Knight Asylum

They have already been vaccinated.

"Ah~ Something terrible has happened——"

An arm stretched out from the darkness and pressed on Qiuyue's shoulder.

"Guess what's going to happen next?"

A demon seal with a brachiosaurus relief was handed to Qiuyue.

Chapter 795: Man-eating Demon

On the noisy street, Da Dao Keji, wearing casual clothes, carrying a shoulder bag and wearing sunglasses, walked forward with his hands in his pockets at a slow pace that would not arouse suspicion.

The Mafia knows very well that the more ostentatious they are in a place like [S·L], the faster they will die, so they don't carry out robberies and street fights from time to time like the Beast Gang. The illegal and criminal activities they are involved in are more covert, and the top leaders of the Mafia are extremely low-key, and their true identities are only known to a very few people.

It is almost impossible to eradicate the Mafia. Even if the known industrial chain is destroyed, the Mafia will only reappear in a new form.

However, his mission this time is not to wipe out the Mafia, but to investigate the relationship between the Mafia and the hybrid demon. As a super mercenary, he has many reliable information channels.

Da Dao Keji walked to a newsstand, without even looking at the owner, picked up a fashion magazine, and a roll of banknotes slipped out from his sleeve. The newsstand owner reached out and took the roll of banknotes very naturally and continued to read the big breasts magazine in his hand.

After confirming that no one was following him, Da Dao Keji turned and walked into a flower shop. With a flick of his wrist, a tiny chip emerged from a magazine.

Da Dao Keji skillfully caught the chip and slid it into the side of his sunglasses. A progress bar popped up on the inside of the sunglasses and quickly reached the end. Zeros and ones intersected, and information related to the Mafia appeared in front of him.

Da Dao Keji frowned subconsciously.

In [S·L], it is normal for someone to go missing, and during this period, some people did go missing due to the mafia.

Most of them are due to gambling debts, and some are due to factional disputes.

But these disappearances have nothing to do with the hybrid demon.

Once the body is possessed by the devil, no trace will be left of it. However, all those who disappeared due to the mafia during this period have traces to be found.

You can see the living people and the dead bodies.

His intelligence agent was very reliable and the missing persons list he provided was very detailed, so there would be no omissions.

So, the hybrid demon has nothing to do with the Mafia?

Just as Da Dao Ke Ji was thinking, a message about the Mafia caught Da Dao Ke Ji's attention.

It is suspected that the Mafia had contacted Nosakuma Pharmaceutical Company, and the Mafia also played a role in obtaining the development rights of the Yagui tribe's territory.

Da Dao Ke Ji frowned.

He thought of the project being developed by Nosakuma Pharmaceuticals - Amazon cells.

According to Consortium X, the ultimate goal of Amazon cell research is to implant it into the human body to help humans overcome the corruption from the Helheim Forest virus.

Since they can be implanted into the human body and become a part of it, can Amazon cells... also serve as the body's source of demonic power?

The best way to verify this conjecture is to sneak into Nosakuma Pharmaceutical's research institute.

After a brief consideration, Da Dao Keji sent a message directly to the entire NEVER team, and he went directly to the newly built research institute of Nosakuma Pharmaceutical.

Originally, they were planning to investigate Nosakuma Pharmaceutical, but because the new research institute of Nosakuma Pharmaceutical had only been built not long ago, they thought that even if there were shady activities, it would be impossible to act so quickly, so they put it on hold and did not take any action.

Before taking action, Da Dao Keji took out his mobile phone and looked at Red's name on the contact list. After hesitating for a moment, he turned off the phone and did not contact Red.

……

Amagawa High School.

"Brother Ikki, are you going to play football?"

"Yeah, do you want to come together?"

"Oh, by the way, Brother Ikki, we must win tomorrow's game!"

“We will try our best to the end.”

Surrounded by the crowd, Igarashi Ikki walked towards the football field with a sunny smile. At the window on the fourth floor, Igarashi Sakura bit her straw and looked down at Igarashi Ikki, who was attracting everyone like... the sun.

"Sakura?"

"Sakura—"

"Sakura!"

Igarashi Sakura came back to her senses after a moment of shock, "Sorry, what did you just say?"

"Sakura, are you okay?"

Seeing the concerned faces of the classmates around her, Igarashi Sakura suddenly felt very uncomfortable and immediately stood up and shook her head, "I'm fine, I'm going to training."

After saying that, Igarashi Sakura picked up her schoolbag and walked out quickly, leaving a few classmates looking at each other in bewilderment.

"Xiaoying, you look weird."

"It's because the competition is tomorrow. I remember Sakura has been preparing for that day for a long time."

Igarashi Sakura walked down the stairs quickly with her backpack. When she walked out of the teaching building, she subconsciously glanced at the playground shrouded in golden sunlight, and walked into the dojo occupied by the shade of trees without looking back.

Igarashi Ikki, who was surrounded by the crowd, raised his head and looked over as if he sensed something, but Igarashi Sakura had already disappeared in the dojo, and the calls of others drew Igarashi Ikki's attention back.

The illusory Weiss was laughing as usual, but after laughing twice, Weiss suddenly let out a light "eh", sniffed left and right like a dog, and then his eyes fell on the weird high school student from Blackwater High School who was waving at him not far away.

"Is this true? A demon——"

Igarashi Ikki heard Whis's low laughter, but thinking that Whis was talking trash again, he ignored it as usual and threw the football high up at the call of others. The sun was blocked little by little, and the shadow shrouded Igarashi Sakura with a stern face, repeating the karate moves in the dojo.

As the football turned, the sunlight shone down little by little from the shadow side. Looking at Hiromi Kadada sitting on a park bench feeding pigeons, Igarashi Daiji, who was standing under the shade of a tree, hesitated for a moment and took a step before his eyes glowed with a dark green light.

"You're a sophomore. Doing something like this at this time will only make you look hypocritical—"

After Mirage chuckled twice, he did not leave. Instead, he paused for a few seconds and then returned the control of his body to Igarashi Daiji.

Igarashi Daiji, who was completely unaware that his body had been taken away, was just about to step out of the shade of the trees when Karisaki's voice came from the communication device on his waist.

"Sophomore, where are you? Another hybrid demon has appeared, this time near the factory!"

Igarashi Daiji opened his mouth, hesitated for a moment, then turned around and connected the communication device. He walked away quickly. After rushing out of the park, Igarashi Daiji immediately rode his motorcycle to the location where the hybrid demon appeared as shown on the communication device.

There were no sounds of gunfire, nor the roar of demons. The horrifying scene before him almost made Igarashi Daiji's breathing stop.

The Phoenix containment team, dressed in white uniforms, collapsed on the ground, blood everywhere, and the destroyed mechanical life forms were thrown into the corner as waste.

The hybrid demon was squatting on the ground gnawing on the corpse. The pungent smell of blood made Igarashi Daiji's stomach twitch and he covered his mouth and vomited on the spot.

"The smell of Keef...Are you Igarashi Ikki?"

A man in a black suit with a communication headset on his right ear walked out and looked down at Igarashi Daiji who was vomiting.

"You're much...weaker than I thought."

Chapter 796: Only Half the Demonic Power

"Who are you?"

Igarashi Daiji wiped his mouth vigorously, stood up and slapped the driver on his waist.

"Me? I'm Azuma. At the genetic level... I'm your ancestor. But, as expected, their choice was wrong. This great mission should not be handed over to future generations."

Azuma's disappointed look made Igarashi Daiji's blood boil. He pulled out the bat's demon seal and slashed it into the drive.

"I'm not Igarashi Ikki, I'm Igarashi Daiji! I will defeat you!"

Igarashi Daiji did not show mercy just because the opponent was a flesh and blood person. He rushed towards Azuma and drew his gun and shot at him.

Facing Igarashi Daiji's attack, Azuma raised his eyebrows in surprise and dodged Igarashi Daiji's shooting by moving sideways. "You are not Igarashi Ikki? So, you are Igarashi's second son?"

"Very good--"

"Shut up! What is your purpose?!"

Stepping on the blood of his teammates, Igarashi Daiji swung punch after punch towards Azuma. Every time he swung his punch with tons of force, it would create a harsh wind pressure. If Azuma's flesh and blood body was touched once, he would turn into a blood mist on the spot. However, Azuma dodged every attack of Igarashi Daiji with ease.

"You are Igarashi's son, but why are you asking me about my purpose?"

Azuma leaned back and grabbed the hybrid demon that was eating the corpse by the neck with his right hand and threw it forward. The hybrid demon with blood all over its face staggered and bumped into Igarashi Daiji.

Before Igarashi Daiji could react, the hybrid demon became ferocious upon smelling blood. It swung its arm hard, and Igarashi Daiji was swung flying on the spot, hitting the wall heavily.

"Of course...to protect the future of mankind. Also, are you really Igarashi's son?"

Azuma turned sideways and kicked the hybrid demon that was about to attack him, then he straightened his suit and walked towards Igarashi Daiji.

The hybrid demon that was kicked down happened to be lying on a corpse. Stimulated by the smell of blood, the hybrid demon immediately leaned over and started to eat it.

"What did you say?"

As soon as Igarashi Daiji stood up, he was kicked down by Azuma who came over.

"You are too weak. At most, you only have half the power of a demon."

"half?"

[Is this really the time to think about this kind of thing? ]

The voice of Mirage sounding from the bottom of his heart brought Igarashi Daiji back to his senses. He immediately stood up, grabbed Azuma by the collar, turned around, and pressed Azuma heavily against the wall.

"You, that hybrid demon, what the hell are you doing!?"

Azuma looked down at Igarashi Daiji, and after a moment's study he looked in the direction of the hybrid demon that was gnawing on the corpse.

"Of course, it is to complete myself."

"what?"

"I wanted to use a more efficient method to refine the Demon Seal, but something went wrong. Even if I created a hybrid demon that mixed the power of multiple demons, I couldn't refine the Demon Seal. Human tissue is a necessary material for the Demon Seal."

"Well - because of the raw materials, the hybrid demon has the urge to eat humans. This is good news. After all, demons don't have the ability to eat humans in a physical sense."

Azuma's cold and bloody tone and the chewing sound of flesh coming from behind made Igarashi Daiji's scalp numb. Without a moment's hesitation, Igarashi Daiji pulled the trigger, and a white beam of light with golden light pierced Azuma's chest.

After killing Azuma, Igarashi Daiji immediately turned around and shot at the hybrid demon that was gnawing on the corpse.

The hybrid demon who was eating to replenish himself growled and turned to charge towards Igarashi Daiji. Tiny tentacles emerged from its body and formed an interception net in mid-air, blocking all the beams of light.

Seeing that long-range means were ineffective, Igarashi Daiji had no choice but to step forward and fight the hybrid demon.

Facing the hybrid demon's attack method that had lost all reason and was more chaotic than that of a wild beast, the fighting skills acquired through systematic training had lost their meaning. If it weren't for his hard armor, Igarashi Daiji would have been torn to pieces long ago.

Just as Igarashi Daiji was struggling to resist the attack, Azuma, whose chest was pierced, stood up and said, "It's useless. You can't defeat this hybrid demon with only half the power of a demon."

Igarashi Daiji was startled, and because of this distraction, he was hit on the chest by the hybrid demon's claw. Accompanied by dazzling sparks, Igarashi Daiji rolled out. The armor was automatically removed because it detected that the wearer was physically exhausted and could no longer bear the burden.

"why?"

Igarashi Daiji raised his head with difficulty, and his eyes reflected Azuma who was adjusting his clothes.

He was sure that he had just opened a hole as big as a casserole in Azuma's chest. Not to mention a human, even a monster would be dead.

"This is a tiny part of the true demonic power," Azuma turned around, and the hole as big as a casserole healed at an extremely fast speed in the diffuse black mist.

"Immortal...body?"

“Goohoo—”

With an eerie growl, the hybrid demon's back began to bulge abnormally, and horrible limbs rose from the bulge like an insect emerging from a cocoon, spewing out hot steam.

Because of its body's evolution, the hybrid demon's movements began to become more violent, and its blood-red eyes looked towards Azuma, while its sharp claws opened and closed.

But Azuma only glanced at the hybrid demon, and the hybrid demon fell to the ground with a flutter as if it had glimpsed the existence of some higher being.

Azuma looked at Igarashi Daiji again without saying a word, straightened his clothes, turned around and started walking, while the hybrid demon that had completed the mutation staggered behind Azuma like a dog being dragged by invisible shackles.

"The real...devil's power..."

Igarashi Daiji stretched out his hand towards Azuma with difficulty, but eventually lost consciousness due to exhaustion.

When Igarashi Daiji woke up again, he was lying in the medical room in Phoenix. Zhu Mei, a doctor in the medical room, was looking through some documents. When she saw Igarashi Daiji wake up, Zhu Mei raised her hand and waved.

"Team Igarashi, do you need a psychological examination?"

“Psychological…testing?” Igarashi Daiji slapped his forehead, not reacting for a moment.

"Of course it's because... I went through something like that."

At Zhu Mei's reminder, Igarashi Daiji recalled the bloody scene of his teammates being eaten. With his stomach cramping, Igarashi Daiji turned over, got out of bed, and started to dry heave into the trash can.

"Do you need...psychological treatment?" Zhu Mei shook the information in her hand.

"No, thank you—where is Dr. Karizaki? I need to see him for something."

"Karizaki should be in the research room now. Ah - Commander Wakabayashi is also there."