Ultraman cubs begin to wreak havoc.

"We've met before!"

That's right, this man was one of the thieves who stole the samurai statue and the sealed Sukuna Oni sword in the past. He should have been arrested by the police after that incident. Now, it is unknown whether he has been paroled or released on bail. Daigo also vaguely remembers that his surname is Kamimura.

Uemura smiled and said to Daigo.

"We meet again, People of Light."

Daigo then realized that the person speaking to him was not Uemura, but another person who was using Uemura's body. This person was none other than Iida Iryu, a samurai who wandered the world during the Warring States period and took it upon himself to slay demons!

only....

Unbeknownst to the samurai, a faint white light flashed deep within the eyes of both Daigo and Rena...

? !

Just as Ida Ryu was calling out to Daigo Madoka, a bluish-green light suddenly appeared through the defeated villagers, observing the situation in the time bubble. Then, the main body of this primordial energy looked at Nexus, who was chasing him, and thought that he must have noticed. This deadly god of death was busy killing him and had no time to interfere with the changes in the time bubble. The so-called strategy of luring the tiger away from the mountain should have succeeded.

Even so... he had to speed things up, because if he slowed down, he really would get hacked to death...

"The One of Light? What, the One of Light?!"

Just as Gen Subaru was fighting the Primal Creation, Rena asked curiously after hearing what Ida Iryu said. Daigo Madoka waved his hand and laughed it off, quickly changing the subject with things like, "Ancient people's thoughts are just so strange," and "Don't worry about it, he must be referring to the two of us."

What Daigo Madoka didn't notice was that while he was trying his best to hide it, a mischievous and amused look flashed in Rena's eyes.

On the other side, in the center of the stage, the wind rustled the branches of the trees. A figure emerged from among the wandering villagers. It was the demon disguised as a handsome young man. He smiled slightly at one of the villagers who came out and then waved.

The villager immediately and slowly walked towards the demon, powerless to resist. His legs did not obey his will, and he could only watch helplessly as the demon's hands extended steel-hard claws that pierced through his body.

In the blink of an eye, the demon's mouth opened to its ears, as if its entire face had become nothing more than a gaping maw. This gaping maw sucked the villager in from head to toe. The villager's flesh and bones, along with the loud sounds, were chewed into the demon's mouth and completely chewed away. The trees around the stage seemed to echo the chewing sounds, rustling as they did so.

Are there evil spirits in that forest?

"Ah."

At this point, Ida Iryu, who was using Uemura's body, began to get down to business and gave an affirmative answer to Daigo's question.

"During the day, I ventured into the lowlands in the very center of the forest to investigate and discovered a large accumulation of evil energy there, caused by the souls of those killed by evil spirits who were unable to attain Buddhahood..."

"But how did the evil spirits come back to life?"

“There is a kind of monster that will place the head of a corpse facing the direction of Chou and Yin in a place full of evil energy, and bury it at three o'clock in the hour of Chou. The monster lurking under the evil energy can then be resurrected by possessing the corpse.”

"Are you saying that someone is deliberately trying to resurrect evil spirits?!"

"This matter is still undecided."

"That's outrageous!"

Daigo stood up impatiently.

“There is only one county road leading into the village. But judging from the current situation, those manipulated villagers must have blocked the county road so that it is impossible to get in or out.”

"Ah."

"If things continue like this, and the enemy launches a full-scale attack, we will..."

"Don't panic. In my opinion, the evil spirit is not in a hurry to succeed this time."

"what?"

"The evil spirits of the White Fox Forest are quite cunning. They probably wouldn't resort to such harsh methods unless the matter was of great importance."

"Why do you say that?"

"Before its resurrection, this evil spirit spent a long time learning how to manipulate the vengeful spirits of insects."

"The vengeful spirit of an insect?"

"That's right. Take cicada larvae as an example. They live in the soil for a long time, but once they are removed from the soil, they don't have much time to live. However, some larvae, for various reasons, cannot grow into adults and can only die in the soil. Evil spirits use the regret, anger and other negative emotions of these larvae for their own purposes and have learned new sorcery."

"You mean, he's using these insects to control humans?"

"Yes. Its purpose should be to ensure that there are enough people to feed it."

Daigo looked at Iida Iryu in surprise, while Iida Iryu continued calmly:

"Controlling humans to attack other humans in order to find food for themselves. This way, they won't encounter any danger, which is the most ideal method for evil spirits."

"But what will happen when it eats everyone in the village?"

After hearing Daigo's question, Iida Iryu gave a wry smile:

"It doesn't need to eat all the villagers. It can just put one or two elsewhere and implant the worm into the bodies of people living elsewhere. These people who have been implanted with the worm—its food—will come to it on their own."

At this point, Jing Tianjinglong couldn't help but give a wry smile:

"If this evil spirit were a simple creature like Sukuna-ki, it would be easier to deal with."

"Human life is at stake, and you still have the nerve to joke around? What are we supposed to do?"

"At dawn, about a quarter of an hour after sunrise, the evil spirit must rest."

"rest?"

"Simply put, its body will be unable to move. Before that, we need to find where it is hiding."

"We will likely encounter many obstacles in our search for it."

"Yes. Although it can't move on its own, its magic won't be interrupted. The villagers who have been implanted with the insects will definitely protect it to the death."

Daigo looked up at the night sky outside the window.

"The final battle is at dawn..."

Although the sky is clear and blue, Daigo can't see a single star...

Meanwhile, in the medical room.

"That should alleviate our worries."

After providing emergency treatment to the injured person, Lina finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Katayama and Awano only suffered leg injuries from tranquilizer darts, which are relatively minor. However, Teruko and Sachiko have severe fractures in their hands and feet. Although all four are currently fast asleep, the anesthesia is expected to wear off by tomorrow morning, and Teruko and Sachiko will likely suffer unimaginable pain. It's crucial to get them to the hospital before the anesthesia wears off.

"I really went too far."

Despite being covered in wounds herself, Misato bravely endured the pain and helped Rena care for the injured. Seeing the scene before her, she felt a pang of guilt.

"Don't blame yourself."

Lina gently comforted Misato, supporting her shoulders.

"You are risking your life to protect these children. Injuring them was a last resort."

Misato remained silent with her head down.

"I'll go make myself a hot drink!"

Lina walked toward the kettle in the infirmary.

"Ah, I'll do it."

"It's alright, you can sit down and rest."

Lina picked up a cup and opened the lid of the cocoa powder container.

Misato, still half-asleep, watched Lina's retreating figure. Suddenly, she was startled and cried out:

"what!"

Then, Misato perked up and looked carefully at Lina's back. She seemed to see something move and emerge from Lina's hair. Misato suddenly stood up and reached out from behind to touch Lina's hair.

"Huh? What's wrong!?"

Lina was also taken aback, and she turned to look at Miri.

"Just now, I think I saw one of those little bugs get into your back."

"ah!?"

Lina hurriedly checked her body, but found nothing. After waiting for a while and finding that Lina had not changed, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed.

"sorry."

"It's okay, after all, you just went through such a terrifying situation."

As Lina spoke, she picked up the bottle of cocoa powder again, but at that moment, an insect flew out of the cocoa powder in the bottle with lightning speed. It was so fast that Lina didn't even have time to react. In an instant, the insect had flown into Lina's mouth, the bottle of cocoa powder fell to the ground, and chocolate-colored powder was scattered everywhere. Lina's movements stopped at the same time. The insect that flew into her mouth quickly took control of her consciousness.

Then, Daigo and Ida Iryu heard a scream and instinctively rushed out of the teachers' office, walking down the long corridor toward the infirmary.

When they arrived at the door of the infirmary, they ran into Misato, who was running out of it.

"What happened!?"

Daigo, supporting Misato, asked.

Jingtian Jinglong pointed ahead of them.

"Look ahead."

Daigo looked up and saw Rena appear before them like a ghost, her face ashen.

"Lina!?"