vampire.
A powerful force in the mysterious world that can compete with the Magic Association and the Holy Church. If it weren't for the relatively loose structure, the lack of a unified leader and sufficient cohesion, they would be the most powerful force in the mysterious world, without a doubt.
Just like humans, vampires are also very different from each other. Shinji can kill weak vampires with a wave of his hand, but even Shinji now has to be cautious with strong vampires, especially now that Elquet is not around.
Is it the former or the latter
To be honest, Shinji hoped it was the former, but he couldn't deny that the latter was more likely. The time when the Holy Grail War started and the appearance near Fuyuki were too much of a coincidence.
Besides, Shinji is also a well-known vampire hunter. He has killed many disciples with Elquet over the years. It is not impossible for him to be targeted by some old monsters and forces for revenge. Although the guards sent by Loreleija have dealt with many spies over the years, there may be a few that slip through the net, so we must prepare for the worst.
At this critical juncture, the old man who was most likely to know the inside story lost contact again. Shinji could see that the old man was doing it on purpose. The more critical the moment, the more he was away, fearing that his intervention would have some adverse effects.
It seems that he intends to fulfill his duties as an observer of parallel worlds to the end, otherwise he would not choose to disappear when Hatres caused trouble and the Holy Grail was activated prematurely.
In the end, you still have to rely on yourself. I wanted to enjoy the last peace before the storm, but now it’s gone.
Shinji sighed as he got out of the Ryougi family's stretched sedan, and while lowering his head in thought, he accidentally touched someone's shoulder.
"Sorry, I didn't notice."
"sorry."
The two people who collided apologized almost at the same time, and their voices were familiar to each other.
"Meijui?"
"Ah, Matou!"
Mizue's body trembled and she almost jumped up, which scared Shinji so much that he thought he had forgotten to control his power and asked hurriedly.
"What's wrong? Did I hurt you? Sorry, I was thinking about something and didn't pay attention to the road."
"No, it's okay. I'm just thinking about something - I, I'm going to go now."
After saying this, she ran away in a panic, without any trace of heroic spirit.
"It doesn't look like everything is alright. Never mind. If she says it's alright, then it's alright. I don't have time to think about other people."
The distraction only lasted for a moment, and Shinji soon focused his attention back on the vampire issue.
He was so absorbed in his thoughts that he didn't notice that Meizhui stopped after running a few steps, turned back and gazed deeply at the boy who was walking away, and occasionally said two sentences:
"How on earth did he do that?"
"Since you have such strong archery skills, why don't you compete with me?"
"I'm not such a fragile girl. I won't be easily hit."
"Should we invite him to join the Kyudo Club?"
...
As she was thinking, Meizhu suddenly felt something pulling the corner of her skirt, and then a voice came from beside her that gave her an extremely headache.
"Little mother."
"I told you not to call me—"
The words that were about to come out of his mouth were interrupted by another beautiful figure in kimono on the side of the road.
"Mina is right, they really look alike."
"Ah, yeah." Meizhui stood there blankly, looking at the similar but more mature face.
"I am Mina's mother, Ryougi Shiki."
"Beautiful Ayako."
At this moment, time stands still.
...
Regardless of the encounter between the big and small ones, Shinji and Sakura changed their original plan to go shopping in the shopping street and go home to perform "A Tongue in Fuyuki" after they met up. They called a taxi and went to the Fuyuki City Police Station, where Fujino and Kirie worked in the information technology department. This was the biggest hidden chess piece that Shinji, or more accurately, the entire Matou family, had planted in the past few years.
Of course, the method is not to simply ask the girls to take the police qualification exam, which is too low-level and difficult to guarantee that the hidden move will work. The method chosen by the Matou family is more domineering and more tycoon-like to spend money.
Don't worry, bribery is illegal, shameful, and risky. How could a shrewd businessman like Tsuruya use it? If you want to do it, you have to do it openly and honestly, and make the entire Fuyuki City Government and even the entire Hyogo Prefecture Government speechless.
The method he chose was to cooperate with the police and the public and take the technological route. He took advantage of Shinji's foresight and started with the road monitoring system that was fully popularized in the 21st century. He acquired related companies in advance and proposed to the government at the right time. In the end, he won half of the official monitoring system share in Hyogo Prefecture. He also made Fuyuki, a little-known city, the first city to install monitoring cameras on the pretext of giving back to his hometown.
Anyone with a little common sense knows that this kind of sophisticated electronic equipment is prone to problems of one kind or another. Before the time travel, the city where Shinji lived had problems with broken traffic lights and malfunctioning cameras from time to time, let alone the Fuyuki City in 2004
In order to deal with these problems in a timely manner and not to bring adverse effects to the government's work, it is reasonable to dispatch a professional after-sales team. So Fujino and Kirie swaggered into the Fuyuki City Police Department and had a special office. More importantly, they had the authority to check the cameras in Fuyuki City at will.
Don't underestimate this authority. With this, you can monitor all the streets of Fuyuki City without leaving your house. As for the alleys, Shinji would like to, but firstly, the times and technology do not allow it, and secondly, the government will not agree. However, this is enough for Shinji to grasp the situation of the entire city.
There are two purposes for doing this.
The first purpose is to monitor the spies sent by various forces and better protect the family.
The second reason is for this Holy Grail War. Intelligence is one of the most important factors in winning or losing a war. If you control the monitoring system of Fuyuki City, you can find the masters faster than anyone else and keep track of their movements in a timely manner.
Now, this system has a new use: finding vampires!
After telling Fujino and Kirie the latest information brought by Shiki, the two women immediately went to work. After a period of learning, they were already quite proficient in the business and were very skilled in switching cameras in various places.
Although vampires usually look similar to ordinary people, their characteristics are quite obvious, the most obvious of which is their eyes that are the color of blood. Even in Fuyuki City where there are relatively many foreigners, they are still very conspicuous.
While the girls were working, Shinji was not idle either. He went to find a familiar police officer to ask if there had been any strange cases recently, such as disappearances, or bodies being sucked dry.
Soon, a large net was set up to target vampires.