"This **** train, do you think you are filming a trip to the center of the earth?"

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

"Also fortunately, this stinky boy with hard wings has definitely been chasing after him?"

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

"Ghost face-kun... zizizi... can you hear... ghost face-kun? 』

When Sousuke Araki was troubled by the vertical hole that the locomotive could not pass through, the noisy communication sound of Rakuten Atsumi rang in his ears like a life-saving straw.

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

The twisty tunnels had been outside the signal range before, but when they returned to the "on track", the tactical glasses' built-in communicator was able to reconnect with the "command" of Akagi Shrine.

"Mosimoxi... What about this position, should it be clearer now? 』

"Camry!!!"

At the same time, a huge fish head that was divided into two, surrounded by countless broken octopus tentacles, slowly floated up from the giant pit, and looked towards walking back and forth around the pit, looking for the "best signal point" someone of...

"I can barely hear... just a moment, I'm confirming your situation through the delayed upload of the action video. 』

"Cam... poof!"

A flaming black arm quietly protruded, and with a swift hand knife knocked on the group of "mixed ghosts and gods" that disturbed other people's calls.

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

Ignoring the sparkling white fireworks that bloomed over the back of his head, Sousuke Araki quickly communicated what happened during the "missing contact" with Atsumi Luto.

"That's right, I've probably figured it out. While you're chasing the train, we're not idle either! 』

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

Inside the tactical glasses, the trajectory of the black train after it entered Tokyo was marked on the map with a yellow line by Atsumi Ludou.

"This is definitely not a coincidence, he must have some reason to drive along the Yamanote Line! 』

The straight line that originally overlapped with the Yamanote Line became as disordered as the scribbled scribbles after Ueno Station, but it still lingered near the Yamanote Line.

"Based on the above information prediction, his next possible route points are only 4 places: Shin-Okubo, Takadanobaba, Mejiro and Ikebukuro! 』

"So, what do you mean, instead of jumping into this 'tiankeng' where 100% of people fall to the death and foolishly chasing and detouring behind, why don't you rush ahead and wait for the rabbit? 』

"That's right, but it's hard to estimate the time and advance of the train passing through the four stations. If the target has already passed the station by the time it gets there..."

"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, Sousuke Araki twisted the accelerator without hesitation, and sped along the subway tunnel towards the next station: "Three long and one short, choose the shortest, and three short and one long. 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 scriptures you are reciting, but one of your alternative answers has been automatically excluded. 』

The drone shot in Shin-Okubo was synchronized to the tactical glasses.

"Just now, under the Shinjuku Shin-Okubo subway station, a strange ship full of ghosts drilled out... Judging from its appearance, it should be the legendary ship ghost. 』

A translucent giant ship with a grumpy face and a dense bottom covered with human feet floats like an airship above Shin-Okubo, which is known as the "Asian Multi-ethnic Mixed International City".

The ghost of the boat, also known as the ship of the dead, is said to be a monster formed by shipwrecks and the dead.

"Hey, this isn't something that ordinary words like 'weird ship' can sum up in one word? 』

"Sorry, I've seen too many horror things wrapped in gray aura today, even as an ordinary human, I'm tired of aesthetics and can't keep my spirits up. 』

Seeing the frenzied and twisted ghostly aura on the human-faced giant ship, Sousuke Araki couldn't help but pouted.

"According to the current direction of this ghost boat, it will reach the vicinity of Toyama Park in about five minutes... Judging from the situation at the Imperial Palace, their target is most likely to be another pivot of the 'Yin'. Positive'! 』

According to information from Yin Yang Liao, "Yin Yang", one of the pivots of the "Tai Chi Yin Yang Array", was severely damaged in the "Hushan Park Debris Disaster" caused by the spirit removal operation of a trainee slayer.

After day and night of repairs, "Yin Yang" finally recovered its most basic functions from the pain of breaking the melon, and it is now fragile and sensitive enough to withstand any impact.

"Understood, I'll rush over to deal with the broken ship right now..."

Staring at the ghost of the boat penetrating the giant face with a mourning expression, Sousuke Araki only felt one head and two big.

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

If the ghost of this boat is left alone, once the "Yin and Yang" is damaged, the Taiji Yin-Yang Formation, which is already difficult to support, will inevitably fall apart...

But his intuition told him that the train carrying Kotomine Jiro contained an even more frightening omen.

"Ara... that's not right, knight-kun..."

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

"Little, little bird Yuu clan? 』

Just hearing the so familiar and refreshing voice of the other party, Araki Sousuke only felt that the irritability in his mind disappeared instantly~lightnovelpub.net~Shinjuku District, Mitsui Akagi Apartment.

The "Akagi Senbon" consisting of vermilion torii gates surrounds the Akagi Shrine and exudes a sacred atmosphere.

The shopping street outside the shrine had long since been empty due to the "emergency evacuation order", and on Kagurazaka, where arrow marks were scattered, the corpses of ghosts and monsters that had not yet dissipated their grievances were lying on the ground.

The roof of the spacious apartment was covered with densely packed talismans.

"Knight-knight...Leave the yin and yang to my protection. 』

Wearing a red and white witch costume and wearing tactical glasses on the side of his face, Yumako Tori was sitting solemnly and dignifiedly in the center of the talisman.

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

She naturally knew a little about the "Ghost Rider"'s activity in various places in Tokyo from the announcements on the public channel.