Chapter 335

"Disaster."

"It's hard to say." Seele shook her head and said, "This place is not quite what we know. According to the information, that person called Kannonji seems to have some skills. He's not just a charlatan trying to fool people. His shows are known for their 'authenticity.' Moreover, this show is said to be the same as before, without any prior arrangements. In order to increase the so-called authenticity, he's allowing the public to participate in the filming."

Sir advised, "So, Sister Mei, go and see if you might find anything unexpected. Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't find anything, right?"

"Just think of it as watching a monkey show."

Monkey shows...

Li Pu wasn't particularly interested in this, but since Seele had suggested it, there was no harm in going to check it out. If there was anything special, he might gain something; otherwise, it would just be like watching a monkey show.

Yes, this kind of monkey show is quite rare.

Going to see it won't hurt either way.

"When will that show premiere?" Li Pu finally asked, showing interest.

"Next week," Ying Yi said. "Tang Kannonji said they specifically chose a weekend evening next week so that more people could participate."

"The weekend?" Li Pu had a bad feeling as soon as he heard that.

"I just feel... well, if it's hard to say..."

"If this guy really has something going for him."

"Then it's almost certainly true..."

Something needs to happen.

Chapter 388 Oh, they're all here!

In any world, the supernatural seems inseparable from horror.

"If we're just talking about set design and atmosphere," Li Pu commented casually, "That guy from Kannonji is actually a decent person."

Although the Kannonji chose to hold its opening ceremony on a weekend, the specific time of day chosen was Sunday. Japan's weekend schedule is largely the same as China's. A two-day weekend starts on Saturday and ends on Sunday. Furthermore, the Kannonji chose to hold its opening ceremony at 11 PM.

Because people need to go to work or school the next day, there aren't many people who can go to the hospital near Kannonji at this time.

"He's a very smart guy," Li Pu said, arms crossed. "By using the time difference to reduce the number of people present, he can ensure that there are some passersby involved while also ensuring that there aren't too many people here."

From this perspective alone, this guy does have some brains.

"I feel like Vivian is overthinking things," Ying Yi said, scratching her head. "It's probably just a time slot, and these kinds of live paranormal shows are usually scheduled for this time period."

"It's not that I'm overthinking things," Li Pu said, shaking his head. "It's that you're underthinking things. There aren't that many coincidences in the world."

"Sigh... alright." Ying Yi and said, "Speaking of which, why didn't Mr. Kevin and Seele come along?"

"Why?" Li Pu didn't answer Ying Yi directly, but seeing the slightly bitter look on Ying Yi's face, he said, "Are you worried that Kevin will get jealous and cause you trouble, right?"

"Uh..." Ying Yi didn't know how to answer, but if she really had to say, that was it.

"Don't worry about anything," Li Pu shrugged. "Don't worry, I won't disturb your time with Belldandy. But you should keep a close eye on Belldandy. I'm worried Belldandy might cause some unnecessary trouble."

Li Pu's expression gradually turned serious as he looked at the hospital in front of him.

"Is there a problem?" Ying Yi asked curiously.

Anyway, he couldn't tell anything.

"Maybe Seele is right," Li Pu said. "If it's not a coincidence, then that Kannonji either has some real skills or is just incredibly lucky to have chosen this location."

"This place is shrouded in an ominous aura," Belldandy said. "It's very likely that there's some very powerful earthbound spirit here, and the Ley Line that pass through here also seem to have been corrupted."

"It's probably not just contamination," Li Pu said seriously. "If he's absorbing the power of the Ley Line, then this guy is likely the strongest enemy we've ever faced."

The greatest enemy, though that enemy has not yet appeared. It should be lurking somewhere in this hospital, but it has already begun to warn those who approach, warning them not to come any closer.

"The strongest?" Ying Yi swallowed hard and said, "Ley Line?"

"Oh, right." Belldandy knew Ying Yi wouldn't understand, so she explained, "It's a special power that's found all over the Earth. Ley Line nourish every living thing on this planet, just like rivers. Where there are Ley Line, there is life."

"Ley Line can nurture life, but if they are stolen, occupied, or even contaminated by evil Ley Line power will greatly enhance the power of the evil entities."

"I understand," Ying Yi said, looking at the building in front of him. "That means there's a powerful evil entity hidden here, and it's drawing power from the Ley Line! This might be the most powerful enemy we've ever faced."

"If that's the case," Ying Yi, a little anxious. She had already witnessed the destruction caused by those evil creatures.

"If Tang Kannonji disturbs that evil entity, all the people who come here to watch will get hurt, right?"

"Not if," Li Pu added, "But definitely, that guy will definitely alert the evil entity. As for the evil entity, judging from the principle that a dog that bites doesn't bark, this evil entity is not only powerful but also troublesome."

At least for now, Li Pu can only sense the threat posed by the Honkai Beast but cannot locate its position.

But that Tang Kannonji is a different story. I came here without even getting close to the hospital and didn't notice anything unusual, yet this Tang Kannonji, located all the way from Tokyo, can directly set up its next paranormal adventure here. Either they've got incredible luck, or they really do have something special.

Whether he has some real skill or just pure luck, as long as he continues, he will find the evil object much faster than I do.

And...

"They've arrived too." Li Pu suddenly spotted a group of familiar figures among the onlookers.

"You're not that..."

Before Li Pu could speak, the orange-haired man among the familiar faces spoke first.

"It's Goddess." It was Ichigo Kurosaki who spoke, looking somewhat reluctant. "Could it be that Goddess would like such strange things?"

"Hmm~" Just as Ichigo finished speaking, a scruffy-bearded middle-aged man rudely approached. He carefully examined Li Pu and Belldandy for a few minutes before his face flushed slightly. He then put his arm around Ichigo's neck and said, "Oh~ my dear son, it seems we need to have a father-son conversation."

"How did you come to know such a beautiful woman?"

"She's definitely a very pretty older sister." Another girl with short, light brown hair also came over to observe Li Pu and Belldandy closely and said, "But she looks like she's a college student, right?"

"Enough already!" Ichigo seemed unable to hold back and exploded, saying, "There's nothing like what you're thinking."

"They're just ordinary friends I know."

"Ordinary..." those people emphasized, seemingly not quite believing it.

"It's just an ordinary person," Li Pu explained. "Besides, we've only met once before. And even if they were looking for me, they wouldn't be looking for someone younger than me."

As soon as he finished speaking, the bearded man looked expectant.

"I would definitely not date a man with children," Li Pu added.

The uncle was immediately disappointed.

"They look like a family of Death Gods," Belldandy observed. "It's really rare to see the whole family of Death Gods coming to the human world. Are they here for this too? These two little girls don't seem to be very strong; they seem rather dangerous."

"Huh? What?" The girl with short, light brown hair seemed not to understand.

Only the girl with short black hair tugged at Ichigo's clothes and whispered, "Brother, is this someone you know?"

"They... seem..."

"It's glowing!"

Glowing? If I hadn't noticed it before, my sister's reminder made it clear. At night, the two Goddess seemed to be enveloped in a silvery light, exuding an aura of holiness and mystery.

"That's their characteristic," Lucia said as she stepped forward. "Although they are life forms composed of extremely high levels of spiritual particles, just like us, their spiritual particle density is even higher. They can be seen directly by ordinary people without the need for artificial bodies. However, if you can see their spirit bodies, you can also see the special light emanating from them."

As could be seen directly by ordinary people, Ichigo Kurosaki's gaze darted back and forth between Li Pu and Belldandy before finally settling on Keiichi Ying Yi.

"Eh? A god?" The black-haired girl seemed surprised, but she was even more surprised by Lucia beside her.

"Lucia can see souls too? Lucia seems to understand it very well."

"Huh? Hmm." Lucia didn't seem to realize that the black-haired girl could see spirits, and for a moment she didn't know what to say.

'By the way, Karin can see.' Although this wasn't the first time Ichigo had learned that his sister could see spirits, it also meant that she might be involved in these matters.

Ichigo was still worried when he saw his sister walk up to the inconspicuous boy between the two Goddess.

He put his hands together as if he were saying something, and then clapped his hands twice.

"This..." Ying Yi said awkwardly, "Little sister..."

"Goddess ~ The real Goddess." Karin said, seemingly very happy. "This is the first time I've ever met a real Goddess. So, the big brother who can be with two Goddess must be very powerful. So please accept my humble request and bless Ichigo-nii Ichigo peace and safety."

Karin looked very devout, so devout that Ying Yi felt quite embarrassed.

"Um, um..." Morisato Ying Yi saw Ichigo's gaze fall on her, and said, "Although Vivian and Belldandy are both Goddess, I'm just an ordinary person..."

"It's only recently that we've been able to see some strange things."

'An ordinary person...' Ichigo who could walk with Goddess didn't seem like an ordinary person at all. But after looking closely for a long time, he couldn't seem to see anything special about them; they really did seem to be just an ordinary person.

"Speaking of which," Li Pu said, showing no interest in such topics or blessings, she instead asked, "What are you doing here?"

"You're interested in this kind of thing too?"

"It's my dad and sister," Ichigo said. "If it were just me, I'd probably prefer to stay home and sleep. I have school tomorrow."

"Ah~" Li Pu said, quite understanding of Ichigo, "Actually, I'm the same way, but..."

"Now it looks different," she said, pointing to the abandoned hospital. "Can you spot what's hidden inside?"

"Hidden?" Ichigo seemed oblivious.

"Well, it's okay if you don't notice," Li Pu said. "Let's see which master comes. If he's lucky."

"I reckon they'll find that thing for us soon."

"By the way, where are your friends? Why didn't they come?"

Chapter 389 This Silly Guy

The main characters, the main characters of the Bleach world, appeared at just the right time after Li Pu finished asking his questions.

Ichigo Kurosaki, Orihime Inoue, Uryu Ishida, and Chad Yasutora. Of course, there were also supporting characters who came with them, but Li Pu couldn't remember any of them.

I wasn't particularly interested in getting to know them, and the show was about to start.

Tang Kannonji might have some merit, but this person is also a program producer or actor; he couldn't possibly Independent Action. Even before the person appeared, a television broadcast van—or something called a broadcast van—had already arrived at the scene.

Although the show never sets up the scenes in advance, there are still some basic setups.

For example, camera positions, fill lights, and the like.

"It's started," Li Pu said, his brow furrowed. "Those staff members are being treated as intruders."

As the crew, carrying fill lights and cameras, approached the hospital, the previously silent threat transformed into a piercing, mournful scream. This sudden, inexplicable scream, combined with the dilapidated building, created an even more terrifying atmosphere. Surprisingly, many timid onlookers quickly left.

What had initially appeared to be a large crowd of onlookers dwindled to a few sparse individuals after the cries of anguish.

"That mournful cry," Belldandy said, as if she had picked up on something. "They seem to be bound here by something, filled with obsession and resentment."

"They?" Li Pu only felt that it was jarring but he couldn't quite understand what it meant, but Belldandy's words made Li Pu feel something was off.

This is a plural word, meaning that the piercing sound just now wasn't one, but multiple? This gave Li Pu a real headache, as the hospital was a place where life and death were intertwined.

Countless new lives are born here, and countless lives also leave here. Not all life wants to die and leave this world.

It's not surprising that there are so many souls who died because they were obsessed with this world in a hospital.

"Ley Line, obsessions, swarms." Li Pu muttered, "Looks like a fierce battle."

"If that's the case," Ying Yi said, looking even more worried, "Let's talk to the people on the show and stop this live broadcast as soon as possible. That should reduce a lot of unnecessary danger."

"And then?" Li Pu asked in return after hearing the question. "And then just leave it here and ignore it?"

"Eh..." Ying Yi didn't say anything.

"Mr. Ying Yi," Li Pu said seriously, "If we leave it here to develop unchecked, the outcome will only be worse. We can organize a live broadcast, but this thing will exist forever. If it continues to absorb the power of the Ley Line and pollute Ley Line, it will ultimately lead to even more disastrous results, just like Fukushima..."

Li Pu originally wanted to cite the example of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, which Japan had managed to turn a small matter into a major one.

But then I thought that such a thing probably hasn't happened in the world yet, so I let it go.

"Now that we're here, let's resolve this matter once and for all," Li Pu said. "Although it's a bit late now and we can't nip the danger in the bud, at least we can nip it in the bud while we still have the ability to control it. This is for the safety of the people of Katsumi City, isn't it, Mr. Ying Yi?"

Ying Yi isn't a bad person; he's more of an ordinary person. Although he's not the protagonist of a shonen manga, he and the group...

They all have the heart of a hero.

"Mr. Ying Yi," Li Pu said, pulling Ying Yi into his group, "Can you hear me?"

Ying Yi; he had never experienced this kind of communication before. It wasn't like hearing a voice, but rather like the voice or information directly entering his brain. Ying Yi was startled by this strange way of communicating, and he just nodded blankly.

"Okay, then I'll have to trouble Ying Yi with something." Li Pu said, "Ying Yi, you can see those spirits now, right? Find a telescope and climb up to a high place, preferably one where you can see directly from here."