Chapter 183: The Famous Sword Belonging Only to Miko, The First Public Appearance of "Kira"
Five minutes later, at the main entrance of the Tokyo National Museum.
"Why did such a heavy rain suddenly fall?"
Police Department members wearing raincoats and museum staff stepped into the water with deep and shallow steps, looking down and seeing the water level had already risen above their ankles.
Moreover, there was a trend of continuing to rise.
"So troublesome..."
"Move the police cars while the water level hasn't risen too high."
"Are the waterproofing measures inside the museum ready?"
"No problem."
"That's good."
....
The on-site commander of the Police Department looked at the accumulated water on the ground, then turned to look at the main entrance of the Tokyo National Museum, thinking at least it's a blessing in disguise; the museum's closing time is five o'clock in the afternoon.
When the heavy rain started falling, the tourists and citizens visiting those cultural relic exhibitions had already left long ago.
Otherwise, maintaining the order of the crowd at the scene and being responsible for guarding the safety of the cultural relics inside the museum at the same time would truly be somewhat beyond their power.
"This weather is truly bizarre..."
The Police Department members looked up at the heavily overcast, completely darkened sky, feeling the chill brought by the pouring rain, their emotions inexplicably complicated.
Amidst such continuous sound of rain, the world instead seemed to quiet down.
Pitter, patter, pitter, patter....
The sound of raindrops falling on the ground merged into one piece. Between heaven and earth, there were no other sounds at all.
In such a heavy rainstorm, visibility also became blurry.
The on-site commander-in-chief of the Tokyo Police Department and the person in charge of the National Museum exhibition glanced at the empty street, feeling inexplicably relieved in their hearts.
Fortunately.
The exhibition has been held until today, and no accidents have occurred so far.
Thinking about it, it makes sense.
There are nearly a hundred fully armed Police Department members at the scene patrolling every direction of the Tokyo National Museum. Let alone a person, even a bird couldn't sneak in quietly.
If someone still dared to have designs on Mikazuki Munechika under these circumstances, wouldn't that be courting death?
"The security is very tight."
Meanwhile, amidst the clouds in the sky.
Light Yagami, wearing a scarlet Dai-Tengu mask and gorgeous white clothes, observed below with binoculars while speaking softly.
"10... 20... Just around the museum, there are probably nearly a hundred Police Department members. If we enter the interior, we will encounter even more obstacles."
Hearing Light Yagami use the word "obstacles" instead of "enemies", Yoru beside him said faintly.
"Just kill them all, wouldn't that be fine?"
"Kill them all? That won't do."
Under the mask, Light Yagami's eyebrows frowned slightly. His tone was uncharacteristically different, no longer that smiling appearance, but full of firm meaning.
"Although the members of the Tokyo Police Department are obstacles to our operation this time, they are not evil people; they cannot be killed."
"Oh, then don't kill them."
Listening to Yoru's nonchalant tone, Light Yagami froze for a moment first, then shook his head, caught between crying and laughing.
"I say Yoru-kun, when will your probing of me end? Didn't I say it before? I sanction the guilty, but I only sanction the guilty. This is the justice in my heart."
"Is that so."
Yoru nodded noncommittally.
The current Light Yagami, although possessing the ability of Soul Manifestation, completely didn't seem like the same person in personality as the Light Yagami in the original plot who possessed the Death Note and aspired to become the god of the new world.
Or rather.
This was Light Yagami's original personality.
The Death Note, a causal weapon that didn't require paying any price oneself, only needing to write down a name and recall the target's appearance in mind to take human lives, was simply too terrifying.
The most terrifying thing wasn't the Death Note itself.
But when using this ability and writing down one name after another, the user's attitude towards life would gradually become indifferent.
Killing became completely feelingless, just like eating and drinking water.
Subtly changing the user's attitude towards the lives of others.
Precisely because of this, Light Yagami became like that in the original plot.
But now it was different.
Light Yagami's Soul True Body Emperor Sutoku represented his hatred and disgust for this decaying world, and his attitude of wanting to use violence, blood, and cruelty to sanction evil people.
Emperor Sutoku itself was a part of his inner heart.
The will awakened for Soul Manifestation when facing his true self would not easily change.
Naturally, Light Yagami wouldn't agree to such a thing as killing innocent Tokyo Police Department members.
Of course, he also sensed it.
Whether in Kyoto or in Tokyo, during the operations, Yoru had been probing him.
"By the way..."
Light Yagami turned his head and looked behind, looking at the black guardrails beside Mai and others, sighing helplessly.
"I remember the last time I rode this pale ghost hand, there didn't seem to be any guardrails, right?"
Yoru replied rightfully.
"Mmhmm, newly developed function."
"Like hell I believe you."
At this time, Rio looked at the sky with continuous rainstorm, a thoughtful look revealing in her eyes under the bone-white mask.
"However, judging from such a heavy rain, the traffic situation will definitely be greatly affected. Maybe many road sections are blocked."
"Even if the alarm inside the National Museum is triggered, and the Police Department sends reinforcements, it will take a lot of time to rush here."
"In other words, what we need to consider are only the Police Department members currently in this area."
"The next thing to consider is how to break through the defense line of the Police Department members and enter the National Museum..."
Just as Rio spoke up to here, Yoru slowly stood up from his original posture of sitting on the edge of the pale ghost hand, stretched lazily, and smiled.
"Where to enter from? Naturally, entering from a direction with no defense is the most reasonable."
"No defense?"
Rio frowned slightly.
"How is that possible? Yagami-kun just observed it. In all directions, there are Police Department members patrolling...."
Halfway through speaking, Rio stiffened.
She thought of a direction where the Tokyo Police Department hadn't set up any defense...
That was...
"Hero, makes his entrance!"
Under the shocked gazes of Mai, Miko, and Rio, Yoru, wearing a black coat and a pure black mask, said with a chuckle.
Next second, he directly leapt from the edge of the pale ghost hand, leaving only a pitch-black tail flame.
This was dozens of meters high in the sky!
Seeing this, Light Yagami couldn't help freezing for a moment, and then an inexplicable frenzy and excitement revealed in those scarlet pupils.
"As expected, still when acting together with Yoru-kun..."
Speaking of this, he actually also leapt, jumping down from the floating pale ghost hand.
"Is the most interesting!"
The three girls Rio, Miko, and Mai looked at each other, all having only one thought in their minds.
These two....
Are both madmen, right?
Mai shook her head helplessly, squatted down and patted the palm of the pale ghost hand, saying gently.
"Follow their trajectory down, land slowly."
The middle finger of the pale ghost hand tapped, meaning the same as a human nodding, and then slowly descended towards the ground.
Meanwhile, on the ground below.
Boom!!!
Feeling the tremor of the ground and hearing this sudden huge sound, the faces of the Police Department members all changed.
"What happened?"
"Alert, alert!"
"Are there intruders?"
....
The members of the Tokyo Police Department immediately drew pistols from their waists, turned around, and looked in the direction the sound came from.
When they saw clearly the scene in front of them, they were all dumbfounded.
They saw that a cloud of smoke and dust had been stirred up above the Tokyo National Museum.
On the roof of the originally solemn and majestic building, there were even flying rubble remaining.
"This is..."
The on-site commander-in-chief of the Police Department was stunned, murmuring to himself.
"Air... air raid?"
On the other side, below the large hole right in the middle of the museum, dense cracks had burst out on the marble-paved floor.
Yoru, wearing a black coat, knelt on one knee on the ground, slowly raised his head, and a white smile pattern appeared on the pitch-black mask.
"Perfect landing (Superhero landing)."
"Is it really perfect?"
Light Yagami, wearing the Dai-Tengu mask on his face and growing bird-like wings on his back, slowly landed beside him.
Hearing the sharp and ear-piercing alarm sound in his ears and seeing the mess around, Light Yagami couldn't help sighing helplessly.
"You made too much of a commotion. Aren't we here to steal things?"
"What is stealing? What is stealing? That Mikazuki Munechika was ours to begin with."
"Sure, then I'll change the word, aren't we here to return it to its original owner?"
"Of course."
Yoru stood up straight, patted off the white dust on his coat, and pointed forward.
"So, we have already found the target this time."
Light Yagami followed the direction he pointed and saw an exquisitely crafted Tachi sword lying quietly in a glass display case.
"Is that the famous sword... Mikazuki Munechika..."
Light Yagami stared at the Tachi lying in the display case, praising softly.
"As expected, I can feel the powerful spiritual power transmitting from it."
Yoru glanced at the wings on Light Yagami's back.
"You've already mastered the ability to fuse with the Soul Manifestation, your talent is quite high."
Light Yagami replied with a smiling tone.
"Compared to you, I'm still far behind."
Light Yagami's observation skills were very outstanding. Through Yoru's hero landing action just now, which seemed abstract and like a Chunibyo episode, he obtained an important piece of information.
The high altitude where everyone stood just now was about nearly fifty meters in a straight line from the Tokyo National Museum.
At such a long distance, Light Yagami couldn't feel any spiritual power fluctuation.
But Yoru, under the circumstance that the National Museum placed so many spiritual items, could accurately judge which one was the famous sword Mikazuki Munechika, and directly landed in front of this famous sword.
This proved that the opponent wasn't just about power.
His perception ability for spiritual power was also above his own.
"Sigh... really, do you have to do it so flashily every time..."
Rio jumped down from the floating pale ghost hand, made a habitual action of pushing her glasses frame, looked at Yoru, and said.
"You should know that if the matter blows up too much and causes fear among the public, it will also cause unpredictable changes in the Otherworld, right?"
"Of course I know this."
Yoru nodded, then said meaningfully.
"But unpredictable, that's not necessarily true."
"This is... Mikazuki Munechika..."
Miko slowly walked to the front of the display case. Looking at the Mikazuki Munechika lying quietly in the transparent glass, an unprecedented expectation and joy showed in her golden eyes.
Also being a professional exorcist fighting with a sword.
To be honest, Miko had long wanted to get a famous sword matching her current strength after seeing Yoru's Onimaru Kunitsuna.
It was just that on one hand, she didn't want to trouble everyone.
On the other hand, a thing like a famous sword wasn't something you could just have by wishing for it.
And now...
One of the Five Swords Under Heaven, Mikazuki Munechika... is right in front of me.
"The glass is bulletproof..."
Rio walked closer, glanced at the transparent display case, and said softly.
"Hone-Onna, do it."
"Okay."
As Rio's voice fell, Hone-Onna wearing a kimono appeared behind her. From her wide sleeves, several eerie white bone spurs extended out, continuously piercing the same spot on the display case glass.
In just two seconds, the bulletproof glass display case was impacted dozens of times by the bone spurs on the same spot.
Crack.
Accompanied by a crisp sound, the glass display case first bloomed with streaks of cracks.
Immediately after, with a bang, it turned into shattered fragments all over the floor.
Rio didn't show any joy, just sighed and murmured to herself.
"Should I find a book about the structure of electric drills and specially study it..."
Rio had a premonition that although this was only the second operation to return things to their original owners.
It would absolutely not be the last time.
"Mikazuki Munechika..."
Looking at this famous sword close at hand and within reach, Miko's eyes revealed a bit of nervousness. She took a deep breath, calming the excited emotions in her chest, slowly reached out her right hand, and grasped the hilt of Mikazuki Munechika.
In this instant, Miko saw that the pale gold spiritual power particles in the air instantly stagnated.
Next second.
Boom!
Like a roar that only spirit mediums could hear, after the sound passed, the pale gold spiritual power originally floating in the air gathered completely into the scabbard of Mikazuki Munechika like a surging tide.
Ding!
Accompanied by the sound of metal clashing, Miko drew Mikazuki Munechika from the scabbard.
The originally dull iron blade emitted a joyful cry like breaking free from constraints at this moment.
Pale gold light radiated from Miko's golden eyes.
The iron blade gradually changed, and in just a few seconds, turned from its original iron color into a pale gold color reflecting light, similar to Miko's eyes.
"This is my... Mikazuki Munechika."
Listening to Miko's soft murmurs to herself, Rio pursed her lips, looking like she wanted to say something but stopped.
One glance at Ding Zhen (A meme representing authentic verification), appraisal completed.
Miko has been infected by Yoru.
What a "my Mikazuki Munechika".
How did she use such a matter-of-fact tone to say such an outrageous sentence?
However, looking at the color change of Mikazuki Munechika's blade, it was the same as Onimaru Kunitsuna back then.
Spiritual items should belong to spirit mediums.
In themselves, they are blades that should be used to slay evil ghosts.
Only in the hands of the Super-Quant Club members could Onimaru Kunitsuna and Mikazuki Munechika exert their true value.
Just then, the police officers of the Tokyo Police Department had already rushed in from the entrance holding firearms.
"Freeze!"
Nearly a hundred dark muzzles aimed at Yoru and his group standing there.
"That is... 'Mask'?"
Seeing Yoru standing there wearing a black coat and a pure black mask, the faces of the Tokyo Police Department members all stiffened, and then they showed vigilant looks of facing a formidable enemy.
The name "Mask" was not only in Kyoto, but arguably reverberating like thunder throughout the whole Sakura Prefecture.
The live broadcast recording of that TV station spread extremely widely, causing a sensation in Sakura Prefecture, and even making the front-page headlines of newspapers.
[Hero Sanctioning Serial Killers? Or Criminal Doing Whatever He Wants?]
The on-site commander-in-chief of the Tokyo Police Department, seeing the famous criminal "Mask" actually appearing here, couldn't help gritting his teeth tightly, feeling very heavy in his heart.
Why... would the opponent come here?
Wait a minute.
If he remembered correctly, a few months ago, when the Kyoto City Museum was exhibiting the famous sword Onimaru Kunitsuna, it also suffered an invasion by an unidentified person.
Could it be that the so-called unidentified person at that time was referring to "Mask"!?
Why did the Kyoto Police Department clearly know that the Tokyo National Museum's exhibition of the famous sword Mikazuki Munechika this time had a high probability of becoming "Mask's" target, yet gave absolutely no prior warning?
No wonder this on-site commander-in-chief of the Tokyo Police Department didn't understand.
After multiple incidents, Yagami Soichiro, the Chief of Criminal Investigation Bureau who turned the tide multiple times in the eyes of the citizens and held real power within the Police Department, was one of "Mask's" assistants.
Notify the Tokyo Police Department in advance to be careful of "Mask" targeting the famous sword Mikazuki Munechika?
Are you kidding me?
Yagami Soichiro not taking advantage of his position to transmit confidential information like the police force status and shift schedules at the Tokyo National Museum scene to "Mask" was already considered good.
Still warning the Tokyo Police Department in advance?
Stop joking.
"Aiya, don't be like this."
Facing the muzzles of the Tokyo Police Department officers, Yoru just chuckled and raised his hands.
Immediately after, he suddenly made an action that no one present, including the Super-Quant Club members, expected.
Yoru pointed to Light Yagami standing there wearing the scarlet Dai-Tengu mask, and said softly with a smile.
"Seeing you don't know, mentioning it to you."
"He is 'Kira'."