Tokyo Fall Guys beats up the supernatural

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Dou Tang closed the last file in his hand and sighed, "Inspector Megure, you know very well that what you are dealing with is not even human, so why bother to investigate whether the laws that are effective for humans apply to them?"

Inspector Megure's eyes twitched as he gritted his teeth.

"If...if these guys aren't human, then what are they? And who exactly are you?"

Dou Tang pondered for a moment, then a mischievous thought suddenly popped into his head. He spread his hands, crossed his legs, and looked both elegant and nonchalant.

"You can call me... Ghost Detective. As the name suggests, I am an expert in dealing with the supernatural."

"...Am I hallucinating because I've been reading too many of my son's comics, or are you just a chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) sufferer?"

Dou Tang slapped the file on the table: "Please, you've already seen those bizarre half-human, half-beast corpses, and so many strange traces that only non-humans could have made, and you're still wondering if I'm a chuunibyou?"

"Because your title is just too childish... Ghost Detective..."

"Pfft..." Mikazuki next to him laughed out loud.

Dou Tang looked at Mikazuki with an incredulous expression, as if to say: You don't even give me face?

Mikazuki quickly covered his face, too afraid to make a sound.

Inspector Megure composed himself slightly, tapped the table, and said, "How can I trust you? What if those guys are just some special humans?"

Dou Tang thought for a moment and said, "I can keep in touch with you, and if necessary, I can let you see what those guys are really like."

"Similarly, after you see those guys, you'd better not stop me. I don't want things to turn into..." Dou Tang gestured, "...that kind of brainless anime or game plot where the police and the protagonist don't understand each other and both believe that the police should have full control over every case...and in the end, the protagonist has to save the day after all the heavy losses."

Inspector Megure pondered for a long time after hearing this.

He looked again at the gruesome crime scene photos in the case file, imagined his colleagues being slaughtered by such monsters, and shuddered.

At that moment, his principles as a police officer had been completely forgotten.

What a joke! The police are supposed to protect human rights. While the human rights of criminals also need to be protected, what if criminals aren't even human?

What's the point of defending it then? Since someone claims they can handle it, why not give it a try?

Inspector Megure took a deep breath, leaned back, and the chair creaked under the weight.

"Sigh... Alright then, I agree, Detective Dou Tang."

"Please call me Detective Edogawa, thank you, Inspector Megure."

"What the hell..."

Chapter 17 Cat Demon Qiu Jin

In the alleys of Urayasu City, a young girl is running away, panting.

Urayasu City's urban development benefited from the land reclamation movement of the 60s, making it extremely well-organized. However, due to the land reclamation movement, Urayasu City has always been in a predicament where the review of new buildings is relatively strict. Even today, in the second year of Reiwa, there are still many narrow and old streets and buildings, which are the best places to hide dirt and filth.

Yuko Kashino was forced into such a place, finding herself in the most dangerous situation.

A strong wind rushed into the alley, whipping up Yuko Kamino's hair. The tall houses on both sides made the alley cold and damp. Looking up, the sky was just a thin line; this was a dark place where sunlight could not penetrate.

Yuko Kashino ran unsteadily, daring not to stop despite her leg injury.

“Meow—!”

A scream came from behind her. She turned around and saw a young boy moving through the air, his feet constantly stepping on two...

On the side wall, it moved as nimbly as a cat, its eyes emitting a faint green light.

"Keep running! Rouzi! Don't look back!" he shouted sharply, his fingernails thick and long, gleaming like sharp knives.

Behind the boy, two more people rushed into the alley. One of them was wearing a black hoodie and jumped into the air like the boy, stepping on the air conditioner units in the alley to move forward. He also grabbed onto the drainage pipes with his hands, like a monkey.

The other person, wielding a sharp knife, appeared to be an ordinary person. He was moving forward at an extremely fast speed, his expression ferocious, his eyes filled with murderous intent, and he roared, "Don't run!"

At school, as the daughter of a detective agency, Yuko Kashino has always been a top student in physical education class, but even so, she is unable to unleash her full speed when facing a man with a sharp knife behind her.

The boy and the man in the hoodie met in mid-air. The man in the hoodie was wearing a pair of gloves with a steel knife attached to them and reached out to grab the boy.

The boy briefly used the air conditioner unit for leverage, grabbed the pipe next to him, and kicked it, striking the man in the hoodie's wrist with a loud crack, neutralizing his attack. He then grabbed the windowsill of a shady window next to him, leaped up twice, and continued to escape.

The man in the hoodie, who had been kicked away, fell several meters, his hands and feet bracing against the walls on either side. The steel claws made a screeching sound as they hit the walls. He quickly regained his balance and continued the chase.

The man with the dagger ducked to avoid the falling debris, grinned maliciously, his canines seemingly protruding slightly, and said, "Escape won't help! You deliberately brought your monster to the downtown area to die... A guy like you doesn't deserve to live in the proxy war!"

Upon hearing this, Yuko Kakino scoffed and said as she ran, "Who, who cares about the rules of the game for you guys! Is it really necessary to kill each other like this?"

"Stop talking! Rouzi! Keep running!" The boy continued to descend through the air, glancing back every now and then with a troubled expression.

The two had been caught up in the proxy war several times, and had escaped unscathed each time. However, this also made everyone involved in the proxy war aware of the pair of contestants who had never killed a half-demon and were therefore weak. In an instant, the two became the prey that everyone coveted.

The one I encountered this time was also a contestant, and judging from the power that half-demon displayed, he had already killed several people.

These half-demons firmly believe that as long as they kill enough humans who are also transformed from demons, they can eventually become beings who can fully exert their demonic abilities even in human form. For them, who have experienced many inconveniences in life as beast demons, this temptation is hard to resist.

The cat demon named Qiu Jin felt a little awkward at the thought of this.

He just wanted to live the life of an ordinary house cat, but he was unexpectedly dragged into this mess, and now he's even implicated the girl who's been taking care of him. Even if he has to grit his teeth, he has no choice but to fight back.

Unfortunately, the power unleashed by the guy behind him was at least a third of that of an ordinary beast demon, while he, who had never killed a half-demon, was at most a tenth. The difference in power was simply too great.

All we can do now is hope that we can run to a busier street and force the other party to back down.

I need to find a way to get Yuko Kashino tainted with my demonic aura...

There are many benefits to a half-demon partnering with a human.

Half-demons can absorb human energy to help maintain their form. When a half-demon unleashes its power, it will slowly transform back into its original form. It needs to frequently come into contact with humans to maintain its human form.

Humans may also acquire some animalistic characteristics during this process, such as teeth redeveloping, hair changing color, or nails deforming.

However, this does not apply to yokai like Mikazuki and Akikin who have never unleashed their yokai powers.

Of course, the demonic energy and power here are actually the resentment or obsession that Dou Tang often comes into contact with.

The monkey-like half-demon was incredibly ferocious, and as they approached the end of the alley, its movements became increasingly violent.

As a cat demon, Qiu Jin's agility was comparable to that of a monkey demon, but his strength was ultimately lacking. Caught off guard, he was scratched several times on his back, blood splattering everywhere. He screamed and fell toward the ground.

"Autumn Gold!"

Yuko Kashino suddenly turned around and stopped in her tracks.

"Don't stand still! Keep running! Run!" Qiu Jin gritted her teeth, enduring the pain of grief, reached out and grabbed a sewage pipe, letting her body swing slightly, ignoring the bleeding wound on her back, and continued forward.

The monkey demon behind Qiu Jin seemed to have seen through her thoughts, and continued to leap left and right in the air, grinning maliciously, "Don't worry! Little cat! After I kill you, your master won't escape either..."

"Do you think we'd let someone who knows all this get away with it? Even if killing her doesn't grant us power, it doesn't matter! Hahahaha—!"

The monkey demon stretched out his arms in the air, laughing wildly, looking up at the narrow strip of sky above him, making him feel as if he were in an abyss.

"You guys are still too naive!"

Yuko Kashino gritted her teeth, choosing not to continue running, but instead looking at the knife-wielding man who was chasing after her, and charged at him.

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"Qiujin! Let's do it!"

Seeing Yuko Kakino turn around, Akijin had no choice. The green light in his eyes gradually intensified, and he gritted his teeth and stopped, standing on the air conditioner unit and looking behind him.

"Fine...you forced me to..." he muttered softly, lowering his voice as he looked at the monkey demon and took a deep breath.

On the ground and in the air, the two faced the charging enemy together, their eyes burning with determination, and courage and resolve to fight were born amidst the crackling sounds.

Yuko Kakino placed one hand on her lower back and extended the other forward, her eyes fixed on the man holding the sharp knife in front of her, waiting for the best opportunity to strike.

The monkey demon in the air roared, stretched out its sharp claws, and leaped up to grab the cat demon Qiu Jin.

Chapter 18 The Cat Demon and His Master

The monkey demon's steel claw gloves gleamed with a chilling light as they descended upon Qiu Jin, like a net of blades from which there was no escape.

Meanwhile, on the ground, the dog-toothed man wielding a sharp knife charged towards Yuko Kamino.

Qiu Jin took a deep breath, and her cat-like alertness gradually awakened, with a few downy hairs sprouting on her tender face.

He stepped on the air conditioner unit beneath him and jumped.

The net of blades was right in front of him, its sharp, cold light flashing against his face, his eerie green eyes sparkling with illusory light. Just as he was about to be struck by the net, his waist suddenly twisted in a strange posture, his entire lower body swinging to the side as if it had broken off, and he stepped on the wall again.

"Den!"

Suddenly stepping on the wall, he was moved sideways. Although the net of blades left grid-like wounds on his thigh before he could turn, he successfully moved his upper body out of the net's coverage area.

In the next instant, sharp nails had already pierced deep into the monkey-demon's throat, like a feline's vicious bite that kills in a single strike.

Regardless of the type of feline, besides sneaking up on the rear, the most important thing is to learn to crouch low and lunge forward, then bite the opponent's neck hard.

Qiu Jin stared wide-eyed as he plummeted from the sky, his hand slicing across the throat of the half-monkey demon mid-fall.

………………

Yuko Kashino is not a powerful warrior; or rather, she is just an ordinary person who has witnessed some cases.

Detective Kashino intends to make her his successor, since being a detective is a respectable profession, and she will also receive funding from the Morning Star Group later on.

As a result, Yuko Kashino had witnessed some cases with her father. Although most of them were minor cases such as infidelity or theft, she had also seen murder scenes.

She knew which way of dying was the most painful, and she also knew which method could kill a person the fastest. She also understood that this war itself was a fight to the death.

But she still didn't want to do that. At least in her view, she hadn't fallen to the same level as these guys, and she had no need to become a murderer.

She pulled something out from behind her waist, pressed a switch, and a dazzling blue electric light flashed from the tip of the device.

That was a stun gun.

Without hesitation, she pushed out the stun baton to block the incoming dagger. With a twist of her wrist, the dagger slashed downwards along the stun baton, but was blocked by the raised guard above the handle.

She then thrust the stun gun forward.

"Sizzsssssssssss..."

A piercing electric shock rang out, and the knife-wielding man didn't even have time to scream. The electric shock caused his muscles to spasm and twitch, and his mind went completely blank.

With a swift movement, Yuko Kakino pinned the knife-wielding man against the wall and pressed the stun button again to ensure he was no longer able to retaliate.

"Mmm...mmm..."

The man with the knife collapsed to the ground, trembling. After Yuko Kakino moved the stun gun away, he struggled a few more times before finally rolling his eyes and passing out.

"Oh!"

Beside her, Qiu Jin, with injuries to her legs, landed heavily. The dense wounds on her legs looked disgusting, and the fabric of her pants was stuck to her legs with blood, making the situation even worse.

He was covered in cold sweat, but he was still instinctively sticking out his tongue to cool himself down, mumbling indistinctly, "Quick, quick elbow, quick..."

Behind him, drops of blood fell to the ground from above, making a pattering sound.

Yuko looked up and saw the half-monkey demon kneeling on the air conditioner unit, clutching his throat. His eyes were full of resentment and killing intent, but he knew that his injuries were not suitable for pursuit. He just stared at the two of them, as if he wanted to engrave their appearances into his soul.

Yuko Kakino ignored him, helped Akikami up, and ran out of the alley.

The two ran onto the street and quickly walked past the astonished gazes of the crowd. After more than ten minutes, they finally arrived at a deserted park and found a corner of the lawn to sit down.

Akijin sat on the lawn, his face pale, while Kenno Yuko said in a panic, "What should we do, Akijin? Your injury... is so serious, what should we do?"

Qiu Jin forced a smile, her hand

Pointing to her leg, Yuko Kamino took a closer look and saw that although only a dozen minutes had passed, the bleeding had stopped and it no longer looked so shocking.

"I am... I am a monster with a strong healing ability, Master, you don't need to worry about me..." Qiu Jin chuckled foolishly, groping for his torn pants and pulling up a corner of the tattered clothes stuck to his skin and wounds.

He gasped for breath, straightened his neck, and pulled hard!

"Well!!!"

He suppressed a scream in his throat, but in one swift motion, he ripped off the strip of cloth that was stuck together with blood and dirt, exposing the skin underneath. The wound burst open from the force of the ripping, and more blood flowed out.

Seeing this, Yuko Kashino gritted her teeth in distress.

Akijin gasped for breath, wiped the cold sweat from his face, and looked at Kenno Yuko, saying, "Master, we're safe for now... but that's not enough. You... go home, okay?"

"How could this be?!" Yuko Kakino grabbed Akijin's hand, her face filled with sorrow. "You're my cat, I won't abandon you... Can't we just hide somewhere far away? We'll find that Onmyoji as soon as possible and turn you back... We can definitely do it!"

Qiu Jin gave a wry smile and did not answer.

He was just a small-time monster from the countryside, unable to even speak. He only gained the ability to speak after becoming human. With him and an ordinary girl who knew nothing, how could the two of them possibly find the Onmyoji who had wreaked havoc on the entire city of Urayasu? It was a pipe dream.

“If all else fails… I’ll just become human. Even if I’m an unregistered resident, I should be able to survive in Tokyo…” Akijin suggested with a wry smile, “Or I could go to the countryside and find a place to live.”

Yuko Kashino looked troubled and lowered her head.

Just as the two fell silent, unsure of what to do next, a white van suddenly stopped on the street just across a fence outside the park.