7:50 p.m., Tokyo, near Yotsuya Station.

It's nearly eight o'clock and it's already dark, but the nightlife has just begun in this glittering metropolis.

On the neon-lit road, pedestrians and vehicles are constantly coming and going.

Deep in a remote alley, a bearded man in an overcoat and hat is crouching outside the wall of a wooden building, holding a fiery red stone in one hand and writing symbols vigorously on the ground.

It didn't take long for the strange man to get up from the ground, and then from a secluded corner next to him, he dragged out one animal carcass after another, piled them up on the symbols, and soon arranged the corpses into a small hill.

After doing all this, the bearded man took out a stack of newspapers, a small bottle of kerosene, spilled the kerosene on the newspaper, and then took out a box of matches and lit the newspaper.

Because of the burning effect of kerosene, the newspaper burned instantly, and the flames spread to the wooden walls.

The bearded man looked at this scene, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and some strange notes suddenly appeared in his mouth.

After about ten seconds, the bearded man's voice suddenly became louder: "My good boy, under the power of the demon god, quickly absorb nutrients and grow up quickly! Let's use the magic of fire together to purify this filthy city!"

As the bearded man spoke, above the pile of corpses, strange green runes suddenly jumped out one after another, and the flames of the wooden wall that had just burned next to him instantly became vigorous, spreading to all sides, and all the bottom of the wooden building was set on fire in a short period of time.

At the same time, in the midst of the flames and corpses, a strange force rushed towards the fiery red stone in the man's hand, and the red light on the stone became much brighter.

A few seconds later, the light on the fiery red stone dimmed, and the green runes on the corpse also disappeared, and the bearded man looked down at the stone in his hand, his gloomy gaze flickered:

“…… It seems that the energy obtained from tonight's fire festival is a little less than last night, is it because of the decline in the quality of the sacrifice? Sure enough, the best sacrifice is still human......

The bearded man raised his head slightly, put the fiery red stone into his coat pocket, turned around and walked out of the alley, with a sneer on his face: "...... Since the flame prefers humans as sacrifices, then let's just use humans in the future! Anyway, in this filthy city, how many humans will have ......"

The bearded man muttered inside, getting closer and closer to the mouth of the alley:

“…… I've done five and only one remains. As long as I wait for my Flame Celebration to be completed, I will gain supreme power! When the time comes, I will make this sinful city ignite countless red lotus flames......"

“…… Hahaha...... I can't wait......"

The bearded man spoke, and stepped into a car parked on the side of the road.

At the same time, in front of the capsule toy machine at the entrance of the alley, Ayumi was holding a plastic toy egg with a Kamen Superman in her hand, and looked strangely at the mustached man who had already gotten into the car, and blinked:

“…… That Shu millet is so strange, it smells stinky, and he said some inexplicable things......"

Ayumi was wondering, and a woman's voice came from next to her: "Ayumi, what are you doing here? Let's go home quickly!"

"Ah......" Ayumi was stunned for a moment, and immediately ran to the woman's side, looking up and smiling cutely:

"Okay, Mom. ”

……

At eight o'clock in the evening, in Nishifushan, inside a café near the scene of the fire.

Shu Yunwen, Loriai, Kimishima Kana and others sat in a window seat, with some drinks and cakes on the table in front of them, waiting for Koizumi Hongzi while chatting and discussing the fire.

Suddenly, the door of the café opened, and a woman in a purple dress walked in, her eyes swept around the café, and finally fell to Shu Yunwen's place.

Shu Yunwen and the others saw the comer, and hurriedly stood up and beckoned: "Xiaoquan-san, we are here." ”

A smile appeared on Koizumi Hongzi's cold face, and then he walked quickly to Shu Yunwen's table, sat down next to Kana Kimishima, and apologized: "I'm really sorry, because there are some things, so I delayed some time......"

"Hahaha...... It's nothing!~" Shu Yunwen smiled and asked casually, "By the way, Koizumi-san, have you had dinner?"

"Thank you for your kindness, I've already eaten it, just bring me a glass of water. Koizumi replied casually, then looked at the people around him and asked strangely, "...... Didn't Shumei accompany you today?"

"She made an appointment with her cousin to go shopping together today~" Shu Yunwen replied with a smile, and after the waiter brought a glass of warm water, Koizumi Hongzi took a sip of water gently, and then asked:

"Yunwen-san, ...... the fire scene you mentioned?"

"Just around the corner from us. This café is about less than two hundred meters away. Shu Yunwen pointed to the approximate location, and then said, "...... Around seven o'clock, we found it, and we can conclude that the runes there are Chiyou runes!"

Koizumi Hongzi nodded when he heard this, and then frowned: "...... Before today, I had only heard about serial arsons. Before I came here, I asked the housekeeper to help me find out the relevant news, and I found out that the arsonist seemed to have caused a fatality......"

"Yes!" Shu Yunwen nodded, and Koizumi Hongzi said softly: "Since he has already caused a human life, then he must not be spared......

"That's right!"

Shu Yunwen and Koizumi Hongzi chatted briefly, and then Koizumi Hongzi took out the scroll of the Vulcan Sacrifice Technique from under his skirt and said, "Yunwen, this is the scroll you asked me to bring." ”

Shu Yunwen thanked him, then took the scroll, slowly spread it out, and looked at it seriously-

On this scroll, the detailed process of performing the fire god ritual spell is written in detail.

As for the specific content, it is nothing more than finding the target of the sacrifice, writing runes, offering tributes, reciting incantations, completing fire sacrifices, etc.

In the annotation of this scroll, in order to complete the "Fire Sacrifice" on the scroll, six fires need to be created. There are no hard and fast requirements for the location of the fire, but each fire site must not be more than twenty kilometers away from each other, and the sacrificer must write six different runes at each of the six fire sites.

Shu Yunwen's gaze skimmed over the scroll, and then fell directly on the fourth rune, and the expression on his face changed slightly.

Seeing this, Koizumi Hongzi hurriedly asked, "Yunwen-san, what's wrong?"

Shu Yunwen pointed to the fourth rune on the scroll, and a serious smile appeared on his face:

“…… The Chiyou rune left at the fire scene here is exactly the same as the fourth Chiyou rune on it!"