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In other words, the Association exists right under regular society.

If he's placed bombs in the Association, that...

makes it an indiscriminate attack affecting society as a whole.

If we can't stop him,

not only will there be victims, but the industry's reputation will suffer

and the Association's existence will be jeopardized.

There were no reports of any intruders.

If no one caught on to them despite their appearance,

it means that they can shapeshift.

If they're to protect the bombs by posing as staff or spies,

it'll be easier to capture them if we give them a long leash.

So I'm going to let them come and go as they please.

If you see anyone that looks suspicious, attack them at once, then capture them.

THIS MONTH'S REWARD RANKING

57 minutes left.

Operation Infiltrate the Association starts now.

YOZAKURA FAMILY

G, scan the Association interior.

Sure thing!

MISSION 42 OBJECTIVES

I've scanned every room in every department.

No sign of anyone sketchy.

And no foreign objects have been installed.

Meaning Momo Yozakura's pawns have the bombs in hand

and are lurking disguised as staff members.

Smoke out the Dark Cherries within the remaining 56 minutes

and defuse the bombs.

Those are the conditions to fulfill this mission.

I'll give an evacuation warning five minutes before.

Everyone, split up and search efficiently.

Futaba, come with me!

Why are you holding my hand, Mr. Ryu?

I'll also do an interview, so come with us, too, Taiyo!

I said to split up...

Oh, well, whatever.

TRAINING WING

You want to start searching here, right, Mr. Ryu?

Well, I am worried.

Kids?

These are the orphaned children that I took in during my missions.

If they choose to, they can live and train here.

You guys! Working hard, I see!

Mama Ryu!

Please check my application for the upcoming Bronze-Rank Exam!

You bet I will!

I assembled an AK-47 in under 10 seconds!

And I hit the bullseye every single time!

Oh, my, how impressive!

A disturbing conversation.

Sure brings back memories.

It's just the same as always.

What? You were here, too, Big Bro Shinzo?

Well, you know, at home,

Big Bro and Big Sis were like scary drill sergeants.

So I'd run away to this place and get trained all the time.

I see.

He was such a little crybaby.

I was shocked, wondering if he really was one of the renowned Yozakuras.

Even when you passed the Bronze Rank test in record time,

you were so scared, you were bawling, remember?

Please forget about that. It's embarrassing.

To see how that wimpy little kid grew up to be such a rugged young man,

it fills me with joy!

I really owe you a lot for that.

I wish that he could have seen all the ways you're crushing it now, too.

I know.

Uh...

Mama Ryu, do you know how to break this code?

Well, now, Tobio, let's see.

For this type...

I suppose you picked a kid on the list who's not here?

Unwise of you.

ENJOYING YOUR LESSONS?

Tobio was adopted by a family in legit society last month.

I'LL PLAY THE NOCTURNE TODAY!

He's taking a piano lesson right now.

His grandfather's a Frenchman, you see,

and compared to Tobio's sea-blue eyes, yours are 3% paler,

and your fingers are two millimeters shorter than those slender digits of his.

I am a spy and an editor.

For someone facing a brain stuffed with all kinds of personal data,

you're somewhat careless.

- Mr. Ryu! - Hold up, Shin.

I'm recording all this.

Its body feels just like a tree trunk.

Although it can shapeshift at will, there's definitely a core in there.

I feel a searing pain where its tentacles are piercing me,

and it's palpably clear that the average person

would promptly disintegrate.

But...

against an overwhelming physique

and overwhelming violence...

it's powerless!

Yes! That's a great article!

So that's a Gold Rank?

Sorry to shock you all!

Please go back to your training!

I see you've still got it.

What? Are you smitten?

I never said that.

All right, so we've destroyed two of them.

They didn't have the bombs.

How are you guys doing?

As of now, two in the Training Wing.

One in the Research Wing.

Two in the greenhouse.

Five in the cafeteria.

What do you think, Kyoichiro?

Right. Their positioning is disorderly for an infiltration.

Nor does it seem like they're protecting something.

You would think...

that there's another objective at play.

Futaba. How's it going over there?

Nothing is amiss.

We're searching the weapons vault right now.

We found a whole boatload in there, so we'll deal with them.

So gross!

Hey, then whoever takes out the most wins, okay?

Is this a game?

Fine, but what's the penalty for losing? Money?

Of course not! If you win, you get to give the other person a bear hug!

You just want to do that to me.

No deal for a rule like that.

Better not dawdle, or I'll end up winning!

You can all act as our springboard!

Really...

I have no idea why she's always hanging around me.

Of course, you don't. Of course, you wonder why.

Right now, I adore you to pieces, Futaba.

But in the past, I had no interest in you whatsoever.

What a good job, Shura!

That's the Ashura Group's ultimate masterpiece for you.

A leader in the weapons industry, the Ashura Group.

Dad and Mom poured every last bit of their technology and money

into my body.

When I was little, it was so painful and scary.

I think I was always crying through it all.

But then, gradually, I started to not feel anything.

Over 90% of my body is made of weapons.

I don't feel heat, cold, or pain.

I felt nothing, even when I was killing those in my way.

Somewhere along the way, I no longer needed my parents, either.

I didn't need a heart.

As long as I had power, that was enough.

Cut it out.

There's no need to kill the applicants.

If I were you, I'd rethink using brute force as your go-to for everything.

It was the day that I took the Silver-Rank Exam for work.

The eldest daughter of the Yozakura family...

Futaba, was it?

Whatever. I'll kill you.

It was a draw.

No...

in that moment, Futaba's honed and polished aiki pierced through my body.

It was deep, it was sharp...

and it seeped through this body that had felt nothing for so long...

a sensation that I thought I'd forgotten long, long ago.

I'd never felt it so strongly before in my life!

Still not done? Bring it!

Yeah. Then...

would it be all right if I called you Futaba?

What?

You can just call me Shura, okay?

Hold up, I have no idea what you mean. Huh?

Listen, Futaba...

Hey, Shura! We're not done--

I love you.

I'd been so bored until now.

But because I met Futaba,

now it's so much fun to live!

Hey, I won.

I hope you're ready!

Hey! You grabbed onto me for no reason and immobilized me, didn't you?

How low is that?

Don't waste your breath.

Whoa! Time out! Time out!

No groping me! No!

They're sure having fun.

Those two are way too lax.

Hey, so they've kept this book!

You, too, then?

The Little Intel Seller by the spy novelist, Yandersen!

An epic spy romance about a female spy and her bittersweet tale of love!

We spent a lot of time discussing this.

What a blast from the past.

We really got into it over how it ended.

I'm telling you, she died!

No way! She's alive!

We kept getting kicked out of here, remember?

Now that I'm seeing it again, it's clear that the protagonist lived.

Nope, no question that she's dead.

This is as good a time as any, so let me warn you about something.

I think I'll give you a piece of advice for your sake, too.

The protagonist accepted the penalty

of having to live with her crimes.

Most likely, it was to her lover's home that she was driving at the end.

A happy ending of survival!

No, no, the protagonist

was convinced that she had no right to be happy.

So most likely, she was heading in her car

to the cliff that she'd used so often to get rid of corpses.

A bitter ending of death!

Don't think that death automatically makes something a classic!

Who are you to talk, Mr. Carefree, with your relentless happy endings?

They're in here, right?

Yeah, they are.

More than 10 of them, at least.

26 minutes to go.

Why don't we get this out of the way?

In one fell swoop--

Stop, Kyoichiro.

What's your problem, Kai?

Sorry. Your attack power is so great,

I'm thinking it might not be a good fit here.

Underworld histories, spies' memoirs, exposés on politicians...

There are tons of important documents here.

I'd like to keep the battle damage to the minimum.

Calmly, quietly, and solemnly.

Just let me handle this.

In the meantime, you can reread The Little Intel Seller.

I'm sure you'll realize I'm right about it.

What the... I can't just let that slide! Hold up, Kai!

I'll be on my way!

According to the report, if you destroy the core,

you can kill them without them reviving.

You can pretty much tell which part they're protecting.

If they're plantlike creatures, just slice them along the fibers.

Mr. Chairman?

What's this?

She's not a monster. She's a normal Association spy.

I'm dealing with intruders under strict secrecy.

Just ignore me without making a commotion.

Yes, sir! Understood...

I see. So that's why I missed it, huh?

Sure, she's an Association spy.

She's not a monster in disguise.

In other words...

She's being manipulated.

Got it. Parasites, huh?

They can connect to the brain and nerves to control them?

Looks like they can use the abilities of their hosts.

It's a little troublesome, but...

I appreciate that there's enough leeway to save them.

I severed their tainted nerves.

Since I slashed them along the skin cells, there's barely any blood.

You really are generous, you know.

It's a mortal sin for a spy to be a hindrance.

You could have just waited for me.

Rereading it at this late date won't alter my conclusion.

I checked in with most of the other departments,

but there are still no bombs.

Meaning that the ones still standing here...

have them.

All right, this farce is over now.

They're about to find it.

All right, mission start.

Kyoichiro here. We've captured the target.

Let's just move it to a safe location.

Right.

Tiny Dark Cherries?

Ugh! Creepy!

What are those?

Mama Ryu!

All of you, get to the back!

Thanks, Shin!

Get out of here.

Sorry!

The sheer number was a surprise,

but since they're tiny, they shouldn't be tough.

G, can you track them?

You bet!

So it's a bluff after all, which means...

he has another objective?

Dad...

The Spy Association makes me so nostalgic!

But now is not the time to wallow in sentimentality.

Come on, come home with me.

Who is he talking to?

Always with the frivolous, condescending attitude.

What you did to Rei and the kids...

I'm going to make you pay for that.

Hmm?

Stop it, both of you.

Dad came to pick me up, that's all.

There's no need to fight.

Big Bro?

I don't want to hurt you two.

But I won't tolerate anyone laying a hand on Dad.

What's going on? Futaba?

It is what it is.

You guys are going to kill Dad, aren't you?

I won't let you go.

I'm going to protect Dad.

Futaba?

I see.

So this was your objective?

Big Sis Futaba! Big Bro Shinzo!

Both of you, what are you...

It's no use, Taiyo.

Earlier, there was a case of an Association member being manipulated.

He has the ability to do that.

Somehow or other, he twisted those two's souls.

That's the most logical way to think of it.

I don't know about the details.

But rather than the Association, his objective was these two.

From the start, that is.

At last.

What the heck is...

You mustn't panic, Taiyo.

Brainwashing, mind control...

In the spy world, numerous techniques exist for mind control.

And there's always a way to unlock it.

Exactly. Capture Momo Yozakura.

Rescue my siblings.

It's just one additional mission.

I'll bring that man to justice without delay.

You wait here, Futaba.

If you let your soul get warped, you haven't trained hard enough.

Your muttering is so annoying.

I don't know what you're trying to say, but I'm me, all right?

You can't stop me with something like this.

You know that better than anyone.

Bring it on for real!

Did you get anything from that?

Nothing aberrant about her actions or personality.

This isn't your typical hypnosis.

Most likely, those small Dark Cherries were decoys to lead

the two away who were trying to protect those around them...

and using a more potent "something" with an ability

similar to that used to latch on to the other spies, they warped them.

Futaba...

So we just have to extract that "something."

Simple and good.

It grates on my nerves to see that garish hair texture.

The Futaba I know was a woman who looked good

in silvery-white hair, like snow.

Why don't you get yourself back now?

Are you one of those old guys who nag their family about hair dye?

You're creepy as hell.

Creepy is fine with me.

I'm not one to ever begrudge an ounce of love.

And why not?

Because we're family.

Sorry to keep you waiting, Futaba.

Come on, let's go.

Sure, Dad.

What did you do to them?

Don't be mad, Kyoichiro.

I'm your father, remember.

I haven't done anything horrible to them.

It's hard for me to get through to people vocally about my love, you know.

All I did was have them feel it with their minds and bodies.

It was all I could do to take two now, but one day, I'll have you all.

Come back to us, Futaba!

What's that supposed to mean, Shura? Aren't I the same as always?

That raven hair is lovely, too!

But the old look suited you more, Shin.

What are you talking about, Mr. Ryu?

Big Bro Kyoichiro!

Shut up. I know.

Before you can destroy the family even further,

I'm going to destroy you, Dad.

You kids seem to have the wrong idea.

Those bombs aren't a threat, and they're not a decoy.

We're being thwarted by the Association, so let it crumble.

I promise to come get you all, okay?

Thanks, Kyoichiro.

The Association HQ is saved.

All I did was suppress the energy.

It hasn't been eliminated. You deal with the rest on your end.

He got away, didn't he, taking both of them with him?

If you want to do some drawing and quartering, I'll stand in for him, Shura.

Thanks, Ryu. I'm good.

Big Bro Shinzo. Big Sis Futaba.

How are we going to...

Big Bro!

Wait, Kyoichiro. You can't just charge in blindly.

You don't have to tell me. I won't make the same mistake again.

I've shared all the information through Shion.

First, we're going to have a family meeting.

If our family's been taken,

then we'll just have to get them back as a family.

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