Kaneda Hideki was one of the Countermeasure Department's undercover agents inside the Truth Cult. He had come all the way to Kanna Town specifically to meet them.
As soon as Kanzaki Rin finished speaking, Fang Cheng had already created more than a dozen Blood Eagles, which dived down from the sky.
The crows were about the size of roosters. They were a kind of Monster called Rot Crows, often found in flocks at mass graves or on battlefields, but rarely in the wilderness.
Their presence here meant there might be a lot of dead people or graves nearby.
Fang Cheng didn't dare use explosions, afraid they'd make too much noise. The Flying Rain Needles alone would be more than enough to take down the flock.
The steel needles fired by the dozen Blood Eagles fell like a torrential downpour. In just a few seconds, they swept the whole flock from the sky, and the crows dropped to the ground in a pattering rain of corpses.
The car that had been chased pulled over to the side of the road. A middle-aged man sat in the driver's seat, panting heavily, beads of sweat forming on his forehead.
Before long, Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin descended from the sky. They recalled the Blood Eagles and brought their luggage over to the car.
Kaneda Hideki was crouched by the roadside, smoking. He was an unremarkable-looking middle-aged man dressed in the Truth Cult's ceremonial robes.
When he saw Fang Cheng and Kanzaki Rin, a wry smile appeared on his face. "Sorry for the trouble, you two. I've been undercover for years without ever seeing combat, so I'm terribly out of practice. I couldn't even deal with a flock of minor Monsters."
Fang Cheng said nothing, leaving the introductions to Kanzaki Rin.
"Sorry for putting