enough, you might say.

Oh, I've never heard of it, but how about Ten-i-Muhou too...?  With that in mind, this ridiculous achievement today would be insufficient.......or is it a pity? I'm not the best person to compare him to, I'm sure he's this good at what he does.

....

Well, it's possible he has a deep hand... or is that too much to think about?

In the back...........

Yeah? What's the matter, Kakitate-san?

No....

(Now I haven't forgotten you, Dou Dou Dou-kun........ This is different from the past. I don't think it's possible but........................when you lose your memory of him? (He has a backhand ... a backhand with a price to pay.

 The jutsu and techniques released by those with abilities always come with a price in the name of catalyst.
 Most of them are spiritual and magical powers, and some of them are also accompanied by the cost of offerings and blood.

(If.........if you are the person who saved Millimer, then there are arts with a price to pay that I haven't shown you today....... And that price is........)

 Shima shook his head, thinking it was too much of a leap to think this far.

''Gentlemen, let's go home. I too must report on today's events as soon as possible. And please don't say anything else about this matter yet.

Hehehe, I can't say it's an easy request when it's over. But I'm not going to tell you anything else. You can't blame me for speaking out when I'm showing you this amazing thing. I could at least say there was an amazing newcomer.

 Saizo put his hands around his head and blurted out.

''Hmmm, Saizo-san. This time, I also included the fact that you are tight-lipped and deeply involved in the institution in the selection process.

Oh, no I don't like it.

 Saizo said, and the others chuckled as he cowered his shoulders.