Comprehensive Anime: My Five Senses Connect with the Proud Daughters of Ten Thousand Worlds

In the Cthulhu Mythos, that is the name of the ancient city where Hastur's true form was imprisoned, its ruins located by the shores of Lake Hali on the planet Alcyone.

Merely the name of this cult was enough to undoubtedly prove they were a society secretly worshipping Hastur, a Great Old One.

"Truly don't know when to quit, worshipping them of all people."

"Belfast, dispatch a scout ship to secretly approach the vicinity of the planet Alcyone in the Pleiades Star Cluster. I need to know what's there—but absolutely do not make any rash moves."

"Understood!" Belfast's beautiful amethyst eyes flickered with a soft glow of data, and the command was relayed through the command link to the central starport.

A moment later, a recently manufactured scout ship slowly sailed out of the starport, disappearing into the boundless sea of stars.

After dispatching the scout ship, Belfast continued her report: "According to the memories excavated from those three individuals, the existence of the Carcosa Cult on Earth is untraceable. Their organizational structure, headquarters location, and specific members are all shrouded in mystery. This secret society has hidden itself extremely well, with the vast majority of its members unaware of the cult they belong to."

"Their methods for recruiting new members are not fixed, and they absolutely do not use any modern communication methods to contact each other. Furthermore, members who join the society must undergo an initiation ritual, during which they continuously chant scriptures called 'The King in Yellow Chant.' Unfortunately, it seems the version of 'The King in Yellow Chant' possessed by this Carcosa Cult is merely a fragment."

"After analysis, we discovered that no matter which language on Earth this fragment of 'The King in Yellow Chant' is recited in, the syllables produced can form sound waves with powerful psychological suggestion and hypnotic effects. When a believer recites the fragment of 'The King in Yellow Chant' for the 19th time, certain structures of their brain's neural pathways undergo incredibly improbable, physically anomalous changes."

"This will make them permanently and absolutely loyal to the Carcosa Cult, while also permanently forgetting certain secrets that their rank within the cult does not permit them to know."

"But..." Belfast paused slightly, then her expression turned peculiar, "that's all there is to it."

"We found no other effects from the fragment."

"And then?" Jiang Lianqiu continued, "Why did they target Machida Sonoko and Utaha Kasumigaoka?"

Belfast walked to the glass curtain wall and pointed to one of the individuals on the screen.

"This Shunsuke Yamada is an editor belonging to the Fushikawa Library, just like Machida Sonoko. When Utaha Kasumigaoka sent the manuscript for the second volume of 'Love Beat' to Machida Sonoko, Shunsuke Yamada's workstation was right next to Machida Sonoko's."

"The information contamination carried by the manuscript caused Machida Sonoko to unconsciously recite a fragment of 'The King in Yellow Chant,' which caught Shunsuke Yamada's attention. He took advantage of Machida Sonoko's inattention to secretly print a copy of the second volume manuscript."

"And then..."

"This Shunsuke Yamada saw 'The King in Yellow Chant' through Utaha Kasumigaoka's novel manuscript?"

Jiang Lianqiu had already guessed what happened next.

"Yes," Belfast nodded. "Shunsuke Yamada is also an editor, and he quickly looked up Miss Kasumigaoka's information. His personal abilities were insufficient to see the complete 'The King in Yellow Chant' through the manuscript, but he knew very well that this was an excellent opportunity to complete the cult's fragmented scripture."

"After reporting this matter to his superior through a one-way communication channel, Nozomi Yasunaga, who is currently lying in another room, Nozomi then prepared to retrieve Machida Sonoko and Miss Kasumigaoka along with Shunsuke Yamada and the remaining Eito Yoneya."

"Incidentally, this matter was also reported by Nozomi Yasunaga to his own superior, but he himself did not know who that person was. Nozomi's contact method with that person was merely leaving a yellow mark and accompanying information at the No. 444 pile foundation of the Tokyo Bay underwater tunnel. He didn't even know what the other person looked like."

Having said that, Belfast glanced strangely at Utaha Kasumigaoka on another screen: "These people seem to think that Miss Kasumigaoka is a 'saint' favored by their god...?"

"So the problem is very clear now," Jiang Lianqiu clapped his hands and laughed. "The contamination of my senior's novel manuscript, written through all-nighters, is the beginning of everything."

As for why it was his senior?

Based on Jiang Lianqiu's understanding of those evil god entities, it was highly likely, purely because Utaha Kasumigaoka was... unlucky.

If the other party had switched from Hastur to Nyarlathotep, Jiang Lianqiu might have thought Nyarlathotep genuinely fancied something about Utaha Kasumigaoka. But it was Hastur. It was almost impossible for this Great Old One to "proactively" pay attention to a human girl and then "intentionally" contaminate her novel manuscript.

If Hastur truly intended to do something, it was a miracle that Utaha Kasumigaoka hadn't gone mad by now.

Perhaps the current situation was caused by the collateral effects of some unconscious action by an evil god.

"Additionally, we have also conducted a thorough inspection of Miss Kasumigaoka's residence in secret, brought back all items carrying trace amounts of contaminated information, and performed an information sterilization targeting Class III contamination at Miss Kasumigaoka's residence."

"As for Machida Sonoko, no issues were found with her. Including Shizuka Hiratsuka, the mental states of all three individuals are normal."

As soon as Belfast finished speaking, Jiang Lianqiu, who was looking at Utaha Kasumigaoka arguing with Hans on the screen, suddenly received a meeting request.

"Commander, your subordinate has a new discovery! Requesting immediate report!"

"Come in."

After Jiang Lianqiu agreed, a combat mecha servant, appearing as a beautiful human woman with long red hair tied in a neat ponytail, dressed as a researcher, and possessing a pair of dazzling golden eyes behind black-rimmed glasses, quickly walked in.

"Consciousness Node Hub 001 salutes you, Commander!"

Upon meeting, this beautiful combat mecha servant immediately stood at attention and saluted with full military bearing.

Jiang Lianqiu's mind was full of question marks: "...What the hell?"