Tokyo: Parasite

Chapter 426 196: Eruption

For the Ainu people, the best place to be buried is outside the village, in a scenic area, preferably near the mountains and at the foot of the mountains.

They believe this is the channel for the soul to return to nature.

Foothills of Sulphur Mountain.

The young Ainu man who calls himself Xiong Ling has found a good place and is digging, preparing to bury the remains of his ancestors rescued from the Kuroda family there.

He did not use his abilities, but instead took a shovel and bit by bit dug out a square pit more than one meter deep.

After the excavation was completed, he jumped into the pit with his backpack and began to reassemble the skeleton in a side-lying position with flexed limbs, symbolizing the return to the mother's body state, facing the direction of the rising sun.

In fact, he only had a vague understanding of this ancient knowledge, which was taught by an old man who adopted him.

I also learned from the old man that this skeleton is an eternal pain in his heart.

"Rest in peace, Xiong Ling's name will be inherited by me. I cannot restore the Ainu's former territory, but I will do my best to protect all the tribesmen who still remember their ancestors."

Singing a half-baked narrative poem, Xiong Ling picked up the shovel and prepared to bury him.

Rumble.

"Hmm? There was an earthquake?"

Xiong Ling was not surprised by earthquakes. This place was originally where plates met, so earthquakes were commonplace. But the current earthquake seemed quite strong, and Sulfur Mountain was an active volcano. If one was not careful—

Boom! !
Before Xiong Ling could finish what he was saying, he saw a large amount of black and red jets erupting from a mountain in the distance. Sparks and thick smoke shot up into the sky a thousand meters high, accompanied by earth rumbling sounds like a giant underground beast constantly hitting a cage, which made Xiong Ling's chest numb, as if he felt the pain of the earth.

"Isn't there only one active volcano here, Sulfur Mountain?!"

Bang! !

As if in response to his words, the sulfur mountain next to him finally reached its peak and sprayed out wildly, with explosions constantly tearing through the air, like tens of millions of tons of TNT detonating in succession in the clouds.

Before the volcanic ash arrived, densely packed small and large stones with a strong smell of sulfur swarmed in. A large amount of soil also poured from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain, sweeping across a large tract of forest.

Xiong Ling yelled and stomped the ground with his right leg. The soil in the pit gathered into a hand and put all the neatly stacked bones back into the backpack. Then Xiong Ling ran away, running very fast.

"Ancestor! If you don't like being buried here, you can just tell me! No need to make such a big fuss!" Xiong Ling shouted at the pile of bones in his backpack while running.

He took some effort, and with the help of his abilities, he quickly reached another hilltop that was not affected, and then looked into the distance at the erupting volcanoes.

The eruption continued, and the volcanic ash column expanded into an increasingly large umbrella-shaped cloud, with blue-purple lightning produced by ionization at the top wandering wildly in it. The entire sky presented a strange two-color layer: the lower layer was the rose-colored smoke, and the upper layer was the unpolluted indigo blue curtain. At the junction, gray-white clouds torn apart by air currents were suspended, just like a scene seen only in a dream.

The magma slowly flowing down from the eruption vent has begun to take the shape of a river. From his position, it is just a slowly wriggling orange-red line on the mountain. However, this thin line slowly swallows up the forest line bit by bit.

The end of the world, which was just a beautiful place, has now become a purgatory-like end of the world.

The interesting thing is that no matter which description it is, it fits human fantasy about the end of the world.

In the sky, the first volcanic ash began to fall with fine mud and sand, like polluted snow.

The smell of sulfur came on the wind, stinging my nostrils mixed with the bitter smell of burnt ashes.

The bear spirit knelt on the ground, feeling the pain of the earth.

He carefully took out the pile of bones again and said, "I understand, ancestor. You want to witness the death of those evil people with me, right?"

The skeleton did not reply. A half-melted boulder erupted from a distant volcano and smashed into the magma, splashing a brilliant rain of fire. It was the only pretty good-looking scene in this hellish scene.

"Okay, let's work together to give our people a clear Hokkaido!"

Rumble——

Xiong Ling picked up his backpack and rushed back to Rausu Town.

Originally, he was thinking of going to Cape Shiretoko to see if his former tribesmen had left any secrets at the end, but in the current situation, the people of Rausu Town might have evacuated to avoid the volcanic ash, so he had to go back quickly to deal with his enemy, Chief Inspector Sato.

At this time at Cape Shiretoko, the ghost-faced fox also felt a little numb.

No one told her that taking something would make such a big noise.

Don’t you have to go through it all over again?

She quickly prepared to leave here, but before she ran far, a crack suddenly appeared in the ground, and boiling magma gushed out, burning the corners of her clothes.

"Put the core back to its original location."

Faint voices could be heard from the magma.

The ghost-faced fox's eyes narrowed when she heard this. How could she just hand over something that was in her hands? Moreover, this was a task given by the fake master: "If you want it, come and get it!"

The surging magma was silent for a moment, and then a strange lava hand stretched out from it, carrying a strange body, and slowly appeared in the sight of the ghost-faced fox.

What the hell is this?
Could this be carbon-based life on Earth?
How come it’s uglier than the randomly generated ones!
There were more than one ugly creatures crawling out of the magma, which was a feast for the eyes.

The ghost-faced fox ran away simply because he was afraid of being vomited for his ugliness.

The monsters made unpleasant cries, like babies crying. They curled up and rolled into a ball like a hedgehog, chasing towards the place where the ghost-faced fox left.

"court death!"

The ghost-faced fox didn't want to touch these monsters at all. He casually broke off a conical stone and kicked it towards the monster. The stone cone broke through the air and pierced through several magma monsters in the blink of an eye.

But these monsters quickly reorganized and merged into a larger magma creature, pulled out the stone cone, and returned it to the ghost-faced fox.

boom!
She dodged the rock easily, her brow furrowed deeply.

After a few seconds, she simply changed direction and ran towards the beach.

Soon, she reached the shore and dived into the water. After a few seconds, when she jumped out of the waves again, she had become a dolphin.

Sure enough, those monsters could only stand there stupidly on the beach, as if seeing her off.

"I will find you, the evil god's puppet."

A faint sound reached the ears of the Ghost-faced Fox, but she ignored it and dived into the cold sea water. She swam towards the South Dynasty based on her feeling, which was the nearest circled point on the scroll.

No matter what obstacles we encounter, the mission of the Pseudo-Master must be completed!

A tourist path in Rausu-cho.

Even though they were far away, they seemed to be able to feel the terrible heat from the huge plumes of smoke rising into the sky and the flames faintly visible in the smoke.

"So, the people here are all living in such dire straits? Can we see such scenes often?" The tourist asked the confused local tour guide with emotion. Although he didn't get to enjoy the ice waterfall this time, seeing the volcanic eruption was worth the trip. At least he can brag about it for the rest of his life after he returns.

Year 1: I saw the volcano erupt from afar—

Year 5: I saw the magnificence of a volcanic eruption up close—

Twenty years later: I watched the volcanic eruption with my own eyes at the foot of the mountain, but unfortunately I was so shocked that I forgot to take pictures - Before dying: Grandson, I watched the volcanic eruption at the crater that year, and the magma splashed in front of me, but your grandfather was not afraid of danger -

Epitaph: (Scan the QR code) Lava swimming champion.

The tour guide came back to his senses in a daze and shook his head frantically, "No, no, no, they have never seen such a scene before! We can't afford it!"

"No! This is not the time to think about these things!" The tour guide finally remembered his duty as a tour guide and asked the driver to turn around immediately and return to the emergency shelter in Rausu Town!

Soon, everyone’s cell phone received a notification saying “Evacuate immediately! Designated shelters are open.”

The driver seemed to have turned into the driving god of Akina Mountain, stepping on the accelerator and speeding all the way.

Most of them didn't notice that in the woods next to them, a figure was stepping on a stone that seemed to be connected to the floor, like he was riding a surfboard, raising snow and mist, and disappeared around a turn faster than them.

"Mr. Fujimoto! Not so fast! Safety first!" The tour guide shouted at the driver in fear.

The driver looked at the rising snow mist, sighed sadly, and slowed down slightly.

Fortunately, they had just set out and got back in half an hour.

At this time, Rausu was in chaos.

Police and firefighters are constantly broadcasting along the streets, forcibly evacuating residents to shelters. Many people are also responsible for collecting masks and other supplies to defend against volcanic ash that may fall at any time.

Inspector Sato was busy reporting the situation to his superiors, and then arranging and organizing the next actions.

But the tragically dead Kuroda seemed to appear in his nervous mind from time to time, staring at him.

"You were the one who brought him here."

"It's your fault."

"You killed me."

"You're such a vicious—"

"It's not me!!!" Sato suddenly slammed the table and stood up, gasping for breath.

late at night.

Because the satellite volcano model has been rebuilt and ensured that Rausu Town will not be affected by magma, the highest level alert has been cancelled and maintained at level three. Entry into the mountain is restricted and tourists are prohibited from going deep. Residents are required to be prepared to evacuate at any time, and officials have distributed emergency supplies such as dust masks.

Sato can at least have some rest time, even if it's just lying down in the office for a while.

He rubbed his eyes, squinted at his watch, and it was already late at night.

He opened his phone and saw a bunch of unread messages on it. He couldn't help but smile bitterly. Just as he was about to click on it, his phone was suddenly pierced by a sharp spike that bounced up from the ground - the sharp edge was only one centimeter away from his eyeball.

"Ahhh!! Ah! Someone, someone, someone!! Someone!" Inspector Sato covered his right hand which was pierced by the cell phone and let out a terrible cry of pain.

However, as he cried out in pain, the coating on the surrounding walls began to crack and fall off, and solid rocks continued to cover the room, slowly turning the office into a completely soundproof stone prison.

On one side, the stones formed a door. Xiong Ling pushed the door open and walked towards Sato step by step in the flickering light.

"No, no! I was wrong. It was Gota's idea in the first place! He has a lot of connections in Tokachi. It would be easy for him to deal with a few Ainu people who were hit and killed. I didn't want to do that! I really didn't want to do that!"

"But you were the one driving, that's hard to argue with, right?"

The bear spirit slowly approached, and rocks began to spread out from Sato's legs and feet, moving upwards little by little.

"And have you forgotten?"

"When you pushed us down the mountain, my mother was still breathing, and I begged you to spare my life. Remember?"

"You don't remember, but I think about it every day."

The bear spirit moved closer and closer, his tone sinister.

Sato was so scared that he burst into tears and kept apologizing: "I know I was wrong, I know, for the sake of the lives of people in Rausu Town, let me go, the volcano has erupted, they need me to organize--"

"Their life and death have nothing to do with me, and you don't have the ability to make the volcano obey your orders. This is the anger of the Ainu people! I will tell you, this is just the beginning!" Xiong Ling's voice became louder and louder, and he took out the meteorite dagger.

Sato looked in despair at the stone that was locking him under his feet, then at the dagger that was getting closer and closer, his face suddenly became ferocious!

"It's you bastards who ruined my bright future!!!"

He quickly pulled out the gun with his left hand and fired, firing all the bullets in one breath.

Click click click.

The bear spirit in front of him was unharmed.

"Haha, that's it. You are cold-hearted by nature, so why bother pretending to repent? I am not your audience, so I will not show you mercy."

"I will take better care to remove your bones than Kuroda did. You're welcome."

"Ah-ahhhhh!!"

Its daybreak.

When the subordinates nervously pushed open the door of Inspector Sato's office, they could hardly believe what they saw.

A skeleton was sitting on a chair, wearing a hat. Behind it, on the peeling wall, three big bloody words were written - Not a human.

The original carpet was replaced by Sato's peeled flesh, which was bloody and horrifying.

The police officers were subjected to the same terrible stimulation twice within three days.

People are stupid.

No matter how slow-witted they were, they knew that this was definitely an extraordinary case.

Is it too late to resign now?
Natural disasters and man-made disasters occurred at the same time, and people in this remote area were suddenly in a state of panic. However, because volcanic ash began to fall on a large scale, mixed with ice and snow, the weather conditions were extremely bad, so people had nowhere to run and could only stay at home every day and accept emergency reserve food distributed by the authorities on a regular basis.

The bear spirit sat on the hill, not caring about the falling volcanic ash, and looked at Rausu Town quietly.

The place's name comes from the Ainu language, which refers to a low-lying place.

Although he hated these ordinary people as well, he did not attack them.

"Ancestor, it's time for us to go."

"I have avenged you, but there are still more of my people being oppressed."

"They need a new patriarch."

(End of this chapter)