Chapter 153 43: Flowers Bloom

"When she was in high school, Yuuki Maria was a famous beauty on campus. Her husband, Yuuki Hisahito, also attended the same school as her."

On the way to Tsutenkaku, Takashima briefly described the new investigation findings to Shirai.

"But before Maria met Yuki, she had a boyfriend. Even her classmates at the time knew about this. But later, something unexpected happened and Maria's boyfriend became Yuki Hisahito, and it was made public."

"But we found out that Maria's ex-boyfriend had contact with Maria again a few years ago."

"Not long after that, he was suddenly transferred to a foreign country on a business trip, and then there was no news from him."

"Given Yuuki's personality, I don't think that ex-boyfriend will have a good ending. This also shows that their relationship is not so compatible, at least not in the way she showed us."

"We also found out that a large amount of money was transferred into Maria's parents' bank account by a Yuuki-gumi company."

"If it were just these, I wouldn't be sure. However, the last purchase record of the boyfriend before he disappeared was a bunch of blue irises."

"Broken and perishable, Charm Girl likes to express something in the language of flowers."

"Carnations by Nishimura Kayasu, white tulips by Ueda Kana, and calla lilies by Chiba Chrysanthemum Branch."

"Plus, now the Tsutenkaku has gathered a bunch of sinful souls."

"Perhaps she appeared as a charm girl before and created panic, waiting for such an opportunity."

"It's commonly known as killing everyone in one pot."

Tongten Pavilion.

Under the tower, there are a large number of shops.

As a check-in point, the passenger flow under Tsutenkaku has always been good.

Even if it is occupied today and tourists cannot go up, they can just take a photo from below. After all, it doesn't mean you have come here for nothing.

"Kanfu, are you done taking the photos?"

The woman was posing in the middle of the street, and from here, she could just see the Tsutenkaku tower right in the middle.

But her boyfriend seemed to be frozen in time, just staring at the photo with his phone in hand, not even saying whether he had finished taking the photo.

The man came back to his senses, and with a slightly nervous expression, he grabbed his girlfriend and pointed at the top of Tsutenkaku: "Am I dazzled? Or is this the latest special effect? ​​There's hair growing on the top of Tsutenkaku?"

The woman and passers-by were attracted by the man's inexplicable words and looked up.

I just happened to see dense vines constantly breaking the glass and spreading wildly along the tower structure. The broken glass fell from the sky and sparkled in the sunlight, like water droplets on flowers.

After experiencing several extraordinary events, Japan has now added extraordinary event drills in addition to earthquake drills and fire drills.

One of them is that if you see any suspected supernatural incidents, report it to the supernatural emergency hotline immediately and run as far as you can. If you can't run away, hide.

The current situation is consistent with the public's understanding of supernatural events.

Then, with Tsutenkaku as the center, a large number of people began to flee.

The vines continued to grow along the steel structure, all the way to the ground, and then stretched out countless strange roots, quietly and motionlessly.

However, the high-rise building on the top of the tower seemed to be unable to withstand the expansion of anything anymore. Cracks continued to appear and the building materials wailed.

Finally, the antenna on the top of the tower lost its balance and fell down, a gap was opened, and an object like the tip of an egg expanded out through the gap.

As the top layer completely collapsed, the expanding object appeared before people's eyes.

It turned out to be just a flower bud.

A huge, bright red flower bud.

Its tip slowly droops, as if overlooking the earth.

Shirai, who rushed to the scene, was stunned by what she saw. Tsutenkaku really turned into an unbloomed flower, just as she had seen it for the first time.

"Boss, I have a feeling that we can't let this flower bloom."

As soon as they arrived at the bottom of Tsutenkaku, one of Captain Takeuchi's subordinates looked at the strange flower and swallowed.

"Do you need a premonition? Quick! Throw the flamethrowers and incendiary bombs at me!" Captain Takeuchi made a prompt decision.

Flames began to burn around the base of the tower. The vines that had been quiet before went crazy after coming into contact with the fire. They began to turn into thorns and moved towards the mobile team.

Even though they had taken precautions, several people were still swept away at once, tied up tightly, and sucked into the sea of ​​fire, leaving behind only screams.

"Retreat, protect the people nearby, and stop the vines from spreading. Let the missiles deal with this flower."

The test was completed, and there was no need to increase casualties. Takashima, fully equipped, jumped out from somewhere, cut off the thorns that bound a mobile team member with a knife, and threw it to his teammate.

The fairly well-trained mobile team immediately followed Takashima's orders, retreated to a safe distance, and organized a defense line.

"The wounded, please leave the wounded to me!"

Shirai, wearing equipment that he was not familiar with, came to the mobile team members who were injured by thorns and healed their wounds with soft white light.

This time, Takashima did not use a hammer, but a special knife like Nishikido Jun. As he moved, countless vines and thorns fell to the ground, like earthworms that were chopped in two, twisting and struggling.

Fortunately, if this is the defense of the main body, the threat of this charm woman is not as great as Ito Makoto's fire giant.

Gao Dao came to the conclusion silently that she had already requested support from the headquarters, and soon the missile would destroy the flower. No matter what Maria's purpose was, it would eventually be destroyed in the explosion.

The demon flower seemed to know its own weak points. The vines at the top floated up as if they had escaped gravity, and outside the flower buds, they formed an impenetrable defense layer, layer upon layer.

Not long after, in the distance, trailing smoke and flames and making a sound of breaking through the air, a missile hit the middle section of Tsutenkaku directly.

The explosion sent up a lot of debris.

But amid the fireworks, countless vines acted like glue, replacing the damaged building steel and maintaining stability.

Just a few seconds later, another missile struck, and the explosion completely blew apart the vines protecting the bud.

The true appearance of the flower bud was once again exposed to people's sight.

However, that flower finally reached its blooming moment.

The bright red petals expanded and blossomed amidst the flames of war and thick smoke, and swaying in the center of the flower were dried human-shaped stamens. They tilted their heads back, and flowers of various shapes grew out of their mouths.

With a protective posture, he guards the charming woman in red dress in the middle.

A flower whose size exceeds human cognition stands on the earth, enchanting and magnificent.

As the demon flower swayed, bits of pale yellow pollen fell and spread around the city.

“Gas mask!”

Takashima shouted.

The people from the Special Affairs Bureau immediately put on masks to avoid inhaling the dust of unknown composition.

But they had no way to stop the spread of pollen and could only pray that the next missile would arrive as soon as possible.

They didn't have to wait long, as several more missiles attacked.

However, after these missiles entered the range of the pollen, their flight paths shifted sharply, brushing past the edge of the demon flowers and hitting the surrounding shopping malls and streets.

"Takeuchi, have you found any abnormalities in people's inhalation?"

Takashima doesn't think that these things are natural and harmless. Even if they are real pollen, such a thick amount would be enough for people with hay fever.

"Stop for now! No passing!"

boom!
A car crashed through the temporary obstacles they had set up and headed straight towards Tsutenkaku.

One car, two cars, and suddenly more than ten cars broke into the blockade area from all directions.

Takeuchi and his men intercepted several vehicles, but some still slipped through the net and approached.

If you don't listen, then you are my enemy.

Takashima drew his sharp blade, and the two approaching cars immediately separated on the spot and crashed into the buildings on the street.

The person inside struggled to get out, his eyes black, and ran towards Tsutenkaku recklessly like a zombie.

Takashima hesitated for a moment and did not choose to continue. Instead, he watched the well-dressed man run all the way to the bottom of the tower and kneel down towards Tsutenkaku.

The nearby vines automatically moved towards him and inserted themselves into the man's belly button.

The man seemed to be relieved and showed a comfortable smile. Streams of black air flowed along the vines, as if transporting nutrients, making the bright red petals stained with black.

The next second, with a flash of the knife, his head fell to the ground.

"Collecting sins?" Takashima dealt with the vines that stretched out again nearby, looked up, and seemed to understand the demon flower's plan.

Pollen will attract evil people to donate, so what is the standard?
On the headset, Takeuchi shouted, completely losing his composure: "Sir, there are a lot of people! Countless civilians are charging at us!"

Takashima's heart skipped a beat and he looked around anxiously.

I saw a crowd of people coming like zombies.

"Don't be too outrageous."

Takashima stared in a daze as one person after another passed her and knelt in front of the demon flower, speaking incoherent words, longing for the vines to come and absorb their sins.

"Throw tranquilizer bombs and tear gas bombs to stop them from approaching!" Noguchi Takeshi, who was far away in Tokyo, took over the command. "Takashima, don't let the vines touch the people, but keep some of them and observe whether there is any danger to their lives."

"Yes!" Takashima finally felt his breathing again. He had a backbone and it was indeed different.

"Don't go over there! It's dangerous, it's dangerous ahead!" Shirai was also trying to stop these civilians who seemed to have lost their minds. Looking at their blackened eyes, fear and anxiety made her want to vomit.

Shirai grabbed a student of about the same age and subconsciously used his ability of light.

The student was stunned and stopped rushing forward, with dark energy rolling in his eyes: "I, I feel so uncomfortable. There is a beautiful sister in front of me. She told me that as long as I go over there, I will be happy forever."

"Liar! That's a liar, he's trying to trick you, don't believe it! That's not reality!" Seeing that his ability was effective, Shirai immediately increased his output.

"Really? It doesn't matter if I'm a liar. Anyway, I'm also a liar."

The student seemed to remember something, his face darkened, his eyes were covered with black air again, and he completely forgot his previous hesitation and struggled to break free from Shirai's hand.

Shirai could only watch as the other person got rid of her and ran forward without looking back.

(End of this chapter)