Shibuya Police Station, Information Section, Section 9.

Just when two night owl siblings were on high spirits because of the video released by the IBM700......

Several agents with skilled hacking skills are also busy in front of the computer.

"Still no results?"

"I'm sorry, section chief, although the video data reposted to other websites and social media tools has been blocked. However, the post on the 2CH forum and the video in it could never be deleted. ”

“…… A detailed analysis of the content of the video has not been able to obtain useful information for the time being. ”

Mochizuki Ayano stood in the center of the command room, listening to the reports of the detectives, her brows furrowed.

The ID of IBM700, the video released in the middle of the night, became popular because of the atmosphere of the middle two, the crazy voice pack, and the rustic special effects, and was regarded as the "Menglan Bon funny video" ignited the entire 2CH forum, and even hit other websites......

But unlike ordinary melon-eating netizens who watch videos for fun, as the ninth lesson of the professional department, they naturally know that every word the other party says may be true.

Because, in the video, every weirdness that was "named" by the man who called himself "Hell Revolution" has a thick stack of unsolved files in Lesson 9.

However, after spending the entire ninth lesson and even seconding a large amount of network resources from the Intelligence Headquarters of the Defense Agency, it was still impossible to close the urban legends section of the 2CH forum.

This forum section is as unassailable as a resentful spirit that is independent of the real world and lives on the Internet.

Lesson 9 has already tried to physically shut down the IBM700 forum server for the first time.

But with the entire site shut down, the "Urban Legends" section jumped straight to the first-level page of the 2CH forum URL like an omnipresent ghost, and was accessed as a separate page.

This is tantamount to turning it into the homepage of the 2CH forum in disguise, and the publicity effect is better.

If you can't delete the posts in the 2CH forum that are the source of the video, you can't stop the spread of the video in the first place......

The only thing that can be done in Lesson 9 is to exhaustively clean up the relevant data that flows to other servers, stop the spread of this video from the external network, and at the same time guide the direction of public opinion.

At this moment, there are three detectives who are specifically responsible for the secondary editing, and the content of this video continues to be "spoofed" and "ghostized".

"This time, not only did I release the text, but I also announced my name and purpose in the video......"

The "true god" mentioned by the dead black-robed man Yuta Saizuki, the extraordinary cult that worships some kind of evil god hidden in Tokyo, and the IBM 700 that claims to establish a new order......

Even if these guys are not in the same group, they must be related to each other.

"Could it be that all those weirdness are controlled by this guy IBM700 behind the scenes......"

Thinking of this, Mochizuki Ayano seemed to see a huge monster slowly surfacing out of the water.

"No, that's not an area that humans can set foot in."

Whatever the truth, her intuition told her that if she didn't act ahead and let the prediction of the IBM 700 come true, there would be big trouble.

She immediately dialed Takeshi Iwata's phone.

"How's the investigation at Kuramae's apartment?"

"Chief, I'm about to contact you...... Kenta Oishi's diary was obtained in Room 103, which was stopped three months ago, and its contents are generally consistent with his testimony. ”

After Kenta Oishi turned himself in, Takeshi Iwata took a group of people to his room overnight to investigate and collect evidence.

"A year ago, on the day of Mon Ranbon, I wrote in my diary that a black iron door had suddenly appeared on the top floor of the apartment, so we went up and looked ......"

At this moment, Takeshi Iwata, who was in the Kuramae apartment and led the team to investigate, spoke a little trembling for some reason.

"After an unsuccessful attempt to violently dismantle the black iron door on the roof of the apartment in front of the Kuramae, we initially suspect that the door is an indestructible object."

"What, grudge?! Report it to the Metropolitan Police Department immediately, and I'll come over right away......"

Hearing the news, Mochizuki Ayano directly took her coat and trotted out all the way.

The iron door on the roof of Kuramae's apartment, she and Iwata Takeshi and Tokimoto Ichiro had confirmed with their own eyes, and there was obviously no resentment attached to it.

At that time, in order not to alarm the "things" that might exist in the apartment, I did not try to break into the door, but sent a drone to check the situation on the rooftop.

In retrospect, the reason why the Kuramae Apartment, which was clearly full of traces of resentful spirits, was so "clean" was presumably because a certain "Reincarnated Venerable" who had accidentally moved in did a free cleaning service.

The "Rashomon" mentioned by IBM 700 in the post of Heishomon, the "door" that Kenta Oda said, and the resentment that kept gathering in Kuramae's apartment and disappeared without a trace......

Everything came together in her mind.

"Rashomon...... Finally found you! ”

……

6 hours before the appearance of the "Gates of Hell".

Shinjuku Ward, Kagurazaka.

With the Mon Ran Festival approaching, many merchants have set up stalls selling sacrificial goods on the small ramp of Kagurazaka-dori Street.

"Araki-sensei, can you see this?"

Dressed in a yukata, Yuma Yu, a small bird, is squatting in front of a stall, selecting sacrificial objects.

Her red and white cherry blossom yukata, cute pink bow on her back, and rounded hips blend perfectly into this traditional ramp, reminiscent of the old Edo period.

At this time, she was holding an elegant lantern in her hand, asking for the opinion of a blonde man not far behind.

"Ahaha, you see, this cucumber is long and thick, Kohei will definitely like it......"

However, Sousuke Araki in the rear did not appreciate the beautiful scene of this "beauty looking back".

He was staring at a large cucumber close to 40 centimeters in his hand, and he was smiling meaningfully.

"That, Mr. Araki...... There is no way to make such a long cucumber into an "elf horse", I am afraid it can only be made into an "elf centipede". ”

Kotori Yumayu pursed his lips a little helplessly, and in a calm tone, he expounded the words that made Sosuke Araki's forehead sweat.

“…… Or are you going to have Mr. Higashino and Miss Reiko sit on a 40-centimeter "elf centipede" when they 'welcome the pot' and 'deliver the pot'? ”

Since he was unable to attend the funerals of Higashino Kohei and Shirasui Reiko, and it coincided with the Menglan Bon Festival, Sousuke Araki asked Kotori Yuma to hold a consolation ceremony for them during this period, which can be regarded as doing his part for the others.

As an annual day to welcome the deceased home, receive offerings and give thanks, the festival is divided into three stages: welcoming the deceased, offering the pot, and giving the bon, and events such as festivals and dances are also held during the festival.

In the evening of the first day, every household will light a soul fire to guide the soul of the deceased to return, and at the same time build a "spirit shed" for the soul to rest, and prepare various offerings.

Among them, cucumbers and eggplants are inserted with bamboo skewers as four-legged offerings, called "elven horses" or "elven cows", which are horses and oxen that the deceased ride separately when traveling to and from the world.

"Bastard, no wonder that boss smiled so happily when he saw me paying!"

Imagining the picture of the gifted cucumber in his hand, being inserted with dense bamboo sticks and turning into a human centipede, Sousuke Araki couldn't help but burst his muscles.