Fang Zheng didn't know what the situation was like in the Pacific Ocean, but considering that it was getting late, Fang Zheng decided to wait until tomorrow to take a look.

However, the next morning, when Fang Zheng arrived at the hospital, he was stunned by the scene before him.

The entire hospital was bustling with people and screaming patients everywhere. Ambulances were constantly going in and out. From time to time, screaming patients covered in blood were seen being sent in. The emergency department and the surgery department were extremely busy.

What is going on?

Seeing this, Fang Zheng was also confused. Could it be the Great Kanto Earthquake? This didn't seem to happen in the past two years. Of course, it was normal for Japan to have an earthquake, volcano, tsunami, etc., but he was working so late last night and didn't find anything. If there was a big earthquake, it wouldn't have happened now.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng walked to the reception desk and caught a nurse to ask.

"Ah, Dr. Kasugano, good morning."

"Good morning, what's going on? Was there an accident somewhere?"

Fang Zheng thought about it and thought that it must be an accident in the factory that caused it to become like this. Most likely there was an explosion somewhere.

"I heard that they were attacked by some kind of animal. I'm not sure about the details. Sorry, I still need to make calls."

As she spoke, the nurse hurriedly picked up the phone again and began to arrange for staff. Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders and stepped aside. Although he didn't know what happened here, it didn't matter. Asakura Ryoko would definitely give him news soon.

Sure enough, Asakura Ryoko soon brought the news.

“These people were attacked by fish.”

"fish?"

Faced with this unexpected answer, Fang Zheng was really a little dumbfounded.

"By a shark?"

Considering that the population density in surgical operating rooms today is comparable to that of a supermarket sale, Fang Zheng's first reaction when he heard the word "fish" was naturally the great white shark.

"No, it's the fish that were landed."

"……What?"

“I heard that these people were injured by the walking fish.”

"Can fish walk?"

Fang Zheng felt like he had been confused for the third time in a row today.

"Has it grown legs yet?"

"Yes, at least according to the patients, these fish really have legs and run very fast. They are as flexible as cockroaches."

“…This is really…”

Fang Zheng was stunned for a long while, not knowing what to say. But soon, he immediately thought of Nymph's report last night.

Could this matter be related to Tomie? But why would Tomie do this? She is not a fisherman. Cthulhu and his disciples have been cooked into a seafood barbecue feast by herself. Who else cares about this?

But who knows? Tomie is holding the Silver Key, so she will definitely be contaminated by the spirit of the Outer God. She is not an expert like Ogai Masahiko who has studied these things. She is just an ordinary mortal. Maybe she has gone crazy now... Well, it's hard to say.

“Woo.”

Suddenly, at this moment, a strange stench came, which immediately made Fang Zheng frown.

"What's going on? Why does it stink so bad?"

This is a hospital. Even though medicine is not advanced in this era, as a famous university hospital in Tokyo, the disinfection work is still done well. Such a strong fishy smell is still very rare here. Fang Zheng can keenly feel that this stench is not only the smell of a rotting corpse, but also the smell of fish...

What's going on?

“Help!”

"Here we go, run!"

At this moment, loud screams were heard outside the window. Fang Zheng walked to the window, looked outside, and was also startled.

I saw people running desperately on the street outside the window, and behind them, I could see fish darting forward. They had four limbs under their bodies, and they pushed their bodies forward quickly like cockroaches.

Wow, they have really long legs!

Seeing this, Fang Zheng was also genuinely surprised. Although he had traveled through many worlds and seen many things, this was the first time he had seen a fish with long legs. Not to mention that this was Earth, not some mysterious fantasy world - it wouldn't be surprising to have mermaids in the latter.

But after a closer look, Fang Zheng realized that those legs were not real legs. In fact, these fish were no different from ordinary marine fish. The biggest difference was that their bodies were tightly clamped by something like a hairpin, and the four legs extending from the hairpin were running desperately at this moment, which looked weird.

But what's even weirder is that the fish are actually dead.

This is also normal. How can fish live on the shore? They would never dream of doing so. To be honest, what is running around on the streets now is actually the strange device under the fish's body, and the fish are just stuck on it. It's just that the device looks like a living thing when it's running, so people mistakenly think that the fish are alive.

No... that can't be said...

Looking at the school of fish swimming on the street in front of him, Fang Zheng narrowed his eyes, and at this moment, he saw that the school of fish had already followed the crowd and rushed towards the hospital.

"Close the door, close the door!"

Seeing this scene, the people in the hospital were also shocked, but the speed of those fish was as fast as cockroaches. Before they could even reach the door, they saw a group of fish breaking through the hospital gate and rushing in directly. Among them were tuna, sardines, flounder, herring... Damn, there are also whales?

Fang Zheng's eyes widened as he watched a giant blue whale, guided by an equally giant stent, crash through the wall outside the hospital - this scene should really be brought back to show his little cuties, this kind of scene is rare!

But it was not enough to just watch the fun. Now the fish had entered the hospital yard, and the stench was unbearable. After all, it was the smell of hundreds or thousands of rotting fish. Think carefully about the fishy smell in the seafood market on weekdays, multiplied by a hundred times, and no one could stand it.

This is almost like chemical weapons.

Seeing that these fish were almost pouring into the hospital, Fang Zheng's face darkened slightly, and then he stamped his feet lightly.

"call!!!"

The next moment, a well at the hospital gate suddenly flew up, and then flames shot up from it, quickly igniting the surrounding fish. Then it spread rapidly in all directions. In the blink of an eye, the fish were burned clean in the flames like a lit fuse, leaving only black ash on the ground.

At the same time...

“——!!!”

Accompanied by a strange cry, everyone saw a ball of gas suddenly emerging among the burning fish. They condensed together, and looked like a cloud of various fish fused together, rolling upwards. However, the next moment, they were swallowed up by the flames and turned into sparks that quickly dissipated.

Seeing this, Fang Zheng frowned.

"Ryoko, did you see that?"

"Yes, I saw it, Master."

Asakura Ryoko, who was standing next to Fang Zheng, also nodded.

"Is that what humans call a ghost?"

"It looks similar, but I haven't seen anything like it... Never mind, it's not important. Tell Nymph and Saya to get ready. We'll go straight to the Pacific Ocean."

Fang Zheng burned the fish that rushed into the city, but he knew this was not the end. It seemed that if he wanted to find out what happened there, he had to do it himself.

After this, the city was still in chaos.

Although the government promptly dispatched police and troops to block the city, the fish were much more difficult to deal with than zombies, and more importantly, those who were injured by the fish had a high chance of being infected, which made the situation extremely complicated. In this case, the hospital was naturally operating at full capacity.

As a psychiatrist, Fang Zheng couldn't help much, so he turned around for a few times and then ran back home. After waiting for dark, Fang Zheng reappeared and came to the Pacific Ocean under the guidance of Nymph.

"To be honest, I have a fear of the deep sea."

Fang Zheng, who had transformed into a giant dragon again, lowered his head and looked at the deep sea water below, and couldn't help but sigh. He didn't like the ocean at all, especially the deep sea. But Fang Zheng also knew that was his reaction when he was a human. Now that he was in this state, he was not the one who was afraid in the deep sea, but the one who was afraid.

In fact, Fang Zheng didn't want this to happen, but he couldn't use magic in this world, and he didn't have anything for deep-sea exploration, so Fang Zheng simply turned back into a dragon, then grabbed Asakura Ryoko and Saya, took a deep breath, and then with a "plop", he dived directly into the ocean.

The entire sea was pitch black. Looking down from above, one could clearly see the clear blue water turning into dark blue, and then into pitch black - as if there was a bottomless abyss below.

"Nymph, are you sure this is the place?"

"Of course, Master."

Nymph was like a small fish circling a whale, flying around Fang Zheng's head.

"I can sense that there is a distortion in the flow of information here, so it is right here."

"Well, then let's see what's waiting for us down there."

Fang Zheng flapped his wings vigorously, and soon, the dragon dived silently into the depths of the ocean like a huge whale, and then went all the way down.

Although the direction Nymph pointed to was not the Mariana Trench, it was obviously quite deep here, and more importantly, there were no schools of fish in this sea area. The further down you went, the more deserted it became, with only the plants growing in the sea...

"Wait, what is that?"

Fang Zheng suddenly opened his eyes wide and stared at the seabed not far away. He originally thought that there was something like seaweed on it, but the closer he got, the more Fang Zheng felt that something was wrong. Now he could confirm that it was not seaweed - it was more like blood vessels spreading on the seabed!

These blood vessels were extremely thick, as big as the fuselage of a large passenger plane, densely covering the entire seabed and extending all the way. At this time, Nymph turned her head and looked to the other side, and then she screamed.

"Master, look over there!"

"Um?"

After hearing what Nymph said, Fang Zheng turned his head and looked to the other side. When he saw the scene over there clearly, even Fang Zheng was stunned.