For a moment, Koizumi Akako was taken aback by this sudden change.

But she was still a witch who was no longer a novice after all. Staring blankly at the unexpected situation was tantamount to an act of suicide.

She reacted quickly, holding her broom across her body, assuming a fighting stance, muttering something, and red dots of light leaked out from between her fingers, a sign that she was about to cast a spell.

"Gululu——"

The sound of Koizumi Akako swallowing uncontrollably and the sound of the crystal ball being carelessly moved on the floor rang out almost at the same time.

Something slowly emerged from the darkness at the end of the corridor. Koizumi Akako couldn't help but take a half step back, but she quickly realized her retreat and once again put on that arrogant look, complaining in her heart about the poorly lit building.

A low roar came from the shadows. The witch shuddered slightly physiologically, but she did not feel much fear in her heart.

On the contrary, she somehow thought of the cats she had seen on her way home from school. When these cats were playing happily, they seemed to make similar sounds, but the sounds coming from the dark were deeper and hoarse, but still seemed to carry a happy attitude.

She couldn't help but move closer to the darkness, and at this moment another huge but strong figure jumped out from the darkness.

It was unknown how long it took for her heart to find the way to jump again. Koizumi Hongzi was almost buried in the lush hair on the chest of the huge creature standing in front of the tower.

Even the gifted and knowledgeable Red Witch could not let her thoughts flow smoothly at this moment, let alone make the right judgment.

It is a lion. The thick and shiny mane proves that it is undoubtedly a male lion.

Koizumi Akako had seen this kind of animal in the zoo, so she shouldn't have shown such an expression of disbelief, but the lion's head almost reached the ceiling, which was definitely not a normal size. The extraordinary size made the witch unable to tell for a moment whether it was really an enlarged version of a giant lion.

But the only thing that is certain is that no matter how close to a lion it looks, that hair cannot possibly be a real thing.

At first, Koizumi Akako thought it was a rare albino lion, but when the lion moved a little forward, she realized something was wrong.

As the lion moved, the hair rippled and changed color, just like the color-changing neon lights she had seen at night.

Vermillion, indigo, violet, royal blue, grass green, orange...

Countless colors appear at the same time on the hair of this huge lion, making him look even more dreamy and mysterious.

He was like a messenger of God stepping on a rainbow, and also like the contradictory incarnation of death and joy.

Koizumi Akako smelled the scent of death from the power source of the sand scattered under the lion's feet, but she was also very torn because she felt filled with positive emotions because of the approach of the colorful death god.

The lion, which had turned itself into scarlet, slowly lowered its head, and the beast's pale pink irises met Koizumi Akako's gaze, staring at her intently.

Koizumi Akako felt that she was being looked at from head to toe, a look of innocent curiosity, like a kitten seeing something new for the first time.

But she couldn't help but tense up because the person in front of her was definitely not a mysterious and cute cat, but a terrifying beast that could definitely bite anything in half.

Now, the lion's wet black nose was almost touching the witch's head.

The red magic became more and more obvious in Koizumi Akako's hands, like dancing flames and flowing blood. Her hands trembled slightly, as if she was suppressing some overly strong emotions, but her eyes became calmer and calmer, as if she had made the crucial decision in a flash.

The witch slowly raised her hands. Without the help of the crystal ball, she used her body to directly attack the target at such a close distance.

Casting magic is undoubtedly the most appropriate choice.

But perhaps thinking that the witch wanted to play with it, the red lion didn't seem to be aware of the power of the red magic at all. It came up foolishly and raised one paw, and before Koizumi Hongzi could react, it touched the back of the hand that was about to cast a spell.

Koizumi Hongzi was shocked to find that the magic in her palm suddenly disappeared, and scarlet sand flowed out from between her fingers, just like her magic was fading away.

She was sure that she should feel fear, for this was a weakness she had never felt since she gained power. However, all the bad things seemed to have been taken away with the departure of the sand, and all she could feel was a peace that was more tranquil than happiness.

Just before she was about to lose consciousness due to the massive loss of magic power, a huge fear struck her, surging into her heart like a tide, making her feel suffocated.

Koizumi Akako then realized that the lion had already moved her claws away, and its bloody mouth full of sharp fangs was very close to her.

The roar from the large predator came almost right next to the ear, directly passing through the eardrum, bringing a shudder that was almost enough to knock a person down.

The deforming black shadow behind Koizumi Akako paused and returned to its original state unwillingly.

At this moment, one of the teams from the special department that was cautiously moving upstairs suddenly stopped on the stairs.

The leading policeman looked frightened. He was sure that he had just heard a faint growl.

It seemed to come from the rough and inflexible vocal cords of a large cat, with an innate solemnity.

When they were in the lobby, they sensed something was wrong upstairs. They didn't know when it started, but there was no sound at all in the conference room on the second floor. It was not as noisy as before.

However, the instruments used to detect the strength of ghosts and gods and the activation status of their abilities did not respond at all. The team leader of the equipment group had the most experience and was the first to react.

As the leader of the equipment group, Kurosawa Koshi's seniority is second only to the captain of this operation, and this is probably the first time that all the members of this operation have seen him with such a solemn expression.

The middle-aged psychic moved towards the instrument Puller with an agility that he had rarely achieved in recent years, and skillfully and quickly opened the back of the dismantling instrument. Yagyu Katsuichi was the closest to Kurosawa at the time, but he found that the hands of his senior, who was always steady and unperturbed, were actually trembling slightly.

Sure enough, when the back cover of the instrument was opened, a small amount of black powder fell out, mixed with the smell of burnt protein.

This sudden change made almost everyone's face instantly become uglier than Senior Kurosawa's, and Yagyu Katsuichi was no exception.

As a psychic policeman with excellent theoretical knowledge, he naturally knew what this meant. There was no doubt that the detection equipment did not sound an alarm just now, not because the strength of the ghosts and gods did not reach the level that required a warning, but because the power radiated by the ghosts and gods here was too strong, and directly destroyed the instrument without anyone realizing it.

Sitting back and waiting for death is a strategy that no one wants, and the psychic police are no exception. Although their principle has always been to avoid trouble as much as possible, they must abandon this idea now that the ghosts and gods here have already taken action against ordinary people.

"gather."

The person with the highest command authority on the scene whispered a few words to Team Leader Kurosawa and then issued a brief order.

The police gathered almost immediately. Everyone understood what they were carrying and facing. Even though the level of the ghosts and gods was unknown, it was certain that this might be a one-way battle. However, no one backed down. Everyone just stood at attention in silence, waiting for orders from their superiors.

After a brief deployment of the battle plan, they decided to split into three teams. Two teams would go up to the second floor from the east and west stairs of the hall respectively. After exploring, they would meet again on the central corridor. The remaining team would continue to stay on the first floor and be ready at any time.

Without the help of the instrument, Yagyu Katsuichi was a little unsure.

He also had a miniature detection device in the shape of a pocket watch in his pocket, which was also unusable.

But even if the instrument is still usable, it certainly cannot estimate the strength of this ghost. For him, this is just psychological comfort.

However, as the captain of this small team, Yagyu Katsuichi cannot show any sign of retreat. Even if he has worries in his heart, he must give them up, because when fear arises in your heart, it is the easiest time for ghosts and gods to take advantage of the situation.

He had been leading his team to explore slowly according to the plan. Compared with the leader of the other team, he was always relatively conservative.

Now hearing such a terrible roar, he was even more hesitant.

"Mr. Yagyu, have you found anything?" The younger police officer who was designated as Yagyu Sho's assistant obviously didn't hear the voice just now, and came up to ask with a little curiosity.

Katsuichi Yagyu turned around and looked at the team members behind him. He saw the same confusion and bewilderment on their faces as his deputy.

The corners of his mouth relaxed a little immediately, and Ryousuke Katsuichi realized that he was the only one who heard such a sound just now.

As the one with the highest psychic ability among the team members present, it was hard for the man not to guess that the roar came from ghosts.

Was it directed at him? Or was it just sent out unintentionally? Yagyu Katsuichi guessed a lot in his mind.

But this guess does not seem to be comprehensive. If it came from somewhere else, such a faint sound would seem a bit far away, as if it came from the other end of the venue. If this is the case, both his teammates who came up from the other side and the crowd on the second floor at this time are facing danger.

His concern for the crowd on the second floor and his teammates overwhelmed his own worries. After taking a deep breath, he finally commanded his teammates to move forward.

But when he first stepped onto the second floor, he found the ground under his feet was so soft.

"Um?"

The backup power supply that had finally been turned on just now stopped working for some reason, and the corridors and hallways were completely dark.

The man bent down hesitantly, stretched out his gloved hand, and tried to touch the ground beneath his feet, but found that the covering of the ground was so soft that it was almost like sand.

But how could there be sand here? Before Yagyu Katsuichi could think about it, the screams of the team members and the sound of the exorcist bullets used for defense rang out simultaneously in this quiet place.

He turned his head suddenly, only to see an extremely huge humanoid black shadow.

Even though that shadow was bipedal, it could not possibly belong to any human being.

Because no one has a canine head and eyes that glow cold green in the dark, Yagyu Katsuichi suddenly thought of the hungry wolves in the poorly managed zoos.

The harsh sound of heavy iron rubbing against the ground stimulated the nerves of everyone present. Fear strangled Katsuichi Yagyu's throat, but he still forced his broken vocal cords to issue the order at the first moment.

"Shoot! Throw the bait out, Xiaolin!"

The one who was attacked unluckily was Kobayashi mentioned by Yagyu Katsuichi. Every psychic policeman is equipped with one or two of these expensive life-saving substitute dolls with their own names written on them. They can confuse the perception of ghosts and gods for a short period of time and gain precious survival time.

Fortunately, Kobayashi's substitute doll happened to fall out of his pocket at this moment, and he just needed someone to help him throw it out.

But before anyone else could react, Yagyu Katsuichi felt a gust of wind passing in front of his eyes, and an equally huge figure passed in front of him and knocked down the giant with a dog's head and a human body.

They wrestled together, the lion's terrible roar mixed with the screams of indistinguishable species of ghosts and gods beneath it, and they fell from the railing of the second-floor stairs together, but there was no sound because the ground on the first floor had been covered with a layer of dark green gravel at some point.

Liu Shengsheng was stunned. He wanted to pay attention to his team members who had just been attacked, but he was too shocked to move from the stairs.

son.

He heaved a sigh of relief when he heard Kobayashi's very energetic complaints from behind him.

But before he could finish his breath, a sound of footsteps came hurriedly from the stairs, and one could feel how angry the owner of the footsteps was.

The Red Witch appeared from the staircase and looked down at the scene below.

"Lady Witch, what are you doing..." Seeing Koizumi Hongzi's somewhat ferocious look, Yagyu Katsu asked subconsciously, but he quickly realized that as an ordinary person, he was unwilling to touch the Red Witch's black head and immediately stopped talking.

He looked down in the direction of Koizumi Hongzi's gaze and saw two inhuman monsters fighting each other. His eyes immediately became eager and his tone became much more excited.

"Did you summon that handsome lion? It's so powerful. We were completely defenseless against that demon just now." The man smiled bitterly as he recalled the thrilling experience just now, while praising the lion's great power.

But he didn't expect that such praise would make the witch look even worse.

It would have been better if she didn't say it. Once she said it, Koizumi Hongzi thought about what had just happened. She got angry when she remembered that she was actually scared by a stupid lion.

"Shut up, you're not cool at all, you damn guy!"

Thinking that her crystal ball was stolen by the lion, Koizumi Akako became even angrier and was about to rush downstairs with a stomping of her foot. Yagyu Katsuichi was about to say it was dangerous, but he couldn't stop her.

The team left behind on the first floor were completely stunned. They saw two monsters fighting in a flash.

This was undoubtedly a one-sided massacre, or a joke.

In the moonlight, the huge lion's face actually showed a kind of humanized and interesting magic.

The lion seemed to have not taken the dog-headed giant seriously from the beginning, and just regarded it as some kind of fun toy. The moment the dog-headed giant's rusty huge iron axe touched the lion's hair, it turned into rusty sand and fell down, merging with the floor.

As for cats, who like novelty and dislike old things, even fun toys can get boring.

When the dog-headed monster tried to resist once again, a hint of boredom flashed in the lion's light pink eyes.