Chapter 105: Essential Medication

Su Xiao walked at the very front holding a micro-computer. This micro-computer could track Kisho Arima's location and was provided by CCG headquarters.

Although it could track Kisho Arima's location, the underground signal wasn't very good, so the green dot representing Kisho Arima would often disappear.

What could be confirmed was that Kisho Arima was deep in the 24th Ward, at least a few hours' journey from Su Xiao's current position.

The dark red flesh walls on the four walls of the underground tunnel gave people a sense of oppression, and the faint fishy smell permeating the air made people feel irritable.

Su Xiao was very calm. The priority now was to find Kisho Arima. As for what to do afterward, Yoshitoki Washuu didn't mention it, only saying to find Kisho Arima and act according to Kisho Arima's command.

He certainly wouldn't listen to Yoshitoki Washuu entirely; he would judge based on the situation at the time.

The team moved forward quite smoothly. With Akira Mado identifying the route, they soon went deep into the 24th Ward for forty minutes.

"Thump."

A loud noise came from underground. Su Xiao's body tensed, but immediately relaxed again. The sound came from deep in the location, a long distance away.

After going deep into the 24th Ward, Su Xiao clearly felt that it was different from the past.

Large patches of blood could often be seen on the ground, and occasionally groups of ghouls could be seen scurrying through the tunnels.

Su Xiao didn't take the initiative to provoke those ghouls; he wasn't here to exterminate ghouls this time.

What was quite surprising was that those ghouls turned and ran immediately after seeing Su Xiao and the others, with no intention of fighting.

After encountering four groups of ghouls, Juuzou Suzuya was the first to speak.

"Why not kill all these ghouls?"

"Waste of time."

Su Xiao continued forward holding the micro-computer.

Through the location of Kisho Arima shown on the micro-computer and the compass identifying the direction, the reinforcement team went deep into the 24th Ward for two hours.

"Boom, boom..."

Noisy footsteps came from ahead. The members of the reinforcement team were already used to this situation. After going deep into the 24th Ward, the reinforcement team had encountered more than a dozen groups of ghouls.

This time was different from the past. After Su Xiao saw the appearance of this group of ghouls, Zhan Long Shan appeared in his hand.

These ghouls were wearing grass skirts around their waists, some even wearing bone-tooth necklaces, and their faces were painted with heavy graffiti. A pair of large, bare feet stepped on the ground. Primitive ghouls! These guys were highly likely to attack the reinforcement team.

Sure enough, these forty-plus primitive ghouls pounced after seeing the reinforcement team, baring fangs and brandishing claws.

"Roar!"

A primitive ghoul took the lead, the bronze-colored muscles on its body bulging, full of a sense of power.

"Prepare to face the enemy!"

Su Xiao and Juuzou Suzuya were at the very front. The investigators behind them were clearly somewhat astonished; they hadn't seen this type of ghoul before.

"Captain Bai Ye, what are these? Ghouls?"

A Senior investigator swallowed his saliva. Su Xiao didn't pay attention to him, but rushed toward those primitive ghouls with his blade.

Juuzou Suzuya, who had been suppressed for a long time, followed Su Xiao closely, rushing toward those primitive ghouls in a few steps.

Suzuya had no questions; he only cared about hacking and killing ghouls.

Su Xiao silently arrived in front of a primitive ghoul, severed its neck with one blade, and a tragic close-quarters battle began.

After Su Xiao engaged with the primitive ghouls, other investigators also rushed forward holding their Quinque.

As soon as they engaged, these investigators realized the terror of the primitive ghouls. Quinque below S-rank couldn't cause fatal damage to the primitive ghouls at all.

Although the primitive ghouls couldn't use Kagune, their skin and membranes were unusually tough, and their physical strength was extremely strong.

A male investigator holding a long whip lashed at the back of a primitive ghoul, but that primitive ghoul only had a blood streak whipped out.

The primitive ghoul roared, turned its head, opened its mouth full of rotten teeth, lunged forward, and bit the investigator's face.

"Ah~!"

The male investigator let out a meaningless scream, and that primitive ghoul bit his neck again.

A large piece of skin and flesh was torn off. The investigator covered his neck, and gushing blood flowed out from between his fingers.

A dozen seconds later, the reinforcement team suffered casualties.

Shouts, explosions, and the sound of sharp weapons cutting through skin and flesh spread through the empty tunnel.

The reinforcement team and the primitive ghouls fought in a very wide tunnel. This tunnel was at least eight or nine meters wide. Su Xiao couldn't block the primitive ghouls from rushing into the crowd, and besides, he was here to execute a mission, not to be a babysitter.

The life and death of these investigators depended on their individual abilities. They were here to execute a mission, not for training. Their life and death had nothing to do with Su Xiao, and he didn't care about the life and death of these investigators.

Twenty minutes later, the battle ended. Forty-plus primitive ghouls were killed, ten members of the reinforcement team died, and most people suffered minor injuries. Among them, the most troublesome was a seriously injured person.

This seriously injured person had one arm torn off, and a large piece of his intestines was gouged out. He was lying on the ground panting. Those already dilated pupils represented that this seriously injured person could go into shock at any moment.

"Captain Bai Ye, what should we do?"

Iwao Kuroiwa walked to Su Xiao's side, his expression not looking very good.

Su Xiao took out two syringes and walked to the seriously injured person. Deep in the 24th Ward, serious injury basically meant it was hard to escape death.

This was a Senior investigator, with medium strength. Although not strong, he was very steady.

"Captain Bai Ye~, Captain, am I~, going to die?"

Su Xiao squatted down, looking at this Senior investigator.

"What's your name?"

"I, I'm Murayama."

Murayama wasn't tall, but he was strong. He was injured to cover a companion.

If it were another mission, Murayama might still have a glimmer of hope, but this was the "human forbidden zone," deep in the 24th Ward. It was impossible to send Murayama back to the surface.

"This is morphine."

Su Xiao held up a syringe in his hand, looking at Murayama.

Murayama's face was ashen. The others around were silent. Akira Mado, who was resting against the flesh wall, turned her head away, unable to bear seeing this scene.

"Inject it, Captain Bai Ye. I'm about to go into shock."

Su Xiao pinched the muscle on Murayama's arm and performed an intravenous injection on Murayama.

Murayama's intestines had been gouged out; subcutaneous injection couldn't alleviate the pain he was feeling now.

After the morphine injection, Murayama let out a long breath and relaxed, the muscles on his face no longer twitching.

"Can you think normally?"

Su Xiao stared at Murayama, and Murayama nodded.

"Captain Bai Ye, am I going to die?"

"Ah, any last words?"

Murayama gave a miserable laugh and shook his head.

"Already written in advance, but my family was all killed by ghouls; no one will read it."

Su Xiao held up the second syringe.

"Captain Bai Ye, what is this?"

Murayama's tone was already slightly tearful.

"Cyanide. After injection, you will 'sleep.' Your injuries are too severe; you can't return to the surface now."

Su Xiao didn't continue, waiting for Murayama's answer.

"I don't want to die, I don't want to die."

Murayama's emotions suddenly became agitated. This was human nature; no one wanted to die.

"You are a ghoul investigator. Being an investigator isn't a cushy job; this is the mission you chose yourself."

Murayama's body stiffened, and those constricted pupils gradually dilated.

"Co~, come on, Captain Bai, Bai Ye. I am a ghoul investigator; this is my duty. I died to protect civilians. I killed thirty-one ghouls and saved nine people from the mouths of ghouls."

Murayama's lips were trembling incessantly.

Cyanide was injected into Murayama's body. One minute later, Murayama's eyelids became heavier and heavier, sleepy.

Cyanide was generally used for euthanasia. After ingestion or large-scale injection into the body, the user would soon enter a deep sleep, after which the heart would fail, and they would pass away in their sleep.

Su Xiao led the reinforcement team to continue forward. Deep in the 24th Ward, it was just this cruel.

Morphine + Cyanide was the standard configuration for going deep into the 24th Ward. Su Xiao, Yuna, and Kisho Arima, as members of the Zero Squad, would all carry them. This time, Su Xiao brought a lot.

Murayama's death didn't make Su Xiao have any feelings. The strong live, the weak die; this was the law in the derived world.

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