Umi Nyōbō

She approached a barrel of pickled fish which had a heavy stone placed on top of it to keep the lid sealed. While still carrying the human baby, she effortlessly lifted and tossed away the stone with one hand. She grabbed webbed handful after webbed handful of picked fish and gleefully swallowed them whole. Her sharp teeth glimmered. When she had eaten all of the fish, she bit into the human baby and quickly devoured that too. The old man was paralyzed with fear, and could not look away. The umi nyōbō finished up all the remaining bits of pickled fish and human baby, then began to scan the house with her fierce eyes. “Where is that old man I saw in here earlier? I really could use something to clean my palate!”. The umi nyōbō scanned the house once more, but saw no sign of the old man. Disappointed, she left the house and vanished into the night.