Using the MC system to pretend spiritual revival

Chapter 207 What was that? A submarine? An airplane? No! It was a fish!!
The icy chill seeped into my heart and lungs like a tidal wave.

Sato felt as if his consciousness was being swept into a turbulent river, constantly spinning and bumping around in it.

This time, however, he could clearly feel that the direction was upward, and the speed was much faster than when he first fell.

I don't know how much time passed, maybe an hour, maybe a few seconds.

In a daze.

Sato felt as if his consciousness had been pierced through an invisible membrane, or as if a drowning person had finally surfaced again...

……

Meanwhile, cherry blossoms bloom in the suburbs of Tokyo.

The room was pitch black, and the kitchen floor was a mess.

A corpse lying on the ground in a contorted position suddenly twitched slightly.

next moment.

Once consciousness reconnected and the limbs regained their sense of touch, they suddenly convulsed and involuntarily emitted a series of indistinct noises.

……

At this time, the other side.

The six members of the Shenyin Division's field team were cautiously entering the room.

They noticed the door was open but the lights were off, and they were puzzled.

A girl accidentally stepped on a pile of smashed fruit on the ground and couldn't help but complain.

"My God, how can this place be so messy? There's trash everywhere!"

Upon hearing this, the other person's tone of disdain displeased Amen.

"Alright, that's enough. You've all seen the news, haven't you? If you were in that situation, you wouldn't be in the mood to deal with this either."

As the captain, Amon spoke up to lecture, and no one objected.

After this little incident, everyone began to watch their step carefully.

Gangtai, meanwhile, groped along the walls on both sides, looking for the switch to turn on the living room light.

"Click—~"

With a soft click of the switch, the living room lights came on.

Meanwhile, deep inside the room.

A loud crash suddenly rang out, followed by the crisp sound of something falling to the ground and shattering.

The sudden noise startled the group.

"What's that sound? Is anyone home?"

In the group, the girl who had spoken earlier shrank back timidly, her voice full of nervousness.

"It seems to be coming from the direction of the kitchen..."

"...Don't be afraid, someone might be home. Let's go check it out together."

Amen was also startled by the sudden noise.

But he quickly adjusted his mindset, called to the team members around him, and carefully moved towards the kitchen door.

Before they could even leisurely walk to the door, another commotion erupted from the dark kitchen.

Then, amidst a series of disordered footsteps, a figure staggered out of the darkness.

He appeared before everyone, supporting himself against the wall.

"...Cough...cough cough...who...are you people?"

"This—?!" The six members of the special operations team stopped in their tracks when they saw someone come out.

The target has appeared; everyone should be at ease.

But when the figure completely emerged from the dimness of the kitchen and stepped into the living room light, Yamen, who was standing in the front row, suddenly narrowed his eyes.

At the same time, he also heard a gasp of cold air behind him.

Following the line of sight.

All I saw was a person walking stiffly and unsteadily towards me.

When I looked up, my entire face was covered with a dense mass of blisters and sores.

Some murky pus mixed with blood was dripping down his chin onto the floor tiles.

In addition, the skin on the collar and neck and shoulders of the other person showed an abnormal whitening and swelling.

His throat was bulging out, as if it were stuffed full of something.

As the other person approached with trembling steps.

The team members with lower tolerance couldn't help but back away, covering their mouths and bending over to dry heave.

And at the same time.

At this moment, Sato also felt extremely unwell.

My stomach felt like a water-filled balloon, sending waves of numb, stinging pain through my body.

With his unsteady steps, his stomach swayed back and forth inside his abdomen, squeezing the other organs that were still relatively normal.

The scalded esophagus pulled at the fluid-filled lungs, causing waves of numb, stinging pain.

This caused him to cough incessantly, expelling large amounts of pinkish-white fluid and tissue fragments.

The entire mouth area felt hard to the touch, as if it were completely ripe.

It seems as if it would fall off with a gentle touch.

If someone else were to suddenly discover these symptoms, they would be terrified, even if they weren't scared to death.

However, after experiencing the eerie yet magnificent scenes of the underworld, Sato is now unusually calm.

The physical discomfort that could drive someone mad was like calm water to him, causing him no ripples whatsoever.

Moreover, in addition to the pain all over his body, there was also a chilling sensation that was flowing continuously from his right hand to all parts of his body.

As this tactile sensation washes over them, the organs that were scalded by the boiling soup quickly regain their senses.

From the moment he crawled off the ground until now, less than a minute has passed, and his throat, which was originally swollen and burning hot, is already able to speak in a hoarse voice.

Sato, feeling a sudden sense of surprise, discreetly raised his right hand and looked towards the source of the icy, chilling sensation.

Then, a dark tattoo design quietly appeared on his right wrist.

The overall structure of the pattern is very simple: a circle with the Chinese character "差" (chā) in the middle.

This inevitably reminded him of the last grip on his wrist by the ghost messenger dressed as a civil official, just before he was about to fall into a deep sleep in the underworld.

Clearly, the tattoo was done back then.

Based on what the other party said, Sato understood that this was probably a special kind of "golden finger," or a payment made in advance to help him get things done.

Although the tattoo's magic surprised him somewhat, he wasn't too astonished after experiencing the underworld.

Faced with the horrified gazes of the young men and women in front of him, Sato pulled up his sleeve to cover the tattoo on his wrist.

In that brief moment, his body recovered rapidly from the flowing chill, and he was able to let go of the wall and stand up straight again.

"...cough cough...who are you? What are you doing in my house?...cough cough..."

As Sato coughed, he questioned the origins of these people, but his gaze lingered briefly on their epaulets and clothing, and he already had a guess in his mind.

The Metropolitan Police Department emblem, a badge I've never seen before...

Having witnessed monsters and experienced the dangers of the underworld, Sato is no longer naive and has a completely different perspective on the world.

The change in his mindset made him lower his eyes and hide the expression in them.

Pretend you haven't noticed anything, and try your best to feign the panic and anger that comes with having your house trespassed on.

Although his reaction was somewhat slow, Sato's face, covered in blisters from the high temperature, successfully concealed this.

Meanwhile, the six members of the Shinkakushi Division had just recovered from the shock of Sato's horrifying appearance.

Then I heard this seemingly miserable person question me again, his tone clearly wary.

Amen instinctively waved his hands, explaining, "Don't be nervous, we're from the Metropolitan Police Department..."

"What the hell! Does the Metropolitan Police Department have the right to break into someone's house without permission?!"

Before the young man on the other side, who seemed to be the leader, could finish speaking,

With his body having recovered rapidly, Sato walked straight forward, shouting and shoving the group toward the door.

"Sir! You seem to be injured, we..."

"I accidentally burned myself while cooking, I can handle it myself, this shouldn't be under the jurisdiction of your Metropolitan Police Department, right?! Get out of here right now!"

Without saying a word, taking advantage of their guilty conscience, Sato pushed them all out the door.

Then he suddenly pulled the security door next to him and slammed it shut.

“Mr. Sato, we want to know about last night…”

"Bang—!" The door was slammed shut, completely cutting off any sounds from outside.

"call……"

After doing all this, Sato, who had been feigning anger, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

However, the constant knocking at the door made him ignore it and instead he turned and walked to the sofa in the living room.

First, he carefully picked up the family photo from the ground.

He shook the shards of glass off and stared at the three-person photo, now a mess of blood.

Deep in his eyes, a hint of pain still lingered, but it quickly transformed into a resolute expression.

"...Sadako...Madoka...don't worry..."

"...Soon...I will be with you...soon..." she said softly, gently wiping away the bloodstains on the photo, and then stood up and placed it steadily back on the low cabinet beside her.

Having finished all this, Sato strolled to the balcony.

Looking out at the dimly lit streets, he saw the Metropolitan Police Department officers he had just kicked out getting into their car and leaving dejectedly.

He didn't care about this and quickly looked away, gazing at the bustling city center in the distance.

Under the cool moonlight, the city's neon lights flickered.

Sato raised his hand, grabbed one side of his cheek, and pulled hard—

"Stab!"

With force, the swollen, blistered skin on the lower half of her face was ripped off.

It reveals smooth, flat, and reddish new skin underneath.

Looking at his unharmed face reflected in the glass, a faint smile gradually appeared on his lips.

"The lords of the underworld have considered things quite thoroughly. With that in mind, we can be bolder..."

After saying this in a low voice, Sato decisively turned around and walked towards the storage room next to the bedroom.

Several minutes passed.

The symptoms left by his suicide attempt, and even the hidden ailments from years of work, have all healed.

I felt a sense of relief, both physically and mentally, and my steps became lighter.

"I remember the chemistry kit I bought in college, it should be here..."

"Yes, I found it..."

“…What is this?”

"...I'm really getting rusty. What was the ratio again? Oh well, whatever...at worst I'll just kill myself too..."

In a flurry of activity, miscellaneous items were haphazardly tossed out of the dusty warehouse.

Soon, Sato found what he wanted.

Amidst the clanging of bottles and jars, accompanied by somewhat eerie and neurotic self-talk, he busied himself with his work.

They are making preparations for the operation.

The muttering gradually faded into the night.

……

A noisy night.

The moon sets and the sun rises.

An undercurrent was stirring throughout the entire Cherry Blossom Country.

But after the sun rises, everything appears to remain the same as usual.

The main roads are blocked, the crowds are dense, the subway is suffocating, and there are unemployed people every day.

The morning sun shines on the surface of Tokyo Bay, and not far away, the Rainbow Bridge, with its dense traffic and constant flow of vehicles, spans the two sides.

A police car was parked quietly by the bridge.

Several uniformed Metropolitan Police Department officers, looking disgusted, were pulling the body of a middle-aged man, dressed in dress pants and a white shirt, from the water.

"Ugh, so heavy! These people commit suicide without thinking about others, they deserve to die!"

After the body was moved onto a trolley and placed into a special vehicle for transporting corpses, an older police officer wiped the sweat from his brow and complained with a dissatisfied expression.

The young police officer who was helping him retrieve the body simply smiled, took out a cigarette from his breast pocket, and handed it to him with a broad smile.

"What's wrong with that? Just one person like that will get us a bonus of over 1,300 yen at the end of the month!"

As he spoke, he lit a cigarette with the click of a lighter, took a deep, blissful drag, and turned to look at the shimmering, sunlight-reflecting surface of the strait.

"Tsk tsk~ It's a pity this person should have died yesterday, otherwise, if they had decomposed, they could have received nearly three thousand yen in compensation. What a waste~"

However, upon hearing his words, the middle-aged police officer who had also lit a cigarette simply pursed his lips, seemingly disagreeing.

"You young people are really risking your lives for money. That corpse is rotting so badly... Hey? What's that?"

Before he could finish speaking, the middle-aged police officer, who was smoking and gazing at the sea, suddenly widened his eyes and took two steps toward the shore in confusion.

"This...this is...?!"

In a daze, on the horizon, a dark shadow with uneven coloring seemed to be slowly approaching.

As the object beneath the sea gradually approached, its enormous size, even as it moved slowly close to the seabed, stirred up noticeable ripples on the surface of the water.

As they drew closer, what came into view was a long, dark, rectangular object that looked somewhat like... a submarine?
The image was very blurry due to the unclear underwater surface and the interference of rippling water.

However, some faint, mechanical-looking light spots can still be seen.

"Is that a submarine? But why would a submarine come to the bay? The water isn't deep enough here. Aren't they afraid of running aground?"

A questioning voice came from the side.

The middle-aged police officer's unusual behavior also attracted the attention of another young officer, who in the blink of an eye also saw the increasingly close and conspicuous underwater object.

As the giant underwater "submarine" drew ever closer...

Even the vehicles on the Rainbow Bridge pulled over to the side of the road.

Curious pedestrians got off the bus and climbed to the edge of the bridge to look down, which even caused a traffic jam at one point.

As the enormous dark shadow clinging to the seabed drew ever closer, crossing the bridge and venturing into the strait, the eyes of the two police officers on the shore widened.

"This! This isn't a submarine, it's alive!!"

"It's rising, it's about to surge up!!"

"Run!"

The two men's shouts seemed to trigger a chain reaction.

More and more people who had gathered on the shore out of curiosity panicked and ran away screaming.

Then, the next second——

"Boom!!!"

A huge, indescribable black shadow rapidly rose from the water in the middle of the strait.

Its enormous size displaces tens of thousands of tons of seawater, creating waves that are over ten meters high, which crash violently onto the roads on both sides.

"boom!!!"

"boom!!!"

Each surge of seawater, carrying immense force, snapped trees and shattered rocks, producing a sound like a high-yield dynamite explosion.

"Ah!!!! Run! Waaah!!"

"Help me!!"

"Monster!!! There's a monster in the sea!!!"

The crowd cried out and desperately fled, wishing they had more legs.

It's not that this brief tsunami could breach a sturdy dam.

These seawaters weren't enough to cause too much fear. What truly terrified the people of this land of cherry blossoms was the enormous creature that surged up from beneath the sea, triggering a tsunami at the mouth of the gorge.

"Waaaaaah!!"

A deep rumbling sound emanated from the thing's body, and those who got close could even feel their internal organs trembling at the sound.

It was neither a submarine nor a whale, but a monster covered in all sorts of irregularly distributed tentacles, eyes, and jagged, enormous mouths.

If it weren't for the enormous mouth in front, capable of swallowing several cars in one gulp and covered with dense, sharp teeth, it would be almost impossible to tell its front from back and left from right.

The tentacles that twitched and waved wildly in mid-air, the eyes that rolled around erratically, and the irregularly distributed giant mouths made it look like an irregularly shaped pillar of flesh the size of a building.

What makes those who have already fled far away and are looking back tremble even more is...

This monster, rising from the sea, slowly detached itself from the water and continued to rise higher.

In the blink of an eye, it had already surpassed the height of the nearby treetops, and was still visibly rising higher and higher.

The tangled, sprawling tail swayed gently, and the air seemed to transform into an invisible surface of water, supporting it as it floated in the air, drifting aimlessly.

This scene left many people who were still fleeing dumbfounded, staring blankly and praying to all sorts of random things in their hearts.

"This is a nightmare..."

The two police officers, who had already gotten into the police car and fled the coast, looked up through the car window.

Staring blankly at the terrifying, deep purple monster that hovered in mid-air, a sight that almost made one's heart stop.

The young officer couldn't help but mutter to himself.

But as soon as he finished speaking, his heart, which had just relaxed, suddenly clenched as he looked up, and his heart almost skipped a beat.

In their terrified, narrowed pupils, they saw the enormous, terrifying monster already swimming in the air, hundreds of meters above the ground.

A large eye, about the size of a car, suddenly moved and met his gaze.

"Gudong..."

This scene instantly froze the two people in the car, sending chills down their spines.

"It...it's not watching us, is it?"

Before the young officer could even get a response…

“Buzz——!”

A chilling buzzing sound rang out, and a beam of bright light, consisting of a giant ring, rapidly magnified in their eyes.

"boom----!!!"

(End of this chapter)