400 Night of one hundred demons... (1/2)

A while later, Mayuzumi and Reo who were both still drowsy went back to sleep.

Seiji continued observing them, and in the end, the abnormal scenes didn't reappear.

He was quite happy that his ominous premonition hadn't come to pass.

”Perhaps I really was thinking too much into it,” he muttered to himself.

With a large amount of people, especially those in relevant fields working overtime, communications and internet systems were gradually restored.

The police received many emergency reports, and all ambulances were sent out, as well as many fire trucks were arriving at scenes of fires…

At the same time, relevant reports about this matter had already appeared on the internet and were the hottest topic at the moment.

Right on the New Year's, Sakura Island's capital city's electrical and communication systems all went down… This wasn't just a headline event for Sakura Island, this was at the level of international news!

The government made an official announcement about this: they were treating it as a terrorist attack!

The person or persons responsible were unknown, the motive was unknown, the goal was unknown, and the technique used was unknown… there was an ongoing investigation.

The government didn't say much about it, while the citizens had many comments about the situation on the internet. On the largest and most famous message forum, ”Channel 22”, there were various internet users arguing and debating over who the criminal was as well as what their motive was and how they did it.

However, it was still the middle of the night. If it was morning, the forums would be even more of a hotbed for discussion.

Just as everyone was focusing on the criminal, someone posted in celebration about how they were finally able to get online, making a post saying that they saw something scary while the electricity had been stopped.

”I saw a demon! It was definitely a Shutendoji! That was no cosplay!! I swear on my virginity that I'm not lying, it was definitely a real demon! I was almost killed!!”

There was even a photo attached to the post. However, it only had a hazy red figure, and was incomplete. All that could be seen was that the picture was of a young man.

”The picture's not very clear, but that's the only one I have… All I cared about was running for my life. I was so scared… I immediately called the police after cell phone services were restored, but they ignored me. I know that it sounds like a lie, and I wouldn't have believed it myself if I didn't experience it. But I did, and I swear that everything I say is true! I was quite awake, and it was definitely no hallucination!!”

At first, the tone of the post sounded normal. But by the end, it sounded rather desperate, and the words sounded like they contained fierce emotions.

”Demon? Shutendoji? Even if you're trying to fool others, you should use something more interesting. Using such an old trick in the book? It doesn't sound scary at all.”

”I agree with the above poster. Well, if the topic creator wanted people to comment on him in such a fashion, then I admit he succeeded.”

”Compared to Shutendoji, I'd prefer to see Tamamo-no-Mae. Topic creator, if you go out on the streets again, perhaps you'll even be able to meet her.”

”I agree with wanting to see Tamamo-no-Mae.”

Nobody believed this topic creator.

However, similar posts appeared on the internet. Another topic creator claimed to have met a dog demon which seriously injured his friend!

”That dog had such a scary appearance! It didn't look like it was living at all. It resembled a zombie dog that you would see in a video game, but it felt like a demon…”

”I'm his friend, and we saw the same thing. Neither of us have ever seen such a dog before in any manga or video game! It definitely wasn't a hallucination for either of us!!”

”It was so sudden, so we weren't able to take a picture… who would remember to take a picture in such a situation!? They'd only think about escaping!!!”

”My friend's left hand was broken… the bones in his hand were crushed by the dog's bite…”

There were no pictures attached to this post, but the fear in the topic creators' words felt quite realistic.

Similar posts kept increasing in number.

Meeting female demons, seeing strange birds, seeing the dead, hearing abnormal sounds, and crashing into invisible objects… Some only saw, some met these things, some were injured, and some saw others being injured…

After so many posts of this nature, some were finally convinced.