Special Neurotoxic Gas—AJVX!

Special Neurotoxic Gas—AJVX!

"Eriko!"

Tokyo had been dangerous before, and Sato had once used Eriko to threaten Nagai.

That had made Nagai deeply uneasy. Later, after reaching an agreement with Tozaki Yuu, Tozaki's honesty had earned Nagai's trust.

So he had entrusted Eriko's safety to Tozaki.

And the place Tozaki had arranged for Eriko was here.

Sakura Medical Center!

"Big brother!"

Upon entering the medical center, they happened to find Eriko sunbathing in the garden.

She spotted Nagai at once.

"Are you okay? I heard there was a riot in the city a couple of days ago. Even the Japan Self-Defense Forces were deployed!"

Clearly, Eriko still did not know what had actually happened.

Naturally, Nagai would not tell her and make her worry for nothing.

"Of course I'm fine. Otherwise, how could I have come to see you?"

They had not caught up for long before a doctor came looking for Eriko.

He was taking her for her daily scheduled examination.

"Big brother, I'll go first."

"Yeah, see you in a bit."

Seeing how happy Eriko looked, Nagai finally felt the weight in his heart ease.

He turned to Shimomura Izumi. "You said there was someone else to see besides Eriko. Who is it?"

Shimomura Izumi seemed somewhat downcast. "Come with me and you'll see."

The two made their way to the inpatient wing and stopped outside a private ward.

Looking at the woman before him, covered in life-support tubes and connected to a ventilator, yet still unconscious.

Nagai was deeply puzzled.

"Who is she?"

"Oda Arisa. She was also Tozaki's fiancée."

Nagai froze.

Back at the Crisis Management Center, when Tozaki Yuu had been killed by Sato, Nagai had seen Shimomura Izumi's reaction with his own eyes.

On top of that, Shimomura Izumi had always protected Tozaki at close range. The two had been nearly inseparable.

It had made Nagai think Shimomura Izumi and Tozaki were a couple.

Yet he had never expected Tozaki to have a fiancée who was gravely ill and bedridden!

"Do you know why Tozaki refused when the minister wanted him to use Eriko to threaten you?"

Nagai's gaze fell on Oda Arisa lying in the bed.

"That's right. Because just like you, he had someone closest to him lying in a hospital bed who needed care!"

She paused, giving Nagai a moment to take it in.

Shimomura Izumi continued, "But now Tozaki has been killed by Sato.

So I will continue caring for Miss Oda.

And I will fulfill the unfinished will he left behind: capture Sato!"

Nagai recalled that after that battle, Sato had vanished without a trace.

He hurriedly asked, "Sato... could Bai Xing have already killed him?"

Shimomura Izumi shook her head. "No. Earlier, we received a brief report from the Metropolitan Police Department.

There was a murder at Owada Hospital in Yokohama. Based on surveillance footage and witness statements, it has been confirmed that Sato was there at the time!"

Nagai's eyes widened. "Yokohama? Why did he go there?"

Shimomura Izumi said, "According to the investigation, the dead man was named Anzai Kuranosuke. He had been hospitalized due to liver failure.

A few days ago, he purchased a compatible liver on the black market. But just after the transplant succeeded, that incident happened."

Shock flashed through Nagai's eyes. Clearly, he had already figured out the reason.

"You mean..."

"That's right. We never knew who had been supplying Sato's weapons and equipment, but now we more or less have the answer.

He must have been selling his own organs on the black market in exchange for money and equipment."

"Then can we still find those organs? Otherwise, no matter how many times we kill Sato, he'll keep regenerating from the bodies of those people.

And most importantly, when he regenerates, all of them will die!"

Shimomura Izumi shook her head. "It will be difficult. The black market is not limited to the country alone. It involves far too many tangled relationships and forces.

Tracking down those organs will not be easy, but someone is already working on it.

And today, I only want to tell you one thing."

Nagai Kei looked at her. "What is it?"

"Minister Shintani has appointed me captain of the Anti-Ajin Special Task Force. Now, I sincerely invite you to join me and stop Sato!"

Abandoned Factory.

Tanaka and the others had been waiting there for quite some time.

That day, because of the battle between Sato and Bai Xing, the entire Crisis Management Center had completely collapsed and was nearly leveled to the ground.

When the prison cells they had been held in collapsed, they were buried beneath the rubble.

Fortunately, Tanaka had regained consciousness in time after reviving and summoned Little Black to escape.

He had then rescued Takahashi and the other three companions, helping them regenerate and restore their injured bodies.

Before the Japan Self-Defense Forces could surround the ruins, they had successfully escaped.

But when they returned to the Secret Base, Sato was nowhere to be found.

The four of them felt as though they had lost their backbone.

Just at that critical moment, a voice suddenly rang out.

"It's so good to see you all again."

Tanaka whirled around. A figure in a white shirt, brown trousers, and brown leather shoes slowly approached, most notably wearing a flat cap.

"Sato!"

Sato narrowed his eyes and waved in greeting at them.

"You all made it back. That's wonderful."

It was unclear whether he was happy they had successfully escaped, or happy that after everything that had happened, they had not lost their nerve and chosen to betray him.

"Sato, what do we do next?!"

"Humanity has fully proven its stupidity and ignorance. The emergence of Ajin will inevitably replace humanity completely.

So I intend to accelerate that process and create an environment entirely suited for Ajin to live in.

And the location will be Tokyo.

Since they refuse to hand it over to us, we'll take it ourselves!"

Takahashi and the others' eyes immediately lit up.

They could smell something huge in the works!

Their eyes widened with excitement as they stared intently at Sato, eager to know exactly what they were going to do.

But Sato turned to Tanaka instead. "Do you know how to tell whether someone is an Ajin?"

Tanaka froze. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Regeneration?"

Sato nodded. "That's right. Regeneration.

Before a person truly dies, even they themselves may not know whether they are an Ajin.

Only after dying once can they determine whether they are human or Ajin.

So I intend to make everyone in Tokyo die once."

Those words were like a bomb, instantly leaving Tanaka and the others stunned!

How many people were there in Tokyo?

A full fourteen million—eleven percent of the entire island nation's population!

"Th-that's impossible?!"

Even with Sato's current strength, he could not possibly accomplish something so monumental, could he?

There were so many people that even if they stood there without resisting and let him kill them, no one knew how long it would take.

"Tanaka, do you remember what experiments those people performed on you when you were locked in that laboratory?"

Tanaka seemed to recall those scenes, and his gaze turned slightly cold.

"Of course!"

Sato smiled. "I remember too. There was something made using the results of experiments on the two of us.

And now, I intend to let them taste it as well—to taste the pain we endured."

Tanaka froze. "What?"

"Special neurotoxic gas—AJVX!"