Chapter 7

I don't know why, but as an excellent detective, Kujo Hinano firmly believed she was a materialist.

However, when Yūto said this with a calm expression, Kujo Hinano felt the temperature in the room drop significantly.

"Monsters and such are definitely impossible. Even if you try to scare me, it won't work."

After taking the demon sword Kishō from his home, Yūto then had Kujo Hinano take him to a nearby convenience store to buy a large amount of rope.

Then, under Kujo Hinano's bewildered gaze, Yūto wove the rope into a large net with holes big enough for a soccer ball.

"Do you really think you can catch the murderer with this? I don't mean to discourage you, but if you want to set a trap, at least make it a bit more concealed.

Such a crude trap, anyone with a bit of intelligence wouldn't fall for it."

Kujo Hinano felt deceived. When Yūto asked her for money earlier, he said this thing would be very useful, but now he was just showing her this?

After finishing the crudely made rope net, it was already close to evening. Yūto originally wanted to get some snakes.

But in this country, people don't eat that stuff, and catching them himself would take too much time.

Even if he could buy them on the black market, Kujo Hinano probably wouldn't pay for it again.

As the natural enemy of rats, snakes instill a natural fear in rats, even if they are demon rats, they could still serve as a deterrent.

"Never mind, this should be enough. You can call your captain now. We can start preparing for the hunt!"

Not long after Kujo Hinano made the call, several police cars soon arrived, showing that the detective captain, Yūzaburō, had been on high alert all along.

As night fell, Ukiyo-machi, due to its dilapidation and sparse population, turned into a ghost town.

The streetlights flickered on and off due to poor electrical connections, and there wasn't a single pedestrian on the road. Only the crows on the power lines emitted annoying caws.

After taking various detours, they realized they had been brought back to the same alley in Ukiyo-machi they had visited in the morning, causing some to become angry.

The detectives even thought Yūto was playing with them, as they believed that even if the murderer was foolish, they wouldn't commit a crime in the same place twice.

However, Captain Yūzaburō, seeing Yūto's calm expression, quickly told his subordinates to shut up and asked Yūto if he was the only one assisting them this time.

Indeed, Yūzaburō had suspected that Yūto might be from a shrine and thought that Yūto's elders would participate in the hunt tonight.

But now, Yūto had come alone. Although he held a long sword with a calm expression, Yūzaburō couldn't help but feel a bit uneasy about Yūto's age.

Hearing their captain repeatedly favor this kid, the other team members were initially indignant and wanted to argue, but they suddenly noticed some commotion around them.

"Captain, something seems off. There are a lot of strange noises around us."

The detective driving the car was the first to notice the commotion. When he looked out the window at the alley entrance, he immediately showed a look of fear.

Yūzaburō didn't know what his subordinate was up to, but he could sense the commotion, so he also looked toward the alley entrance.

What he saw was shocking. In the dark, a pair of crimson eyes appeared, staring at them like predators.

Before they could react, the car was hit by wave after wave of violent impacts. The force was so great that it flipped over the two police cars.

Kujo Hinano was completely terrified, and the other detectives were even worse, with some trembling uncontrollably.

The initial high morale was gone, replaced by fear and unease.

It was normal to be afraid and uneasy, as the scene before them was beyond anyone's imagination and understanding.

Have you ever seen rats as tall as fifty centimeters, the size of hunting dogs?

If someone had said this to Yūzaburō before, he would have thought they were either drunk or crazy.

But now, such creatures were indeed in front of them, and not just one or two, but a dense crowd!

The crimson eyes they had seen earlier belonged to these giant rats, and they had indeed become the prey.

To be honest, Yūto had expected the demon rats to come out hunting again, but he didn't expect them to be so疯狂.

Before coming, Yūto had considered whether Kujo Hinano should go out as bait to lure them out.

But he didn't expect these demon rats to be completely insane, attacking without considering their numbers.

Although police cars are more defensive than ordinary vehicles, the demon rats had sharp teeth, and under their frenzied gnawing, the metal began to deform.

The demon rats had completely surrounded the two police cars, and some had even climbed onto the overturned car chassis, gnawing at the weaker parts.

At this moment, Yūto, sitting in the car, showed a serious expression. The number of demon rats was beyond his expectations. If he were alone, it wouldn't be a problem, but the key was that he had a group of ordinary people with him.

Yūto had mentioned before that his system had a lottery function, with four levels of rewards, costing 100, 500, 1000, and 10000 points of reputation, respectively, to draw random rewards.

The higher the reputation cost, the better the items in the prize pool.

However, besides drawing, reputation could also be directly exchanged for items, but Yūto had limited options, only two.

One was "Inferior Demon Energy Crystal," priced at 10 reputation points each.

The other was "Demon Energy Talisman," priced at 100 reputation points each.

Yūto had actually drawn twice before, once using 100 demon reputation points and once using 500 human reputation points.

What he drew were the "Demon Energy Talisman" and "Inferior Demon Energy Crystal" from the exchange store.

The "Inferior Demon Energy Crystal" was drawn by spending 100 demon reputation points.

The "Demon Energy Talisman" was drawn by spending 500 reputation points.

Demon Energy Talisman (C-Rank)

Effect: A talisman made of special material that can store a portion of your demon energy.

When attached to an object, it can turn the object into a "demon tool." Multiple talismans can be used to construct an array, which can be highly destructive if enough are used.

PS: As long as you have enough money, explosions are art!

Initially, when Yūto saw the description, he thought the effect was amazing. He was indeed a chosen one, and even a single draw could produce a miracle for a lucky person.

But after completing a mission and successfully activating the system store, Yūto saw that the "Demon Energy Talisman" was only 100 reputation points in the store, and he instantly felt deflated.

Spending 500 reputation points to draw something worth only 100 reputation points was not a great deal but a huge loss!