"Mask?"
Ye Xing looked puzzled.
“Isn’t that an urban legend?”
Upon hearing this, Soichiro Yagami frowned slightly and said in a deep voice.
"You don't even know who saved you? Anyway, it doesn't matter if there is one more witness. I'll tell you, 'Mask' is real."
Ye Xing seemed to not care at all and waved his hand.
"He's just an ordinary criminal. There's no need to pay special attention to him."
Hearing this, Soichiro Yagami frowned and said with an unhappy look on his face.
"Is this your attitude towards your savior?"
Then, Soichiro Yagami spoke with a serious expression.
"As the chief of the criminal bureau of the Metropolitan Police Department, I do believe that 'masks' are criminals who act outside the law."
"But speaking from a human perspective, I think that no matter what his true identity is, he is a hero of Kyoto City."
"Do you know how many innocent lives have been saved and how many families have been prevented from being torn apart because of the existence of 'Mask'?"
"A mysterious man who secretly guards Kyoto City. Even though he has never revealed his true identity,..."
Having said that, Soichiro Yagami's expression became very serious and solemn, and he spoke slowly.
"As a member of Kyoto City, I respect 'Masquerade'."
Ye Xing seemed to be shocked by what Yagami Soichiro said, and was skeptical.
"Is it really that powerful?"
"of course."
A look of pride suddenly appeared on Soichiro Yagami's face.
He thought to himself, although he didn't know the true identity of the "masked man", after all, he was acknowledged by the other party himself as an excellent criminal director and an assistant recognized by the other party.
Fight alongside the hero who secretly protects the city of Kyoto.
This made Soichiro Yagami rediscover the excitement and sense of responsibility he felt when he first became a criminal police officer.
"so..."
Soichiro Yagami patted Ye Xing's shoulder, his expression softened a little, and he smiled.
"Some things, although not in accordance with legal procedures, but think about the people who were saved, including the female classmate next to you and her sister. Don't you think that 'Mask' is a true hero?"
Ye Xing seemed to be convinced by Yagami Soichiro and nodded very sincerely.
"Yes, a hero who secretly protects Kyoto is so handsome. Even if he opens a harem, I believe everyone will understand."
"Don't talk nonsense, kid."
.......
After Ye Xing left, Soichiro Yagami looked at the other's back, shook his head with a dumb smile, and thought that this boy was about the same age as his son and also a first-year high school student, but the feeling he gave was completely different.
Soichiro Yagami had a feeling.
Although his son Light Yagami is perfect in every aspect, as a father, he always has a feeling that his son seems to be hiding something.
What kind of thing could it be that even the Chief of the Criminal Bureau of the Metropolitan Police Department, the father whom his son admired the most and wanted to pursue the most, had to hide it?
Soichiro Yagami shook his head and was about to continue investigating the scene when the faces of the sisters Saki Kawasaki and Kawasaki Kawasaki suddenly appeared in his mind.
"Wait a minute... those sisters are..."
Soichiro Yagami frowned slightly and waved to a subordinate not far away.
"Show me the list of passengers trapped on the Ferris wheel."
"Oh, alright."
After the list was brought over, Soichiro Yagami glanced at it and, as expected, saw a very familiar name.
"Saki Kawasaki..."
Seeing this familiar name, combined with Kawasaki Saki's light blue high ponytail and outstanding appearance, Soichiro Yagami finally remembered where he had seen her.
When the Kyoto tram broke down, the girl and her sister were among the passengers trapped on it.
This time, it appeared in the amusement park attack again?
Moreover, "Mask" was involved both times?
Is this really just a coincidence?
Or...
What private connection do these sisters have with that "masked man"?
even...
Saki Kawasaki, is she the "mask"?
Thinking of this, Soichiro Yagami forced himself to interrupt his thoughts and was unwilling to continue thinking.
At first, he really wanted to catch the "Mask".
After all, the other party was the most difficult and unpredictable criminal in his career as a detective.
But now, Soichiro Yagami's attitude is different.
Rather than a criminal, he would rather believe that the "Mask" is a person with special abilities who is unwilling to be bound by the existing legal system, so he chooses to use this method to secretly protect the city of Kyoto. He is a maverick who pursues justice.
Besides, he himself is also an assistant of "Mask".
In this situation, why bother to track down the real identity?
Are you going to destroy yourself for the sake of justice?
Although Soichiro Yagami has a rather old-fashioned and stubborn personality, he is not the kind of person who is inflexible.
Since the "Mask" did only good things, even though his style of action was radical, as the director of the Criminal Bureau, he still had to condemn the other party as a criminal on the surface.
As for privately?
Just say that we can't trace it. If anyone thinks they can trace it, then go ahead and trace it. Just don't come looking for me.
........
On the other hand, after leaving the amusement park, Ye Xing did not go home directly.
In the eyes of Soichiro Yagami and members of the Metropolitan Police Department, the explosion scene was a charred, bloody mess. The body parts and blood roasted by the high temperature gave off a disgusting smell, and there were not many clues worth investigating.
But in Ye Xing's eyes, it was completely different.
From the place where the ex-convicts who were driving the truck died to the entrance of the amusement park, there was a very obvious black sticky trail.
A collective mental breakdown?
This is entirely due to the guidance of evil spirits.
Like an experienced hunter, Ye Xing concealed his breath and followed the sticky black traces on the ground, heading towards a certain direction outside the amusement park.
Amusement parks like this one, which cover a large area, are usually built in remote and sparsely populated areas due to land prices.
After walking for about ten minutes, Ye Xing could see the black marks on the ground. Not only did they not fade, but they became more sticky and even kept wriggling.
"So this is it..."
He looked up and saw in front of him a small building similar to a school building. He didn't know what it was used for, but it was now abandoned.
Judging from the dilapidated walls, the length of weeds on the ground, and the casually open iron gate in front, this place has been abandoned for at least a dozen years.
The sky at this time was no longer as clear as before, but was covered with dark clouds. There was a slight chill in the air, as if a heavy rain was about to fall at any time.
The weather in Sakura Province has been so capricious in the past few months, and it has nothing to do with the evil spirit this time.
"boom!"
Before the rain fell, a blinding light suddenly flashed in the dark clouds.
Accompanied by deafening thunder, bright light illuminated the dilapidated building.
What caught Ye Xing's eyes was a picture stuck in front of a window on the third floor of the building. The facial features were distorted, and there was resentment in the eyes, staring at his horrible face.
Faced with this sudden gaze, Ye Xing was stunned for a moment, then chuckled and shook his head.
"You're crazy. You made me laugh."
Immediately afterwards, his figure disappeared from the spot in an instant.
The evil spirit behind the third-floor window was stunned when seeing this scene.
no...
What about people?
Where did that human go?
This evil spirit is now in its most twisted and malicious stage.
It finally selected a few guys with twisted desires who could be manipulated by it, and came up with a perfect method of driving large trucks and rushing into crowded places to cause large numbers of human deaths in order to satisfy its own malice and desire for killing.
did not expect...
It actually failed.
Of course, although the evil spirit has strong resentment in its heart, even if it has ten thousand courage, it would not dare to look for the "masked man" and take revenge.
Whether it was the opponent or the black and white headless monster, in its perception, they were both powerful evil spirits that it could never contend with.
After fleeing all the way here, it had already accumulated strong resentment and desire to kill. It finally encountered a human who was so ignorant of the danger that he dared to step into this area and seemed to be able to see it. It was already ready to feast on him.
First appear in the other party's field of vision.
Then the next second, he appeared directly behind the male human and asked word by word in a terrifying hoarse voice.
"Can you...see me?"
This was the evil spirit's original plan.
But it really didn't expect that the human being would disappear just after it executed the first step.
What's the situation?
at this time.
The evil spirit saw out of the corner of his eye that a dark spot appeared beside him.
The next sound was a question with a smile.
"You...can see me?"
The evil spirit turned its head stiffly, only to see a mysterious man wearing a pitch-black mask and exuding an aura that made it feel extremely scared, standing there quietly.
There is a white smile pattern on the mask, which looks even more eerie in the dim corridor.
"you you..."
"Ouch?"
Ye Xing was a little surprised when he heard the words muttered by the evil spirit.
"You can talk? Interesting little thing."
Faced with Ye Xing's question, the evil spirit did not hesitate at all and made a choice driven by the instinct of survival without hesitation.
Turn around and run away.
It was not until then that Yexing finally saw the full appearance of the evil spirit.
The body is similar to that of a normal human, and the height is about meters.
His gray hair was very long, and he had black shackles on his wrists and ankles.
"Shackles?...Evil spirits created by the negative impression of prisons..."
According to the summary of Rio Futaba and Miko Yotsuya, the impact that evil spirits can have on humans, to a certain extent, also represents the power of the evil spirits themselves.
The first tier is naturally the powerful evil spirits that can pull humans into the other world, have "gates" integrated into their bodies, and can directly cause harm to humans.
For example, the "tram", the "flying head barbarian" in the unfinished building, and the ten-meter-tall giant evil spirit all belong to this category.
