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In the dimly lit alley, Fang Li group rushed in from the main street.

"There it is!"

Tohno Shiki immediately pointed to the depths of the alley.

Without Tohno Shiki's reminder, Fang Li and Arcueid both saw it.

Deep in the alley, the swaying figure turned a corner and entered another alley.

"Trying to escape?"

Arcueid stepped into the alley without hesitation and gave chase.

Fang Li, he glanced at Tohno Shiki beside him and asked a question.

Are you alright?

Upon hearing this, Tohno Shiki shook his head.

However, no matter how you look at it, Tohno Shiki's expression doesn't seem to indicate that everything is alright.

However, this time, Tohno Shiki's condition was not caused by overuse of his Magic Eye.

The reason things turned out this way was because Tohno Shiki finally understood why he could definitely identify the deceased with his eyes.

Because this being is filled with too many things that Tohno Shiki familiar with.

----"die".

----"die".

----"die".

The whole body is "dead".

The graffiti-like lines that covered his entire body like blood vessels made Tohno Shiki feel as if his heart had been struck hard just by looking at them, and even made him feel nauseous.

"Is that the deceased?"

Tohno Shiki's breathing became somewhat difficult.

"Take it easy to get used to it," Fang Li said calmly. "Once you get used to it, you won't react like this when you see that thing die again."

Tohno Shiki nodded somewhat heavily.

If he could, he would definitely prefer not to adapt to this kind of thing, right?

"Alright," Fang Li said, "Let's hurry over there too."

"Yes." Tohno Shiki nodded heavily.

So the two followed Arcueid's direction and went into the depths of the alley together.

The dimly lit alley seemed to stretch on and on, without end.

Fang Li and Tohno Shiki walked quickly together here, and it took them a full ten minutes to finally come out.

After exiting the alley, a vacant lot appeared in front of Fang Li.

The area is surrounded by industrial sites, resembling a construction site.

"Here it is..."

Fang Li frowned.

Because this is one of the corners of the industrial area that Fang Li arrived at yesterday while chasing the vampire known as "Snake".

"Could it be that the vampire has actually been hiding here all along?"

Just as Fang Li had this thought in mind, a commotion broke out ahead.

No, that wasn't a disturbance.

That was just one-sided slaughter.

"Aaaaaaaahh...

Amidst irrational screams, three dead bodies, who had somehow gathered at the front of the construction site, charged toward a single direction, yelling as they went.

There, Arcueid stood surrounded by the dead, her exquisitely beautiful face showing no sign of tension. Her crimson eyes were fixed on the monster that was lunging at her, and her slender hands were curled into claws.

"Pfft—!"

The first tearing sound came as the chest of the dead man who was lunging at Arcueid from the front was ripped apart by a claw that sliced through the air.

"Pfft—!"

A second tearing sound followed as the dead man who had lunged at Arcueid from above was ripped in two by a blood-stained claw strike.

"Pfft—!"

A third tearing sound came as the dead man, lunging at Arcueid from behind, was pierced through the abdomen by a dancing hand.

The entire process took less than a second.

In less than a second, all three victims were disemboweled and torn into pieces by sharp claws under the swing of a pair of slender hands, their bodies rolling on the ground.

His death was extremely tragic.

"Gurgle...!"

Upon witnessing this scene, Tohno Shiki could no longer hold back and bent over, immediately vomiting.

However, neither Fang Li nor Arcueid took care of him.

Because, on the construction site ahead, dark shadows darted about like stalking wild beasts. Some seemed to have escaped into the unfinished buildings, while others crawled down the iron frames like spiders.

There were eleven dark figures climbing down.

Seven of them were dead.

There were four more, which were beasts that looked like wolves and tigers, their bodies covered in jet-black color.

"A wild beast?"

Fang Li stood up in surprise.

Not only Fang Li, but even Arcueid was surprised.

"Isn't that Nero's familiar?"

That's right.

In Fang Li and Arcueid's memories, the only person who could command beasts like that was the Dead Apostle.

"Could it be that that guy even absorbed Nero's beastly traits?"

Arcueid was genuinely surprised.

"But even if we receive those beast factors, without Nero's Inherent Skill, how can we shape them into form?"

No one can answer this question, of course.

Only the small group of dead and beasts charged toward Arcueid.

"Never mind."

Arcueid's expression turned serious.

"No matter what, just kill you all."

After saying that, Arcueid crouched down and charged forward like a bullet.

The massacre resumed.

As Arcueid charged alone into the horde of the dead and beasts and began to fight, Fang Li's tightly furrowed brows slowly relaxed. Instead of stepping forward, he spoke to Tohno Shiki.

Are you alright?

The exact same words they used when they first came in pursuit.

Unfortunately, this time, Tohno Shiki did not shake his head; he simply gritted his teeth and adjusted his breathing.

So Fang Li asked again.

"So? Planning to go?"

One sentence made Tohno Shiki start to hesitate completely.

The bloody battle unfolding before his eyes made Tohno Shiki understand.

Just how unusual is the world I've entered?

Moreover, once you step in, there's no turning back.

Because the enemy didn't even give Tohno Shiki time to think.

"Thump..."

With a slight sound, a wild beast somehow circled around behind Tohno Shiki, kicked off the wall, and charged forward.

"Roar!"

With a roar, the beast pounced on Tohno Shiki 'Tohno Shiki head and bit down without hesitation.

"...?!"

Tohno Shiki shocked and almost reflexively raised his hand.

"Pfft!"

The sound of fangs piercing flesh rang out.

The beast's sharp teeth bit down hard on Tohno Shiki's hand.

"————!"

At that moment, Tohno Shiki's mind went blank.

Pain surged into my mind.

However, in contrast, the blood began to boil.

"Ha..."

Tohno Shiki suddenly laughed.

"Haha... hahaha... hahahaha!"

A loud laugh echoed throughout.