White clouds shaped like bamboo hats often appeared above Mount Fuji. Known as cap clouds, they sometimes formed as many as five overlapping layers, creating an extraordinarily magnificent sight.
But the pitch-black cap clouds now shrouding Mount Fuji churned with sinister winds and an uncanny air. They were no longer a sign of approaching cold air and plunging temperatures, but an ominous portent of disaster!
Flying centipedes with six wings on their backs.
Black dragon-serpents with humanlike faces growing on their heads.
Demonic spiders resembling Earth Spider, one-eyed giants, monsters with eagles' heads and lions' bodies...
Hundreds of demons and monsters were released from the demonic cavern beneath the crater. Mount Fuji, the sacred peak that stood as an incomparably holy symbol of Japan's mountain worship, changed in an instant, becoming a demonic realm where a hundred ghosts roamed and monsters ran rampant!
Some of the monsters riding the clouds and mist flew extremely fast, only to slam headfirst into the inner wall of the great blood-red barrier and plummet from the sky.
No matter how the enraged monsters rammed it, tore at it, or even spat flames and balls of light at it, the great barrier remained indestructible and utterly unmoved.
Leaving aside the climbers halfway up the mountain and at the summit, the people at its foot rushed outward the instant they saw monsters taking shape within the demonic clouds. But the barrier trapped them inside as well, immediately sending them into a chorus of desperate wails.
"Boohoo! Let me out!"
"What the hell is going on?! Does the inside of Mount Fuji lead to some demon realm? Why are there so many monsters?"
"Hello, police? Monsters have come out of Mount Fuji and are eating people! Hurry and save us!"
Within the barrier, Mount Fuji had become