Chapter 245 15: Reasoning

Jingquan was chasing the fleeing masked man like a madman. Like an erratic shadow, he kept flashing and appearing and disappearing behind the masked man, getting a little closer each time.

"Ozaki Hiro!"

Ripples appeared in the surrounding space, and the masked man immediately turned around and swung out the numerous flagella on his arms. In mid-air, the flagella's body quickly expanded like cotton candy, and as it twitched, it grew a big mouth, like a devouring eel, swinging its tail to bite in a fan-shaped area.

Jingquan suddenly appeared, stretched out his right hand and shouted.

"inverse!"

The big-mouthed monster that was rushing towards him quickly returned to its original whip shape and kept retreating. Hiro Ozaki groaned, and the back of his body was peeled off by this space, revealing a cross-section with bones and bloody flesh.

The masked man casually sprinkled a large amount of hypnotic gas, and without stopping, he chose a direction and prepared to continue escaping.

He had just taken a few steps when he saw Jingquan suddenly appear in front of him. He stabbed at him with a knife as if he had predicted it, and there was no way to avoid it in an instant.

"——Kobayashi."

The masked man changed his voice from Ozaki Hiro and suddenly spoke in a female voice, which made Jingquan's eyes widen suddenly. The tip of the knife subconsciously deviated from the vital point and stabbed the opponent's shoulder.

The scene fell into an eerie silence, with only the heavy breathing of the two people being heard.

The veins on Jingquan's hand holding the knife were exposed, it was shaking slightly, her eyes were red for a short time, and even her voice was crying. The ominous feeling that had been lingering in her heart actually came true at this moment.

Or is this just the confusion that Ozaki Hiro is experiencing in his desperate situation?

"You are not her, absolutely not. She died on Iki Island." Jingquan said in a hoarse voice, staring at the other person's moon mask. How could she not recognize the glowing patterns on it?

The masked man stretched out his hand and gently touched the moon pattern on his forehead with his index finger: "Ahem. I did die there as Sayuri Jingquan, but with the blessing of the Mother Goddess, I was reborn."

With this, the mask seemed to come alive, revealing flesh and blood, and slowly retreating towards the neck. Even the light of the moon image gradually disappeared, becoming dim and leaving only a moon mark that was one-sixth the size of the moon image.

The face that was revealed was that of Sayuri Izumi who died on Iki Island two years ago.

"Everything seems to be directed against me, but the one you really want to target is Kasahara Chiba, right?"

Jingquan Ringo really wanted to hug her desperately, cry bitterly, and tell her about the grievances she had suffered over the years, just like when she was a child crying for her mother and receiving her sister's soft and gentle comfort. However, her reason forcibly suppressed this impulse.

Although Sayuri Jingquan smiled, her eyes showed no change: "You have grown up, but unfortunately, you have become the person I least want you to be."

"No, you have become the person you least want to be. The notes you left clearly suspected that Ozaki Hiro had killed Kusaka Yuna, but now, if I am not mistaken, you just used Kusaka's ability."

Sayuri's right arm laughed, and its five fingers clapped together, and a head grew out of it, which looked like Hiro Ozaki.

"Sayuri, the notes you left behind have become our biggest flaw. This is really not good."

Seeing this disgusting scene, Ringo was enraged. He drew out his knife and chopped it off at Ozaki Hiro's head.

"Oh, so biased? Don't forget, your sister and I are one now. We prosper together and suffer together." Ozaki Hiro's head grew two small hands again, and he caught the white blade at once, saying frivolously, "Besides, your sister is reluctant to attack you. Do you really think that the strength of the God's Chosen is like this?"

Jingquan Lingqi pretended not to hear anything, drew out his hidden sword and continued to stab straight at the disgusting head.

boom.

Sayuri finally took action and stopped her.

"You can't hurt him. Now, we are one, and we all bear the expectations of the Mother Goddess."

“I don’t believe in God!”

"Whether you believe it or not, God is there."

"Don't talk so much, the people behind are almost catching up." Ozaki Hiro reminded, "I didn't expect it to be exposed so soon. Your sister really contributed a lot."

Sayuri frowned and flicked her right hand. Hiro Ozaki's head immediately forced back into the shape of five fingers. After that, she looked at Ringo's face seriously, wanted to reach out her hand, but retracted it: "Perhaps, we can finally meet again in the Mother Goddess's Heaven."

After saying that, the mask covered his face again, the moon map lit up, and he hissed, leaving behind a green mist, and instantly disappeared into the night.

Jingquan Ringo stayed where he was, took half a step forward, but was unable to take another step. He looked in the direction where Sayuri disappeared, slowly closed his eyes, and fell to the ground in the green mist.

The internal hospital of the Special Affairs Bureau.

After learning that Ozaki Hiro had escaped, Guan Junyan was not too disappointed. It seemed that he instinctively felt that he would not be caught so easily.

Although this was a blow to the Special Affairs Bureau, they also gained very important information, which is the value of the Moon Mark.

They didn't know what the purpose of the people united by the Mother Goddess was in collecting the moon marks to piece together the moon map. They only knew that what the enemy wanted must not be allowed to get.

The Moon Mark, which was originally everyone's privacy, will soon become mandatory data due to this momentum, and no one dares to raise objections openly even if they are dissatisfied.

However, he was still missing two key clues to his mission. Now that Hiro Ozaki had escaped, it became a problem as to which direction he should investigate next.

"This so-called Mother Goddess is probably just a visitor from another world like the Holy Infant, who uses some influence to achieve her own goals. All I can imagine is that she is putting together a perfect body to entrust the arrival of her real body. Of course, this is all my guess."

"Other people's moon marks? I haven't paid much attention to them."

"Ozaki-senpai, in my impression, has always been a good person"

After completing the simple questioning, Guan Junyan walked out of the inquiry room, paced for a while, and subconsciously wanted to go to Kasahara's new ward, but when he reached the door, he was told by his colleague guarding the door that it was temporarily closed to visitors.

He had so much to say but had no one to talk to. He couldn't just go to that idiot Sawada to talk to him. With his big megaphone, he had never been a good secret keeper.

Jinhu Ning is just a little girl. She looks strong and cool but that is just the character she gives herself. When she first came, she was just a crybaby.

Looking around, he was surprised to find that Kasahara had become his important and irreplaceable partner since some time ago.

In the game, it is possible to activate a community relationship and provide some cooperation.

"Meow (Can you hear me?)"

"?!"

Guan Junyan, who was still wandering around the ward, seemed to hear Kasahara's cat meow in his mind.

"Can you still transmit sound?"

"reluctantly."

"I can't see you now, so the Special Affairs Bureau may need to conduct an internal investigation for a while. However, the importance of your Moon Mark is self-evident. From now on, I'm afraid it will be closely protected to prevent attacks from the Mother Goddess."

"I understand. I'm sorry to have caused you trouble."

"Don't say that. Don't worry too much. Director Noguchi only looks serious on the surface, but he is actually a very good person. He does this mainly to protect you."

"I can accept that. I don't care about that. So, is this case closed?"

Guan Junyan was a little surprised that she was concerned about this at this time. "No, this case is a combination of Lisa's disappearance and the attack during the investigation. We have only solved the reason for the attack. I have a rough idea in my mind, but I don't know if it is correct."

"Tell me if it's what I think."

After considering his ideas, Guan Junyan found a place to sit down, covered his face with his hands as if looking tired, and carefully told Kasahara about his thoughts.

More than two years ago.

Hiro Ozaki was bewitched or coerced by the Mother Goddess Unity, and personally killed Yuna Kusaka, who was at odds with him, during a riot of the Moon Impure during a full moon. He was caught with the evidence, so he had no choice but to join the Mother Goddess Unity camp. The Mother Goddess Unity also helped him take the blame for killing Yuna Kusaka, freeing him from suspicion.

All of this is most likely a coordinated plan by the Mother Goddess, in order to obtain a Moon Initiator with a moon mark that matches the moon map.

It was just that Sayuri Iizumi discovered something was wrong, but without any evidence, she could only write down her suspicions in her diary.

But she didn't expect that the next target of the Mother Goddess' unification would be her.

In the carefully manufactured Iki Island riot, she was deliberately left behind. In order to keep her, the Mother Goddess was willing to let go of Guan Junyan, who had a more important identity.

As time passed, because the third suitable person never showed up, Hiro Ozaki remained in hiding and did not take any action.

Until Lisa, or Chiba Kasahara appeared.

And Izumi Ringo has become the Moon Initiator. Because of her sister's diary, she has always been very wary of Ozaki Hiro and will even take the initiative to follow him.

It was obvious that Hiro Ozaki had discovered this a long time ago, so he simply played along and used the Lisa case to involve Guan Junyan's team, making Iizumi Ringo think that he had another conspiracy, and started tracking him.

That attack was probably intended to test Kasahara's true strength and shift the object of suspicion to Izumi Ringo.

The next plan was to kidnap Kasahara, but they didn't expect Hirosue Yoshimiya to interfere and make their kidnapping plan fail. They couldn't kill Kasahara directly, so they simply retreated on their own initiative, so that Ozaki could take the injured and weak Kasahara away by surprise.

At that time, the moon pattern on Ozaki's mask was half lit, which also meant that the three moon marks were integrated. They were Ozaki who killed Kusaka and inherited the power of the Moon Initiator, Sayuri who fell on Iki Island, and the missing Lisa.

The above are the speculations compiled by Guan Junyan.

"Did you overlook something?"

"You mean"

"Given the existence of Moon Shadow, they should be more than just passers-by, and we haven't seen Lisa's Moon Mark, so maybe she has nothing to do with the Moon Map."

Guan Junyan pondered for a moment. Indeed, it could even be said that many of the clues in his reasoning were vaguely helped by Yueying.

It's just that there's no need for Yueying to help him for no reason, unless it's in their interest.

What are they plotting?

Nerima District.

A quiet suburb.

In the gurgling river, a figure wearing a crescent mask jumped out of the water. It can be seen that his body is in a mess, as if he has just escaped from some attack.

"Failure, failure. He looks badly injured, but I just can't win." The man in the crescent mask sighed and patted his black robe a few times. After a gust of wind, the robe quickly dried.

The communication stone in his arms vibrated, and he coughed twice and connected it.

"Augustus, the power of the Chosen One is about the same as expected. Even if the number is stacked, the effect should not be significant. His recovery ability is too strong, and his enhanced ability is also weird."

"It doesn't matter. Someone will be more anxious than us."

"What about my next mission?"

"Protect the seeds. Something big is going to happen in Tokyo. The rest of the experimental samples can be discarded if necessary."

"I understand - I seem to be being watched. Let's talk later."

The man with the crescent-shaped mask hurriedly put back the communication stone and was about to jump into the river.

In just the next second, a tremendous cold air came with an exaggerated momentum, and the river water froze and spread rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, forming countless ice spikes.

The masked man immediately and decisively gave up his water escape and fled in another direction.

Just as if he had expected it, a figure appeared not far away and stared at him quietly in the dark.

Before the masked man could turn around, he heard a few whooshing sounds and then he was surrounded by three people who suddenly appeared.

"Wow, it seems my head is quite valuable." The man in the crescent mask laughed at himself, not seeming to be in a hurry. "Let me see, the painter, uh, drunkard Carl, and Mr. Li."

Louis remained silent, just looking at him quietly, as if preparing to sketch.

Carl stood casually with his hands on his hips, looking up and drinking vodka, with a smile on his face and cold eyes.

And Mr. Li took a few steps forward silently. The glacier behind him slowly gathered into a hideous monster, reflecting a cold light under the moonlight. The huge body lay on the side, making a lifelike threatening sound of ice friction towards the masked man.

"Baron, where is Lisa?"

"Lisa? Well, maybe you can give me some more detailed information, such as her appearance and measurements, so that it will be easier for me to help you find her. To be honest, I have seen at least eighty women with this name." The baron gently took off his mask and showed a sincere look.

Mr. Li nodded seriously: "Then help me find it in hell."

Click!

The glacier monster pounced forward.

Feng!
As the fire burned fiercely, the Baron used one hand to spurt out flames for defense, while with the other hand he quickly cut through the void and pulled out a giant beast that looked like a saber-toothed tiger with a nasty look.

Louis used his hand as a pen, and with just a few strokes, a huge rock suddenly appeared in the sky and smashed directly towards the giant tiger.

"Roar!"

The giant tiger felt pain but was not seriously injured. It roared and was about to pounce on Louis.

"Little fur boy, this is not your ecological chain!"

Carl threw down the bottle, and the exoskeleton of his right arm expanded rapidly. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a giant skeleton hand several meters long. With one punch, he knocked the giant tiger unconscious.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the Baron sighed and broke the mask helplessly. After a while of twisting, a person who seemed to be still sleeping suddenly appeared and replaced the Baron's place.

Then, the guy was swallowed by the glacier monster for no apparent reason and had no time to react. He was bitten to pieces by the ice spikes inside and turned into blood foam with a scream, and merged into the glacier.

The giant tiger roared angrily, no longer caring about the fight, turned around and dived into the ever-shrinking space-time crack, barely squeezing back.

The few people were not too surprised. They had encountered this situation more than once in the past few years, and they always had various ways of escape.

(End of this chapter)