A group of people traveled through a strange world, and I was the only one who was not a refugee.

An active volcano with a small eruption.

The cherry blossoms bloomed early and were flying all over the sky.

A swamp full of strange things...

The girls expressed disgust at the swamp where black arms emerged, but they actually watched with great interest.

Well...it's a strange sight after all.

However, the happy time is always short-lived.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is the afternoon of January 1rd.

Akita has never forgotten the country of bears

"Andre" was brought along along the way.

When the group returned to Kyoto, it was almost four o'clock in the afternoon.

Ignoring Andre's sigh when he first arrived in Kyoto, Akita Shin controlled the psychic flying object, sent all the girls home, and then took him straight to the headquarters.

I didn't find my boss Hayai Takashi, but I did meet the big boss "Yamashima Takashi".

"Akita-kun, don't you know the rule that prohibits flying during holidays?"

Yamashima Takashi's tone was very calm. He sat upright in his office chair, exuding the majesty of a superior - this was Andre's first impression.

"Lord Shandao, in an emergency, I think we can make an exception."

Akita was not panicked at all.

Although he was not familiar with this big guy and had only fought in a team with him once, he now had a legitimate reason.

"The emergency you mentioned, is that him?"

After saying that, Yamashima Takashi looked at Andre with a little more scrutiny.

Naturally, he had noticed the other person a long time ago. Whether judging from his body shape or appearance, Andre did not look like an Asian at all.

For a B-level person, S-level may be a height that he or she can never reach in his or her lifetime.

But Andre's psychological quality was not bad, and he was about to speak.

Akita Shin took the lead and said, "Lord Yamashima, this is what happened..."

He explained Andre's identity and the purpose of his trip in the simplest and clearest way.

After a moment, Yamashima Takashi's eyes flashed with surprise. He hesitated for a few seconds and said, "Akita-kun, you can leave now. I will handle this matter."

"Yes."

"..."

Andre's eyelids twitched at his relaxed attitude, as if he had thrown away a pot.

But he didn't dare to express his objection in front of an S-level and an A-level.

"By the way, now that we're back, let's go to Hayai, the one in the inner city..."

Just before Akita Makoto was about to leave, Yamashima Takashi seemed to remember something and gave him some instructions.

Akita was really reluctant to have to work overtime on the last day of the annual holiday.

But from what the boss said, it seems that his boss, Takashi Hayai, is not on vacation, but has encountered some difficult trouble.

There was no choice but to agree.

When we found Hayai Takashi, he was in a mansion of considerable size.

An indescribable stench drifted into his nose and went straight to the top of his head, making him unable to help but temporarily block his sense of smell.

"Hayai-sama."

"Hmm? Akita Makoto, are you back from your trip?"

When Hayai Takashi saw him, after a symbolic surprise, he went straight to the point and explained the situation here.

In fact, when Akita saw the corpses of rats, cockroaches, moths and other animals all over the ground, he roughly knew what had happened.

But things were far more serious than he thought.

"Weird synthesis?" Akita hesitated.

Hayai Takashi sighed and said:

"Yes, I originally thought it was just a special insect infestation, similar to an infectious disease."

“But I didn’t expect these mutant animals to spontaneously gather together in one place and form such a strange thing.”

Hearing this, Akita couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

The most important information currently known about the insect pest that suddenly appeared before the Chinese New Year is that it can even devour the mental power of psychics, and then revive and split.

If we analyze it based on this point, the greater possibility is that this is an insect infestation targeting psychics.

But now it seems that it is obviously not that simple.

Thinking of this, Akita really felt a headache. Things happened one after another and there was no peace at all.

"Master Hayai, what about the strange synthetic corpse? You should lead the team to solve it."

"solved."

Hayai Takashi nodded first, then shook his head: "But it hasn't been solved yet."

Akita raised an eyebrow in confusion.

Hayai Takashi pointed at the corpses of all the creatures and said, "The synthetic weird knew it was no match for the enemy, so it split into these strange creatures and fled in all directions."

Akita suddenly understood.

No wonder even Director Zong came here in person. Being able to synthesize and split is a very tricky ability.

After all, no one can know when and where in Kyoto a large number of mosquitoes, rats and mice will gather together and create a strange situation.

"How is the strength?"

"Not high, disaster level."

"Not regenerating and splitting into more bugs?"

In this regard, the police officers who have been investigating for a long time have already made a preliminary analysis.

Hayai Takashi repeated it.

"According to inference, after forming synthetic weirdness, they will lose this strange ability, and when they die, they will be truly dead."

"As to whether it is temporary or permanent, it is currently impossible to draw a conclusion."

Having understood everything he needed to know, Akita Zhen didn't ask any more questions and directly released his mental power to cover the area.

As expected, not a single clue was found.

Hayai Takashi was not disappointed by this.

"That girl named Yukinoshita has acquired the ability to observe cause and effect from the Star God. Can you give it a try?"

Akita Makoto had a strange expression on his face: "Master Hayai, didn't I report this to you a long time ago?"

"What?" Hayai Takashi was stunned.

Akita Shin pointed to the ground: "She had already tried it when the pest appeared. The causal line connects to the underground."

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"Maybe I forgot."

Hayai Takashi frowned and recalled for a moment, then shook his head and said

.

Akita could really understand this.

Unlike him, the branch chief who likes to take advantage of others at work, the chief director needs to manage all members of the security team.

When faced with a serious emergency, I have to take action myself, like now.

"It's not too late to know now." Hayai Takashi seemed to have thought of something, "Akita-kun, take Yukinoshita to the headquarters tomorrow."

"what do you mean……?"

"Since it comes from underground, let's dig it up and have a look."

Hearing this, Akita suddenly didn't know what to say.

If everything goes well, this simple and crude method is indeed the most effective.

In fact, it was not just Yukinoshita Yukino who found it difficult to use his mental power to explore the situation underground.

There are already obstacles, and the farther the mental power extends, the more difficult it will naturally become.

"can."

Akita Zhen nodded. Anyway, tomorrow was a working day, so there was no difference between staying in the branch and going out to do business.

As for why tomorrow and not now?

It needs to be made clear that this is not an easy task. How can we do it immediately after just thinking about it? Of course, preparatory work is required, such as equipment for digging the ground.

Seeing that his subordinates had already started dealing with the dead insects and ants on the ground, Hayai Takashi lit a cigarette and continued chatting with Akita Shin.

"I suddenly remembered something. In one or two years at most, you will be leaving the position of branch director. Do you have any promising successors?"

"In the third out-of-city branch, selecting the next branch chief?"

"Well, a few years ago, I discussed with Lord Kujo and the others that once the 'departmental change' was over, we would start the 'cadre rejuvenation'."

“First, it is to solve the drawbacks left by the early system.”

"Secondly, it is important to cultivate fresh blood. If we can have a few more young high-level extraordinary people, it will be a good thing for both the security team and Kyoto."

"Of course, I won't just ask you. I'll also ask other branch directors for their opinions."

Hearing this, Akita Shin pondered for a moment and shook his head: "Master Hayai, forgive me for being frank, but this is very difficult to achieve."

"Give your opinion."

"Branch chief, at least you need to have a B-level combat force as a backup."

“Even if we set the standard before the age of 25, few people can reach it.”

"If it's 30 years old, there are many B-class extraordinary people in the current security team who are in this age group..."

Akita could guess to some extent what Hayai Takashi and others were thinking.

The so-called disadvantages refer to high-level extraordinary people who have stayed in the safe zone for a long time and become accustomed to a comfortable life.

There is no doubt that the extraordinary people are at the forefront of the fight against the weirdness.

But the weirdness that the extraordinary people face varies in strength.

B-level extraordinary people can basically crush law-level and disaster-level laws as long as the number is not too large, unless it is a system that is not good at combat.

As a result, the combat capability will decline over time.

What's worse, some people deliberately pick on the weak and make the performance look better in terms of numbers... That's about it.

Second, due to the recent earthquake and tsunami, the front-line troops are under great pressure now.

Newcomers accumulate experience in the rear, while veterans resist external pressure in the front - this should be the core idea that the bigwigs want to reform.

While Akita Shin was thinking, Hayai Takashi was also thinking.

After a long while, he finally spoke:

"It doesn't have to be a B-level officer to be the branch chief. A C-level officer is also fine. After all, now is not the past."

"Among the travelers from another world, many find it difficult to accept the change in their identities. In order to become extraordinary people, they are even willing to take risks."

"This practice is not recommended, but we have to admit that the number of newly born extraordinary people has increased a lot recently, which has supplemented the available talents in various departments to a certain extent."

“If you don’t have quality, you can make up for it with quantity.”

Hearing this, Akita was a little hesitant.

Why does it sound like this: if they are not our own, we won't feel sad even if many of them die.

Hayai Takashi didn't know what he was thinking, and continued, "For example, the person you recommended before is almost ready to use."