At night, the time is now shown at 7:00 pm. Ken and Makoto are walking out the entrance door of the Takeru Family's main house, towards the black sedan that had been parked here. Ken is carrying a fairly large bag, as well as their respective katana Yokai weapons, they then put them in the rear trunk of the car. As usual, Makoto sat in the driver's seat, while Ken sat beside him, their car then drove away from here. Inside the car, Ken appears to realize something

“According to Grandpa, what is Fujiyama san trying to tell us? He even kept it a secret"

Makoto shook his head

“We will find it out”

Ken's expression turned curious and he then nodded.

Their car arrived at the residential area where Fujiyama's house was located, Makoto then parked his car a few blocks from Fujiyama's house. Makoto looked around for a moment as if confirming something

“We stopped here to stay alert to the possible presence of the enemy”

Ken looked around with caution, he then appears to realize something

“Never occurred to me that the clue we are looking for is turned out to be already in the place where we started”

Makoto nodded, his expression turned serious

“Almost feels like someone is trying to keep us away from that house on purpose”

Hearing that, Ken appeared to have just realized it. They both got out of the car, then headed for the back trunk of their car. They each carried their katana Yokai weapons with the support of a baldric on their waist as well as flashlights and Ken also brought glove puppet Asanuma. They then walked away from here.

Arriving in front of Fujiyama's house, appears that the atmosphere of this house is quite bright because some of the house's lights are turned on and the front door still has police lines installed. Makoto gave the hand signal with his right hand to Ken to stop their steps, Ken then followed. Makoto's expression turned astonished

"Isn't this house too bright for an empty house?"

Ken nodded, his expression turned astonished

"That's right, the lights in this house were deliberately turned on or indeed someone was inside?"

Makoto’s expression turned serious

“Stay alert, the enemy could be here, let's check inside”

Ken nodded

"I understand"

The two of them then walked inside, past the police line.

Inside the house, the condition still looks messy as before. Ken and Makoto take out their katana Yokai weapon from the scabbards and hold it firmly with both hands, then walked further in carefully. The two of them arrived at the family room and the condition also still looks messy as before. Not long, from the direction of the second floor, Shu pointed a handgun at Makoto

“Put your hands where I can see them”

Hearing this, Makoto and Ken exchanged glances with Shu, Makoto's expression turned serious while Ken looked surprised. Not long after, from the direction of the family room entrance behind Makoto and Ken, Yukari walked to them while pointing her katana forward, Yukari looked at Ken's back and seemed to have realized something

“Somehow I feel like I know him…”

Yukari’s expression turned doubtful

"You guys better follow his orders"

Ken immediately noticed this familiar voice and turned back, he was surprised to see Yukari in front of him

"Yukari-san?"

Seeing Ken, Making Yukari also surprised, she then lowered her katana

“Ken? What are you doing here?"

Seeing Yukari and Ken, Shu and Makoto watched them with surprised expressions. Shu said

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"You know these people Yukari?"

Yukari nodded

"I know this boy, he is the young investigator who offered to help me I told you about before"

Shu looked doubtful

“Even so, there is still a possibility that they are enemies”

Makoto looked at Yukari

"I'm Makoto Takeru, I've met Fujiyama before as a fellow investigator"

Hearing this, made Shu surprised because he was familiar with that name because Fujiyama often discussed the course of the investigations he was conducting with him. Seeing Shu, Makoto appears to realize something

“From your expression, you seem familiar with my name. Did Fujiyama ever tell you anything about me?”

Shu still looked doubtful. Makoto continues talking

"Should I show my ID for you to believe?"

Hearing this, the tension on Shu's face faded away, he then lowered his gun's aim, then sighed

"Alright Yukari, they are indeed not enemies"

Yukari's expression turned slightly astonished, she then nodded. Shu walked down the stairs to meet them. Makoto looked at Yukari and immediately recognized her

"You must be Yukari, right? Nice to meet you"

Yukari looks a little confused

“Nice to meet you too sir”

Makoto smiled and nodded he then turned to Shu

“And of course, nice to meet you”

Shu smiled

"You can call me Shu, I'm Fujiyama's partner in his investigation"

While looking at Makoto, Yukari seemed to have something bothering her mind

“How far do Uncle know my Father? has he ever discussed the Flame Crow with Uncle?”

Makoto looked doubtful

“We've met a few times before, but he never brought up the Flame Crow, sorry”

Yukari looked reluctant

“No, it's okay”

Yukari looked disappointed, but her expression then turned calmer knowing that another of her father's friends was here. On the other hand, Ken looked confused

“Flame Crow? Can someone explain?”

Yukari looked at Ken and smiled

“It's a mysterious organization of Yokai medium hunters, that my father investigating”

Ken looked astonished

“I'm Sorry Yukari san, did I hear right? Yokai medium hunters? But...”

Yukari replied

“Only close blood relatives can become successors of controlling the Yokai inside the medium? Right, I know, so I'm also confused about their true intentions...”

Hearing this, appears that something is bothering Makoto and Shu. Shu said

“So, you guys are also investigating Fujiyama's disappearance?”

Makoto nodded

“That’s right”

Makoto's expression turned curious

"Let me guess, you guys are here because of the clue that Fujiyama left behind?"

Shu nodded

"And it seems you guys too? We found a new location as a lead”

Makoto replied

"Let us help, I presume you guys have also heard of this offer before?"

Yukari looked at Ken, making him a little surprised

“Yes, from Ken. I think we do need some help"

Shu nodded, his expression turned serious

"We accept the offer, given the danger involved, refusing this help is not even an option"

Makoto and Ken's expressions turned curious. Makoto said

"Can you explain everything in more detail?"

Shu replied

“Sure, but I think we need to find another place to talk about it”

Makoto smiled

"Let me invite you to our house, it will be safer for you two"

Shu appeared to agree with this suggestion and he then nodded. Not long after, they heard a thumping and roaring sound from outside the house, making them all startled. Shu said

"Does that have anything to do with you guys?"

Makoto’s expression turned astonished

“I wanted to ask the same thing”

Yukari appears to immediately realize something

"That Centipede Yokai, it's still here"

Hearing this, the others also became shocked.

Not long after, there was an earthquake, and the roof of the house appeared to be shaking as if it was about to collapse. This earthquake continues until finally something landed so hard in the backyard of this house that it shattered the ground and shocked everyone in the house and their attention was now fixed on the shattered glass sliding door that led to the backyard of this house. Appears that the head of a giant centipede is moving to the front of the sliding glass door, with its size larger than before.

Seeing this, Ken and the others immediately ready their Yokai weapons. The centipede Yokai then pecked with its large mandible (insect mouthpart) which looks like a twin curved sword and immediately hit Makoto and Ken, but they parried and held back this Yokai’s attack using their katana Yokai weapon. Seeing this, Yukari then slashed at the Centipede's eyes, making it back off immediately while roaring loudly. The Centipede Yokai lunged back into the house, its large body began to fill the room and destroyed the floor. The Centipede Yokai crawled up the second floor via the stairs and destroyed all existing stairs railings. The centipede Yokai immediately targeted Shu who was closest to it. The centipede pecked at Shu, but he then immediately parried it. The strong force of this attack sent Shu bouncing backward a few meters then fell to the floor.

The centipede Yokai crawled fast toward Makoto and immediately continued its attack on him. Makoto countered and now they were clashing attacks. The centipede's tail which had horns like shiny black sharp blades smashed towards Shu who had just risen from the fall, Shu immediately parried it with his katana, and the attacks stopped immediately. Shu now holding the centipede Yokai tail attack. Seeing this, Ken and Yukari immediately attacked the Centipede's head together. The centipede threw Makoto's attack holding away then crawled toward Yukari and Ken and attacked them with its sharp legs.

Ken and Yukari clashed with the Centipede Yokai attacks, the creature's mandible and sharp legs collided with Yukari and Ken's Katana. The centipede Yokai slashed Ken with its tail, but Ken managed to fend it off and then hold the centipede's tail attack using his Katana. The centipede Yokai was getting more and more agitated, he then maneuvered around with his body, forming a strong rotation move like a circle chainsaw, and scratched many places in the house.

The centipede Yokai turned its body around to attack Ken. Ken managed to fend it off, but his attacks faltered. The centipede Yokai attack finally knocked Ken back and made him hit the wall behind him hard and is now in pain. Makoto and Shu immediately followed the attack and took the centipede's attention to engage them. Shu said

"There's no point in continuing this fight, we have to get out of here!"

It wasn't long before the centipede Yokai immediately attacked them again.