Chapter 205: Samukawa Shrine
"Their signal last appeared in Kanagawa, a city very close to Tokyo."

Iwai replied.

"Kanagawa... It's basically safe outside now. I'll give you 20 minutes to compile a file for me of the ghost hunters from the Exorcism Society who participated in the Ghost Temple Incident."

While giving orders, Cao Yang looked at everyone in the safe house.

"Understood, I'll go now."

Obviously, Iwai Hide has already put himself in the position of the chief of the Exorcist Society and doesn't care what Ichiro's attitude is.

Ichiro's situation was not much better. His behavior of abandoning his wife and children made the usually gentle and obedient Ayashiro Aoi extremely disappointed in him. Not to mention Takahashi and Kondo, who were ghost riders, who tortured him inhumanely.

Ichiro now looks like a drained corpse, with a pale face and skinny body, and his limbs are all skinny and shriveled, with strange bloodstains on them. It is obvious that some supernatural means are at work.

However, Cao Yang was not interested in their venting behavior. The ghost riders were mentally abnormal. If there was someone like Ichiro giving blind orders in the headquarters, Cao Yang would definitely be the first one to rush up and kill him. The ghost riders of the island country were still too conservative.

Or maybe the class relationship of high and low is deeply rooted in their minds, and they will not do anything to offend their superiors unless it is absolutely necessary. Of course, this cannot conceal their ambitions.

Five or six people came out of the safe house very reluctantly. Iwai was in a hurry to sort out the files and ignored the remaining people.

"Mr. Cao Yang, have you dealt with that ghost in a suit?"

Kondo asked in a somewhat flattering and fawning manner.

Cao Yang ignored him and didn't even look up at him. He just sat there with his eyes closed, resting and recovering his energy.

Seeing this, Kondo had no choice but to walk away angrily, not daring to ask any more questions.

Iwai was very efficient and came back in just over ten minutes with a thick stack of documents in his hand.

"Mr. Cao Yang, the files and information are all here, please take a look."

Cao Yang took the document and read it carefully.

"The Ghost Well Incident, also known as the Ghost Temple Incident, first broke out in Nara and is suspected to have a certain degree of mobility. The Exorcist Society subsequently sent three 'Jade' to investigate, namely Aratsuki Ming, Yagawa Tsurugi, and Kagamido Xun."

"Four days later, the three ghost hunters lost contact with each other, and the last place their signals appeared was Kanagawa. Three days later, no news came back from the three remaining ghost hunters. So the remaining five ghost hunters from the Exorcist Society set off for Kanagawa together."

"These five people are Zang Yuan Honkura, Asayama Saku, Umezu Izumi, Shirakawa Haruko, and Xiang Shengnen."

"A total of eight top ghost riders all lost contact in the Ghost Temple incident. They can't all be dead, right?"

Cao Yang found it somewhat humorous. Judging from the supernatural items found in the old house before, the Exorcism Society should have a good stock in this area. Moreover, they highly respected ghost riders and they held them in a very high position. As a top ghost rider, Yu should have enjoyed the best resources.

"The specific situation has not been determined yet. The Exorcist Society has some special means to confirm the life or death of the ghost rider, which is the figure of one of them, Yu. The Exorcist Society's safe house has their "life lanterns". Through the situation of these lanterns, we can roughly infer whether they are dead or alive."

Iwai answered. "As of yesterday, only two of the main life lamps were completely extinguished, and the other six main life lamps were still lit, which means that the other six people are still alive."

Iwai was somewhat relieved. The eleven members of the previous generation of the Exorcist Society all disappeared, leaving only a half-dead Jingu Seiji trapped in that old house. If the current generation of the Exorcist Society repeated the same mistake and all of them perished, then the Exorcist Society would be finished.

But unfortunately, Iwai is just a middle-level manager who has not yet completely taken over the Exorcism Society. Although he now sits in the position of chief commander, he still does not know some real secrets, such as the Jingu Seiji in the old house who brutally killed his compatriots in order to become stronger.

"Let's go to Kanagawa. If I'm not mistaken, the suit ghost's target might be the Oni Temple. And even if I'm wrong, it doesn't matter. The suit ghost is not easy to deal with. I need some help. Maybe those jades can help."

Cao Yang frowned slightly. After the two rounds of fighting, he had already judged how terrifying Liu Yin was. If he fought to the end, he would definitely win in the end. But Liu Yin was an outlier. Knowing that he couldn't beat him, he would not hesitate to give up his current identity and leave only his substitute in place.

As for where he was, Cao Yang didn't know. It was easy for a ghost in human skin to blend into the crowd, so Cao Yang needed help, and not just a rookie helper, who at least had to be able to survive one round in front of Liu Yin.

Fate is always so coincidental. Liu Yin and Cao Yang thought of the group of ghost riders in the ghost temple at the same time, but Liu Yin wanted to complete the puzzle, while Cao Yang wanted to fish them out.

Kanagawa is a city adjacent to Tokyo, but it is surrounded by mountains on both sides. There are different shrines on each mountainside and hilltop, and Samukawa Shrine is the most famous one among them.

Samukawa Shrine was first built in the 9th century AD and has a history of a thousand years. The most amazing thing about this shrine is that no matter what season it is, snow will fall every night, big or small, but it has never stopped for a day.

Rumor has it that the Kamikawa Shrine enshrines the "Snow Woman" of the island folklore, who has the supernatural power to control ice and snow. However, this statement has never been confirmed or verified until eight ghost riders disappeared here.

"The latest observation report shows that the amount of snow on the mountain where the Samukawa Shrine is located has reached the highest level in nearly 50 years. Heavy snow is falling every day, and the road ahead is completely blocked. All civilians who tried to go up the mountain to pray to the gods have mysteriously lost contact."

"The rumors may be exaggerated, but there is no doubt that the Kamikawa Shrine has been covered by demons. The blizzard should be the source of the demons."

On the plane, Iwai compiled the latest files and presented them to Cao Yang, and also made detailed analysis and speculation.

"So Samukawa Shrine is where the ghost riders disappeared. In other words, Samukawa Shrine is a ghost temple."

Cao Yang asked.

"My personal guess is this, but Sir Cao Yang, you are the real commander of the operation, and everything is based on you."

At the same time, Samukawa Shrine, this ancient shrine with a long history was shrouded in a snowstorm. The worship hall, the main hall, and even the mountain gate and torii were covered with a thick layer of snow.

But the snow was not white, but a strange gray-black color, and mixed with a faint smell of corpse.

However, in the temple with its gates tightly closed, six people in exorcist uniforms huddled together, each holding a paper lantern, but the light from the lanterns was so dim that it could not illuminate the dark temple at all.

The wall of the temple is mottled and peeling, and many places are covered with moss. It seems that this place has been abandoned for a long time. There is no one in sight, and it seems particularly quiet.

A dim mountain road leads to the gate of the temple, and at the end of the road, there seems to be a snowman standing there, as if guarding the path.

(End of this chapter)