"Everyone is saying... that the Far Eastern Land authorities were conducting biological research in Nagano Prefecture. Do you think that's likely?" On television, a host was questioning a bald middle-aged man.
As the host spoke, there was also news about the dead in Nagano Prefecture coming back to life and attacking passersby.
"Whether it's a rumor is already quite obvious... there's no need for me to say more. As for whether it was biological research conducted by the authorities, we still have no way of knowing. But there is one thing I believe is absolutely necessary! The government must give us a reasonable explanation. Something this dangerous happened within our country, yet the government kept us in the dark..."
"The dead coming back to life... Nagano Prefecture..."
Watching the news on television, Himeko suddenly thought of something... Based on the descriptions, it sounded a lot like the zombies from the Biohazard series, but Himeko felt that they were more likely the Honkai world's zombies.
And Nagano Prefecture was particularly interesting. Nagano Prefecture had once gone by another name... the Land of Shinano, the Shinano of five hundred years ago.
At the mention of Shinano, a certain fox miko and a certain village surfaced in her mind.
Nagano Prefecture... the place where Yae Sakura had been five hundred years ago.
The Dead Soldiers Appeared Early
"Nagano Prefecture..."
Himeko looked at the location reported on television, thought for a moment, then took out her phone and searched for information about what had happened in Nagano Prefecture.
Very quickly, all sorts of recent incidents in Nagano Prefecture appeared on her phone screen. Himeko skimmed through them and found that most were utterly unreliable rumors.
Some claimed that ghostly gods from the underworld had returned, while others said evil cults were taking advantage