"You knew someone was ambushing me?"
On the blood-soaked street, Kurozawa looked at Ryoko Tamiya, his chilling killing intent completely undisguised.
Ryoko Tamiya's expression remained calm, showing no change.
However, she stared at the black patterns appearing on Kurozawa's body, a mix of beauty and ferocity, a thoughtful look in her eyes.
"I just got the news."
"After finding out the target was you, I came over on my own initiative to take a look."
"Your identity has been exposed. A large number of human soldiers will be arriving soon. What are your plans now?"
Ryoko Tamiya seemed to have come to help Kurozawa out of trouble after hearing the news, because behind her, two Parasitic Organisms slowly emerged.
After awakening their Fighting Spirit, no matter how real their disguise, or how deeply they studied human expressions and tones, they couldn't hide within a Fighting Spirit Domain.
Kurozawa calmly said, "No plans."
As he expected, Ryoko Tamiya quickly said, "This isn't a place to talk. Why don't you come with me first?"
"I know a safe hiding place."
"As for your sister Kana's location, that should be traceable."
She moved to the side, gesturing for him to follow. The two Parasitic Organisms behind her were in the form of a young man and woman respectively, their faces filled with apprehension towards Kurozawa.
Fully armed human soldiers? They could only handle a few.
The best outcome would be a mutual destruction.
Because as long as they maintained a safe distance and used firearms to suppress them, the Parasitic Organisms' fragile human bodies would instantly collapse, losing the power to survive.
But this man in front of them... he could actually fight head-on against a squad and annihilate them all without breaking a sweat.
This kind of ability was hard for even the Parasitic Organisms to imagine.
Afterward, Kurozawa nodded and left the street, which resembled a bloody purgatory, with Ryoko Tamiya and her group.
A few hours later, the group traveled through various hidden alleys and corners, arriving beside a skyscraper-like building.
Kurozawa had changed clothes.
He wore common jeans on the bottom and a black hoodie with a hood on top, his face half-hidden in the shadows beneath the hood.
His characteristically tall figure now appeared somewhat slender and small.
Although he couldn't change his form as much as the Parasitic Organisms, Kurozawa could slightly alter some physical and facial features through precise muscle control.
The change in appearance was small, not enough to fool someone he knew well.
However, the change in physique was significant, enough to at least evade surveillance that could track targets by their gait and physique.
Ryoko Tamiya's appearance, on the other hand, had completely changed. She wore half-rimmed glasses, her shoulder-length grayish-purple hair had become short black hair that reached only to her earlobes, and her entire being exuded an air of capability.
"Hiroshima, Higashifukuyama City Hall Building."
"For now, it's our safest hiding place."
"No human would ever think that we've infiltrated their core area."
Ryoko Tamiya smiled slightly, inadvertently setting up a flag. She seemed very confident in the hiding place she mentioned.
Kurozawa: ...Looks like this place is about to be exposed soon.
Although Ryoko Tamiya was very knowledgeable, it seemed she didn't know that you shouldn't carelessly set up flags.
Ryoko Tamiya was completely unaware of Kurozawa's thoughts. She looked at the building next to her, her expression showing reassurance.
With a casual movement, she took out an ID card and led Kurozawa and the two Parasitic Organisms beside her through an inconspicuous back door located in a corner.
Inside the building, many staff members were busy moving back and forth. Someone stopped Ryoko Tamiya for questioning.
But Ryoko Tamiya answered fluently and even showed her ID card, after which she proceeded without any hindrance.
They took the elevator directly to the top floor, the twenty-fourth floor.
Initially, there were about a dozen people in the elevator, but as the floors went up, people left the elevator one by one, until finally only Kurozawa and his group remained.
The top floor of this building should usually be off-limits to others.
Ding. A crisp sound rang out, and the metal elevator doors slowly opened.
What surprised Kurozawa was that the first thing he saw wasn't a hallway with views on both sides.
The elevator seemed to be the door itself. Once it opened, it led into a large, empty space, covering several hundred square meters.
There were very few furnishings, only a number of sofas and tea tables placed near the floor-to-ceiling windows. Looking at the indentation of the sofas, it was clear they were frequently occupied.
The owner's taste was quite refined.
If you sat on the sofa, directly in front of you would be the semi-transparent floor-to-ceiling windows of this twenty-story building, offering a panoramic view of half the city.
This space was likely the living room.
Behind the living room, there were doors spaced irregularly.
Storage rooms, bathrooms, rest areas, gyms, and kitchens were all available.
After observing the room's layout for a while, Kurozawa walked step by step towards the window. Without hesitation, he sat directly on the large sofa facing the floor-to-ceiling window, stretching his arms along the backrest. Half of his body sank into it.
His eyes were slightly closed, and his expression was comfortable and relaxed.
"Sit."
He had taken the host's role.
Like the owner of the place, Kurozawa pointed to a nearby small sofa and said to Ryoko Tamiya.
Ryoko Tamiya was startled, and a strange emotion welled up in her heart. It was the first time she had felt this emotion, so she didn't understand what it meant.
It seems I haven't learned enough about human emotions, Ryoko Tamiya thought to herself.
"We'll hide here for now."
After Kurozawa spoke, she naturally sat on a smaller sofa that was angled towards the floor-to-ceiling window. The other two Parasitic Organisms did the same.
However, they stared at Kurozawa intently for a moment before looking away.
"That's Goto's spot," the female-looking Parasitic Organism whispered.
Ryoko Tamiya turned her head to look at the woman and said, "So what?"
"Mikawa, since when did you start understanding the emotion of fear?"
Her voice was calm, but it contained a kind of authority, like someone who often gave orders.
The Parasitic Organism named Mikawa said nothing more and shifted her gaze elsewhere.
Within the groups formed spontaneously by Parasitic Organisms, Ryoko Tamiya was also a very special existence.
Some Parasitic Organisms disagreed with her, but others supported her.
However, the strongest Parasitic Organism she had personally created, Goto, maintained a casual attitude towards Ryoko Tamiya. He occasionally listened to her opinions, but sometimes he would act independently and not follow instructions.
Then, perhaps because the atmosphere was a bit heavy and awkward, Ryoko Tamiya took the initiative to start a conversation, smiling lightly as she said to Kurozawa, "I've already resigned from my high school teaching job."
Kurozawa glanced at her abdomen and said, "To focus on your pregnancy?"
That's what he said, but Kurozawa knew the child was likely gone.
Because when his Fighting Spirit swept through, there was no sign of a fetus inside.
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