Chapter 169: Fish in the Swamp

"My Fujiwara family is willing to obey your orders, sir." Fujiwara was the first to react, and his old body used the Dogeza position that had not been used for a long time.

"My Abe family is also willing to obey your orders, sir." The head of the Abe family also followed suit and bowed deeply.

The other two family heads followed closely and immediately expressed their opinions.

"Okay." The mysterious masked man said briefly, "But I'm lazy. To prevent you from betraying me in the future, I have to come to your houses one by one to clean up. You all sign your names on this secret agreement, with your bloody fingers."

The head of the Fujiwara family was the first to receive it. After taking a look, he saw that it was basically denouncing Amei for being inhuman. For the sake of the Holy Son Pill quota, they decided to unite and contact other extraordinary forces to retaliate against the people sent by the United States to grab the quota.

It was obvious that they were well prepared and knew in advance that they were going to discuss this topic today.

It is highly likely that the Abe family had already sided with this mysterious supernatural being and revealed all their background in advance.

But this is also good. The Abe family is one of the families in their core circle. For them, it is too naive to talk about betrayal. However, these families at least have many common interests with each other, which raises the stakes for betrayal.

After reading it only once, he quickly took out a pen and signed his name, biting his thumb and leaving a blood mark.

Seeing Fujiwara taking the lead, the remaining two family heads did not think too much and followed suit to sign.

When it was the turn of the head of the Abe family, the masked man looked at the three people who had signed and said, "Next, I must know the information and intelligence of those people. No matter how big or small, you must collect it for Abe, and then he will report it to me."

"Yes." Several people nodded and said yes, appearing to be extremely obedient.

At least that's the case at the moment.

"Sir, it has been signed." Abe said at this time.

"You are responsible for keeping the secret agreement." The masked man seemed to trust the head of the Abe family quite a lot.

"I understand, sir." Abe carefully put away the secret agreement.

The other three looked at the head of the Abe family with some envy, then lowered their heads again.

"It's normal for you to be curious about my origins." The masked man's tone became a little gentler. "Compared to the dead, I care more about the benefits that the living can bring. I don't need you to go against the Holy Infant, I just need you to play a role in the Holy Infant Society."

These words eased their inner anxiety a little. At least the other party showed that they were useful. More importantly, from what he said, this mysterious extraordinary person seemed to be willing to help them obtain a place in the Holy Son Pill, which made them overjoyed.

"Abe, go back."

After the masked man finished explaining what happened, he left with the head of the Abe family.

The remaining three people continued to coordinate the arrangements for future tasks in the tea room, but they became more cautious when communicating, fearing that the extraordinary person might have some strange means to overhear their conversation.

"Sir, if we let them participate in intelligence gathering, will there be any unexpected situations that will allow those big shots to know in advance?" On the way back, the head of the Abe family asked cautiously.

"They can't get any real information." The masked man shook his head, his tone quite confident, "Those false news were originally released to counter them."

Abe nodded suddenly and said no more.

He had come into contact with this extraordinary person some time ago. His body was wrapped tightly and he spoke with a voice changer. He had no way of knowing and did not dare to investigate his identity.

Compared to those family heads who were trying to give it a try, he was simply facing a threat to his life.

Fortunately, the other party’s main target seems to be the three family heads.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but hold the secret agreement in his pocket.

The second public bestowal of elixir by the Holy Infant Society had a far greater impact than the first.

After all, it was the first time, and everyone still had doubts, wondering if the side effects would be serious, or if they would directly become puppets of the Holy Infant.

But everyone can see the result. Among the five people who took the elixir, Nishikido Jun and Takashima Yumi became the three special heroes and performed outstandingly in combat.

Jamie Walton is affectionately called Captain Jamie. He showed amazing combat power in the Battle of Maicheng.

Even the two chaebol heads who were originally diagnosed with terminal illnesses are now rumored to be pregnant again. From being unable to walk without a wheelchair, they now have a group of bodyguards and are either running or doing extreme sports every day, making others envious.

Naturally, the issue surrounding the distribution of the Holy Son Pill attracted the attention of many people, and a storm gathered with Tokyo as the center.

Originally, many Japanese senior officials were optimistic about the distribution of the Holy Son Pill, believing that they would at least get more than three pills.

But they didn't expect that after confirming the effectiveness, America stopped pretending and told them with her actions:

Dogs may eat meat once when their owners are in a good mood and don't mind, but most of the time, they are only fit to eat bones.

If the owner is angered, the dog will end up on the table.

So, after "negotiations", the United States and Japan "reached a consensus" that I would get nine and you would get one.

When the Prime Minister came back with the "one", he was almost spit to death.

But everyone knows that if Amei really turns against you, then there’s no hope.

The Special Affairs Bureau was directly excluded this time. There were rumors that the only quota for taking the pill belonged to a seriously ill big shot. The only thing they could fight for was the quota for joining the association.

But joining the Holy Infant Society does not mean that you can become extraordinary.

Although Nakai Hayabusa would occasionally select one person from the trainee members and grant him the Holy Child Pill after obtaining the consent of the Nine Guardians or the Holy Infant, it was just that Nakai Hayabusa was planning to actually recruit those people into the organization, so he would not generally grant the Pill to those with other purposes.

At this time, Noguchi Takeshi also obtained the list of people who took the elixir from Ami. Although he might not have a deep impression of the specific names, the surnames were all from famous families.

"Is this true? Can we expect these people on the list to fight against demons or hostile supernatural beings for ordinary people? I thought we could have new colleagues."

After hearing the identities and ages of these people from Takashima Yumi, Toyokawa Kamikiyo screamed.

"The threat of supernatural beings is not a big deal in their eyes for now. The casualties are nothing more than civilians or soldiers. Moreover, once they have supernatural abilities, even if they encounter supernatural disasters, their chances of survival are much higher. However, as Fengchuan said, we cannot expect these people to become 'heroes' unless there is some huge benefit. Otherwise, according to their habits, they prefer to sit behind the scenes and wield knives and forks."

Kuroki Shinizumi added explanation on the side.

"Extraordinary disasters will only become more frequent in the future. Our most urgent task should be to use the power of the Holy Infant to quickly improve our combat capabilities." Nishikido Jun shook his head and sighed.

"It's still unclear whether Amei has any other plans. Perhaps some of these capitalists are willing to stand up and fight." Kuroki himself didn't believe what he said.

Takeshi Noguchi did not participate in the discussion of this topic. He was well aware of the nature of this country. Even if the quota was divided equally, there would be a hundred reasons not to allocate it to the Special Affairs Bureau to improve its combat effectiveness.

There are always big shots up there who want to cut in.

"Let's leave this topic at that. We can't interfere with the decision of the higher-ups." Noguchi took out a file. "Regarding page 34, we found out about Ito Seiji's whereabouts. He seems to be looking for an opportunity to get close to the hotel where the Holy Child is. Do you think we need to send someone there?"

What Noguchi meant by the station was to send an extraordinary person to guard there secretly.

"I don't think it's necessary. The Holy Infant Society is not weak. Ito Seiji is not necessarily a match for Nakai Hayabusa and his gang, not to mention the Nine Guardians. Moreover, his approach to the Holy Infant Society was very sudden. He must have been instructed by the Pseudo-One. This is a conflict between the two extraordinary people. We just need to stay in the middle and lean towards the Holy Infant."

Kuroki repeated his analysis and opinions in the file.

"I second." Takashima nodded. She thought so too.

The unknown person, Anko Shirai, was actually also in the conference room, but she didn't speak. She wore an eye patch on her right eye and silently looked through the files.

"I second that." Nishikido Junya agreed with Kuroki's statement.

Toyokawa looked at Kuroki, then at Noguchi: "Well, the faker is suddenly paying attention to the Holy Infant at this time, and it happens to be close to the bestowal of the elixir ceremony. Could there be some plan? If we take the initiative to tell President Nakai, will there be any benefit? At least we can gain his favor."

Takashima looked at Toyokawa in surprise. It seemed like this kid had made some progress. At least he could think besides talking about Nanako all the time.

She misunderstood Toyokawa. In fact, he just wanted to speak up for Noguchi.

Kuroki did not refute. After thinking for a moment, she accepted Toyokawa's statement and would tell Nakai Hayabusa over the phone later.

The meeting adjourned.

Anko Shirai numbly tidied up the few things on the table.

"Let's have dinner together? How about the puffer fish sashimi we agreed on last time?" Takashima invited with a smile.

Shirai lowered his head and shook his head: "I, still can't, I want to go back and rest."

".Get some rest. I'm going to Osaka tomorrow and will bring you some Okonomiyaki." Takashima rubbed her head affectionately and said softly.

"Um"

The Special Affairs Bureau provides each extraordinary person with a driver and a car, and also provides accommodation, but Shirai Anko still lives with Kondo Saki.

When I got home, Kondo hadn't finished school yet.

Shirai took her clothes and went to the bathroom, ready to take a shower.

Standing in front of the mirror as usual, she took off her blindfold.

In the mirror, her right eye was pure black.

Faintly, it seems that I can still see black mist drifting from the eye sockets.

With his eyes wide open, Shirai's left eye quickly turned white, and light overflowed, instantly suppressing the black energy in his right eye.

After more than ten seconds, the white light faded, and she leaned against the mirror, breathing tiredly.

The boundary between heaven and hell is not the human world, but torture.

The wandering souls that she had taken into her body could not be driven out at all, and she could only burn them as firewood. However, in this way, her furnace would inevitably be contaminated by the evil common characteristics of these souls.

But maintaining this fragile balance was tormenting her nerves all the time.

She had trouble concentrating, and every time she fell asleep, she would have countless nightmares that dragged her into the abyss. After waking up, she could not distinguish between reality and dreams.

She was now like a person trapped on a sloping cliff. There was a bottomless abyss below, and she could see the light above, but there was no foothold for her to climb out.

The sharp knife left a bloody mark on her arm, and the pain told her that she was still alive.

The light covered the wound and the bloodstains healed.

(End of this chapter)