Tokyo: The Player Behind the Scenes.

Chapter 184 Chapter 182: Spread in Kyoto

early morning.

The last remaining heartless monster in Koga City found its way to the nearest densely populated residential area.

It could sense that inside the house right in front of it, a large number of people were gathered together, providing an outlet for their frustrations. This was the largest group of people it could detect in the vicinity.

Kill them! Kill them all!
It could no longer contain itself, and lightly leaped onto the roof, then landed on the balcony, pouncing towards the shadowy figure behind the curtains.

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The curtains were torn to shreds in an instant.

What met the monster's eyes was a group of fully armed soldiers.

"surprise."

The captain's smile was more sinister than a ghost's.

Chu Chu Chu!
Unleash a barrage of firepower!

The monster's withered heart was instantly shattered under such terrifying firepower. After struggling futilely for a few moments, it peacefully fell asleep.

Even so, they still had no intention of ceasing fire, but instead slowly approached, taking turns reloading and continuously firing at the chest area.

Until the monster was riddled with holes, its once glossy skin now had a metallic sheen.

Perhaps it's because the monster is black, but they all hit it with remarkable accuracy.

"Alright, this thing shouldn't be able to stand up anymore."

The captain ordered a ceasefire, and the ground was littered with rolling shell casings.

This was an ambush.

They used patrol drones, surveillance, and eyewitness accounts to pinpoint the last monster's area of ​​activity, then quickly emptied all the residents and filled several houses with heavily armed soldiers.

In fact, the monster had already been detected when it approached the residential area. Just as they thought, the monster did not have much intelligence, and its instinctive killing instincts took precedence.

Some houses housed Self-Defense Force personnel, while others housed America soldiers who had come from nearby garrisons.

The monster opened a blind box and got the most powerful, god-tier item.

"In that case, the Koga are basically safe, unless there are more than nine of these monsters."

"But compared to that, finding out who's behind it is more important."

The seventh investigation team was dispatched to Koga to assist in finding out as soon as possible who created the monster.

Now, Genji has made quite a few discoveries by following the Cleaner's clues.

Near the wild mountain where the monster appeared, three relatively fresh corpses were unearthed. The scavenger had clearly been lazy, burying the two groups of corpses quite close together.

"The information is out. These three people were treasure hunters for a period of time, but were later imprisoned for illegal excavation. Analysis shows that these three corpses were handled by the same scavenger involved in the monster incident."

"The reconstruction of the bodies revealed that the three people killed each other, with only one person being shot by a fourth person. The sequence of events was that B killed A, C killed B, D killed C, and finally D hired a cleaner to dispose of the body."

"It fits my stereotypes about this group quite well."

On the mountain, after listening to her subordinates' report, Genji had gained more insights.

This murderous relationship is like two people fighting over a treasure.

"Investigate the projects Koga is currently working on and the companies behind them, and request a surprise inspection."

Not long after she made the arrangements, her subordinates made progress.

A new company called Chuan Shang Real Estate quickly came into view. After some investigation, it was discovered that many of its qualifications were non-compliant, and even its legal representative was a farmer from the surrounding area. Currently, it was only conducting one operation, making it highly suspicious. "A shell company among shell companies."

Genjiro was confident that she could use the information left behind by the other party to further investigate, but the question was whether the other party would give her time.

The construction site was immediately and completely sealed off. Although the excavation site inside the warehouse was leveled, some very obvious traces could still be seen by lifting the plastic sheeting.

Excavators worked through the night and quickly removed the messy tombstones from inside.

The next morning, the findings were compiled and sent to Muramasa Taki in Kyoto.

Without a doubt, this is the cemetery of the Ninja Village. Someone, through some unknown clue, determined that there was something extraordinary beneath it, so they founded a leather suit company and, under the guise of construction, hired three grave robbers to secretly excavate it.

The marks indicate the extent and depth of their excavation, suggesting it couldn't have been accomplished by just three people in a short time. Experienced individuals estimate that it would have taken at least ten days of digging to create something of this scale, without the use of heavy machinery.

Ten days ago, even the game "Heart of the Ninja" was not yet available. It seems that players will not only have to compete with each other in the future, but also with people all over the world who yearn for the extraordinary as the craze for the extraordinary spreads.

However, this did make one of Takii's original ideas a reality, which was to make the official stance on the "extraordinary game theory" less firm.

The Extraordinary Countermeasures Department didn't reveal much about this to her, but she could still sense that the official acceptance of the "spiritual energy revival theory" was now higher.

The "Supernatural Games" theory is more of a supplement, and the only evidence currently available is the communication between Nobita and his friends.

No extraordinary individual has ever admitted to this personally.

Although the theory of spiritual energy revival has not been verified by the supernatural, at least the appearance of those monsters is traceable. For example, the subway incident began to occur decades ago, and the demon sword can also be found in ancient books.

This explains why those monsters disappeared for some unknown reason for a period of time before returning to the human world, which fits the theory of spiritual energy revival.

Those extraordinary individuals who emerged were the most talented and fortunate participants in this wave.

According to this hypothesis, the revival of spiritual energy will become increasingly apparent, with both supernatural beings and monsters increasing in number.

That seems reasonable, since the number of players and the games they experience will also increase.

It's just that the magnitude of the increase doesn't fit the pattern of spiritual energy revival.

“Ms. Muramasa, just now, heartless monsters have appeared in many parts of Kyoto.”

"Preliminary assessment indicates the number is at least thirty."

Those monsters aren't difficult to deal with, but in the city, they're like cockroaches.

You know they exist, and you roughly know where they're hidden, but killing them one by one is too much trouble.

Taki took out the equipment he had just finished yesterday, a grappling hook weapon.

Holding it in his hand, at this moment, Muramasa Takii is a master of the human grappling hook domain.

Body flexibility, arm strength, and reaction speed UPUP↑↑
Then attach a portable hang glider, and there you have it, a budget Spider-Man!
If we can move around quickly in a small area like this, we won't have to rely on helicopters all the time.

"Is this a case of 'what's the use of trying,' or an attempt to create chaos and buy time? Don't they know that the more they do, the more they expose themselves?"

She opened the hotel's floor-to-ceiling window, and a gust of wind tousled her hair. Before her was a helicopter slowly descending and hovering in front of Taki.

"Leave the oil-covered areas to me. As for the heartless monsters in the other areas, the Talos Squad can handle them."

"Understood, we express our gratitude to you on behalf of the citizens of Kyoto."

Takii swung out the grappling hook and pulled sharply, causing the helicopter to shake violently and nearly giving the pilot a heart attack.

Using the force of the pull, Takii landed precisely inside the helicopter.

(End of this chapter)