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Yui Yuigahama rushed forward and flung the sofa away, only to find Sabre lying on the ground beneath it, barely clinging to life.

She looked at her beloved dog lying on the ground, trembling all over. She wanted to reach out and hug it, but she was afraid of aggravating its injuries, so she could only support herself with her hands and wrap it around the dog.

Sabre was badly injured. It used to happily lick Yui Yuigahama's cheeks whenever it saw her, but now it was motionless. Only the slight rise and fall of its chest and abdomen showed that it was still alive, and its eyes had lost their former luster.

Perhaps sensing her master's sorrow, Sabre moved weakly and gently licked the back of her hand with her tongue.

"Woo..."

As if bidding a final farewell, Sabre whimpered and then slowly closed his eyes.

The rise and fall of the chest cavity gradually began to decrease.

"No, no..."

Yui Yuigahama opened her mouth, and tears slid down, dripping onto Sabre's body.

She wanted to do something to stop her beloved dog from leaving, but she found that she couldn't do anything. She could only watch as her dog, who had been with her for so many years, slowly stopped breathing...

P.S.: There will be another chapter later!

A City of Ghosts and Monsters: Chapter Fifty-Six - Kidnapping

"Yui, look what this is!"

"What?! Mom... Wow, it's a puppy!"

"Hehe, haven't you always wanted to have a pet? This is one that your dad and I specially picked out for you!"

"So cute (?＞?＜)☆..."

…………

People often say that when facing death, they recall the past. Yui Yuigahama had such an experience before, but she never expected that even when a familiar life was dying, she would be caught up in past memories.

"found it!"

As shadows shifted, Gokou Ruri rose from the ground with a cold expression: "No wonder it's so quiet here; everyone's over in the park."

"what happened?"

Yumiko Miura asked with a grim expression, the scene before her like a boomerang, reminding her of unpleasant memories.

“People have been taken hostage; they have guns.”

gun? !

The group gasped. It was common knowledge that gun control was extremely strict in Japan. Precisely because of this strict control, most of their gang fights were fought with melee weapons. As for whether they carried guns in private, they certainly did, but they certainly didn't have many.

"Is it a lot?" Yukino Yukinoshita asked, her face pale.

This question is critical.

"One for each person." Ruri Gokou sneered, "No need to ask, just as you thought, they're the police."

hiss……

Even the usually expressionless Komi Shoko couldn't help but change her expression.

"Is there some misunderstanding?" Yukino Yukinoshita was still unwilling to give up, instinctively not wanting to doubt the state apparatus.

After all, the word "nation" comes before "family." Even a black man would subconsciously praise his country, let alone her.

“What other misunderstanding could there be?” Miura Yumiko sneered. “This country is rotten to the core.”

Seeing Sabre stop breathing and witnessing her friend's unprecedented grief, she felt a fire suddenly ignite within her.

All the memories he had experienced in the other dimension flooded his mind, and a faint red light began to flash in his eyes.

"No, maybe someone is causing trouble at this time. The police are just controlling people to prevent them from causing trouble!" Yukino Yukinoshita frowned: "We can't be sure it was the police who did it here, Yui."

"Ha, you really trust those tax thieves that much?"

"It's not a matter of belief, it's mainly about avoiding unnecessary trouble..."

"Trouble? I don't think they can cause us much trouble."

“…You’re too arrogant, Miura. Don’t forget our promise.”

"You're being too selfish, Yukinoshita!"

Seeing that the two were arguing more and more fiercely, Yui Yuigahama spoke up.

"Wait for me here..."

She gently stroked Sabre's eyes, which had closed forever, then stood up.

"Yui, you..." Yukino Yukinoshita hesitated, unable to finish her sentence.

"It's alright, Yukino. I'll find out. And... it won't take much time."

An invisible aura began to emanate from her, causing the expressions of the others to change slightly.

Is this violent aura really emanating from Yui Yuigahama, the carefree and silly girl who's always laughing all the time?

Swish!

The next second, they only saw a blur before their eyes, and Yuigahama Yui completely disappeared from their sight...

In a small park not far from Yui Yuigahama's house.

This is a small park that has aged badly. In the past, it was deserted and not even children would come here. After all, even they, who are not afraid of getting dirty, would find the dilapidated slide unpleasant to look at.

But today, the once quiet park was packed with people. Several uniformed police officers with guns were scattered around, effectively keeping the people confined in the park.

"Inspector, the patrol team is back. Most of the people from the two nearby streets are here."

A young man in a police uniform approached a middle-aged policeman and reported: "Due to manpower issues, we can only gather this many people for the time being."

The middle-aged policeman nodded: "You've worked hard, go and get some rest."

“Yes, Inspector, those women…”

The young policeman nodded, a look of excitement and greed on his face.

His expression was clearly off, but the middle-aged policeman didn't pay attention and just waved his hand casually: "Don't cause a death."

After receiving his superior's approval, the young policeman rubbed his hands together and left with a smile.

Soon after, a commotion arose from the woods behind the small park, with a woman's cries and a man's angry shouts and laughter mingling together, before quickly fading away.

The middle-aged policeman lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and looked ecstatic. He was enjoying the stimulation the cigarette brought him, while imagining the scene behind the woods and inwardly mocking the young policeman.

It ended so quickly, it's probably another novice...

"Damn it, Yamada, how can you do this to the police uniform you wear?"

At his feet, a young policeman, bound hand and foot, blushed and began to curse at him.

"Your behavior is worse than that of an animal!"

I will definitely arrest you!

"And you bunch of accomplices, have you all forgotten the oath you took when you put on your uniforms?!"

However, no matter how much he vented his anger, the police around him didn't even glance at him, and the few who did look at him only gave him mocking and disdainful looks.

"Ugh……"

Yamada, the middle-aged police inspector, sighed, then slowly walked over to the young policeman and squatted down.

"Mingzhi, what are you still insisting on?"

He reached out and, under the young policeman's slightly frightened gaze, shoved the cigarette butt hard into his face and rubbed it repeatedly until all the embers turned to ash.

"asshole……"

Mingzhi stared at him intently, his eyes filled with pain and anger. Despite the pain, he didn't utter a single cry.

Seeing the stubbornness and hatred in the young policeman's eyes, Yamada shook his head helplessly.

“Mingzhi, I know you are a person with a strong sense of justice, but have you ever thought that your sense of justice is actually incompatible with the whole society?”

Why do you have such a bad relationship with everyone in the police department?

Why do you and your family always argue?

"Why are you still single at thirty-two years old?"

"You don't know any of this. All you know is that you're doing the right thing, right?"

Snapped!

He lit a lighter and lit another cigarette, looking at Akechi, who was still glaring at him with a melancholy expression: "Yes, what you did was right, and you are indeed a good policeman, but this society can tolerate bad people, but it cannot tolerate good people, especially people like us."

"Nonsense, utter nonsense!"

Mingzhi stared coldly at him, blisters already forming on the burn marks on her cheeks, which looked quite unsightly mixed with black soot.

"...This country is finished, wise."

Yamada pursed her lips, looking at him with some regret: "Do you know why I started the riot?"

"Because you're all bastards!" Mingzhi glanced at his former colleagues who were all laughing at him, and cursed through gritted teeth, "Now I only regret that I didn't discover your conspiracy sooner!"

"Looks like you really don't have much of a brain. No wonder you're still just a patrolman after all these years." Yamada looked at him speechlessly.

The Japanese police force is divided into nine ranks, from highest to lowest: Commissioner General of the National Police Agency, Superintendent General of Police, Superintendent General of Police, Superintendent General of Police, Superintendent General of Police, Superintendent, Inspector, Assistant Inspector, Patrol Chief, and Patrolman.

Mingzhi has been working for ten years, but he's still just an inspector...

"You're just a useless idiot!"

Yamada rolled his eyes, wondering what was going on. Why was he talking so much to an idiot? It was crazy.

Yamada kicked Akechi aside and stood on the slide in the small park. Although the slide looked like a battle-damaged version, it could still support an adult without any problem.

"Everyone, you must have all received the news. Tokyo has been attacked, and the entire city is currently in a state of anarchy."

"But I must tell you that it's not just Tokyo; I just received news that all the administrative districts of Japan have suffered an unprecedented attack!"

"Unfortunately, our entire country has fallen into anarchy."

As soon as the news broke, the crowd below, who had been covering their heads, erupted in an uproar.

"It's fake, right?!"

"How could this possibly happen?!"

"Stay calm, he's definitely lying!"

……

Among the crowd of people clutching their heads, a pink-haired girl stood out. She was also shocked upon hearing the news.

Anarchy... Even if the people at the scene had never heard of this term before, they could instantly understand what it meant.

That represents the ultimate chaos...

Yui, please don't come back at this time... At this moment, Sayaka Yuigahama regretted making that phone call immensely.

If that phone call led to his daughter being in the same danger as him...

"Quiet down, you bunch of pigs!"

Pig, swine?

People were stunned. How to put it? Although the term was quite insulting, it somehow fit the current situation.

Resistance was out of the question; a dozen policemen were watching them menacingly with guns drawn, so the group quickly quieted down.

"Now I'm only giving you two choices."

Yamada held up two fingers.

"First, you must obediently follow my arrangements. Let's stick together and keep warm in this country that is about to descend into chaos."

The people below looked at each other in bewilderment. "Why... why didn't you say so earlier!"

We're just following orders. Even when there's a government, if you police officers tell us to follow orders, are we supposed to refuse?

"Hehehe, you might have misunderstood something..." Seeing that the people below seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, Yamada smiled mysteriously: "When we say 'obeying orders,' we mean obeying everything..."

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the people below changed instantly, especially those women like Yuihama Sayaka. They weren't three-year-olds; who couldn't understand the subtext?

"What's the second one?"

Seeing the woman of similar age next to her asking a question, Yuigahama Sayaka quickly tugged at her and whispered, "Mrs. Nishimiya, calm down!"