Zongman I fight weirdness in everyday world

What kind of malfunction could cause the entire system to shut down?

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Meanwhile, underground in Kyoto, inside a train tunnel.

“How could something like this happen…”

Kitagawa Kaimu and Kawasaki Saki, looking at the pitch-black carriage and listening to the panicked sounds of passengers running around, were both at a loss.

“Kaimu, do you have a signal on your phone?”

Kitagawa Kaimu took out her phone and looked at it, shaking her head.

“No.”

“Neither do I.”

Kawasaki Saki looked at the empty signal bars on her phone, a worried expression on her face.

Kitagawa Kaimu looked at Kawasaki Kyoka, who was sitting between them, swinging her legs. Even though she herself was scared, she forced a smile and patted the little girl's head reassuringly.

“Kyoka-chan, don't be afraid, it'll be fixed soon.”

“Okay.”

Kawasaki Kyoka nodded obediently.

“Kaimu-neechan, I'm not scared.”

“Okay, that’s good.”

Kitagawa Kaimu smiled gently, looking at the carriage where the lights had completely gone out, relying only on the flashlights of the passengers' phones, and sighed.

“I wonder when it will be fixed, and there's no explanation. How can a train just stop halfway, really…”

She and Kawasaki Saki had planned to take Kawasaki Kyoka to the shopping street to look at cosplay costume materials, and then have dinner together.

They never expected to encounter something like this just after picking up Kawasaki Kyoka.

“Eh… what's that?”

Kawasaki Kyoka leaned against the train window, seeing wisps of black mist rising outside.

Kawasaki Saki and Kitagawa Kaimu glanced at it, but didn't pay much attention.

“It's just dust in the tunnel, right? It's nothing.”

The other passengers didn't think there was anything wrong either.

But the expression on Kawasaki Kyoka's small face instantly changed.

She had seen this kind of eerie black mist before.

It was during the Kyoto Municipal Kindergarten incident.

Back then, the gunmen kidnappers also had this kind of faint, black mist around them.

Kawasaki Kyoka didn't know what it was, but she felt that this time was very dangerous.

Without any hesitation, she took out her phone.

Kitagawa Kaimu was taken aback.

“Eh? Kyoka also has a phone?”

Kawasaki Saki nodded, forcing a smile.

“Yeah… because my parents are very busy with work, and I used to be away from home a lot, so I bought her a phone to contact me in case of an emergency, but it's just a flip phone, with no entertainment features.”

“But…”

Before Kitagawa Kaimu could finish, Kawasaki Kyoka said in surprise.

“My phone has a signal.”

“Huh?”

Kitagawa Kaimu and Kawasaki Saki exchanged glances, then looked down at the smartphones in their hands.

Flip phones are amazing.

Just as the two women were stunned, Kawasaki Kyoka had already dialed a number.

After it was answered, a happy smile appeared on her face.

“Hello, it's me, Onii-chan.”

Hearing this address, Kitagawa Kaimu and Kawasaki Saki knew who she was calling.

“Okay, I'm on the train.”

Kawasaki Kyoka nodded, and just as she was about to say something, she glanced at her sister and Kitagawa Kaimu, secretly ran to the side, covered her mouth, and lowered her voice to say a few words.

“Okay, I'm sure.”

“Our location is near Kiyomizu-Gojo Station.”

“Okay, got it.”

After Kawasaki Kyoka hung up the phone and sat back down, Kawasaki Saki sighed helplessly, covering her forehead.

“When did you get Yozora's phone number?”

“Last time at the hospital.”

Kawasaki Kyoka asked with an innocent and ignorant look.

“Didn’t you get it too, Onee-chan?”

Hearing this, Kawasaki Saki's pretty face turned slightly red, looking a little flustered, and pretending to be calm, she said.

“I…I, why would I get his phone number? Never mind, sit still, there are too many people, it’s dangerous.”

“Okay.”

…

On the other side, Yozora, who was walking alone on the street, preparing to head to the Reverse World for a feast, muttered to himself.

“Sigh, looks like I won't be able to go to my favorite buffet restaurant today.”

“Oh well.”

“Eating is eating, no matter where it is.”

Yozora took out his phone and dialed Futaba Rio's number, telling her the details of the situation.

Futaba Rio, Yotsuya Miko, and Sakurajima Mai, who were in Kyoto Municipal Hospital, had already seen the news about the train stoppage.

Now, with Kawasaki Kyoka saying that there was a faint black mist in the underground tunnel.

Without a doubt, this was a paranormal-related incident.

“Hmm…”

Futaba Rio looked through the small window of the hospital room at Makinohara Shoko, who was sitting on the hospital bed, staring blankly out the window, pondered slightly, and looked at Miko and Mai.

“Should one of us three go?”

Hearing this, Sakurajima Mai said without the slightest hesitation.

“My power isn’t strong enough, one of you two should go.”

Yotsuya Miko nodded, looking at Futaba Rio.

“Then Rio should go.”

Futaba Rio was taken aback, and asked in confusion.

“But, in terms of combat power, you are clearly more…”

Yotsuya Miko blushed slightly, leaned close to Futaba Rio's ear, and lowered her voice.

“Last time during the experiment, wasn’t I faster than you?”

“So this time, I’ll give you the chance to act alone with Yozora.”

“Go quickly.”

Chapter 139: Slender Ghost in the Underground Tunnel, the Gorgeous Debut of "Quantum"

Meanwhile, the eternal scapegoat of Kyoto, the always-on-the-front-lines criminal investigation director, Yagami Soichiro, was having a heated exchange with the person in charge of the Kyoto train station.

“What exactly is going on! The passengers on the train are trapped in a pitch-black tunnel, do you know how much trouble this will cause! If things go wrong, people could die!”

Faced with Yagami Soichiro's stern questioning, the person in charge of the train station raised his sleeve and wiped the sweat from his forehead, cautiously replying.

“Director Yagami, we have already dispatched professional rescue personnel, it won’t take long before we can…”

“It won’t take long!? ”

Hearing this, Yagami Soichiro was even more furious, raising his left wrist and tapping his watch, angrily.

“Fifteen minutes have passed, where are your people? Where are the rescue personnel you sent out!? Not even a message has been sent back!”

“This…this…”

The person in charge of the train station was sweating profusely, speechless.

He didn't know why either.

The professional rescue personnel he sent out were able to maintain contact at first, but once they went deep into the tunnel, they would mysteriously lose contact.

Several groups of people who were sent out were like this.

“Enough.”

Yagami Soichiro waved his hand, obviously not intending to continue arguing with the person in charge, but said in a deep voice.

“From now on, our Metropolitan Police Department will launch a rescue operation to immediately rescue all the trapped passengers.”

“Director Yagami, this…”

“No need to say more.”

Yagami Soichiro glanced at the person in charge, his face serious.

“If something happens to the passengers trapped in the underground train tunnel, or even if they die, can you take responsibility for that?”

“This…this…”

The person in charge stammered, replying with a troubled expression.

“But…the environment in the underground tunnel is pitch black, and the terrain is very complex. If it is not someone who has received professional training, there is a high probability of danger.”

Yagami Soichiro glanced at the person in charge.

“The track has been powered off, right?”

“Yes, it was immediately powered off the moment the fault occurred.”

“That’s good.”

Yagami Soichiro had no intention of continuing to argue with the person in charge.

He represents the Kyoto Metropolitan Police Department, a law enforcement agency.

Continuing to delay will only increase the possibility of accidents happening to the passengers trapped in the tunnel.

Yagami Soichiro is an excellent criminal investigation director. Although his personality is a bit pedantic, he always puts the personal safety of the people first.

“You few, come with me.”

Yagami Soichiro took two squads, totaling no more than twenty members, not wearing bulletproof vests, nor taking any heavy weapons, only the most basic handguns.

After all, the purpose is to rescue the passengers trapped in the train, not to deal with some violent gang.

Yagami Soichiro jumped off the platform, leading the members of the two squads, and walked quickly towards the deep and dark tunnel.

After entering the tunnel for nearly a hundred meters, everyone felt a cold breeze blowing past them.

The members of the Metropolitan Police Department, including Yagami Soichiro, didn't feel anything unusual.

After all, this is an underground tunnel, it’s normal to have a cold breeze.