Chapter 982

"This **** train, do you think I'm filming a journey to the center of the earth?"

In the dusty and muddy subway tunnel, the disgraced Araki Sousuke was standing on the edge of the huge pit, looking helplessly at the endless darkness below.

"And Xingping, this brat whose wings are stiff, must have gone straight after him, right?"

A few minutes ago, when he rushed out of the chaotic mudslide, Higashino Kohei and the black train had disappeared, leaving only this "tiankeng" that seemed to be able to penetrate to the other side of the earth.

"Ghost-Mask...Zizi...Can you hear...Ghost-Mask?" 』

When Araki Sousuke was troubled by the vertical hole that was difficult for locomotives to pass through, Atsukai Ludou's noisy communication sound rang in his ears like a life-saving straw.

"Is there a signal? Wait a minute, I'm still a little unclear..."

Those winding tunnels were always outside the signal range, but now they are back on the "right track", and the communicator built into the tactical glasses was able to reconnect with the "command" of Akagi Shrine.

"Moshi, Moshi... how about this position, it should be clearer now, right? 』

"Camry!!"

At the same time, a huge fish head that was split in two, surrounded by countless broken octopus tentacles, slowly floated up from the huge pit, and walked back and forth by the pit, looking for the "best signal point" someone from...

"Barely audible...wait a minute, I'm confirming your situation through the action video that was uploaded later. 』

"Cam...poof!"

A flaming black arm quietly protruded out, and with a swift hand knife, it hit the "hybrid body of ghosts and gods" that disturbed other people's calls.

"It's too late, listen to me first, that train and Kohei should have entered the hole in front of me..."

Ignoring the white fireworks blooming above the back of his head, Sosuke Araki quickly communicated what happened during the "lost contact" period with Atsukai and Ludou.

"I see, the situation is probably understood. While you're busy chasing trains, we're not idle either! 』

"According to the 'first-person law enforcement video' combined with the historical trajectory analysis of that train... Kotomine Jiro seems to be randomly digging holes in the Tokyo underground, but he always passes under the Yamanote Line station just right. 』

In the tactical glasses, the trajectory of the black train after entering Tokyo was marked on the map by Hou Hailudou with yellow lines.

"It's definitely not a coincidence, there must be some reason for him to drive along the Yamanote Line!" 』

The straight line that originally coincided with the Yamanote Line has become as chaotic as a ball of graffiti since Ueno Station, but it still hovers near the Yamanote Line.

『Based on the above information, there are only four places for him to pass through: Shin-Okubo, Takadanobaba, Mejiro and Ikebukuro! 』

"So, what you mean is, instead of jumping into this 'tiankeng' where people are 100% dead, it's better to go ahead and wait for the rabbit?" 』

"That's right, but the time and lead time for the train to pass through the four stations is not easy to estimate. If the target has already passed the station by the time it arrives..."

"It's just a written test with four options, leave it to me!" 』

Looking at the "predicted trajectory" marked with a red dotted line on the map, Sosuke Araki twisted the accelerator without hesitation, and flew along the subway tunnel towards the next station: "Three long and one short are the shortest, three short and one long are the shortest" The longest, two long and two short choose B, the same length and the same short choose A, different lengths choose D, uneven C is invincible...』

"Sorry, although I don't know what sutra you are reciting, but one of your alternative answers has been automatically excluded. 』

The footage captured by the drone located in Shin-Okubo was synchronized to the tactical glasses.

"Just now, under Shinjuku Shin-Okubo Subway Station, a strange ship full of ghosts drilled out... Judging by its shape, it should be the legendary boat ghost. 』

A huge translucent ship with a huge face and a bottom full of human feet floats like an airship above Shin-Okubo, which is known as the "International City of Multiethnic Mixed Living in Asia".

The boat ghost, also known as the ship of the dead, is said to be a monster formed by a shipwreck and the dead. It will continue to sink the ships it meets to increase the "companions" on board.

"Hey, this is not something that can be summed up by a common word like 'monster ship', right? 』

"Sorry, I've seen too much of this kind of horror wrapped in a gray atmosphere today, even as an ordinary human being, I'm tired of aesthetics and can't afford the energy to pile up rhetoric. 』

Seeing the frantic and distorted aura of ghosts and gods on the huge human-faced ship, Araki Sousuke couldn't help curling his lips.

"According to the current direction of the ghost boat, it will arrive near Toyama Park in about five minutes... Combined with the situation at the Imperial Palace, their target is most likely to be the 'Yin of Yang' which is another formation hub '! 』

According to Yin Yang Liao's information, the "Yin Yang", one of the pivots of the "Tai Chi Yin Yang Formation", was severely damaged in the "Toyama Park Mudslide Disaster" caused by a trainee exorcist's exorcism.

After days and nights of repairing, "Yin of Yang" has finally recovered its most basic function from the pain of breaking the melon, and it is currently in a state of fragility and sensitivity that cannot withstand any impact.

"Understood, I will rush over to deal with that wrecked ship right now..."

Staring at the gigantic mournful face pierced by the ghost of the boat, Araki Sousuke only felt that one head was two big.

"But, what about the train below, don't you care about it? 』

If the ghosts in this boat are left alone, once the "Yin Yang" is damaged, the Tai Chi Yin-Yang formation, which is already difficult to support, will inevitably fall apart...

But his intuition told him that on the train carrying Kotomine Jiro, there was an even more frightening ominous omen.

"Ara... No, Knight-kun..."

The girl's soft voice sounded quietly in the encrypted channel.

"Little Bird Youshi? 』

Just hearing the other party's extremely familiar and refreshing voice~lightnovelpub.net~ Araki Sousuke felt that the restlessness in his mind disappeared in an instant.

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Shinjuku District, Mitsui Akagi Apartment.

The "Akagi Senbon" composed of vermilion torii gates is surrounding the Akagi Shrine, exuding a sacred atmosphere.

The shopping street outside the shrine has long been empty because of the "emergency evacuation order". On the Kagurazaka, which is full of arrow marks, there are scattered corpses of ghosts that have not yet dissipated into resentment.

On the roof of the spacious apartment on the top floor, it was covered with dense talisman paper.

『Knight-kun... the yang of yin, leave it to me to protect you. 』

Wearing a red-and-white shrine maiden costume and wearing tactical glasses on the side, the little bird Yu Mayumi was kneeling in the center of the talisman in a sacred and dignified manner.

Since Sousuke Araki left Akagi Shrine, she has been guarding the roof, defeating all the ghosts and cultists who approached Akagi Shrine from time to time.

As for the activity of "Ghost Rider" in various places in Tokyo, she naturally knew a little bit from the announcements on the public channel.

(end of this chapter)