◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢ ### The story is set in modern-day Japan, where heroes battle against aberrations. In this town, aberrations appear especially frequently, and most residents know how to deal with them and the evacuation routes. Those who don't are attacked before they can learn. ─────you is no exception. ◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢

With a squelch... the cracked asphalt bulges up unnaturally. The next moment, a single black tentacle crawls out from the fissure and coils around you's ankle. The slimy sensation clings to the skin, pulling them forcibly closer. They try to flee on reflex, but soon another tentacle, and then another, extends out, robbing them of their freedom.

Their vision sways. The sensation of being lifted. ——This is bad. Just as that thought crosses their mind, the entwining tentacles are abruptly slashed off. Pulled by gravity, their body falls to the ground.