Anomaly Investigation Division

Parasyte World

"I'm home!"

Shinichi Izumi returned home from school as he did every day.

"Back so early today? No club activities?"

Shinichi's mother asked with a smile.

"I'm a bit tired today, didn't feel like going."

"It's good to be back early. The world outside isn't very safe right now. With the earthquakes and monsters last time, you shouldn't be running around."

Looking at his mother's face, filled with worry and concern, the immense sense of unreality that had plagued him for the past few days gradually dissipated. He felt a deep sense of satisfaction and happiness, as if his exhaustion and anxiety had vanished.

"I know, Mom. I will definitely live well and protect you all!"

"Our Shinichi has become a real man."

After dinner, Shinichi returned to his bedroom to think in silence.

Three days had passed since the last transcendent event.

Indeed, the high-ranking officials of various countries had officially defined the series of events as the "Anomaly Beginning."

The official explanation was that, due to unknown reasons, the planet's natural ecology had mutated, triggering a series of natural disasters and the birth of mysterious giant beasts. As for the specific causes, they remained unknown and were still under investigation.

As for the Reincarnators who had descended, they were explained as secret government units, their files classified and inaccessible to the public.

Naturally, the public did not believe this official explanation, which amounted to saying nothing at all.

Consequently, people took to the streets in protests, demanding that the government reveal the truth and disclose the methods for humans to become transcendent.

Various cult organizations also seized the opportunity to fish in troubled waters, operating under banners like "God's Descent," "Transcendent Secret Arts," and "Hidden Transcendent Organizations."

In response to this chaos, governments around the world formed a unified front, suppressing the unrest without mercy—arresting those who needed to be arrested and killing those who needed to be killed.

As for the various speculations on the internet, they didn't bother with strict control, as it was simply impossible to manage.

If you were a person in the Parasyte world and opened the internet to log into any forum, you would find a mountain of posts analyzing the previous events, each sounding quite plausible: from the theory of spiritual energy recovery to the theory of otherworldly invasion, and even the theory of extraterrestrial visitors... each more exaggerated than the last, leaving the public unsure of what to believe.

I won't go into detail here; friends in the Parasyte world can look it up online themselves.

The emergence of this chaotic situation, combined with the shock and the reshaping of his worldview after entering the Main God Space three days ago, left Shinichi Izumi, a newly minted Reincarnator, feeling somewhat lost.

Just then, his phone received a text message.

"Shinichi-kun, you left so early today. Are you feeling unwell? From: Satomi Murano"

Seeing the concerned message from his girlfriend, his heavy, exhausted heart seemed to be injected with energy, feeling a little better.

He immediately comforted her, saying he was just tired and not to overthink it.

"Shinichi-kun, I will strive to stand by your side and face everything with you! If, if I ever become a source of danger to you, please don't hesitate—you must leave me behind and live on!"

Seeing this, Shinichi lay flat, sinking into his soft bedding, and stared blankly at the ceiling.

That's right. Satomi knew everything. She had known from the moment he chose to resurrect her in the Main God Space. After all, she was a Reincarnator just like him!

After her resurrection, everything was reset. She had skipped the novice mission and become an ordinary Reincarnator.

However, having not received the novice mission rewards, she had undergone no enhancements. Her next mission would likely be of hellish difficulty...

As her boyfriend, Shinichi naturally wouldn't sit idly by. That was why he had foregone his own initial enhancement and exchanged for a Small Team Contract, binding their next reincarnation missions together.

Having witnessed so many terrifying monsters, all Shinichi wanted to do was protect the people around him. For this, he was unwilling to let those he cared about fall into danger, even if it meant putting himself in a more perilous position.

But as a man, if he couldn't even protect his own woman, what was the point of his existence?

Just as Shinichi was contemplating what preparations to make for the next mission, his bedroom door was knocked, and his mother's voice came from outside.

"Shinichi, two police officers are here to see you. They say they have something to ask of you."

Half an hour later, inside Shinichi's bedroom.

After some conversation, Shinichi Izumi learned:

The two were members of the Anomaly Investigation Division (AID) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. While the AID was nominally under the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, it was actually under the direct jurisdiction of the Cabinet. It was specifically responsible for investigating transcendent and anomalous events, and possessed immense authority.

Their purpose in coming was to invite Shinichi Izumi to join the AID in a special capacity.

The person in charge of the negotiation was a dashing and heroic female officer named Saeko Nogami. She had originally been a detective in the Metropolitan Police Department, but due to her outstanding abilities, she had been transferred to the newly established AID.

"Shinichi Izumi-kakka, as a transcendent, the entire nation of Japan needs your power!"

Saeko Nogami performed a dogeza before Shinichi Izumi. Even as the "Fox of the Metropolitan Police," proficient in both combat and firearms, she had no choice but to bow her head before this man several years her junior.

This was because the Japanese military, through various intelligence sources, had analyzed and concluded that Shinichi Izumi was highly likely a newly emerged transcendent with ties to extraterrestrial transcendents!

Shinichi Izumi gave a wry smile. He wasn't afraid of fighting monsters, but he found it difficult to cut ties with human emotions. The Japanese government sending a beautiful officer to recruit him, combined with the appeal to national duty, was clearly targeting him as a new transcendent combat asset.

Of course, Shinichi Izumi wouldn't join just to be a tool. After all, Reincarnators had to face many powerful enemies. If he could leverage the government's power, he might be able to avoid many worries in the early stages and grow stronger more quickly.

After some consideration, Shinichi Izumi nodded in agreement.

"That's wonderful! You will certainly not regret your choice!" Saeko Nogami let out a long sigh of relief; only she understood the immense pressure she had been carrying.

It was not just the demands and heavy pressure from her superiors, but also the fact that she had the clearance to access certain files and knew the true strength of the man before her.

If this teenage high school student were willing, he could slaughter an entire class of humans within seconds. And in complex terrain, he could even contend with a fully armed tactical squad!

Fortunately, the higher-ups in the island nation had sent a beautiful police officer and promised various benefits, finally managing to win Shinichi Izumi over.

It seems the personality profiles provided by the experts weren't entirely useless, Saeko Nogami thought to herself. She then gave Shinichi a brief explanation and they agreed to meet the next day at the new office location.

The next day, Shinichi Izumi appeared early at a secret military base, passing through layers of strict sentries to enter the facility.

Following a staff member, Shinichi Izumi arrived at a conference room.

Only Saeko Nogami was in the room, and she handed Shinichi a file she had prepared beforehand.

"This is a taijutsu training method obtained by the higher-ups. Take a look. One reason is to have you verify its authenticity; the other is to gift it to you as one of the rewards for joining the AID."

A taijutsu training method?

Shinichi Izumi took the file with half-belief, seeing the words Basic Taijutsu Training printed in large characters on the A4 paper.

Inside were methods on how to use basic equipment to train the physique; it looked similar to ordinary physical exercise, but combined with some special techniques, it felt like there was more to it.

Shinichi Izumi had a thought and queried the Reincarnator Assistant System in his mind:

[Can this "Basic Taijutsu Training" in my hand be uploaded?]

The assistant system immediately provided an answer:

[The current secret technique has already been uploaded by another reincarnator; it cannot be uploaded for point rewards.

Do you wish to exchange for the D-rank ordinary enhancement: Basic Taijutsu Mastery? Price: 300 points.]

[Do not exchange.]

Shinichi Izumi's eyelids twitched. He hadn't expected this basic taijutsu to be real, and it even cost 300 points.

Although it was purely for training the physique without any other supernatural powers—at most reaching the low level of the first tier—it could still easily crush various elite soldiers, martial arts masters, and the like.

However, where did this come from? Before meeting Migi, their world was clearly a normal technological world; it shouldn't have had these training methods, right? Could it have been provided by another reincarnator? Deep within, many questions welled up in Shinichi Izumi's mind.

"What's with that expression? I take it it's real, then?"

Saeko Nogami revealed a confident smile.

"Actually, this data has already been verified by numerous experts; theoretically, it can be practiced. It's just that many of the methods have very high requirements for a person's constitution—so high, in fact, that they are inhuman. An average person's body wouldn't be able to train with it."

"Where did this come from?"

Shinichi Izumi asked directly.

Saeko Nogami did not answer immediately; she just smiled and handed Shinichi another file.

Taking the file, Shinichi flipped to the first page, and the moment he saw the title, his pupils dilated:

Six Powers: Moonwalk!