This time, without Hongyue's help, and without countless low-level Demons to serve as Kurozawa's nourishment, ten thousand Potential Points was a very large number.
Kurozawa stood atop Akaya Mountain, his eyes reflecting the raging flames.
The sea of fire caused by the rocket barrage showed no signs of weakening. Instead, it moved with the night wind, extending and spreading inch by inch, encompassing everything around it.
Kurozawa quietly admired the almost overwhelming sea of fire that dyed the sky crimson for a while. Only after half an hour did he descend the mountain and leave.
In the distance, fire engines were already rushing over with sirens blaring.
Along the way, Kurozawa passed a small village. He borrowed some clothes that were drying outside to cover his naked body. Then, he subtly adjusted his facial features, changed his posture and physique, and walked towards Higashi Fukuyama City.
Because Lefty was in a deep sleep, there was no one to drive Kurozawa.
Kurozawa didn't feel like driving back and walked slowly along the mountain road alone.
It was nighttime, and the area was remote, so there weren't many vehicles on the road. Whether looking ahead or behind, he could only see the empty road stretching endlessly into the shadows.
Occasionally, a car would pass by, its engine roaring like a wild beast.
Kurozawa walked slowly under the moonlight, pondering future matters.
For example, should he find a way to get Kana out of the Blade Breakers? He had figured it out now. Kana had the ability to sense Parasitic Organisms, and it was highly likely that the Blade Breakers would treat her as a human detector and wouldn't do anything to her. Furthermore, staying in the Blade Breakers was actually relatively safe.
If he kept her by his side, putting aside whether Kana herself would be willing to go with a brother who was an anomaly like him, the path Kurozawa had to take was bound to be filled with cannon fodder and danger, making it impossible to travel with an ordinary person.
"This is for the best," Kurozawa looked up at the bright moon and thought silently.
As for that pair of cheap parents who were rarely home, he had no feelings for them at all and didn't even bother to think about what they looked like. It was only because of the constant closeness with Kana that some feelings had inevitably developed.
Beep, beep, beep... A small red car, with its lights on, approached Kurozawa from a distance and stopped beside him.
The car window rolled down, revealing a young and beautiful face.
"Where are you going? If it's on my way, I can give you a ride. It's dangerous to walk on the road late at night," the girl said to Kurozawa with a smile.
She seemed to be a kind-hearted person.
Kurozawa didn't get in the car directly. He just said, "You're inviting a stranger into your car directly. Aren't you afraid of meeting a bad person?"
The girl said strangely, "Where are there so many bad people? That's only in TV and movies."
Afterward, Kurozawa shook his head and refused the girl's subsequent invitation.
A few hours later, after walking and rushing all the way, Kurozawa returned to Higashi Fukuyama City and arrived back at the City Hall Building. Hirokawa and Kato were not there, but in front of the large floor-to-ceiling window, Ryoko Tamiya was leaning against the window frame, looking at the city night view below.
It was already early morning, a time when life was vibrant. The city had come alive, and the crowds of people coming and going below were very dense.
"Look, they seem to be just people busy with their lives, but if you provoke them, and the giant beast called the nation opens its eyes..."
"Even we would only have one path: defeat and destruction."
Kurozawa walked forward and comfortably settled into the sofa, his eyes half-closed. He said, "Ryoko, how have you considered the matter I mentioned?" As he spoke, his expression seemed lazy and casual.
Having just experienced a fierce battle, Kurozawa had no injuries on his body, but his spirit was slightly fatigued.
The final form of Destructive Kill, the Explosive Shattering Twelve-Point Snowflake Array, transforming into powerful Fighting Spirit light, was essentially also shattering his own vitality, spirit, and energy, exchanging self-harm for terrifying bursts of power.
Ryoko Tamiya withdrew her gaze and said, "I have a question."
What Kurozawa had asked her to consider was giving up her current body and entering Kurozawa's body, becoming an existence similar to Lefty and coexisting with him.
Kurozawa nodded. "Ask away."
Ryoko Tamiya's voice was emotionless. "After coexisting with you, will I still retain my self-awareness, and will I be able to continue absorbing knowledge?"
Since successfully parasitizing, although she had been worried about the future of the Parasitic Organism species, she had also been learning new knowledge every day.
Different Parasitic Organisms had different hobbies, and Ryoko Tamiya's hobby was acquiring knowledge and increasing her understanding of this world. The more knowledge she had in her mind, the happier and more joyful she felt.
Kurozawa didn't speak, but simply patted his left hand, answering Ryoko Tamiya's question with action.
Lefty woke up and opened its eyes.
It first looked at Ryoko Tamiya, then turned its head to look at Kurozawa, and then said, "After our consciousness cells fuse, you are me, and I am you. There will be no substantial change."
Ryoko Tamiya nodded and said, "Then tomorrow will be fine. I still have a class at the university that I want to attend."
"It's not too late to fuse with you after I finish listening."
"What class?" Kurozawa opened his eyes and asked curiously.
Ryoko Tamiya thought for a moment and said, "It's a course on the study of human behavior, taught by a professor."
"Then let's go together tomorrow. It's been a long time since I've been on a university campus," Kurozawa became interested and invited Ryoko Tamiya to go with him.
Ryoko Tamiya seemed a little surprised, not expecting Kurozawa to want to go with her, but she quickly nodded gently in agreement.
Afterward, the two chatted for a while longer, and then Ryoko Tamiya left the City Hall Building and returned to Higashi Fukuyama University, where she had recently started working. There, she was both a teacher and a student.
In the empty top floor of the City Hall Building, Kurozawa closed his eyes again, his aura gradually retracting and calming down.
Other than the Parasitic Organisms who came over from time to time to discuss matters, there were usually only two people living here now: Kurozawa and Hirokawa.
But besides helping the Parasitic Organisms, Hirokawa was also a conscientious and responsible mayor. Early in the morning, when the sky was still dimly lit, he had already gone downstairs to handle his official duties, whether it was urban planning he had envisioned or project proposals that needed his approval and review.
He was constantly in a state of being so busy he could almost die from overwork, simultaneously working for both humans and the Parasitic Organisms, yet he was content and never found it difficult.
It always surprised Kurozawa greatly.
After closing his eyes, in Kurozawa's vision, only the symbols on the Gray-White Panel were still faintly glowing.
"Put all the Potential Points into Intelligence, don't leave a single one," Kurozawa made this decision after a moment of contemplation.
In an instant, thousands of Potential Points were all deducted.
At the same time, within every single cell of Kurozawa's body, a surge of burning energy seemed to be born, then converging into streams that rushed fiercely towards his brain.
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