Don't use Type-Moon references in Oregairu!

"Ah, it's alright, we've solved the raw material problem. We'll send 300 bottles to each of the nine key representatives later, and charge them at cost price. The price will be about the same from now on." Fujimaru Ritsuka acted swiftly and decisively, no longer caring about what might happen.

Over these seven days, let's try to distribute as much medicine as possible, at least to give others some hope.

Senjougahara Hitagi sensed his urgency, a feeling akin to being chased by a hound. It was truly unbelievable; could things be about to change so quickly?

She nodded knowingly, understanding his implication, and resolved to speed up the project. She decided to hire another construction team, a mix of magicians and engineers, to work in shifts. She aimed to finish it in the next couple of days, then bring all her relatives and friends over under the guise of a vacation.

Fujimaru Ritsuka wanted to continue discussing with her, but her expression immediately changed, and she quickly gave instructions: "Go find Yukinoshita Haruno for details. I'll send the situation to her. I have to go now."

Before Senjougahara Hitagi could answer, he quickly walked into the mansion.

"—" Senjougahara Hitagi noticed that his sudden action was only made after he inadvertently saw the direction of Chiba Port. She couldn't help but look over there with concern.

Not long after, a violent roar sounded, and a convoy drove out of the mansion, speeding away in a great hurry.

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"Reporting, boss, the equipment is fully prepared!" Sasagawa Yagokoro, sitting in the back seat of the jeep, confirmed with his teammates over the communicator for a while before turning to Fujimaru Ritsuka:

"Fifty thousand bullets for enchanting spirits. Five thousand destructive spells, one thousand each of various spells such as cleansing, speed, and defense, as well as spare firearms, etc. are all prepared."

"That's good!"

"So, Boss, what exactly are we going to do?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka sighed: "I just saw some things that shouldn't have happened... but I need to ask you a question—when you patrol the city, are you not paying attention?"

Sasakawa Yagoko cried out in protest: "How could that be! Boss, you know me! Although I am a private bounty hunter, my own sister has been recuperating in a city hospital after her surgery. How could I possibly leave any hidden dangers in the place where my sister lives? Besides, as you can see from the files, we were on patrol diligently while you were away in Chiba for London. It was only recently that those damned low-quality Dead Abominations came to attack us."

Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded uncertainly: "Don't worry, I'm not condemning you. I'm just asking out of curiosity. Because if you don't cause any problems, then it's a big problem."

The members of the off-road jeep team looked at each other, not understanding what Fujimaru Ritsuka meant.

He didn't explain in detail, but just glanced around Chiba City.

Above the city, it was as if giant spheres had suddenly risen, with ribbons hanging down to connect the city below.

Even Fujimaru Ritsuka had never seen any signs of it before, but in a casual glance back, she discovered that these spheres had suddenly appeared above the city.

In his Eye of Karma, those spheres seemed to be nurturing strange images. Each sphere was filled with bizarre phantoms, and if one observed them closely, one could see that they were all demons and monsters from folk tales, or terrifying figures from urban legends.

"Prepare for battle." Fujimaru Ritsuka gave the order, and then quickly used the contact information provided by Hinano to contact the shrines and temples in the city with which she had previously cooperated.

At first, the people on the other end of the phone were completely baffled, but as Fujimaru Ritsuka inquired, they began to verify the information, and the results were all negative.

"Is that really the case? The miasma within the ley lines has increased? It's as if the mana emerging from the ley lines has become corrupted? Okay, I understand. Master, I suggest you investigate the following locations..."

Sasagawa Yagokoro listened with trepidation as Fujimaru Ritsuka kept dialing the phone, silently counting in his mind: The thirteenth... Are there so many suspicious places that could appear?

Fujimaru Ritsuka put down her phone, rubbing her temples anxiously: "There's no mistake. At least nearly twenty demon caves are forming; this situation couldn't have happened naturally."

"Nearly twenty?" Sasagawa Yagoko was so shocked that his hair stood on end; he could hardly believe it.

Based on his past experience in searching and capturing monsters, it was normal for one or two anomalies to appear in each monster den. Twenty anomalies meant that nearly thirty anomalies might be born. In contrast, during the nearly two weeks that Fujimaru Ritsuka and his team were in London, their patrols only discovered fewer than five anomalies, and they only found one monster den that had not yet spawned an independent anomaly.

How was this quantity achieved?

I also hoped it was a false alarm, but unfortunately it couldn't be.

Fujimaru Ritsuka sighed silently, but outwardly remained composed, stating, "This number isn't large. Even annihilation isn't impossible. I'm just worried that discovering it too late will affect ordinary people who get caught up in it. Are thirty pieces of material really that much?"

"N-not much... Hmm, it does seem like not much." Sasagawa Yagokoro initially tried to criticize Fujimaru Ritsuka, but soon he was almost convinced of his own words.

Indeed, there weren't many. The Chaldea Mansion's warehouse once held nearly a hundred materials. Although many of them were acquired through sales, the overly detailed data actually put Sasagawa Yagokoro at ease.

He picked up the communicator and methodically laid out tactics to the convoy behind him. His calm and collected demeanor completely calmed the slightly agitated team members who had initially been alarmed by their captain's words.

Everyone began to discreetly check the equipment in their hands.

Those carrying modern weapons checked their firearms and ammunition; while those who preferred to use their supernatural abilities inspected the various supplies they carried. Then everyone waited quietly to reach their destination, some even closing their eyes and pretending to sleep, adjusting their state of mind.

Fujimaru Ritsuka pointed out the direction, but as they got closer to the location, his expression became slightly complicated.

"Stop." Fujimaru Ritsuka instructed the team members in charge of the vehicle to park it on the side of the road, then looked toward their destination.

Isn't this... the headquarters building of the Tojo Clan in Chiba Port?

Sasagawa Yagokoro almost rolled his eyes, wondering if the Tojo Clan had recently offended a plague god.

During the battle when the inferior Dead Apostles attacked, some high-ranking members of the Tojo Clan turned into traitors, attempting to betray Chaldea and the shrines and temples in Chiba City that maintained order.

However, this behavior naturally attracted criticism.

Those who wanted to betray their country were naturally the first to be punished. Under their instructions, a team of fighters simply swept through, hacking these reckless guys into corpses.

Fujimaru Ritsuka had also given instructions, and the key point was that those who had cooperated with Chaldea were quite clever. In particular, the head of the group, who assisted Iteto Yuuma, directly cooperated with the people who came to suppress them, turning into collaborators and turning the tables on the young master who couldn't see the situation clearly, and then killed him.

Well, to be precise, Goto Yuuma was just pointing out the way.

However, under the instructions of Fujimaru Ritsuka, he directly took over the power of the Tojo Clan, making the guild leader obediently retire behind the scenes, his fate unknown, while he himself held great power and began to reorganize the internal affairs of the Tojo Clan.

But precisely because of their traitorous behavior, those who suppressed them were ruthless, which damaged their strength to some extent, and they have not yet recovered.

However, as a frontline executor, Sasagawa Yagokoro was quite surprised to find that even at this moment, the Tojo Clan had not stopped collecting information about the city for Chaldea, so he still had a good impression of Goto Yuuma.

"So boss, could it really be from the East City Group?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka rubbed her eyes and looked again.

Above the imposing East City Group building, there was indeed a black sphere floating. He nodded with a strange expression, "That's right."

194. I am still a child

Before getting close enough, Fujimaru Ritsuka wondered what form the black sphere floating in the air would take.

Is it like those Holy Grail Wars, where a huge black void opens up, and murky, cursed black mud is constantly poured down, gradually transforming the land where the East City Headquarters is located into a demonic cave like another world?

no.

Contrary to his expectations, it did not flow down from the black sphere. Instead, a murky aura, like black smoke, continuously rose from the ground, rushed into the sky, and then converged to form a huge sphere.

He strained to open his Karmic Eyes, which seemed to flow with golden lava, and only then could he make out a faint trace:

The strange phantoms within the black sphere seemed to be linked to some indescribable, mysterious space, attracting legendary monsters that were given form by a black aura. Upon closer inspection, those within the sphere above the Tojo Clan that were beginning to shed their mosaic shapes and reveal clearer forms were the great demons from Japanese legends.

The Eye of Karma could only detect some unusual auras when observing the Demon Cave before. This anomaly is rare to see now. Is it because my ability has improved again, or is the current situation special? Or is it both?

"...Something's not right, boss," Sasagawa Yagokoro whispered as he was engrossed in observing.

"What's going on?" Fujimaru Ritsuka answered absentmindedly.

"If I remember correctly, the East City Gang betrayed us before, but we, the superhuman organizations, let them go, right?"

That's right.

Sasakawa Yagokoro became serious: "Then why haven't we received any welcoming gestures yet, as Chaldea's enforcement team, the only legal organization in Chiba City, and theoretically their boss?"

“That makes sense.” Fujimaru Ritsuka lowered her head and looked towards the entrance of the Tojo Clan building.

Two burly men dressed in black stood at the entrance, less than a hundred or two meters away, yet they remained motionless as if they hadn't seen them at all.

This distance was enough for them to spot their convoy.

The gatekeepers guarding the East City Group headquarters building couldn't possibly be some clueless guys. Surely they could recognize the Chaldea emblem that was specially pasted on the hoods of their jeeps?

Even if we assume, hypothetically, that the other party didn't recognize that our group was from Chaldea, let's be honest with ourselves. Imagine if several cars suddenly pulled up aggressively outside the headquarters of the organization we work for, and all the men who got out, except for Fujimaru Ritsuka, were burly men, each carrying a weapon.

How could there be no reaction at all in such a situation?

As a sharpshooter, Sasagawa Yagokoro kept a close eye on that area. The two men at the door didn't even use their walkie-talkies; they just stood there blankly, staring ahead as if they hadn't seen anything.

Fujimaru Ritsuka hesitated for a moment, then decided not to approach the Tojo Clan headquarters building for the time being. He turned around, took out his cell phone from his pocket, and dialed a number.

"Beep-beep-"

The phone rang almost a dozen times, but no one answered.

“Yuuma Itohori, who is currently in charge of the Tojo Clan's affairs and is temporarily acting as the group leader, hasn't answered the phone.” Fujimaru Ritsuka hung up and turned to Sasagawa Yagokoro, saying, “Wait three more minutes. If he doesn't call back, try calling him again. Everyone else, be on alert!”

"Yes!" Sasagawa Yagokoro and the team members responded in unison, their voices resounding.

They deliberately made noise to test the waters, but even with the extremely loud noise, the East City Group's gatekeepers remained unmoved.

Fujimaru Ritsuka squinted and stared at the two guards for a long time. She could only confirm that they were still human and that there was no aura on them that could affect their minds and bodies. However, she still could not find out why they were not moving and had to give up.

As her squad began to assemble and stand guard, Fujimaru Ritsuka continued to look up at the gathering black spheres, trying to confirm something.

Judging from the speed at which this black sphere condensed, it was only a graffiti-like outline about two hours ago.

When they arrived at Chiba Port, they began to evolve into building blocks made of stacked pixels.

Now it's turned into a strange thing with thin censorship, but it'll probably become clear in less than an hour.

This means we don't have much time left.

Just then, her phone vibrated. Fujimaru Ritsuka thought it was a call from Itohori Yuuma, but when she took it out, she realized it wasn't.

The caller ID location was ridiculous; it was located overseas, indicating that it was a call from Shi Lingshi in China.

Fujimaru Ritsuka answered the phone as if she had just realized something: "Mr. Kongming, what a coincidence at this time?"

"Haha, young friend, you're very clever. It's not a coincidence, but rather I guessed that something bad was about to happen around this time."

"Wow, as expected of you, you can even predict the future!"

"Stop being sarcastic, Fujimaru-kun." The middle-aged woman's killer-like magnetic voice rang out, "Actually, this matter is related to us, but we didn't strike first, believe it or not."

"Of course I believe you! To be honest, there are tons of scoundrels around here. If it weren't so hard to get citizenship from you, I would have already gathered a bunch of people to immigrate. Ah, but you probably wouldn't be too happy to see someone like me with so many feudal remnants, would you?"

A low, bitter laugh came from the other end of the phone, avoiding the question: "It seems you have some inside information, young friend. Could it be some kind of aura-gazing technique? I estimated it shouldn't be that fast."

After a pause, the person on the other end continued, "After all, neither our 'Sovereign Land and Blessed Land Ascension Array' nor the 'Source of Truth and Land Refinement Method' in the United States has been activated for very long."

"Oh, it just started... wait a minute?" Fujimaru Ritsuka almost shouted it out, covered the microphone with her hand, and gave a wink.

Sasakawa Yagokoro, who had been listening intently, turned to face the team members and said, "Move to the side and get in line."

Fujimaru Ritsuka saw that Sasagawa Yagokoro and his men had moved a little distance away before she hurriedly asked, "What were you saying just now?"

"Hey, Fujimaru-kun, you're just pretending not to know. You know we're planning to set off."

"But I've never heard of that in America!"

“Sigh, didn’t I say so?” Jia Kongming sighed again. “I’m sorry, but we really have to keep it from you. We are happy to see that even on different sides of the same planet, there are people thinking about doing similar things to us, so we didn’t want to tell you in advance and get you into a quagmire.”

"But that's 300 million people, and you..."