Although the major powers themselves have vast territories to defend, they have their own powerful allies, not only the supernatural forces of the human race, but also the angel race and some other friendly races, who have agreed to help them deal with their own situations first.
Therefore, the six major powers, especially China, the United States and the United Kingdom, still have some spare capacity to use, after all, they have already thoroughly investigated the information on the Dreadlord.
Although it is a high-ranking race, there is only one of them. It would be quite difficult for it to summon other demon lords in a short period of time, unless there is another lottery-like event like the Dark Saints.
If the Dreadlord dares to wreak havoc on Earth, other high-ranking races who are temporarily restrained due to the World Tree Council's ambiguous attitude towards demons will be happy to resolve the "fear".
Of course, there is another reason why the higher-ranking ethnic groups are restrained: the Earth is too "fragile." Judging from the current state of the World Tree's recovery, it is not yet able to fully protect the entire Earth and cannot withstand the turmoil caused by high-energy beings.
For a series of reasons, and the fact that the demons do not seem to be causing trouble for the time being, the current situation is still considered by the World Tree Council to be an internal matter of the human race, with the addition of the angel race that initiated the note. Even the Observer and the Prophet have not spoken out.
Unlike the other countries that were uneasy about the situation, the six countries received a private reply from the observer, which consisted of only two words—"Reassured."
Because they believed that the devil would not dare to act recklessly, the six states, while maintaining their own need for stability, only chose to issue warning statements in a few words, thus preserving their own advantages and avoiding international condemnation in the future.
...
At the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, countless officers were busy.
"What's going on? I was just on vacation and they're calling me back. There's no major case at all!"
A burly young police officer changed into his uniform, walked over to his colleagues, and loudly complained.
"Sawano, stop yelling. The higher-ups seem really nervous this time. They've ordered us to patrol non-stop. I bet Tokyo is competing for some international award."
"Senior Big Bear, what kind of competition would prompt the Metropolitan Police Department to issue an order for 24-hour, no-blind-spot patrols throughout the city? We'd be exhausted in a week if we did that!"
A policewoman sipped her coffee and yawned as she browsed through the web pages on her screen.
"Don't you guys think it might be a paranormal event, like a monster, alien, or something? People online are talking about it in great detail."
The middle-aged police officer, referred to as Senior Big Bear, tucked his sidearm back under his arm.
"Yumi, stop making wild guesses and think about the patrol later. We're responsible for areas 1 through 6."
"Nani!" "Nani?" "Nani!?"...
"Six districts, this is going to kill us!!"
"We should have told the higher-ups to recruit more new people; we're short-staffed right now."
The other police officers in the same group complained a string of complaints.
...
At 1 a.m., Shio Sawano and Yumi Takahashi were driving their patrol car down a street. There were few pedestrians on the roadside, and when one did appear, they were in a hurry and mostly did not seem suspicious.
"Hoo~~~" Yumi Takahashi yawned again.
"Sawano-senpai, let's find a 24-hour convenience store and buy a cup of coffee..."
However, before Yumi could finish speaking, the police car came to an abrupt stop.
"Um, senior, why did you park the car?"
Sawano Shiono pointed to the subway entrance ahead, where two or three people were going in together. A dozen seconds later, another person ran over and also entered the subway entrance.
Yumi was somewhat puzzled.
"Nothing strange about it, it's just a subway entrance!"
Zeye turned off the car and touched his sidearm.
"Yumi, what's the latest closing time for the Tokyo subway?"
"Usually around 11 p.m., sometimes it can go until midnight."
"What time is it now?"
"1:15 AM... oh..."
Halfway through her answer, Yumi Takahashi instinctively covered her mouth, realizing the problem.
"Then what about us?"
"Let's observe for a while before going in to take a look!"
The two waited in the police car with the engine off for a while, and then three more groups of five people entered the subway entrance. No one came over for the next few minutes.
After reporting the situation to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Shio Sawano touched his sidearm, opened the car door and got out, while Yumi Takahashi quickly followed.
I carefully walked to the subway entrance and listened.
A strange sound could be faintly heard from inside, which gave the two of them a chill.
But there was no other way; it was my duty, so I had to draw my gun and grit my teeth and go in.
The sounds inside became increasingly clear and were accompanied by sounds similar to vomiting.
"Ugh~~~" Yumi covered her mouth tightly to prevent herself from crying out, and Sawano Shion was in no better shape, his face was a little pale.
The two huddled in a corner of the stairs, while around the corner, about twenty or thirty people gathered together, mouths agape, drooling, and eating with ferocious expressions.
There was a huge pile of food on the ground, which seemed to have come from some convenience store. These people swallowed it as if they hadn't eaten for a month, chewing the packaging along with the food. This often caused stomach cramps or overeating reactions that led to vomiting, but after vomiting, they would eat voraciously again.
The horrifying way these people ate was just like the zombies and ghouls in apocalyptic movies and supernatural anime, making one's hair stand on end.
The two policemen, pale-faced, carefully retreated from the subway entrance and only breathed a sigh of relief after sitting down in the car.
Thankfully, I wasn't discovered like in movies or anime. If I were discovered in that situation, I might get eaten.
"Headquarters, headquarters! I've discovered something suspicious here. It's some kind of horrific mass cannibalism, possibly some kind of disease. We need backup!"
At the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, several patrol officers were simultaneously receiving reports.
"Headquarters, headquarters, we've discovered a riot and brawl at a construction site. There's chaos, fighting, and biting going on; the situation is quite serious..."
"Headquarters, we've discovered a large number of shops have been looted and vandalized. We need to send more people to investigate..."
A series of similar bizarre incidents were reported back to the patrolling police officers, and some officers even lost contact with the police.
The Metropolitan Police Department's reserve forces were constantly being dispatched, and the police were extremely busy, while the detention centers were overcrowded.
These arrested "suspects" or "rioters" often regain their senses within one or two hours, completely forgetting their absurd and crazy behavior.
However, the Metropolitan Police Department, which had just breathed a sigh of relief, soon became tense again.
As dawn approached, the prisoners went mad again, and this time, their strength inexplicably increased, causing the metal bars to rattle loudly as they shook.
Even their eyes have become somewhat different, as if they have become deeper and deeper, and if you don't look closely, you might think that there is no white in their eyes.
The next day, many families of the missing persons filed reports. To the despair of the Metropolitan Police Department, the number of reports far exceeded the number of people they had temporarily detained. In other words, there were many more of these "madmen" in places they had not yet discovered, and they did not know how many there were nationwide.
Similar situations have also occurred in South Korea, India, and a few other countries around the world.
...
In the virtual conference room, representatives from the six major countries still sat together, with a major general from China as the main speaker.
"In other words, people who lack psychic talent are more easily influenced and exploited by demons, while the vessel personally crafted by the Demon King has the ability to pull the complete demon back to Earth. It just takes time to evolve, but this is much less effort and more sustainable than directly consuming its own power to summon it."
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