21st Century Necromancer-Chapter 929 - 922: Kusanagi Ritsuko’s Investigation
Chapter 929 -922: Kusanagi Ritsuko’s Investigation
The situation with the Glasses Doctor and Nurse Chief Chiba didn’t require Chen Yu to worry as much as he did about Inomata Naoki and Minami. After all, the love between humans and gods was something that could be found in myths from all around the world. Not to mention Zeus, the infamous philanderer in Greek mythology—such stories of goddesses falling in love with mortals were also abundant in the myths of The Orient. It was hardly surprising.
Besides, even if the Glasses Doctor was the reincarnation of Ōkuninushi, he had already gone through countless reincarnations over thousands of years. The person he was now was just an ordinary mortal, and his romantic affairs didn’t merit any special concern. freeweɓnovel.cøm
Chen Yu had only asked the Glasses Doctor about his relationship with Nurse Chief Chiba out of mere curiosity.
Thus, after confirming that the two had indeed gotten together, Chen Yu merely offered his congratulations for finding his other half, without any ulterior thoughts.
However, while there was no need to pay further attention to the Glasses Doctor, the matter with Inomata Naoki required Chen Yu’s utmost vigilance.
Although, up until now, the situation between Inomata Naoki and Minami had remained under his control, with the world consciousness gradually stabilizing from the turmoil caused by Chen Yu’s extraction of the Storm Rule, the final stage of Chen Yu’s plan was also coming into play. At such a critical juncture, Chen Yu had to redouble his efforts to prevent any possible mishaps.
In fact, during this period, in order to monitor Inomata Naoki and Minami’s movements, Chen Yu had even dispatched the Ghost Maids from the Necromantic Space to keep a watchful eye on them.
Originally, both the Metropolitan Police Department and the Public Security Bureau had deployed task forces to monitor the two. But ever since Inomata Naoki arrived in Tokyo, the Metropolitan Police Department had significantly reduced their surveillance efforts. Although they hadn’t entirely withdrawn their surveillance, it was now perfunctory compared to their earlier comprehensive monitoring.
As for the Public Security Bureau, they had outright replaced their elite task force—previously responsible for the surveillance—with a less capable team, as though the matter was no longer of any significance.
From the perspective of the Metropolitan Police Department, who were privy to the matter’s internal details, reducing surveillance was sensible. They already knew their efforts were futile and saw no reason to prevent Inomata Naoki and Minami from meeting.
Once the Metropolitan Police Department had abandoned monitoring Inomata Naoki and Minami, Chen Yu had to personally take action to track their whereabouts.
Fortunately, although the Ghost Maids weren’t as skilled in professional tracking and surveillance as the Metropolitan Police Department’s elite teams, their ability to go invisible and remain untouchable made it exceptionally easy for them to monitor someone.
In terms of efficiency, these Ghost Maids, enhanced by Chen Yu’s spells, were far superior to the professional task forces of the Metropolitan Police Department.
However, although both the Metropolitan Police Department and the Public Security Bureau had given up on controlling and surveilling Inomata Naoki and Minami, Kusanagi Ritsuko from the Public Security Bureau, originally involved in the matter, continued to focus on it—even more fervently than before.
This was despite the fact that she had been removed from her task force assignment and even faced an internal suspension for investigation by the upper echelons of the Public Security Bureau.
“Ritsuko, I don’t understand why you’re so fixated on this matter.” Outside a hospital, inside a small van, a man holding a camera equipped with a long-focus lens was surveilling the hospital. While doing so, he turned to Kusanagi Ritsuko, who was operating a laptop inside the vehicle, and asked, “We lost last time, but losing to two Legendary-rank Transcendents isn’t something to be ashamed of. You’ve already lost your job over this—are you really planning to keep investigating?”
“I wasn’t bothered by the mission failure last time, and I’ve merely been suspended for investigation—I haven’t lost my job,” Kusanagi Ritsuko explained to the man. Closing her laptop, she looked up at him and asked, “What’s the current situation?”
Knowing it would be futile to dissuade her further, the man shrugged and replied, “It’s still the same old situation—you know this. Since that Demigod is inside, we can’t enter the hospital. All we can do is monitor from here. Apart from confirming that the target has arrived at the hospital and has not yet left, there’s no new information.”
“A Demigod…” Upon hearing the man mention the Demigod, Kusanagi Ritsuko’s expression became visibly complicated.
Before her reassignment, the upper echelons of the Public Security Bureau had spoken to her directly to explain why they decided to abandon the surveillance and investigation related to this matter.
The reason was simple: the government didn’t want to antagonize Chen Yu.
Chen Yu had originally reported this matter to the Japanese Government, presenting it as an effort to prevent the two from meeting. The involvement of the Inari God further convinced the government of its importance, prompting them to invest significant resources and manpower into the operation.
However, after members of the Mingyue Society—subordinates of Chen Yu—facilitated the meeting between Minami and Inomata Naoki, and with Chen Yu himself bringing Naoki to Tokyo, it became clear that Chen Yu had shifted his stance and attitude.
For the Japanese Government, although this abrupt shift left them feeling as though they had been played, the prospect of gaining the protection of a Demigod overshadowed any issues of face or pride.
Even though Chen Yu hadn’t expressly requested them to withdraw their surveillance on Minami and Inomata Naoki, both the Metropolitan Police Department and the Public Security Bureau understood that their efforts no longer served much purpose.
As a result, they recalled their elite teams and replaced them with less competent groups. What had once been stringent surveillance was now reduced to mere pretense.
The Public Security Bureau had even planned to assign Kusanagi Ritsuko to temporary leave as a form of compensation.
Yet, Kusanagi Ritsuko refused to take the leave and instead requested to continue the investigation.
From the moment she learned about this case, she had been told that Minami and Inomata Naoki being together would lead to catastrophic consequences. Monitoring and investigating them, preventing their interactions, was a measure to protect Japan and safeguard the world.
But now, suddenly being told that such measures were no longer needed—how could Kusanagi Ritsuko accept that?
She even suspected that some hidden conspiracy or unspeakable agenda was at play behind the scenes—and she was determined to uncover the truth.
However, this mindset was inevitably at odds with the Japanese Government’s position.
From the government’s perspective, no matter what Chen Yu intended to do, even if it meant initiating some disaster, as long as he continued to offer his protection to Japan, everything was negotiable.
To achieve this, they were willing to make sacrifices, as long as they could ensure Chen Yu’s continued support for Japan.
Otherwise, the Emperor wouldn’t have announced that DYD belonged to China, and the Prime Minister wouldn’t have pushed for legislation in the National Diet to make this a legal reality.
Thus, in the eyes of the Public Security Bureau’s higher-ups, Kusanagi Ritsuko—insisting on investigating Chen Yu—was nothing more than a disruptive troublemaker risking antagonizing him. Her suspension for investigation was therefore entirely understandable.
Yet clearly, Kusanagi Ritsuko was not willing to let the matter rest. Unable to mobilize official personnel, she had resorted to gathering her own team.
