"The way for my species to survive?" Ryoko Tamiya said seriously, "Please tell me."
She was indeed different from other Parasitic Organisms.
Most Parasitic Organisms were exquisitely self-serving and wouldn't think for others of their kind.
Like the tall man, seeing Righty coexist with humans, he felt that his own form would be threatened by it, and disregarding the camaraderie of his kind, he caused a huge disturbance at the school just to eradicate and kill it. If it were just one or two isolated cases, that would be fine.
But the sad thing was, Parasitic Organisms like the tall man constituted the vast majority.
This was also the reason why Ryoko Tamiya held a pessimistic view and always believed that humans would surely win, and that the day of reckoning would arrive very soon.
Uniting and surviving discreetly offered a chance to persist longer, and perhaps one or two stragglers could truly integrate into human society. But deliberately seeking death would only accelerate extinction.
Kurozawa saw a military truck painted in black and white roaring towards them and turned to Ryoko Tamiya, saying, "Let's go down first. Enforcement agencies are coming. This isn't the place to talk."
He walked past Ryoko Tamiya's body, then continued towards the stairs.
Ryoko Tamiya silently followed, her somewhat narrow and sharp eyes watching Kurozawa's back, feeling that his shadow was becoming increasingly profound, impossible to see through or guess.
He was different from all other humans, as if he didn't fit into this world.
As they went downstairs together, Ryoko Tamiya suddenly said, "Aren't you human? Although your physique is special, you are indeed still human."
"Why would you choose to help my species?" In the knowledge Ryoko Tamiya had acquired, there was much about humanity's ruthless methods towards different species.
Not to mention different species, even different countries would fight fiercely and leave millions of corpses because of their different foundations.
Even within the same country, people would slaughter and persecute each other due to differences in skin color, race, and ideology.
Kurozawa didn't turn his head, saying, "Then you're thinking too much."
"I'm just doing what I want to do. I didn't have the initial intention of helping you."
"All of this is just because it's interesting, because I happened to have this thought."
Ryoko Tamiya remained silent, chewing on the meaning of Kurozawa's words.
A few minutes later, the two of them slowly went downstairs, one after the other, then walked towards the sports field.
Earlier, the teachers instructed the students to gather at the sports field.
"The suggestion you mentioned just now..." Ryoko Tamiya was concerned about the survival of her species and couldn't help but ask proactively.
She felt that someone like Kurozawa wouldn't speak carelessly and likely had other methods.
Kurozawa turned his head, not stopping his steps, and said in a calm voice, "Actually, you should be able to guess."
Another riddle.
Ryoko Tamiya furrowed her brow and began to recall memories related to Kurozawa, carefully tracing back to find the source of what Kurozawa said she could guess.
A dozen seconds later, her memory froze on the scene of the two of them talking in the office that day, the scene where Kurozawa cut off his own arm.
Ryoko Tamiya's body stiffened, then she spoke uncertainly, "You want to absorb all of us into your body?" Her voice held a hint of disbelief.
What Kurozawa had done so far was merely to have Ryoko Tamiya change bodies and take him as a host.
Expanding on this action, Ryoko Tamiya arrived at the conclusion she just stated.
Kurozawa nodded, saying calmly, "Don't be so surprised."
"You should know yourselves the basis of your existence and the source of your consciousness."
"As long as the host is strong enough and their spirit is resilient enough, they can withstand being parasitized by many."
Ryoko Tamiya didn't speak, just nodded noncommittally.
To be honest, while she was shaken by Kurozawa's thoughts and ambitions, she didn't agree with his suggestion.
The cells of Parasitic Organisms could be called muscle cells that could think and had independent consciousness.
The source of their consciousness was an aggregate of individual consciousness cells.
They were actually a type of creature similar to a hive mind. Each cell had a weak consciousness, and when these cells gathered and combined, they formed individual Parasitic Organisms.
Theoretically, Parasitic Organisms could merge with each other, as they themselves were aggregates of smaller cells.
However, every existence and every ability had limits.
One Parasitic Organism was precisely the optimal degree to which those consciousness cells could aggregate. If the body was too small, the thinking would not be agile. If it was too large, a long and massive body would make it difficult for the consciousness to unify and coordinate, causing it to instantly collapse and scatter.
Ryoko Tamiya was very clear about this.
Because through this special characteristic, she had already created a body like Goto's, a five-in-one shell, through experimentation.
Among Parasitic Organisms, the strength of consciousness also varied. The individual Parasitic Organism named Goto had a consciousness strong enough to suppress four of his kind. With a thought, he could coordinate and integrate their actions, thereby carrying out various maneuvers.
Currently, Goto was still training himself, aiming to maximize the performance of his five-in-one body.
However, even someone as special as Goto, who could be considered the most excellent consciousness among individual Parasitic Organisms, could only simultaneously suppress and coordinate the consciousness of four of his kind.
With one more, his body would become immobile, and his strength would plummet in the ensuing chaos, making him even weaker than a normal Parasitic Organistic Organism.
Moreover, even with a five-in-one body, Goto had not yet achieved perfect control. In extremely intense battles, he could accidentally lose control and instantly become paralyzed, which is why he had been constantly training his control.
This was also why Ryoko Tamiya had once said that Goto was a special existence, invincible yet fragile.
"What you are thinking is indeed a feasible method."
"However, while our numbers aren't large, perhaps only one-ten-thousandth or one-hundred-thousandth compared to the total human population,"
"That's because the human population is too vast."
"My kind is distributed all over the globe, not just in Japan. If we gathered together, our numbers could reach several hundred thousand."
"You wouldn't be able to withstand that."
Ryoko Tamiya logically raised her doubts. Kurozawa simply smiled slightly, neither refuting nor admitting anything.
"You haven't tried, so how do you know?"
The Intelligence attribute, which contains willpower strength, requires a lot of Potential Points and doesn't significantly increase combat power. Therefore, while in the Demon Slayer World, Kurozawa never deliberately increased it. Now, however, he could give it a try.
Ryoko Tamiya continued to shake her head, saying, "You don't need to try, you know it's impossible."
"How can one body accommodate a race numbering in the hundreds of thousands?"
In front of her, Kurozawa turned his head, his eyes bright, and said in surprise, "You might be overlooking something."
"You cannot reproduce. Your numbers are fixed and will only decrease, not increase."
"After being rounded up and purged by humans, how many will be left?"
"One percent? Or one-thousandth?"
Ryoko Tamiya froze for a moment, then fell silent.
Kurozawa smiled and continued, "Actually, you could think about it differently. Since you are destined to face a crisis of extinction, why not just select the excellent individuals from your race to coexist with me and preserve a spark?"
"Any creature, whether good or evil, should have a chance to survive, and that sliver of life is with me."
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