(The supporting characters have normal IQs and behave logically)
(Zheng Cover) His consciousness seemed to have been submerged in the deep sea for a long time. The young man suddenly broke away from the chaos. When he opened his eyes, he saw a completely unfamiliar sight. The texture of the tatami had an old luster, vague footsteps could be heard outside the sliding door, and in his mind, the memory of "who he was" had long been completely cleared.
In this confused situation, three figures gradually became clear - Kenji Aihara, who always smiled and scolded him gently while holding hot tea, was the first ray of light he caught after opening his eyes; the instructor in Shinobu was always frowning, and the sound of the wind caused by the bamboo knife when slashing was hidden with unquestionable harshness; the strangest thing was the voice in his mind that claimed to be a weapon spirit. It always rippled at midnight, tracing the outline of another world with a bewitching tone, stubbornly trying to drag him away from here.
"No matter what his background is..." The young man clenched the knife in his hand, and the copper ornament on the scabbard shone coldly in the moonlight. When the cries of children came from the end of the alley, and those green-faced and fanged evil spirits were casting their shadows on the huddled figure, he only felt that the handle of the knife in his palm was surprisingly hot.
"First chop up these bastards hiding in the dark."