The name of the deceased, Koichiro Miki, the body and vehicle were found next to the road connecting Yamanashi Prefecture and Tokyo, and when they were found, the body was severely decomposed, the internal organs were completely gone, and it was presumed that the time of death was more than four days, and vomiting. ”

The Ito Police Department in Suginami Ward looked at the preliminary on-site inspection report, looked at the scene again, and felt a churning stomach.

In the snow, a car burst out of the guardrail and crashed into the nearby wasteland, leaving only a highly decomposed corpse and its internal organs completely gone.

This is the winter when the mountains are covered with heavy snow, and the day before yesterday has just passed the Great Gloom, and the corpse is placed here for a week, will it really decompose like this?

And even if you are attacked by a wild beast in the mountains, it is impossible that only the internal organs will be dug up.

The Ito Police Department, which has experience with several strange incidents, naturally thought of the strange thing, so it immediately reported it to the Soul Destroyer Association.

"Police, the Soul Killer Guild has arrived."

The police reported.

The Ito Police Department took its eyes off the disgusting scene and looked at the black police car on one side.

Two people came down above.

A boy in a horn-buttoned coat, and a girl in a red and white coat like a junior high school student.

It's kind of familiar.

The Ito Police Department saw the other party's appearance.

"See you again, Qiao San, who is this?"

He said hello and looked at the girl beside him.

"Hello, I'm Asano Ariko from Atsuta Jingu."

"It turned out to be a shrine maiden from Atsuta Jingu."

The Ito Police Department saluted.

The current soul slayer is very young and promising.

He brought the two of them to the scene.

"Wow, it's so miserable."

Ariko said that she was miserable, but in fact, she looked at the situation around her very carefully.

"Put on your gloves."

Qiao Qiao asked the police for gloves and opened the car door.

Even in winter, the rancid smell is disgusting, and when you open the door, the smell is even stronger.

"Gross-"

The young police officer on the side finally couldn't help but vomit.

"The decay of living things is generally nourished by microorganisms, and at such a low temperature, this process should be much prolonged, as if foreign countries have exhumed corpses that have been frozen for tens of thousands of years, and they are still very intact at low temperatures."

Qiao Qiao asked, he had only a cursory understanding of the relevant knowledge, but it was far from the real police.

"But this corpse doesn't look like it's been in the cold for so long."

Ariko looked at the corpse's already empty eyes.

"In this kind of low temperature environment, it generally does not rot like this."

The Ito Police Department put on a mask and blocked out some of the smell a little.

"And ......"

He looked at the posture of the corpse.

Yes.

Normally, if it is an accident death, then the body is at least in the driver's seat.

But this corpse was lying in the back seat, and when it was found, the windows of the car were tightly closed, and there was almost no way for the outside world to enter it.

In other words, the Chamber of Secrets.

"No, no, no, it's too fantastical to discuss secret rooms in a world where there are weird beings."

Ariko waved her hand and withdrew her gaze from the car.

Qiao Qiao also finished the inspection.

"How's it going, did you find anything?"

The Ito Police Department asked, pinching his nose.

"Well, not at all."

Qiao Qiao spread his hands.

"Sure enough, it's still not suitable for detective games."

He said that he had thought that since he was here to investigate, he would have to use the usual investigation methods a little, but it seemed that this kind of mental activity was not suitable for soul slayers.

Qiao Qiao gently placed his gloved hand on the sofa in the back seat of the car.

Psychic –

Images emerge.

Rushing on a snowy night, the vehicle broke down, and then ......

“？”

Qiao Qiao saw that after the problem with the deceased's vehicle, the psychic picture was blank, and when he could see the image again, it was already a scene where the passing vehicle found that it was wrong to call the police.

There's a lot in the middle, and there's no information at all.

Well, the car is estimated to have also accompanied the deceased in an accident, and it has been in a state of disappearance during this time, and it has not reappeared until today.

Otherwise, there are so many vehicles passing by every day, and they should have been discovered long ago.

Psychics are indeed not very easy to use in the face of the old gods.

Qiao Qiao thought.

Yes.

He and Yariko came over, and they didn't just receive a request for help from the police.

It's because of the Old Gods. Among the coordinates of the wishes, this is the closest place to Tokyo.

In the mountains of Yamanashi Prefecture, there is an old god who has been sealed.

Judging from the current situation, it is very likely that the seal of the old god has been broken, or at least there is a leak.

Just like the old god on the other side of Mt. Hiei, even if the seal is not broken, a simple leak can cause great disaster.

Faced with this situation, Qiao Qiao had two options.

The first is to try to repair the seal, which is of course very difficult, but if you can find the exact location of the leak and find a large shrine such as Meiji Jingu, the seal will not be so troublesome.

Another option is to destroy the Old Gods directly.

Of course, in order to destroy the old gods, they have to be unleashed to some extent.

To this end, Izumo Heavy Industries sent Qiaoqiao a device to deal with the situation.

This is a prop developed by combining the data collected by Qiao Qiao in the Hell Frontier last time and the research results of Izumo Heavy Industries for many years.

Named [Camouflage Hell], as the name suggests, it is an enchantment like hell, which can contain the target, but it lasts for a maximum of an hour, and it is a one-time thing, which is quite expensive.

To put it simply, if Qiao Qiao finds that the seal of the old god cannot be repaired, and because of some special emergency, the old god breaks the seal, then he can use this device to delay time.

An hour, under normal circumstances, is enough time to get in touch with the Soul Slayer Association and Izumo Heavy Industries to carry out a firepower coverage strike.

"In the past few years, there have been several disappearances in the vicinity, some villagers went up the mountain to steal trees, and as a result, they disappeared into the mountain forest, but there have always been rumors of similar beasts here, so most of them think that they were attacked and eaten by wild beasts."

Ito Police Department said.

The villagers here are relatively conservative and don't want to make too much noise, and the deceased themselves are also illegally cutting down trees, which is disgraceful, so they have never looked for serious soul slayers and police to check the situation.

Compared with a metropolis like Tokyo, these small mountain villages are much more conservative and backward, which is probably a kind of backlash brought about by urbanization.

"There is a special feeling in these mountains and forests."

After coming into contact with so many old gods, Qiao Qiao could more or less sense a similar aura.

Heavy snow has closed the mountains and forests, and in them, something ancient is awakening.

"Ya Lizi, clean up, we're going to go up the mountain in the evening."

Qiao Qiao made a decision.