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It wasn't until someone walked by and woke Onoda that he uncorked the bottle and poured himself a glass.

Dang Dang!

"What about mine?"

Reg pushed his glass toward Onoda, indicating that he should pour himself a glass as well.

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"They came really fast." Onoda was somewhat surprised. "Or did time speed up while I was spacing out?"

"When you're immersed in memories, time often slows down. You can reminisce for a lifetime and find that only a few minutes have passed."

Retrieving his glass, Reg laughed, "That's when you'll be in pain."

"Ah, that makes a lot of sense."

Onoda raised his glass. "Come and taste this wine from South America."

"I don't know much about wine, but I can only say that it tastes really good."

Reg took a small sip, letting the liquid linger in his mouth and dance on his tongue.

“Thank you for your assessment,” Onoda smiled, looking at Reg. “Chairman Reg, do you...believe in vampires?”

"If Munakata were in command, he would definitely say that he is not very interested in matters of demons and monsters."

Reg brought up Munakata, whom they both knew.

“It seems I’m lucky to have met someone who interests me.” Onoda understood what Reg meant.

“Vampires, huh? Tell me about them.” Reg’s gaze swept across the bar’s photo wall.

That was a photo taken by the bar owner with the customer's permission, which can be considered a kind of memento.

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The photo above shows Onoda with a girl.

"Five years ago, I became partners with a girl who had just debuted, and we got along well."

"I was very young back then, and I could hold my liquor very well,"

Onoda took another sip. "Although she's her senior, she's not very knowledgeable and doesn't believe in any supernatural phenomena."

"Then one day, there was an interview report from South America that said there were vampires."

"In fact, due to infectious diseases and various factors of ignorance, there are vampire legends in many places."

"Seeing that I didn't want to go, Xuena, who is my partner and also my sweetheart, volunteered to go in my place."

"I was really stupid to entrust this to a girl, a novice."

"She knows I like to drink, and she even said she would bring me a bottle of wine from South America."

"But who knows, that's not just nonsense. There really is a virus that can turn people into vampires."

"After she went to that village to conduct interviews and reports, she never came back."

Onoda pulled a photograph from his pocket; the young girl in the photo smiled gently. "Until recently."

Reg took a sip of his drink and gestured for Onoda to continue.

"Several people have gone missing in the surrounding bay area this month, and there may be many more who have not yet been found."

"There are rumors that it was done by vampires."

"This reminds me of Schereschewsky, and then this bottle of wine appeared on my bedside table, a wine from South America."

Onoda's eyes, hidden behind his glasses, were somewhat red. "That girl, she became a vampire, and she's back... back here."

"In order to increase their companions, and also to find their prey."

"The police can't handle this, so I had no choice but to come to your GUTS team. I'm sorry."

Onoda raised his glass and smiled apologetically.

"It's nothing, this is something that the Victory Team should handle."

Reg finished his drink in one gulp. "Thank you for telling me all this. Do you remember what I said back then? Right here."

"Which sentence?"

"Someone once said that the Earth is round."

"So, the people you want to see will always come back to you."

Onoda immediately followed up with the next sentence, downing his drink in one gulp as well, "I'm counting on you!"

Chapter 118 Ancient Ruins, A New City Afraid of Ghosts

Reg and Onoda finished the bottle of wine before leaving.

Carmilla and Camilla went to space, Maya is working on a new album, Lucia is playing with the children, and Rui Kisaragi is supervising the researchers' development of the new Magus system.

After chatting with them for a few minutes, Reg was preparing to fly back to the mech construction base.

Ye Rui sent a message saying that they had just returned to headquarters.

Because of new discoveries made in the South Pacific branch.

As Reg walked through the door to the command center, images taken by the South Pacific branch submarines were being displayed on the large screen.

“800 kilometers south of the Crimson Islands, at a depth of 1000 meters below the sea surface.”

Ye Rui explained the location.

As the South Pacific branch's marine survey vessel, Ryugu, moved, a vast array of giant man-made structures became faintly visible in the deep, dark seabed.

"It's quite far from the Crimos Islands, so it shouldn't be related to the Dessimos Galaxy people."

Zongfang made a judgment.

Megumi nodded slowly: "It might be a relic from the '780' era, which was 30 million years ago during the ancient period."

Daigo subconsciously looked at Reg.

Could it be R'lyeh, the ancient city that was sealed away by Gatanothor and sunk into the sea?

"Nine years ago, well, back in 00, we were still a private company."

The voice of the pilot from the Ryugu came through: "We also investigated this seabed back then, and we could vaguely see that there were man-made structures here."

"Has no one investigated this for so long?" Megumi asked hurriedly.

"In fact, all countries know this, but such investigations are just too time-consuming."

The pilot of the Ryugu said that no one wanted to waste resources, "and it's not worth it anyway."

Reg could tell that the driver had something else to say, but he didn't pay it any mind.

It's nothing more than Gatanothor.

“Is that so? Then please continue the investigation.” Based on her intuition, Megumi made the request.

"Okay, that's part of our job too."

After being merged with TPC, the pilots were considered part of the organization, spending all their time at sea, investigating everything without any issues.

After disconnecting from the marine survey team, Ye Rui raised his head and said, "We received a report that someone has disappeared without a trace in the bay area, and people nearby say they heard strange noises."

"A strange sound?" Zong Fang raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, and this seems to be on record; this is the third person to have disappeared without a trace in the past few days."

Ye Rui checked the missing persons records and found that this was not the only person who had disappeared without a trace.

"Does the commander still remember reporter Onoda?"

Reg looked at Zong Fang.

"Of course, why are you suddenly bringing this up?"

Zongfang nodded. There are many people named Onoda, but he had a strong impression of the reporter Onoda.

He still remembers that time he got drunk.

When he returned, his teammates teased him mercilessly.

"Onoda's beloved, whom he can never see again, is probably one of the murderers in this series of disappearances."

"Urban legend, vampires."

Inside the command room, everyone stared wide-eyed.

Although everyone is well-traveled and has seen all sorts of things, such as Sukuna Oni, mutated creatures, and ancient monsters.

But the idea that vampires, such legendary creatures, actually exist is simply unbelievable.

But since Reg said it so solemnly, it must be true.

"I saw Onoda just now."

Reg then briefly recounted the story Onoda had just told him, adding, "At least, he was telling the truth."

"Vampires, we must stop them immediately."