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"I'm telling you this because I know you don't know. In the end, what is that old devil Yamada? What kind of richest man is he? He only owns a few hotels and brothels. Aren't we the ones doing the work?"

Even if we worked hard to plant leaves for him in the mountains, could he afford to hire people from outside with his meager earnings?

We were the ones who bought people from abroad to meet with smugglers, we were the ones who watched those people grow and process leaves in the mountains, we were the ones who risked being caught to send them all over the country, and we were the ones who ate them up, turned them into ghouls, and chopped them up to make pig feed!

And what happened? Each of our families only got one spot. The year my mother died, I begged him to make an exception, and what did he say? He said there weren't enough people to eat? His whole family, except for his grandson, had long since turned into zombies, and they were still eating faster than any of us!

Now that there's a new source of goods and they can expand their workforce, what did he do? He used these quotas to curry favor with the county magistrate, to hold legislative meetings, promising the quotas to high-ranking officials in the Metropolitan Police Department and to those councilors. He invested all the money he got, completely disregarding those of us who have worked for him for so many years!

His intense yet generous words sounded like an indictment of a capitalist by a poor laborer who had been exploited for years.

But the content of those words was truly chilling.

It's hard to imagine how people can so casually utter words like "cannibalism."

The junior disciple who heard his words agreed with some of them, but also trembled a little, and kept glancing at the door to see if anyone was outside. He seemed a bit nervous.

But at that moment, there was someone shaking even more violently than him.

On the other side of the Buddha statue, where Goto Ichiri and Kerry are located.

Boqi Jiang trembled like a piece of jelly about to melt, afraid that her loud breathing would attract the attention of outsiders. She kept shaking her head, her mind blank.

She left the shop at dusk. At that time, her family did not know that the shop would deliver dinner. They were preparing to go downstairs to eat, but they felt that the drinks in the shop were expensive and did not suit their taste, so they asked her to go and buy some.

However, the shop owner was too enthusiastic. Every time she saw her, she would pull her aside to talk and ask questions about whether she had a boyfriend. This made Boqi a little embarrassed, so she hid at the bottom of the stairs and waited for a while before sneaking out when the owner went into the kitchen.

After leaving, Boqi-chan thought of the old man who worked in the fields in the village. He would always chatter on and on whenever he saw her, so she thought of going around him from behind. But it was this way that she got lost.

Although they were on vacation, they only arrived one night earlier than Kerry. In addition, Goto Ichiri usually walks with his head down, so he had no idea how to get to the convenience store.

Just then, LINE rang. Goto Ichiri picked up his phone and saw that it was a message from his dad.

[Dad: The landlady brought over some curry. We're waiting for you. Come back soon! Erli's hungry, so we'll let her eat first.]

When Boqi saw the message, she was a little anxious, but she was too embarrassed to tell her father that she had gotten lost in such a small village. She wandered around outside for a while and was about to follow the landmarks back to the hotel when Goto Ichiri's phone rang. When she answered it, she heard something that terrified her. It was her father's voice trying not to make a sound and her mother's low sobs.

"Ichiri! Ichiri! Are you alright?" His father's voice was extremely anxious; it was the first time in Ichiri's life that he had ever heard his father speak like that.

He breathed a sigh of relief after receiving confirmation that everything was alright.

"Run! You run first! Find a secluded place to hide. I've already called the police. There seems to be something wrong with the food at this restaurant. Erli fell asleep shortly after eating it. The police said they'll be here soon. You hide!"

As a result, not long after she discovered that the people here had left and found this place to hide, someone found her. The person was strange; he was wearing a Batman mask, but fortunately, he didn't seem to be with the villagers.

He quickly covered his mouth and then hid inside as well.

During the time she leaned against the other person, Boqi-chan realized that this person seemed to be one of the two travelers from earlier that day, and she remembered the clothes he was wearing.

Then...then she heard something about "eating people" and "leaves," which terrified her.

Her breathing was heavier than ever before. She wanted to cry, to do something, or even scream to vent her emotions, but reason, like a taut string, stopped her from acting.

Suddenly, something terrible happened. A stranger appeared beside them, covered his mouth, and listened to the terrifying things.

You'll die! You'll die! If you make a sound, you'll die. Even though I don't understand some of the slang, you'll definitely die! You'll even suffer a fate worse than death.

Fear coiled around this ordinary, reclusive high school student like a python.

Two lines of tears flowed uncontrollably down her face, wetting the hand she was covering her mouth with. Her nose felt increasingly sticky and she could hardly breathe, so she could only open her mouth slightly to inhale, but she was afraid that the sound of her breathing would disturb the people around her.

My heart was pounding so hard it felt like it was going to burst through my impressive chest; I could even hear my own rapid pulse clearly in my ears.

Even so, it still couldn't make a sound.

Even though she was in great pain, she didn't even dare to wipe her eyes with her sleeve.

Time felt unbearable, as if every second was torturing one's heart, making one feel the urge to die and end it all.

Kerry felt the dampness on his hand, but didn't let go, continuing to feel the girl beside him...

At this point, anyone who can sense what the people around them are feeling is a genius!

Kerry didn't care who was around him at all; he just turned his head and adjusted the direction of his ears to hear as much information as possible while processing it in his mind.

However, at that moment, the sound of footsteps brought the conversation to an end.

There was a knock on the door of the main hall of the temple.

"Junren! Ichiro! Are you there? Something's happened! That group of out-of-towners who came yesterday called the police! Honestly! Luckily, the Metropolitan Police Department has its own people who stopped this. Those two Yasuda can't even handle something this simple!"

Those out-of-towners even blocked the lock with something, so the key couldn't open it. Uncle Tian kicked it twice but couldn't open it. Did you borrow the hammer from the Yasuda family at your temple last time? Bring it here!

"Hey! Doesn't Yasuda-ya even have a lock-picking tool? Coming! Coming!"

"Huh? Is it that family with the pink hair? I've been advising Master to make a move for a while now. They say the lady of that family is quite beautiful; if we catch her, we absolutely must..."

The two people inside the hall responded and stood up.

"Senior brother, I'll go get him the hammer. You rest here for a while."

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I thought it would be better to release this section all at once, so I updated three chapters today, totaling 8 words! 2

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Chapter Twenty Piercing the Night

Cold, despair.

It's like falling into an ice cave where no one is around on a winter night.

Goto Ichiri stared wide-eyed in disbelief, tears that she thought had dried up now overflowing from her eyes and streaming down her cheeks.

No way... This is all a dream... Hurry! Wake up! This illogical nightmare!

How could it be that my family and I were just on a trip? There are plenty of villages like this around Tokyo. Why would a monster suddenly appear? And why didn't calling the police work?

At least until just now, she was only afraid.

Because even though something happened, the police have already been notified. As long as the police are notified, things will get better as time goes on. It is a ray of light in the darkness and the bottom line for ordinary people to live in the world with peace of mind.

But when the Metropolitan Police Department told the people here that someone had called the police, the light shattered, and the deep seabed was no longer lit. Only the heavy pressure, the feeling of suffocation, and the unknown giant creatures wandered around.

Like a drowning person discovering that even the last rope is beginning to break, Goto Ichiri kept calling out for non-existent hope, shaking his head and rolling his eyes as if he were about to faint, trying to deny everything that was happening before his eyes.

But just then, a physical sensation pulled her back to reality from her collapsing mind.

That was when the large hand that had been covering her mouth, making her feel uncomfortable, was removed.

Kerry wiped his hand on the other person's pink tracksuit with disgust, his hand feeling wet, he couldn't tell if it was sweat or tears.

He then stood up, pulled a dagger from his pocket, and walked out without warning, leaving Goto Ichiri terrified.

"who are you?!"

As Kerry stepped out from behind the Buddha statue, questions rang out in the hall, followed by screams.

Then came a series of hitting sounds and Kerry asking questions.

Goto Ichiri was so nervous that she didn't hear what was said at all.

Goto Ichiri didn't even know how she started moving. She was always afraid to talk to strangers, let alone in this situation.

At that moment, she had no idea what was happening outside.

But the extreme fear compelled her to do something, and her reason also compelled her to understand the current situation.

Then Goto Ichiri also peeked out from behind the Buddha statue.

As the candlelight danced in the night breeze, its flickering light was clearly visible to Goto Ichiri, and the dazzling red splattered onto the sacred golden sculpture.

The man wearing a hood, who had previously made her laugh by giving a false name, was now holding a still-dripping human head and placing it on the offering plate that was filled with fruits.

The stench of blood and the shock of the scene before him caused Goto Ichiri's mind to snap.

The dim firelight shone on the cheap, black mask, giving it a frosted artificial leather sheen. Brighter than the light were the eyes that reflected the firelight and blood, filled with anger or some other emotion.

Ignoring the red patterns stained on his new clothes, Kerry took the dagger, turned, and headed out of the hall.

"What...what are you going to do?"

Just as she didn't know how she emerged from behind the Buddha statue, Goto Ichiri didn't know how she came up with the question.

However, at this moment, the worry for her family and the feeling of helplessness filled Goto Ichiri's heart. The panic and confusion made her feel confused, but she could only hold on to an idea in her mind and put it into practice.

Kerry glanced at her, shook his head, and gave her a brief sound.

"Kill!" 4

After hesitating for a moment, realizing that if the two monks returned, his best fate might be to starve to death, Goto Ichiri mustered all the strength he had in his life and rushed out with legs so trembling with fear that he felt he might collapse at any moment.

On the other side, at the hotel.

Kazuma Sato had been searching for something since the beginning. He heard someone coming upstairs and quickly inserting a key to try to open the next room, so he immediately found something and forcefully inserted it into the keyhole to prevent it from being picked.

Sensing something was wrong, Kazuma began rummaging through drawers and cabinets, looking for any weapons he could use for self-defense.

At the same time, Kazuma smelled an overwhelming fragrance, as if telling him how many people were outside the door, and also heard loud banging on the door and a man's angry roar.

"Damn it! What are you trying to do! I've already called the police, and the Metropolitan Police Department will be here soon! I've even filmed it and posted it online! If you don't want to go in, then don't move!"

"Ha! Call the police? The Metropolitan Police Department is all under our control, you can't go anywhere!"

But this tiny inn had nothing but two cans of shoe polish, disposable toothpaste and toothbrushes, emergency matches and charging cables, and a broom handle that was barely usable.

Kazuma immediately opened the window, and after confirming that the others seemed to have come from the front door, he prepared to jump out the window and leave.

Just then, the woman's crying came from next door again, along with the man's cries of pain as he forced the door shut.

"Bastards! I won't let you hurt my family!"

"Tsk! Why does he have to be so determined when he's just an ordinary middle-aged office worker?"

Kazuma muttered something under his breath, but put his foot down from the windowsill.

Kazuma's rational mind had already told him the escape route, but his inner thoughts were stirring up another crazy idea.

"Damn it!"

Who told me I'm such a pathetic person—afraid of pain, afraid of hardship, and even lustful—yet completely unable to stand by and watch a little girl about to be hit by a car...?

In the next room, Goto Naoki stood with his fists against the door, his eyes wide with fury as he listened to his wife Michiyo's cries.