21st Century Necromancer-Chapter 692 - 688 Severity (Please subscribe, vote for monthly tickets)

"Captain Yamada?!" Ritsuko looked at Yamada Nobuyosuke, puzzled as to why he would reveal such things to the operation team members.

"Even if you send soldiers to their deaths, they should be told why they must die, right?" Yamada said as he set his personal sword on the table and stuffed a half-eaten rice ball he found into his mouth. While chewing, he continued, "Besides, we're not soldiers; we're just policemen."

"Mythic rebirth? But haven't deities always existed in Tokyo?" Yamada's explanation did not alleviate the confusion of the operation team members; in fact, it made them even more perplexed.

"The existence of deities and deities walking the earth are two entirely different concepts," Ritsuko explained, now that Yamada had let the cat out of the bag, she didn't mind elaborating further, "We know about deities because we are transcendental beings, but to ordinary people, deities are just abstract objects of belief, not real entities. Yet in the age of myths… we all know that was an era of gods and men coexisting, with deities moving among mortals, where slight disrespect could provoke divine punishment.

The two individuals we've been ordered to surveil, the girl, died more than a decade ago; what you see now is her soul revived by a spell. So, when she meets that man, they will touch upon the taboo of life and death, bringing about the return of the mythical era."

"And this mythic era isn't the kind where benevolent deities protect their followers, but one full of demons wreaking havoc and widespread disaster," Captain Yamada added a final note, sending chills down everyone's spine.

Though they were born in an era when myths had truly become nothing more than myths, due to the nature of their job, these policemen had still encountered beings that could be connected to myths, such as demons and ghosts. They fully understood the terrifying consequences that would follow if the world reverted to that mythological state.

"But how could a dead person and a living one possibly cause such severe consequences?" Even while grasping the gravity of the situation, the operation team members still did not understand how two ordinary people could have such a dire impact.

"That's the real secret, which is not for you or even me to know," Yamada shook his head, explaining the severity of the situation was his responsibility, but if he were to reveal the whole truth to the operation team members, the potential consequences were beyond what he could handle.

However, after learning of the severity and consequences, the operation team members could somewhat comprehend why an entire nation might interfere with an apparently simple romance between two ordinary people.

"But if that's the case, why don't we just close the Tokyo Skytree tonight? Aren't they going to the Skytree to see the night view? Wouldn't closing the Skytree solve the problem?" one of the operation team members suggested. Though shutting down the Tokyo Skytree for an evening would have significant implications, it seemed trivial given the current circumstances.

Yet Ritsuko shook her head: "Closing the Tokyo Skytree isn't going to stop them from meeting. Don't forget, the name 'Tokyo Skytree' doesn't just refer to the tower itself, but also the nearby Sumida River Park and Sensoji Temple across the Sumida River. That area is already a bustling district of Tokyo. Closing the Skytree would only change their goal from viewing the night scenery from the tower to visiting the night market at Sensoji Temple, which is meaningless and even makes surveillance more difficult."

After explaining, Ritsuko turned her attention back to the Tokyo map in front of her, pondering how to prevent the event from occurring, when her cell phone in her pocket rang again.

"Found the strawberry you lost." The message brightened Ritsuko's eyes; it was indeed right to have taken extra precautions.

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