Chapter 16: No Need to Exist
"Look everyone, could that suspicious man be him?" At this moment, a male student noticed Parasyte A in the opposite corridor. Because everyone else was evacuating urgently, only he was walking slowly, so he looked very strange.
"He wants to find Shinichi Izumi, no, it's my existence. Due to the interference of the crowd, he can't pinpoint my exact location."
"What if we are found?" Shinichi Izumi asked Migi.
Migi replied without hesitation: "The other party came with killing intent; he will definitely attack you."
"What should we do next?"
"Hide in the crowd. At that time, he will definitely attack everyone indiscriminately. Then, when he launches his attack, I will quickly pierce his heart. Although it's simple, the success rate is higher this way." Migi directly stated the most suitable solution for the moment; however, Shinichi Izumi simply could not accept this suggestion.
He simply couldn't bring himself to win by sacrificing the lives of others.
"So in your eyes, my classmates are just meat shields. I almost forgot your true nature." Shinichi Izumi clenched his right hand in disappointment, resolutely pushed through the crowd, and ran towards a secluded area.
At the same time, Xia Shang noticed Shinichi Izumi's unusual actions. Looking at his figure, he smiled and said, "You want to use yourself as bait to lure away the Parasyte? What a kind guy. Alright, for the sake of the transformation talent, I'll reluctantly give you a hand."
Xia Shang quietly followed.
On the way, Shinichi Izumi happened to run into Satomi Murano. But the situation was urgent, and he continued running upstairs. However, his arm was grabbed by Satomi. Satomi thought Shinichi Izumi had left something behind, so she asked, "Did you forget to get something? I'll go with you to get it."
Unexpectedly, Shinichi Izumi pulled her hand away and roared, "Don't come near me, stay away from me."
Satomi Murano was stunned for a moment.
Fortunately, at this moment, Shinichi Izumi also realized it was inappropriate and forced a smile, saying, "Ah, right, I'm sorry. Anyway, you should leave here quickly."
Watching Shinichi Izumi leave in a hurry, Satomi's eyes were filled with confusion and worry. Just then, Xia Shang appeared behind her and said with a smile, "Shinichi Izumi didn't mean to. He's in a bit of trouble right now. You should leave quickly. I'll follow and see."
It was hard to imagine that Shinichi Izumi actually climbed all the way to the top floor in one go, only stopping when he was completely out of breath.
Looking at Shinichi Izumi's action, Migi asked, very puzzled, "What's wrong, Shinichi Izumi? Are you perhaps dissatisfied with my plan?"
"Nonsense! How many people do you want to see killed?"
"But to preserve one's own life and choose to sacrifice others, isn't that what animals should do? Oh, I almost forgot, humans are creatures that commit suicide. May I ask, Shinichi Izumi, are you performing this action?"
Shinichi Izumi was truly speechless towards Migi and could only say, "Your Japanese is pretty good. Don't speak it next time."
After speaking, he walked into a nearby Classroom and began moving tables, planning to use the tables to block the front and back corridors of this area, attempting to create the effect of being surrounded by a crowd.
"Need any help?"
A familiar figure appeared behind Shinichi Izumi. He turned his head to look and found it was Xia Shang.
"Why are you here?"
Xia Shang helped him move the desks while answering, "Because I just saw some idiot trying to take on everything by himself, so I followed behind him, planning to watch the show."
"Arigato, Mr. Xia." Shinichi Izumi thanked him solemnly.
Migi emerged from his hand and said, very puzzled, "He clearly wanted to help Shinichi Izumi, yet he said he just wanted to watch the show. Humans are really strange creatures." "But this way, our chances of winning have increased again. Next, it's three against one." Migi cut off the leg of a chair and put it into Shinichi Izumi's left hand. "We'll be fighting together soon."
"A is three meters away from us."
"Three meters?" But Shinichi Izumi was in the corridor and couldn't see Parasyte A at all.
"Below."
Shinichi Izumi and Xia Shang looked down at their feet at the same time.
Suddenly! Two tentacles shot out from below, shattering the glass window and hooked onto the edge of the window. Using this, Parasyte A directly jumped in front of the two of them. This sudden action instantly shattered Shinichi Izumi's previous setup.
"Trying to block my way? But you ended up blocking your own path." Parasyte A's head split open on both sides, and the tentacles transformed from within twisted non-stop. He opened his mouth full of sharp teeth and said.
"Also, I'm very curious about your scent." Parasyte A looked at Xia Shang.
Xia Shang sneered, "Are you sure I'm not a Parasyte?"
"Special companions originally have no need to exist."
The tips of Parasyte A's tentacles transformed into blades and instantly slashed towards Xia Shang. Swish. Several streaks of blood sprayed out. The pain from his chest made Xia Shang subconsciously look down. His originally intact school uniform had been cut into countless fragments, and a large amount of blood flowed down along the wound.
"So fast!" Xia Shang and Shinichi Izumi said at the same time.
Xia Shang couldn't even clearly see the trajectory of the opponent's attack and was already injured. However, this level of injury was not considered a fatal wound for him.
"It seems you are weaker than I imagined. Before, you were just disguising yourself, and you even deceived Reiko Tamura. How ridiculous."
Parasyte A said in a cold tone.
"Mr. Xia, are you alright?" Shinichi Izumi looked at the bleeding Xia Shang with a worried expression.
"I'm fine. For now, I won't die yet. But this guy is really strong."
Xia Shang, pale from excessive blood loss, had a somewhat gloomy expression. He took a few deep breaths to make his brain calmer. Then, he tried to use words to draw out the opponent's weakness. "Do you know? A Parasyte injured me before too. Guess what the result was?"
Xia Shang raised his hand and wiped the wound, and the wound visibly sealed up at a speed visible to the naked eye. "The result was, I cut off its head, then poured gasoline on it, and with a boom, its corpse was burned to ashes in the raging fire."
He flicked his wrist, and the black cloth wrapped around the sword fell away.
"Die."
Facing Xia Shang's harsh words, Parasyte A immediately attacked again. Although the tentacles split from its head were only two, their speed was five times that of other Parasytes, or even faster.
"I'll be responsible for blocking him, you two are responsible for attacking."
Only Migi could barely keep up with Parasyte A's speed, let alone the fact that the opponent had two tentacles.
Xia Shang held the sword to block his chest, but as he blocked the opponent's slash, the sword body broke in two from the middle.
(end of chapter)