After being resurrected by Nishi Jōichirō, Kato returned to an ordinary life.
Through part-time work, he rented a small apartment and lived with his younger brother. At last, they had moved out of their relatives' home and escaped the life of depending on others.
Still, although his days were happy and his younger brother was sensible, Kato always felt as if something was missing from his heart, leaving it hollow.
But he pushed down those strange thoughts today, because it was his younger brother's birthday. With the money he had earned from part-time work, he had scrimped and saved enough for a birthday cake.
Though it was a relatively cheap birthday cake, it was still something his younger brother had not tasted in a long time.
With that in mind, Kato once again arrived at the subway station he often used.
However, just as he waited patiently for the train, a terrified scream suddenly came from the distance.
Kato, whose sense of justice was overwhelming by nature, ran toward the sound the very next moment.
There, he found a madman wielding a weapon and relentlessly slashing passersby in a frenzied rampage.
Many pedestrians had been indiscriminately wounded by him. Several had even collapsed into pools of blood without moving.
When he went after an elderly woman again, Kato leaped out like a champion of justice and roared,
"Stop!"
Kato's tall, burly frame and righteous shout truly startled the attacker. His face grave and wary, the man looked at Kato, who had assumed a military boxing stance.
This big guy isn't ordinary...
Then he stabbed Kato thirty-six times, finally leaving him collapsed in a pool of blood...
"Boss Xu Yue!"
When the mission began again, Nishi Jōichirō's face filled with delight upon seeing Xu Yue appear.
Heaven knew how he