Katsuragi Bumenxiu picked up the phone and said directly, "Investigate this fellow named Horiye Yuise immediately. Find out where he is now, and arrange for someone to monitor him at once!"
After finishing the call, however, he could not calm himself. He kept feeling as though something was about to happen, and paced restlessly around the room.
Several hours passed like that, with him remaining increasingly agitated, until his subordinate finally called.
Yet the information from the call gave him the faint feeling that Horiye Yuise might be coming for him.
Based on the route of the bus Horiye Yuise had taken, his subordinates had set up control points at both ends. Some followed the bus while others waited at the bus station, intending to trail Horiye Yuise once he got off.
But unexpectedly, after the bus reached the station, they all saw Horiye Yuise—yet right under the noses of several Skilled Hands at tailing people, he simply vanished!
He had truly vanished, without leaving behind a single trace!
That phenomenon reminded Katsuragi Bumenxiu of the traces discovered on the Back Mountain of the Rehabilitation Hospital. There were striking similarities between them and what had happened after Horiye Yuise disappeared!
There were traces to investigate, yet after those traces appeared, everything became a dead end. It was as though the person had vanished completely, leaving no way to continue the investigation!
Thinking of the analysis report from the Rehabilitation Hospital, the battles on the Osaka expressway, and the clashes in the outskirts, Katsuragi Bumenxiu could see that the opponent possessed formidable force!
No, he could not stay here any longer! He was merely a Chunin, nowhere near the point of fearing nothing. Naturally, preserving his life was what mattered most!
Just as Katsuragi Bumenxiu gradually made up his mind to