Outside Meiji Shrine, the operation team failed to halt the vehicle driven by Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu.
Watching the ordinary private car disappear behind the Torii Gate of Meiji Shrine, the members of the operation team could only report their failure and Meiji Shrine's involvement in the matter to their superiors, feeling utterly deflated.
"Meiji Shrine is involved too? Damn it!" Kusanagi Ritsuko cursed out loud upon receiving the message. The situation had completely spiraled out of control with the involvement of deities. Although deities had interfered from the beginning, the fact that the two great ghouls of the Meiji Shrine, who were supposed to protect Tokyo, had now sided with the opposition made Ritsuko's mood terribly foul.
At the same time, a sense of powerlessness enveloped Ritsuko, filling her with intense frustration.
It was as if you put all your effort into a competition, yet no matter how hard you tried, you simply couldn't beat your opponent.
