The old woman's violent vomiting sound seemed to have some magical power.

The next moment when her vomit sounded, the enthusiastic and excited atmosphere that had been hovering over all the surrounding villagers instantly cooled down.

Whether it was Konnosuke standing on Ogata's side, or the villagers standing at the outskirts of the crowd, they all looked at the old woman who was still vomiting violently with horror on their faces, and a few of them even broke out in cold sweat.

It's not just the villagers led by Konnosuke who are horrified.

Ogata and the others also looked different at this time.

Because Ogata and the others all clearly remember one of the characteristics of cannibals - living people can suddenly become cannibals.

And the harbinger of the living becoming a man-eater is - violent vomiting.

"Quick!" The first person to react was Konnosuke, "Bring the fishing net!" Move fast! ”

Whether it's Konnosuke or the other villagers, it seems that they have long been accustomed to such a scene.

With an order from Konnosuke, all the villagers immediately took action.

Everyone immediately moved away from the old woman, who was still vomiting.

The young men brought two large fishing nets from nowhere, and then covered the old woman tightly with these two large fishing nets.

Their movements are so skillful that they can almost be described as smooth.

After trapping the old woman with the fishing net, the young men who had just brought the fishing net began to drag the old woman who had been trapped in the fishing net somewhere in a tug-of-war motion.

The old woman's face had been filled with fear since she began to vomit.

She seemed to want to say something, but because she couldn't stop vomiting, the sound she made when she opened her mouth wide was full of vomiting, and she couldn't utter even a complete sentence.

Although she couldn't speak, her hands and feet could still move.

After the young men threw the nets over her head, she struggled as if trying to break free from the nets.

And yet—the young men had cast two large nets on her.

These two fishing nets are quite strong, and the person in charge of dragging them is still a few young and strong young men, how can this old woman break open this fishing net?

The old woman was dragged out of the village little by little by the young men in full view of everyone.

Everyone could clearly see the look of fear and despair on the face of the old woman trapped in the fishing nets.

She cast a plea of help at Konnosuke and the others, as if hoping that Konnosuke and the others could help her.

It's a pity that the pleading gaze she threw at Konnosuke and the others was destined to be useless.

Everyone who was swept away by the old woman's pleading gaze looked away, not daring to make eye contact with the old woman's pleading gaze - including Kunosuke.

Looking at the old woman who had been dragged out of the village little by little like a dog, a look of unbearability appeared on Amachi's face.

She opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something.

But before she could speak, she raised her hand and pressed her shoulder, and then shook his head at her helplessly.

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The young men who were in charge of dragging the old woman out of the village moved quickly.

Their skillful movements announced a cold reality to Ogata and the others: they had done something like this many times before.

Under the gaze of everyone, the old woman and the young people who were responsible for dragging the old woman out of the village gradually disappeared from their field of vision.

Even though the old woman, who was about to turn into an ogre, had been dragged away, the villagers, led by Konnosuke, still had a heavy face.

The villagers' joy at saving their companions and striking a blow at Sotaro and the others had dissipated by this time.

No matter who it is, it is a heavy face at this time.

A few people even sobbed secretly.

As for Ogata and others...... It was the first time they had seen a living person turn into a man-eater.

After witnessing the process of turning a living person into a cannibal, and the villagers of Toyowa Village were stunned for a moment when they were about to become a living person, and they didn't know what to say or do for a while.

"Guys ......," said Kannosuke Asakata and the others softly, "It's late at night, so why don't you spend the night in my mansion today......"

"Hmm......" Ogata, who also didn't look very good, nodded, "Then you'll have to work ......"

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Konnosuke walked ahead and led Ogata and the others towards his mansion.

While leading the way ahead, Konnosuke introduced to Ogata and his party behind him:

"You must have heard about it from the Tenmanji Temple's Zonghai...... Not only the dead will become ogres, but even the living will become cannibals. ”

"There is no pattern to the transformation of a living person into a cannibal."

"Regardless of gender, regardless of age, anyone can suddenly become a cannibal in the next moment......"

"The next person to become a man-eater may be you, or it may be me ......"

"For all these years, we've lived in this fear that we're going to become cannibals at some point."

"Originally, after the wooden wall was built, we still had 312 people alive here."

"And now, there are just over 100 left...... The rest of them have all become cannibals......"

"What did you do with the people who became cannibals?" Ogata asked, "Throw them out of the wall?" ”

"No, we've carved out a clearing in the northwest corner of the wall. There were many deep pits dug there, and when someone turned into a man-eater, we trapped it with fishing nets, dragged it there and threw it into the pits we had dug, and then covered the mouth of the pit with wooden planks. ”

"Cannibals have no intelligence to speak of, and if you throw them deep enough and don't see the living, they won't crawl out."

"......I see," muttered Mamiya, "no wonder there are almost no cannibals around the wooden walls...... So you've sealed up all the cannibals you've become in the past year......"

"Alas......" Konnosuke sighed, then smiled wryly, "Everyone, after spending the night with me tonight, hurry up and try to get out of this island......

"The island has become a dead island...... Staying here is a dead end......"

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Turn back the clock to the twilight of today—

In the coastal area across the sea from Butterfly Island, the military camp of the shogunate army-

Inamori, the general in charge of thousands of troops watching Butterfly Island across the sea, was leading all the senior generals in his army to stand outside the camp at this time.

The reason why he led the generals to stand outside the camp was for nothing else, but to welcome the famous doctor who was finally about to arrive here, Hanjing Sogen.