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A Demon stood there.
An existence that couldn’t be described as anything but a
Demon stood on the road.
It had a dark blue, almost black body. It had hideously
curved horns and eyes red like fresh blood. The tip of its slim tail narrowed
into a sharp blade.
“I see, so this is evolution. How wonderful.”
In the center of pedestrian intersection located in the
center of Tokyo, the Demon stood still and laughed as it looked up at the sky.
As it opened its mouth that split up to its ears, its sharp,
shark-like teeth became visible.
Its low laughter attracted the strange looks from the
pedestrian crowd.
“What is that?”
“Are they filming a movie?”
“Isn’t he just cosplaying?”
While whispering to each other they passed by the Demon and
left it behind.
The traffic light soon changed to red.
Even so the Demon didn’t move. Even as the cars that passed
by its sides blasted their horns, the Demon still remained in its daunting pose
as it gazed at the sky. In the end, one of the cars stopped right before it and
pulled down the window.
“You're in the way! Move over!”
A man past forty had yelled at it. The Demon gave him a calm
look.
That man who kept blasting his horn in irritation stiffened
on the spot. His face quickly started to lose color.
“Please don’t bother me. I’m in an extremely good mood right
now. It feels great. What I see, what I hear, what I touch, and what I feel,
all of it feels wonderful. It’s as if I’ve been reborn into a new world.”
The Demon took a step forward.
Its blue body that was close to two meters suddenly moved.
It broke through the windshield and dragged the driver out.
It then casually tossed aside his body, now shredded by sharp glass fragments
and covered in blood.
The man flew high up and crashed at the wall of the building
ahead of the intersection.
The onlookers from the sidewalk didn’t realise what happened
for a moment.
"found a dude cosplaying as a demon right in the middle
of an intersection during a red LMAO"
Even the person doing a live stream forgot about their video
and wound up looking up at the building.
And because of that, they were too late to run away.
The Demon once again easily threw the car that had lost its
driver.
But this time, it was towards the sidewalk.
There were crashes and screams.
Three people got crushed all too easily.
During that time, the Demon started to take its next action.
It spread its jet-black wings, reminiscent of a bat’s, and
flew forwards, plowing into the side of a four tonne truck that was trying to
avoid it. It was the truck that was smashed and blown apart however, falling
and crashing into various other things as it slid across the ground.
Sparks scattered somewhere and caused an explosion.
Screams and escaping footsteps echoed.
The Demon flew about among them and killed indiscriminately.
By stabbing, twisting and chopping them to bits.
It caused a tragedy as it seemed to be learning how its body
moved, dyeing the surroundings with blood.
Patrol cars arrived with sirens blaring within a few
minutes. But weren’t able to approach because of the abandoned cars, so the
policemen reluctantly left their cars and ran towards the Demon, then pointed
their guns at it.
“Ah, this is perfect. Go ahead and shoot me. I wonder if I can
still feel pain?”
The Demon directed its crimson eyes at the policemen and
laughed fearlessly. It completely ignored their warnings and approached them.
The policemen were holding off on firing but one of them finally pulled the
trigger.
The first one was a blank shot. However, the Demon didn’t
stop.
The second shot hit it directly in the right eye.
“......So it’s like this, huh.”
However, the bullet got repelled and the Demon sighed in
disappointment.
“Maybe something like a tank cannon… But I suppose that’s
impossible here.”
Perhaps the first shot made them lose all restraint, all the
policemen on the scene started shooting towards the Demon. Even after receiving
that barrage of bullets, the Demon didn’t suffer a single injury.
“Thank you for your hard work.”
It revealed a truly demonic smile and spread its wings.
With a single swing, the gust of wind blew the policemen
away. The windows of surrounding buildings shattered altogether and new victims
appeared.
“I’ve more or less got it. Now, what to do next?”
The Demon flew up in the sky and wondered while gazing down
at the world below.
The ‘Demon Incident’ that occurred in May of 2037 spread
through the internet and became known to the whole world in the blink of an
eye. The video of the Demon was viewed countless times, and it stirred the fear
in people.
Two months after the incident, the government together with
a company called “Central Medic” had issued a warning:
“The digital virus ‘Oracle’ has exposed the whole world to
threat”
This digital virus called Oracle, while being a program
composed of a footage and music, had a direct effect on human bodies and
rearranged their composition on the genetic level.
As a result, people infected with Oracle had their bodies
changed to ‘something’ inhuman.
The ‘Demon’ that caused a tragedy in the center of Tokyo was
also one of the infected.
Dr. Tenma was the one to spread Oracle, he was a researcher
with Central Medic and had now gone into hiding.
Oracle had dispersed throughout the whole world and no one
knew when it would be sent to their PC or portable terminals. The infection
rate was alleged to be quite low but suspicious mails were never to be opened.
This announcement had put the world in chaos.
When the world seemed to be on the brink of reviving the
Witch Hunts from middle ages in regards to the existence of Oracle-infected
people who became known as Fectors, this time the Central Medic announced some
good news. That was the development of the digital vaccine ‘Nemesis’.
Nemesis was a program with much higher infection rate than
Oracle, and although it had some side effects, once someone was vaccinated with
it, they would be able to defend themselves from Oracle.
Along with that announcement they distributed Nemesis for
free.
And with that, the situation headed towards conclusion.
The chaos died down. But the Fector incidents still
continued to increase throughout the world. Fectors with ‘Demon’, ‘Werewolf’
and even ‘Angel’ forms have been confirmed even overseas.
Fearing them, people came to a conclusion to eliminate them.
And so, ‘Health and World Keeper’, abbreviated as ‘H.A.W.K.’,
was established.
Due to the appeals of Central Medic, its influence reaching
all parts of the world following the free distribution of Nemesis, those in
whom the vaccine's side effects were strongly present in had risen to action.
Albeit temporarily, they were able to wield powers of
animals, insects and such. Putting those side effects to use, they tried
seizing the Fectors that people feared.
That attempt turned out to be a success and numbers of
Fector Capture Force grew bit by bit.
Central Medic had become their support and established their
main headquarters within their own company. They provided them with equipment,
obtained the cooperation of police, self-defence force and army of every
nation, and used ‘H.A.W.K.’ to capture the Fectors.
Due to their efforts the Fector incidents also started to
resolve and the peaceful world was once again in sight. And before long, people
had started to forget about Fectors.
There were many who held onto such illusion.
Little did they know that true hell was yet to come.
please don't drop this novel
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