Where Are My Sixty Men? Please Vote

()

Jiang Xia attached his consciousness to the puppet and moved its limbs slightly.

Besides Shikigami, the materials used to construct the puppet also included Ghost Fetus.

Ghosts naturally possessed Night Vision, so the puppet could naturally see in complete darkness as well.

The pitch-black, shadowy forest was even clearer in Jiang Xia's eyes than it was under the blazing midday sun.

He surveyed the vast woods. After thinking for a moment, he headed toward a mountain path trampled out by tourists.

The remark Amuro Tooru had made while "chatting" earlier had not only been heard by Watanuki Tatsuzo's underlings. Jiang Xia had heard it too.

And Jiang Xia felt that as long as Watanuki Tatsuzo had even a little analytical ability, he could use the information Amuro Tooru had provided to narrow the search area down to several points where the paths commonly used by tourists intersected with the area roughly ten minutes from the summit. That would be where the underlings gathered.

More than ten minutes later.

Jiang Xia discovered with slight delight that he had indeed found a target to entertain himself with.

—He headed straight for the underling who occasionally looked up at the treetops and occasionally down at the roots, seemingly helping Watanuki Tatsuzo search for the red handkerchief.

Yamada Ken had been following Watanuki Tatsuzo for ten years. He had always worried over his boss's worries and treated Watanuki Tatsuzo's orders as his own mission. He was a qualified, loyal old subordinate.

Not long ago, he had received a call from Watanuki Tatsuzo.

"I just got word from Konno—a Detective noticed a faded red handkerchief in a nearby tree while heading up the mountain," Watanuki Tatsuzo said.

"That means the target maple tree should be somewhere within the strip about ten minutes from