The Sword Deity in Tokyo

As the sharp knives slashed across the villagers' wrists, blood trickled down from their open wounds, instantly bathing the entire ground with crimson red blood.

Kimura Kazuki's expression turned ghastly pale when he witnessed this bone-chilling scene.

Human Body Tactical Formation! These four words instantly came to his mind.

Generally, tactical formations required reiki activation, while the era of dilute reiki depended on jades with good quality. However, there was a kind of tactical formation that did not require any jade or Spiritual Stone.

It was the Human Body Tactical Formation. This tactical formation was commonly used by the cults as it relied on the essence of human beings, which were the human blood and soul. The Human Body Tactical Formation required human blood and soul as the stimuli to be activated and function. It was extremely sinister and activating this type of evil tactical formation required certain specific elements.

Kimura Kazuki thought that Sakagami Village had an actual solution, he could never have guessed that they would employ an evil cultish method.

The villagers of Sakagami Village need to be stopped! Kimura Kazuki froze when the thought came into his mind. But how do I stop it?

He had only heard about the Human Body Tactical Formation but he had never seen it before. After all, he was from the Enchanted Talisman Division and was not a researcher of the Tactical Formation Division. He would not go out of his way to research about tactical formations, so he did not know much about them. Since he could not comprehend the simple ones, much less this type of Human Body Tactical Formation. However, it was impossible to not know it as it was too popular. After all, this kind of evil tactical formation had been widely spread on the internet.

Some ordinary people even made it into sticker packs and sent the stickers in messenger applications.

Most importantly, he had heard that the Human Body Tactical Formation would indeed be useful toward curses and hexes.

Perhaps this was what "fight fire with fire" meant.

Kimura Kazuki had an ambiguous expression, as he regretted not learning more about tactical formations in his past life. Now, he could not figure out if Sakagami Village's Human Body Tactical Formation would be effective. While he was thinking about it, he gazed at the people from Sakagami Village with a cautious look on his face.

Sei Shigeru, who was standing beside him, was also shocked when he witnessed this scene, exclaiming, "This tactical formation is unbelievably evil!"

A tactical formation that utilized the human body as materials and human blood as a stimulus, reeked strongly of pure vileness. However, just like Kimura Kazuki, he did not step forward to stop them. After all, this was the Sakagami Village's method to break the curse. If he rashly stopped the ceremony, he would definitely provoke the ire and resentment of the villagers. It would be difficult to resolve the incident in Sakagami Village if they were ejected from there. After all, the incidents where two people died yesterday had not been clearly investigated yet.

As Harunaka and the others were stupefied, the elderly villagers in the outer circle gradually turned pale. Yet, shockingly, these people were smiling as their blood drained from them. Furuhashi Harunaka shivered at this unsettling sight, feeling as though she was in a scene of a horror movie.

"It works… It works! It really works!" The villagers paid no attention to Kimura Kazuki and the others. Some of them could feel that their blood was draining from them. However, as their blood trickled on the ground, a sense of relief swept across their entire body. Although they were becoming feeble, the sensation of relief was not merely a hallucination.

However, the villagers did not realize that their blood did not seep into the ground. Instead, it flowed like a river, gradually collecting, as the eventual amalgamation of everyone's blood became extremely thick and viscous.

The body of blood was very bizarre as it moved nimbly as if it was alive. As it flowed slowly and gently along with the elderly villagers in the outer circle, it seemed to be drawing something on the ground.

Meanwhile, the elderly villagers could not withstand it anymore. Some of them started to wrap their wrists using the gauze they had prepared beforehand to stop the bleeding. Seeing this, Tarou Sakagami wanted to mutter something but he stopped himself. He had wanted to let the bleeding continue but after thinking about it, this tactical formation was used to dispel the curse. It would disrupt the procedures if some people were to be seriously injured.

As the villagers in the outer circle bandaged their wrists, the younger villagers in the inner circle also took out a small knife. Clenching their teeth, they cut their wrists. Some timid ones could not do it and needed the assistance of the person standing next to them.

After ten minutes had passed, the pungent smell of blood wafted in every direction across hundreds of miles.

Kimura Kazuki had an uncanny feeling when he witnessed the scene. However, he could not exactly place his finger on what was wrong. He knew that it was because he was not familiar with the Human Body Tactical Formation, or else, he would have figured it out with ease.

In the meantime, Kimura Kazuki occasionally looked around to observe the surroundings. Judging from yesterday's incident, the Majin did not want the villagers of Sakagami Village to remove the curse. Tarou Sakagami told Kimura Kazuki and the others about the incident in Sakagami Village because he hoped that they could ensure their safety and the completion of the ceremony while they were dispelling the curse.

Meanwhile, the teenagers and young adults in the inner circle of the tactical formation had slit their wrists and released their blood. The red fluid revolved around the circular formation like a living beast, surrounding all of them. The stream of blood formed a semi-circle as it continued to flow and ebb on the ground.

The youthful blood from the inner circle began to gradually spread outward. If one were to gaze down from the sky at the place where the villagers were currently at, the torrents of blood flowing on the surface would seem as though they were being manipulated by an invisible hand. The flowing blood was used to draw on the earth, slowly recreating a tactical formation.

Sei Shigeru frowned unconsciously when he observed this spectacle. "The blood is moving as if it is a living thing. However, no one from Sakagami Village is a practitioner, so how is the blood being controlled?"

Sei Shigeru spoke softly as he was merely mumbling his doubts. Clearly, it was simply a question he was asking himself.

However, Kimura Kazuki suddenly realized. Then, his face turned shockingly pale! Obviously, he had neglected a key factor. Although the Human Body Tactical Formation did not need any Spiritual Stone or jade, it required a Cultivator to control the tactical formation. As long as the person was a Cultivator, then surely the person's body would contain reiki.

However, there was no Cultivator among the inhabitants of Sakagami Village. It was highly unusual indeed.

Without a Cultivator, how can the blood flow in such a regular pattern? Who is it?

Kimura Kazuki's eyes darted at lighting speed and instantly scanned through all the villagers before him. He scrutinized their ashen pale faces, seeing that most of them looked hopeful and excited, while some timid ones seemed frightened and terrified.

Then, Kimura Kazuki's eyes suddenly stopped. Although this person tried to conceal her emotions, her calm and gloating eyes had thoroughly betrayed her. As he stared at Otome Sakagami who was standing in the middle, his heart was still in utter disbelief. However, after a certain thought came to his mind, he instantly made a decision.

This Human Body Tactical Formation must no longer continue!

A fraction of a second later, his Sun and Moon Sword stirred from its slumber. In an instant, it glided across the air at supersonic speed, aiming directly at Otome Sakagami!