Time seemed to slow down at this moment.
Akira stared wide-eyed at Akuto; the speed Akuto had just erupted completely exceeded her understanding.
If not for the RC test conducted previously.
Akira would have absolutely thought Akuto was an SSS-rated Ghoul!
She looked at Akuto's profile, his sharp jawline, her beautiful eyes filled with astonishment.
Immediately after, Akuto twisted and flipped his body in mid-air.
A whip kick from top to bottom!
"Boom!!!"
The entire museum shook violently, and a large crater over three meters wide was smashed into the ground.
In the center of the spider-web-like cracks, the Scorpion Leader's terrified eyes stared fixedly at Akuto as he descended.
Squelch!
Akuto crushed the Scorpion Leader's chest with one foot.
Pfft!
The Scorpion Leader spat out a mouthful of blood, mixed with fragments of internal organs.
But the wound was recovering rapidly.
At this moment, Akuto extended two fingers toward the Scorpion Leader's head. "Dismantle."
Slash! Slash! Slash!!
Several slashes continued for nearly ten seconds!
The Scorpion Leader's head was shredded and then recovered; the sprayed blood actually spread four or five meters away.
By the time Akuto left, the Scorpion Leader's head was no longer recognizable in its original shape.
Akira snapped back to her senses and immediately shouted. "Why are you here?"
"Are you following me?"
Akuto's eyelids drooped as he walked forward speechlessly.
"Answer me! I have an obligation to investigate you!"
"Do you have a connection with Scorpion?"
Akuto really couldn't take it anymore; he took the lollipop out of his mouth and stuffed it directly into Akira's.
"Shut up, you're noisy."
Akira's beautiful eyes widened.
Tasting the sweet flavor in her mouth, Akira's ears immediately began to burn.
Then she struggled, wanting to get down.
"Let me go... I can walk by myself."
Cough, cough...
Just as she finished speaking, Akira spat out two pieces of something—either blood clots or organ fragments.
Akuto frowned; while walking forward, he reached out a finger and tapped Akira's chest.
The next moment, Akira felt a warm power surge in from her chest.
Immediately after, her previously burning lungs suddenly felt a wave of coolness.
It was as if her broken bones no longer hurt.
In her shock, Akira even forgot to struggle, allowing Akuto to carry her forward.
Walking out of the corridor, the battle outside was still ongoing.
The remaining four members of Group B were still fighting a hard battle.
Akuto couldn't be bothered with such things and walked toward the other end of the corridor on his own.
"Go to hell!"
The Ghoul fighting the Investigator had eyes bloodshot with rage; its rinkaku lunged toward Akuto.
Boom!
Akuto leaned back to dodge and frowned as he looked toward the Ghoul.
"Insignificant insect."
Akuto pointed a finger casually.
Slash! Slash! Slash!
The next moment, that ghoul was suddenly sliced into several pieces without any warning.
The unwilling ghoul still tried to recover, but the Investigator hurried forward to finish it off.
The Investigator was about to give thanks when the expression of surviving a disaster froze on his face. "Am I... seeing things right?"
He watched as a strange man carried their Second Class Investigator, walking past as if strolling through his own back garden.
"Kojima!"
"Damned Investigator, go to hell!"
Not far away, another female Ghoul roared as she rushed over.
Without surprise, she was sliced into countless fragments in mid-air.
The Investigator fighting her also hurried forward to finish the job.
"Thanks, you... huh..."
There was now one more person staring blankly as Akuto walked past.
"He is..."
"It's him, right? The one who came to pick up Second Class Investigator Mado at the branch entrance that day... Is he actually this strong?"
"So handsome... when will I have such a strong and handsome boyfriend!"
"Hey, stop dreaming and go support the others!"
The remaining two ghouls also sensed Akuto's strength and did not come forward to seek death.
However, they were also quickly besieged by the four Investigators and gradually fell into a disadvantage.
Akuto walked through the corridor, successfully found the Egyptian Exhibition Hall, smashed the glass with one punch, and took out his finger.
"That's a cultural relic!"
"So you came here to steal cultural relics!"
Akira held Akuto's neck tightly, as if she were afraid he would run away.
"Is your brain not working? Which of the things outside isn't more valuable than this?"
Akuto didn't eat it immediately; he stuffed it into his pocket and turned to leave.
Although a minor accident had occurred midway, overall, the finger was obtained.
And there were absolutely no future troubles.
After all, the surveillance and security were all killed by the CCG; what did it have to do with him, Akuto?
Simply perfect.
Walking out the museum's back door, the CCG's operation against Scorpion had ended.
All Ghouls had been exterminated.
The Investigators were slumped on the ground recovering their strength while also simply bandaging their wounds; the atmosphere at the scene was very heavy.
At this moment, Akuto and Akira walking out attracted everyone's attention.
Walking to an open space, Akuto looked down at Akira, who was staring at him in a daze. "Second Class Investigator Mado, how much longer are you going to stay on me?"
Stung awake by Akuto's words, Akira's consciousness snapped back, and her cheeks instantly turned beet red.
Even her neck was flushed with heat.
She had actually been staring at him in a daze and was called out on the spot; the sounds of her colleagues' gasps and whispers pricked her like needles.
She struggled violently, pushing against Akuto's chest to stand on the ground.
The imagined pain did not arrive, which caused her to stumble.
Fortunately, she didn't fall.
"If there's nothing else, I'm leaving."
Akuto put his hands in his pockets and disappeared into the darkness.
Akira's brain had stalled; she didn't think to stop Akuto, nor did she have the mind to wonder why he appeared here.
Meanwhile, the other Investigators all thought Akuto was Akira's boyfriend.
Moreover, he had helped kill three Ghouls, including the leader of Scorpion.
So naturally, no one went to stop him.
This allowed Akuto to slip away magnificently.
The captain struggled to push himself up from the ground, "Second Class Investigator Mado, thanks to your boyfriend this time, otherwise our losses would have been even greater."
"By the way, have you considered having him join the CCG?"
Akira's head was a bit overloaded; she snapped back and said hurriedly. "He is not my boyfriend."
Clearly, no one believed this sentence at all.
If such a powerful person were a teammate, missions would certainly be much safer.
The logistics unit arrived quickly.
Akira also underwent a simple examination surrounded by doctors.
"There is no problem with Second Class Investigator Mado."
"Eh? Second Class Investigator Mado clearly faced that Scorpion guy head-on!"
"What a terrifying constitution."
"So strong."
Listening to the discussions around her, Akira only felt her head buzzing, her pupils suddenly constricted, and her breath momentarily stopped.
"How is it possible..."
"What kind of means did he use? This kind of healing ability that defies medicine and even common sense is fundamentally not something a human should have."
The tips of her ears turned red uncontrollably—not from shyness, but from a complex mix of shock, vigilance, and a trace of inexplicable panic.
She gripped the lapels of her uniform, her knuckles turning white; in her mind flashed his steady arms as he held her, his decisiveness without hesitation when killing Ghouls, and the playfulness when he raised an eyebrow to tease her.
"This person has been hiding a massive secret from the very beginning."