Chapter 2509: Chapter 1680: Shibuya Incident (Deciding What to Eat Every Meal Is a Challenge)

It took Duanmu Huai two hours to reach Inugami Village, and it only took him half an hour to solve the problem. So now, Duanmu Huai is leisurely sitting in the car on the way back home.

Is this the strength of a special-grade curse master?

Holding the steering wheel, Ms. Yan Ye glanced at Duanmu Huai, who was sitting in the passenger seat with his eyes closed, seemingly resting. At the moment, he was leaning against the car window, his eyes slightly shut, looking as if he were asleep. However, Ms. Yan Ye knew that Duanmu Huai wasn’t actually sleeping; he was merely in a daze.

This wasn’t the first time Ms. Yan Ye was assisting and supervising Duanmu Huai in a task. Her impression of him had changed drastically. At first, when she saw Duanmu Huai, she was quite surprised; after all, he was a well-known movie star, and she hadn’t expected such a person to work as a curse master.

But later, Ms. Yan Ye discovered that despite his delicate and fragile appearance, Duanmu Huai was quite assertive in his conduct. Against curse spirits, he was always ruthless in exterminating them. When faced with the choice between eliminating curse spirits and saving humans, Duanmu Huai always, without hesitation, chose the former.

This was different from most curse masters, many of whom would become confused over such choices, but Duanmu Huai’s goal was quite clear.

It’s a rather tricky situation for an assisting supervisor, as every time reporting similar incidents, Ms. Yan Ye always felt a pang in her stomach—but fortunately, with Duanmu Huai’s immense strength, most of the time those curse spirits posed no threat to him. Even when they attempted to take humans hostage, they were mostly exterminated by Duanmu Huai before they could act.

As for those who couldn’t be rescued... well, Duanmu Huai never agonized over whether to save them.

Just like this time...

"Sigh..."

Recalling Duanmu Huai’s report that the Inugami curse spirit had absorbed the male host into its body as a shield, and Duanmu Huai had simply cut him down, Ms. Yan Ye felt a stomachache again. This meant another lengthy report to write...

"Beep beep beep—"

At that moment, the phone rang. Ms. Yan Ye pulled the car over, picked up the phone, and answered it. Her expression slightly changed as she listened.

"Yes, I understand. It’s over. We’ll head there immediately."

After a brief exchange, Ms. Yan Ye turned to look at Duanmu Huai.

"Sorry, Miss Duanmu, we need to speed up."

"What’s happening?"

Duanmu Huai opened his eyes and asked calmly.

"Someone has cast a barrier in Shibuya. It’s preliminarily determined to be the work of a special-grade curse spirit and curse master in collaboration. Right now, the area within four hundred meters centered around Dongsen Department Store has been completely sealed, and the people are trapped inside. They’ve demanded that Gojo Satoru enter..."

"Where is Gojo Satoru?"

"He’s already on site!"

As she spoke, Ms. Yan Ye pressed the accelerator, speeding forward.

At that moment, Duanmu Huai’s phone also rang. He picked up the phone and answered it. Ruby’s voice came through.

"Hello, sister?"

"Hmm? What’s up, Ruby?"

"Something seems off in Shibuya..."

Ruby’s voice from the phone sounded uneasy and trembling.

"We just finished our live event, and suddenly someone said we couldn’t get out. It’s like the whole block is sealed or something, and... and I also saw..."

"Saw what?"

"The people on the street, they were suddenly sucked away, like a toilet flushing, getting sucked into the subway station... Sister, I’m really scared... What on earth is happening there? Are you okay?"

"I’m fine... Are you still in the building?"

"Yes, me, Hexiang, MEM, and the agency staff, everyone is here. I don’t know what to do, and for some reason, no one’s phones are working except mine..."

"Oh... Do you still have the amulet I gave you?"

"Sister, that amulet is really uncool, but yes, I still have it."

"Hmm..."

Duanmu Huai paused for a moment, then looked at Ms. Yan Ye.

"Ms. Yan Ye, how long until we reach Shibuya?"

"At full speed, it will still take half an hour."

"Good."

Duanmu Huai nodded, picked up the phone again.

"Do Hexiang and MEM also have their amulets?"

"..."

Ruby quietly conversed with someone on the other side and then replied.

"Hexiang and MEM’s are in their bags."

"It doesn’t matter. As long as it’s with them, I want you all to quietly wait. In half an hour, go downstairs and take a car back home."

"But didn’t they say we can’t get out..."

"You’ll be able to by then. Go home obediently, and wait for my news."

"Ah, okay... Sis."

Perhaps due to the suddenness of the situation, Ruby’s tone was lacking her usual energy, sounding filled with unease.

"Don’t worry."

Duanmu Huai’s voice softened.

"I’ll be back home to have Christmas cake with you by then."

"Huh? Did you buy it, sister?"

"Of course, I didn’t make it. Problems that can be solved with money are never problems."

"You’re still the same, sister. Is there a Christmas present?"

"You’ll know then. Telling you now wouldn’t be a surprise."

"Then I’ll look forward to it."

Ruby’s voice seemed to regain some vitality as she said this.

"It’s half an hour, right?"

"That’s right. When you hear the car horn, come straight down."

"Okay!"

Duanmu Huai hung up the phone and looked ahead.

"Full speed ahead, Ms. Yan Ye."

With the roar of the engine, the car accelerated like an arrow leaving the bowstring, speeding forward at the fastest pace.

In Duanmu Huai’s view, collaborating with the Curse Master organization was much easier than working with the Demon Slayer Team, which wasn’t even recognized by the government. The Curse Master organization, on the other hand, had a fairly cooperative relationship with the government. At least after Duanmu Huai entered, he saw the police had already blocked the traffic to and from Shibuya at top speed, and the news was broadcasting about a dangerous organization operating in Shibuya, intending to launch a terrorist attack to warn others to stay away from the incident center.

The usually bustling streets were now completely empty, which was certainly a good thing for Duanmu Huai.

And Shibuya was now in sight.

"The barrier is just ahead!"

"I see it."

Hearing Ms. Yan Ye’s voice beside him, Duanmu Huai nodded, then opened the car door, flipping onto the roof in a half-kneeling position. At the same time, Duanmu Huai gripped the sword hilt tightly with his right hand, staring ahead.

The car didn’t slow down, and at this moment, Ms. Yan Ye, gripping the steering wheel, was sweating coldly. Barriers have various functions, but no matter which kind, they’re difficult to break from the outside. Unless you defeat the caster or destroy the object that created the barrier. In fact, only a Special Grade Curse Master can roughly interfere from the outside and break the barrier.

What Duanmu Huai had to do now was very simple.

He gripped the sword hilt, staring at the pitch-black barrier ahead. For Duanmu Huai, he didn’t need to understand the principle of this thing. As the God of Destruction, his only task was to destroy anything that dared to threaten humans. This thing dared to trap ordinary people inside, which was clearly already a threat to humans.

So, what followed was a lot simpler.

The car had already rushed to the pitch-black barrier, and at the same moment, Duanmu Huai drew his Sharp Blade and swung it forward!

"—————————!"

Without any sound, the originally pitch-black, covered barrier burst like a balloon being pierced. Meanwhile, on the streets inside the barrier, those trapped within were screaming and running outside in panic.

"Miss Duanmu has already broken the barrier, dispatch people immediately to evacuate the crowd!"

At this moment, Ms. Yan Ye also loudly conveyed the message through her phone, leaving the following tasks to others to handle.

"Continue forward."

"Yes!"

Soon afterward, Duanmu Huai encountered two more barriers, which he also relentlessly cut open, smoothly making his way to the base of the department store where Ruby and the others were performing.

"Beeeep—————!!!"

The harsh horn sound echoed on the silent streets of Shibuya. Moments later, the automatic revolving door of the department store opened, and Ruby nervously poked her head out. Her eyes lit up when she saw Duanmu Huai.

"Sister!"

Calling out, Ruby ran over and hugged Duanmu Huai.

"Finally found you!"

"Hmm, are you alright?"

"I’m fine, everyone is okay......"

Ruby let go of Duanmu Huai, both crying and laughing. At this moment, Duanmu Huai saw Feng Bin Hexiang, MEM, and others also walking out of the department store, seemingly with quite a few fans dressed up... Well, just fans.

"Thank you for your hard work."

Duanmu Huai nodded to the other two and then pointed to the car behind him.

"You all can leave first. Ms. Yan Ye will drive you home, and as for others, a bus will arrive soon to evacuate them all."

"Okay, I’ll go explain to everyone."

Being the only reliable adult in B’s Little Town, MEM immediately took on the role of the messenger, quickly turning around to explain to the others standing uneasily at the building entrance, looking over.

Meanwhile, Duanmu Huai withdrew his gaze, looking toward the Shibuya subway station not far away.

"You said earlier that those people were sucked into the station?"

"Yes, we saw it clearly from upstairs, I even thought I was dreaming, but......"

Ruby spoke while uneasily gazing at the empty street ahead.

"This isn’t a dream, right, sister?"

"Pretending it’s a dream isn’t too bad either."

Duanmu Huai patted Ruby’s head.

"Go home, take a shower, get a good rest, and when you wake up, everything will be fine. Now, get in the car."

"What about you, sister?"

"I need to stay here and take a look."

Duanmu Huai gently pushed Ruby into the car, then also ushered MEM and Feng Bin Hexiang in before signaling to Ms. Yan Ye, who immediately drove off. At this time, the backup bus fleet had also arrived, evacuating other civilians at top speed.

"Truly worthy of a Special Grade Curse Master."

Just then, a glasses-wearing, pitiful-looking office worker approached.

"Thanks to you, otherwise we wouldn’t know what to do......"

"Try to evacuate people from around Shibuya as much as possible."

Duanmu Huai glanced at the person.

"By the way, I heard Gojo Satoru already arrived at the scene, where is he? Doesn’t seem like a fight broke out?"

"Regarding that matter, we just received some unfortunate news."

The expression of the guy with glasses was exceptionally serious at this moment.

"Mr. Wutiao has been sealed."

"............"

Useless, what’s the point of having him. Claiming to be the strongest Curse Master, yet so easily incapacitated?

Duanmu Huai silently sighed.

"The enemy is in the Shibuya station, huh." 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

"Yes, five levels underground. Other Curse Masters are currently invading through various subway lines."

"Got it, I’ll deal with it."

Duanmu Huai nodded and then turned to walk towards the Shibuya station.

Later, he’ll have to make Gojo Satoru treat him to a meal.