Jiangcheng
Supernatural Resurgence: I Return from the Naruto World
Biodata
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Jiangcheng (江城) |
| Type | City 14 |
| Population | Approximately one million 20 28 |
| Characterization | Described as a remote city by Su Qianxue and a small city by Wang Zhenshan 14 29 |
| Local Supernatural Defense | Jiangcheng Paranormal Bureau 21 |
| Recognized Guardian | Lin Jin, designated in the Paranormal Bureau’s records after saving the city 29 |
| Status | Saved from an S-Rank Weird Domain; supernatural incidents and Dark Moon activity continue afterward 27 33 46 |
Geography & Locations
Jiangcheng contains an old district, residential compounds, schools, hospitals, industrial sites, and unfinished developments. Azure Glow Mountain lies east of the city 11 15 20.
| Location | Description and Significance |
|---|---|
| People’s Square | Site of a blood-red sacrificial array and the rift connecting Jiangcheng to an S-Rank Weird Domain. Bureau personnel later patrol the area during recovery operations 23 24 29. |
| Jiangcheng Paranormal Bureau | Local supernatural-response headquarters, with a command center, team conference rooms, offices, and an infirmary 5 8 10 21. |
| Jiangcheng Orphanage | Where Lin Jin and Zhou Yan grew up together 32. |
| Jiangcheng No. 3 Middle School | A public secondary school with a thirty-year history. Classes are suspended after four students disappear into a Mirror Demon’s space 8 9. |
| Purple Garden Villa District | Residential district in eastern Jiangcheng. Lin Jin moves into a villa here after receiving it as a reward for saving the city 29 30 34. |
| Sunshine Garden Residential Compound | Located in the old district. A B-rank Resentful Shadow haunts apartment 502 in building seven, entrance three, before Zhou Yan destroys it 33. |
| Old Place Barbecue | Small restaurant operating for over a decade, with seven or eight tables. Lin Jin and Zhou Yan have been regulars since high school 8. |
| Old-district private kitchen restaurant | Quiet restaurant with five or six tables where Su Qianxue treats Lin Jin to lunch 11. |
| Old hospital site | Northern site targeted during the sacrificial crisis. Fang Rou later establishes temporary shelters nearby for residents who have lost their homes 21 29. |
| Dark Moon base and outposts | Covert facilities on Jiangcheng’s outskirts used by Old Seven, Old Nine, and visiting operatives 32 34. |
| Azure Glow Mountain | Mountain east of Jiangcheng where Lin Jin encounters the Saber-toothed Thunder Tiger. Bureau agents later investigate abnormal energy there 15 20. |
Local Defense
Jiangcheng Paranormal Bureau
The Bureau investigates hauntings, rescues civilians, treats injured agents, and coordinates responses to supernatural emergencies. Its command center monitors paranormal energy signals across the city 5 8 21.
| Personnel / Unit | Role |
|---|---|
| Chen Zhenshan | Bureau director; a middle-stage Domain Realm expert who takes command during the citywide crisis 21. |
| Su Qianxue — Team A | Operations leader at the peak Source Energy Stage, with an S-rank spatial ability. Assigned to confront the threat at the southern school 21. |
| Fang Rou — Team B | Operations leader at the peak Source Energy Stage, with an A-rank ice ability. Leads the response at the northern hospital site 21. |
| Chen Feng — Team C | Captain of the five-person team comprising Zhou Yan, Liu Yang, Li Tong, and Sun Hao. Handles the middle-school disappearance investigation 8. |
| Reserve personnel | Mobilized during the sacrificial crisis, though most are only at the Awakening Stage and cannot safely confront B-rank threats 21. |
- Response limits: During the twelve-site attack, the Bureau reports only four squads available. Reinforcements from the provincial capital require at least an hour, while the ritual is expected to finish within twenty minutes 21.
- Lin Jin’s assistance: He repeatedly intervenes in local incidents and ultimately defeats the S-rank threat beyond the Bureau’s ability to contain 11 27.
- Demon Suppression Bureau support: Wang Zhenshan acknowledges that its reinforcements arrived too late for the crisis. He subsequently recruits Lin Jin as a specially appointed consultant with optional missions 29 30.
History
Early Supernatural Incidents
Su Qianxue voluntarily transfers to Jiangcheng to escape pressure over her arranged marriage to Zhao Ming and gain the strength to determine her own future. By the time Zhou Yan discusses her circumstances with Lin Jin, she has been in the city for almost six months 14 31.
Several local cases bring Lin Jin into contact with the Paranormal Bureau. He destroys a C-rank Shadow Wraith, frees agents from lingering Nightmare illusions, and kills a B-rank Skin-Shedding Ghost outside a school. The latter attack follows Team C’s rescue of four students from a Mirror Demon at Jiangcheng No. 3 Middle School 8 9 11.
Dark Moon also takes an interest in Lin Jin. After he kills two Source Energy Stage members sent to recruit him, Old Seven and Old Nine refer the matter to their superiors. Meanwhile, Bureau reports warn of increasing supernatural activity around Jiangcheng, followed by the sudden disappearance of visible Dark Moon activity 13 18.
Dark Moon’s Sacrificial Crisis
On a full-moon night, Dark Moon activates twelve sacrificial sites across Jiangcheng. Eight B-rank and four A-rank energy signatures resonate as parts of a formation intended to turn the city into an S-Rank Weird Domain, sacrificing its million residents 20.
| Phase | Events |
|---|---|
| Citywide activation | Sites emerge at factories, unfinished buildings, schools, hospitals, and residential areas beneath an eerie dark-red moon 20 21. |
| Emergency mobilization | Chen Zhenshan orders agents to delay the entities despite insufficient personnel and the late arrival of reinforcements 21. |
| Lin Jin’s intervention | Lin Jin creates eleven shadow clones, allowing his original body and clones to respond to all twelve locations 21. |
| Street-level battles | His attacks eliminate entities throughout the city. He also rescues Fang Rou from Bone Ghost and Su Qianxue from Spider Woman 21 22. |
| People’s Square ritual | Lin Jin kills three A-rank entities, but their energy is absorbed by the ritual array. Jiangcheng shakes, a blood-red moon appears, and a rift opens to an S-Rank Weird Domain 23 24. |
| Domain destruction | Lin Jin kills the King of Ten Thousand Corpses and uses Dust Release to disintegrate the domain and its connection to Jiangcheng. The rift vanishes and the normal night sky returns 27. |
Rescue & Recovery
Chen Zhenshan thanks Lin Jin on behalf of the Bureau and Jiangcheng’s million citizens. Bureau teams then work through the night clearing remains, searching for trapped residents, repairing damaged buildings, distributing supplies, and reassuring the public. Fang Rou establishes shelters near the old hospital, while Su Qianxue patrols People’s Square 28 29.
By three in the morning, the city’s Weird aura has completely dissipated. Bureau records designate Lin Jin as Jiangcheng’s guardian, and the Bureau and city authorities reward him with a villa and fifty million 29.
Continued Faction Activity
The destruction of the domain draws attention from national Bureau officials, the Su and Zhao Clans, and Blood Momentum. Zhou Jianguo orders improved benefits for Lin Jin and cautions against offending him. Zhao Ming recalls Zhao Cheng, while Su Qishan authorizes discreet assistance from Su Clan personnel in Jiangcheng 32.
Dark Moon’s local accumulated resources are reported wiped out, but Old Seven and Old Nine remain active at an outskirts base. Headquarters orders them to monitor Lin Jin while awaiting stronger operatives. Blood Momentum separately sends Blood Twelve to observe him; after being defeated and having his recruitment offer rejected, Blood Twelve is later instructed to return and help discreetly if necessary 32 33 37 46.
Ordinary casework also resumes: Zhou Yan destroys the Resentful Shadow at Sunshine Garden. Dark Moon subsequently targets him to lure Lin Jin out, attacking his team, badly injuring its other four members, and leaving Zhou Yan missing 33 39 46.