Present World, Kamiya Residence.
"...Teacher, that's pretty much the situation."
In the living room, Tsurumi Aoi knelt on the tatami, her posture straight and composed.
The young girl had a calm demeanor, with a sharp, somber intensity in her eyes that did not align with her age, like a blade drawn halfway out of its sheath.
She spread out several reports provided by the Countermeasures Office on the table, explaining in detail the recent situation in the present world to Kamiyagawa—
The frequent visits by yokai and spirits, the rampant doomsday theories, and the increasingly intense worship of the Yellow Springs Evil Gods, devoted to "Izanami" and "Ashiya Dōman."
Such chaotic times have left the people anxious and fearful.
And fear itself is the sustenance of the yokai, further nourishing the widespread yokai disturbances.
The original source of these highly aggressive evil spirits likely comes from the "Abyss."
