"Gashadokuro?"
Professor Nagayama, a scholar of monster folklore, made a startling declaration that drew the eyes of all the bigwigs.
Under the scrutiny of so many powerful figures, a flush rose to Professor Nagayama's face. He felt so lightheaded he nearly moaned.
Wonderful! So this was the marvelous feeling of being valued!
Thanks to the ancient Superhumans and legendary monsters taking turns onstage, Professor Nagayama, who had spent years languishing on the sidelines of the Metropolitan Police Department's Expert Group, had suddenly become its hottest authority.
He had even been permitted to attend such a high-level meeting. Could any of the other experts reach the pinnacle of life as he had?!
"Who is this fellow?"
The head of the Metropolitan Police Department frowned as he asked.
"Ahem, this is Professor Nagayama of the Metropolitan Police Department's Expert Group, a national authority on monster folklore. He has provided many valuable suggestions for our work."
The Superintendent General, who paled beside the gathering of powerful bigwigs and seemed almost invisible, offered an introduction.
"Professor Nagayama, you said this skeletal giant is Gashadokuro. What sort of great monster is Gashadokuro?"
"Gashadokuro is an amalgamation of the resentment of soldiers killed on the battlefield, whose bodies were left exposed in the wilderness with no one to bury their bones." Professor Nagayama composed himself and spoke solemnly.
"The resentment of the fallen soldiers merges into a single entity, becoming an enormous skeleton as tall as a building that prowls late at night, hunting humans."
To lend weight to his argument, Professor Nagayama took out a tablet, swiftly scrolled through the contents, and found the page featuring an Ukiyo-e of Gashadokuro in an encyclopedia of monsters.
"The skeletal giant Akatsuki summoned in Sapporo City is very likely Gashadokuro!"
The bigwigs gathered around the tablet to look,