"Eh? How could there be so many?"
Takatsuki Izumi was very surprised when he heard this number.
She was very clear about Duo Duoliang's selection criteria, because that was what she had handed over directly to Duo Duoliang in accordance with the requirements given by Luo Shu.
Among them, Takatsuki Izumi felt that the most troublesome condition was "never directly hunted humans, and only ate the corpses of ghouls and suicide victims."
For ghouls who need human flesh to absorb nutrition, it is extremely difficult to control the urge to kill and hunt.
Not to mention, Takatsuki Izumi is not a worthless ghoul unless he is below S-rank.
But now, those complicated conditions that were meant to make things difficult for ghouls were still used to select 18 people.
This is interesting.
"How could you pick out eighteen ghouls who don't kill people, only eat corpses and ghouls, and have no crazy tendencies?"
"Tokyo is so big that it can even accommodate ghouls like this."
Takatsuki Izumi said this with a little surprise, then smiled and said:
"18 people, including the 12 of us. Well, it seems that we are still a little short of 35. Duoduoliang, go ask those 18 people who have family members and recruit them as well. This time, there is no need to assess their strength."
"I see."
Duoduoliang responded in a low voice. At the same time, he was silent for a moment, looked at the warehouse, and asked:
"Et, what are you going to do with them?"
Deliberately use food as temptation to induce those crazy ghouls to kill and devour each other.
Even Duoduoliang couldn't understand Takatsuki Izumi's thoughts on such crazy behavior.
Since the intention from the beginning was not to recruit these murderous ghouls, but to recruit those who don't kill, then why do we have to conduct this kind of selection.
Is it to reduce the number of enemies and make the actions of all parties on the island nations smoother?
However, after a large number of ghouls kill each other, they will inevitably engage in mutual devouring, and then cultivate SS-level or even SSS-level ghouls.
For example, right now, there are who knows how many ghouls are evolving under the warehouse.
Isn't this a disservice?
For a moment, Duoduoliang couldn't figure out what Takatsuki Izumi was thinking.
"For testing, of course."
Takatsuki Izumi looked at the monsters below, some of which were at least S-rank ghouls, who had emerged from the battle with an amused look.
"Test how many 'monsters' there are in this city."
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At this time, at a military base somewhere in Tokyo.
Black troop carriers are preparing to transport soldiers armed with live ammunition to 23 districts in Tokyo.
Accompanied by a rustling sound.
The orders from their superiors rang in the ears of these soldiers.
"This operation is codenamed 'Project Cleanup'."
"Every three soldiers and one supporter form a basic tactical team, and each team is responsible for one to two targets."
The soldiers wearing headphones were breathing nervously. Inside the vehicle, there was no other noise except the soldiers' breathing.
"Attention all teams. From now on, the captains of each team will distribute targets to each team. Please make sure that the target is killed as soon as possible."
"Then, the captains of each team will make the mission and combat arrangements."
In the tense and silent atmosphere, troop carriers began to leave the base and onto the streets of Tokyo.
Inside the command room of Sakuradamon.
Kotoko Iwanaga, who had just arrived, stood next to a correspondent, looking at the lines of data flashing on the computer in front of her with a little surprise.
"The ghoul's name, danger level, attack method used, and home address and current location."
"Even this information can be obtained..."
Iwanaga Kotoko turned her head and looked at Tachibana Kirika who had already arrived and said:
"Did SDS use some high-level abyss item?"
Hearing what Iwanaga Kotoko said, Tachibana Kirika said without even raising her eyelids:
"Do you think I would tell you?"
"Well, it seems you don't know." Iwanaga Kotoko seemed to have confirmed something, and then said to herself: "So, the information came from Luo Shu-san's hand."
"Are you sure he's not the head of intelligence at your SDS?"
"........"
Tachibana Kirika didn't say anything, but glanced at the representatives sitting next to Iwanaga Kotoko:
"If you have the time to ask these questions, you might as well sit there and eat a midnight snack."
"Well, we are friends after all, don't be so mean~"
Iwanaga Kotoko lowered her beret and said to Tachibana Kirika with a smile:
"So, what is Luo Shusang going to do if he doesn't show up?"
"For example, the uninvited 'angel' who dealt with the Truth Astronomy?"
Hearing this, Director Ito, Nura: The Rise of the Dragon King and Takayanagi Michikan all looked over with serious expressions.
At this moment, Tachibana Kirika looked at Iwanaga Kotoko with surprise.
Iwanaga Kotoko was laughing at this time:
"Don't look at me like that. You know that the monsters on the island are my eyes and ears."
"So I take it that you're applying for the position of Chief of Intelligence at SDS?"
Although Tachibana Kirika did not give a clear answer, she also tacitly acknowledged that Luo Shu was indeed preparing to fight against the "Angel" of Truth Astronomy.
Iwanaga Kotoko ignored Tachibana Kirika's teasing and murmured to herself:
"What on earth do those dangerous people want to do by coming to the island country at this time?"
Upon hearing this, Tachibana Kirika looked up at the huge map not far away that showed the situation of Tokyo's 23 wards, and fixed her eyes on Adachi Ward.
"Who knows?"
Chapter 78 Cleaning up
An old apartment building from the 80s in Nerima District.
The three soldiers, armed with live ammunition, came to the door of the apartment in silence after learning from the wrinkled old landlord that the target was at home.
The next second, a soldier kicked open the apartment door and rushed out first.
"Who are you? Why are you breaking into my house?"
Inside the room, an unshaved middle-aged man holding a bowl of natto rice stared in disbelief at the soldiers who rushed in.
However, to the middle-aged man's surprise, the militants who broke into his house, after confirming his appearance, opened fire without saying a word.
Ta-ta-ta-ta!
The three Type 20 assault rifles surrounded the middle-aged man and shot him into a hornet's nest.
However, what made the soldiers' scalps numb was that under such a gunfire, the middle-aged man had not fallen down yet.
"....Damn it! Were we discovered? W-why!"
Blood-red tentacles rose from behind the middle-aged man, ready to attack with bared fangs and claws.
However, at this moment, a female voice sounded:
"Please get out of the way!"
Hearing the sound, the three soldiers jumped to the left and right, and at this moment, the last white wind blew past.
Looking at the tatami and ceiling covered with ice crystals and the ghouls frozen into ice sculptures.
A tall woman with black and white hair walked into the room from behind the three soldiers, looked at the ice sculpture, pressed the device hanging on her ear, and then said:
"S-rank ghoul 'Wild Fox', confirmed to be killed."
'receive. '
After hearing the response, the woman turned around and looked at the stunned soldier, saying speechlessly:
"What? Haven't you soldiers ever seen a snow woman? Why are you looking at me like that?"
"There's another target nearby. Hurry up. I don't want to be called a turtle by Her Royal Highness the Princess."
Hearing this, the three soldiers fell silent for a moment, sorted out their collapsed worldviews, climbed up, and continued to carry out their mission in silence.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the street.
A silver-haired woman in a courier company uniform rang the doorbell, knocked on the door in front of her, and then picked up the box on the ground:
"Hello, your delivery has arrived."
Soon, the door opened and a young woman in pajamas poked her head out and said in surprise:
"Express delivery, when did I buy the item?"
Hearing this, the silver-haired courier loosened the delivery box in his hand, revealing the knitting needles used for knitting a sweater.
"What?" The young woman was stunned when she saw this. Before she could figure out what was going on, the knitting needle pierced her forehead.
With a thud, the corpse leaned against the door and then fell down weakly.
Seeing this scene, Zao Maya raised the corners of his mouth and said in a relaxed tone:
"You said it's best to use a gun. For this kind of thing, why not use a needle and send the Qi of the needle-forging technique to its head and mix it up? Wouldn't that kill it?"
After saying this, Zao Maye turned around and looked at the three soldiers who arrived later, lowered his work hat and said:
"Then I'll leave it to you, Soldier-san. I'm going to take care of the next target."
After Zao Maye left, the soldier looked at the corpse on the ground with an unnatural expression, took out the walkie-talkie and reported:
"The target has been killed by the special forces. I repeat, the target has been killed by the special forces."
After saying that, the soldier gestured to his teammates, and then the three of them tacitly shot the corpse one more time before starting to clean up.
At this time, the rooftop opposite the apartment building.
Zao Shen, who had already solved his goal, looked at his sister who was leaving the apartment leisurely and said in distress:
"This girl, when I asked her to join forces, she acted alone... When I asked her to solve the problem with a gun, she insisted on using martial arts..."
At this moment, Zao Shen finally understood what the rebellious period was and what a naughty child was.
"Well, let's go to the Metropolitan Police Department later to apologize to the captain. And buy some gifts for these team members to avoid complaints from them."
Realizing that he had to engage in helpless socializing again, Zao Shen thought about his wallet and then sighed.
-
Abandoned warehouse in Adachi Ward.
The ghouls sitting sparsely among the corpses suddenly heard the sound of Cara Cara.
That was the sound of the rolling door being pulled up.
"Ok?"
Kirishima Akatsuki and Tadara on the second floor frowned.
At the window, Takatsuki Izumi, who was wrapped in bandages, exclaimed in surprise:
"Mistakenly entered? Or..."
Nearly a hundred ghouls in the warehouse turned their crazy black and red eyes towards the warehouse door.
At this time, accompanied by the sound of high boots stepping on the ground, a high-pitched female voice sounded in the ears of many ghouls:
"What~"
