"Is this a kappa?"
Watching the green, bald figure inside through the glass wall, Director Takeya couldn't help feeling a little puzzled.
"Why does it look... not very bright?"
He couldn't be blamed for saying that. The Transcendents encountered by the Metropolitan Police Department were either vicious and terrifying, cunning and crafty, or so elusive that no one knew what schemes they were plotting. This kappa, on the other hand, acted like a brainless vagrant who only knew how to eat and eat, completely lacking the presence and guile a Transcendent should have.
"The capture really was a little too easy,"
Iori Ichika replied with her arms crossed. You could hardly even call it a "capture."
After learning what had happened, the helicopter sent from Tokyo had needed only a few buckets of grilled fish to coax it into coming here obediently. It had looked more like a creepy adult luring a mentally disabled child.
As for those few old-timer anglers, they probably wouldn't catch any fish for a while:
A large number of government and conglomerate personnel were rushing to Lake Toya, and they wouldn't stop until they'd turned the place upside down.
"Still, there's no doubt about its identity as a 'Transcendent creature.'"
This kappa might have been stupid, but the "demonic energy" inside it was much denser than that of Iori Ichika, an "Artificial Transcendent." It also possessed its own "Demonic Arts." After a series of gestures and attempts to communicate, the kappa had spewed out a surging column of water with tremendous force.
Don't underestimate this ability. The "Paper Dancer," who had rampaged through Shibuya, was precisely afraid of water!
It just wasn't too bright.
"Excellent!"
Director Takeya was overjoyed.
"Have the instructors from the police academy come over and train it to become a loyal