Jun was walking with his friend Akiba to drop him into his place , Akiba was speaking with excitement and happiness: I can't believe the boss agreed on giving me two week off , I will take my mother and sister into a fun place and make them happy
Jun smiled and patted his shoulder and he also said with excitement: really? I'm happy for you Aki , I feel jealous from them , they have a great man like you
Jun stopped when he got an emergency notification , he turned around and told Akiba with a serious tone: it's an emergency Aki , can you go back to the police station? And don't ever follow me
Akiba didn't have time to respond since Jun is already running away to the university direction , in the meantime Asagiri were running with a destination , she stopped many times to vomit from the scene she saw and from everything's happening around her and monster that stood in front of her , She isn't running because she wants to , but her body is running because the feeling of danger , the university is covered with the sprayed material , she reached the stairs but she doesn't know if she should go up or down , she choose to go down and she immediately start running down the stairs and when she reached the next floor she slipped and fell , she stood up hardly and start walking slowly to the door but it was locked , she tried many times but no use , the tears start to run down her cheeks , she start to hear someone sneezing coming to her direction but the voice was so scary , it was thick and loud but it sounds like a double voice with another soft and delicate voice, Asagiri start running into another place , even if she can't see anything she remembers everything in the university , she decided to try the emergency door , She kept running not realising the voice has stopped , when she is about to reach the door the monster jumped from above her in front of her making her scream with fear , Asagiri expression were scared and tired , without waring the windows near them got broken and she noticed something hit the monster making them roar in pain this time , Asagiri took this opportunity to jump from the window and kept running with full speed and didn't stop till she reached the Iron door of the university , she tried to found a way to get out , she spotted a small light on a tree , she start to follow it till the light stopped on the iron door and she flinched when something hit the door lock , all she did was to open the door and run outside and while running she was stopped by ru who told her while holding the government Badge: there is a car after two houses , get in it and don't be scared , the one inside it would take you to your destination , and leave the rest for us
All what Asagiri did is was nodding and left running while Ru got into the university and kept searching for the creature , but there is no trace of it , but they saw lot of clotted blood on the ground , they put their fingers on the earphone and growl: that freak run away , why didn't keep your eyes on her?
Jun whines while defending himself: come on boy! You wanted me to leave the girl alone? What if something happened to her?
Ru replied angrily: but you left one of the monsters run away
Ru added: but I agree with you , we can't let more people get injured , she will be okay so don't worry , I will scan inside the university you scan outside
Jun jokily said: aye aye captain
Ru got mad from Jun jokes and start scolding him while Jun kept laughing and not caring about Ru , Ru start to scan inside and got into many room and hallways with the help of the helping glasses that they can scan better through the sprayed material m he got into room and spoke: one corpse here , oh god what type of freak do this , she took out all his organs , but no trace for the freak monster , any news Jun?
Jun spoke while he was still scanning: nothing new , how did she escape like this?
They both stopped speaking when they realised something , Jun spoke: call them Ru, and asked them
Ru took their phone and started calling and they answered them after a few minutes , he immediately asked: Is there infrastructure under the university? Or anything below the university?
They took a deep breath and spoked fastly: where are the entrances?
They yelled: What do you mean you don't know , search now we have an escaped monster , I will not close unt—
They stopped talking when they closed the line on him while Jun burst out laughing: they closed the line , didn't they?
Ru replied quietly and with an outrageous face. At the same time, Jun continued to laugh, in the meantime Emmanuel entered the room of his sleeping children, he fixed the blanket Simon and then walked to Ness and started adjusting her hair calmly and sighing and then went out and found that Tessa was standing next to the door calmly, she spoke quietly but he can feel the pain in her voice. Her features were sad where there was a black circles under her eyes: I don't know what is going on to my child Ness, she behaves unusually, Emmanuel, is it adolescence? Or is there another matter? I have said, perhaps, if we traveled and changed our usual life system, perhaps things will improve, but there is no use
Emmanuel hugged her and said quietly and gently: everything is going to be alright honey , if anything happens Ness would tell us immediately so no need to worry
He then helped her sat on the couch and then he bend down and sat on his knees and he is looking at her gently: and I will never let anything happen to her , I will do everything I could to protect our children honey , so don't worry
Tessa calmed down , emmanuel entered the kitchen and then came back with two hot drinks in a cup and gave her one and sat next to her and then they both start to drink slowly and quietly while their minds in another world , none of them said any word at all and they have been like this till Tessa ended her drink and stop up and whispers quietly: I will go to sleep , see you tomorrow
All what emmanuel did is was he nodded his head
In the meantime Asagiri was inside the car which turned out to be a truck , she was sitting on one of the chairs while someone were checking on her quietly and gently , he looks like he is in his late thirty even though he is very slim , he have a calm smile on his face , his hair were wavy black very short , he has a sleepy grey eyes that tends to black and have dark circles under them , his face is full of scars and burns that anyone would see them wouldn't realized that his skin colour is yellow because of them , he were wearing a gloves and a lab coat while he was checking on her
Behind him sat another two people , a young man looks like he is in his late twenties with tanned skin , he have a short silky green hair tents to black , he have almond dark brown eyes , near his left eyes his face was stitched from the top of his forehead to the bottom of his chin , An uncomfortable smile spread across his face as he leaned his toned body against the door , next him sat a young lady who she also seems to be in her late twenties , she have a slim body with yellowish skin , she have a silky chestnut brown hair that reached above her shoulder and she did them both in a high two braids in each side of her head , she was staring at Asagiri with her sharp olive eyes , her rounded face has some freckles on it's cheeks and nose , in the meantime she was humming while she was holding a hammer in her hands , and it wasn't just any hammer it was a huge and long warhammer that the edge of it was outside the truck
The sweat start to form in Asagiri forehead and start to dripping from her forehead when the man who were checking on her eyes widen up , he took the scissors next him and threw it at the two young people behind him while both dodge it easily while the both burst out laughing , he was scolding them hardly while they both kept laughing , Asagiri kept sweating and were about to move and leave the truck , but he turned around and his heavy sleepy eyes were wide open , Asagiri were shaken and couldn't move at all , she forgot about all her fears that were eating her minutes ago from the beast and what she saw , new fear start to crawl into her from this eyes , he sighed and his eyes closed again slowly and quietly , he smiled his gentle smile and apologised to her as if he wasn't about to murder to people who are behind him , she noticed the two were still smiling their creepy wide smile
Asagiri asked nervously and with fear in her tone: who are you? Do you really work for the government ? What's going on? What did I just see? When can I go home?
The man were still checking her it's almost like he is searching for something , he answers her gently: we aren't from the government exactly , but we are part of it , as for your questions we will answer it later , so calm down Miss Asagiri
Asagiri frown , but she is thinking how does he know her name , Ru and Jun entered the truck and they start to drive it and the air were calm and quite , Asagiri eyes were going on the man who is checking on her and the two behind him and then the two who are in front and her eyes widen when she saw Jun it feel like she saw a ghost , Jun smiled to her and he start asking about her condition and if she is injured or anything but the one who is answering him is who is checking on her , Asagiri noticed the air is so tense , she were about to speak but who is checking on her spoke first but to the others: what's wrong with you four , are you always like this?
The four answered simultaneously: No, but because you are with us right now
The man gripped the tool in his hand with all his might , Asagiri felt the tool might break any second , he took a deep breath and then took it out and he already finished from checking over Asagiri and he cleaned her wounds which were slight and he bandaged them , the six sat quietly when Jun spoke quietly: the monster you saw , it's everywhere in the world
Asagiri was about to speak but Jun continued: That's not how they appear to us, they have a more human, more feminine and feminine appearance
Asagiri start to shake in fear , Jun were about to continue when suddenly Ru pressed the break with all the power they got which made everyone send forward , they all turned to look at Ru which Ru only pointed with their face into an ally and they all understand what's going on except for Asagiri , the young lady hold her warhammer while the young man took out his flanged mace , they both smiled maniacally and they both got out , Jun said before they get out: you both should make sure to return safe , Takeyoshi Iwashita and Kanna umehara
They both entered the ally but Asagiri see anything since Ru drove again and the other three got so serious it felt like they are thinking about something , each one of them give random names for places and sometimes numbers that Asagiri didn't get it , but she understood later that they are searching for a safe place for her , Jun asked her: are you a known person in the university? Like you are the highest person in grades or something else?
I answered him in confirmation which made the three of them sighed which made her tense more , Jun spoke to the man: Keiji , call them and tell them , it's seems like we have a new problem now
The man who is called Keiji opened his phone and he was answered immediately and he said: hello , yes it's Arai Keiji with you
Then he started to speak which caused for Asagiri to shiver more ,she understood what's going on , because of her position in the universe the monster recognizes her and now it's seems like her family is in danger , Asagiri stood up and start yelling at Ru to stop the truck , tears run down her face while she try to let Ru drive her home , but the moment Keiji put his hand on her shoulder she start shaking more and she start to sweat more and her eyes widen , She sat next Keiji who seems more calm , no one dared to speak , Ru kept driving without a destination when they spoke: why not let her stay with me for the meantime?
Jun eyes widen and he start arguing which made Asagiri tense up , Ru stopped the car and start arguing with Jun , while Keiji kept calm watching both of them arguing till he raised his hand and spoke in a calm serious tone: she can stay in the headquarter in the meantime , till we get new reports on what we will do later , but for now let us go into a safe zone
He added in a calmly while looking outside through the window with his sleepy eyes: After that freaking monster stops chasing us
Asagiri eyes widen , this whole time they were being watched and chased by a monster , they kept in their place for a half hour till Takeyoshi and Kanna entered the car and they have their widen smile while they were bathed by the monster blood but they don't seems like they care , Ru kept driving again , no one spoke after that and the atmosphere was very suffocating , and it got more suffocating for Asagiri , Kanna took out a drink from the ice box and gave it to Asagiri , Asagiri took it after she hesitation and she didn't say anything , her eyes were locked on the floor with so much nervousness while she were shaking her legs , Keiji glanced at her but he didn't say anything , when she raised her head she noticed Jun still wearing his goggles , she never saw him taking it off , it was late at night , which made her more nervous and tense more , Kanna leaned her body towards Asagiri and asked in a cute tone: you are different from how Kuina description you to us
Jun laughed saying: This is normal, even people with strong spirit will be afraid to see these monsters the first time
Both Ru, Keiji and Takeyoshi, agreed with him , Asagiri got more tense now, as they know Kuina, until Keiji put his hand on her shoulder to calm her, Asagiri began to calm down, they arrived at an abandoned clinic but no one has entered and they kept watching each other, Asgari returned to tension until Jun huffed and said angrily: fine fine I will go with her
Then he entered and turned to Asagiri and pointed to her to follow him, Asagiri started tense but Keiji nodded his head so she took a deep breath and started joining him, it was abandoned from the outside but he seemed natural from the inside, not in the usual way as the lights were low and there are no clinic equipment, they reached the stairs and asked Jun if she could go down to seven floors, or that this might be exhausted, all what Asagiri did it that she nodded her head and both began to go down, but neither of them spoke, as soon as she reached a room on the seventh floor below the ground and found each of Kokichi and Irie , and they started asking her and examining her, Jun was standing outside, she started tense and increased her tension more because she was alone with two strange men, Jun was inspecting his phone when he heard the crying of Asagiri inside , he muttered something about that she reached her limit, Jun entered the room and found Asagiri crying while covering her face with her hands, Jun uttered his usual fun tone: Well this is enough, I will take her now, I will leave her under the care of the Ninomiya sibilings
He went to her to calm her and took her, he was walking at leisurely this time so that Asagiri could capture her breath and calm down, she gave her the drink that Kanna gave her, she took it quietly , they reached the stairs , she sat immediately and started drinking quietly, she was looking at the emptiness in front of her, Jun left her rest until she decided to climb and both began to climb, no one of them say any word, as soon as they left Jun realized: Hey, we don't have a something to take us to the home of the Ninomiya siblings
he looked at Asagiri wgich she looked at him with tension until he sighed and started massaging his head, Kokichi and Irie came out , and when they found that the two were standing, Irie shook his head and Kokichi tried not to laugh, in the end of Jun and Asagiri ended up to ride with Kokichi and Irie, and the atmosphere was not different this one, where none of them spoke, Jun opened the radio butKokichi closed it , John returned to open it and returned Kokichi to close it again, they remained like this for ten minutes until Irie stare at them without saying anything and they stopped both immediately and each of them looked in a different direction, Asagiri was a little shook a little, Jun smiled because he immediately realized that she was trying to hold her laughter, kokichi smiled also , it was a small smile that hid it with his palm, the car suddenly stopped, Everyone turned to look at Irie with confusion, he did not utter anything and they looked at him for ten minutes, Kokichi said quietly: no more gas?
Irie nodded his head quietly, Jun hit his hand on his forehead and sighed, Irie turned to John, which made Jun shake his head in a denial and he said all kinds of words of exile in every language he could talk to, but he ended up pushing the car with the rest, and Asagiri looked at them as a tension, then Kokichi was insulting a lot and Jun told him to stopped while Irie didn't say any word ,till they heard something hard fall , the three of them turned and found that Asagiri was unconscious, Jun ran and carried her calmly, then turned to the rest
After a few hours, a car arrived next to them, and Yasuo and Issei were inside , everyone else got into the car , Issei were checking on Asagiri and he confirmed that her temperature is high a little bit , the sun start to rise already , they reached the Ninomiya siblings house , Kohaku came out to help them while Kuina made her room ready for Asaigri , They were now discussing what would happen while Kuina was inspecting Asagiri, Issei assured her that she was just a shock and exhaustion, Kuina nodded her head, then everyone left and the siblings remained with Asagiri, Kirie sat next to Kuina and they talked a little, Kohaku was making some snacks and also drinks
In the meantime , Ru , Keiji , Kanna and Takeyoshi reached the headquarter , Kanna ran to Norihiko who were drinking coffee and have dark circles under his tired eyes , Kanna put her broken weapon in front of him while smiling her wide stupid smile , Norihiko looked at the warhammer then his eyes went to Kanna then again to the broken weapon , he start to massage his forehead and looked at the weapon , he took a huge breath , he opened his mouth to say something but not a single word came out his mouth or even a breath , he closed his mouth and start to nod a lot , Kanna nodded and left Norihiko alone , in this time Norihiko start to think about all his decisions he took in his life , he smiled after everything and went to his work area , both Ru and Takeyoshi went to give the report but stopped when they didn't saw Irie so Ru sat to wait for Irie but Takeyoshi left
Everyone stopped working when they heard someone screaming furiously at someone else , It was Nami, yelling angrily at Marsha, who was trembling in fear on the ground while holding one of her cats, which was also shaking with fear, Ru couldn't understand what was going on, but from what their ears managed to catch, it seemed that Marsha's cat had attacked Nami, and now she was very angry, Ru stood between Nami and Marsha, staring at Nami without saying a word, Nami grew even angrier and was about to say something when Sawada stopped her, placing his hand on her shoulder with a smile, She glared at him furiously, slapped his hand away, and left in anger, Marsha was crying as she hugged her cat and tried to explain to them what had happened — that it was just a misunderstanding and that her cat didn't mean it; her cat was just scared of Nami, Sawada gently patted Marsha's head to calm her down, without saying a word
Meanwhile, kirie sat next to Kuina on the floor in the hallway of the rooms, They were waiting for Asagiri to wake up, No one dared to go to her, and no one dared to speak, Kuina began biting her nails, kirie took her hands and gently squeezed them. Kohaku returned with two cups of warm drink. He kept staring at them until kirie finally spoke, her voice calm: We won't be able to sleep under these conditions
He turned and entered his room, Meanwhile, Ro walked into one of the rooms at the headquarters, Inside was a young woman in her mid-twenties, with skin that had a pinkish hue, and very short wavy dark beige hair with some bluish-black strands. Some locks were longer than the rest, even falling over her face from the front, She had sharp dark brown eyes and two scars on her right cheek, Beneath her left eye were two moles close to each other, Her jacket was tied around her waist, and the sleeves of her shirt were rolled up past her elbows, She wasn't even wearing her shoes—they were tossed outside the room, She clicked her tongue and turned to Ru with an annoyed look on her face, She knew exactly why he was here, With a sigh, she spoke in an irritated tone: I told you during our call—we're taking care of it, Look at me, I'm already searching for the file
She walked small steps till she reached Ru and pushed them outside the room and added: and Ru how many times did I told you this room is only for the nightwatchers , wait outside
She closed the door on his face , Ru clicked on their tongue and said angrily: open the door right now Renya Osanai
But the young adult didn't respond so they sighed and left
In an unknown place, Kasai opened her eyes, Her vision was blurry, Her body was covered in blue and purple bruises, and sweat ran across every inch of her skin, There was blood around her bound hands and feet, She was breathing heavily, She was tied to a chair, lying on her right side. She couldn't hear anything clearly, but she could see shadows around her—until everything went dark once again
Meanwhile, Irie sat next to Kokichi in an empty public park, Neither of them said a word, The only sound they could hear was the breeze, Irie finally spoke calmly: Kasai will come back, don't worry, We need to focus on matters at the headquarters
In this time Elena were in the headquarters when her eyes shine , she pressed on the headphone on her right ear and said: saw the target
She began walking behind a girl until the girl suddenly ran, and Elena chased after her until the girl entered the bathroom, Elena followed immediately, but she didn't see the girl, Instead, she saw two other girls inside, When she asked them about the girl, they denied seeing anyone enter, However, one of them mentioned hearing the bathroom door open, but she didn't see anyone come in, Elena handed the report to Sawada, who was still wearing his usual calm smile, He said quietly: So, the girl who left the message... vanished , as if the ground swallowed her up
Elena sighed and nodded, He nodded back, began writing the report, and let her leave, When Irie and Kokichi arrived, he explained the situation to them, Kokichi's expression darkened, and Irie's features tightened Kokichi began cursing and kicking anything he could find, while Irie remained seated, and Sawada continued writing the report with his usual smile, Kokichi threw himself down next to Irie, and neither of them said a word , Meanwhile, Issei was checking on Masahito's condition. He was talking to himself as he read reports and data, He still couldn't understand why Masahito would be in a coma , Marsha came in, her eyes still red and swollen from crying , He put the reports aside and walked over to her , Elsewhere, Elena was complaining next to Nina, who was having breakfast , Suddenly, Elena screamed loudly, drawing everyone's attention, Her face turned red with embarrassment
The sun was at its peak in the sky when kirie woke up to find herself still sleeping next to Kuina in the same spot, She gave a small smile and had to wake Kuina up, As the two were nearly done with their morning routine, they suddenly heard loud screaming ,when they entering the room, they found Asagiri clutching her head, screaming hysterically, Her screams soon turned into uncontrollable laughter, even as tears streamed down her face, The two sisters stared at her, then at each other, then back at her again, They both knew this was going to happen sooner or later—once Asagiri's mind began to process everything ,Asagiri fell off the bed but remained on the floor, laughing, Ten minutes later, she sat up straight, leaning her back against the wall, She began muttering to herself, trembling, the fear took her and were showing , Then her eyes widened, and she turned toward Kuina and kirie, her voice full of fear as tears continued pouring down her cheeks, Crawling toward them, she grabbed kirie's wrist and shook her, crying out: Mom... I want to go to her, Where is she? Please... take me to her. Please, I can't take this anymore , this is to much
Neither of the girls answered her, Kuina leaned down to Asagiri's level and gently began wiping away her tears with a tissue, She calmly and simply tried to explain things to her, but Asagiri was still trembling, Kuina didn't know what else to do, so she wrapped her in a hug, Asagiri shuddered with a sudden, intense tremble and began to sob quietly, Kuina kept trying to soothe her in any way she could , Kohaku arrived with a warm drink for Asagiri, something to help calm her down a bit, Meanwhile, kirie began sending a report to Issei and Irie, As soon as Asagiri took a sip of the drink, her eyes widened—she dropped the cup, which shattered on the floor—and she ran outside, kirie quickly pointed her toward the bathroom, and as soon as Isagiri entered, she began vomit, The two girls waited anxiously outside the bathroom, Asagiri didn't come out for over half an hour, and when she did, she was in terrible shape, She collapsed onto the floor again and began to cry, Then she looked at Kuina and asked her to explain everything , Kuina took a deep breath and began to tell her everything , After the explanation, Asagiri remained seated on the floor, unmoving, biting her lip, She was deep in thought, her mind struggling to process it all , This was Asagiri—the young adult who never showed her emotions in front of anyone, who always appeared strong so she could stand alongside the elite, And yet now, here she was, sitting on the ground, her face flushed, her eyes swollen from crying , With a trembling voice, she asked them: What's going to happen to me? To my family?
Kuina answered her first nervously : it's depends on the condition and the decisions that will be taken by the leaders
kirie nodded, Asagiri looked down at the ground, her fear increased, She was also scared of something bad happening to her family, She hugged her knees and buried her face in her lap, still trembling, Kohaku climbed up and remained silent, He kept staring at his sisters until one of them finally spoke to him, but he didn't respond, He only continued to stare at them, and then the other one responded , Asagiri watched them with confusion and anxiety, When kirie noticed Asagiri's gaze, she let out a small laugh, Kuina continued to talk to Kohaku, who did nothing but stare at her
More question marks start to appear inside Asagiri head , Kohaku left and Asagiri were about to ask them but Kirie spoke before her: We ourselves don't know, we have get used to it and it has become normal
Kokichi was arranging some files in his office when someone knocked on the door and said : It's Midori Kurosawa, I'll come in
An adult who appeared to be in her late thirties entered the room, She had pale skin and a round face, Her straight black hair reached the middle of her back and was tied back, She wore round glasses that covered her large green eyes, A cheerful expression lit up her face as she said: Finally, after eight months, we've received a message from Hana's team. They're safe. We didn't get any other information except that they won't be returning—they're going to continue the mission, even if I try to stop them by any means
Kokichi sighed and he started to massage his forehead until they heard Sawada laughing behind them, Midori bowed slightly, and Sawada smiled to her before turning to Kokichi, trying to calm him down, Midori then left, but stopped when Nami stood in front of her, Midori trembled, swallowed hard, and looked at Nami with a fake smile, Nami extended her hand to take the files from Midori, but Midori stopped her, telling her that she wasn't her partner and that Kokichi was the only one allowed to see the files, then walked away, Midori knew very well that saying this would turn Nami into a madman , Nami started following her and was about to grab her when Irie stopped her, He held Nami's hand tightly, his eyes blazing with anger, which made Nami flinch a little, She pulled her hand away and walked off, while glaring at Irie, Irie took a deep breath and calmed down , Midori thanked him and continued walking until she entered the room where Norihiko was still fixing Kana's weapon, grumbling to himself
A few minutes later, the news about shutting down the universities for two weeks so they could investigate the matter spread so fast , Emmanuel and Jared sat alone in a room, where Emmanuel pulled out Ness's camera, Jared's eyes widened, but before he could ask, Emmanuel spoke: Yes, it's Ness's camera, It captured something interesting, It's a good thing—thankfully—she's still alive, Who knows what those monsters might have done
Emmanuel played the footage while Jared watched in silence, sweating as he stared at the scene Ness had captured with her camera, His teeth clenched tightly every time Helene's voice echoed from the recording, Eventually, Jared reached out and stopped the device himself, his hair falling over his face as he said: I can't do this , I can't keep watching
Emmanuel was watching Jared when he asked: are you sure it's her?
Jared nodded, biting his lip so hard it began to bleed, and said: How could I not be sure? I see her right in front of me, and I know Ness would never use AI or anything like that to fake these recordings, Besides… I met her
Emmanuel eyes widen and he was about to say something but Jared stopped him and added: no no I don't know if she did recognise me or not
Jared began to tremble, trying to speak, but no words came out of his mouth until he suddenly swallowed his tongue , Meanwhile, Ness was searching for her camera but couldn't find it, until Simon told her that her father had taken it, Her eyes widened, and she almost stormed out of the room, but she froze when she heard her mother calling her from behind. Ness cursed under her breath
Tsurugi walked up to Teiji and placed a box containing wireless earphones on the table, Teiji looked at the earphones with a puzzled expression until Tsurugi said to him: They're earphones that translate languages you don't speak, You can download any language you want, They support over 20 languages, Just connect them to your phone and everything will be easy, And don't forget to download the app for the earphones, And don't even ask me how much they cost—I'm never telling you
Teiji stared at the earphones as if they were a priceless treasure, His eyes were about to pop out of their sockets, and his mouth dropped open, nearly touching the floor, Tsurugi gently closed Teiji's mouth and shook her head slightly, Teiji then began thanking her non-stop, overwhelmed with gratitude, until Tsurugi placed her hand over his mouth to stop him from speaking, Teiji was ecstatic, flying with joy, Tsurugi took the device from him , tears streaming down his face like rains as he apologized repeatedly , Tsurugi sigh and handed him the device again
Steve entered, looking confused, Teiji took out the device and began experimenting with it alongside Steve, his excitement evident, as if he were a child receiving a long-awaited prize, A smile never left his face, Steve laughed at Teiji's behavior and decided to help him, Tsurugi left them and began working on the flowers, She could hear Teiji and Steve talking, with Teiji brimming with enthusiasm , Tsurugi stopped when she noticed someone outside the shop through the large window, She bit her tongue and went to close the curtains, Both young men appeared confused but didn't say anything , Tsurugi continued working, but there was a shadow of a girl standing outside, The two men didn't ask anything, as they knew Tsurugi wouldn't talk about it, They both went into another room, curious to look outside, but they knew that if Tsurugi didn't want them to look, they should respect her wishes, Still, their curiosity gnawed at them, One of them quickly entered the shop and peeked outside, The person they saw wasn't the owner of the shadow, The shadow had already disappeared , They exchanged puzzled looks but didn't say anything, They both heard whispers, turning toward the window beside them, They saw a shadow moving quickly, sending a chill down their spines, Teiji then told Steve that they should leave and go back to the headquarters, as staying here wasn't a good idea, Steve agreed, and both of them left, leaving Tsurugi and the mysterious shadow behind
Jun entered the patient room to check on Masahito, who was still lying in bed, He watched him quietly without saying a word, biting his lower lip as he observed the unconscious figure, He began speaking to him calmly, as if they were the only two people in the world, He spoke for a long time without realizing it, and suddenly felt something warm touch his cheek, His tears began to fall incessantly, as if they had been trapped in a cage for a long time, only now finding their release, He lowered his face and was about to remove his glasses, which he never takes off, but stopped and calmly addressed the person watching him: And what are you looking at, Sakiko?
Sakiko came out from her hiding spot, laughing softly: It's just curiosity, Jun , I've never seen you take off those glasses, I'd like to see what's under them
Jun scowled and whispered some words that Sakiko couldn't hear, He stood up and quietly left the room, Sakiko frowned, starting to complain about his actions, She turned around and found Issei standing in front of her, looking exhausted, She called out to him and rushed over with concern, He sat down on the chair beside Masahito and whispered for her to leave, Unable to argue, she obeyed and left the room, Issei began speaking to Masahito as though he expected a response, He chuckled softly, lifting his head and staring into the emptiness, as if seeing the whole world and the stars through the black void, He paused and then stood up, washed his hands, then started placing the necessary supplies and food into the tube, carefully and calmly inserting them through his nose
Kokichi walked in while Renya was still rummaging through the pile of items and boxes, He stood there staring at her as she occasionally glanced back at him, until she finally stopped and answered the question running through his mind: No, I couldn't find the layout, I told you all to ask the company for it, I won't be able to retrieve it anyway, so just ask the company, And don't ask me about my clothes—I had to do all this because it's suffocatingly hot in here
Kokichi shook his head and left, only to return briefly to exchange a few words with her before leaving again, She muttered something to herself while adjusting her clothes, Kokichi then entered his office and pulled out a phone
The clock struck to announce it was mid-afternoon—3 p.m. Kohaku was washing the dishes while both Kuina and Kirie sat with Asagiri on the seats beside the kitchen, Kuina was talking nonstop, chatting with the visibly astonished Asagiri, while Kirie quietly sketched the day's events in a small notebook, She wore round glasses that she adjusted from time to time, Suddenly, Yasuo entered, causing Asagiri to flinch and jump up in fear, slowly turning around with clear tension, while the other three remained as they were—only Kirie's glasses slipped down her nose and nearly fell, Yasuo walked over to Kuina, who looked at him with confusion, He took a deep breath, sat beside her, and asked for lemon-flavored soda, While he drank the entire glass, Koina tried to calm the still-nervous Asagiri, Then Yasuo spoke to Kuina "Can you go check on Masahito's wife? I want to go myself, but there's a voice inside me telling me not to, So, could you do this for me, Kuina?
Kuina grew more puzzled but nodded with a wide smile, She stood up, ready to leave immediately, but Yasuo stopped her and told her there was no rush—she could go whenever she wanted , Kuina laughed at her own eagerness and sat back down, Yasuo then wondered why the restaurant seemed unusually empty, to which the other four pointed out that the shop was closed, Masahito simply nodded , Yasao then glanced at Asagiri, who looked at him nervously, and tilted his head, making Kuina to smack him with her right hand—only for Kohaku to suddenly whack him with a metal cooking ladle, Yasuo froze in place, The three girls instinctively grabbed their own heads in pain as if they felt the hit themselves, even though it was Yasuo who received it, He remained frozen for two full minutes, Eventually, someone placed a plate in front of him, and Yasuo stared at it in confusion—it was a new dish, He laughed when he realized Kohaku was using him as a test subject to try out a new recipe, Yasuo's hands trembled slightly before Kohaku smacked him again with the ladle, causing the three girls to quickly move away, Yasuo raised his right hand in surrender to stop Kohaku from hitting him again while rubbing the spots on his head where he'd been struck, Kohaku and the girls watched him closely, waiting for his reaction as he began to eat, He took a bite, then paused and said: This is strange. There's no flavor—I can't taste anything at all
Kohaku were about to hit him again with the ladle but Yasuo hold it and yell while trembling: stop it Kohaku , you will break my skull , I were joking I swear , it's delicious but if you added a lemon it would get better
Kuina addresed Kohaku: this means the food is great , you know how much Yasuo loves sour food with a pungent taste
Kirie whispers to Asagiri: one time I saw him drink the lemon water after he eat the corn
Yasuo gave a sarcastic smile and quickly ducked just as Kohaku tried to strike him again, He laughed at Kohaku's miss—only for Kohaku to do the unexpected: he threw the ladle straight at Yasao's face, hitting him square in the center, Kohaku clenched his right fist in a victorious gesture while Yasuo rubbed the spot on his face where he'd been hit, The girls then decided to head out with Asagiri to cheer her up and help her relax, leaving Kohaku and Yasuo alone to talk, Yasuo tossed the ladle back at Kohaku, who caught it effortlessly, The atmosphere turned quiet—neither of them said a word, The only sound was Yasuo eating carefully, doing his best not to make a single noise, knowing full well that the slightest slurp might cost him his skull
Both Kirie and Kuina were doing their best to cheer up and comfort Asagiri, They had taken her to several places until Kuina finally turned to her and said: If your stay gets approved, you'll be given a room at our headquarters, So you might need some basic essentials—would you like to buy them now?
Asagiri didn't respond to Kuina's question, which made Kuina purse her lips in regret for bringing it up—she knew all too well that Asagiri didn't want to leave her family behind, Kuina politely excused herself and decided to leave, choosing to leave Kirie with Asagiri, A growing tension began to stir within Kirie , unsure of what to do or say, Meanwhile, Kuina walked aimlessly through the streets until she eventually stopped at a bus station, sitting down on one of the benches, lost in a sea of thoughts
At that moment, inside the headquarters—specifically in the weapons maker' section—someone shouted loudly with excitement, though his voice carried a hint of exhaustion: I did it! I finally succeeded!
Narihiko ran toward the voice, trying to see what was going on, There, on the floor, sat a man in his early forties with tan skin and short, tightly curled black hair tied back messily, He wore round glasses perched on his long face, the lenses masking his large, shadowed gray eyes, A light beard covered his jaw, giving him a slightly worn loo, The man gestured with both hands at the masterpiece laid out before him—gloves, a shoulder guard, elbow pads, knee guards, shin guards, and other protective gear, He stood with difficulty, limping slightly, and said: Finally, I managed to make protective gear, It's not too light, but not nearly as heavy as the old ones, The good part is—it can adjust itself, It can even stretch a little
And he continued explaining to Narihiko, who found his eyes welling up with tears, Without thinking, he rushed forward and embraced the man tightly, shouting with overwhelming emotion: You did it, Noya! You really did it, my friend! With this, we'll reduce the injuries and accidents the hunters go through, You're a genius—an absolute genius!
Narihiko hugged him even tighter, lifting him up with all his strength, laughing as Noya chuckled wearily, Meanwhile, Sawada watched from a distance with his usual smile, Narihiko ran outside to call Shozo, leaving Noya seated on the ground, exhausted, Sawada walked over to him, gently patting his shoulder, and spoke in his calm, soothing voice: Well done, Noya, It seems like you've made more than one, too
Sawada added whispering into Noya's ear, his tone low and serious: But remember, no one should see the blueprints or understand how these things work
Noya nodded slowly and then spoke to Sawada, his voice calm yet tinged with curiosity: Did you expel all the members from this section except for a few, because you don't trust anyone and fear there's a traitor among us? That's why you left only those you trust?
Sawada didn't answer him and Noya knew exactly what is the answer , in the meantime Sakura were setting reading her book when someone walked to her , she raised her head and smiled a wide smile and she said in a low but excitement voice: Miss Asae
Asae smiled warmly at Sakura and sat down next to her, and they began chatting, Meanwhile, Kuina walked by, her breath becoming uneven as her eyes widened in shock, She froze as she saw them, standing right behind them, Sakura didn't notice Kuina, but Kuina could feel that Asae knew she was there, It was as though Asae's smile was directed at her, not Sakura, Kuina's body trembled, and she started to back away slowly, her gaze fixed on the scene before her, With shaking hands, she pulled out her phone, biting her lip, her hands trembling as she raised the phone slightly, unsure of what to do next, She hesitated for a moment before slowly walking toward them , Her body trembled as though her limbs were sinking into icy waters, her breath coming in sharp, uneven gasps, Cold beads of sweat slid down her forehead, despite the fact that her heart thudded violently in her chest like a drum at a wild celebration, She stood there, facing Asae and Sakura. Sakura's expression was puzzled, but Asae still wore her smile—a smile that sent chills down Kuina's spine, It was a smile Kuina had never seen before, No one else might have noticed, but it felt completely different from any smile Asae had given her before, It was unsettling, unnatural, and as though something was hidden behind it , Kuina felt as if a lump had lodged itself in her throat, preventing her from speaking or making a sound, She was on the verge of speak to Sakura when her gaze suddenly snapped toward the exit, and she bolted away from the garden, running without looking back, She stopped some distance away, panting heavily, She had no idea where she was anymore, her gaze glued to the ground as she didn't dare lift her head , Kuina felt someone running toward her, and instinctively, she almost kicked the person away, But she stopped herself when she realized it was just Shinohara, Shinohara took her inside and helped calm her down, Now, Kuina was sitting with Yasuji and Yanai, who seemed to be studying, Yasuji was pointing at pictures in a magazine, naming them, and looking at Yanai to see if he had answered correctly, However, Yanai was deeply focused on solving a math problem, Yasuoji frowned and crossed his arms, clearly frustrated that Yanai wasn't paying attention to him, Kuina chuckled softly and decided to help Yasuji a bit, which seemed to make him very happy, After that, she turned her attention to Yanai, who also seemed to be struggling
Yanai stared at her quietly, as if sensing that she was struggling even more than he was with solving and understanding the problem, He was about to speak, but she stopped him, took the notebook and pen, and began walking around the café, trying to solve the problem, Everyone in the café was watching her in confusion and curiosity, wondering what she was doing, She finally returned to her seat next to Yanai, placed the notebook in front of him, and didn't say a word, He didn't say anything either, After a moment, she complimented the atmosphere, and he quietly nodded in agreement, Yasuji watched them with innocent curiosity , Shozo entered the café, and Kuina straightened up, When he sat in front of her, she took out her phone and handed it to him, He began to look at what she had opened, watching it quietly, The image wasn't clear, but Shozo recognized it,He saw Asae in the scene and heard her voice, Suddenly, the atmosphere turned very cold, more than usual, Shozo nodded, and Kuina immediately understood what he meant, She then turned her attention to little Yasuji beside her, gently patting his head, afraid to harm him , Kuina left the café after feeling a sense of relief, having cleared all the disturbing thoughts from her mind, She began walking when she felt that someone was following her, She continued walking, but the feeling didn't fade, She walked on until she suddenly stopped next to a store and saw the reflection of a woman in the glass, Kuina continued walking, but this time, she took strange turns, entering unfamiliar places until she found herself in an empty alley, When the woman followed her into the alley, she couldn't find her—until Kuina appeared behind the woman, smiling calmly, She spoke in a respectful tone, saying : How can I assist you, madam?
The woman turned to Kuina, who was still smiling to her, Kuina's right hand was in her coat pocket while her left hand held her phone, The woman smiled back and began speaking in a respectful tone, trying to explain that she was lost, Kuina didn't pay much attention, and began walking calmly towards her, until she stood directly in front of her, The woman couldn't look at Kuina's features, as her bangs covered her face, When Kuina suddenly raised her head, she had a wide smile and replied to the woman:The place you're looking for is at the end of the road, on the left side
The woman thanked her and began to walk away, but suddenly, Kuina pulled out her weapon from her bag and placed it beneath the woman, With great speed, she raised it, intending to slice her, but the woman quickly dodged by jumping away, The woman frowned, but Kuina smiled and ran toward her, She placed the weapon on the ground, using it to launch herself upward and kicked the woman in the face, then raised the weapon again to cut her down, However, the woman transformed her hand into a sword just in time and blocked the strike, Gravity pulled Kuina to the ground, and she landed effortlessly, as if she were an acrobat , The woman turned her hands into two whips with sharp ends and began attacking Kuina wildly while screaming, However, Kuina dodged every strike and attack, either by running away or by blocking them with her weapon, Kuina clicked her tongue, then threw her weapon at the woman, but the woman dodged it, At the same moment, Kuina appeared beside her, with her hands on the ground, and lifted herself up, pulling a small dagger from her boot and stabbing the woman, She kicked the dagger into the woman's left hand, The woman screamed and grabbed Kuina by the leg, then hurled her away with great force , Kuina crashed into the trash bin behind her, She began cursing and stood up with some difficulty, gripping her weapon tightly, Both women then charged at each other, Kuina leapt and tried to strike the woman, but the woman dodged easily, Kuina gave a sarcastic smile, which caused the woman to hesitate in confusion—just as Shozo appeared behind her and stabbed a needle into her neck , The woman's body hit the ground, and she screamed with all her might as she began crawling away in desperation , Both Kuina and Shozo watched the woman in silence, Shozo sensed something was wrong and approached her, placing his ear against her stomach, His eyes widened in shock—he immediately picked her up and began sprinting away, Kuina was about to follow, but he stopped her and signed the word "bomb" , Kuina froze in place, then immediately began shouting at everyone in the vicinity to evacuate and get away from the area, Convincing them wasn't easy, Meanwhile, Shozo carried the woman as far away as he could, He quickly called both Sawada and Issei , and they answered immediately , She explained the situation as quickly as possible
In the meantime Sawada was trying to calm him down: calm down Shozo , we will stop the bomb before it's explode
Shozo answered him in a calm tone but his body were shivering: I'm ca-
Issei cut him saying: I know when you are calm and you are not , calm down , if you don't , we don't know what your tension might do
They began issuing instructions, Shozo remained extremely cautious, The first step he had to carry out was to try cutting open the woman's stomach before she could heal herself, Shozo attempted this several times, but each time, her body regenerated, He didn't understand what was happening to him—he was never the type to get nervous, but now, the tension was overwhelming , He tried again after taking a deep breath, trying to steady his hands, It still didn't work, Then he felt her body shift , When he looked up, he saw that her eyes were open—she had regained consciousness , Time had passed faster than expected , The poison had worn off , The dosage of the injection—or the poison—had not been strong, since it was one of the emergency-case syringes , The woman transformed her leg into a blade and swung it upward sharply, slicing Shozo's face deeply , A sharp, burning pain exploded across his cheek as blood sprayed from the wound ,He staggered back, clutching his face, and cursed loudly, the pain triggering a rare outburst , Sawada and Issei were both deeply worried, The woman attempted to escape, but Kuina appeared just in time— She delivered a powerful kick to the woman's stomach, halting her in place , Then, with a sharp voice laced with guilt and urgency, Kuina shouted her apology to Sawada and Issei that she would kill the beast rather than capturing her , The woman fought viciously, healing herself and dodging with desperation, but Kuina pressed on relentlessly , Every strike was met with resistance, every wound the woman received started to close again—
But Kuina didn't stop, With difficulty and precision, she managed to kill the woman , Just as she was about to run to Shouzo's side— He stopped her with effort, barely standing, and pointed weakly toward the woman's body , Kuina ran to Shozo, grabbing his phone and quickly following the instructions given to her,
It was easier now that the woman was no longer healing herself since she was dead , Although Kuina was more nervous than Shozo, she pushed through, her focus entirely on executing the tasks at hand
Kuina found the bomb and Shozo crawled to her hardly , Kuina's hands trembled as she and Shozo worked frantically to disarm the bomb, With Shouzo still bleeding and in pain, they struggled against time, the complexity of the bomb only adding to their anxiety, The minutes flew by, and with just two minutes remaining, Kuina's fear escalated, Her body shook uncontrollably until Shozo held her hand to steady her, offering a brief moment of calm amidst the chaos, As the timer ticked down to thirty seconds, they pushed forward, determined to succeed, With just five seconds left, they managed to disarm the bomb, and the tense ticking finally stopped , Kuina closed her eyes instinctively, fearing that the bomb might still explode, but nothing happened, Sawada instructed them to leave the bomb where it was until his department arrived to handle it, while they were to guard the area, Issei informed them that his team would be coming to take Shozo, They did as they were told and waited at the entrance of the alley, where everything seemed to be going smoothly, Kuina focused on trying to stop Shouzo's bleeding, but Issei's team hadn't arrived yet , When Sawada's team entered to collect the bomb, both Kuina and Shouzo felt that something was wrong, Their eyes widened in horror as the bomb began counting down again, with no time left for a reaction, The explosion ripped through the area, destroying the surrounding buildings, leaving only thick black smoke in its wake, People who had been near the blast zone started to run away, screaming in panic, Some, frozen in fear, stood where they were, as if turned to stone Issei's team, driving ambulances, struggled to reach the site amidst the chaos, with too many people blocking their path, Many abandoned their vehicles and began running toward their destination , As they got closer, the air grew thicker, suffocating even with the masks on their faces, They finally arrived at the scene, where the area was engulfed in dust and black smoke, Visibility was almost zero, and they couldn't see anyone, After donning special glasses to aid in seeing through the haze, all they could make out were the shattered remains of buildings, No sign of people around the area, One of them trembled, stuttering : This is impossible... maybe, maybe they're under the rubble... Call the other teams! We need to search; there might be survivors!
Some began searching the area while others worked on clearing out the people and securing the perimeter, One of them rushed to deliver the news to Sawada and Issei , Sawada remained calm, though his gaze was fixed on the ground, deep in thought, Issei , on the other hand, stormed out of the room and immediately slammed his hand against the wall in frustration, his anger palpable, He bit down on his tongue, causing it to bleed, Those around him could feel the tension, with some of them confused since the news hadn't reached them, Kohaku stood by the kitchen door, staring blankly into the void as if it were speaking to him, One of the others ran over to give him the news, but Kohaku paid no attention and simply walked back into the kitchen, Some were puzzled by his response, but others understood exactly why he acted this way
Jun arrived at the wreckage and immediately began removing debris, muttering to himself: Please don't die, You must survive, You have to make it, Even if I have to clear all this rubble with my bare hands, I'll do it, But you have to survive
Some people arrived and began pulling him away, but Jun refused to move, Then, Yasuo came and shook his head, which made Jun finally stop , Both of them stood there, staring at the debris, holding onto the hope that someone might still be alive
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Character birthdays:
Masahito: August 20
Kuina: May 5
Kirie: April 3
Elena: January 25
Nina: May 28
Yasuo: February 21
Jun: February 10
Ru: July 3
When they started working in the organization (from the first chapter, dated January 14):
Masahito: 4 years ago, when he was 49 years old
Kuina: 10 years ago, when she was 18 years old
Kiri: 4 months ago
Elena: 6 years ago, when she was 14 years old
Nina: 6 years ago, when she was 12 years old
Yasuo: 30 years ago, when he was 17 years old
Jun: 21 years ago, when he was 27 years old
Ru: 3 years ago, when he was 23 years old
John's goggle glasses's are very large, covering his eyes and forehead, and are dark, so nothing is visible behind them
Comments:
First of all,hello my brothers and sisters.
I'm sorry for being late
Secondly, I've decided to talk about something and clarify a certain matter
Do monsters have limits in transformation?
The answer is yes—there are several limits, and I've decided to divide and explain them so the matter becomes clear:
Size:
The size of weapons cannot be extremely large—none of them can exceed human size Power:
The power varies depending on the weapon type:
Melee weapons like daggers and swords:
All of them are comparable in strength to natural weapons, and while they can be stronger, the difference isn't significant
Ranged weapons like pistols:
These too are similar in power to regular human-used firearms
Now here's the tricky part:
In several chapters, I mentioned weapons like cannons or similar things. The truth is, I wasn't sure what the most appropriate name for the weapon was—but I'll explain exactly what I meant
You could say it's like a larger, more powerful version of a pistol—a transformed weapon with greater size and damage. But is it truly a cannon? The answer is no.
I wasn't intending to describe an actual cannon; I just didn't know the right term to use. When I say "greater power," I mean it causes more damage, but it's not something as destructive as a real cannon
The hammer:
I placed the hammer in its own category because it's a close-range weapon that behaves differently than a real hammer—it is stronger and causes more and greater damage than a real hammer
I've tried my best to summarize everything and explain it in a simple way
I hope I didn't make a mistake in anything
And an important thing , there will be no chapter in july , sorry my friends
and sorry for the long chapter don't know how did it ended up like this
Index:
There is no index for his chapter
Thank you for reading see you next chapter