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As the uneasiness in his heart became more and more intense, the raised gully between Naoya's brows also deepened.

Especially when I saw that Xia Youjie seemed to be simply strolling around the mall on the surface, casually looking at the products everywhere, but some tiny details of his behavior and the flashing of sharp eyes from time to time revealed the Somewhat inexplicable sense of violation.

More importantly, with Xia Youjie's age and personality, how could he look so carefully at the B[-] where children's products are sold?

"...True Hope," Naoya pursed his lips tightly and observed in silence for a while, until Xia Youjie's figure gradually disappeared from sight, then slowly said, "You and the Magic Department of the Metropolitan Police Department Is there any contact over there?"

"Yes, because of the tripartite cooperation between the firm, the government/government and the Metropolitan Police Department, in addition to the program platform developed by Hongshu, the firm also has a special internal communication with the two parties, which can be regarded as a backup plan for emergencies or special situations," Zhen said. Wang replied very quickly, just like Naoya, she also frowned, "Master, do you want to say that there may be... in this shopping mall?"

At the end of the sentence, worried about the constant flow of passers-by around, Zhen Wang moved a few inches closer to Naozai's ear, and lowered her voice to a very low level, almost to nothing, but with her solemn expression, the result was ready to come out.

"It's just a guess for the time being," Naoya shook his head, pointed to the store on the first floor, and explained softly, "The person just now is called Xia Youjie, and like Wu, he is a second-year student of the Conjuration College. A classmate of Wu's high school, logically speaking, he should be performing tasks with Wu now, but he appears here alone..."

As he said that, Naoya hugged Xiaohui with one hand instead, took out his mobile phone from his pocket, clicked on the address book, and quickly dialed Gojo Satoru, who was the number one. When it rang, there was still a cold "not in the signal area" mechanical prompt sound from the earpiece, and it could not be connected.

"Master," Zhen Wang, who kept everything in his eyes, immediately understood the seriousness of the situation, and the expression between the corners of his eyes and brows became more serious, and he looked at Naoya and said in a low voice, "Do you need to notify the office and the Metropolitan Police Department immediately? ?”

"Don't scare the snakes first," Naoya shook his head, the emotion in his eyes was not relaxed, and said in a deep voice, "Just contact the Metropolitan Police Department and ask them to notify the mall to suspend business in the name of fire inspection, so that the shopping malls will be closed. Everybody leave as soon as possible.”

After the simple instructions, Naozai glanced at the surrounding situation without any trace, as well as the schematic diagram of the mall next to the escalator, and recorded all the general structure of the mall in his mind, and Zhen Wang beside him quickly dialed a series of Number.

Right now, it is noon and it is the weekend, when the flow of people surges, a steady stream of passers-by pours in from the gate of the mall, making the already full mall even more crowded. At this time, if There are really curse spirits mixed in, for these countless ordinary people in the shopping mall, it is undoubtedly a sharp sword hanging above their heads, which may fall at any time.

"Makoto, what is the specific 'division' of work between the office and the high-level conjurers in dealing with spell spirits?" Naoya, who looked away from the surroundings after seeing Makoto end the call, also took this opportunity to mention something he had been talking about all along. The question I want to know, "Do people on both sides ignore each other and avoid each other, or...are there some consensus and work together?"

However, despite asking this question, when he said the last sentence, even Naoya himself had a somewhat mocking look on his face. Obviously, he didn't really take this conjecture into account.

"Master, you have a good idea." Hearing this, Zhen Wang nodded and said lightly, "Although the current high-level conjurers are no longer like the past few years, they are always secretly targeting the firm, but they have never told us Even once, the willingness to cooperate."

As he said that, Zhenwang smiled, but there was no smile in his eyes, "In the past few years, because of the establishment of the Magic Department of the Metropolitan Police Department and the increase in the number of members in the office, anyone within the urban area The curse spirits that appear will basically be wiped out by our hands.

"In terms of high-level conjuration, although they are still assigning high school students to perform tasks, they will also try to send people to suburban areas far away from the urban area, trying to avoid our inspection scope."

"So, they are still stubbornly guarding their one-acre three-point land, neither wanting to condescend to walk out with their old legs, nor do they want our people to have a chance to enter," Naoya said from his nasal cavity He let out a sneer, squinted his eyes, and said softly as if sighing.

"It seems that for the group of old guys in the upper echelon of magic, maintaining the power in their hands is the real top priority. After so many years, even if there is pressure from the office, they still remain stubborn. I never thought about changing it.”

As Naoya's voice fell, Makoto, who was about to say something, was interrupted by the soft music that stopped abruptly, and then there was a broadcast announcement that echoed in the mall——

[Dear customers, we are sorry to inform you that due to external factors, the mall will be closed in 10 minutes and will suspend business. Please ensure that you leave the mall within the specified time, and all the inconveniences caused to you , we once again express our deep apologies...]

"It seems that the people from the Metropolitan Police Department have moved..." After hearing this, Naoya lowered his head and looked at Xiaohui in his arms.

The child naturally heard the broadcast, and saw his delicate brows furrowed. He couldn't understand why they hadn't bought anything when they came to the mall, and the mall was about to close. Naoya looked at After seeing him, he also asked out the doubts in his heart, pulled Zhizai's collar, and said hesitantly, "Uncle, are we leaving?"

"Well, I'm sorry that I can't buy clothes for Xiaohui for the time being." Naoya gently rubbed Xiaohui's face, his eyes were full of apology, and then handed Xiaohui into Zhenwang's arms, and said in a warm voice, "Uncle now If something needs to be dealt with, Xiaohui will go back to the office with Aunt Zhenwang first, okay?"

"Okay, uncle, come back early." Xiao Hui nodded, because he had seen Riho work overtime on weekends and had to leave home, so he didn't have any doubts about Naoya's departure, only his crystal green eyes In the middle of it, there was a little bit of reluctance, and he pursed his mouth, and emphasized each word seriously, "I will wait, uncle will come back."

"Don't worry, my uncle will go back immediately after finishing the matter, and I will remember to bring a gift for Xiaohui," Naoya half-bent his knees, and was at eye level with Xiaohui, smiled, and after comforting the child, he stood up again, Looking at Zhenwang, "Xiaohui, please go back to the office as soon as possible."

"Yes, young master, do you...do you need me to send someone to help?" Although he already knew Naozai's strength very well in his heart, but the habitual concern still made Zhenwang frowned, and couldn't help but worry a little. , "After all, I don't know what kind of curse spirit it is, Mr. Shier and Master Wujowu are not around, you are alone..."

"It's not alone," Naoya smiled and interrupted Makoto, "And Wu's classmate Xia Youjie, he is a first-level magician who has passed the review...Speaking of which, the office And the government/government, have you thought about establishing your own set of rating standards for magicians?"

Naoya’s words are not casual. Now that the firm is backed by two major families, Wujo and Zenyuan, and has official support from the government, if you want to control the magician’s rating system in your own hands and completely hold the right to speak, In this way, it is not impossible to completely reduce the high-level spells to useless clowns.

"I do have this idea, but it's still in the planning, and it hasn't been confirmed yet." Zhen Wang naturally didn't hide anything from his young master, and even revealed the cooperation project between the firm and the government/government.

"Okay, then I'll go to Xia Youjie first, you and Xiaohui leave quickly," Naoya nodded, without further words, waved goodbye to Zhenwang and Xiaohui, turned and ran to the store on the first floor.

In the shopping mall, due to the temporary suspension of business, many people looked a little worried, or complained, or lightly scoffed. In conjunction with the chaotic footsteps of the crowd leaving towards the gate of the shopping mall, it was like a music score with incomplete tone, which made people frown even more.

Zhizai, who was going against the flow of people, released a lot of rabbits from the shadows without changing his expression along the way, allowing them to use their flexible bodies to shuttle between the gaps between the crowds and scatter to every corner of the mall. Under what circumstances, the special connection between the shadow and the rabbit can allow him to get the sense immediately, and go to the target location at the fastest speed.

Looking around, after a while, Zhizai found Xia Youjie in the children's clothing area, and saw that the other party was frowning, unmoved by the flow of people leaving around, and still looking around, which made Zhizai more sure that the other party was indeed He came to the shopping mall following the traces of the curse spirit, but Gojo Satoru was not with him for some reason.

Pressing down all the thoughts in his heart for a while, Zhizai shouted the other party's name in Xia Youjie's direction. Seeing Xia Youjie's figure paused, he rushed over after noticing him.

"Zaozai?" A trace of surprise flashed across Xia Youjie's expression. He obviously didn't expect to meet him in this place, and even his frown relaxed a little, and he asked, "Why are you here?"

"Accompany my nephew to go shopping, and buy some uniforms for myself by the way." Zhizai glanced in the direction Xia Youjie had just looked at, but didn't find anything, "And you, didn't you go on a mission with Wu? ? How could it be in the mall?"

"After realizing the sight of the curse spirit and I, two different traces of spell power pointed in two opposite directions. I chased one of the traces and came all the way here," Xia Youjie said when talking about business. His brows and eyes instantly frowned, and he said in a serious voice, "That guy is very cunning. He not only hides and hides along the way, but also keeps using ordinary people to delay time." At the end of the sentence, Xia Youjie already clenched his teeth.

"Using ordinary people?" Zhizai frowned, the uneasiness in his heart emerged again, and became more intense. Looking at Xia Youjie's expression, he intuitively felt that the "use" in the other party's mouth was not as simple as he thought. But I still asked, "How to use it?"

"..." But Xia Youjie was silent for a rare moment, pursed the corners of his lips, slowly took out his mobile phone from his pocket, searched for a photo, and handed it to Naozai, his tone revealing A trace of depression said, "You will understand after reading it."

"These..." Naoya's eyes widened in astonishment at the moment when he saw the content of the photo clearly, and the fists hidden under the cuffs were unconsciously clenched tightly, so that the knuckles were almost They were all white and blue, and veins were sprouting on the back of their hands. After being dazed for a long time, they barely uttered a few words from their mouths in disbelief, "They are all...human beings. ?”

No wonder Naoya was so surprised, what he saw in the photos were distorted and deformed faces, and those strange bodies beyond ordinary people's cognition, like creations from the mixture of deep sea and hell, just like that Unexpectedly, it appeared in Naoya's eyes under the blue sky and broad daylight.

If it weren't for their pale skin and scattered clothes appearing so clearly in the camera lens of the mobile phone, even Naoya couldn't be sure for a while whether the things appearing in the photo were human beings or cursed spirits.