I loaded the geek game

Chapter 761 Swallowing Gold
Present world, Nagoya.

In a high-end apartment building.

Ryuichi Ozaki sat on the sofa in his spacious living room, staring at a pile of documents in a daze.

He was still the same as before, wearing bright clothes, and the necklace, watch and even ear cuffs he wore were all very expensive.

However, the original flamboyant expression was no longer on his face, and was replaced by depression.

"Long Yi, what are you looking at?"

Perhaps realizing Ozaki's distress, a strange figure appeared beside Ozaki and asked.

It was a female rat in human form.

Perhaps Fury would be a more appropriate description.

The silver-gray hair is soft and smooth, and two gray-pink ears stand on both sides of the head. She is wearing a green cloak decorated with leaves, which has the breath of the mountains and forests. Apart from the cloak, the clothes underneath are revealing, which makes her figure graceful.

One of Ozaki Ryuichi's two shikigami, a beautiful lady.

"Some reports from the company."

"You've never watched these before... Is there something wrong?"

"There is a big problem at the company." Ozaki smiled bitterly.

Meirenyang doesn't understand business management and doesn't know how to comfort her Yin-Yang Master.

The topic remained at a standstill for a while until a noisy sound of something falling to the ground was heard from the direction of the study.

Beauty: "Achang is licking things again, I'll go talk to her."

"Yeah." After the beauty walked away, Ozaki Ryuichi glanced at the pile of information again, and moved closer to the sofa with a worried look, "No wonder my dad gave me less pocket money this year..."

This rich young man has lived a life of luxury since he was born, enjoying luxury cars and mansions at his disposal, and has rarely felt as depressed as he does now.

As Meirenyang said, he had never worried about matters related to the family business before.

Instead, when he just came of age, he came into contact with the mysterious circle of exorcists, and by chance he also became an exorcist.

Ryuichi Ozaki has a certain talent in exorcism, but he is lazy and unrestrained by nature, and has only dabbled in the art of exorcism.

To be honest, the biggest motivation for Ozaki to get involved in exorcism is the beautiful ghost story girl and... the Gehuan Yulingjutsu.

Of course, as a member of the exorcism industry, if the Countermeasures Office really needs him for anything, he will try his best to cooperate.

For example, more than a year ago, when we “suppressed earthquake catfish”——

That time, it was Sensei Kaisei, who taught Ozaki Ryuichi the Gasan Oreimujutsu, who personally asked Ozaki for help.

This rich young man did a great job in the crusade.

Relying on the beauty's appearance to control the rats to go deep underground, Ozaki Ryuichi successfully locked the location of the earthquake catfish.

After that, the ghost god disciple Kamiya Kawa displayed his magical powers and defeated the wild god earthquake catfish without any danger.

Ozaki was happy to do this kind of work as an auxiliary in the joint crusade. It felt like participating in an exciting adventure, and he was an auxiliary and did not have to go deep into the front line of the battlefield.

With a sense of participation, the safety of both yourself and your subordinates' shikigami is guaranteed to a certain extent.

Ryuichi Ozaki enjoyed it.

Anyway, being involved in the exorcism business is like this, for him it’s more like a hobby.

Originally, he thought that his life would continue like this, rich and not boring, with a lovely ghost story girl by his side.

But now, there have been some changes in Ryuichi Ozaki's life.

From the information page at hand, it can be seen that his family's industrial development is very sluggish.

Even a playboy like Ozaki Ryuichi who never cares about his own company has realized this, which means that there is really a big problem in the Ozaki family.

Ozaki House is located in Nagoya.

Nagoya is known as the third largest metropolitan area in Japan, but its economy and culture cannot compare with Tokyo and Osaka, and its tourism industry cannot compare with Hokkaido.

But there are a lot of rich people.

In addition, the young ladies from noble families in Nagoya seem to be famous, but the general impression of the young ladies here by the Japanese is that they are generous rather than ladies from noble families.

This stereotype may be related to the fact that the core industry of this place is heavy industry.

The Ozaki family, as a wealthy family in Nagoya, also started out by relying on industry and has continued to develop to this day.

His family's industries are concentrated in the Zhongjing Industrial Zone, and the main areas involved are non-ferrous metal manufacturing and shipbuilding.

According to Ryuichi Ozaki's current understanding, the non-ferrous metal industry, which is completely dependent on imported raw materials, has been greatly impacted by the continued depreciation of the Japanese yen.

As for the shipbuilding industry, theoretically, the export of ships is basically settled in US dollars, and the depreciation of the local currency is beneficial to the export of ships of the Ozaki family. However, the decline of the Japanese shipbuilding industry has not been a one-day or two-day thing, and even the depreciation of the yen exchange rate has not stimulated the growth of export orders.

In short, under the current economic environment, the two main industries of the Ozaki family have been suffering continuous losses year by year.

Also, I don’t know if it’s just because of bad luck.

The Ozaki family's business suffered losses much greater than other companies in the same industry.

Anyway, it's very miserable.

But to be honest, the shrinking value of the family business may not necessarily cause much change in Ryuichi Ozaki's life.

Considering the size of the Ozaki family, even if the company they run goes bankrupt, the private property accumulated under their name will still exist.

But perhaps due to the pressure brought by running a business, Ryuichi Ozaki could feel that his family was nervous.

This feeling has been particularly evident recently.

This somewhat affected Ryuichi Ozaki's mood.

"My dad also contacted me and told me that I must go back to my hometown with him today. Since I can remember, my family has rarely been back home. And he didn't say what he was going to do suddenly..."

Look, it's almost time.

Because of an appointment with his family, Ryuichi Ozaki has to go back to the countryside today.

His hometown is located in Gifu Prefecture, which is quite close to Shirakawa-go. However, due to its more remote location, it has not been developed into a tourist area like Shirakawa-go.

Generally speaking, it is a small mountain village with few people living in it.

Ryuichi Ozaki still doesn't know what his father is going to do when he suddenly tells him to go back with him.

No one has lived in the old house for a long time.

……

Arakawa District, Tokyo in the present world.

"Oh?"

Kamiyagawa, who was looking through materials related to Konzan Bikogami at home, stopped flipping through the papers.

In the corner of the table in front of him, the [Dowsing Needle] was placed.

Two days ago, the Kanayama Shrine was excavated in the Tomoyo Aoki Mine. After that, Kamiya temporarily took back the compass from Shikijiro and kept it with him.

In the past two days, whether in the ordinary world or in the real world, the pointer of the [Dowsing Needle] has been swinging around randomly and has never stopped.

And just now, Kamiya noticed that the swing of the pointer of the [Dowsing Needle] had weakened.

It no longer rotates 360 degrees randomly, but instead sways in a specific direction, forming a fan-shaped angle of approximately 60 degrees.

"It looks like something happened."

Kamiya put down the information in his hand.

The [Dowsing Needle] must be pointing at something, but although the compass is now a little more stable, the needle is still swaying slowly.

This way you can only know the approximate direction of the pointer from your own direction.

"Maybe it will be more stable after a while, but we should try to find it now."

In Kamiya's opinion, the thing pointed to by the [Dowsing Needle] is probably related to the Kinzan Biko God, and it is even possible that it is where the ancestor god of craftsmen is now.

Need to pay close attention.

Also, he had a feeling that the relationship between the Kinzan Shrine, the dowsing needle, and Kinzan Bikojin under the mine was not—

The dowsing needle pointed to the Kanayama Shrine, which was dug up, causing further unrest among the Kanayama Biko God, whose whereabouts were unknown.

But -

The Kinzan Biko God himself has undergone some strange changes, which has caused the spiritual power of the Kinzan Shrine to become agitated. The spiritual power of the shrine has affected the pointer needles that are also located in the Aoki Mine, so they are marked and pointed out.

Of course, no matter what the cause and effect are, as long as he follows the guidance of this compass, Kamiyagawa should be able to intervene in events related to Kinzan Bikoshin.

Picking up the [Dowsing Needle], Kamiya first quickly went to the Changshi.

It has been confirmed that after entering the ordinary world, the needle on the compass began to spin violently again.

After returning to the real world, the pointer's rotation amplitude will once again slow down and become a fan shape.

In other words, the things to be dealt with this time happened in the real world.

……

It was already night when Ryuichi Ozaki drove to his hometown in Gifu Prefecture.

This is a small village surrounded by mountains on three sides.

"I didn't expect that I would get lost even if I followed the navigation. This place is really too remote."

Ozaki took the wrong road when he came here, which caused a lot of delay.

Although he has a scout shikigami like Bijin-sama.

But the last time Ozaki returned to his hometown seemed to be when he was in his teens, and he learned the Hehuan Yulingjutsu only after he became an adult.

So it was also the first time that Bijin-Yang went back to Gifu Prefecture with him.

Before this, she had no idea where her so-called hometown was, so she couldn't help her Onmyoji find the way.

Of course, Ryuichi Ozaki doesn't really care about this kind of thing.

He is used to being relaxed and his attitude has always been very good.

It doesn't matter if it's later.

On the way, Ozaki's father did call him a few times, but he just urged him to come over quickly.

The car continued along the path into the village, with its bright headlights projected forward.

Old and short houses, messy black wires tangled on telephone poles and walls, maple forests that turn red in autumn, and fields covered with foxtail grass.

All the scenery that could be seen on both sides of the road was illuminated briefly, and then quickly returned to darkness and silence.

Ozaki's old house is located in the southeast of the village.

It covers a large area and is considered the most imposing one in the entire village, so it is relatively easy to find.

He parked his car in front of the old house and saw several luxury cars parked nearby, one of which belonged to his father.

It seems that quite a few members of the Ozaki family have returned home today.

My father said that my uncle and others would also come to the old house today.

My grandfather, who moved to Nagoya Castle a long time ago, will also come with us.

Thinking this, Ryuichi Ozaki got out of his car.

The gate to the old house was not locked. When you pushed open the door, you could see lights on in various places in the wooden ancestral house.

Although no one has lived here for a long time, the old house does not look dilapidated, but rather quite tidy.

It is estimated that the family has commissioned villagers to clean the ancestral house regularly.

Walk through the courtyard and towards the entrance.

The entrance door was also unlocked, and after opening it, Ozaki heard lively conversation coming from the end of the brightly lit corridor.

As I recall, the corridor through the entrance of the old house used to be the kitchen.

The family is probably still having dinner together now.

The normal atmosphere in the old house made Ryuichi Ozaki not think too much.

He changed his shoes and headed straight for the kitchen, as he was also hungry.

But unfortunately, when he walked to the kitchen, he didn't smell any fragrance. Maybe he came back too late, and the food had already been eaten or had gone cold.

Approach the kitchen door.

Ryuichi Ozaki saw his father, two uncles, and grandfather sitting around the wooden dining table.

Everyone is talking about something.

The conversation stopped briefly when Ozaki came in.

"Long Yi, you're finally here."

Long Yi's father said this.

"Haha, the way back home is hard to find, right?" Then his grandfather said, "Are you hungry? I just saved some food for you."

what the hell.

It turned out there was some food left.

"I just happened to..."

Ozaki Ryuichi stepped into the kitchen.

While standing outside the door, his view was blocked by his father and uncle who were sitting at the table.

Not visible on the dining table.

As you get closer, you can see the entire desktop.

But when he saw what was on the table, the words he had not finished were stuck in his throat.

There were indeed dishes on the dining table, and they were indeed not empty.

The dishes, whether neatly stacked on the plate, or scattered with sauces, or soaked in soup...

They all reflect a bright yellow luster under the warm yellow light projected from the ceiling.

These yellow, hard "ingredients"...

Do not……

No one would consider this kind of thing as food.

Ryuichi Ozaki could see clearly that the things on the plate were metal, gold!

The family members sitting around the dining table didn't seem to notice anything strange about Long Yi.

His uncle even calmly picked up a piece of shining gold, put it to his mouth and took a bite.

The sound of teeth biting metal could be clearly heard.

My uncle chewed and swallowed a mouthful of metal fragments.

He ate the gold as naturally as he would a piece of sushi.

Ryuichi Ozaki didn't understand how his uncle managed to do this.

"You...what are you doing?"

What exactly is going on?

The family is sitting together, sharing and swallowing gold?

After all, Ozaki Ryuichi is an exorcist, so he has some sense of what's going on when faced with strange and supernatural environments.

But even now, standing in the kitchen, in front of the dining table covered with gold, he did not feel anything unusual.

Not to mention, Ozaki's subordinates also have beauties.

Even if there is something unusual that he cannot detect, with his beauty-like perception ability, he will definitely be able to detect it in advance and give a warning.

But she didn't do that.

This shows that even though she was a beauty, she didn't sense the strangeness of the situation before entering the kitchen.

This happens...

Either the abnormality here is beyond perception.

Or, there is no real abnormality here.