Chapter 267: Puppeteer Demon Spirit
Of the six young people, Matsuda Yumi was the oldest. Aside from Makino Kana, the other four were the friends Kana had mentioned.
Contrary to what Yumi had imagined, the oldest of them, the so-called karate big brother, was only eighteen-a young man who had recently graduated from high school but had not gone on to college.
Yumi and Kana had originally been chatting at home. Kana wanted to learn more about that "monster" from Yumi, an eyewitness, while also protecting the older woman from possible retaliation and recruiting her into their group.
But then Yumi received a call from one of the others saying something had happened at the television station.
At the time, Yumi had felt both lingering fear and relief, along with worry.
They were now no less tense than the police at the scene, mainly because they had some limited experience with that "monster," but far more remained unknown.
As for the assault teams on the front line, that went without saying. They were a mixed force selected from Japan's SWAT teams and special forces, directly under the Special Affairs Bureau. They had been briefed on the enemy they were about to face, and quite a few were veterans who had encountered such enemies before.
The twenty men entering through the underground parking garage were undoubtedly the most nervous, because the first murder scene was down there.
They all searched the garage quietly and cautiously, pausing briefly where blood had previously been found before slowly approaching the elevators and stairwell.
They pressed the call buttons for both elevators, then backed away slightly and waited as the elevators descended floor by floor.
"Ding!"
The instant the doors opened, every gun muzzle pointed inside.
There was nothing there, and everyone relaxed a little.