Takahashi Hitomi and Little Black's Combat Power

The gale howled past his ears.

Even while controlling Little Black with his consciousness, his perception of the surroundings remained real.

Little Black was composed entirely of Black Particles. Whether in strength, speed, or bodily agility, it far surpassed ordinary humans.

Even the acceleration of gravity from twenty-three floors could not pose a threat to Little Black.

Bang!

Upon landing, it shattered the concrete ground into a web of cracks.

Then it turned into a black shadow and sped forward.

Since ordinary people could not see Little Black at all, Bai Xing had no need to control it cautiously or keep it hidden.

He recklessly enjoyed the thrill brought by leaping and bounding.

When it reached a secluded patch of woods, Bai Xing finally felt that he had reached the boundary of his control range.

"I can't go any farther."

He then planned to remain where he was and test how long Little Black could last at most.

Ordinary Ajin could not summon Little Black at all, and even if they could, it could only exist for around ten minutes.

After the summoning ended, they would be unable to summon it again for some time.

Only Nagai Kei, the protagonist, was rather special. His Little Black could not only exist for a long time, but could also be summoned up to nine times in succession!

Based on the tests from the past two days and compared with the settings in his memories,

Bai Xing discovered that he seemed even stronger than ordinary Ajin.

He did not know whether it was because the Ajin constitution came from Sato, because Bai Xing himself was special,

or because of some unknown effect produced by the combination of Electromagnetic Control and the Ajin constitution.

Just as Bai Xing fell into thought, faint gunshots rang out in the distance.

Bang! Bang!

Bai Xing turned to look in that direction, and a thought suddenly arose.

Little Black's physical structure had clearly been created for slaughter.

But ever since summoning it, Bai Xing had never used Little Black to kill anyone.

He wondered how efficient it would be at killing.

Why not—

In the hotel, Bai Xing licked his lips.

At once, Little Black, which had been standing motionless beside the woods, sprang into action.

Whoosh!

Its body nimbly leaped onto a tree trunk, and after several jumps, it had moved over a hundred meters away.

Having reached the boundary of his control range, Bai Xing left his hotel room just to be safe.

He took the elevator down to the first floor, left the hotel, and shortened the control distance.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The closer he got, the denser the gunfire became.

Two groups of people were taking cover behind vehicles and other obstacles, exchanging fire.

One group, dressed in black suits, clearly had greater numbers.

They completely suppressed the other side.

Before long, the battle was over.

Just as they intended to step forward and clean up the scene, the leader suddenly fell headfirst to the ground.

Bang!

Like a smashed watermelon, his head immediately burst apart, red and white matter splattering everywhere.

This bizarre sight left the many gunmen frozen in place.

But immediately afterward, deep gashes appeared across the second man's chest and abdomen, as if inflicted by a sharp weapon. Blood streamed out from his ruptured abdominal cavity along with his intestines.

"Who? Who is it?!"

"Bastard! Get out here!"

"Quit playing tricks! Who the hell dares provoke the Takahashi Syndicate?!"

Inside a car, Takahashi Hitomi abruptly opened her eyes.

She stared around in disbelief, then hurriedly felt over her body.

Only when she touched the hole in her clothing over her chest and the blood still there did she realize that it had not been an illusion.

While hiding in the car, she had been struck in the chest by a stray bullet and died!

But why... was she not dead?

Then she heard a barrage of curses outside and remembered that she was being hunted by traitors within the organization.

But when she prepared to flee, the sight beyond the car window shocked her.

Those traitors were hiding behind cover, their faces filled with panic as they looked around in every direction.

They completely failed to notice a nearly two-meter-tall humanoid creature, black all over and equipped with exaggerated claws, rapidly approaching them.

Slash! Slash!

In the blink of an eye, nearly half of them were dead.

The rest had already broken down, firing wildly, but it had no effect whatsoever.

This was a one-sided massacre!

After leaving behind only a field of corpses, the black humanoid creature vanished.

Takahashi Hitomi curled up inside the car, scarcely daring to breathe.

Her eyes were full of terror, and she did not dare look outside to see whether that monster was still there.

After an unknown amount of time had passed, a car came speeding over.

But the people who got out were not the police.

The leader was none other than Iketani Masahiro, wearing amber-tinted sunglasses!

The moment he got out and saw the scene before him, anger and shock appeared on his face.

He shouted, "Miss Hitomi! Miss Hitomi!"

Only after hearing his voice did Takahashi Hitomi emerge from the car.

Iketani Masahiro grabbed her and said in a choked voice full of delight, "Thank goodness, thank goodness! Miss Hitomi, it's wonderful that you're all right!"

Takahashi Hitomi looked at the corpses on the ground. "They..."

But Iketani Masahiro directly pulled her into his car. "Don't worry about that for now. The police will be here soon. We need to leave ahead of them!"

Bai Xing had no idea that he had inadvertently saved Takahashi Hitomi. At that moment, he was sitting on a park bench, savoring the sensation of tearing apart flesh.

"Big brother, would you like to buy a bouquet of flowers?"

At that moment, a little boy carrying a flower basket came up to Bai Xing.

Bai Xing came back to his senses. Seeing that many people in the park seemed to be in pairs, he finally realized that today was Valentine's Day.

"Kid, can't you see I'm alone?"

The boy did not give up. "Big brother, if you buy my flowers and use them to confess, your success rate will definitely be one hundred percent!"

The boy's tone amused Bai Xing.

"Interesting. I'll buy some."

But when he took out his money, he discovered that he only had a few hundred yen left in his wallet.

He had always spent lavishly. The money he had earned collecting debts for Iketani Masahiro had somehow been spent without him noticing.

After returning to the hotel, he casually gave the flowers he had bought to the young woman at the front desk.

Bai Xing returned to his room.

He pondered how he could get some more money.

After thinking it over, Bai Xing decided to make another trip to the casino.

Of course, he was not going to keep collecting debts for Iketani.

He was going to gamble.

Nothing made money faster than gambling.

Naturally, that was only if one had sufficient strength to back it up.

But when Bai Xing arrived at the bar by car, he discovered that the underground casino was closed.

This left him slightly puzzled.

Just then, he ran into Misako.

"Mr. Bai?"

Seeing someone familiar, Bai Xing voiced his doubt. "The casino isn't open today?"

Misako said, "Sorry, something came up today. Mr. Iketani has temporarily closed the casino."

Bai Xing had not expected to make a wasted trip. Somewhat disappointed, he turned to leave.

Meanwhile, Misako received a call from Iketani Masahiro.

He had spotted Bai Xing on the surveillance cameras.

So he hurriedly called Misako.

"Wait, Mr. Bai."

Bai Xing turned back. "Is there something else?"

Misako caught up to him and said, "Mr. Bai, Mr. Iketani would like to invite you downstairs for a chat."

Bai Xing was completely out of money at the moment. After considering it briefly, he agreed to Misako's invitation.

He followed her down to the third basement level.

The lighting here was dim, but the sharp-eyed Bai Xing noticed that many people had been stationed around the area.

Every one of them looked tense, as though they were ready to make a move at any moment.

"Hm?"

Bai Xing's heart stirred, and he did not understand what was happening.

Much less did he know whether this was aimed at him.

He could only raise his guard. At the slightest abnormal movement, he would strike with thunderous force!