Chapter 244-14: Night Dive

Jingquan would not suspect Ozaki for no reason. There must be some reason, but she is unwilling to say it, so it is very likely related to her sister Sayuri.

If I remember correctly, Yuuna Kusaka has a good relationship with Sayuri Izumi.

As Guan Junyan pondered, a reasonable logical chain slowly emerged.

Sayuri Iizumi and Yuna Kusaka are not much different in age. It seems that they became close after they met. They may know each other's private matters and talk about other people in their daily lives. So after Kusaka died, Sayuri was able to guess that she was killed by Ozaki through certain things, and even got the information left by Kusaka before his death.

However, the probability of the latter is relatively small, because if Sayuri could be completely sure, she would not have failed to tell him at that time.

At that time, Izumi Ringo had not awakened to become a Moon Initiator, so Sayuri had no need to tell her about the Special Affairs Bureau. Therefore, Ringo probably knew about this through conversations she had heard or diaries. Then, relying on her trust in her sister, she began to investigate Ozaki.

But all this lacks the most important motive. Why did Ozaki kill Kusaka Yuna for no reason? Did she know something she shouldn't know?
"Was it a full moon on the day when Kusaka Yuuna died?"

In the internal ward of the Special Affairs Bureau, Kasahara, who was lying on the hospital bed, suddenly asked after listening to Guan Junyan's guess.

Guan Junyan was silent. He vaguely remembered that he also had a mission that day. He took his team to resolve the riot caused by the Moon Polluters. In the night sky, the two full moons were like the eyes of gods, silently gazing at the earth.

"Do you think what that Moon Shadow high-ranking official said is true? If Man Yue kills the Moon Initiator, he can become the new Moon Initiator."

"Maybe. Let's just assume this is true."

"Ozaki isn't the type to have a big desire for power, and what about the moon mark? Ozaki goes swimming almost every week, and it would be hard for him to hide the moon mark if he had it."

Kasahara had no good explanation for this. It couldn't be such a coincidence that the moon mark was just blocked by the swimming trunks.

However, I accidentally saw Kasahara's Moon Mark, just above her belly button. It was purely an accident. What a sin.

"Speaking of which, every Moon Initiator subconsciously regards his or her Moon Mark as a secret, including me. But hasn't anyone noticed that the Moon Mark is somewhat similar to the Moon Map used by the Mother Goddess for unification? It's like an incomplete Moon Map."

Kasahara touched the wound on his abdomen with his fingers and asked curiously.

Guan Junyan didn't pay much attention to it. "Someone mentioned this question at the beginning. As far as we know, the Moon Mark and the Moon Map are similar in form, and everyone knows that the two are more or less related. After all, the Moon Initiators and the Moon Filth appeared at the same time, but no one has concrete evidence to convince others that there is a causal relationship. If we force a connection, it will easily make the Moon Initiators panic."

Kasahara pursed his lips and seemed to struggle internally for a long time before deciding to speak.

"My Moon Mark overlaps with the Moon Map unified by the Mother Goddess."

"Overlap? Not surprising. How much overlap?" Guan Junyan asked. Then his face turned strange. He looked around and lowered his voice. "You mean, it's exactly the same as the pattern on the moon map?"

"Yes, it occupies about one-sixth of the moon map." Kasahara nodded.

Guan Junyan frowned and breathed heavily.

"Is this fate? Back then, Sayuri Jingquan's moon mark also completely overlapped with the moon map, but yours should be different."

And they are all his apprentices.

"Then, is there a possibility that there are six moon awakeners in this world, and their moon marks together can just form the pattern of the moon map?" Kasahara's guess made Guan Junyan shudder. This didn't sound like good news. Gather six to form the moon map, and then what, summon the final boss?
According to this line of thought, Lisa's disappearance might also be due to Yuehen.

".Kasahara, is it possible that the Mother Goddess unified and deliberately let you go?"

late at night.

As the sound of the nurse's footsteps that had just finished her ward rounds gradually faded away, the special ward where Kasahara was located was left with only a small night light emitting a faint yellow light, which was reflected on the sleeping face of Kasahara Chiba. The chirping of insects outside the window could not be heard through the closed window, and the room was filled with silence.

The light of the night light suddenly flickered twice, and then dimmed silently like an extinguished torch. Without any light, the room fell into darkness, with only the faint light from the street lamp outside the window.

In this silence and darkness, on the ceiling opposite to Kasahara's bed, a black round pool appeared with ripples and emitted small bubbles.

The bubbles slowly fell and burst silently above the bed. A colorless and odorless gas gradually filled the entire ward.

The lost ant on the windowsill dropped its antennae and slowly stopped walking. The breathing sound in the bed seemed to become smoother.

Half of a head poked out from the black pool. In the darkness, the face could not be seen clearly, but from the smooth surface, it could be inferred that this was also a person wearing a mask.

I saw the black shadow quietly stretch out his hand, as if it could extend infinitely, and slowly, it was about to touch the edge of the bed.

"Ozaki-senpai, stop now, there's still time."

The arm paused, then suddenly accelerated.

Dengdengdeng.

The lights in the ward suddenly came on, illuminating the entire room.

The shadow's arm was grasped by another hand.

But it was Toyokawa Kamikiyo who appeared out of nowhere with a complicated expression.

The black shadow seemed to be well aware of the opponent's methods. He immediately cut off his arm and tried to shrink back into the black pool.

However, Guan Junyan had already arrived. He kicked the door open and squeezed the black pool with his magician's hand. The counteracting force made it impossible for the masked man to hide. He was squeezed out like a baby born in the toilet and fell to the ground.

Fengchuan entered the void again. The masked man groaned and "whiplash" about 20 to 30 centimeters long suddenly grew out of all parts of his body to prevent possible sudden attacks from Fengchuan.

The scene fell into a strange confrontation.

On the hospital bed, Kasahara had opened his eyes and slowly sat against the head of the bed, quietly looking at the masked man, trying to identify whether this was the same one who attacked him at noon.

"Hypnotic gas. It's Yuuna Kusaka's ability. So, she really died in your hands." Guan Junyan made this arrangement taking Yuuna Kusaka's ability into consideration. The Special Affairs Bureau had cracked her hypnotic ability and produced a batch of antidotes. Fortunately, there are still some left and they have not expired.

"Senior Ozaki, your location has been confirmed by the director. You are completely exposed." Guan Junyan gave the opponent the final blow.

The masked man chuckled twice and finally spoke: "How did you guess? Was I too obvious?"

[The key clue has been confirmed: Ozaki is the hidden Moon Initiator, current progress is 3/5] "After you give up resistance, I will explain my judgment to you clearly, in the detention room of the Special Affairs Bureau." Guan Junyan became more vigilant, guarding against the opponent's desperate fight.

"I'm just a homebody, not stupid." The masked man sighed, "In fact, Rixia's death was just an accident. I didn't want to kill her."

"Even an outsider like me knows that Rixia and you don't have a good relationship, and whether you want to kill her or not is not something that can be explained in one sentence. Don't delay any more. Our number will only increase. Don't you know that?"

"I am not afraid of anyone. You have no idea what the power of God's Chosen is."

Perhaps Toyokawa couldn't stand his chuunibyou syndrome and suddenly jumped out and grabbed him.

But this time, the opponent grabbed his wrist in return, and countless tentacles extended towards him. Fengchuan immediately escaped and came out from another place. The masked man immediately grew a new arm at the corresponding position and grabbed him again in advance.

"You're hiding well enough, Ozaki." Toyokawa gave up getting close to him and appeared next to Guan Junyan, teasing.

"Haha, a first-generation extraordinary person like you with special abilities naturally looks down on 'ordinary people' like me." Ozaki said in a sarcastic tone.

"Don't talk nonsense. Sister Takashima has the same ability as you, but her style is much better than yours." Fengchuan was a little angry. What he hated most was being labeled.

The masked man ignored Fengkawa and looked at Kasahara, who had been silent. The moon pattern on the mask gradually lit up until it occupied half of the space.

Kasahara gently covered the area where the moon mark was. The missing part on the other person's mask was the area where her mark was.

It was as if something was calling her.

“Don’t be afraid. The Mother Goddess has already told all living beings the way forward. The stairway to godhood is right before our eyes. You and I are both chosen by God.” The masked man’s voice was gentle, but his black arms emitted a soft moon-like fluorescence, and he opened his palms to her.

Kasahara's eyes seemed to have seen something, and slowly seemed to lose their luster.

"fart!"

Guan Junyan took the initiative to attack, and the blade chopped down, but was blocked by the moonlight arm: "Don't forget, there are two moons in the sky. Can the god you are talking about not even be able to control his own territory?!"

"Oh, ignorant people will naturally be deceived. There has always been only one Moon Mother in the sky!" The masked man was furious after being interrupted, and his voice became distorted. "Guan Junyan, I'm really fed up with being around a popular guy like you! Why do everyone like you, bastard! Only the Mother Goddess is fair and treats all people equally. Come on, I'll take you to see the Mother Goddess!"

puff-

A large amount of hypnotic gas was gushing out crazily, directly pouring into his nasal cavity. Even though he had taken the antidote in advance, he still fell into chaos all of a sudden, as if an invisible giant hand had grabbed his torso and pulled him into the universe. After the earth was left behind, he just floated in the darkness without any support, forgetting to breathe.

Before his eyes was the uneven lunar surface that was familiar to all people on Earth, exuding an eternal aura, as if it had been the same for millions of years.

He seemed to have lost consciousness, staring blankly at the moon's surface that covered his entire field of vision. Every small pit seemed so clearly visible, and under his deep gaze, gradually, every crater seemed to be distorted.

Suddenly, a crater opened its eyes to him, and his heart began to beat wildly, followed by a second one, and a third one.
As the number increased, his heart beat faster and faster until it seemed like it was about to burst out of his chest.

"Crack."

Accompanied by the sound of a frog, Guan Junyan's body seemed to be glowing.

The moon suddenly trembled inexplicably, and many eyes showed expressions of fear.

"Kan-kun! Wake up!"

It seemed as if there was a gap because of this, and faint sounds from the outside world began to be heard. Guan Junyan, who had been in a trance, finally remembered his own existence. He stood in a daze, then slowly raised his head and looked into the depths of the dark universe.

I saw an extremely huge cat's paw that seemed to tear the universe apart and stretched out, slapping the moon with one paw. The countless eyeballs on the moon moved around and slowly floated towards the distant earth.
"Nyan(Kun-kun!!)"

"Cough-cough-"

Guan Junyan woke up gasping for breath, holding his heart.

Only then did he realize that he had been half-lying on the hospital bed without knowing when, and next to him was Kasahara Mao Mao who was calling him anxiously.

Guan Junyan sat up suddenly and found that the wall outside the bed had disappeared completely, revealing the scene outside. The scene was in a mess and it was obvious that a big battle had taken place.

"Was I unconscious just now?" Guan Junyan's face was covered with sweat as he tried hard to suppress the violent beating of his heart. He felt that if it went any faster, he would die from heart failure. Could that moon just now be the "Mother Goddess" that Mother Goddess Tonghe always talked about?

No, it should just be a projection.

The sound of the frog made him touch the golden-mouthed jade toad hidden in his arms. Could it be related to this? Why did the other party seem to be afraid of such a dead thing? Could it be that this so-called Mother Goddess actually knew the Holy Child? Many questions were like a tangled mess in his mind, making his thoughts more confused than ever before.

Beside him, Kasahara transformed back into his original form and covered the wound with his hands unnoticeably. "Ozaki's hypnotic gas ability has been enhanced, but fortunately, Senior Tashiro and his men arrived in time. Ozaki wanted to escape, and they fought all the way outside. I don't know what the situation is now."

"What about you? Are you okay?" Guan Junyan did not chase after him. He was already sure that Ozaki's target was Kasahara, the Moon Initiator whose Moon Mark and Moon Map overlapped. Naturally, he would not lose sight of the main goal. In comparison, he was more worried that the Mother Goddess was using Ozaki to influence Kasahara. After all, he didn't know how Ozaki was bewitched and turned into a monster.

It has been more than two years since Kusaka was killed. Will more people in the Special Affairs Bureau be infiltrated? It is hard to say.

Kasahara shook his head: "I can feel a sense of attraction, but at the same time I am also quite resistant to his abilities. Don't worry, at least I am still the same Kasahara Chiba now."

Before Guan Junyan could say something, Fengchuan had already rushed back.

"Huh, I'm glad you're awake. Tsk, this guy Ozaki has such weird abilities. I'm worried that he will come back to find you. Tashiro asked me to stay here first." Toyokawa pulled a chair and sat down carelessly, with unhappiness written all over his face.

As an old man in the Special Affairs Bureau, he witnessed betrayal and fratricide again after a few years, which reminded him of the Black Angel incident.

Back then, the entire Special Affairs Bureau almost fell apart because of that incident.

Shirai goes berserk, Nishikido dies, Takashima flees
"Now, is Senior Tadashi the only one chasing us?" Guan Junyan asked worriedly.

"The entire Tashiro team is chasing us. Izumi's ability seems to be able to restrain Ozaki. They are chasing us very closely."

Logically speaking, now that Ozaki's betrayal has been confirmed, it should mean that Jingquan is trustworthy, but Guan Junyan still feels a little uneasy.

The moon image that just lit up on Ozaki's mask included the moon mark of Sayuri Izumi.

(End of this chapter)