Night gradually enveloped the entire city...
After the preliminary fanfare during the day, the teams recalled from outside had now taken up guard in the areas assigned to them by the family. Many people grew tense as night fell, but even more were curious.
Curious about the true appearance of that "ghost monster"!
The Saito Family was an immensely powerful force. As members of the Saito Family, they understood that better than anyone.
Just because they bore the name of the Saito Family did not mean they were particularly glorious. In truth, only they themselves knew that they were merely subordinates within the Saito Family. Otherwise, they would not have been dispatched elsewhere. Those who remained at the Saito Family's main estate were the true core of the Saito Family!
Here, those of the sixth order were merely patrolmen, seventh-order fighters could be found everywhere, and even one or two eighth-order higher-ups could often be seen coming and going through the estate. One could imagine just how formidable the combat strength of this Saito Family base was.
Yet even with such a group living here, they had failed to discover any trace of the "ghost monster," and around twenty people had even died in a single night... How could they not be nervous? How could they not be curious?...
A crescent moon hung in the pitch-black sky. Slightly cold moonlight poured down from the horizon, draping the increasingly silent Saito estate in a layer of silver gauze that looked somewhat dazzling.
At this time, few people in the Saito estate could sleep. They knew what operation the family was carrying out tonight, and they knew what would appear. Under such circumstances, how could anyone possibly fall asleep?
As for those participating in the hunt for the "ghost monster," every one