287. Chapter 287: Battle!
After exchanging a few words, Xia Shang left Cochlea.
Meanwhile, Ayato Kirishima, who was with Sen Takatsuki, received a text message from his sister, Touka Kirishima.
Because of the story Xia Shang had told earlier, Touka had unexpectedly learned that the leader of Aogiri Tree, the One-Eyed Owl, was the Store Manager's Daughter.
So, upon sensing that the Store Manager was in danger, she immediately thought of her younger brother who was with Aogiri Tree. She didn't know if the One-Eyed Owl would save the Store Manager, but she had to try and make an effort.
Soon, Ayato relayed this information to Tatara, who was beside him.
After all, his position within Aogiri Tree wasn't very high, making him unable to contact the leader, the One-Eyed Owl.
Upon hearing this, Tatara looked at Sen Takatsuki, who was wrapped in bandages, and said nothing.
A moment later, Sen Takatsuki softly said, "Save them."
Under her leadership, the Aogiri Tree members, who had just finished the Cochlea raid, immediately rushed to another battlefield without stopping.
Of course, Xia Shang was unaware of these events.
At this moment, he was driving a car while sensing the changes within his body.
After devouring dozens of S-Rank and above ghouls, 80% of the cells inside his body had undergone mutation. His defense, strength, and speed were all significantly stronger than when he first arrived in the ghoul world.
Moreover, the two kakuhou at his shoulder blades had increased from the original two to six.
As for the four new kakuhou, they were located on either side of his collarbone and hip bone.
Their function was equivalent to a kagune converter, capable of transforming the mutated cells within Xia Shang's body into koukaku with higher hardness.
This meant that Xia Shang could cover his whole body with koukaku in an instant.
In addition, he also discovered that the self-healing ability of the mutated cells was stronger, and his internal organs had also improved in strength.
In other words.
The current Xia Shang was just like Noro, a genuine kagune monster.
In fact, Noro was far inferior to him in terms of self-healing ability. Even if he were cut in half at the waist, he could easily reattach the severed parts. Furthermore, as long as he had clones alive, even if five of his brains were simultaneously destroyed, he could resurrect using a clone.
However, at this point, he could not be considered truly undying and immortal.
At most, he was just very difficult to kill.
After all, he still had to rely on brainwaves to control his clones, and the range of these radio waves only covered a little less than half of Tokyo.
Assuming someone were to drop a high-yield nuclear bomb on Tokyo right now, and he was completely unprepared, there might be a very small chance of killing him. But the prerequisite would be that he was unlucky enough for both his true body and clones to be in the epicenter of the explosion.
"It's still far from enough."
Xia Shang looked at Rize Kamishiro in the co-pilot seat with a hint of emotion.
If he had a body as massive as the Dragon, he would probably be even harder to kill.
...
On the other side, by the time Sen Takatsuki led her people to the Anteiku Coffee Shop, the cafe had already been bombed into ruins by the CCG.
At this time, the battlefield was divided into three sections.
The members of the Apes Organization, wearing white cloaks and ape masks, were slaughtering the CCG combat teams. Their leader, Devil Ape Koma, was fighting two Special Class Investigators alone: Mougan Tanakamaru, the Department Head of Countermeasures Division 1, Section 2, who also served as an Investigator, and Yukinori Shinohara, the commander of Tokyo's 20th Ward.
Initially, the CCG thought they could easily wipe out Anteiku with just a few combat teams.
Who would have thought that the investigators, despite their rich combat experience and excellent equipment, would suffer heavy losses within minutes?
So Yoshitoki Washuu immediately issued an urgent order for Special Class Investigators from all districts to rush to the 20th Ward! "Director was right, we unexpectedly found the ghoul nest in the 20th Ward." Mougan Tanakamaru, holding his Quinque weapon, Angel's Wings, shouted excitedly at Devil Ape Koma, "Higher-Dimension Spirit!"
From the Quinque weapon in his hand, which resembled two sections of a large cannon, a powerful energy shockwave suddenly blasted out. "You bastard." Yukinori Shinohara, who was fighting the Devil Ape, dodged to the side without hesitation.
Boom!!
The energy shockwave left a deep gully in the ground and accurately hit Devil Ape Koma's right arm.
With a bang, Devil Ape Koma's right arm suddenly exploded, sending flesh and blood flying.
"That was close." Koma glanced at his severed arm with lingering fear. Fortunately, he had moved a step to the side in time, otherwise, it wouldn't have been his arm that was blown apart, but his chest.
"I'll go down and save him."
Saying this, Ayato leaped down from the rooftop, brandishing his kagune, and charged towards Mougan Tanakamaru.
Sen Takatsuki on the rooftop didn't originally care about the Devil Ape's life or death, but seeing Ayato go down, she turned to Noro beside her: "Go help him, and while you're at it, take care of those two guys."
Noro didn't speak. He pressed the mask with the exaggerated smile on his face, then jumped into the battlefield.
Kaya Irimi of the Black Dobers was in a similar situation to Koma.
Only her ghoul subordinates were wearing black cloaks and black dog masks.
Her opponents were several First Class Investigators. Compared to Koma, she clearly had the upper hand.
Sen Takatsuki waved her hand.
The Aogiri Tree members behind her split into three groups, one of which charged directly towards the investigators below.
The CCG's battle situation, which had been seemingly decided in their favor, was instantly overturned after Aogiri Tree joined!
"It's Aogiri Tree! Why are they suddenly here!"
"Officer, one branch team is almost completely wiped out, requesting reinforcement!"
"Damn it! You hateful cockroaches!"
On Kuzen Yoshimura's side, his body size surged from over a meter long to three meters. He wore a grayish-white bone mask, and the muscles on his two shoulders bulged, transforming into two long blades like military spikes. At the same time, fluffy ukaku resembling feathers emerged from his neck, colored gray.
Fighting alongside him was Renji Yomo, Touka's uncle and also an Anteiku employee.
He was an SS-rated ghoul, currently with an injured left arm.
"One-Eyed Owl? Looks like you weren't killed by the King of Dark Mist." Special Class Investigator Iwao Kuroiwa said with a solemn tone.
"This is truly an unexpected gain."
Iwao Kuroiwa activated his quinque armor.
Scarlet kagune gradually wrapped around his upper body.
"Ten years ago, you escaped from my hands. This time, don't even think about leaving alive."
The white-haired Kishou Arima stopped exchanging blows with Renji Yomo, instead, he severed Yomo's right arm with one slash, then swung his knife towards Yomo's head.
Pfft!
Arima's speed was too fast, Yomo couldn't react at all. Just when he thought he was certain to die, he found that the Store Manager had appeared in front of him, blocking the fatal blow for him.
Arima's Quinque knife embedded itself in Yoshimura's chest, and for a moment, blood flowed freely.
"Go."
Kuzen Yoshimura said in a low voice.
"Mr. Yoshimura!" Renji Yomo's eyes were slightly moist, his voice trembling uncontrollably.
(End of Chapter)