After resolving Sayu's problem, Fang Zheng took her back.
Date had also called him, saying he had a new assignment for Fang Zheng.
"A cannibalism massacre?"
"Ah... that's right."
Since Fang Zheng had become a member of the Special Operations Division, Date did not conceal any information regarding inhuman monsters and explained everything to him—though Date probably did not know that Fang Zheng was far more familiar with these things than he was.
"Several unidentified male bodies were discovered in the heart of Tokyo's commercial district. Investigation found signs that the corpses had been gnawed on. However, we don't believe Monster No. 01 was responsible."
"Oh?"
"Based on what we currently know about Monster No. 01, when they feed on humans, their heads split apart and their mouths open wide. Like snakes, they either swallow their victims whole or bite them in half. But the bite marks found on these corpses are smaller, more like marks left by humans."
"Oh, so this is the No. 02 Monster mentioned in your files?"
Of course, Fang Zheng understood what Date meant. Countermeasures Headquarters currently classified monsters into three categories. The first type was the shapeshifting man-eating monster. The second type also ate people, but the traces it left differed from the first. So far, they had not found the slightest clue about the second kind of monster. Only the corpses they had eaten could prove that such monsters truly existed.
As for the third type, they were complete monsters like the Wolf God Fang Zheng had encountered in Chang'e Village... Incidentally, the White Wolf's corpse had already been transported away by a special team dispatched by the Ministry of Defense for processing.
"That's right. Judging from the traces, it should be Type 02. But so far, we haven't discovered a single Type