2:06 P.M.

2:06 P.M.

 

There was a localized earthquake happening around the Moon Temple.

I, Takeda Keiji, was not the only one standing around gawking at it. There was quite a crowd, all looking astonished.

“Wh-what the heck?!”

“The way the ground’s shaking… like footsteps?” someone said.

It really did feel like a really powerful sumo stomp.

Definitely not anything that could occur naturally. It was too regular.

What’s going on? Is Touka in there? Is she okay?

I stared up at the building. It was swaying from side to side.

The Moon Temple staff had no idea what to do.

“We can’t contact anyone inside?”

“The signals must be jammed somehow…”

As they yelled, the asphalt near the Moon Temple suddenly cracked.

Leaving a giant hole, as if an invisible foot had sunk into the ground.

The crowd screamed.

“A sinkhole?!”

“The ground collapsed?!”

The shape of that hole sure didn’t look like it, but what else could it be?

But if the ground was unsteady…

“I-Is the building about to fall?!” someone yelled.

Another hole yawned open.

Another scream raced through the crowd. People started tossing their umbrellas, heedless of the rain, and running away. Total panic.

“Unh!”

I was the only one trying to get closer to the Moon Temple.

Was this what the staff had been talking about? Was this all Teratsuki Kyoichiro’s doing?

Or…

Is the world in danger, Boogiepop?!

Another section of the ground caved in.