Zongman I fight weirdness in everyday world

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At the same time, on the other side of the train tunnel.

“It's a bit cold.”

Futaba Rio wrapped her clothes around herself, rubbed her hands, and blew into her palms.

Looking at her shivering from the cold, Yozora smiled.

“Should I carry you?”

“What are you saying?”

Futaba Rio frowned slightly.

“We're preparing for exorcism right now, be serious.”

After saying this, she pushed up her glasses, her face slightly red, and added in a voice as soft as a mosquito's hum.

“But… after we eliminate the evil spirit, letting you hold me, it's not like I'd mind.”

Yozora was as sincere as ever, without the slightest concealment, and replied.

“So reluctant? Then I'll go find Miko tonight.”

“Don't you dare!”

Futaba Rio snorted softly and reached out to grab his sleeve.

“Besides, Miko said she's busy tonight.”

“Then I'll find Mai.”

“Mai-senpai is also busy, they're all guarding Makinohara Shoko.”

“Then I'll go find Hachishaku.”

Futaba Rio's expression was displeased.

“You put me last?”

Yozora chuckled and replied.

“The way you say that, how could that be possible?”

“Consider yourself to have good sense…”

Before Futaba Rio could finish speaking, Yozora said very sincerely.

“There are still a few, I haven't mentioned yet.”

Futaba Rio's expression froze, and after a long while, she sighed helplessly, covering her forehead.

“You… you're such a scumbag.”

“No, I'm a pure love warrior.”

“Hmph, I believe you like a ghost.”

After Futaba Rio complained, she looked at the deep, dark underground tunnel in front of her and slowly said.

“Back to the main topic, it was indeed my mistake this time.”

“I didn't consider that there would be evil spirits lurking in the underground train tunnel.”

“Thinking about it carefully, the environment here is indeed very suitable for evil spirits to hide and develop, and it's already very dark. Even if a highly activated 'door' affects reality, passengers wouldn't notice anything unusual.”

“Not considering this… is my mistake.”

Looking at Futaba Rio's self-reproachful expression and eyes, Yozora said calmly.

“There's no need to blame yourself. You and Miko usually wouldn't investigate places like this.”

“It's enough to save everyone before the situation gets worse.”

Futaba Rio nodded, then gave Yozora a meaningful look, and a smile couldn't help but appear on the corner of her lips.

“The old you definitely wouldn't have said something like that.”

“Don't talk nonsense.”

Yozora waved his hand nonchalantly.

“I'm the chosen one, chosen by the heavens to save this world, possessing unrestrained talent.”

Futaba Rio couldn't help but laugh, using Yozora's usual tone, dragging out the ending, and replied noncommittally.

“彳亍”

… …

Five minutes later, Souichirou Yagami led the Metropolitan Police Department team.

“This is… what's that smell?”

Souichirou Yagami's expression changed. He raised his right hand, signaling the team members behind him to stop.

As a detective with many years of criminal investigation experience, he was very sensitive to the smell that was now permeating the air.

From the time he first entered the profession, Souichirou Yagami often smelled this scent, which was almost impossible to smell in everyday life.

The smell of blood.

Not the smell of animal blood, but the smell of human blood.

“Proceed with caution.”

Souichirou Yagami took out his gun from his waist, held it with both hands, and walked forward step by step.

The tunnel was pitch black, without any light, only the light from the flashlights held by several Metropolitan Police Department members could illuminate the scene in front of them.

As they approached step by step, the smell of blood in the air became increasingly strong.

“This is!?”

When the flashlight's beam suddenly shone on the ground, accompanied by a sticky sensation under his feet, Souichirou Yagami finally saw the source of the bloody smell in the air.

The scene that appeared in front of him, even for him, who had many years of criminal investigation experience, couldn't help but widen his pupils in shock.

The ground was covered in sticky blood.

And on top of that dark red river, were the incomplete bodies of humans.

“This…”

If it were an ordinary person, they would have been frightened out of their wits at this time.

However, Souichirou Yagami, as the director of the Criminal Investigation Department, tightened his grip on the gun in his hand, squatted down, moved closer, and began to observe the severed wounds on those incomplete corpses.

“This is… a laceration? Like it was caused by some kind of animal tearing and biting…”

Through the clothing on the incomplete corpses, Souichirou Yagami had already determined the identities of these victims, who were the search and rescue personnel sent out by the person in charge to rescue the trapped members.

But why?

Why did they die in such a strange way?

“Could it be that some kind of beast is lurking in the underground tunnel?”

Souichirou Yagami frowned, thinking that this was impossible.

Not to mention whether there were any corners in the underground tunnel where beasts could hide.

The train tracks usually had high-voltage electricity running through them, and anyone who touched them would die without a doubt.

How could any beast survive in this kind of place?

“Contact headquarters, request…”

Souichirou Yagami turned his head, but stopped halfway through his words.

The Metropolitan Police Department members had disappeared without a trace, and only a few lonely, flickering flashlights were lying on the ground.

In the depths of the darkness at the end of his vision, a slender figure, as tall as three or four meters, even could call it thin, was slowly approaching.

In the darkness, Souichirou Yagami couldn't see the other person's face clearly, and all he could hear was a faint whimper like the sound of the wind.

“You… can see me?”

Souichirou Yagami's face changed.

What is this thing!?

At this moment, Souichirou Yagami once again recalled the fear and oppression he felt when he saw Hachishaku-sama in the Kyoto Municipal Kindergarten's school building.

This thing…

It's definitely not human.

The moment this thought arose in Souichirou Yagami's mind, he had already raised his gun, aimed it at the slender ghost's head, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

“Bang!”

The deafening gunshot echoed within the underground tunnel.

Before Souichirou Yagami could breathe a sigh of relief, he saw that after the slender ghost was hit by the bullet, its head only tilted back slightly.

Then, it continued to approach him step by step.

That eerie, soft voice, like a gentle breeze, sounded again.

“You… you really can see me.”

“Heh, guns don't work…”

Souichirou Yagami showed a bitter smile, with a look of despair as if he had expected this.

He didn't know why.

He wasn't even surprised.

First that tall woman in white, and then that "Mask".

Souichirou Yagami even had a strange idea.

If bullets really had an effect on the monster in front of him, he would be surprised instead.

This world…

Has it gone mad?

Although Souichirou Yagami thought so, his sense of responsibility as the director of the Criminal Investigation Department did not allow him to give up at this time.

He gritted his teeth, fired all the bullets in the gun in one breath, then turned around and ran quickly towards the dark front of the tunnel.

Having been hit by seven or eight bullets in a row, the slender ghost only paused in place for a moment, and then continued to move again.

Under the condition of "observation", humans can harm evil spirits.

But, that's all it does, cause harm.

Only spiritual ability users can eliminate evil spirits.

Weapons are not the most important thing, talent is the most important thing.

Even if Souichirou Yagami fired hundreds or even thousands of bullets from his gun, he would not be able to truly kill the evil spirit.

But if it were a gun in the hands of a spiritual ability user, it would have the possibility of eliminating the evil spirit.

Of course.

The most effective thing is still a spiritual object that inherently possesses spiritual power.

Bullets that have been blessed also work.

Souichirou Yagami ran for nearly a kilometer. Fortunately, he hadn't neglected his training, otherwise his stamina would have given out long ago.

Finally, he saw the train ahead, stopped on the tracks, motionless.

Souichirou Yagami ran to the rear of the car, searched with his flashlight, found the emergency switch, and opened the door at the rear of the car.

After entering a dimly lit carriage, he was about to continue walking forward, but stopped again and turned around to lock the door again.

Souichirou Yagami didn't know what that slender ghost was.

He only hoped that the shell of the train would be enough to block it.

Otherwise…