[BL] Daily Disposable Persona

106: High School Student 14

At that very moment, far away in another hemisphere, the South Pacific was in turmoil.

Here, on the island of Pohnpei in Micronesia, a summoning ceremony was in full swing.

Pohnpei was a quadrangular volcanic island surrounded by close-packed coral reefs.

It had the typical climate of a tropical rainforest. Rain fell throughout the year, and lush plants and jungle covered the island like a sea of green as far as the eye could see. Brightly-colored poisonous snakes coiled around the tree branches and flicked their scarlet tongues; toads and leeches lurked in turbid water, lying dormant.

As one of the states of a country, Pohnpei Island wasn't as uninhabited as outsiders might suppose.

It had an international airport, and cities were built where the population was more concentrated. But in other parts of the island, in places humans didn't live, the island retained its pristine rainforest environment.

In the eyes of the mundane world, this island could only be regarded as small and out of the way, but to the occult world, it had immense significance.

Over the years, several research teams formed by the Spire Council visited the island to investigate the South Pacific. Of course, the most famous investigation in its history was the research team that lost all its members and retrieved the jade piece of R'lyeh.

After that disaster, investigators rarely ventured deep into the South Pacific Ocean. They performed their research directly on Pohnpei Island.

As a volcanic island, Pohnpei had a long history. Ancient sacrificial relics were preserved in the depths of the rainforest. Even today, some isolated islanders believed in the R'lyeh clan headed by Cthulhu, but they had no idea he was an evil god.

In the past few days, private planes landed at the airport on Pohnpei Island, but they didn't attract much attention.

There had been other arrivals a few months ago, including cargo planes that brought mysterious things. Locals who watched from a distance said they saw people unloading dusty, cracked stone slabs from the aircraft.

No one knew what these rich foreigners were up to. It wasn't like human trafficking never happened in Pohnpei. For a while, the people on the island were on edge.

But months went by and nothing occurred. Gradually, the inhabitants stopped paying attention.

Besides, that month on Pohnpei Island other things took place to distract them.

Fishermen noticed there were fewer and fewer fish in nearby waters. Even if they set out early in the morning, it was difficult to catch a fifth of their previous haul by the end of the day. Not only that, animals on the island began to show strange signs of mania, and sources of fresh water flowed in reverse, as if manipulated by an evil force.

Immediately after that, corpses of an unknown alien species washed up on the island. They were said to have a horrific appearance, a fish head with a human body, and several rows of long fangs. A few experienced fishermen simulated the biting power of the teeth and estimated they were comparable to a great white shark, which was shocking in itself.

The incident attracted a crowd of curious islanders.

No one on the island had ever seen such a creature. For a while, people speculated that the extinct volcano beneath Pohnpei Island was about to erupt, which caused these deep-sea creatures to wash up on shore. There were also inhabitants who belonged to older religions that preserved ancient murals from long ago. They swore it was a sign of the apocalypse.

Later, the matter was handed over to the federal government. It was said that a scientific research team took away the bodies of the creatures. For most citizens, the incident was far less important than their daily lives, so they stopped paying attention after a while.