"That's when my father collapsed at home and was later taken to the hospital. The situation was critical, and somehow, he was cured."

Taking this opportunity, Sagen Takei checked the attribute values under the corner of his eye and discovered that only the mental antibody column remained unchanged, while the other two columns were slowly changing. This proves that Karibu Shingu's unusual signs stemmed from the day of his sudden admission to the hospital. Perhaps it is possible to start investigating from here.

Sagen Takei continued to ask, “Is there any other abnormality in him? Regarding that health issue?”

"No, and he took the initiative to take a shower as soon as he got home. He was a very healthy person." Amao Shingu lowered his voice and said, "My father said that he had been feeling sore all this time as if his body had worn out, but now he no longer feels that way and his spirit is very good."

"Did he say something confusing or related to this disappearance to you?" Sagen Takei asked.

"No, I've never heard any strange words from him." Amao Shingu shook his head, "He is a very dedicated person in his career. He is not the type to take care of the family. He and I rarely talk to each other let alone discuss trivial matters as unusual.”

Sagen Takei secretly speculated for sure now that staring at the wooden sculpture that had trapped Karibu Shingu's demonic spirit for a while could raise the value of a person's psychic antibody property. And this must have helped Karibu Shingu too, only it had a side effect: causing a stroke. He must be very lucky not to die. But now Sagen Takei thinks it will happen soon.

As for what this spirit antibody could be used for, it is currently unknown.

As he stared at the details displayed in his head, Sagen Takei's mental antibodies continued to rise, and soon the off-white progress bar turned pale yellow.

According to Sagen Takei's experience over the years, this sign proves that Karibu Shingu's range is not too far away. He calls this a measure of zoning and communication. Since it rarely succeeds, when he saw the results it displayed, Sagen Takei couldn't help but feel overjoyed. Now that he had a clue about Karibu Shingu's whereabouts, he might be able to contact him. Fortunately, he was not hiding from some secret organization.

Amao Shingu saw Sagen Takei brooding and then smiled unnaturally, he asked: "Have you discovered something good?"

Sagen Takei heard that, so he retracted his smile, he replied: "I have a bit of a clue. But nothing can be said.”

Sagen Takei had just finished his sentence when the sound of a successful connection reminder sounded in his head.

Up until now, it's been difficult to explain to people how his brain works. To put it simply, there was a system to take on quests related to Sagen Takei's special abilities. And the ability to sense a person's distance and communicate with that person within a certain distance is one of the abilities he currently possesses. He had been trying this ability for many days now, repeatedly checking what color the progress bar was to activate the ability but failed. Until today, for no reason, he successfully connected.

Moments later, Karibu Shingu's voice came from the other end of the line, "Hey, Takei."

Then the color of the progress bar turns white again and the pale yellow gradually disappears, the progress bar now flickers and switches between white and black continuously.

Sagen Takei was surprised: "How do you know my name?" What Sagen Takei meant was why he knew he is the one who connected to him.

"I know you're investigating me." Karibu Shingu calmly said. "If you don't want to die, it's better to stop the investigation."

"Why?" Sagen Takei asked the same question that anyone who heard Karibu Shingu's words would ask.

“Listen, everything I didn't plan for, all of these terrible unintended things happened. It would be disastrous for you if you got caught up in it. I don't want to see an innocent person get caught up in this. You also had to tell Amao Shingu not to get involved in this case again. I am still alive and well and will be back soon.” Karibu Shingu spoke quickly.

Sagen Takei felt like he was about to disappear, so before he did, he quickly asked him: "You have nothing to do with that mistress, do you?"

This is a very important answer for him. Not because he cared about the happiness of Amao Shingu's family, but because it was closely related to the key to this case.

But Karibu Shingu didn't answer and was silent for a few seconds and then disconnected.

"What's up?" Amao Shingu saw Sagen Takei's transition from joy to panic, all of which happened in a few short minutes, and in his eyes, Sagen Takei was not affected by any external influences.

Sagen Takei shook his head. He was thinking back to what Karibu Shingu had just told him.

Amao Shingu interrupted his train of thought: “You're always like that, acting alone. This is my family's business, at least you have to give me some information, right? I know you already know something.”

Sagen Takei returned to his senses, looking at Amao Shingu's serious face, he realized that until now he had only been focused on the case and forgot about Amao Shingu's existence. Sagen Takei replied, "I can only tell you that he is still alive and that his disappearance or his past has nothing to do with the mistress."

Hearing that, Amao Shingu breathed a sigh of relief, “That would be great. I know he's not that kind of person."

Sagen Takei didn't know if Amao Shingu was feeling relieved that he was still alive or that he had no lover, or maybe both. What he needed to do now was find the whereabouts of Karibu Shingu. Just now, because of contact with him, Karibu Shingu's location has been zoned and narrowed down significantly, leaving only a tiny dot on the map that the system has shown him. Of course, this good thing is not the only thing that makes Sagen Takei feel elated. But also because of the other saying of Karibu Shingu: "If you get involved in this, you will die."

This is what Sagen Takei has been waiting for a long time. Of course, he didn't mean that he wanted to die, but that he wanted to face a challenge that would make him think about death.

Sagen Takei returned to his home and continued to probe the statue of Karibu Shingu to find out his location quickly.

Meanwhile, at the top of the northern mountain, in a makeshift wooden house, Karibu Shingu was crouched in a small room, his eyes widening looking at everything around him as if at any moment someone would jump at him.

Karibu Shingu firmly believes that it is not his paranoia. Think about it, when he was living a rich and rich life, an event happened to him, and then there was a man who wanted to rob the property and family that he worked so hard to build all day long.

The demon spirit that he had hidden inside the wooden statue was just a way to hide the mystery behind the wooden statue. It would be disastrous to let others find out. His life is in danger more than ever.

And then, as he was thinking about Sagen Takei and the conversation he just started just now. He learned about Sagen Takei and what he obtained was beyond his imagination. So he was very embarrassed when he learned that Sagen Takei was involved in this case. However, that was not the main reason he initiated that conversation.

About a few years ago, when he predicted that he would encounter a danger related to his life and the person holding that threat was Sagen Takei. He sent someone to investigate Sagen Takei and unexpectedly, he was his son's classmate in high school. However, everything was arranged by him in advance, recent events, although some things were out of control, everything was in a state of readiness. He wants to take the power of Sagen Takei. He needed that power to overpower the demon that was inside his body.

It's just that the demon's power suddenly skyrocketed as if someone had poured a ton of power into it in just half an hour. Now from pretending to run away, he was being chased by it.

While Karibu Shingu was thinking about it, there was a sound of footsteps, he listened and was extremely nervous.

And now, outside the window, right behind Karibu Shingu, a figure loomed. And this figure, coincidentally, is the same as the figure that will appear in Sagen Takei's window in the future.