[Hammer Planet]
In a dark and damp narrow corner.
Two alien creatures with spineless back were whispering in front of the computers which were connected to biological brains.
Their bones were exposed, and their bodies were exuding black miasma.
"Invasion was successful, finally succeeded..."
Creature stretched out its sharp claws, drew up his already bloodless fingers with a grinning smile.
"The first task is to kill her."
"Sure."
In the dim screen light, a set of codes was written into server.
[Bay of Bengal]
Sky is full of stars.
In front of a kerosene lamp in the wild, four men with Noh makes on face, wearing gorgeous white Tangori, gathered together.
"It seems that it is not far from they discovery the 'secret'."
"She is our only hope..."
The man slowly took off his mask, and a girl's face appeared on the light-emitting screen, which like an OLED display.
"If I fail, please protect her for us."
The man disappeared like a firefly under the bright night sky.
[A Coastal County]
Everything starts with the four headless corpses.
In a small coastal county, an ambulance rushed to a remote mountain col in the whistling sound.
Two young emergency personnel hurriedly got out of the car.
Mud under their feet was stained with blood, an four injured people who fell on the ground had no signs of life.
The woman took a deep breath, "How could this happen? "
"When they called, they only mentioned that they just injured the feet! "
"Why they even lost their heads now...that's impossible...they didn't sound panic during the phone call at all."
The woman knelt down to check the dead carefully.
"Their Achilles tendon was indeed injured, but the fatal incision was in the neck. It was a brutal murder that killed instantly!"
"Hey, have you heard a legend in our village? It is said that some people have seen evil that can transform into animals living in deep mountains. "
The man standing next to the woman spoke.
"What?"
"At night, it will show up to dig graves to eat corpses."
"But if there are not enough corpses, it will change shape and penetrate into the human body, then lure travelers into the mountain to kill..."
"According to legend, its hunting habit is to cut off the heads of its prey first."
"Huh? I think I've heard of some...are you talking about ghouls? " The woman looked at her colleague, summer breeze made her tremble.
"So, do you think we are we still safe here? Are we in dangerous..."
"It's okay, you have me here!"
Their ambulance captain stepped off, "What are you talking about? Hurry up and call the police!"
[Three days later, coastal county's police station]
"Why everything changed when I finished the college entrance examination? Ray is innocent, why did you arrest him?"
"Ms. Eta, don't be so excited, sit down please."
The police officer took out a stack of test reports from the drawer and were looking through it,.
"According to the evidence collected so far in this case..."
"The police have collected five different bloodstains at the scene, four of which are bloodstains of the deceased, and the other one is the blood of Ray ."
"That's not right." Eta Looked at the stack of test reports.
She clearly saw more pages after five test reports.
Eta snatched the documents that the police officer hold on, as expected, she found the hidden pages!
"There are two more inspection reports! You should have found total seven different bloodstains at the crime scene, why did you lie to me?"
"No!" The police officer quickly took back the documents in Eta's hand and locked it in drawer.
"Hey, okay! Let me tell you the 'thing' we've encountered."
"The truth is we don't know what the other two 'bloodstains' are! But we can rule them out of murders."
"What do you mean? I can prove that Ray did not kill anyone, those two bloodstains must be the murderers' !"
"Ms. Eta, your testimony we will refer to it as well. But judging from the current evidence...Look."
"First, the fatal injuries of the four victims were extremely flat and sharp cut on their necks. "
"But the other bloodstains on the scene, even if we analyzed by the most advanced genealogy technology, we can't found its DNA has anything to do with human race."
"It's out of human's gene pool!"
"That is to say, these blood are not from human beings, maybe just some animal blood or some kind of liquid."
"You tell me, how can this thing kill people with a sharp weapon? "
"Second, we found an extremely sharp sword in Ray's home. "
"The incisions of the sword was very similar to the injuries of the deceased."
"Third, after investigation, we found your friend Ray, he did have a long-term conflict with the dead. They... "
Eta's ears were roaring, her brain became blank.
How can this happen? Why things would become like that...
[Eight months later, Supreme Court]
"Defendant Ray, 19 years old, death sentence, suspended for 2 years.
Ray lowered his head, his hands and feet were firmly cuffed by heavy chains.
No one knew what the expression on his face was now.
"Ray!"
Under the court sat an 18-year-old girl, she burst into tears and rushed forward to see the defendant.
"He didn't kill anyone! You made a mistake,He didn't kill!" The girl was stopped by the bailiff.
"Please...it's me, it's all because of me, please, please, investigate again..."
The girl's best friend Ally hurried forward and stopped her.
"I know he is your friend, but you can't talk nonsense in court!"
Ray looked at the crying girl below the court, his pale face revealed an unspeakable pity.
The sentence was over, bailiff stepped forward and took him away from the court, the colliding sound of the handcuffs was getting closer and closer.
In the end, their eyes met.
Boy's eye turned red, tears soaked in it.
"Farewell, Eta." A smile appeared on his face.
At that moment, he actually laughed?
In the middle of the two fierce and dignified bailiffs, the smile of the young man penetrated the cold and solemn court.
Is this the smile of the murderer? The smile of a dying man?
Ally looked in his eyes, her hand on Eta stopped stiffly in the air.
All the unreasonable details in this case became so reasonable in the tender eyes of the boy.
What can prevent the birth of emotion in this world?
It's like this love, that was sentenced to death before it could be told.
Although the other party may never know this love, this kind of affection may never be shown in a lifetime, but it was born like this, and it exists.
Eta's body was rigid like a sculpture, she couldn't make any sound because of fear.
The bailiff took the boy away, and the judge left one after another.
Gradually, only two girls were left in the trial court, and Eta finally broke into tears.
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Noh mask: こおもて, also known as Japan Noh mask, is carved from cypress.
Tangori: 唐織／からおり karaori, a kind of cloth, the "Tang" does not represent the period, but the meaning of dignity.
✻ Girl's face: Eta's face.