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I'll take a day off to adjust my schedule, and then I'll switch to updating at noon and in the afternoon.

By the way, let me tell you something from the heart. Although I'm riding the coattails of Fall Guys, as everyone can see, while this book includes Fall Guys as a focus, it's not just about Fall Guys.

This book is also a challenge for me. I want to write about all kinds of characters, about the stories that happen when people with different obsessions collide with each other, about how they support or oppose each other because of their different positions, and about how they constantly switch between friend and foe.

In my previous book, I wrote many stories of heroes. In this book, I will write about those persistent yet insignificant people.

So I am very grateful that everyone has followed my book this far and taken the time to read it.

I had some mental issues for a while, but I'm much better now, so production capacity has increased, and we should be updating more and more frequently, and it won't be as late as before.

Please look forward to it, and thank you for your support, friends.

Chapter 61 Bad Fate

A bunch of haunted ancient objects.

A tall, aloof young man who was clearly not someone to be trifled with.

That was the first impression Todoro gave Shibuya.

Todoroki's first impression of Shibuya was one of confidence and arrogance, just like the streets outside.

Yes, Hoshino Yoshito's lover, the woman who accompanied him all the way to the top of the Yakuza in Shibuya, she is now known as "Shibuya".

The flickering colored lights shone faintly through the one-way glass, revealing a room suspended high above one side of the hall, overlooking the entire ballroom.

The figures swaying on the dance floor, the security guards patrolling the area, and the DJs in charge of the sound system and mixing console... all are within sight.

Dou Tang discovered that the two leaders of the Morning Star Group both liked to look down on things from high places, whether it was the rooftop office with panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows or the VIP room with reverse glass above the dance bar.

If looking down at things from a high place is a habit of those in positions of power, then the one-way glass here and the heavy curtains in Xingyiren's office before indicate that they have something they don't want to be seen in the light of day... or it may be a manifestation of self-protection; they clearly lack a sense of security.

But Shibuya's confidence and arrogance are not feigned.

She has a huge burn on her left cheek, which has caused her to lose hair on the left side of her head. The burn extends to the middle of her nose. Although it has been treated a lot, it still looks gruesome and terrible.

It's easy to see from the right side of her face that she's a still-beautiful woman, but her sharp eyes give off a somewhat unapproachable vibe.

She tapped the table and said, "Okay, your name is... Kiryu Toudou? You're the Kiryu who's been making headlines in the delinquents lately, right?"

She smiled, the corners of her mouth limited by the burns, making the smile seem less genuine, but the sharpness in her eyes did melt away.

“I admire you. I heard from the righteous man that you will stay with me for five days?”

Dou Tang nodded: "Yes, Ms. Shibuya."

“Very interesting, really very interesting, hiding from enemies?” She raised her right eyebrow, looking very curious. “After all, you’ve made such a big fuss, everyone knows about your little bald heads now.”

"From Ghost Island"

From the destruction of the biker gangs to the attacks on biker gangs these past two days, you've been involved in all of these things. You're a hot potato now.

"No, I was just... well, you could say I was hiding from my enemies." Dou Tang's eyes dimmed for a moment, then he shook his head and asked, "Let's not talk about that, Ms. Shibuya, I want to ask you for some information."

"Everything is ready."

Ms. Shibuya tossed out a USB drive: "There are a few people I can't find, but all the information I can find is in there."

Dou Tang nodded, but he was clearly unsure of himself, his eyes darting around.

“Yiren said you were a… very composed and mysterious person,” Ms. Shibuya said with a smile. “But it seems that’s not the case now. You look confused, just like the little dog I used to have.”

"Oh, what? Ah?" Dou Tang suddenly snapped out of his reverie and quickly shook his head: "No, I was just thinking..."

He sighed again: "Well, maybe I'm a little confused, just a little bit."

He reached out, took the USB drive, and put it away without saying a word.

Ms. Shibuya was playing with her swivel chair, her expression playful. Although she was middle-aged, she still seemed very lively.

She spun around and around, and after two spins, she realized that Dou Tang was still there. She smiled apologetically and said, "Sorry, the chairs only arrived yesterday. I was a little too excited."

"It's nothing." Dou Tang seemed to have made up his mind, paused, and asked, "Ms. Shibuya, I have a question."

"There must be betrayals all the time in the yakuza world. As far as I know, the only consequences are death or cutting off a finger as an apology."

"But what if your closest, dearest person betrays you, or rather, it's not betrayal, but simply a disagreement with you, and they secretly do something behind your back that makes you feel... offended?"

"And, and you know very well that this matter cannot be ended even by death, what should you do?"

Ms. Shibuya chuckled: "Kid, oh no, child, you're really cute right now."

Dou Tang looked at her with a puzzled expression.

"What kind of betrayal is this?" Ms. Shibuya shrugged. "Everyone has their own little secrets. Let me ask you, was that person's behavior harmful to you?"

"...It's hard to explain, I don't know how to describe it, but I feel like that person is doing what they think is good for me."

"That's not betrayal. It just means that person was doing something behind your back, child. Don't you allow others to have their own secrets?"

Dou Tang quickly said, "No, that's not what I meant!"

Ms. Shibuya seemed quite familiar with this kind of thing. She sat down with a smile and said, "Child, friends are not obligated to tell each other what they have done for each other. At the same time, if what the other person did hurt you, then ask them, make them apologize, communicate and resolve the issue."

"If the other party has truly betrayed us, what is there that death cannot resolve?"

“But I don’t want you to get involved in a murder case at such a young age.” Ms. Shibuya shook her head: “No matter how you take a living person’s life, it is a sin.”

“You’re not a yakuza, so you probably can’t understand what it’s like to be immersed in nightmares every night. Oh, maybe not, but I can. Even though I look so tough, I’m still a woman, and being sensitive is my strength.”

Dou Tang sighed.

"But what if there's something that even death can't solve?"

Ms. Shibuya pondered for a moment and said, "Then it's called a karmic entanglement, an inescapable karmic entanglement. Everyone will have such a period."

"For example, someone you can never bring yourself to kill, an encounter you can't escape, or someone you can never let go of that you inadvertently think of one night."

“A karmic entanglement is one-sided. It may be a karmic entanglement for you, but it may not be for that person.”

"Perhaps you feel that death is not the end, but for that person, death may be the end of everything?"

"Of course, this is just my personal perspective. Child, the specifics depend on your own thoughts."

After saying that, she picked up a women's cigarette from the table, lit it, took a puff, and then suddenly realized that Dou Tang was still in the room. She waved the cigarette and said, "Sorry, I forgot about you again. Is it okay for me to smoke?"

"This is your office, of course I have no objection."

Dou Tang nodded and said, "I've learned a lot... Then I'll take my leave now. Thank you for your help."

"Okay~ Goodbye, Kiryu-kun. If there's any service you'd like, I can arrange it for you."

Dou Tang picked up the trembling package from the ground, nodded, stood up, and went out the door.

Bad fate?

The sin of murder?

He slung the package over his shoulder and sighed.

"Is it impossible to escape this world even after coming into it?"

Chapter 62 Are you insulting my intelligence?

The room that the Morning Star Group prepared for Dou Tang was a high-rise apartment, which seemed to have been used as a safe house for the Morning Star Group in the past. The hotel-style room was filled with many luxury items and even had a locked safe.

The refrigerator was full of food, all the TV channels were encrypted, and there were even several short knives in the TV cabinet drawer.

Dou Tang threw the package onto the bed, then went under the bed.

After searching around, they found an unlocked, long, narrow weapon case containing several samurai swords.

Of course, these weapons are essentially like the drinks and instant noodles you see in a hotel—they cost money.

Dou Tang is also useless.

There was a note stuck on the bedside table.

"Contact me if you need anything."

Judging from the handwriting, it should be Xing Yiren's. It seems he came to this room beforehand and took away some things that Dou Tang shouldn't see.

Dou Tang smiled, because it meant that the rest of the things in the room were unimportant, and he could take the weapons at will.

He used the computer in the room to access the USB drive and began looking through the data.

The Morning Star Group's intelligence network wasn't very strong, and they didn't have much information about the exorcist world, so they didn't find much, especially about exorcists like Ryūki Sada and Kōzaki Ryūyū.

Dou Tang opened the folder named Kuroki Keizaki and began browsing.

Keisaki Kuroki was originally from Gunma Prefecture. Her parents divorced, and she dropped out of high school without proper upbringing, and came to Tokyo alone.

She worked in the service industry in Tokyo, then moved to Shibuya to work as a hostess, and finally switched to... the sex industry. I wonder if this woman, whose life was full of hardships, ever resented her life when she entered the sex industry.

But she seemed to maintain hope. She could be considered the leader of the store at the time, gentle and generous, and always maintained an optimistic attitude.

Even after her death, she remained extremely restrained, and apart from the initial period of confusion, she never harmed any innocent people.

But she did kill someone, that's a fact. Dou Tang will show her some compassion and let her get her revenge, but she will have to pay the price.

He then opened the folder about Ryuuichi Kamizen and discovered that his daughter was Ringo Kamizen.

Hmm... everything makes sense now.

Why did Ringo Shinzaki visit the school that night? It was probably at her father's behest. And Ryuuichi Shinzaki, as the construction supervisor of the new campus twelve years ago, must have known about Iya Ejima.

Ryuu Shinzen is an exorcist. He knows that Iya Ejima will definitely become a vengeful spirit. If it weren't for Toudou's intervention, Iya Ejima would be forever imprisoned in cement, never able to recover his soul, and never able to reincarnate.

What's the purpose of doing this?

Dou Tang's expression was solemn as he slowly stroked the wood grain on the table, a sense of unease creeping into his heart. Jiang Daoyi was an optimistic person, cheerful and carefree, and Dou Tang was glad to have known such a person, even though he was already dead.

The two were friends, and Dou Tang certainly didn't want his friend to be tortured like this, not even knowing what happened to him before his death, forgetting everything and forever sealed in cold steel and concrete.

But before that, let's get busy with things related to Kuroki Keisaki. We let her go that night, but we should at least investigate her ourselves.

He stood up, unplugged the USB drive, and pulled two double-edged short swords from the TV cabinet, tucking them into his waistband. This time, he didn't want to fight Kuroki Keisaki empty-handed.

Tokyo is too big; finding Kuroki Keisaki is like finding a needle in a haystack. But this woman is not susceptible to ordinary evil spirits. She still retains clear memories of her past life and possesses great power. If such a person does not choose to flee far away after completing her revenge, she will definitely go to a place related to her past life.

For example, her former home.

Dou Tang certainly didn't think she would run away; as a "gift," she would definitely not wander off.

With three days left, Dou Tang needs to find out who is behind this mess.

But as soon as he stepped out into the underground parking lot, he sensed that something was wrong.

My motorcycle is... engulfed in flames.

The fire alarm was blaring, but the underground parking lot was deserted, and his motorcycle was burning silently in its parking space.

Apart from the piercing alarm, there was nothing. The shrill sound echoed underground, but no one came out to check the situation, as if no one had noticed what was happening.

"Ho...Tong, Kiryu..."

The sound came from behind a load-bearing column.

The sound was incredibly rough, like the sound of two pieces of sandpaper rubbing together, which was very unpleasant to listen to.

Dou Tang took a sniff. There was a burnt smell in the air, but it wasn't the smell of a burning motorcycle. Instead, it smelled like burnt protein, or in other words, burnt flesh.

A figure emerged from behind the load-bearing column, wearing light blue jeans and a dark blue hoodie. He was wearing a hoodie, a mask, and even sunglasses, making it impossible to see anything on his face.

"You...you're going to die..."

He spoke as he extended his hand, which was also gloved, and not a single patch of skin on his body was exposed.

Dou Tang frowned: "Evil spirits? Vengeful spirits?"

"As expected...hehehe..." The hooded man sneered, "You know about evil spirits...but don't you remember me?"

"I thought you were so strong, but now it seems you're not all that great after all..."

"Even if I kill you, I can still..."

Dou Tang decisively interrupted him: "Stop, stop spouting those third-rate villain riddles. Can you say something I can understand?"

"Of course, it's fine if you don't say anything. I was just about to go out on errands and you ruined my vehicle. If you can't run as fast as a motorcycle..."

He reached behind his back and a short sword appeared in his right hand: "Then..."

"Die, don't waste your time."

"Ah, arrogance, hubris, just like that night. Why don't you guess who I am?"

"Ryunosuke Kanagawa".