In the evening, on an advertising screen outside Tokyo Station, the news of No. 14 was being reported, and many people died mysteriously during the day.

Xia Long got off the train at Tokyo Station, silently read the report for a while, and left the station through the crowd.

"Aaron," he said when he returned to the newspaper office, and was confronted by Hirata, who was out, "How's the situation going?" Did you find anything over there in Nagano? ”

"I'm sorry," Xia Long shook his head, "but in the end, nothing was found. ”

"That's right, by the way, the policeman named Ichijo has looked for you again before, and I have made several phone calls in a row, as if I am in a hurry."

"A police officer? I know. ”

Xia Long walked into the office and immediately used the telephone to contact Yi Yifu.

"I heard you have something to do with me......"

"It's all right now, but could I ask you to come over?" A girl who was driving a car and looked at the back seat through the rearview mirror, "Professor Natsume's wife and daughter are here in Tokyo......"

"What? Sedka was attacked by the 14th? Xia Long listened to the phone, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go over right away." ”

The star clusters looked curiously at Xia Long, who had finished making the call: "Ah Long, what is the relationship between you and that policeman?" ”

"It's just an ordinary friend," Xia Long put down the phone and said, "I'm sorry, I'll go back today." ”

……

Seongnam University, Xia Long just got out of the taxi and met Kaoru at the school gate.

"The monster that appeared today on the 14th is different from before, and it can fly in the sky like a bee and shoot poisonous needles to kill people," Ichijo said as he walked, "In addition, Goyo has a new form of green, and in the afternoon Goyo shot that guy out of the sky." ”

"How's Shika doing now?"

"She's fine."

One took Xia Long outside the archaeological research room: "They're inside. ”

Xia Long followed a push door and entered, first saw a few of the five generations, and then saw the two Shiga mother and daughter sitting together with their heads bowed.

"Saga."

Hearing this, Shijia raised his head slightly, and when he saw a Xia Long beside him, he lowered his head evasively.

"I'm sorry, I just came back from Nagano," Xia Long continued, "I almost had an accident with you. ”

"Can I go outside for a while?" Mrs. Natsume hugged her daughter, a trace of sadness flashed in her eyes, and she stood up and looked at Xia Long pleadingly.

"Okay."

Xia Long looked at Shiga, who was buried in his head, nodded, and turned to leave the research room.

On the campus of Seongnam University, it was quite quiet in front of the research building at night, and there were almost no people, Xia Long and the mother and daughter walked out of the building in silence together, paused, and took the initiative to speak: "A police officer has already told me, I heard that Shika is almost in danger, how did he suddenly come to Tokyo?" ”

"Recently I found a stone in my late husband's drawer, like something unearthed near the ruins," Mrs. Natsume opened a box wrapped in cloth, "Nagano said that the investigation of that incident had been transferred here, and I thought this thing might be useful for Zero's investigation, so I brought it here." ”

Xia Long was holding an ancient stone with a strange pattern, and he couldn't see why.

"Actually, I went to Nagano this time to investigate again, and it seems that since that time, there have been no more clues for Zero," Xia Long said as he put back the stone, "I'm sorry, I haven't made any progress." ”

Mrs. Natsume put away the box, and said silently with a trace of guilt on her face: "We have all watched the news on TV these days, and we also know that the masked superman is you, Mr. Aaron has been risking his life to fight those weirdos......"

"I'm sorry." Shiga suddenly choked up, "It's me who wants to investigate Zero too much." ”

"Don't say I'm sorry, I don't mind, it's just that you're okay," Xia Long smiled, "Don't cry, go back to Nagano first, believe me, I will definitely be able to find out Zero." ”

……

Newspaper.

Another few weeks passed, and after sending Minaka's mother and daughter out of dangerous Tokyo, there would basically be an unidentified lifeform event every two or three days, and Xia Long temporarily left it to Goyo to deal with, and he was trying to collect information from various aspects to see if he could find any clues.

For so many days, he also found that these strange people maintained a strange organizational form, and the stronger they appeared later, from the perspective of the rose girl Gulangi he met at the beginning, these guys should have some kind of strength hierarchy.

"Aaron," the editor-in-chief looked at the newspaper and materials, and asked curiously, "what do you say those guys want to do?" It's hard to understand that only one monster attacks humans at a time, and I've heard that a group of unidentified lifeforms that look like humans often gather in one place, but those guys move away after being discovered, as if they are hiding from people. ”

"I don't know."

Xia Long thought of the rose girl who was very different from other Gulangi: "Maybe someone is in charge of them." ”

"Are you saying they have a boss too?"

"Hmm."

Xia Long took a piece of witness information of an unidentified lifeform and looked at it, got up and lifted his backpack and said, "Editor-in-chief, I'll go out and investigate again." ”

The Metropolitan Police Department, the Search Headquarters is holding a meeting on unidentified living organisms.

"At present, these unidentified lifeforms have appeared to number 20, and the number of casualties, including police officers, is increasing, and we have to find their nests anyway and use our police strength to wipe them out."

"I'm Shibasaki from the Police Dog Training Center," an officer said at the suggestion of the Director of Search, "The initial reaction of the police dogs to those unidentified living organisms will strongly resist our orders out of fear, but after more than a month of patient training, we found that one of the 31 military dogs can distinguish their special aura and can be used to track down those guys." ”

"Officer Sakurai," the minister said as he turned to a young policeman, "and you will work with him on the investigation with police dogs, and will search the most frequently reported areas in Shinagawa, Ota, and Meguro." ”

"Yes!"

……

In Shinagawa Ward, Xia Long walked around with his backpack and finally found the home of an eyewitness who was said to have seen an unidentified living entity.

"Hello, I'm a reporter from the Freshman News Agency, can I ask you something?"

After pressing the doorbell to leave a message, Xia Long waited at the door for a while, and a middle-aged man who looked a little nervous opened the door.

After the middle-aged man looked behind Xia Long, he immediately let Xia Long into the room: "Come in." ”

Xia Long followed through the messy living room and found a number of bulletins posted on the walls, all of which were reports of unidentified lifeforms, including news that he was fighting strange people as a masked man.

"Need a drink?" The middle-aged man asked with a water cup.

"No need," Xia Long stood in front of the briefing and looked at it for a moment, "I just came to find out more about those monsters from you, I heard you saw them before. ”

"That's right," the middle-aged man swallowed, and said in fear, "those guys have all turned into human appearances, wearing strange clothes, or strange tattoos, I thought at first it was just a bunch of thugs yelling at them, and then I read the news to know that they are all monsters." ”

"Didn't they attack you?" Xia Long continued to ask, "What about later, do you know where they went?" ”

"I don't know," the middle-aged man still had a look of fear in his eyes, "I don't dare to go out at all these days." ”

Xia Long noticed that the middle-aged man's fingers holding the water cup were trembling faintly, and sighed secretly, but finally gave up and continued to ask.

"Excuse me."

Leaving the witness's house, Xia Long walked to a tunnel where the Gurangi had gathered, leaving no clues at the scene, and it seemed to be a temporary stronghold.

However, there have been quite a few incidents in Shinagawa during this time, and it is very likely that those guys are still in Shinagawa or the surrounding area of Shinagawa Ward.

Xia Long walked through the tunnel, stopped on an overpass, looked around at the buildings and streets, and suddenly saw a familiar policeman on the other side with a police dog who seemed to be looking for something.

"It seems to be Officer Sakurai from the Metropolitan Police Department...... Are you looking for those guys? ”

"Didi!" The mobile phone he had recently bought in Xia Long's arms suddenly rang, and he didn't care about Sakurai, so he hurriedly opened the phone and found that it was the number of the newspaper.

"Aaron, something is wrong!" The editor-in-chief said eagerly, "Where are you now?" ”

"I'm here in Shinagawa, what's wrong?"

"Those guys are here again, anyway, you hurry up and get to Taito! Bring Hirata back no matter what! ”

"Hirata senpai?"

Xia Long's face tightened when he heard this, and he hurriedly left the overpass.

……

In Taitung District, Xia Long hurried to the side of the seaside square, and after some searching, he finally saw an accident scene that was blocked by the police.

Along the way, the star clusters didn't make it clear, he barely knew that the 21st killed someone in Taito District, and then went to the port area, and there were chaotic sirens everywhere.

"Hirata Senpai!"

Squeezing through the crowd of onlookers, Xia Long noticed Hirata kneeling on the shore in the blockade area, ignoring the police's obstruction, and rushed in shouting: "Hirata senior, are you okay?" ”

Running into the scene of the incident, Xia Long gradually slowed down, and finally stopped behind Hirata.

Hirata was fine, just cried bitterly against the shore railing, clutching the remains of a burned piece of paper in his hand, his face huddled together, and his tears were completely out of control.

"Hirata Senpai ......"

Xia Long looked at Hirata, whose shoulders were trembling, opened his mouth, and turned his gaze to the several policemen who were busy on the side.

Two figures were painted in white chalk on the ground, and the victim's body appeared to have been removed by the police......

"Mr. Hirata," a policeman said as he walked up to Hirata, looking at the remains of the paper, "I'm sorry about your daughter, but can you give us this transcript?" This is very important evidence. ”

Only then did Xia Long notice that Hirata was holding a part of the report card in his hand, and there was a girl's name on it.

"Chestnut ......" Hirata grabbed the piece of paper and pressed it tightly to his chest, and kept calling his daughter's name in his mouth, choking in pain like angina.

"Mr. Hirata," Xia Long said as he squatted down with a light sigh, "let's go back first." ”

After losing his daughter, Hirata's whole person looked like he had lost his soul, and compared to when he usually worked hard, he was completely like a different person, and finally fainted directly at the scene of the incident.

With the help of the police, Xia Long picked up Hirata on his back and silently called a car back to the newspaper office in Minato.

"After his wife died a few years ago, he was left with such a daughter, and although he usually has a bad relationship with his daughter, he has always worked hard for his daughter to study," the star cluster looked at Hirata who was still muttering in a coma, and said silently, "I know that he actually loves his daughter very much, and even risked his life to find scoops in order to make money, maybe his daughter is his everything." ”

Ayako took care of Hirata and lay down in the vacated lounge, and said to the editor-in-chief, "What now?" ”

"Let's put it aside for the time being, don't report on the 21st, wait for Hirata to delay for two days."

"That's all there is to it."

The editor-in-chief and Ayako fell silent at the same time, and the atmosphere in the entire office was a little gloomy, Xia Long looked at the two of them, and walked to the side to make a phone call.

The first is to call the Porepore restaurant to ask about the situation of the five generations, and after learning that the five generations have been called out, they tried to call one more, but they didn't get through, just prompted that the other party was driving.

Now the one is probably also very busy, Xia Long has no choice, the fifth generation of this guy doesn't even have a phone, usually through the communicator on the locomotive and a contact.

"Editor-in-chief, let me go." Xia Long put down the phone and said, "I'm going to investigate No. 21, and at this time, I should find out the situation on No. 21, right?" ”

"You?" The editor-in-chief shook his head and said, "What can you do?" ”

"Boom!" As he spoke, there was a sudden series of noises in the lounge, followed by the sound of stumbling through the door and running out.

"Hirata senpai?"

Xia Long glanced at the empty lounge, and immediately rushed out, and when he arrived downstairs, Hirata had already opened the door of the newspaper news car.

"Mr. Hirata!"

Xia Long hurriedly rushed forward and Hirata: "Where are you going?" The editor-in-chief said to keep you in the newspaper office! ”

"I fought with that guy! Let go! Hirata found that he couldn't break free from Xia Long, and said with red eyes, "Ah Long, I don't have anything left!" ”

"Mr. Hirata......

Seeing Hirata's teary eyes, Xia Long's hand involuntarily loosened, but he didn't let Hiroda leave, and said softly when the car started: "What if I find No. 21?" What can you do? It's just a waste of life, and you will only become a victim in front of that guy. ”

Hirata seemed to listen to Xia Long's words, and after all, he didn't continue to start the car, hysterically hammered the car window, and leaned his head against the steering wheel and sobbed, as if feeling sad for his powerlessness.

"Let me do it." Xia Long did not disturb Hirata, who was venting his pain, and muttered to himself softly and turned away silently.

……

In the afternoon, Xia Long found another scene of the incident in Minato District, which was committed by 21 people in Taitung District, and heard that the victims were all killed.

Xia Long walked to the shore of the harbor, turned his eyes to the water, and some witnesses said that the No. 21 finally jumped into the water after killing people.

"Dididi!" The mobile phone on his body rang to pull back Xia Long's thoughts.

"True Xia Long," a liaison said, "what's the matter?" ”

"It's nothing," Charon paused, but still asked, "Officer Yi, can you tell me about the 21st?" ”

"Number 21?"

Kaoru froze for a moment, and after a while, he still muttered, "It disappeared after fighting with Goyo once in the Arakawa District, and Goyo was almost killed by him." ”

Xia Long was surprised: "Five generations? What's going on? ”

"He's strong," said Goyo, who was next to him, taking the phone, "and the front spits out an explosive liquid, but when I go around the back and hit him, the attack seems to be absorbed." ”