Nagazawa's Suggestion

At a hot spring inn, in a spacious room.

Yang Jian had changed out of his foul-smelling clothes and was wearing a loose, local-style bathrobe. He sat casually on the tatami, staring ahead with cold, calm eyes devoid of the slightest emotional fluctuation, like a statue.

Keiko, dressed in a similar bathrobe, knelt beside him with her head slightly lowered.

Nagazawa was also in the room. He said nothing, merely watching the television that had successfully connected, a smile on his face.

Using the Spirit Extermination Society's phone, they had connected with President Mishima and were holding a small meeting.

This meeting had not been proposed by Yang Jian, but by President Mishima.

"We already know the general course of events. I must ask Mr. Yang to trouble himself once more and resolve this Ghost Knocking incident. Please, we are already very close to success. With Mr. Yang's abilities, I believe you can certainly do it."

On the television screen, President Mishima knelt on the floor and spoke with utmost sincerity.

"It isn't that easy. This isn't just a single paranormal incident. Based on the situation earlier, I should have succeeded, but another paranormal incident interfered. One of the rotten human heads I had was lost. Of course, I'm not saying this because I want compensation. I'm saying that the next operation will be even more difficult."

Yang Jian spoke coldly.

"You know exactly how Sakai died. He was killed by a ghost without any warning, without even time to react. That killing pattern is terrifying."

"Also, I found the corpse of one of your society members inside a house in Kobe City. He was wearing a suit and had been dead for days, becoming a paranormal incident. Mr. Sakai, I imagine you already know about this. These signs show