Chapter 42: Master Luo and the occult
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"Oh? Oh!!"
When Luo Shu called on him, Kiyonaga Matsumoto froze for a moment before realizing he was being addressed.
It could not be helped. Luo Shu's precise prediction really was rather uncanny.
Especially after Yomi Isayama had blurted out, "A divination sorcerer skilled at observing other people's fates." That made it seem even more uncanny.
Could there really be Special Ability Users on the mystical side who could see other people's fates? And did Luo Shu, standing before him, happen to be one of them?
In that case, he absolutely could not afford to offend him. After all, if some great calamity ever befell him, he would have to count on Luo Shu to give him a warning.
Among senior Metropolitan Police Department officials, occult practices were very popular. After all, Japan's culture of worshipping Buddhas and spirits had an equally long history.
For instance, several senior officials Kiyonaga Matsumoto knew had such inclinations.
And if he invited Luo Shu, a genuine professional, to read those officials' fortunes... At that thought, Kiyonaga Matsumoto immediately coughed and called out to Juzo Megure:
"Megure, hurry and brief Mr. Luo Shu on the situation at the time. Oh, right, I recall you saying earlier that you submitted a report."
Juzo Megure, who had been about to explain that the report was not ready and that Miwako Sato and Wataru Takagi would need to brief them as the investigators at the scene, was dumbfounded.
Would he not know whether he had written a report?
But with his superior saying that, Juzo Megure could only bite the bullet.
"I believe so. I submitted the report just after arriving at work this morning."
Beside him, Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato looked as though they had seen a