In an instant,
The sound of the test beginning seemed to ring directly within everyone's soul, impossible to resist.
The Tokyo tram doors, which had abruptly stopped from the impact and were even thrown off the tracks, completely twisted and deformed, were slowly opened by some supernatural force.
Yet at the sight of this, many people felt no joy at having survived the disaster. There was only fear.
At the same time,
Inside a massive psychic energy monitoring center somewhere in Tokyo, the previously calm atmosphere was instantly shattered.
A huge red danger tremor alert blared wildly through the room like a piercing alarm.
Every key member of Tokyo's Exorcism Department was so startled by the sudden alarm that they sprang from their seats.
Their faces were filled with terror and disbelief as they whispered among themselves, exchanging their thoughts.
"How is that possible?
An entire train—no, an entire station has vanished!"
"It's exactly the same as what happened in Chiyoda three months ago, and again a week ago!"
"Didn't they say they had already figured it out?
Get Director Uemura, who handled those incidents, here immediately!!"
"We just got in touch:
Director Uemura... he's dead."
"You useless idiots!!! Take immediate action at the temporary station in Arakawa Ward!"
"Notify every registered transcendent in the vicinity and have them rush to the scene at once. Report to headquarters and request support!"
They swiftly issued a series of orders. Every face was tense and grave, as though a great storm were about to descend.
But at the same time,
Within a vast, empty underground shaft somewhere beneath Tokyo, a twisted stone statue covered in countless tentacles seemed to sense the turmoil outside as well.
Its motionless body trembled faintly, as if some invisible force were tearing it apart from within.
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