The legend of Tiga

Chapter 2222: Man-eating Trash Can
The night is deep, but there are no stars or moon.

The beautiful scenery of the movement of the sun and the moon and the brilliant stars in the Milky Way that people have praised for thousands of years has become a swan song in the past few days. We can only find them through film and television records.

The Sphia Barrier enveloped the earth and blocked people's view of the vast starry sky, leaving only a bare expanse and endless regrets.

Without the stars and the bright moon, the earth shrouded in the night seemed particularly dark. Even with the illumination of street lamps, the streets were extremely dim and it was difficult to see clearly more than ten meters away.

Especially when you are away from the bustling areas, not only does the height of the buildings drop sharply, but even the density and brightness of street lights decrease. There are even no special lamp poles. A light bulb is directly installed on the pole, casting a dim light. It is no exaggeration to say that such simple lighting facilities are completely different from the brightly lit and sci-fi central city area.

There is a three-story building on the side of the road. The ground floor is used for commercial purposes. The flag of the izakaya hanging on the lintel looks half-old and half-new. It is obvious that this izakaya is quite old.

The still door curtain suddenly floated outwards and parted in the middle, and two men, arm in arm, walked out drunkenly, talking loudly as they walked, laughing from time to time, looking like "good brothers". They were wearing suits and black briefcases, the standard attire of office workers, and they were the main customers of this homely pub.

At this time, it was past ten o'clock, and there were few people and cars. The streets became quiet. When you walk into the alley, it is even quieter, with only the occasional car passing by quickly, making a sound from far away and then from near to far.

Two people staggered in the quiet alley, and one of them suddenly had to go to the bathroom, so he stopped, opened his hazy drunken eyes, looked around, and staggered to the metal trash can, intending to solve the problem on the spot.

The other person walked forward seven or eight steps before he realized his companion was gone. He muttered, "Where's the person?" and staggered around, looking for him. In the dim light, he saw a figure next to the trash can, and then he laughed: "What are you doing standing there?"

Before he finished speaking, he saw the trash can next to him move obviously, which made him stunned. He rubbed his eyes involuntarily, thinking that he had seen it wrong.

But after rubbing his eyes, he looked again, and found that the trash can was facing the man who was still comfortably peeing. It had turned 90 degrees compared to the position he first saw.

This. This. How is this possible?
The man's alcohol-digested brain was trying hard to think whether he had remembered it wrongly and the trash can had always been placed like this.

But just as he thought of this, a horrifying scene happened. The trash can that was placed neatly on the ground suddenly tilted forward, lifting the man up, and then automatically fell back to its original position. The lid that was originally open also closed. Only a heart-wrenching scream was heard from inside, but it only lasted for two or three seconds before suddenly disappearing, leaving the alley in silence again.

But for the man, he felt a chill running straight up from the soles of his feet to his forehead, making the hairs all over his body stand up. The drunkenness was instantly scared away, and he stared with wide eyes at the trash can that seemed to have never moved. Then, under his gaze, the trash can, which was as big as a family car, started to turn towards him as if there was a turntable underneath.

This made the man terrified, and he tried desperately to run out, crawling and shouting "Help, help!" as he ran.

The shrill shouts broke the silence of the night, echoed in the alley, and could be heard from a long distance, waking up many people who had just fallen asleep. Lights then lit up in the dark windows.

Only the trash can slowly turned back to its original outward position and then stopped moving, forming a sharp contrast to the speed at which it turned in one second when it swallowed the person.

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Woo! Woo! Woo!
Police lights flashed and sirens rang.

The Serret patrol car was driving through the streets and alleys at a very fast speed. From a distance, it saw a group of people gathered on the side of the road, chattering and talking to each other. The road was completely different from the emptiness and silence it had been when it came.

"Look, here comes the Super Victory Team."

"There really is a monster."

"Yes, otherwise why would they send out the Super Victory Team? There must be a monster."

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As soon as Yukihei Kariya and Toshiyuki Koda stopped the car, they heard discussions coming from the crowd, which made them smile bitterly. Although it is said that where there are monsters, there must be a super victory team, but where there is a super victory team, it does not mean that monsters have appeared.

This is actually an inequality, but people often simply and crudely understand it as an equation. This problem has existed since the Victory Team era, but it has not been solved to this day. Therefore, the Super Victory Team rarely drives on patrol, and even if they drive out, they try to stay in sparsely populated areas to avoid attracting onlookers or even causing panic.

"Make way, make way, everyone"

The patrol police who arrived at the scene early also squeezed out of the crowd, shouting at the crowd to make way so that the Super Victory Team could enter the crime scene.

Although everyone was very curious, they still obediently stepped back to make way.

Kariya Yukihei and Koda Toshiyuki, carrying boxes, walked through quickly, saying, "Thank you, thank you everyone!"

Just as the two of them were about to pass through the crowd, they suddenly heard a voice: "Hey, when can you guys solve that thing in the sky?"

Yukihira Kariya paused, then turned around to see who said it, but there was a crowd of people, and the words disappeared as soon as they were spoken, and there was no ID left, so he really didn't know who said it. He could only say in a formal way: "That. It is currently being actively promoted. The specific situation is not convenient to disclose for the time being, but please believe us, we will definitely..."

While Kariya Yukihei was making a formal speech, Koda Toshiyuki took the opportunity to quickly pass through the crowd, lifted the cordon set up by the patrol police at the entrance of the alley, and entered the alley where the unexplained disappearance case had occurred.

The patrol chief in charge of this block came over quickly, saluted, and said, "I'm Xiao Ye, thank you for coming here."

"Yes!" Koda Toshiyuki raised his hand and saluted in return, saying, "What's the situation at the scene?"

The patrol chief followed and said as he walked, "The person who reported the case was the owner of a nearby convenience store. He was about to close the store when he heard someone shouting for help. He ran in the direction of the sound and saw Yamagami Ichino rushing out of the alley with a terrified look on his face, saying 'eat people'.

After I led the team to the scene, we conducted inquiries. According to Yamagami Ichino, he and the missing person, Inoue Sandian, came out of the izakaya and passed through this alley on their way home. Inoue Sandian went to relieve himself next to the trash can and ended up being eaten by it. "

When Patrolman Ono said this, he found it ridiculous himself, but he was a professional after all, so he would not laugh out loud easily and could continue: "But it should be nonsense caused by drunkenness. He fell asleep after being brought to the police car, and he hasn't woken up yet. According to the owner of the izakaya, the two of them drank three bottles of strong liquor, and they were so drunk when they left that they could hardly walk." "They drank so much." Toshiyuki Koda was very surprised. On average, each person drank one and a half bottles, which means they can drink a lot.

"The boss remembered it very clearly because the two of them ordered 20 skewers of oden in total, and they even brought their own wine."

"Uh"

It's hard not to be impressed.

"The boss is indeed a good man. He didn't even kick them out." Yukihira Kariya, who followed, couldn't help but say that it would be fine if they brought their own drinks to the pub, but they only ordered such a small amount of food and sat there for two or three hours. They were really occupying the toilet without doing anything and delaying others from making money.

"Alas, there is nothing we can do," Chief Patrolman Ono sighed and said, "I don't know what's going on in the sky. Everyone is storing more supplies, and the prices of things on the market are rising."

As he spoke, he glanced at Kariya Yukihei and Koda Toshiyuki, as if he wanted to see something from their faces.

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Yukihei Kariya and Toshiyuki Koda were silent. Their food, clothing, housing and transportation were all provided by TPC. They had been worried about the Sphia Barrier during this period and had no idea that prices in the market had skyrocketed.

And Chief Inspector Ono had the word "tricks" almost carved on his face, so it was obvious that he wanted to get some inside information from them.

However, neither of them blamed each other. The Internet is well developed, information is shared, and no one is blind. The Sphia Barrier can be seen everywhere in the world, so it is natural for people to understand that the earth is covered by this unknown membrane.

If it breaks right away, that's fine.

But unfortunately, this layer of membrane is still in good condition in the sky. TPC only said that it would take corresponding measures, but no measures have been seen. How can we not be worried?

People who had experienced the "Three Days of Darkness" still remembered the tragedy vividly, so some people began to store supplies. Once one person did this, the people around them would also become nervous and store supplies as well. The topic of all major forums was "Doomsday Survival". If the sun had not risen normally, Tiga, oh, that is, Chiba Makoto, would have attended the TPC media meeting every day, which greatly stabilized people's hearts. Otherwise, there would have been chaos a long time ago.

Even so, many people still stored some supplies. After all, it is better to be safe than sorry.

Koda Toshiyuki changed the subject and said, "Have you searched for missing persons along the way?"

"Three patrol teams have been dispatched to expand the search along their route. The headquarters is also reviewing the surveillance footage along the route, and someone is contacting the family of the missing person."

"Ok!"

Toshiyuki Koda nodded, saying that the police station had done its job well in every aspect.

If it were a normal world, such a disappearance case, and if it involved a drunkard, would not cause such a fuss. But here there are monsters and aliens, so any abnormality must be taken seriously.

What’s more important is that footprints were found reaching the wall near the trash can, but there were no footprints leaving. The garbage in the trash can did not cover the bottom, so it was impossible for a person to hide there.

That is to say, a person walked to the wall and did not move away, but the person disappeared.

The police officer carefully inspected the scene and found something unusual before calling the Super Victory Team.

Although there may be other reasons, what if it is monsters and aliens?
"Leave it to us from now on." Yukihei Kariya said as he opened his briefcase and took out an instrument that looked like an electric drill. He was scanning the trash can and the nearby ground, collecting data.

Koda Toshiyuki was observing his surroundings. This was an alley that was very common in urban villages. It was narrow and cramped, with a damaged concrete floor and potholes filled with sewage everywhere. Coupled with the trash can, the stench would be absolutely unbearable in the summer.

It is about a hundred meters long, but has only eight street lights, and only the entrances and exits of the alley are lit. The four inside don't even have light bulbs, so it is pitch black. No one would want to stay here even during the day, let alone at night. It is indeed a good place to commit a crime.

On one side was a six-story apartment building, and on the other side was a wall more than one meter high, with a half-meter high wire mesh on top. Even if he was standing on a trash can, a drunk couldn't climb over it, unless...
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard Kariya Yukihira's puzzled "Huh", which made Koda Toshiyuki turn around and ask, "Did you find anything?"

"Come and take a look. It's strangely hot." Yukihei Kariya's instrument stopped at the lower left corner of the trash can. A washbasin-sized area could be clearly seen on the screen. It was red in sharp contrast to the surrounding area, and the temperature was more than ten degrees higher than the surrounding area.

Chief Inspector Ono came over and said, "Did Inoue Mitsuko peed here?"

"Impossible," Kariya Yukihei shook his head and said, "It doesn't look like it was formed by flowing, and the thermal conductivity of metal is very high. It's been so long, it can't still be this hot."

"That's right!" Patrolman Ono nodded. Although it is not winter now, it is not the hot summer yet.

"It's strange."

As Kariya Yukihei spoke, he walked forward and raised his hand, ready to touch it to see if it was really hot or if there was something wrong with the instrument.

But just as his raised right foot landed, the square trash can suddenly fell towards him at a very fast speed, giving people the feeling that the other side was lifted up by a huge force, so that when Yukihira Kariya just saw it, his upper body had already been swallowed by the trash can's delivery port.

"Kariya!" Toshiyuki Koda was shocked and immediately stepped forward. He didn't care about the dirtiness of the trash can. He immediately used both hands to hold up the fallen trash can to stop it from falling further. He didn't even care whether he would be crushed and injured.

Although Chief Patrolman Ono was a little slow to react, he rushed forward when Koda Toshiyuki pressed against the trash can and directly supported the edge of the trash can with his shoulder. It was painful but he gritted his teeth and persisted. After all, this was a visible achievement and he might even earn a favor. He glanced at the patrolman who was responsible for maintaining order a few steps away and shouted loudly, "Come and help."