In fact, Soga Toyura had discovered several days ago that a nest of the Eye of Insight was hidden within the Underground Drainage System beneath the Harbor District.
That was why... when she was "hunting" the Eye of Insight cultists who dared to reach their filthy claws toward her younger sister, Soga Toyura had mockingly called them "rats."
This was also one of the important reasons why the Eye of Insight cultist taxi driver had become so agitated when Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi mentioned "rats."
The losses inflicted on them by that "black demon" had been far too great.
In just over ten days,
Soga Toyura had already destroyed most of the Eye of Insight cult's forces in Guangzheng District.
The Eye of Insight cult's losses... had been far greater than the Anomalous state attacks "occasionally" reported on the morning news.
After all, only a minority of them ever made the news.
And—
Most of those people had merely been fugitives fleeing from Soga Toyura.
That included the taxi driver.
By a twist of fate, he had been a survivor who escaped Soga Toyura's grasp thanks to a little "good luck."
By then, his mind had already been thoroughly corrupted.
With the resolve to die, he had waited outside the gates of Shiritsu Megumi Garden Academy.
As a result... he had happened to encounter Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi, whose eyes possessed the Soga clan's iconic crimson hue.
Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi should not have come to any harm.
But that night... Su Youzi, who was slightly tired, had gone to sleep early.
And, driven by something like experimental curiosity... Su Youzi had not turned on a night-light while sleeping, wanting to see just how severe her fear of the dark truly was.
To comfort Su Youzi, Soga Toyura had been delayed on the