The Greatest Wish

He Xiaoxiao is in "a group".

Zard: "Come on, everyone, let's all have some gossip! Breaking news! Chosen One tried to ambush that powerful figure in Takayama Hida, but ended up getting himself killed. Now the Mysterious Affairs Department is going crazy; about 80% of them are rushing there. Life detectors have been set up at all border crossings, and everyone is being screened. This includes all cargo ships. Before, it was just random checks, but now everyone is being checked. Anyone who isn't checked isn't allowed to leave port."

The Chuang Wang: "Is it really that outrageous? Did they kill the crown prince of the Age of Gods?"

Zard: "He wasn't the Kamishiro Unichi prince, but his status wasn't bad either. The old guy who was killed was named Kamishiro Seisho, who was the real power behind the family. Ever heard of the Ten Eunuchs? He was one of them."

Shancheng Laziji: "Aren't the Ten Eunuchs the ten most powerful eunuchs in ancient China?"

Zard: "The Kamiyo Ten Eunuchs is a nickname given to these ten powerful figures in the Divine Era by some Time Walker. They are all favorites of the Divine Era patriarch, each speaking in a sarcastic tone, and each wielding considerable power... It was this Kamishiro Seisho previously facilitated the marriage alliance between the Kamishiro Corporation and the Kashima, Kei, and Chen families. Now, his precious son, who finally managed to possess the body, has been murdered. No Time Walker from the Mysterious Affairs Department dares to take responsibility for this."

It was this Kamishiro Seisho, who orchestrated the marriage between Kamishiro Kono and Qing Chen.

Qing Bao: "As far as I know, according to the operating guidelines of the Mysterious Affairs Department, they would never mobilize so many people to target just one person. Who exactly is this person?"

Zard: "Hehe, I heard that this person has the ability to shake the foundation of Onmyoji, but I don't know anything else."

The Chuang Wang: "How do you know all this so clearly?"

Zard: "You know nothing of my power."

At this moment, Jingshan, who had been silent for an unknown period of time, suddenly said, "According to the records of the 'Observer,' before the Age of Gods came to the Federation continent, they were vassals of another family. In that era, that family controlled all the Onmyoji traditions, and all the families outside of that family practiced the cultivation techniques that the Age of Gods is currently passing down."

Zard: "Oh ho, the big shot from the sidelines has come out and spilled the beans."

Jian Shou Qing: "What is a bystander?"

Zard: "You're clearly someone who hasn't entered the core of the Inner World. Although the Bystanders organization is hidden, almost everyone in high society knows about it. Its predecessor was the investigative journalism team of Hope Media, which later spun off an armed force with the aim of recording historical truth. They keep a low profile within the Federation, with no headquarters, no leader, and each Bystander is independent."

Jian Shou Qing: "Wait, why would investigative journalists need to be armed...?"

Zard: "It seems... because there was once an investigative journalist named Jiang Xu who was murdered by a conglomerate. Not only Jiang Xu, but many investigative journalists have died from conspiracies and violence, and the bystanders couldn't stand it anymore."

Jingshan: "According to records from the first generation of observers, only those of the most noble bloodlines could become Onmyoji at that time. They were the rulers of the entire Eastern Crossing people. It is said that they could not only summon shikigami, but also transform animals and humans who had resentment before their death into powerful shikigami. In other words, they had the ability to create shikigami."

Huan Yu: "Wait, the current Kamishiro Family doesn't have the ability to create shikigami. As far as I know, the Kamishiro Family hasn't had a new shikigami for hundreds of years. Moreover, the Kamishiro Family's history and the Federation's history have never mentioned the family you're talking about."

Jingshan: "This is the significance of the Bystander Organization's existence. As long as the Bystander Organization exists, they can never erase that history, including the 112 massacres of villages they committed after crossing the sea to the east. That family did exist, but during the crossing, they were betrayed by the current Kamishiro Family and all sank into the Forbidden Sea. At that time, Kamishiro's surname wasn't Kamishiro, it was Oda."

Huan Yu: "Didn't anyone from that family survive?"

Jingshan: "There are no records of it. It is said that as long as one of them is alive, the rule of the Age of Gods will be shaken. At first, the first observers thought it was a matter of 'legitimacy of power,' but later they discovered that it was a problem of the source of power. The bloodline of this family seems to be special, and one person can control all the shikigami."

Zard: "Hiss! This is the voice-over I provided for you guys!"

Huan Yu: "... Don't do it a second time!"

The Chuang Wang asked, "Jingshan must be Boss Zheng, right? I'm curious, if this formidable man is one of our own, will Jiuzhou and Kunlun lend a hand to him?"

Forbidden Item ACE-999: "On its way."

He Xiaoxiao's group suddenly fell silent. None of the group members expected that this time, Jiuzhou would not avoid suspicion and would choose to directly rescue her.

Why?

Who exactly is that formidable figure who would make Jiuzhou go to such lengths?

Chuang Wang: "However, there must be at least five thousand, if not ten thousand, people from the Mysterious Affairs Department hunting him down. This formidable man must be in a terrible state now. I wonder if he'll be able to wait Boss He comes to rescue him."

Night falls.

"Is it good?" Qing Chen asked with a smile.

Jingūji Maki stood in the amusement park, holding a box of takoyaki in her hand, her mouth stuffed full. "Delicious!"

No one expected that, just when everyone thought Qing Chen and Jingūji Maki were fleeing in a sorry state, the boy actually led the little girl into the amusement park.

Simply because the little girl said she had never been to an amusement park.

"Master, aren't we running for our lives? Why don't we leave? It's too dangerous to stay in the city," Xiao Zhenji said in a low voice.

"Don't worry, the most dangerous place is the safest place," Qing Chen said with a smile as he fired his gun at the row of balloons in front of him.

According to the rules, hitting nine out of ten bullets will earn you the biggest doll.

Ordinary people can't hit it.

But Qing Chen is no ordinary person.

To be honest, he didn't expect to use his absolute gun sense here. The air gun's trajectory was a bit off, but he corrected it after firing the first shot.

Every shot that followed missed its mark.

Seeing him playing like that, the shop owner's face immediately fell. "How about taking the kid to ride the Ferris wheel? Just a friendly reminder, if you go on the Ferris wheel at this time, you're sure to see the most beautiful fireworks."

Qing Chen smiled. He used to shoot to kill people, but now he actually felt that practicing his marksmanship for so long was worthwhile, all in order to get a doll for Xiao Zhenji: "Let's go ride the Ferris wheel."

Jingūji Maki struggled for a long time. She knew that it was dangerous for her master to come to the amusement park for her sake, but she found it hard to resist the temptation to ride the Ferris wheel.

She had only ever seen that kind of thing on TV.

At night, the Ferris wheel lights up with colorful lights and slowly turns, creating a beautiful scene.

Qing Chen looked at Xiao Zhenji. He had three reasons for coming to the amusement park. First, it was indeed relatively safe here, and the Mysterious Affairs Department probably wouldn't expect him to come here.

Secondly, he genuinely wanted to make amends for Xiao Zhenji's fate, to give her a beautiful childhood memory, since this was her hometown, a hometown she would never be able to return to in the future.

He wanted to help Xiao Zhenji remember some scenery and some flavors.

Thirdly, they cannot go directly to Hokkaido yet.

The Mysterious Affairs Department did not have Qing Chen's photo because he had changed his appearance again using Da Fu and also changed the identity document that Si Nianhua had prepared for him.

When Qing Chen booked the hot spring hotel, he specifically used the internet to make the reservation, just to leave a clue for the Mysterious Affairs Department.

Therefore, the people on the wanted posters issued by the Mysterious Affairs Department have absolutely no connection to Qing Chen at this moment.

The Mysterious Affairs Department also did not have a photo of Jingūji Maki, because she was too young and did not have any identification documents, only basic household registration information.

However, the Mysterious Affairs Department was able to find Jingūji Maki's mother.

By this time, they must have already sent people to Hokkaido to listen in and monitor Xiao Zhenji's mother.

Not many people will be sent, since the mother remarried long ago, and normally Qing Chen wouldn't help the little girl see her mother one last time.

But a large organization like the Mysterious Affairs Department would never make such a basic mistake as completely abandoning this lead.

To be honest, rationally speaking, the thing Qing Chen should do right now is to find a way to return to China.

But he insisted on giving it a try.

The interest from everything he suffered at A02 Base, and everything the Qing clan's intelligence personnel suffered at A02 Base, is still not enough.

Qing Chen held the little girl's hand and rode onto the Ferris wheel. As they gradually rose to the highest point, the amusement park's nighttime fireworks show began.

The little girl hugged a teddy bear as tall as herself, leaned against the window, and watched the dazzling fireworks with her mouth agape in amazement.

Qing Chen sat quietly, the fireworks casting alternating shadows on his face.

For some reason, he was even happier than Xiao Zhenji.

Suddenly, the little girl stopped screaming and quietly pressed herself against the window, tears streaming down her face onto the floor.

"What's wrong?" Qing Chen asked. "Are you feeling a little sad because you're thinking about having to go back to the RV for training tonight? I told you, you've already watched an hour of cartoons today."

Xiao Zhenji wiped away her tears. "No, Master, I'm just too happy."

"Hmm?" Qing Chen raised an eyebrow.

The little girl turned to look at Qing Chen, behind whom was a grand and dazzling display of fireworks.

She said, "Didn't my master ask me what my biggest wish was? A few days ago I said it was a secret."

"Hmm," Qing Chen said calmly.

"Once, I burned my hand while cooking over a fire. Thinking about how my mother had also left me, I asked my grandmother why my life was so bitter and whether it would always be this bitter. If so, then why was I born into this world?"

"Grandma comforted me, saying that some things I'm going to experience in life are inevitable. Everyone comes into this world after reading their own script. I must have felt that there were worthwhile things in this script for me to choose to come into this world in this identity."

"At that time, my biggest wish was to quickly encounter something worthwhile, and now I have."

Qing Chen gently patted Xiao Zhenji's head. He looked up at the night sky and thought of his grandmother, whom he had never greeted, and how she had worked hard.