In front of me, lying sideways on the seabed, was a small yacht that was twelve meters long.
The yacht had sunk in Wakasa Bay several years ago, and a thick layer of dust and sand had accumulated on the wreck.
Shipwrecks like this one near the coast often become a paradise for marine life. Barnacles and corals will settle on the hull, attracting various small fish and marine predators, and becoming part of the marine ecosystem.
But what is strange is that, with the shipwreck as the center, the area within dozens of meters is bare.
It forms a sharp contrast with the colorful and vibrant underwater world around it.
Uchiha Ming was hiding in the belly of the world-seeing toad and had a clear view of the situation outside.
"It was the 30th year of the Heisei Era. A yacht sank in Wakasa Bay due to a storm, and one of the seven passengers on board died. It has been five years since then."
Uchiha Ming held a confidential document copied from the Metropolitan Police Department in his hand and slowly flipped through it.
"When the local government was recovering the bodies of the victims, they discovered a horrific scene. The frogmen who went down to the water died one after another. After three people died in succession, people were panicked and rumors spread that it was a 'mermaid' that was causing trouble. The salvage operation had to be stopped."
"Wakasa Bay is already famous for Yaobikuni, and the mermaid story has become popular, causing even more uproar. It has attracted the attention of the Metropolitan Police Department. After investigation, it was discovered that there was no mermaid in the shipwreck, but an evil spirit, which was later officially designated as Type B-07!"
Uchiha Ming took out a resume with a color photo attached from the file bag.
The deceased was a woman named Suzuki Kimie.
In the photo, Suzuki Kimie has thick, beautiful long black hair.
He just glanced at it and didn't pay much attention to it.
After becoming an evil spirit, they have lost their sanity and humanity, and are entities that should be destroyed.
Uchiha Ming will not be merciful, so naturally he has no need to know the evil spirit's life experience.
The toad kicked its legs and swam several laps along the boundary between the barren land and the coral reef around the yacht.
The essence of the evil spirit is made up of Yintun Chakra, which is cold and icy. Coupled with the evil spirit's instinct to attack living things indiscriminately, the area around the yacht has become a forbidden zone of death.
There are only a few abruptly raised artificial reefs erected near the yacht.
Uchiha Ming knew very well that there were cameras hidden in the holes in the reefs.
Of the only sixteen Type B cases to date, this is a very special one.
Suzuki Kimie's evil spirit is located dozens of meters below the surface of the Wakasa Bay, so there is naturally no way of human surveillance or isolation.
Apart from erasing all news on the Internet, all the Metropolitan Police Department can do is to place underwater cameras.
Instruct local fishery authorities to send out sea patrol aircraft to conduct regular patrols in the surrounding waters.
Fortunately, the evil spirits are all earthbound, and this sea area is rarely visited by people, so the danger is almost zero.
For Uchiha Ming, evil spirits of this level can be destroyed with a snap of a finger. Even in the sea, he can use fire escape to blow the evil spirits and the yacht into pieces.
But is this too much of an exaggeration?
It would be better to eliminate the evil spirits without anyone noticing.
Uchiha Ming was hesitating when he saw that the toad was keenly aware of the vibration coming from the sea.
"Buzzing—"
The toad spread its legs and pushed away the sea water, then swam back several hundred meters. When it raised its head, it was covered by the shadow of a large steel ship.
"It seems that one of them is a warship?"
Uchiha Ming murmured, his tone hesitant.
After all, it was just a glimpse from the bottom of the sea, and the angle was different, so it wasn't very real.
"Forget it, let's go to the surface of the sea and take a look."
He opened and closed his hands several times, made a few seals, and said in a low voice:
"The art of spiritual transformation!"
In an instant, Uchiha Ming's soul left his body and rose above the sea level, and his body could be placed in the stomach of the world-seeing toad without any worries.
Uchiha Ming flew into the sky and looked down at the two ships, one big and one small, below.
The larger one is a scientific research vessel, and the other is a warship equipped with naval guns.
Unfortunately, with Uchiha Ming's knowledge of military technology, he couldn't tell what kind of warship it was, but the American flag was flying on the deck.
But it looks a bit small, with a displacement of only two or three hundred tons, which is completely incomparable with behemoths like destroyers.
It was obvious that these two ships were targeting Suzuki Kimie's evil spirit.
If you are aggressive, you are coming with bad intentions.
What are they planning? Are they here to deal with the evil spirits in Wakasa Bay?
They should have also tested it and found that physical attacks such as cannonballs are ineffective against evil spirits that have transformed into Yin Dun.
Uchiha Ming couldn't help but feel curious. At this moment, he saw a dark face appear on the deck of the research ship, and it looked somewhat familiar.
Isn't this the head of Class 5?
He gave himself a great gift.
Uchiha Ming landed on the deck silently and floated past as if no one was around.
The spiritualization technique is used to sneak in, just like entering an empty space.
The research vessel sailed through the waves, its bow splitting the sea, stirring up piles of white waves, and countless water droplets splashing up and returning to the sea again.
Section Chief Mori stood on the deck, looking at the endless blue sea in the distance, squinting his eyes slightly.
"arrive!"
Two hundred meters away from where the yacht sank, the research vessel and the gunboat behind it stopped.
"Although according to the experimental data at the beginning of the year, the maximum movement distance of the Type B-07 is 45 meters outside the sunken ship, for safety reasons, it cannot get any closer."
A researcher wearing a white coat and with thinning hair next to Section Chief Mori said.
"Dr. Misawa, I understand."
The fishy sea breeze blew over, and Section Chief Mori looked around with a hint of nostalgia in his eyes.
"Wakasa Bay. The last time we were on a mission here was fourteen years ago."
"Eh? That was in 1909. The evil spirit in Wakasa Bay was only discovered five years ago. Section Chief Mori was already a member of Public Security Section 5 at that time. What mission did you come here to perform?"
Professor Misawa was a little curious. He was in charge of the research on the evil spirits in Wakasa Bay and was stationed in Obama City all year round.
"I'm sorry, Chief Mori. If this involves confidential information, just pretend I never asked."
"It's been more than a decade, so it's certainly not a secret."
Section Chief Mori thought about it and felt that it was not a big deal and there was no need to keep it secret, so he just told the truth.
"In 1905, it was less than a year after the first discovery of a supernatural entity. At the time, the Metropolitan Police Department was conducting a large-scale investigation of shrines, temples, and folk tales across the country, trying to find any clues related to the supernatural," recalled Section Chief Mori.
"Isn't there a legend about the Eight Hundred Bhikkhunis in Wakasa Bay?"
Legend has it that in Obama City in ancient Wakasa Province, someone caught a mermaid. It had an ugly human head and a fish body, and no one dared to eat it, but a little girl took a bite out of curiosity.
The girl who ate the mermaid's flesh became immortal and lived to be eight hundred years old. She lamented the impermanence of life and finally became a nun.
This is Yaobikuni, who is well-known in Japan.
"Not only does Obama City have a mermaid festival that has been passed down for a hundred years, but the local mermaid shrine also houses a mermaid specimen that is more than 150 years old. I was ordered to investigate the authenticity of this matter."
"The mummy in the Mermaid Shrine is a fake." Professor Misawa lost interest upon hearing this.
"That's right, the mermaid mummy was made by splicing together the dried corpses of macaques and carp!" When Section Chief Mori talked about this old event, his tone couldn't help but be filled with a bit of anger and resentment.
"I put a lot of effort into tracing the source and found out that this mermaid mummy was actually a mass-produced fake sold to Europeans in Sakai City, Osaka!"
Sakai City in Osaka was a window for trade between Japan and Westerners at that time.
In the Middle Ages, the church used the image of a mermaid, a monster with an enchanting singing voice that could bewitch people, to allude to the temptation of women.
For religious reasons, Western Europe at that time was extremely obsessed with mermaids and superstitiously believed that mermaids must exist somewhere in the world.
Although it does not exist in Western Europe and the New World, it may really exist in the Far East!
Osaka merchants seized this business opportunity and began to prepare various specimens of mermaids and kappas to sell to Westerners, even forming a complete industrial chain.
The National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, the Netherlands, and the British Museum still preserve forged mermaid and kappa specimens from that era.
The Japanese spirit of craftsmanship is evident here.
"Obama City obtained a fake mermaid specimen from Osaka and enshrined it in the shrine as a gimmick for the Mermaid Festival." Section Chief Mori said angrily and amusedly.
"In addition to Obama City, there are various kappa, mermaid, and even dragon monster specimens all over the country. The Metropolitan Police Department investigated them one by one and found that they were all fakes, wasting a lot of manpower and resources."
"Hahaha."
Professor Misawa couldn't help laughing, and after a few chuckles, he said, "By the way, tomorrow is Obama City's Mermaid Festival. Are you interested in taking a tour, Section Chief Mori?"
"Mermaid Festival?" Section Chief Mori looked indifferent.
"There would be young girls dressed up as mermaids, parading through the streets."
Section Chief Mori's expression changed, and he changed his mind. He agreed immediately and said:
"I have been given three days for this experiment. If the experiment goes well, it wouldn't be a bad idea to visit the Mermaid Festival."
"Then it's settled. I will be the host to entertain Section Chief Mori. I have also prepared a young girl for Section Chief Mori tonight."
"When I get back to the shore, I must relax." Section Chief Mori laughed.
"There is no time to lose. Now that the wind and waves are calm, we can start the experiment."
Several staff members of Section 5 in black suits pushed out a square water tank with a diameter of more than two meters.
In the water tank, there was a listless little octopus monster. It bared its teeth and opened its mouth as if wanting to spit out something, but only a trace of ink floated out of its mouth.
Section Chief Mori looked at the little octopus monster in the water tank and a strange look appeared on his face.
Chairman Hyoudou of the Black Emperor Society is truly insane.
After President Hyodo was attacked by a superhuman in Paradise Palace, the Metropolitan Police Department, based on this clue, dug up a lot of dirty secrets.
This monster that was excavated from the ruins of Paradise Palace is one of them.
If President Hyoudou were still alive, he would be in big trouble.
However, when a person dies, it is discovered that the top leaders of the Black Emperor Society were all killed in the Paradise Palace. The bigwigs in the political and business circles divided up the assets of the Black Emperor Society with tears in their eyes, generously expressing that the dead are the greatest.
"This time, our experiment is to observe what happens when Type A and Type B come into contact."
Monsters with physical bodies can be eliminated through physical means, but the Metropolitan Police Department is unable to do anything about incorporeal evil spirits even if it uses all its tricks.
Scientists are very curious about what chemical reactions will occur when monsters and evil spirits collide.
Can evil spirits kill monsters?
Can the monsters resist the attacks of evil spirits?
However, samples of monsters have always been scarce. It was not until this year when the number of live samples captured increased significantly and the situation became increasingly treacherous that this experimental project was put on the agenda.
"let's start."
Section Chief Mori and Professor Misawa directed the staff and took great pains to load the water tank onto the unmanned remote-controlled submersible, which was then slowly lowered into the sea via a cable winch.
After the underwater robot landed steadily on the seabed, it started its tracks and approached the sunken ship.
Section Chief Mori and Professor Misawa opened their eyes wide and observed the images in the sea through the multiple cameras installed on the submersible.
After crossing the death line, the little octopus monster became a little restless, swimming back and forth in the tank, occasionally bumping into the thick glass.
The command console continued to control the submersible forward, forward.
Forty meters, thirty meters, twenty meters...
Finally, about fifteen meters away from the shipwreck, a white shadow floated out from the yacht.
There is no wind or waves in Wakasa Bay today, and the sea water is clear and transparent under the sunlight. The staff on the research vessel can clearly see what is in front of the submersible's camera.
The woman's face was extremely pale, her emotionless eyes were black and white, and her long, thick black hair fluttered in the water like seaweed.
"what--!"
The operator's scalp suddenly went numb and his hands on the console froze.
"Don't stop, there's nothing to be afraid of!"
Section Chief Mori scolded:
