In the anime, people are in everyday Tokyo, but they are playing the reincarnation game

He could see that when Chaowu threw the rope dart just now, he deliberately aimed at his shoulder. As for the purpose, it was naturally to cripple his two arms without killing him. In that case, even if he wanted to draw his gun and commit suicide, he would not be able to do it.

Just as Sato was concentrating on watching Ren Shura's movements, he heard a slight sound accompanied by the shaking of chains. Asagiri approached him directly, clenched his left hand into a fist, and struck towards his abdomen.

"Hmph, although he possesses great strength, he is still just an ordinary person without any professional training and combat acumen..."

Looking at Asagiri's plain and unconcealed straight punch coming towards his abdomen, Sato's eyes flashed with contempt.

He met many players along the way and summed up a characteristic of the player group, that is, although they all possessed unique powers, they did not have rich combat experience. There were even a number of players who did not understand combat at all. They only had abilities but did not know how to use them properly.

Although the guy in front of me is very strong, it seems so.

In just a moment, more than a dozen countermeasures emerged in Sato's mind, such as using joint techniques to break the opponent's arm, or directly locking the throat and then shooting the opponent's head off.

He clearly has the ability to be as powerful as the tall black shadow, but he rashly chose to move forward with his main body. How foolish...

Just as Sato was about to grab Asagiri's arm with both hands and then perform a joint technique, he saw that the opponent's straight punch suddenly became faster. He had no time to react and was hit in the abdomen by a punch.

"Cough! Poof!"

Blood spurted out of Sato's mouth, and the severe pain in his abdomen made his whole body bend over.

"You guy..."

Sato looked at the calm black eyes under the dark gray mask, his expression twisted and angry to the extreme.

He had never expected that the opponent would actually use such a technique. Isn't this the speed change in fighting? By letting the enemy fall into one's own rhythm, and then suddenly speeding up the attack, taking advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, directly delivering a fatal blow.

and......

This guy's power is too terrifying, right?

As a demihuman who had experienced death countless times, Sato had already roughly judged the extent of his injuries through his own pain and body's reactions.

The shattered internal organs and severe internal bleeding were fatal injuries, but not the kind that would result in quick death.

"So this guy has this very purpose..."

Facing the nearby Asagiri, Sato did not launch an attack. Instead, he reached into his arms without hesitation and pulled out the pin of a grenade.

“Ding, ding…”

As Chao Wu retreated, Ren Shura also stood in front of him, and the next second...

"boom!!!"

In the fire caused by the explosion of several grenades carried by Sato, Sato died instantly, and even his body was blown into pieces. But then, the scattered corpses on the ground began to gather again, and accompanied by the emergence of a black particle-like object, Sato's body returned to normal.

After regaining consciousness, Sato was clear about one thing.

He can't win.

No, that's not right. It's not that he can't win, but rather that he and the player wearing the dark gray mask are simply not on the same level of opponents.

This should be the first time the other party encountered a demi-human, but every action he took was extremely professional. The goal of all his attacks was to make the other party lose his combat capability while ensuring that he would not be killed immediately.

Sato knew that as he had undergone professional military training, his combat skills might be better than his opponent's, but when the numerical difference was too great, the skills would lose their meaning.

His physical fitness is completely different from that of the guy in front of him. Moreover, after the self-explosion just now, he no longer has any weapons except the mobile combat suit stored in the player's inventory.

In a flash, Sato had made his decision.

The black granular substances that appeared when he just came back to life reappeared and quickly condensed into a black figure with six fingers.

In the combat meeting room, Izumi Shimomura, who is also a demihuman, saw this scene on the surveillance camera and immediately lowered his voice to Tosaki Yu beside him.

"Mr. Tosaki, Sato has summoned his IBM."

Upon hearing this, Tosaki Yu looked at the surveillance footage on the screen, raised his hand to push up his glasses, and said with a frown.

"Hat guy... is he finally going to use all his strength... Who will be victorious..."

Just when Tosaki Yu was halfway through his speech, he saw Sato on the screen doing something that no one in the combat meeting room had expected.

After summoning his IBM, he turned around and ran away without any hesitation.

"Escaped... escaped? That hat... actually ran away?"

Tosaki Yu had an expression of disbelief on his face, and couldn't even believe that what he saw was real.

Who is Sato, known as "Hat"?

A terrorist with extreme ideas, powerful strength, cold-bloodedness, ruthlessness, brutality and cruelty.

In other words, Sato is a war maniac.

Tosaki Yu originally thought that the other party summoned IBM in order to have a life-and-death battle with the player wearing a dark gray mask, but he didn't expect that IBM was just a cannon fodder used to delay time, and he himself chose to escape?

"Mr. Tosaki, Sato's IBM..."

As a demi-human, Izumi Shimomura saw Shura rush to Sato's IBM quickly and then pushed him to the ground.

Although the appearance of both parties looks somewhat similar, it is obvious that their strength is not on the same level. Sato's IBM is like a fragile doll, struggling constantly but unable to break free from the suppression of Ren Shura.

At this moment, the entire combat meeting room fell silent.

However, Asagiri on the screen did not chase Sato directly, but picked up the tactical helmet of a member of the Death Mobile Force.

Then, his calm voice was heard from the public communication channel.

"Let's talk."

Hearing Asagiri's voice, everyone in the combat meeting room couldn't help but change their expressions. Seeing him raise his head and look directly at the surveillance camera, even though it was through the screen, even though they knew he was several kilometers away from where they were, everyone still felt palpitations and fear, and even subconsciously avoided his gaze through the screen.

For a moment, the entire combat meeting room was silent.

"Turn on the communication and give me the headset."

Hearing Tosaki Yu's order, the technician nodded, immediately turned off the loudspeaker, and handed the headphones connected to the tactical helmet headset to Tosaki Yu.

"I'm the head of the Demihuman Countermeasures Bureau."

"Oh, Tosaki Yuu."

When Tosaki Yu heard Asagiri calling out his name directly, his expression changed. When he was about to say something, he heard Asagiri continue.

"Shut up and listen to me. The conditions are simple."

"For the group of people who were with me just now, you must use the central control system to ensure that their path to the archives is unobstructed. Make sure they don't encounter anyone and can safely obtain the experimental data stored there."

"Sato is my enemy, but he's a demihuman. I haven't found a way to kill him directly yet, so I will capture Sato and make him lose the ability to resist. As for how you deal with him later, I don't care and I don't care."

"That's the deal."

Chapter 43:041 The Weakness of Demihumans

"trade?"

Upon hearing this, Tosaki You couldn't help but frown and said in a deep voice.

"To us, you are the same as Sato... No, you are a much greater threat than him."

"Is that true?"

Asagiri knew Tosaki Yu's character very well. She walked to Ren Shura's side and observed the black figure who was pressed to the ground and struggling, and spoke in a calm tone.

"No matter what, I am still human. Even if I possess powers beyond the imagination of ordinary people, I am still human. But Sato is a demihuman. Ultimately, as the head of the Demihuman Countermeasures Bureau, isn't your highest priority to resolve demihuman-related incidents?"

Asagiri's words really touched Tosaki Yu's heart.

His position is the head of the Demihuman Countermeasures Bureau, and controlling events related to demihumans is his first and only task.

As for this group of humans with supernatural powers, that is something the Minister of Defense and the Public Security Committee need to consider. He has already reported to his superiors. Even if these people cause trouble or escape, the responsibility is not on him.

However, if Sato, the leader of the demi-human camp who possesses great charisma and has once broken into the research club and successfully taken away a demi-human, escapes, or even successfully rescues Nagai Kei this time, Tosaki Yu, as the person in charge, cannot escape the blame.

"You're right."

Thinking of this, Tosaki Yu made a decision.

"I will ensure that your companions can reach the archives room unimpeded and that they will not encounter any enemies along the way. However, you must bring Sato..."

"I don't need you to remind me that I will never let my enemies go."

Asagiri interrupted Tosaki Yu directly and changed the subject.

"Have your subhuman subordinate come and talk to me. I have something to ask her."

Hearing this, Tosaki Yu's eyes couldn't help but tremble, and sweat broke out in his palms due to nervousness.

The other party actually knows the true identity of Izumi Shimomura?

Apart from Tozaki Yu himself, only a few senior officials of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare knew this information. There was no written record of this matter, and Tozaki Yu had someone delete all of Shimomura Izumi's past files. How did the other party know about it?

Although he thought so, Tosaki Yu still suppressed the shock in his heart and gestured to Shimomura Izumi to take the communication headset.

Asagiri asked directly without further ado.

"Is there a way to completely kill the demihumans?"

"A method to completely kill the demihumans...?"

When Izumi Shimomura heard this question, he frowned slightly, then shook his head.

"As far as I know, there isn't. We've tried nuclear radiation, corrosive liquids, vacuum sealing, and every technological means currently available. While there's a way to control the demihumans, it's through relentless killing. But preventing their resurrection from the root is impossible."

"So, in a physical sense, there's no way..."

Asagiri was not surprised to hear Shimomura Izumi's answer. After all, he had expected this answer.

only......

In this world where no supernatural powers exist except for demi-humans, demi-humans may indeed be immortal, but the fact that they cannot do so in the physical sense does not mean that demi-humans cannot be eliminated.

Although demihumans can be resurrected from the dead, they are not immortal. Their bodies will grow, and they will die when their lifespan reaches its limit.

Because of the particularity of this physique, most subhumans actually do not know that they are subhumans until the day they die of old age. Only those who have subhuman physiques and die before their lifespan reaches its limit for some reason will discover that they are subhumans.

Furthermore, if the soul or spirit is completely destroyed, even if the demihuman's body continues to exist and can be resurrected, it will only be an empty shell.

As for the method to completely destroy the soul of the subhuman?

This world may not have it, but it is possible for players to have this ability.

Asagiri's personality mask Alice and the prototype of Mita that makes the enemy lose sanity can both directly attack and even destroy the enemy's soul.

From the very beginning, Asagiri had no intention of letting Sato go.

This guy is extremely dangerous, and unlike the players, Sato does not have human moral concepts. After all, he does not consider himself a human being at all. Moreover, due to his tyrannical and warlike character, even if there is no benefit, just for the excitement of fighting, Sato will actively attack the players.

This time bomb must be eliminated.

"Show me the way."

"Okay, I see."

After hearing Asagiri's words, Izumi Shimomura glanced at Tosaki Yu beside her. After seeing the other party nod in agreement, she immediately pointed out the direction and route of Sato's escape through the surveillance cameras in the research base. In the process, she also explained some information about the abilities of the demi-humans.

IBM is the abbreviation of invisible black monster, which translates to "invisible black monster". It is an existence similar to an avatar controlled by demi-humans.

The IBMs summoned by different demi-humans have different appearances, but they are all humanoid forms wrapped in black cloth.

Ordinary people generally cannot "observe" IBM, but if there are strong fluctuations in emotions, it is possible to "observe" the existence of IBM.

It should be noted that IBM is not an idealistic power like the personality mask, but is composed of the black particles that appear when the demi-humans are resurrected. Although ordinary people cannot see it, it is a physical entity and has the ability to speak. It will act according to the orders given by the demi-humans.

Although the black particles that make up the IBM form are very strong and cannot even be penetrated by gun bullets, they are not stable. Generally, IBM will continue to collapse and dissipate after about five to ten minutes. The communication between IBM and sub-humans is achieved through some special electromagnetic waves, which is the so-called mind communication.

After sharing this information, Izumi Shimomura hesitated slightly and handed the communication headset to Tozaki Yu, who spoke in a deep voice.

"There's one more thing you need to be aware of. When we captured a certain demihuman before, by coincidence or for some other reason, he summoned a large amount of IBM upon his death, triggering a phenomenon we call the 'Black Flood.' So, when you meet Sato later, try not to kill him."

"'Black Torrent'..."

Asagiri had just tested Sato IBM's strength through Ren Shura.

Assuming that the strength of Human Shura is 10, then the strength of IBM is at most 3. As for physical strength, it depends on what kind of attack you face. For example, if it is measured by physical attacks such as gun bullets, then if Human Shura is 10, IBM can reach 7 or even 8.

A single IBM is no match for Human Shura, but if Human Shura wants to destroy IBM directly, it will take a lot of time. If Sato really triggers the "black torrent" phenomenon, the situation will be difficult to predict.

Asagiri remembered that in the original story of Demi-human, the demi-human named "Nakamura Shinya" was first found by the Demi-human Countermeasures Bureau, and was shown the head that was left at the scene of his death. Only then did Nakamura Shinya realize that after his head was separated from his death, his head had grown back, but he himself was completely unaware of this.

Then, his good friend took the bullet for him and died in front of him. Finally, when Shinya Nakamura died, it triggered a "black torrent" that killed all the Demihuman Countermeasures Bureau commissioners at the scene and disappeared from then on.

Asagiri pondered the causes and consequences of this incident in his mind, trying to analyze useful information from it.

Judging from Shinya Nakamura's situation, the death of the demi-human itself is not the key to triggering the "Black Torrent". After all, Sato had just committed suicide in front of him and did not trigger the "Black Torrent". And judging from the way Sato chose to escape, he either did not know about the phenomenon of "Black Torrent" or was unable to use it.

The condition that triggers the "Black Flood" is the mental collapse and extremeness of the sub-humans, but the cause of the triggering is not important. What is important is the meaning represented by the "Black Flood".