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The busy signal in the phone was cold and urgent—it had been hung up!
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Yuki Asahi jerked his head up, staring hard at the screen, his voice trembling slightly.
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“Hunting list?……Why are there ordinary people?”
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On the screen, the originally scrolling list had frozen, with Jiang Jian Yue’s name and photo glaringly present.
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The entire list was densely packed with hundreds of entries, the vast majority likely Superpower Users who appeared after the outbreak.
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Dream Serpent ignored the no-smoking sign on the wall, calmly lighting a cigarette with her lighter.
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She took a deep drag, then casually flicked the ashes onto Takaguchi’s shoulder beside her, gray ash scattering down.
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“Well……not sure.”
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She held the cigarette between her fingers, lazily gesturing in front of the screen.
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“This area, up to here, those marked in white are ordinary citizens.”
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The smoke spread before his eyes, making Yuki Asahi’s throat tighten; he waved his hand repeatedly, signaling her to move away.
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“These targets……”
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Dream Serpent exhaled a string of smoke rings from her vivid red lips, her tone indifferent.
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“Should be handed over to Takeyama, the weakest. He’s enough to deal with ordinary people.”
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The man in the main seat asked the staff beside him.
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“Has the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department been contacted?”
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“They were notified to deploy immediately, but……”
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The staff’s voice was hesitant.
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“The gap in police force is too large, and they’re urgently mobilizing personnel from outside Tokyo, but……no idea if it’ll be in time.”
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Trying to stop hundreds of precise assassinations by a group of powerful Superpower Users in a metropolis of tens of millions?
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Despair filled the meeting room; this was an operation doomed to fail.
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“I understand.”
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The man’s heavy sigh nearly dragged the atmosphere to its lowest point.
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He raised his hand, rubbing his dry eyes vigorously, the heavy dark circles a testament to his exhaustion.
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The containment of Masakazu Kinoshita was not yet over, and the city-wide Superpower Outbreak Event surged in like a tide.
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Tokushu Jishou Taiou Honbu was exhausted, managing to contact only seventeen willing Superpower Users in two days.
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Everyone had reached their limits, their faces filled with the despair of death, and now……
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This hunting list was the final straw that broke the back of Tokushu Jishou Taiou Honbu.
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Expansion? Stabilization? Everything was undecided, yet already on the brink.
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Yuki Asahi stood up suddenly, gripping his phone so tightly his knuckles turned white.
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His mind was filled with Jiang Jian Yue’s safety; in his eyes, the hunting list seemed to hold only one name.
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At the moment he was about to blurt out a request to leave, his phone suddenly vibrated—the contact “Senior Jiang Jian” was calling back.
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“What’s wrong?”
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A familiar and still calm voice came.
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“Senpai! Someone is trying to assassinate you, get to a safe place quickly.”
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His urgency overflowed, unhidden in his words.
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“Shen Ao has already succeeded.”
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Jiang Jian Yue said something unclear, giving Yuki Asahi no time to question, and continued.
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“You don’t need to worry about me.”
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“Do what you need to do, Yuki.”
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Do what needs to be done?
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Yuki Asahi slowly raised his head; a string of avatars and names were reflected in his golden eyes from the screen.
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“Understood……I’ll do my best.”
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He hung up, looking much calmer.
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He turned to the man in the main seat.
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“Is there anything I can help with?”
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Tokushu Jishou Taiou Honbu had already sent assassination warnings to everyone on the list.
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Those originally in Chiyoda were advised to rush to Tokushu Jishou Taiou Honbu immediately, but how many would listen……
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The Tokushu Jishou Taiou Honbu reception hall was oppressively empty.
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In the center, a small-time punk in a flashy shirt with a face full of metal studs shifted his eyes uneasily.
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His gaze swept around.
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The SAT-EX Members in full heavy riot gear stood at the edges of the hall.
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Finally, his eyes landed a few meters away, on a trembling, slightly disheveled blue-haired middle school girl.
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In the entire reception area, only these two “guests” remained.
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“Tch…”
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The punk clicked his tongue, running his fingers irritably through his brown-red pompadour.
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“Is this protection or surveillance?”
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A sound of footsteps broke the silence, approaching from a side corridor.
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The nearest SAT-EX Member straightened and saluted sharply toward the entrance.
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The two in the hall looked over.
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A boy of high school age walked in, head lowered, focused as he flipped through a thick stack of documents.
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Following closely behind was a curvy woman with pale purple hair and a Tokushu Jishou Taiou Honbu staff member wearing a badge on her chest.
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Seeing the newcomers, the punk curled his lips, narrowing his eyes in a mocking laugh.
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“Does Tokushu Jishou Taiou Honbu have no one left? What a joke.”
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Yuki Asahi’s gaze remained on the documents, only glancing briefly at the source of the noise.
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His steps didn’t pause, as if talking to himself while sorting through clues.
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“So the hunter can use a personal terminal to lock onto Runaway Energy for tracking?”
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In that instant, he also understood how Kuninori Tsuruoka had known his location back then.
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The materials in his hand were about the Mindworm Superpower System, information Tokushu Jishou Taiou Honbu had just obtained.
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Through Dream Serpent—the woman who betrayed GPRI……
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No, not betrayed, but returned to the right path.
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“Hmm, hiding is useless unless these targets shed their skins like cicadas.”
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The woman pinched the last cigarette from her pack.
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Yuki Asahi’s thoughts raced.
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He asked the Tokushu Jishou Taiou Honbu staff.
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“Did anyone consider having these targets band together nearby?”
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“As Superpower Users, they should have some self-defense ability, right?”
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“That’s what the Strategic Planning Group thought too, and they’ve already notified them.”
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Dream Serpent shrugged, her tone mocking.
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“Then the hunters could wipe them all out at once, saving them the trouble of picking off each one separately.”
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Survival and risk went hand in hand.
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Being alone was dangerous—encountering a hunter meant almost certain death—but grouping together made them a bigger target.
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“OI!”
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Completely ignored and left out, the punk’s anger finally exploded.
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He kicked the back of the metal chair in front of him, the crash echoing as he jumped up.
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“Damn it! What the hell are you people at Tokushu Jishou Taiou Honbu trying to do? Are you toying with us?”
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The sudden outburst terrified the middle school girl, who began to sob quietly, unable to suppress her fear.
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“Are you all useless? Tax-stealing scum!”
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Yuki Asahi remained silent, lowering his head to flip through the documents again.
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He remembered the words of the main seat man—the Deputy Chief of Tokushu Jishou Taiou Honbu.
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“Your mission is……as the Central, stabilize morale.”
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He closed the file and handed it to the staff behind him.
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Standing in front of the punk, Yuki Asahi was slightly taller, his eyes downcast as he looked down.
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“Oowada Toshihiro, male, twenty-five, societal trash, Runaway Energy 2680.”
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“What the hell are you babbling about!”
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Being called societal trash, Oowada Toshihiro flushed with shame and rage, reaching out to grab Yuki Asahi’s collar.
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Pa——
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A slap sent Oowada Toshihiro flying, crashing into a pillar on the side of the hall.
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“Truly a disgraceful guy!”
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