Flashback, Fujiyama and Yukari appeared to be training together in a training hall of a dojo with a Japanese classic style building and polished wooden patterned floors. Fujiyama said
“Yukari, even though you might choose not to become a Yokai controller in the future, your knowledge about it should not fade. However, it will be difficult to master Yokai controller techniques if you don't interact with the Yokai themselves”
Flashback end. Recalling that, Yukari was surprised, she thought to herself
"Why back then father able to channel energy akin to a Yokai countercurrent?"
This raises a question mark for Yukari, appears that she is lost in her thought about it. Seeing Yukari, Shu’s expression turned astonished
"Are you alright Yukari?"
Hearing this, Yukari came to her sense
“Yes, Uncle. Oh right, I want to ask something”
Shu looked curious
"Of course, what do you want to ask?"
Yukari looked curious
"The Yokai countercurrent just now, does that also happen to humans?"
Shu smiled
“Humans don't have the countercurrent Yukari, it only happens on Yokai, as their form of defense. That's why we need a Yokai weapon to neutralize it"
Yukari was surprised
"Can uncle explain what exactly is this countercurrent?"
Shu looked surprised
“Finally, there is a thing you don't know huh? All right, I'll explain. This counter-current is human soul energy to suppress and seal the Yokai, but the Yokai then transforms this energy by mixing it with their soul energy, so that it can flow back through the soul chain because when the sealing takes place Yokai's soul energy can’t flow in the chain. On several occasions, these countercurrents just happened without the Yokai really wanting it”
Yukari looked curious. Yukari thought to herself
“What happened to Dad seems to be because he used his soul energy to suppress me, and somehow opened the way for my soul energy. But why does he have that countercurrent like Yokai?”
Yukari’s expression turned curious
“Then, can we use this sealing technique to suppress humans?”
Shu smiled
“Smart question and the answer was yes, but unlike Yokais, the suppressed human energy could just flow through the soul chains of other humans if the energy was stronger, that's why it's rarely done to fellow humans because it can backfire accidentally if you're not careful”
Yukari's expression turned curious
"Can our soul energy be helped open by other energies?"
Shu's expression turned astonished
"I don't know where you heard that from. But it's possible though very rare, due to the difficulty, and not many people master it"
Yukari nodded
“I see, now I understand”
Shu replied
"Okay, now let’s finish our training for today, tomorrow we will investigate your house"
Yukari appeared to disapprove
"We'll do it tonight uncle, no need to delay it anymore"
Hearing this, made Shu surprised, his expression then changed to astonishment. But then Shu smiled
"Okay, I understand, we're leaving tonight"
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Yukari’s expression turned serious, she then nodded. Shinra appeared to be looking at the two of them with a curious expression.
The current time is 9:00 pm. Yukari and Shu walked to the parking lot behind their apartment building and got into Shu's SUV. Yukari is wearing a hoodie jacket, long jeans, and sneakers. She walked while embracing the stuffed doll Shinra in her right arm, carrying her katana sword in her right hand. Shu was wearing a brown leather jacket, long jeans, and boots. Their car then drove away from here.
After some time driving the car, they arrived at the residential area where Yukari lived. As before, their car was parked several blocks from Yukari's house, the two of them then got out of the car and walked to the back trunk. Shu then prepared his luggage
"Don't let your guard down, enemies can appear at any time, especially if they find out about the clues Fujiyama left behind"
Yukari's expression turned serious
“Yes, I understand uncle”
Yukari carries her Yokai weapon on her waist with a baldric (support belt to carry sword hands-free), as well as a stuffed doll Shinra. Shu also brought his katana Yokai weapon, and they each carried a flashlight.
After walking past several blocks, they arrived at Yukari's house. Nothing has changed, with the entrance given a police line. They walked in aided by their flashlight, the situation inside the house didn't change much either, Yukari and Shu pointed their flashlights in various directions. Yukari said
“Is it okay if I turn on the light?”
Shu nodded
“Yes, just turn it on”
Yukari, who had memorized where the house's light switch was, walked over to it and turned on the house's lights, she then walked towards the other switch to turn on other lights. Now that the house was bright, they started looking for the location Fujiyama meant. Yukari said
"Where is the hidden place?"
Shu looked slightly doubtful
"I think it's in the place where the sentence is formed with a number in the last row, gap under the shelf"
Yukari appeared to have realized something
“Shelf? Is it a bookshelf?”
Shu nodded
“Yes, it is possible”
They then walked over to the bookshelf in the family room which appeared to have been partially destroyed, and books scattered everywhere.
The two of them helped each other to move the remaining part of this bookshelf, but there is nothing under it. Shu started to feel the floor with his hands to examine it more thoroughly. Shu realized something, there was a part of this floor that is a connection, Shu then opened it. Inside, there was an iron box, finding this made Yukari and Shu look surprised. Shu said
“There is something here…”
Shu took it out from under the floor. Shu checked this box and found no locking mechanism or anything like that. Yukari and Shu looked curious to see this box, Shu then opened this box which turned out to be unlocked. Inside the box was a roll of paper, Shu then took it and opened it.
A new coordinate is written on this roll of paper, with a combination of letters and numbers, longitude and latitude numbers. Seeing this, Yukari and Shu looked slightly surprised. Shu said
“New coordinates, looks like our journey isn't over yet”
Yukari’s expression turned serious
“Where do these coordinates lead…”
Shu looked curious
“Let's check it out”
Shu took out his smartphone and searched for the coordinates, Yukari also paid attention to Shu's smartphone screen
"These coordinates show a place of wilderness area near a mountain and waterfall"
Yukari’s expression turned curious
“Why did Dad make coordinates in such a place..."
Shu nodded, he also looked curious
"There's only one way to find out, let’s come to this coordinate"
Yukari's expression turned serious, she then nodded. It wasn't long before they realized that someone had walked into the house. Shu said in a lowered tone
“Someone is coming”
They immediately moved from their place to hide.
Back sometime before, Ken and Makoto met each other again at the Takeru Family's main house. Ken is walking into one of the living rooms of this house on the second floor, which has classic furniture, long and single armchairs with carved wood, tables, floor lamps, etc. This room also has a tall window door that leads to one of the balconies on the second floor. Makoto is reading through his investigation documents, Ken walked in from the open tall entrance wooden double door of this room while knocking on it first. Seeing Ken coming, Makoto's attention turned to Ken
"Yes, come here Ken"
Ken walked over to his grandfather who is sitting on one of the single armchairs in the room, he then sat on the long armchair nearby his grandfather
"So, we're just going to wait?"
Makoto smiled
“We're not that stuck”
Makoto handed Ken an investigation document, Ken then received it and read it
“A note of variations of letters and numbers that I found in a document in the drawer at Fujiyama’s desk in the office building where he works”
Flashback, Makoto checked the files on Fujiyama's desk, there was a document that looked like it had just recently been done. This document caught Makoto's attention, he skimmed through the contents of the pages. Inside, there were pages containing text that was given a red color. Flashback ended. Back to the present time, Makoto's expression turned serious
“He made it looks like it was a mark off the record, but I tried to look at it from another perspective. I might as well be wrong”
Ken's expression turned astonished
“Is this one of those desperate moves?”
Makoto smiled
“As I said, we're not that stuck”
Ken looked doubtful. Makoto continued speaking
“I have investigated his workplace, and there is something odd there. It's like someone wants to get rid of any clues about Fujiyama. If you knew that you were under surveillance where you were conducting your investigations and that you might be in danger, what would you do?”
Ken appeared to realize something
“I will leave a clue?”
Makoto looks excited
"Exactly, and the enemy doesn't seem to be aware of this clue Fujiyama left behind”
Makoto opened his notebook and read it for a while
"Alright, I've made some combinations of location outlines, and found out that these coordinates can be worked out for Fujiyama's house location"
Ken looked surprised
"At his house? Even though we checked it before…"
Makoto nodded
"Right, but not too scrupulously, so maybe we missed something. Whatever it is, tonight we will try to reinvestigate there”
Ken's expression turned serious, he then nodded
"I agree, let's go there tonight"