Chapter 44: That Was Actually Tamamo-no-Mae

Arakawa District.

Divine light flowed like a river, a cloud lake as holy as immortals and gods erupted in brilliant radiance; Lord Cimu's slash, though aimed at a world, made the sword light so dazzling it seemed ready to burst forth from the cloud lake.

Boom—boom—boom!

Clouds churned, becoming chaotic and disordered; at times waves rose sky-high, at other times like a boat drifting, rippling with faint waves.

Countless people, terrified, screamed without words.

The sword light was too brilliant, ready to burst from that Supernatural world through the cloud lake, with a clear trend of destroying reality; the entire cloud lake swelled, the lake surface bulged, as if something terrifying were about to surge out from the lake.

Immediately after.

Like the scenery after a thunderstorm, the thunderhead clouds dispersed, and Wang Yang's cloud lake cracked apart.

A wisp of moonlight shone down through a gap in the clouds.

The moonlight was gentle.

The cloud lake vanished; the familiar starry moonlit night appeared before the world's eyes, the night sky calmed down as usual, tranquil and serene, as if the earth-shattering spectacle just now had never happened.

In the live stream, the bullet comments stopped.

In the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department conference room, silence reigned.

Countless people looked up at the sky; the night sky was brilliant, and they remained dazed for a long time, immersed in the shock of the earlier moment.

After a long while.

Once they came to their senses, Arakawa District, the live stream, and the police conference room all went mad.

【Streamer, hurry to that glowing place, hurry, hurry! If you wait any longer, you definitely won't be able to get through!】

【Brothers, don't stop the gifts!】

【Streamer, why are you still standing there like a fool? Move, go to that glowing place!】

The live stream audience typed frantically.

The bullet comments came one after another, showing the audience's impatience; in the end, too many comments were sent, triggering the time limit for sending.

"Go investigate immediately where that glowing location is, and also retrieve data from Arakawa District..."

With no attempt to hide his emotional fluctuations, Director Takahashi issued one order after another.

"At all costs, suppress the situation in Arakawa District as much as possible."

As he spoke.

Director Takahashi seemed to think of something and quickly spoke up.

"Additionally, on the American side..."

Just then, hurried footsteps came from outside the conference room door; the door opened, and Director Takahashi's assistant rushed in.

"Director Takahashi, the Americans called, asking about the situation in Arakawa District; they said, for the sake of friendship between our two nations, they hope we provide all information."

"..." Even Director Takahashi and everyone else twitched at the corners of their mouths.

Compared to the chaos in the live stream and the police conference room, Arakawa District was even more chaotic.

People from all over Arakawa District, the moment they came to their senses, all turned to look in one direction, their eyes flickering with strange, brilliant lights.

"Over there..."

They remembered clearly just now: in the cloud lake scene, not long after the light erupted, light also surged out from that direction in Arakawa District.

Nowhere else in Arakawa District had any light.

Only that place had light appear.

"I remember that area is where the Sakurada Group's building is," someone very close to the glowing point murmured softly.

Immediately after, this person started walking toward that direction; the pace first became a step, then a jog, then a fast run, and finally a full sprint, legs pumping as he charged straight ahead.

Not just this person; people from all over Arakawa District were heading toward the glowing place.

Some rode bicycles, pedaling furiously; others drove motorcycles, speeding out in a frenzy...

Although Lord Cimu's slash had shattered the cloud lake with light, some people still saw it; they saw the final frame of the cloud lake scene.

Lord Cimu's strike was not to kill the innocent girl or the Sakurada Group thugs.

Instead, he slashed the ground before them; afterward, light erupted from the ground, and at the same moment, terrifying light of the same kind burst forth from the street where the Sakurada Group building stood in Arakawa District.

Next, they witnessed an unbelievable scene.

Lord Cimu waved his large hand, and the innocent girl and the Sakurada Group thugs fell into a crack in the earth.

This scene was shocking to the soul.

They understood: Lord Cimu had not killed them; he had sent them back.

So they were going over there, to ask the innocent girl and the others immediately.

The sudden upheaval in the sky over Arakawa District that night left countless doubts in everyone's hearts; perhaps the innocent girl and the others could provide them with clues.

Tokyo, Japan, Arakawa District, the street where the Present World Sakura Blossom Co., Ltd. building stood.

Here...

The ground was covered in fresh blood and pools of blood; everywhere lay severed limbs and broken corpses, with intestines, organs, brains, and other human tissues scattered all around.

The scene was gruesome; especially the most terrifying bloody film-like spectacle, those who rushed over, if they had not seen such scenes beforehand in the cloud lake, would have vomited long ago.

Even so, their stomachs churned violently, and their faces turned deathly pale.

A gust of wind blew past.

A strong smell of blood rushed to their noses.

However, if one looked closely, one would discover that among the corpses, three living people remained.

"It's them! It really is them!"

The people present, excited, recognized the three among the corpses as the innocent girl and the Sakurada thugs; their appearances were exactly the same as those in the cloud lake; there could be no mistake.

Ignoring the bloody scene, many people surged forward, rushing up quickly.

These people varied in identity: streamers, UP masters, media reporters, and ordinary civilians, among others.

"Hm?"

When they rushed up, everyone froze.

The innocent girl and Sakuraeda's younger brother looked possessed, muttering incessantly, as if struck by some trauma.

"Yamata no Orochi, that's Yamata no Orochi…"

"That's Yamata no Orochi, it's really Yamata no Orochi…"

"Yes, that's right, that's Yamata no Orochi…"

The three of them whispered and repeated their words over and over, their gazes filled with shock.

Everyone stood stunned, pupils contracting—they didn't know what the three had experienced, but they heard their words: the three kept mentioning the name of a demon.

One of the three great demons recorded in ancient Japanese history: Yamata no Orochi!

…

In front of the convenience store.

After Kamikawa Mitsu returned the last three people from his fabricated space back to reality.

He remained calm, as if nothing had happened, then looked at the clock behind the counter.

"It's about time to clock out."

Just as Kamikawa Mitsu was

A cold system notification sounded.

Ding! Host has completed the script, score: 90.

Ding! Script completed. Host may spend a certain amount of script points to obtain the skills of the script's main characters.

Ding! Please edit the script video and upload it. The system will rate it based on its popularity. At that time, the system will combine the script completion score and upload popularity to award corresponding script points.

"90 points, huh."

Kamikawa Mitsu's expression remained calm, showing no great surprise—he had a general sense of the scoring standard and expected a score around 90.

Due to the upheaval above Arakawa Ward, no one cared about work anymore; after asking his boss, Kamikawa Mitsu simply closed the store.

He returned home.

After speaking with Kamikawa Chie, who had just come back…

As expected, Arakawa Ward was in an uproar; rumors spread wildly across Japan's internet.

Kamikawa Mitsu did not rush to make a video.

He had a plan—now was not the time to make a video; he needed to wait until the incident fermented and fully ignited Japan before uploading it.

Then he played the role of a normal bystander, feigning shock over the Arakawa Ward incident, chatting with Kamikawa Chie, who was equally stunned and excited.

As they talked, Kamikawa Mitsu opened the system panel.

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