As Kazuma poured bag after bag of laundry detergent into the lake, the artificial lake, which had been somewhat murky but still transparent on the surface, immediately became covered in white foam.
Through their fish eyes, which didn't have very good vision but could penetrate the water's surface, the two Deep Ones below watched all of this in horror.
What the hell!
No? Aren't we monsters to you humans?
What are you doing? Wasn't last night's beating miserable enough? You actually dare to come back, damn it?
And if you come back, you also directly release high-voltage electricity into the water, right?
And that brown-haired one, why does he look so much like the one who was killed and had his heart dug out last night? Shouldn't his body still be at the bottom of the lake right now?
Oceanic species are proud, even if they have never lived in an underwater city. They occasionally dream of their ancestors' echoes, and occasionally marvel at their own lives.
They had experienced human fear and witnessed human despair.
Humans described them as nightmares of the deep sea, and they were even worshipped as gods by several island nations at one point.
But they never thought that humans, who were weaker than them in every aspect, would dare to hunt them like this.
The white bubbles spread more and more, gradually covering the entire lake surface.
Knowing that they would die if they didn't run, the two remaining Deep Ones communicated using their unique underwater species' communication method, then chose to escape separately.
However, one of them was clearly slower in its escape.
"Bang! Bang!"
Keli fired continuously.
The first one to surface instantly lay in a pool of blood.
The second, slower one, felt a sharp pain in its leg after bursting out of the water.
Then it tried to endure the pain and escape.
However, it found that there was resistance and pain coming from its leg. It looked back and saw a rope being held by the short person, and on its leg was the familiar hunting spear.
Their ancestors from the ocean would use such spears to hunt all edible living creatures in the deep sea, even giant fish dozens of times their own size, or whales that had dived into deep-sea areas.
If it were just that spear, perhaps it could try to break free, but in addition to that, there was the black muzzle of the gun.
"Hmm, the gunshot wound on the shoulder, that's the one we hit last night.
I say, you can talk, right?"
The Fishman's face cannot express emotions, but its voice can reveal its feelings.
"I… I can…"
…
After more than ten minutes, when the backup power was activated, the auditorium finally calmed down.
However, there was no point in continuing the meeting. After Ryouzan Etsuya clarified which power generation point had issues, he immediately rushed with the newly arrived security personnel to the scene of the incident.
Then they found two electrical cables connected to a motor, and…
The security guards, who had only been transferred by their company bosses to assist Ryouzan Etsuya and others, swallowed nervously in fear.
"Ka… Kappa?"
They trembled.
Ryouzan Etsuya's face was also pale. Before his eyes, a patch of white foam floated on the artificial lake, and above the foam were two floating Deep Ones corpses.
God… God's Messenger…?
His eyes behind his glasses vibrated wildly.
How could this be, how could this be? Those were complete God's Messengers, not some half-finished products.
They actually… actually died just like that. The culprit is…
Ryouzan Etsuya immediately remembered the person who had escaped last night and was chased by the God's Messenger.
It's him!
According to the information, the person who escaped was the one he had met once in the corridor.
Then the other God's Messenger is probably also…
Suddenly, Ryouzan Etsuya's legs felt weak. Others didn't know what this meant, but he did.
This… if the priest found out about this, then he…
No, now is not the time to think about that. Wouldn't he be in a completely unprotected state?
"Sh… Shimura Danzo!"
The name of the person he had found registered at the school echoed in his mind, and Ryouzan Etsuya immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
A feeling of fear slowly crept into his heart.
Where is he? Where could he be?
Will he suddenly rush out and ambush me??
The school is no longer safe! No, I must report to Lord Azami immediately.
On the other side, due to the abrupt dismissal of the meeting, Sadatsuka Nao returned to her room with a worried expression. Before opening the door, she was still wondering if those two would be caught because of the cables.
But when she returned, she saw Keli and Kazuma sitting solemnly on chairs.
They were staring intently at a cabinet.
"Are you going to talk or not? If you don't, once this pot of soup is done, you'll be turned into spicy fish stew."
Keli pointed at the soup simmering on the stove while gesturing towards the cabinet.
"What are you doing...? What is this?!"
Sadatsuka Nao's position when she opened the door prevented her from seeing behind the cabinet door. It wasn't until she walked closer that she saw her cabinet stuffed with a shivering, neither-human-nor-ghost-like creature.
This seemed to be the same thing she had seen with thermal imaging last night. Sadatsuka Nao's sanity almost dropped by 20 points instantly. She retreated several steps, leaning her back against the wall, and spoke with a tremble.
"You... why did you bring this thing here?"
"No choice. We felt too many people were coming, and we didn't know if they were friends or foes, so we had to retreat. Only your place, because of the constant strange smell, no one dares to come over. And don't interrupt, this has nothing to do with you, hurry up and leave."
Keli waved dismissively at Sadatsuka Nao while keeping his eyes fixed on the fish-man trembling in the cabinet.
At this moment, the fish-man's hands were bound, and it struggled continuously.
"I... I really don't know. I'm only 30 years old and have always lived in a fishing village. I've never even been to the bottom of the sea."
"You don't even know how many of you there are or where you're located?" Keli raised his voice.
"I don't know. I was only taken in by the Cult two years ago. They said they wanted to save Japan, so they pulled me in."
"What the hell?" Keli felt as if he had heard something strange, even wondering if he was hallucinating again.
"He... those few are anomalies. Even though their bloodlines have recovered, they still show some awe towards human nuclear weapons.
They... they heard that the Japanese government parliament plans to filter and discharge 1.25 million tons of nuclear wastewater accumulated over 10 years into the Pacific Ocean next year. They said that Priest-sama calculated this would definitely affect the quality of life in the underwater cities of the North Pacific Ocean around the second year and infuriate all underwater cities. At that time, the underwater cities might unleash black magic to flood Japan or even more coastal areas.
They are afraid that because of this, humans and Deep Ones will fight to the death and continue to discharge pollutants into the sea. Although we will definitely win, we will also suffer some damage.
So they also want us to use our hearts as sacrifices to cast black magic on these chefs to enhance their culinary skills, and then, through these chefs, contact and control high-ranking Japanese officials to stop this plan."
"Ah???"
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