Madam, I like you.

　"What should we do? Isn't it the government's responsibility to protect the citizens? Act quickly! Destroy all those monsters!"

　Hirokawa Tsuyoshi faced the camera and said in a steady voice: "Everyone, all the humans watching my speech."

　"I hereby declare that this war is your victory. For us parasites, this is a war we are bound to lose..."

　Chapter 81: The Primate of All Creatures

　"When it comes to killing, no animal in the world is better than humans. Even we, creatures above humans, have to admit this."

　"We parasitize on human bodies and hunt humans, but please don't get me wrong, it's not that we parasites are inherently bloodthirsty and cruel, but killing is our mission!" Hirokawa Tsuyoshi opened his eyes wide, and when he said the word "mission", it was as if a believer had been granted supreme glory by God, and his calm and deep eyes were filled with fanatical flames.

　He slammed the wooden table hard and delivered his speech in a resonant voice: "Since the modern era of human civilization, the population has grown too rapidly, resulting in a massive waste of resources and the distorted development of human society. In the past, during the Uruk Kingdom, the origin of human civilization, even slaves could play their due role."

　"But now! Murder! Rape! Theft! Robbery! The overpopulation has led to a resource shortage, and Japanese society still supports hundreds of thousands of unemployed people. This has led to complex social unrest and further increased the burden on the natural environment and the planet." Hirokawa Tsuyoshi suppressed his anger, his voice gradually rising. "The human population must be reduced immediately. It won't be long before people realize that littering is a more serious crime than murder."

　"Then, people will realize our importance as part of nature, even to the point of protecting us. Humans should cherish the natural enemies above them. It is precisely because of this relationship that the beautiful pyramid of nature can be more stable."

　"Only in this way can the ecology return to balance."

　-

　In Tokyo, Japan, a giant screen in Akihabara Electric Street broadcast Hirokawa Tsuyoshi's speech. Passersby stopped and stared blankly at him as he roared into the camera, no one thinking he was joking. His boldness, his hatred for humanity, chilled everyone to the bone.

　Passersby shouted angrily: "Who do you think you are?"

　"Hey, hey, hey, this joke is not funny at all. Who will drag this lunatic away?"

　"That's right! That's right! Isn't it too much to say such a joke anymore?"

　"You look like a human being, don't you? Why are you so arrogant?"

　-

　"but!"

　Hirokawa Tsuyoshi couldn't control his emotions and roared angrily, "It's too late! Humanity hasn't realized its original sin. There's still a large amount of movable, combustible garbage (humans) throughout Japanese society. They contribute nothing to society. Environmental protection, animal rescue, everything is just human self-satisfaction!"

　"You are so arrogant to place yourself above nature! Such rudeness! Why can't you humans admit your crimes? As the most intelligent creatures on earth, humans should consider the coexistence of all living things, not just human reproduction!"

　"You keep talking about justice, but where is the real justice?!"

　His voice rose higher and higher, his face ferocious as he roared, "Compared to us parasitic beasts who live on humans and are responsible for the balance of all living things, you humans are the parasites of the earth!"

　After venting all his emotions, his gloomy expression softened slightly, and he concluded with a final, decisive tone, "No, it's a parasite."

　Compared to Mo Yankong's somewhat formulaic speech, Hirokawa Tsuyoshi's speech as a politician was far superior. Both the content and the tone of his speech were truly moving.

　-

　The streets were completely silent, with all passersby staring at the giant screen mounted on the wall of the building. After a brief silence, some people finally came back to their senses, looked at each other, and started cursing fiercely. A few female students passing by were even frightened and cried.

　"That's bullshit. Humans are not as great as you say, nor as humble as you think."

　"Who is he?"

　"What parasitic beast? I think it's just a farce of the government."

　"Is this some radical environmental ad?"

　-

　After getting off the podium, Hirokawa Tsuyoshi prepared to leave.

　"Thanks for your hard work."

　The parasitic beast in charge of guarding the scene said calmly that when Hirokawa Tsuyoshi turned his back to it, its head split into tentacle blades that cut off his neck at lightning speed, scaring the normal human camera crew into screaming.

　The parasitic beast split from its original body and turned into a mass of muscle tissue that covered Hirokawa Tsuyoshi's broken neck. In a moment, it turned into Hirokawa Tsuyoshi's original appearance. It looked at Hirokawa Tsuyoshi's head lying on the ground with its eyes open.

　He said calmly, "Until the very end, he was an unpredictable man..."

　"It doesn't matter. Everything is for the future of Parasyte. Even if it's God's order, Parasyte is a living being. As such, it doesn't exist just for another kind of creature. The meaning of Parasyte's existence is up to us to explore."

　"Follow me." The parasitic beast ordered the camera crew behind him to follow and turn on the camera equipment.

　Outside the city hall, it had already become a hellish scene, with the sound of gunfire punctuated by the occasional violent explosion. Buildings in the distance were ablaze. Even daylight couldn't block the blaze.

　"Look! This is our war!" Parasyte, who took over Hirokawa Tsuyoshi's speaking duties, announced in a calm tone. The images captured by the camera were synchronized to TV channels across Japan and presented to more than 100 million viewers.

　"Throughout history, you humans have caused countless deaths, war being the most devastating. However!"

　"We parasites have developed a way to kill people that's more efficient than war!"

　“That’s the virus!”

　"Our mission is to reduce the human population, but no matter how much we kill, our numbers are far too small compared to the human population, and our bodies are equally vulnerable to human weapons."

　"The only way we could think of to accomplish our mission was to spread the virus, so we created a virus that was more deadly and widespread than the Black Death that ravaged Europe 700 years ago, killing a third of its population."

　"T-virus, full name tyrant-virus."

　The camera crew caught a glimpse of a soldier transformed into a zombie attacking passersby. Of course, Tamiya Yoshiko hadn't yet spread the virus Mo Yankong had given her, for the same reason as with the nuclear bomb. Once a nuclear bomb was used, the nuclear threat would cease to exist, leaving both humans and Parasyte in a lose-lose situation.

　"The T-virus invades the human body, destroying the immune system and causing brain tissue to become diseased. Like us parasitic beasts, it feeds on humans and kills them, just as you have seen."

　"In other words, all seven billion people on Earth are weapons we use to destroy humanity itself."

　Chapter 82: Feast of Killing

　In the city hall, a fusion parasite named Goto watched Hirokawa Tsuyoshi's speech on the wall-mounted TV. He closed his eyes and sighed with regret: "Hirokawa Tsuyoshi... has he been disposed of? It's a bit of a shame."

　When Tamiya Yoshiko created the parasitic organization, she found many parasitic beasts to conduct experiments on fusing parasitic beasts. Goto was the most successful one among all the examples. At the beginning, he could control more than five of his kind to complete the fusion. Until now, even Tamiya Yoshiko herself could not predict to what extent his ability has evolved.

　"What?" He asked, opening an eye with his right hand.

　Goto closed his eyes and said calmly, "The guy on TV isn't Hirokawa Tsuyoshi, he's just someone of the same species in disguise."

　"Oh? He was acting quite normal just now. Why would someone of his kind still want to kill this human now?"

　"The method of judgment is simple. Hirokawa Tsuyoshi is not indifferent to the death of humans. He holds a strong anger towards humans, and at the same time, he also feels sorrow for their death. Now, this Hirokawa Tsuyoshi is just a puppet. The virus that destroys humanity is just a dead creature that has existed for a long time. Our old rival, is he trying to bluff and end this war? There is only one person who can do such a thing, Tamiya Yoshiko, and she hasn't given up yet."

　Goto's left hand also opened an eye and cracked his mouth, his confusion deepening. "We are not human, and our thinking circuits are the same. Why do we have such a big difference of opinion? I really don't understand."

　Goto stood up, his face grim: "It doesn't matter, the war has already begun anyway."

　"Our enemy is."

　"Humans, but if this city is the hunting range, then there is no doubt that it is only that place."

　-

　"Send a message to all vampire troops, gentlemen, the war has begun. Our mission is to burn this city to the ground and wipe out all alien creatures that do not belong to this world."

　"Money, power, morality, law, this is a corner of hell that is beyond the reach of everything. We are both prey and hunters. We bring death and also enjoy it."

　"I, the acting leader of the Parasyte Special Operations Team, declare that the operation has begun."

　"Cheers to the blood we're about to taste."

　The cold voice of Dokujima Yako came from the propaganda loudspeaker of the temporary army camp, and all the soldiers in the camp completed the transformation, from human beings into blood-thirsty monsters.

　All members of the Self-Defense Forces need to be vaccinated when they enter here. Those vaccines are nothing but ordinary liquids mixed with Mo Yankong's body cells. With just a command from Mo Yankong, he can transform the vaccinated humans into his own slaves - corpse-reborn people, or a special kind that is not afraid of sunlight.

　The time has come.

　Inside the huge military camp, the soldiers' eyes were bloodshot, their expressions were filled with violent, bloodthirsty and cruel smiles, they exhaled cold white air, and when they heard the voice of Dokujima Yazi from the loudspeaker, they could no longer bear it, they opened their mouths, and their fangs and sharp teeth were already soaked with thirst for prey and blood.

　"cheers!!!"

　"cheers!!"

　"cheers!!!!"

　“wryyyyyyyyyyyyy——”

　"Attack!"

　Soldiers who became zombies

　They will be extremely bloodthirsty, retain human intelligence, and can still freely use the firearms they are equipped with.

　Dozens of military vehicles loaded with corpses and living people left the camp and entered the city of Dongfushan. A large number of residents rushed from the streets and alleys to seek help and stopped the military vehicles.

　"Are they soldiers? Save us! What will become of this city?"

　"Isn't it about infectious diseases or something? Are all these parasitic beasts deceiving us?"

　"Damn it! Are you kidding me? Get us out of here!"

　"I don't want to stay here. There's a monster over there that you were talking about. Let's go and take care of it."

　On the military vehicle, the zombie soldier grinned, jumped out of the vehicle, and aimed the submachine gun in his hand at the residents surrounding the military vehicle.

　"Eh?"

　"what?"

　"shot!"

　-

　The flames twisted the city, and every road that the zombie army passed turned into a sea of ​​fire, leaving a mess of corpses on the ground. There were humans, parasitic beasts, or zombies with their bodies torn to pieces. Several human corpses slowly struggled to stand up, their eyes as scarlet and violent as those of all the zombies.

　"Ahhh- why are you attacking us? Aren't you soldiers?"

　"Mad—mad—everyone's crazy!"

　"The... the building is on fire! Run! These soldiers are just like those monsters!"

　The building was set on fire, all the glass was shattered, cars were burned, and the air was filled with the cries of children and the screams of women, and more often than not, the laughter of the perpetrators who were carried away by their own pride. The zombies who had lost their humanity did not care whether the other party was a parasitic beast or an ordinary human. Their idea was simple: destroy all the buildings they saw and suck the blood of all the living things they saw.

　Their mission is to create destruction and cover up the truth about the so-called war between humans and parasitic beasts. At the same time, the zombies and these poor residents are victims of the plan and food for this feast.

　There are a total of 250,000 members of the Japanese Self-Defense Force, including 150,000 land forces. One-third of them, or 50,000, were dispatched to encircle and suppress the parasitic beasts in Higashifukuyama City. Among them, 30,000 were stationed on the spot to surround the city and prevent the zombies or parasitic beasts from escaping. Only 20,000 soldiers actually took action, and the only ones who were truly combat-capable were the more than 10,000 soldiers who had been vaccinated and turned into zombies.

　-

　"Prepare to launch the parasitic beast inhibitor!"

　"Yes!"

　"Parasitic Beast Recovery Team, prepare to enter from Entrance 21, avoiding the vampire forces."

　"Yes!"

　After receiving a clear response from his subordinates, Dokujima Yazi, standing on the top floor of the building overlooking the city, removed his headphones and muttered to himself, "My work is done. Now it's time to enjoy myself. I can't let anyone disturb me."

　"Sorry, not even Sora can do that."

　Dokujima Yako could not disobey Mo Yankong's orders, so she wisely chose to cut off all means of communication between herself and Mo Yankong. In this way, not receiving orders did not mean that she had not disobeyed orders. She jumped down from a building hundreds of meters high, drew out the demon sword Kitetsu in her hand, inserted it into the concrete outer wall of the building as a buffer, and quickly landed on the ground. When she was about to hit the ground, she drew out her long sword and cut a parasitic beast under the street in half with one stroke.

　Just now, she observed that at least five or six parasitic beasts appeared on the street below the building. She killed one, and the others, sensing the abnormality, approached here one after another.

　"bring it on!"

　"Faster, faster! More!"

　The woman's handsome and heroic face brought up a charming and enchanting smile, and a fiery impulse like a volcanic eruption surged from her cold body. The demon sword Kitetsu seemed to sense the killing impulse of its master, and the blade trembled slightly, covered with blood-colored veins and emitting a faint red light.

　Dokujima Yaji's body was covered with a thin layer of black smoke, chaotic and ominous, like a Shura killing god.

　Chapter 83: I can meet ten people while buying a pack of cigarettes...

　How many parasitic beasts are there in Higashifukuyama City?

　Not to mention Mo Yankong, perhaps even Tamiya Yoshiko's Parasyte organization is not very clear. If I had to sum it up in one sentence, it would be that you can run into ten Parasytes in the time it takes to buy a pack of cigarettes on the street.

　When the gods fight, mortals suffer. Neither Mo Yankong nor the Japanese government has time to worry about the survival of Higashifukuyama City. Just like the original plot of "Parasyte", human troops surrounded the city government to encircle and suppress the parasitic beasts led by Hirokawa Tsuyoshi.

　In critical moments, the Special Mobile Unit doesn't care whether the enemy is human or parasitic, and directly shoots and kills, affecting many innocent staff. However, the mission of the Mobile Unit is to eliminate parasitic beasts, not to ensure the safety of humans.

　Higashifukuyama City has long been a bait (canteen) that attracts parasitic beasts.

　On the outskirts of the Takagi Research Institute, more than a dozen teams of enhanced humans who have been injected with parasitic cell gene enhancers are stationed here. They are all armed with heavy weapons. Submachine guns, shotguns and the like are already outdated. Most of the enhanced soldiers are holding heavy Gatling guns that are usually loaded on airplanes or warships, and they all carry huge metal ammunition bags on their backs.

　There was also someone holding a flamethrower and carrying a container of nearly solidified gasoline on his back.

　The terrain around the Takagi Research Institute is open and the vision is clear. Just now, several foolish fusion parasitic beasts tried to force their way in, but they were shot into sieves by Gatling guns and burned to ashes with napalm.

　Several tanks stopped in front of the Takagi Research Institute

　In an open space, Mo Yankong sat in the gunner's seat of a Mitsubishi TK-X 10 main battle tank, yawning boredly. The front hatch opened, and Kimishima Kana popped her head out of the driver's seat and looked around. "Kong, aren't we bored? Didn't you say it would be lively today?"

　"Yes, I'm just afraid you won't be able to bear it then."

　Kimishima Kana raised her little face and snorted, "With so many soldiers here, and you and me, a mere parasitic beast can no longer scare me."

　"Who knows? This time we're dealing with no ordinary parasitic beast."