Kimama ni Tokyo Survive

57. The Dark One

The heavy bass of rose echoed in the night sky in the seventh evacuation area.

You can see the black shadow of the helicopter and the illumination light descends from the aircraft. The man who looks up at it blindfolded is wearing grey work clothes and a hat, accentuating the stubborn wrinkles.

"Chief!"

The summoner is also wearing the same work clothes and has the "East\ 20144; Heavy Machinery" logo on his chest.

It has a high profile for companies since before the war, but it is a company that is secretly leaning to the point of losing competition with the world due to the old corporate culture. I couldn't afford to hit the commercial anymore, so I should have disappeared quietly.

In addition to the illumination lights from the helicopter, many devices illuminate the area so brightly that it is unlikely to be late at night. The two men who bathed in it were dropping a dark shadow on their hat.

Called the chief, he looks at a young man in running glasses.

"What do you got?

"But... it seems that a new species has begun to emerge tonight, and it is still unclear whether a monster of Gizmo and Egia will appear."

The elderly shrug their chins as they roar.

There was a large structure ahead of him. The walls that cover the surroundings are bright and have an impression of being inaccessible.

The electricity generated by the motor sounded around, and if it hadn't been sealed off by a radius of 100 meters, it would have caused a lot of trouble to neighboring homes.

"I can't let you do this right now. It took me half a day to install it."

"Yeah, I gave up on you too. If a new kind of big monster appeared here..."

That said, he looks at the building again.

The steel walls that cover all directions are about three meters tall, and there are countless electric wires intersecting around them, causing havoc.

The person called the chief scratches his head and murmurs with a sigh.

"At that time, you can watch the moment when the money and time you throw become a pair in a premium seat. Much better than the media over the super telephoto lens. The only salvation is not our money."

"Yeah, well, unfortunately at the time, we're going to have to cut off the aid from the United States."

I wonder, the chief vomited again.

If it's an individual such as Gizmo or Egia, it's probably a viable substitute. The wall enclosure has reached a radius of 10 meters and is a size determined by the prediction accuracy of past monsters.

So I don't think about new species, and I don't know what kind of disaster it would be if he showed up.

"It's been a very strange time. When I was thinking about retiring, there were cartoon-like monsters."

"Please don't do it again. The chief is expected from above."

"Expectations? Heh, don't take such words seriously. I was just right for an old man. I have the knowledge and experience to cut my neck as soon as I fail. After I cut my retirement allowance a lot."

The young man clouds his face with his words.

In fact, all the people who turned down this job. I don't know what's going to happen, and all the risks of failure follow. If I count as…………………………………………………………. That's why it's a small business.

"Then why did you get this job?

"Oh, because if I succeed, my retirement money will increase a lot. It's a pretty good bet."

The young man nods "definitely" after thinking about how to shrug his shoulders. He's not a bad bet, and I'm sure he thought this was his joke.

He joked and said so, but in fact, investment from abroad is beginning to increase. That's not stupid, either.

There are still many people in the world who say monsters are stupid. But when it comes to money, the way of thinking changes completely. Since a few small and medium-sized businesses are starting to get involved, as he said, it has become a "world that I don't really understand".

"But even if a big guy comes out, he won't go with Bokang like a cartoon. This is like an increased strength current fence, so if it is broken by force, it will be shorted immediately. When that happens, it's impossible to put monsters in the Box."

The young man next to her nodded.

In the first place, it is completely unclear what reasoning is used to make the prediction point, which is a major question, both at home and abroad.

However, they are engineers, so you don't have to think so deeply. It would be good if we could only complete the work.

"You're always out of standard, monsters exist. Easily destroy our common sense."

"That's why scholars catch up. Nothing is more boring than experimentation, I know what will happen. This could be an incredible situation for them."

Wear your hat more deeply, whispering so lightly. The expression was steep, and I knew from the beginning that I was thinking about such risks.

"Give up if you want, but just be prepared when the original goal appears. It's a blockade, and it's causing trouble for the residents."

"I see. And I'm going to call the others to stop the experiment immediately."

Say hello to him and he'll look at the wall again.

The countdown to announce the appearance was immediately afterwards.

The helicopter spinning over the sky is not for monsters, but to alert the media.

Everyone knows that this is an unusual situation. No matter how much information is suppressed, interest from citizens is too high, and on the contrary, it continues to grow day by day. It was getting closer and closer to the limit of patience.

The limit of patience is for both self and the media.

The lights descend on the ground to express such frustration, waiting for a presence that no one knows yet.

Eventually, when the count reached zero, a darkness appeared on the ground.

Unique name, check out Egia!

Oops, my voice leaks from everywhere.

Egia is a plant-type monster that has the property of entering and manipulating the inside of a solid.

This will not destroy the facility or allow us to continue our capture mission. In that sense, they smiled breathlessly. But if Goto were here, he would have shown a different kind of smile to them, saying, "That's a flag." We'll see what happens... if we wait and see for a while.

Well, the large current fence had several functions.

We've been able to deal with both the hive type of gizmo that we had until yesterday, and this time Eggia.

The chief earlier spoke to the radio in a faint tone.

Start Plan B.

"Plan B, execute. Voltage load, start!

The sound of a motor sounds like, "Ooh!" and sparks in a bluish pale.

When it comes to monsters on the other hand, they grow in volume as they slow down the pigeons. It was about weeds at first, but it grew bigger and bigger while blinking. It's like watching plants grow faster.

Each vertex of the wall is fitted with something similar to a white plug. When it produces a bee and a blue spark, the surrounding air changes.

I'm sure he felt trapped in the microwave. Egia sounded small and "giggled", but it was blocked by electricity and could not reach anyone's ears. He started moving as if he had given up.

However, the ground has become hot as it moves forward, and when it touches the iron plate, its body raises white smoke.

I move around crazy, but it's the same in all directions. All we have to do is go into the box behind us.

A lot of people were watching it through the extremely noisy monitor screen.

"Hmm, you seem hesitant. I don't want to go in the box."

"This isn't just intelligent. Maybe it's an animal conjecture. Kimura-kun, try to increase the output."

The higher the sound of electricity on the first level (one octave), the twisting and Egia began to retreat toward the "box".

The technicians who were watching again smiled as they went along with their thoughts.

"If we don't get into the Box, we'll just have to go the wrong way. Because we only have one option."

"Whoa, that's a pretty good trend. I've seen the Box many times. I think they're looking at options."

There are two options before us.

One side of the road burns and perishes. It's really easy to understand.

And the other one fits in a "box" and is transferred under strict guard. After many experiments abroad, it turns into a medal that is not sure about the Peace Prize or the Chemical Prize.

Of course, the latter will please a lot of people, but it will be the monster who chooses which one.

Now, the result is...

Egia is thought to be a weak solid.

Because it has a botanical shape and doesn't have direct firepower. Many people have been strangled and killed, but even they've been allowed to use guns since then to keep the damage almost to zero.

And if it's level one, the threat drops. The motorcycle that runs there is much scarier.

But something unexpected happened here.

He rode on the iron plate.

As a matter of course, your body is covered in fire, and the flame spreads slowly to lick from the tip of the black leaves. The engineers were dismayed and surprised that they chose death over themselves.

Even though I spent money and talent, it doesn't suit me enough to kill one monster. They were disappointed, and some did not hide their sighs, imagining their own future.

But it's never the worst.

Even if they can't be caught, these installations are effective against monsters where they appear. Trials and mistakes are the power of mankind and will bear fruit eventually.

The relatively calm atmosphere of abandonment changed.

It's hard to burn out.

While swallowed by the Fire, Egia climbs the warped iron wall, overwhelmed by strong electricity.

Turning into a black soot, he acted strangely on the top of the iron fence. Stretch out the vines all over your body to create a geometric pattern, and even under unimaginable currents, it stays still and tight.

There was no longer any need to peek into the monitor, and the technicians were staring at the sight.

I wonder what that action meant. The question cannot be answered to whoever it is. Eventually, Egia's body becomes the soot itself, scattering its body roughly.

They looked up silently for a while as they flew in the wind.

Was the experiment a success or a failure?

There was no one who could answer it.

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Each of the gathered people turned their eyes to the surroundings, "What to do".

My job title is so fragmented, and I'm unemployed. But everyone's eyes gathered at the end of the table in the rain dragon that was lying awake.

"What?" What?

"Can you find out what happened to Eggia?

Hah, while responding carelessly, the rain dragon corrects its posture. What kind of samurai are you... holding a sword standing beside you? For a moment, I thought of Sakamoto, who was about to be assassinated.

The dragon pulls out its sword based on the premise that "I don't know if it is in the range of detection." The sitting sword extraction had an atmosphere similar to that of Izakatsu, and it was a supple movement that could be seen from the swordsmanship guide.

At the same time, something that can only be seen by me, Fujisaki and Spotted Pigeon is also displayed. It's a three-dimensional map. She's starting to use the Night Conductor feature. What, you don't want me to use it? Well, I'll use it if I have trouble with the road.

Then, a red dot floats on the map spread out on the scattered plate. Unlike the usual appearance predictions...

"Is something moving?

"If you represent a monster, these four light sources are...."

At the same time as the electronic sound of a pitch is sounded, a letter is drawn above the point. It's all an unfamiliar English word called "Egia" and we just keep quiet a little bit.

Mmm, that sucks. While I was gripping my hands, or something, while I was taking a bath and eating, my eggia grew a little bit more. One body became four, and the light source wooshly faded away.

The reason for this is probably because the time has come for the eastern sky to slowly become brighter.

When I found it, I was disappointed that a few monsters should be killed instantly, just for tonight. Yeah, it's not me. It's these guys. There's a saying that cute is justice, and I'm innocent of anything that happens to super beautiful girls.

So, as I said earlier, "What do we do? The gaze naturally gathered around you. [M] Having finally realized the gravity of the situation, he had been sweating cold for a long time.