Volu 2, Chapter 1: Monster of Justice
Exorcist Society Monitoring Departnt.
It was a special departnt within the Exorcist Society that protected people from spiritual disasters. And it was also a departnt that exorcists feared.
After all, the departnt’s main duty was to monitor and supervise all exorcists in the nation, especially exorcists who belonged to the Society.
There existed exorcists who abused the unusual powers they were endowed with, involved themselves with higher-order spiritual existences or criminal organizations that hard people, used their abilities in ethically questionable ways… The monitoring departnt cracked down on all cases of psychic power misuse and in so cases, dealt with such problems before the public even beca aware of them.
In other words, it was a self-cleansing organization that protected both the order and image of the Exorcist Society.
Due to its role in also cleansing the Society itself, the departnt was considered to be a very politically important organization in the Society. As a result, the "Nine Old Families" who held trendous influence over Japan’s exorcism industry always maintained a certain percentage of all positions in the departnt for those related to the family by blood.
These reasons ant that the monitoring departnt’s mbers tended to be highly skilled and gave the organization a fearso reputation among many exorcists.
"Excuse , Master."
Inside a room with a slightly grungy ceiling and walls and a pile of papers that looked like they were about to collapse at any mont.
Magical artifacts laid scattered around on the floor and were labeled with stickers like "Evidence" and "Confiscated Item", giving the room an ominous feeling.
A girl with a strong-minded aura and hair styled into side tails stepped into the monitoring departnt director’s office. She seed to be about fifteen or sixteen years old, an age when most would still be in school for training. Despite that, the shining badge on her chest indicated that she was an official mber of the monitoring departnt.
"Oh, you’re here. No, wait, I thought I told you to address by ‘director’ when we’re here."
A translucent woman in the room greeted the girl in a languid voice.
"I’m sorry. I still haven’t gotten used to it yet… so, what is it that you want to do?"
"Ah–, right, about that…"
Compared to the young girl who seed full of energy, the eyes of the monitoring departnt director looked like those of a dead fish as she waved her finger. Several sheets of paper gently floated out from the pile of papers and landed into the girl’s hands.
"I need you to monitor this guy."
As soon as the girl’s eyes fell on the photos and she skimd through the brief profile of the target for monitoring printed on the docunts, her face suddenly tightened. Astonishnt, confusion, and even a hint of anger crossed her face.
After observing those changes in the girl with a motionless gaze, the monitoring departnt director continued,
"You’ve probably heard a bit about him. He’s a mber of the newbie team of students who exorcised a sixth-rank."
"…yes."
Monster A of Shinono city. Often referred to as the woman who runs away from boobs.
A sixth rank monster that appeared roughly a week ago.
At first glance, it seed to be a joke of a monster since it attacked random people on the street for sothing as silly as an aggravated complex about its breasts. However, the monster was so dangerous that it had even wiped out a professional team of veterans.
At that ti, everyone wondered how many people would beco victims before the Twelve Heavenly Masters arrived and grimly resolved themselves for the tragic scene that would await them… however, a team of unknown students who hadn’t even received their temporary license yet prevented such a scene from ever occurring.
The target for monitoring this ti was the student who had exorcised the sixth-rank.
"Although we still have no details on his ability, there’s no doubt that it’s powerful enough to exorcise a sixth-rank in a single blow, sothing that even we can’t do easily. It’s obviously a problem to have soone so powerful appear out of thin air, however… that’s not the main problem."
"…I see. Does this an that the crazy rumors are true?"
However, the girl furrowed her eyebrows unhappily when she saw that the monitoring departnt director who usually spoke easily was reluctant to say anything this ti.
More had been said about the student’s exorcism of the sixth-rank than just the exorcism itself.
For example, his exorcism ability which defeated the sixth-rank was apparently quite a vulgar one.
The girl even heard so say that during the exorcism, Monster A of Shinono city almost looked like it had been made to co. Co.
Since rumors by their very nature tended to beco rather exaggerated, the talk about coming and whatnot should naturally be taken with a grain of salt. However, it seed to be true that so kind of perverted ability had been used to exorcise the monster.
The monitoring departnt doing what it was doing right now was the best evidence for that.
"Well, it’s sothing like that. Therefore, your job this ti is to keep an eye on that student so he doesn’t abuse his ability and ruin the Society’s reputation. I do feel like there’s sothing fishy about this guy, though."
"What do you an?"
"Kuzunoha’s involved with him."
"……"
The girl’s expression beca even uglier when she heard Kuzunoha, the na of the first of the "Nine Old Families".
"It’s possible that Kuzunoha has been deliberately concealing the surveillance target’s ability. After all, despite the fact that she should be quite busy as the Kuzunoha Family’s heiress, so have told that she’s interfering with our attempts at direct monitoring. Very fishy."
"That… certainly seems suspicious. Please let be his monitor."
The girl’s cheeks were stiff as she spoke to the monitoring departnt director.
Feeling a little uncomfortable about how eager the girl seed to be, the monitoring director tried to confirm with the girl who was her subordinate and favorite disciple.
"Are you sure? You were recomnded for this since the monitoring target will be less wary of you. However, being a monitor ans that depending on the circumstances, disposal of the target will sotis be necessary. Naturally, you’ll be the one carrying it out. Soya Misaki and the target also seem to be quite close with each other–"
"There’s absolutely no problem."
The girl forcefully cut off the monitoring departnt director as she asserted so.
She angrily crumbled up the docunt printed with a photo of her surveillance target–Furuya Haruhisa.
"Because I hate Kuzunoha and I hate the monitoring target!"
After spitting out those words, she quickly left the room, perhaps to get ready for her new job.
"…well, it would be good if that’s the case."
The monitoring departnt director sighed then mumbled to herself,
"Nevertheless, a vulgar ability that can exorcise a sixth-rank huh… although it’s not in the records, there’s no way right…"
The room returned to silence as she beca alone once again and began working on her next task.
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It was twilight. The ti between day and night. On the roof of a building overlooking a crowded street.
"Aw, shoot, looks like I ca to check on you a little late. The monitoring departnt’s already made their move."
A girl muttered those words to herself regretfully as she gazed up at the darkening sky that was beginning to give way to night.
She was dressed in a worn-out high school uniform. White legs stretched out from underneath her short skirt. A stuffed animal key chain could be seen dangling from her school-assigned bag.
The way she placed a hand on her cheek which had a small heart painted on it while pouting her lips gave her a sowhat mischievous aura.
However, she looked so cute and adorable that nobody would have cared about such a trivial thing. She pouted with puffed out cheeks despite there being no one around to see her and stretched her legs over the edge of the building’s roof, dangling them in the air.
"Well, well, I wonder what I should do? Now that the monitoring departnt’s involved, the ones ‘with parts’ won’t be able to move around so easily… I guess for the ti being, I’ll try using a monster servant to confuse them a bit."
She peered down at the hustle and bustle far below.
"Alright, let’s see who’s the most suitable candidate for becoming a monster of the ‘justice’ everyone seems to loves so much."
She smiled like an innocent child and narrowed her eyes as if she were searching for prey. Twin orbs glowed in the night with a suspiciously inhuman light.
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