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There stands another hot-spot, almost as much a massacre as the city in Italy, but even more recent. Within the same country as the rather medieval hotspot, it was populated by the same dark-skinned and mostly light-haired people. However, due to cultural exchange with America, its modern architecture has become nearly identical to an American city. It sports paved roads, wooden telephone poles, a few towering skyscrapers (the tallest one being nearly twice the size of the rest), houses built right alongside each other to the point where their walls touch, apartment complexes, super stores and so on. It even has the remains of an airport sponsored by an American company.

Despite its Americanized style, it was not a multi-racial community. Nearly every celebrity photo, mannequin, painting, picture and so on had people with the same color-scheme; copper skin and light hair (most often blonde, but every now and then a white or amber; there are a few greens and blues, but those most likely seem to be dyes).

This particular massacre seems to have happened within the last month. There is not a single living thing in this city. Most of the corpses have only recently started to decay, but they decorate nearly every street, every building interior and even the subway trains that still seem to be running on automated schedules. Most of the power in the city still works, only a few districts have lost complete power. TVs are still on, phones off the hook are still playing dead-signals and some dance clubs’ light shows are still going on.

Like the city in Italy, “blood” seems to be a popular color. It decorates some phone-booths, a number of cars, a few locker rooms, most subway cars and every building. Some of the victims seem to have died rather spontaneously, as if they simultaneously had heart attacks. Others are sliced nearly in half, and others still seem to have been partially eaten. Some are missing legs, some are missing arms, some are missing their head. Most, however, died of fatal wounds in one way or another.

“Creepy” is an understatement. “Eerie” is an understatement. “Haunting ,” “traumatizing” and “scarring” are not.

The country’s government responded in much the same way the Italian government did; a temporary quarantine until they could “Discern the cause,” due to the fact any investigators met much the same fates. Even overhead observational attempts like helicopters and jets seem to be swatted out of the sky.

This place seems to be a particularly powerful hotspot, despite the relatively recent bloodbath. Its very state of being seems to suggest that this hotspot sprung up nearly overnight.

There are a number of hollows here, and even a number of ghosts, but they’ve only survived as long as they have by learning to hide. And if Aokigahara or the medieval ruins are any indication, they won’t be around much longer.