Tokushima Prefecture, Kamiishi Town.

A sewage treatment plant located in the suburbs.

Furukawa Toda is an inspector here, and his daily job is responsible for equipment inspection and maintenance, inspecting the site environment and safety inspections, and recording data related to equipment operation, water quality testing, and exception handling.

In the afternoon, Furukawa, who was at work, took the record sheet and walked up to the edge of the grit pond to make rounds.

He has always been in charge of the grit tank.

Sewage from the town's pipes is subjected to preliminary treatment here. The water enters the grit tank, and in the case of standing, gravity is used to precipitate the suspended solids to the bottom of the tank.

Due to the primary treatment area, the wastewater quality here is undoubtedly the worst.

It was turbid, mixed with disgusting solid debris, the water was strange, and the smell was very unpleasant.

Click.

Furukawa stepped onto the platform of the grit sink and paced here.

When he worked, he was fully armed according to the regulations of the treatment plant, with hard hats, masks, gloves, work clothes, and safety shoes, and because the sewage treatment plant he worked in mainly treats the domestic sewage of several surrounding towns, not industrial wastewater, so the mask only needs to wear a general dust mask.

"Strange, the state of the water here ......"

As usual, Furukawa stood on the edge of the guardrail and looked into the grit pool.

The water in the pool is a little different than before.

I can't say exactly what makes a difference, but it's weird.

Today's water is still viscous and heavy, but the color of the water is a strange dark red. Sitting in the grit pool in the open air, the surface is covered with a layer of greasy foam, and under the light of the afternoon sun, it shimmers with a strange luster.

Furukawa wasn't sure if he had misperceived it, and it felt like the sewage was slowly creeping.

The dark red murky water is like a breeding ground for some kind of evil existence, wriggling and multiplying underwater, tumbling into sticky bubbles and making a dull gurgling sound.

In addition, the foul smell emitted from the water body can be clearly smelled even when wearing a dust mask.

And it is said to be a foul smell, but it is actually more like a ...... Strange fishy smell?

Some kind of fleshy smell.

Furukawa felt strange in his heart.

As an inspector here, he's used to disgusting sewage.

But as it is today......

Not to mention, I always feel a little uneasy in the face of this pool of sewage.

He plans to go to the other side of the grit tank platform to check the equipment data to determine what is wrong with the sewage quality of the tank today.

But before he could take a step, Furukawa suddenly heard a voice-

"Ho ......"

It was like the hoarse sigh of an old man, rough and dry.

Furukawa jerked his head back.

The grit tank was still the same as before, and the dark red sewage was nothing more than uncomfortable and disgusting.

"I ...... Did you hear that wrong? Furukawa comforted himself.

Damn it.

It was broad daylight and the weather was hot, but he didn't want to stay in the grit pool for a moment.

Then, before Furukawa could take his eyes off the sewage, he saw a bubble roll up from beneath the dark red body of water.

Kiss.

Bubbles wrapped in an eeriely shiny oil film floated to the surface of the water and burst open with a viscous sound.

The bubble bursts, and the gas inside diffuses into the air.

At this time, Furukawa heard it very clearly-

"Ho ......"

A sigh that belongs to humanity.

But it didn't sound like an old man, but like a young woman's groans of pain.

At this moment, Furukawa's body froze, and he stood on the railing of the grit pool as if he was bound by an invisible chain, unable to move. His heart pounded with an indescribable sense of fear, and his breathing became heavy and rapid.

You heard that right......

That's right, that voice just now.

Kiss.

Kiss.

Kiss.

In the next second, more and more turbid bubbles were rising from the sewage in the grit tank.

Every bubble bursts with a sigh and a moan.

"Ho ......"

"Ho ......"

"Ho ......"

The voices, old and young, male and female, sounded completely different, but they were all crystal clear.

It's like a viscous grit pool, imprisoning countless painful souls.

Furukawa was horrified as he saw that the dark red sewage had become thicker, and the sewage that had gathered together was like a huge piece of rotten flesh that would wriggle.

He saw the bright light in his eyes in the bubbles that kept rolling out of the water.

There were a pair of pupils wandering under the sewage, and the expression attached to the dense eyes was clear and deep, and extremely gentle.

"Ah!!h

Furukawa finally screamed and pulled his legs to escape.

But it was already too late.

From the dark red body of water, wet humanoid arms tumbled out.

The arms were all filthy red, with no skin covering the surface, and only red wriggling flesh grew on the white bones, and they were entangled in black lines like blood vessels and meridians.

Rushing!

One by one, terrifying human hands passed through the gap in the guardrail and grabbed Furukawa's overalls!

"Let go! I don't care about you! ”

Furukawa screamed and struggled, but the arms that held him pulled harder and harder.

Eventually, Furukawa fell into the grit tank and was soon swallowed up by the muddy sewage, disappearing without a trace.

"Ho ......"

"Ho ......"

The things that grew under the water were still moaning and sighing.

Distorted faces, sketched in a body of water that slowly wriggled like raw broth. The facial features of those preliminarily formed human faces are not exactly the same, only the eyes, and those eyes are full of the same softness and depth.

In the sewage treatment plant of Kamigoshi, in the air, and in the sewer pipes of the entire town......

Countless "Aoyagi" are piling up flesh and blood to resurrect.

……

"Pranya, end it!"

With Kamiyagawa's order, the female body behind Hannya put on a square mask, and her form became more hideous and charming.

Countless thin lines of black curses slipped out of the gorgeous cuffs of the empty phase, entangled and spread with each other, and quickly entangled the target's "Aoyagi".

As a carrier of the curse, Aoyagi is immortal to a certain extent.

However, when he encounters Aragami Prajna, who also controls the power of the curse, this ability to resurrect and multiply after "death" no longer exists.

The skin, flesh, and bones of that "Aoyagi" were dismantled by a curse stronger than it, and soon became nourishment for the face, and was swept into the cuffs of the female body's empty appearance.

"Well done, getting more and more proficient."

After cooking the newly discovered Aoyagi, Kamiyagawa put away the boy Che Angang.

Kamiya and his entourage are now located in Yamagata Prefecture.

The target that was just disposed of was also found here.

After the work of the past few days, Kamiyagawa vaguely felt a little uneasy-

Judging from the current situation, the number of "Aoyagi" has exceeded expectations.

There are too many of them.

Previously, the countermeasures office did collect data from the police in various places.

It is said that of the more than 3,400 homicides that have occurred in the past three years, 52 have been related to Aoyagi.

But this is only officially recorded data.

In fact, there must have been more Aoyagi who had infiltrated human society and been killed without the knowledge of the officials than one might think.

Therefore, now that a carpet survey is carried out, the number of such non-man-made objects that can be found is also unusually large.

The existence of Aoyagi itself seems to be able to arouse the desire of ordinary people to destroy, and after they are killed, the remaining flesh and blood will change into new Aoyagi.

To be honest, this ability is a bit of a "supermodel".

In addition, Takiyasha Ji also clearly gave Kamiya a passage of qi-

Maybe it's because the god of dark silt and beauty can't wait to break free from the shackles and come. In recent times, the Aoyagi have reached their peak in terms of activity and regeneration.

Under such circumstances, Kamiyagawa has reason to worry that these Aoyagi will directly make a big wave in unexpected places.

When the Aoyagi people on this side of Yamagata Prefecture were dealt with, the team of soul slayers led by Kamiya took a short rest.

It was at this time that he received a call from Yucheng True Kenyou.

Uncle Yusei himself is also leading the team to deal with Aoyagi, so it's not surprising that he will call to communicate with each other's progress.

Toot –

Calls are unblocked.

"Boy, something happened."

Uncle Cheng said this when he spoke, and his tone sounded quite serious.

Every time he gets on the phone lately, Kamiya prepares mentally.

Because Kamiyagawa knew that if there was any bad news, it would definitely be passed on to him from Uncle Yusei as soon as possible.

And now, it may be that something really bad is happening.

Yusei Zhen Jianyu did not pause, and finished what he was about to say in one breath: "Tokushima Prefecture has fallen. ”

"Fall?"

"Yes, Aoyagi appeared in large numbers overnight. By the time the Tokushima regional countermeasures room reacted, it was clear that those things had already encroached on an entire town. I'm already on my way to Tokushima right now. ”

"I see, I'll go to Tokushima right away."

After a short exchange, Kamiya kept talking while beckoning several soul slayers, including Ai Saotome, to get into the ghost car first, and then directly asked Toshima to go to Tokushima Prefecture in the Shikoku region as fast as possible.

I'm really afraid of something.

Even though both the countermeasures room and Takiyashahime were trying to deal with the hidden Aoyagi, Kamiyagawa's worst fears still happened-

Those things are out of control.

……

On the way to the trip, Kamiyagawa asked about the situation on the Tokushima side.

The town that fell was called Kamigoshi-cho.

It is difficult to judge the exact circumstances of what happened, only that it was very sudden.

Connecting to the real Jianyou, he still hasn't grasped the most specific information......

Kamiishi Town.

Kamiya arrived here quickly, and it was evening.

Because of the ghost car, he came far faster than he could get into a true sword.

The outskirts of the town are full of heavily armed officials armed with fire-breathing equipment, and even armored vehicles can be seen.

After showing his ID outside the forbidden encirclement, Kamiyagawa quickly met with the head of the Tokushima countermeasures office.

A middle-aged man with a nervous face.

Within his jurisdiction, an entire town has fallen, and he must have felt that he was going to be finished.

But when he saw the ghost god disciple appear in front of him, the man was still slightly relieved.

Kamiyagawa didn't have time to consider the other party's feelings at this time, so he just said in a routine tone: "Tell me about the situation in Shenshi Town." Also, get your people ready, I'm going into town. ”

"Go in? Mr. Kamiya, that side is now completely occupied by Aoyagi, and that side may ...... There may be no living people left......"

Through the person in charge of the Tokushima Prefecture Policy Office, it is only known that the Aoyagi who captured the town of Kamishi first emerged from the town's sewer system.

A large number of Aoyagi appeared, and in a short period of time, the entire town of Shenshi was thrown into chaos.

The citizens fell into a state of restlessness and frenzy, and the streets and alleys were filled with bloody killings.

The slain Aoyagi was resurrected from the flesh and blood remains, turning into a new curse bearer.

The response of the countermeasure room was already quite fast, and all available manpower was used, and even the army, to blockade Shenshi Town.

So that the chaos created by the Aoyagi did not spread further outward.

But even so, the entire Shenshi Town seems to be hopeless.

It is also thanks to the fact that the countermeasures office has a large degree of autonomy in the handling of special incidents.

Otherwise, relying on the reaction of Japan's top politicians, the situation in Tokushima Prefecture may spiral out of control.

Japan's high-level politicians are indeed good at bowing and apologizing, but when it comes to dealing with emergencies, it is obviously not enough.

After the fall of Kamishi Town in Tokushima, the first thing they did was to block the relevant information on the Internet and stop communication on Tokushima.

Kamiyagawa also learned that this afternoon, when he was still dealing with Aoyagi in Yamagata Prefecture, there were indeed a lot of news and videos on the Internet about the sewer pipes in the Kamishi Town.

But now it's all been suppressed.

In this world of strange forces, it is not a mistake to prevent fear from spreading.

However, what happened in Shenshi Town, although it was forcibly stopped, it is likely that it has entered the field of vision of a considerable part of the people.

Kamiya thinks that judging from the frequency of strange incidents today, there are strange things in this world that will become known to the world sooner or later, and this may still need some guidance.

But from his point of view, the first thing that matters now is not that.

He had to deal with the emergency situation in Shenshi Town.

Kamiyagawa has a feeling that the god of dark silt and beauty, who is planning everything behind his back, is really impatient and wants to come to the world at all costs.

"The whole town is controlled by Aoyagi, ah......"

Outside of Kamigoshi, Kamiyagawa stared in the direction of the town.

It was dusk, and the sunset that sank to the western skyline was bloody, reflecting the sky and the earth in a crimson color.

The silhouette of the town in the distance was wrapped in a dim twilight, smoke billowing from several places, and buildings were wriggling with scarlet flesh, like some kind of massive creature whirling and tumbling.

The atmosphere of uneasiness and fear that permeated the air, enveloped by the evening breeze with the smell of burnt fish, permeated from the side of Kamigoshi Town to the blockade area where the Kamiya River was located.