After a brief chat, Satomi Murano and Shinichi Izumi left again. As he was leaving, Shinichi Izumi couldn't help but glance back at Kurozawa's arm. Seeing no movement, he withdrew his gaze with a hint of disappointment.
Before long, Hirokawa's speech also concluded.
Parting ways through the crowd, they all returned to the top floor of the City Hall Building one after another.
Kurozawa sat on the new sofa, holding a cup of hot tea brewed by Ryoko Tamiya. He was staring at the wisps of steam rising from it. His Mental Power spread out, stirring the tea beneath the steam into a small, mystical-looking vortex.
Hirokawa adjusted his glasses, then spoke, "I just received some news this morning. I've been exposed."
At the same time, he opened his phone and brought up the video of his speech.
In the comment section below the video, people were enthusiastically discussing a future of coexistence with Parasitic Organisms, with some even calling for the establishment of protection associations.
However, shortly after the video opened, it suddenly displayed as being blocked and removed.
Seeing this, Hirokawa smiled somewhat helplessly. "Although I expected this outcome, the speed of the ban is a bit too fast." Even his Mayor account was useless, simultaneously being forced to Lower Moon status and showing an error.
This indicated that the other side was already about to make a move against him.
"But it can still influence some people's views on Parasitic Organisms, more or less. My goal has been achieved," Hirokawa leaned back on the sofa exhaustedly.
Kurozawa glanced at him, then swirled his cup, leaned back slightly, and took a sip of tea.
"What use can that be? In the end, it still comes down to whose fist is harder," he said.
No matter how much the people on the lower levels are influenced, they cannot change the decisions of the upper levels. In this kind of struggle for species survival, no high-level authority would allow a hunter of their own species to exist.
Hirokawa was an anomaly, one that appears in hundreds of millions, and he just happened to hold a high position.
Several kilometers away, at the edge of the Fighting Spirit Domain.
More than a dozen Black and White Cards came roaring, heading towards the City Hall Building. Vehicles on the street were forced to yield.
In addition, law enforcement officers in uniform appeared nearby at some point, setting up roadblocks and guarding various intersections, surrounding a large area centered around the City Hall Building and quickly evacuating the people within.
"They are coming soon. You should all leave."
"Although I've been exposed, the hidden locations and canteens distributed throughout Higashi Fukuyama City can still be used."
"Leave. Act more cautiously in the future and leave a spark of survival for your species."
"Although that video was deleted, the influence it generated should reduce the threat you face somewhat."
Even at this point, Hirokawa, the human, was still worried about the Parasitic Organisms.
Kurozawa had always found him interesting, but upon closer reflection, he had never truly agreed with Hirokawa's approach.
If he were a human born and raised in this world, with a hostile relationship with Parasitic Organisms, he would definitely try every possible means to completely eradicate them all, leaving not a single one behind.
After finishing his tea, Kurozawa released his hand directly. His Mental Power held the teacup, placing it on the table.
Beside him, Ryoko Tamiya and Hirokawa both stared at the floating cup that finally settled steadily, their eyes filled with shock.
"Did you do that?" Ryoko Tamiya asked, staring intently at Kurozawa.
Hirokawa, being human, perhaps didn't understand what had happened.
But as a Parasitic Organism highly sensitive to mental fluctuations, capable of sensing the mental fluctuations of her own kind within several hundred meters, Ryoko Tamiya once again sensed that substantial mental fluctuation from Kurozawa.
It was terrifyingly solid.
It surpassed all her known peers.
Even Goto, whose Mental Power was among the best among Parasitic Organisms and who could control four of his kind, was still worlds apart when compared to the Mental Power Kurozawa displayed at this moment.
The first time she met Kurozawa, he didn't have this ability.
But now... this meant that what Kurozawa had said about one person becoming the body of the entire Parasitic Organism species was truly possible.
Kurozawa nodded and simultaneously extended his left hand towards Ryoko Tamiya.
In that instant, his left hand split into a grotesque form, the skin receding, covered by incredibly strong, crimson muscles.
"Parasitic Organisms have no reproductive ability. As time passes, they will eventually vanish from this world."
"Instead of disappearing in repeated encirclements and suppressions like this, why not join me in turning everything upside down and ending in a brilliant firework display?"
"Come on, you've been living low-key for too long. Don't you want a magnificent curtain call?" Kurozawa's voice was unhurried, his expression calm, yet it held a strange allure.
Ryoko Tamiya was silent for a moment, then took a deep breath.
Immediately, her gray-purple long hair suddenly condensed into a sharp blade and flashed across her neck.
Chis! Blood splattered. The main body of the Parasitic Organism directly detached. After leaving the human body, it began to wither and weaken at a visible speed.
The graceful, headless corpse swayed and fell to the ground. The main body, however, lunged towards the parasitic limb Kurozawa had revealed. Upon contact, a large number of blood-colored, muscle-like tendrils writhed out from between the two, intertwining and overlapping.
This time, there was no need to use Potential Points as a catalyst.
Under the influence of Kurozawa's powerful, materialized Mental Power, Ryoko Tamiya's consciousness cells rapidly fused with the consciousness cells in his left hand, achieving a state of equilibrium and becoming a completely new entity.
The entire process took no more than a second.
Kurozawa's left hand simply swelled violently and then contracted, returning to its original state – wheat-colored skin, long and strong fingers, looking no different from anyone else's hand.
Hirokawa stood to the side, staring blankly at everything, splattered with the blood that had sprayed from Ryoko Tamiya.
However, around Kurozawa, it was as if there was an invisible shield, blocking all the crimson blood in mid-air before flinging it violently to the side.
Black and White Cards were already arriving, quickly stopping in front of the City Hall Building. The rear doors of the trucks opened, and fully armed soldiers emerged. Most carried shotguns, and about a quarter of them had metal canisters on their backs and long spray guns in their hands – perhaps flamethrowers, or maybe liquid nitrogen sprayers.
A total of fifteen Black and White Cards, each over ten meters long, and several hundred fully armed soldiers surrounded the area.
A leader looked up at the City Hall Building and took out a megaphone.
"Ahem, attention everyone inside. Dangerous individuals have infiltrated the City Hall Building. Please do not panic. Gather on the first floor and follow our instructions to exit slowly."
Inside the City Hall Building, with Hirokawa's assistance, dozens of Parasitic Organisms had already disguised themselves as civil servants. However, there were many more normal humans who were completely unaware, so a direct assault wasn't feasible.
Meanwhile, Hirokawa wiped his face and asked, "What do you intend to do?"
Kurozawa stood up and walked to the transparent floor-to-ceiling window, looking down.
"Just watch quietly, and you'll see."
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