The maiden swung the Blood Saw in her hand as if she never grew tired.
The corrupted Walking Corpses of the "Eye of Insight" cult were nothing more than rotten kindling before Kujo Ryuko.
That was right—
Walking Corpses.
They were completely different from Altered Users who had fallen into evil.
These were the products of "Eye of Insight" cultists who had pursued the Anomalous state and failed, creatures the Investigation Department contemptuously called Walking Corpses.
They were merely corpses capable of walking.
Their lives had long since withered away.
They did not even have any value worth saving.
The strongest of these Walking Corpses had only just entered the First Sequence. And without any skill... without any abilities... they were merely beasts with the strength and agility of the First Sequence.
Perhaps ordinary Second Sequence Ability Users would struggle somewhat when faced with the siege of so many Walking Corpses.
But at this very moment, the one swinging the Blood Saw underground was Kujo Ryuko, an Imperial lackey and Third Sequence Ability User.
And with the aid of Blood Hounds, she was a Blood Manipulation Ability User who feared being surrounded the least.
Still... her crimson eyes swept across the broad space within the sewers.
A faint trace of unease rose in Kujo Ryuko's heart.
Up until now—
She had not encountered a single sane member of the "Eye of Insight" cult.
Aside from those eye-shaped totems glowing faintly with blackish-purple light in the darkness, Kujo Ryuko could not find any other traces of the "Eye of Insight" cult.
"Did I come to the wrong place?"
That question suddenly arose in her mind.
Thump, thump—
Her heart was accelerating. Unease.
As a Blood Manipulation Ability User, Kujo Ryuko could catch the sound of heartbeats more easily than any other