Japanese Terrorist: What? I'll fight Hellstar!

"No, I saw those women a few days ago. They were different before, but today, I don't know what happened, they suddenly became beautiful and paraded around the hospital. They slowly turned into different people, like monsters, with bewitching magic. They accused each other of being imposters and incited the men in the hospital to fight each other."

Amamiya Rin cooperated with the police investigation, describing what she saw as clearly as possible, but deliberately omitting information that she shouldn't have known.

As Inspector Feng Hai listened, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper. Beside him, the burly Officer Kogure was rapidly taking notes in his notebook, his rugged face filled with astonishment and uncertainty.

"Becoming exactly the same...and even seducing men?"

Feng Hai repeated the information Yu Gonglin had revealed, his tone filled with doubt.

"Are you sure this isn't just a hallucination caused by being startled? Or is it some kind of group hypnosis?"

"I wasn't the only one who saw this. Maybe those women haven't left the hospital yet. You can find out if you look for them."

Amamiya Rin shook her head, her tone very certain.

"...Is it another special incident?"

Feng Hai's expression darkened slightly as he muttered to himself.

"S-senpai... please don't talk about such scary things."

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Mu next to him shivered, and his fierce face instantly fell, revealing a cowering expression that was extremely disproportionate to his size.

"Are you the special department responsible for handling special incidents?"

Yu Gonglin noticed their reaction and immediately pressed for answers, a hint of urgency flashing in his cloudy eyes.

"Special Department... well, you could call it that. According to the minister, there are always things in the world that can't be explained by common sense. The Police History Compilation Office is a department that specializes in handling these kinds of cases. However, we don't have any of the cool superpowers you see in comics."

Feng Hai chuckled, scratched the back of his head, and looked rather helpless.

After a pause, Feng Hai's expression turned serious.

"Do you know any other key information? Any detail could be important."

"Those women's names are Tomie, Kawakami Tomie. If you're in the department that handles special cases, you should have heard of this name, right? There was a case of a high school student being dismembered, and the victim's name was Kawakami Tomie. But after the victim's identity was confirmed, Kawakami Tomie reappeared alive at the school."

Amamiya Rin's mind was still filled with the endless arguments of Tomie and the others. He looked up and stared straight at Inspector Kazemi, eagerly hoping for a positive answer.

"Kawakami Tomie...that name..."

Upon hearing the name Yu Gonglin utter, Feng Hai frowned, seemingly having also heard of the case Yu Gonglin had mentioned.

"It's a dismemberment case from two years ago! Senior, that case happened before you joined the company, and it caused quite a stir back then."

Kogure suddenly opened her eyes wide, immediately recalling the case of Kawakami Tomie, and reminded Kazekai.

"I have seen Tomie Kawakami's documents."

Feng Hai nodded, his expression becoming even more solemn.

"A magic that drives men mad, immortality—the earliest recorded appearance of this name in the archives is from the Edo period!"

"Edo period? Isn't that an ancient monster from three hundred years ago? Senior, are you sure you're not mistaken?"

Kogure was taken aback and asked incredulously.

"I hope I'm mistaken, but those strange reports contain all sorts of things. The immortal witch who appeared in the Edo period isn't even the most bizarre kind. Weren't the fox spirits and demons from before all like that?"

Feng Hai smiled wryly, his gaze sweeping over the busy rescue workers and shaken survivors around him, trying to find a trace of Kawakami Tomie.

"Pause! You two, that's enough."

Suddenly, a woman's voice came from inside.

Kaze, Kogure, and Amamiya Rin all looked toward the source of the sound.

"Chief Inudo? What brings you here?"

"Aren't you still watching the horse racing live?"

Feng Hai and Xiao Mu stood up straight and looked at the woman who had spoken. Their voices sounded somewhat sarcastic.

She was a robust middle-aged woman, without makeup, dressed casually, and considered beautiful, with well-defined muscles in her arms.

She stood behind the flower bed with her arms crossed over her chest and her eyes narrowed to slits; it was unclear when she had appeared.

"Of course it's because the live stream has ended. I was originally planning to go play pachinko, but I happened to pass by and overheard some incredible things."

The woman, whose surname was Inudou, spoke in a nonchalant manner, her tone carrying an unquestionable air of authority.

"Feng Hai, Xiao Mu, you two don't need to continue investigating this matter. It involves Tomie's case. The more you investigate and the more detailed the investigation becomes, the bigger and more troublesome the problem will become. You can call it a day."

"Minister, do you mean... you'll take over Tomie's case?"

Feng Hai asked in surprise, and Xiao Mu also looked as if the sun had risen in the west.

For the two of them, it was truly incredible that Minister Inudo would take the initiative to do the work.

"Take over? Why would I take over?"

Inudou squinted, tilted his head, and looked at Feng Hai with a "Are you stupid?" expression.

"Why would you mess with something that can't be killed and can split infinitely? The best way to deal with a creature like Tomie is to ignore her and let them fight each other off. They can exhaust themselves enough on their own anyway."

"But, Minister, this is a large-scale riot, and it seems that more than a dozen people have died."

Xiao Mu frowned, her rough face appearing even more ferocious with her disapproving expression.

"Kogure, guess how many Tomies there are in this world?"

Inudou faced Kogure, his eyes still closed, and asked a question slowly and deliberately.

Xiao Mu looked completely bewildered.

"The answer is unknown. Currently, 3,864 Tomie have been observed across the country, and countless more have been dumped in remote mountains, rivers, lakes, and rural towns. The most crucial issue is that Tomie can sense the location of their kind, and they share the same memories. Do you know what this means?"

The boy's words made the air freeze.

Feng Hai and Xiao Mu looked at each other, their faces filled with disbelief.

More than three thousand known cases involving Tomie? This number exceeds the scope of typical cases.

"This means that once Tomie realizes that the official forces are systematically hunting them down, they will definitely seek out and seduce powerful people, turning them into their protectors. At that point, you'll not only be facing unkillable monsters, but also the risk of the entire officialdom being corrupted. I think it's precisely because of this concern that Inspector Inudo has this attitude, right?"

Amamiya Rin, who had been listening silently, seized the opportunity to speak.