Chapter 14 Chapter 14: Funeral

"The communication this time went very well. You are worthy of being the eldest son of the William family." Lieutenant General Richie patted William on the shoulder, showing great intimacy.

"Huh, compared to facing the existence of the Holy Infant, I would rather go back to the investigation team to deal with those materials." William showed a relieved smile and said against his will.

In fact, he would rather stay here and communicate with the Holy Infant, so that the information he could obtain would be top-notch.

"Speaking of the investigation team," Ricky straightened his face, "We and the top brass here are planning to set up a department independent of the Metropolitan Police Department. Its main task is to deal with supernatural phenomena like the current one."

William was silent for a few seconds before asking, "Does the higher-ups think that this kind of thing will happen more frequently in the future?"

"We have this concern, so we just drafted it. At present, it will still be run according to the current investigation team model, but we need to increase our number of people and set up another subgroup. Those chaebols also want to place a lot of people there. Haha, let's see how their upper echelons deal with it."

After the two exchanged some more information about the investigation team, William was given an afternoon off.

The reason he initially joined the investigation team was simply because the lieutenant general was very interested in the "suspected superpowers", so he arranged himself, who was familiar with Japanese and related culture and was known for his friendliness, to the investigation team, acting as an eye and ear.

He also played this role faithfully and rarely questioned the decisions of Noguchi or Kuroki.

However, it now seems that the lieutenant general hopes to play a better role in the investigation team, and the establishment of the group is to prepare for the establishment of a department in the future.

William came to the gym while thinking. He had been training his ability to control his [rigid body] here these days.

In his opinion, no matter how powerful an uncontrollable ability is, it carries great risks.

Especially since he also knew about the "out-of-control" incidents like Sato Kafu and Sato Tomomi. Perhaps, this is the price of power?
He easily rejected this thought as soon as it came to his mind. This should be just one of the prices, otherwise this ability would come too easily.

Just like the joke, if I give you one million, would you dare to drink urine? The respondent looked nervous, how about I eat a few more mouthfuls of shit? Otherwise, I won’t be able to keep the money safely.

Fortunately, although he was constantly training, he looked younger overall. After taking the Holy Son Pill, he stopped shaving and put on a little makeup every day to make himself look older. This did not arouse suspicion from others, who just thought he looked sloppy recently. However, they also thought it was because he had too many work tasks.

People like Takeshi Noguchi seem to have aged ten years because of the pressure and non-stop work during this period.

It seemed that Bai Shihang was being fleeced in this conversation, but in fact, the information was all made up anyway, and he didn't dare to make it too specific. He kept it as vague as possible and made a few expressions that even he didn't understand at certain times, leaving them to guess for themselves.

This will split the other party's research route at once, making it less likely to find the problem on your own.

More importantly, he obtained an implicit message, which is that even Amei didn't know much about the existence of people with super powers.

Maybe they are acting, but Shiraishi Kou has time to slowly verify whether he is the only one who can rule this world.

If this is true, then the entire planet can be regarded as an experimental field.

In a good mood, Bai Shihang stretched out his hand towards the window. The sky was cloudy, which was normal during the rainy season. He slowly turned his flat hand over and pressed it down.

A dull thunder rumbled.

cemetery.

Noguchi Yushi recalled that when he was not yet a section chief, Minister Odagiri patted him on the shoulder happily after hearing about his high rate of solving cases, saying: "Whenever I see a talent like you, I feel that the country will never lose hope! Neither will I!" "Have I disappointed you?"

Takeshi Noguchi looked up at the sky blankly. The raindrops fell more and more densely, hitting his cheeks and covering up his tears.

A black umbrella blocked his view of the sky.

"The funeral is over, do you want to go back to the investigation team?" asked Kuroki Shinizumi.

Noguchi instinctively wanted to ask to stay longer, but the other party said: "If we go back together, we can save more guards and do more things."

He was silent for a moment: "Okay, let's go back together."

After walking a few steps, he looked back and found that Odagiri's tombstone was no longer visible.

He took the umbrella from Kuroki Shinizumi's hand and used it to shade the two of them, while walking towards the parked car without stopping.

"Which direction do you plan to use as a breakthrough? The current top management has an ambiguous attitude and it seems that they do not agree with us fighting to the death with the Holy Infant Company." Kuroki Shinizumi said.

"No matter what they think, they always need to deter a dangerous person who is undisciplined, has incredible individual strength, and has a history of killing officials. If you want to convince them, you should focus on the 'decapitation operation' and those people will be scared," Noguchi Takeshi analyzed.

Kuroki Shinizumi nodded: "Nakai Hayabusa is indeed an extremely dangerous target, and so is that 'guardian'."

"Have they tried to threaten the Advent Child to get those two to surrender?"

"Impossible. I heard that the Holy Infant has become an important guest of the top leaders. They won't use this trick unless it's absolutely necessary." Hei Mu Xinquan shook his head bitterly. "No one knows how important this descended body is to the Holy Infant. And given the situation that day, they actually had a chance to take the Holy Infant away."

"You mean, they deliberately left the Holy Infant behind, or the Holy Infant deliberately left it behind?" Noguchi Takeshi looked thoughtful.

If they stayed on purpose, it could be said that the Holy Infant actually had no way to control them, and there was discord between the Holy Infant and the Holy Infant Society. And if the Holy Infant asked to stay, it meant that he also wanted to have contact with the authorities, and he had some support.

Considering these two aspects, threatening the Holy Infant and forcing the two to surrender is indeed a low-priority option.

"Yes, so for now, we don't have to consider the Holy Infant. There is basically no way to get help from them." Kuroki Shinizumi stated his direction. "I plan to adjust the internal structure of the investigation team first. Coincidentally, many forces want to squeeze people in, and we do need more people."

"Okay, I will be responsible for following up on the situation of those who took the pills, and tracking down other believers. I will use the mother of the victimized delusional boy who escaped earlier to win him over. We must do our best to form a 'supernatural force' of our own," Noguchi Takeshi said self-deprecatingly, "even if this power comes from the enemy."

"Well, William will act with you, and we must get him involved." Kuroki Shinizumi said meaningfully.

"William is very different from other Ami people I know. It's pleasant to work with him. At least he won't be a drag. The last incident was also an accident." Noguchi Takeshi understood what Kuroki meant. William was the representative of Ami, and he must participate in the project so that he could know the progress and decision-making. This was a necessary and helpless compromise.

While they were talking, the two had already arrived next to the convoy.

"You sit in the front car and have a good rest on the way. You look as haggard as an old man." Kuroki Shinizumi joked and walked to his car.

Takeshi Noguchi folded his umbrella, got in the car, forced himself to suppress his complicated thoughts, and closed his eyes.

(End of this chapter)