Though it was a pitch-black night, Tokyo was a city of sleepless nights. Though this was only Tokyo in '91, it already resembled a vast jungle of skyscrapers. From high above, it looked like a map of stars laid upside down upon the earth, a beautiful nocturnal cityscape created by dazzling neon lights.
In Tokyo, Japan's bustling, crowded capital, no one could see the vast black mist streaking rapidly through the sky toward Mount Fuji.
Muggles were incapable of seeing the form of an Obscurus to begin with, and beneath the cover of night, even the occasional wizard could not perceive the terrifying, dangerous magical power lurking in the darkened sky.
The Obscurus Sherlock had unleashed flew straight to the crater atop Mount Fuji. Even after becoming pure dark magical power, it could not withstand the cold at the mountain's summit. Worse still, a magical barrier had been erected at the very center of the crater, leaving Sherlock no choice but to charge straight through it.
By the time he reached Mount Fuji's crater, the Four Souls Kyoto Inn had already been surrounded by a large number of Great Way Academy Shogunate Aurors.
"What happened? Have you figured it out?" The one who arrived afterward was the Shogun, Fuma Yoichi—Ino Yuriko's fiancé. The moment Teramoto Shoma received word that the Four Souls Kyoto Inn had been attacked and thrown into chaos by members of Monster Mountain, he became deeply concerned for Sherlock's safety, as well as whether the Doman Manuscript might be compromised and fall into Monster Mountain's hands.
Thus, bypassing Shogun Fuma Yoichi's authority, he used his power as part of the Dharma Purification Institute to dispatch nearly half of the Great Way Academy Shogunate's Aurors to the Four Souls Kyoto Inn to investigate. Above all, if necessary, they