What's going on? I've only known that idiot for a few days. Why did I make the first move...
As their warm lips gently touched, Mumei and Ikoma both widened their eyes, unable to believe what the other had done.
Ikoma even pulled through because of it. The dark red marks on his skin rapidly faded, and a golden glow shone from his heart-a trait only Kabanes possessed!
Everyone on the train gaped in shock!
They had not only witnessed the birth of a Kabaneri, but the beginning of a romance too?
Like a startled rabbit, Mumei pulled her lips away and fled, her face flushed scarlet.
"Mumei! I..." Ikoma reached out his right hand to call her back, but he was too nervous to know what to do.
A trace of moisture lingered on his lips, and Mumei's fragrance still hung in the air, as though she were still there...
"You idiot, hurry up and go after her," Ayame reminded him.
At Kurusu's signal, his deputy, Kibito,
offered a suggestion. "Lady Ayame, I believe we should dispose of him."
Kurusu struggled to get up, only for his wound to start bleeding again. Kajika pushed him back down and bandaged him again.
The guards immediately raised their guns at Ikoma.
The chubby Takeru shouted, "You can't do this! Without Ikoma, you'd all have been killed! Isn't Mumei a Kabaneri too? Just now, they even..."
"Takeru, stop. I've already become a Kabane. If I keep living, I'll only turn into an even more terrifying monster. Just let me die."
After agonizing over it for a long time, Ikoma finally decided to sacrifice himself rather than cause trouble for anyone else.
"You ungrateful scoundrel! You jerk!" Ayame suddenly grew agitated and pointed accusingly at Ikoma.
"Who saved you? Who were you bitten