“assamite……”

Kohei Higashino, who has not seen a wisp of it, walks step by step in the endless desert under the scorching sun.

Directly in front of him was a ruin covered in yellow sand.

“assamite……”

Several flying yellow sand turned into whispers in the ear of the figure.

"You ...... Who is ......?"

Higashino Kohei's tarnished eyes looked indifferently at these figures with different expressions, appearing on either side of his path.

It was as if waiting for the monarch to return to the castle's subjects.

"We ...... It's Asammet...... Seeker of the First Blood, Assassin of the Far East, Terminator of the Holy War......"

"That's ...... What do you have to do with me......"

Higashino interrupted the other party's whispers indifferently and continued to walk towards the depths of the ruins.

"Thou hast succeeded the blood of our people to the end...... When we inherit the memories of our people, return to the place where they were, and continue the road to heaven......"

Those figures turned into yellow sand again, and frantically poured into Higashino Kohei's body.

"Tsk, you gods and strange things can't just turn into a handful of yellow sand in the end......"

Feeling countless memory fragments trying to burrow into his mind, Higashino Kohei suddenly covered his head and wailed in pain.

"Death is not the end, it only makes Assameat stronger and stronger......"

The words in his ear reminded him of a scene before his death......

Kazuo Tento's severed throat was burning at a speed visible to the naked eye, and he could only watch in despair.

"Inherit your memories, yes! Just tell me ......"

Higashino had a cruel smile on his face.

"How do you kill those monsters who shouldn't belong to this world like Kazuo Tento, you, and me......"

"As you wish, in front of the Assammet clan, there is no monster that cannot be killed."

With these words, the collective memory engraved in the blood of the Asammet clan frantically poured into his mind.

"Whew...... Call...... Whew......"

Higashino was sweating profusely and gasping heavily, and rolled over from the back seat of the car.

Outside the window, the pouring rain was slamming on the car window.

"Here it is...... Ryoma's car? So, those two guys ......"

After looking at his intact body and the surrounding environment, he was slightly stunned.

"Resurrected from the dead", he only felt that his whole body was full of strength, and he could even feel the blood in his veins surging vigorously.

Immediately, his nose shrugged slightly, and a special smell of blood poured into his nostrils.

"Tento...... Kazuo!! ”

Smelling the smell of blood, Yukihei Higashino opened the car door rudely and rushed out without a single strand.

Once the Asammet target is locked on to the blood, it will not die......

……

By the time Sousuke Araki and Ryoma rushed out of the warehouse with the stockings on their faces, Kazuo Amato had already disappeared into the rain.

Dense sirens sounded from the bridge.

The two looked at each other and saw police cars coming this way.

Presumably it was the gunshots on the pier that alarmed the police.

"Abominable ......"

Sousuke Araki's eyes scanned the dark dock unwillingly, as if he wanted to search for Kazuo Amato.

"Don't look at it, let's find a way to get Kohei away first, and then talk about ......"

Two days ago, Ryoma grabbed him and ran towards the parking lot in the heavy rain.

The two of them can find a way with their identities as police officers and informants, but if Kohei Higashino falls into the hands of the police, I'm afraid they won't be able to figure it out in their lives.

“…… What about people? ”

"I put him in the back seat?!"

However, when the two ran to the front of the car, all they were left with was an empty classic car.

The open, slightly swaying door seemed to mock them silently.

……

"It's a problem to get caught by the police...... This guy Yinji, he shouldn't be able to die if he stays there......"

On the Mercedes off-road vehicle, a delirious Kazuo Amado started the engine.

In his line of sight, countless pale and dilapidated figures stood in front of the vehicle, just looking at him quietly, as if trying to stop him from leaving.

"You bastards, wait until I find the president...... Regain the 'Divine Power' ......"

After being hit hard by the man wearing stockings just now, he could no longer sense the "divine power" in his body, and he was directly tormented by the burning pain in his heart and the flooding of illusions of the dead.

As he slammed on the accelerator, the buggy catapulted out at wild speed.

Then, a red-striped figure suddenly appeared on the path of the SUV.

"Cerberus? You've become a dead ghost too, do you want to stop me? Then, let me die again......"

Seeing the appearance of the man in front of him through the headlights, Kazuo Amato smiled cruelly and slammed the accelerator to the bottom.

Seeing the off-road vehicle crashing into him, Higashino Kohei moved a step to the side sensitively.

At that time, the off-road vehicle with a speed of more than 120km passed him in an instant.

Just before Kazuo Tento had time to show a regretful expression on his face, Higashino Yukihei moved.

His arms, which were not too strong, stabbed out and retracted like spears as quickly as people and vehicles staggered by.

"Crackling."

The cab window was smashed directly.

Like a headless fly, the buggy slammed into the wall in front of it, and a huge burst of fire erupted.

"How ......"

Higashino Kohei, who stayed in place, was carrying a bloody man at some point.

“…… Possible!!! ”

It was Kazuo Amato, who was covered in blood and glass shards.

Higashino Kohei actually pulled him out of the car window at the moment when he staggered at such a high speed.

Due to the impact of broken glass and the door frame, Kazuo Amato's body has multiple fractures and cuts, like rag bags.

Having lost his "divine power" and his hungry ghosts, he naturally had no way to recover as quickly as before.

Moreover, the flame that repeatedly burned his heart and seemed to never be extinguished brought him mental torture all the time.

"You guy...... Die, ahhh......h

Enduring the pain all over his body, Kazuo Amato, took out a dagger from his waist and stabbed it at Kohei Higashino.

"Click."

Before Kazuo Tendo finished speaking, the hand holding the dagger had flipped in reverse and made the sound of bones breaking.

And the dagger, with the flipped arm, pierced into his own body.

Unconcerned about the flames that exploded behind him, Kohei Higashino raised Kazuo Amatoshi in front of him with one arm, an innocent smile on the corner of his mouth.

That smile is the same as when he went on his first date with Reiko and tasted the beauty of love.

“…… Give me...... One...... Pleasure ......"

Kazuo Amato, who was dying, showed a look of despair.

The face reflected in the puddle on the ground had an unusually familiar expression.

Because, there have been countless people who have shown the same expression in front of him.

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