Chapter 92: The Glory of the Manager

"Boom!"

Dust splattered, weapons collided.

On the roof of the Aogiri Tree stronghold, the four CCG members and the manager were fighting in a group.

Although besieged by four people, the manager appeared calm and relaxed. The kagune on his arms were like two blue broadswords, dancing without a gap.

After just a few rounds of fierce fighting, Hirako Take and Amon were slapped away, sitting paralyzed in the distance, with multiple soft tissue injuries on their bodies.

The manager had shown mercy; if the manager had held killing intent, the two would already be corpses.

"The gap~, is too big."

Amon sat on the ground decadently, looking at the manager who was fighting Shinohara Yukinori and the others.

The manager's strength could not be blocked by Shinohara Yukinori and Kuroiwa Iwa.

After a few rounds of exchanging blows, Shinohara Yukinori and the other were slapped away by the manager, rolling wolfishly on the ground for many circles.

Shinohara, in great pain all over, sat up and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

"A-Pan."

Shinohara called out to Kuroiwa Iwa beside him.

"Are we going to fight for it?"

"A-Maru asked us to hold on for five minutes, but it hasn't even been three minutes."

Shinohara Yukinori looked directly at Kuroiwa Iwa.

"Follow."

After speaking, the two activated the switch on the back of their necks, letting 'Arata' enter its prototype form, its shape closer to a kagune.

'Arata' on their upper bodies surged, beginning to feed on their fresh blood.

After activating 'Arata's' prototype form, 'Arata' wouldn't directly devour flesh and blood for the first thirty seconds, only feeding on fresh blood. After thirty seconds, 'Arata' would become berserk and begin to bite the user's flesh and blood.

"Come, 'Arata', eat."

A few seconds later, Shinohara Yukinori and Kuroiwa Iwa stood up. The armor on their upper bodies turned blood-red, revealing a crazy and ominous aura.

Their speed and strength greatly improved, and they rushed toward the manager quickly.

Detecting the changes in the two, the manager became serious, secretly guessing in his heart that this should be a new weapon developed by those "old friends" of his.

"What a crazy feeling."

Shinohara's quinque large machete slashed rapidly, cooperating with Kuroiwa Iwa's attack, and the two actually suppressed the manager, who could only defend.

But the good times didn't last long. In less than twenty seconds, Shinohara couldn't hold on anymore and staggered back two steps.

"Shinohara."

Kuroiwa Iwa used his quinque to repel the manager and ran toward Shinohara.

"'Arata's' performance is indeed excellent, but the side effects are too great."

Shinohara basically lost his combat power, with multiple locations on his upper body bitten by 'Arata'.

Compared to Shinohara, Kuroiwa Iwa was slightly better, but his stamina was also severely consumed, after all, he had been devoured of quite a bit of blood by 'Arata'.

"Not good, very not good."

Hirako Take's face was ugly. If it developed according to this trend, the four of them would all die here.

Amon, who was leaning against the wall on the side, had eyes full of unwillingness.

"Don't give up, your savior has arrived."

Marude Itsuki's voice came through the Bluetooth headset, and the four on the roof were invigorated.

"Bang."

An iron door in the corner of the roof was kicked flying from the inside. It could be seen that the person who kicked the door had great strength; the iron door was already U-shaped, with a footprint in the center.

The iron door landed with a 'clanging' sound near the manager. The manager looked toward the pitch-black doorway.

A wisp of blue smoke drifted out from the doorway, and one could vaguely see a spark.

"Are the ghouls of Aogiri Tree brain-damaged? Making the stronghold like a maze."

Su Xiao, with a cigarette in his mouth, walked out from the darkness and stepped onto the roof. After a wild run on the way, Su Xiao had rested for a while. If he hadn't heard the sound of battle, he would have arrived even later.

The night wind blew, and the white trench coat fluttered in the wind. Flicking the cigarette butt in his hand, Su Xiao let out a long breath and walked slowly toward the manager.

The manager was different from his daughter Takatsuki Sen; the manager's combat experience was much richer.

However, the manager was not without weaknesses; the manager hadn't eaten living humans for many years.

This would lead to a decrease in the RC cell content in the manager's body, and his combat power would decline.

"Are you prepared to eat that thing?"

Su Xiao held Checking Zhan Long Shan, the blade tip pointing obliquely at the ground.

The manager's arm had already released the kagune, and he grabbed a large piece of 'Arata' fragment in his hand. This was what the manager had torn off when fighting Shinohara.

The main material of 'Arata' was the ghoul organ of an SSS-class evolved ghoul, so the RC cell content in 'Arata' was thousands, or even tens of thousands of times that of human flesh.

"If I don't eat it, I might not be able to fight you."

While speaking, the Kakuja shell on the manager's arm opened its bloody maw and swallowed that large piece of 'Arata' fragment in one gulp.

Just as the manager swallowed that piece of 'Arata' fragment, Su Xiao had already rushed forward in rapid steps.

He had run too fast on the way here, and Su Xiao had rested for a while after arriving at the roof; otherwise, he would have already been fighting the manager.

Checking Zhan Long Shan drew a cold glint and slashed toward the manager. During the slash, pale blue electric arcs had already appeared on the surface of Checking Zhan Long Shan.

Fighting the manager, Su Xiao wouldn't be careless and directly activated Qing Gang Ying.

The manager raised his arm, and the kagune wrapping his arm collided with Checking Zhan Long Shan.

"Ding." A crisp sound of metal clashing.

The hard kagune was slashed with a gap, and Qing Gang Ying's energy surged into the manager's body.

RC cells in his body were burned, and the manager let out a muffled groan. However, the manager had fought his whole life; this kind of intense pain, although terrifying, couldn't affect the manager.

"Sharp blade technique, but this level of attack cannot take my life."

While blocking Checking Zhan Long Shan, the other kagune on the manager's arm, which was like a blade, stabbed toward Su Xiao.

This angle of stabbing was tricky to the extreme. Su Xiao's reaction was swift, and he lowered his head to dodge it barely. A few black hairs drifted down, which showed the sharpness of the manager's kagune.

Dancing a blade flower, Su Xiao slashed continuously with his long blade, fighting the manager head-on.

If comparing attributes, Su Xiao's attributes were lower than the manager's, but exquisite swordsmanship made up for this point.

"Ding, ding, ding..."

The long blade and kagune clashed rapidly, sparks splattered, and the two fought over a dozen rounds in a very short time.

On the roof, one tall and one short figure were fighting together, with four people watching the battle around them.

"So amazing."

Amon watched the scene in front of him blankly, a huge wave rising in his heart.

The man in front of him might be younger than him, yet he could fight the One-Eyed Owl alone. This contrast made Amon's chest feel stuffy.

"Headquarters transferred him to the 24th Ward to become a temporary member of Zero Squad for this reason.

You guys might not have seen the scene where Bai Ye drove out ghouls in the 14th Ward."

Shinohara, covered in blood, sat on the ground, watching the battle in front of him with rapt attention.

"Shinohara, I'll go up and help."

Kuroiwa Iwa was less seriously injured. After contacting 'Arata's' prototype state, he still had some stamina.

"No, us going up might affect his fighting."

The four were all silent, sitting in place and continuing to watch the battle.

At this time, Marude Itsuki in the command vehicle was looking at the screen with a smile.

"Sure enough, transferring you here was the right choice."

Thinking of this, Marude Itsuki sat down easily.

On the roof, the battle between Su Xiao and the manager had already entered a white-hot stage.

The manager gave Su Xiao a feeling of becoming stronger the more he fought. This was not an illusion, and it was because of the piece of 'Arata' the manager had eaten.

The RC cell content in the manager's body was soaring, and the Kakuja shell was gradually becoming stronger.

The manager had already reached an astonishing three meters from his original height of about two and a half meters, and the kagune on his body flashed with a blood-red luster.

The manager had recovered some of the glory of his youth, no longer the old man who was slashed by several Special Class Investigators.

"Bang."

Su Xiao kicked the manager's side waist. The manager retreated a few steps but didn't suffer any injuries.

The intense battle made Su Xiao somewhat breathless, and the manager wasn't having an easy time either. The kagune on his arms were slashed into pits and bumps, and some locations even appeared with holes.

"Truly, an exciting strong enemy."

Failing to break through didn't make Su Xiao discouraged; instead, it made his fighting intent even more high-spirited. He hadn't encountered such a strong enemy for a long time.

Different from the feeling of fighting Nico, this was true fighting; that kind of fighting only made people feel bored.

"Continue." ===== CHAPTER 93 =====