"What? Indiscriminate attacks on ordinary people?"
Hearing Kirei Kotomine's report, Tokiomi Tohsaka's expression immediately turned grave.
"Yes."
Kirei Kotomine nodded. "The Fuyuki City police have already been alerted. If this continues to escalate... the consequences may be unimaginable."
"How many people have died so far?"
Tokiomi Tohsaka immediately asked, "What exactly are those familiars? Can we locate the caster's hiding place?"
"By rough estimates, the death toll has reached around a hundred."
After thinking for a moment, Kirei Kotomine said, "Waver Velvet from the Clock Tower sent related footage to the Church. He likely used familiars to record it... Would you like to see it, Master?"
"Show me!"
Tokiomi Tohsaka urged him at once.
"Master, please take a look."
Kirei Kotomine answered, then walked over to the television. Whether he used magecraft or inserted something into it, the old TV soon began playing a recording.
The footage appeared to show a cramped kitchen, where a man was chopping vegetables nearby.
But something suddenly emerged from the sink. It had five flexible arms, its entire body covered in strange bluish-purple echinoderm-like skin. It stood over a person tall and looked somewhat like a starfish or octopus.
The thing seemed to possess astonishing flexibility.
The sink drain was extremely narrow, yet the creature forcibly squeezed itself out through it.
After emerging, the monster immediately pounced into the distance. With a wet slap, it latched onto the back of the man's neck, then unfolded a needle-like mouthpart from its body and stabbed it directly into him.
Something resembling digestive enzymes was injected into the man's body.
The man had barely let out a scream before he collapsed uncontrollably. His body began softening at a visible rate, as if all the bones and muscles inside had vanished, leaving only a sheet of skin wrapping