The claws behind him suddenly swung down at Sakai, and although Sakai's brain hadn't reacted yet, his body had already reacted after a long period of exercise.

Sakai quickly jumped sideways, and the claws of the shadow behind him swooped into the air, shattering the camera in front of Sakai.

Looking at the pieces of wood rolling on the ground, I don't know why, Sakai felt a little distressed in his heart.

But before he had time to think about it so much, Sakai quickly jumped two steps away and saw the shadow of the sneak attack on him face to face.

It has human-like features, but is a complete monster.

Feet side by side, claws leaning forward, dog-headed human body, rubber hooves and feet.

Scavengers, ragged, high, full of fangs.

Ghoul!

At this moment, Sakai's brain immediately remembered the monsters in Pittman's paintings, those humanoid monsters that Pittman called ghouls.

The monster in front of him looked almost identical to the ghouls, except that the monster was wearing the brown suit worn in Pittman's self-portrait.

But even this brown suit is now hanging like rags on the skin like gray rubber.

If it weren't for Pitman taking the initiative to give this dress to this monster, then this monster is obviously Pitman!

"Mr. Pittman!"

Sakai yells at Pittman, but instead of resuming Pittman's sanity, it angers the ghoul.

The ghoul roared at Sai, the mucus from his mouth spurting down the air stream to the ground, and Sakai smelled a putrid stench of corpses.

And of course, this ghoul named Pittman had just eaten his landlord, and the landlord's stump should still be digested in his stomach.

With a roar, the ghoul fluttered its claws and pounced on Sakai.

Ghouls move very fast, and can either use their feet to move forward in a human position or use their limbs to move together like animals.

And in the case of using all four limbs together, the speed of the ghoul is far faster than that of ordinary people, and Sakai was too late to dodge when he was negligent, and was directly thrown to the ground by the ghoul.

Fortunately, Sakai had already pulled out the short knife behind his back in advance, and at this time, he used the short knife against the ghoul's two rows of sharp fangs, so as not to let these germ-stained teeth touch his body.

In fact, at that moment just now, Sakai was not unable to avoid the ghoul's attack, but Sakai was still hesitant just now.

After seeing the ghoul wearing Pittman's clothes, Sakai had already guessed the identity of this ghoul who was a human not long ago.

In this case, Sakai hesitated.

But now, Sakai was less than a foot closer to the ghoul's face, and Sakai clearly saw that there was no sparkle of reason in the ghoul's eyes.

It was filled with a raging blood-red, and the stench of the beast's fangs announced that he was no longer human.

But Sakai still couldn't imagine how a human with handsome facial features three days ago had become the kobold monster in front of him.

On that hideous dog's head, there is a strong desire for Sakai's body written all over his face, and it is also for food.

The flesh of a Peters was eaten and wiped clean, but it was not satisfied.

The ghoul's sharp claws gripped Sakai's shoulder, piercing Sakai's skin with a slight force, giving Sakai a tingle in his brain and bringing Sakai's thoughts back to reality.

Sakai lifted the short knife against the ghoul's two rows of teeth and forcefully lifted it up, and the ghoul's body was instantly pushed a few meters away, and then landed smoothly on the ground.

After pushing the ghoul away, Sakai stood up again with a carp, and the ghoul's second bite came as expected.

This time, Sakai didn't spare his hand, he directly turned sideways to avoid the front edge, and slashed off one of the ghouls' arms with a backhand swing.

Oh!

A piercing roar came from the ghoul's mouth, and bright red blood burst out with a pop and flowed down the cold floor of the basement.

This knife Sakai is spared, because at that moment just now, Sakai can also directly cut off the ghoul's head.

But for this monster called Ghoul, Sakai wanted to catch it alive as much as possible.

If the monster had remained alive after cutting off its limbs, Sakai would have been able to capture a living ghoul sample for Konoha Village.

Although this ghoul was a human before, the best humane way to treat a human is to kill him and free him.

But Sakai was taught to do whatever it takes to obtain information, and it has nothing to do with humanity.

Looking at Sakai wielding a short knife, the ghoul stood in place, covering the cross-section of the other arm with one hand, and the hideous dog head glared at Sakai viciously, but there was no movement on his body.

Oh? It seems that there is some wisdom in not being completely enraged by the injury.

Sakai had made up his mind to capture the ghoul, and this time he took the initiative to rush towards the ghoul, but just as he was halfway through, the ghoul suddenly dodged to the side and disappeared into the darkness that the kerosene lamp could not illuminate.

The basement was very dark, and all the light at this time relied on the kerosene lamp that Sakai had placed on the ground.

This made Sakai not dare to chase indiscriminately, and immediately waited in the shape of a knife in both hands.

But after waiting a little longer, Sakai realized that something was wrong.

Because at this moment, Sakai clearly felt the gasp in the room, and he was the only one left.

And when he entered the basement just now, Sakai had already listened carefully, and there was no other wheezing sound in the entire basement.

Don't...

Sakai immediately picked up the kerosene lamp on the ground and rushed into the darkness, only to see that in the corner of the darkness, a narrow circular black hole appeared on the ground.

This could be a well, but considering that this is not a courtyard, but the basement of a house, this is more likely to lead to some entrance to the sewer.

In order not to let the ghoul escape, Sai didn't have time to think too much and jumped directly into the well.

...

In the dark underground waterways, Sakai continues to pursue.

Fortunately, with the help of the blood stains left by the ghouls on the ground who were slashed by Sakai, Sai's pursuit speed is not slow, and I believe that he will be able to catch up soon.

Chasing after him, Sakai chased from a relatively narrow waterway to an area that resembled a central sewer.

This is where the sewage from the town's extensive underground waterways collects and flows further down.

And on the ring wall of this central district, more than a dozen sewer openings are dotted over it, and the blood of ghouls leads to one of them.

But just as Sakai was about to catch up, dense shadows appeared in these dozen sewer openings.