Asumu
Please sit in a well-lit room, at a comfortable distance, when watching.
Hibiki is a man who transforms into an Oni and saves people.
Since meeting him, something within me, Adachi Asumu, has begun to change.
Learning that Hibiki once worried over the same things as me...
...was somewhat encouraging and has made me want to work harder.
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Volume Thirteen
Chaotic Affairs
Darkness
I'm good at cooking many things~
Ing... ing... including fried eggs to bolster your brain~
Fried eggs that Asumu likes very much~
It's ready!
Morning!
Morning.
Time to eat.
Yum!
This is pretty good.
How's school?
How? Uh...
Like, are you having any trouble? Everything alright?
Nah, no trouble...
It's just fine.
Oh, that's good.
You don't seem to have much of an appetite, so I figured something must be bothering you.
Oh, it's just a stomachache.
See? Something is bothering you!
You're a sensitive person, like me.
Like you?
Yeah.
Maybe the stress is piling up because you can't get used to this new life,
and you just don't realize it.
Oh, c'mon... I'm not exactly a kid anymore, y'know.
What're you saying?
Who do you think is making it possible for you to go to school?
Anyway, just do your best, okay?
- You sure you're alright? - Geez, I'm fine! No problems!
I'm having a blast in high school!
Good, good, good!
Looking for this?
Takeshi - Kanto Branch shift schedule, April 2005
Well, this is a pretty tight schedule...
I think it'll be hard on Akira and others like her.
She's finally gotten into high school, but she's hardly ever able to go.
That is troublesome indeed.
Pretty much.
Still, I think Akira's prepared to accept that.
So I guess it's up to us adults to give her a hand.
A hand?
Yeah.
Like, if...
...the boy and Akira were in the same class,
they could exchange notes or communicate back and forth.
Well, something like that should be doable for Hibiki,
our Special Mobile Attack Unit successor.
You're absolutely right.
Like this?
Nope... like this!
Right.
Well, aren't you two lively. What's all this about?
Hey, hey, look. Check it out.
I'm a Special Mobile Attack Unit now!
I'm gonna help out in all sorts of ways on all sorts of cases.
Congrats.
Thanks.
You know, I think it's a role only you could fill, Hibiki.
Oh, I don't know...
But don't forget you've also got people helping you the same way.
Is this the one you mentioned yesterday?
Yup.
I've been waiting for this!
I call it the "Blaze Explosion Drum."
It's a new type that's been modified to fully amplify the purifying sound emitted by your drumsticks.
This'll really help, Midori.
You won't need to strike it as many times,
but it hasn't been fully tested yet, so I don't really know how well it'll work.
Well, leave the testing to me.
Evil
Scheme
Morning!
Morning.
Something wrong? You seem down.
Oh... my stomach kinda hurts.
Oh?!
He has these big round eyes, and...
Hibiki!
Thanks for the help, I found him.
- Good morning. - Morning.
Long time no see.
You guys look great. Really spiffy.
What's up?
Actually, you see...
I've got a request for you, boy.
For me?
Yup.
Um...
Sorry, could I borrow him for a second?
Huh?
How do I put this...?
It's something just between us guys.
But it's nothing serious, so don't worry.
Okay!
C'mere.
Um... sorry if this is a bit sudden,
but I wanted to talk with you about Akira.
Ah! Um... could it be that Oni work is keeping her from coming to school?
Yeah, exactly!
So, well... I thought you could help her out as much as you're able.
Sure, if you're alright with me.
Sorry about this.
Not at all...
You look like you're in pain. You okay?
It's just constipation or diarrhea or something...
Nothing major.
Oh.
Don't push yourself, okay?
Thanks, I won't. Well, I've gotta go.
Okay.
Here, pickled plums.
Thanks.
But to think you'd get sick...
Year after year, you hear "This year's flu is a doozy"...
Well, that's what grownups are always saying, anyway.
In this case,
it's more like "This year's flu is seriously a real doozy."
It certainly seems like it, at least.
Hey.
I'm on my feet from morning 'til night when we go out on assignment, you know.
That's not really what I meant...
It's just, if a Makamou were to surface now...
Okay.
Sorry.
Please fill in for me.
Leave it to me!
We're going to get food for you now.
Oni, huh?
Deranged
Ibuki!
Cannibalism?!
We'll tell the others, then chase after it.
Right.
Hey!
Yup yup.
Okay.
Ehhh?!
Cannibalism?!
Hello?
This is Ibuki.
The Douji changed and ate the Ubume and Hime.
Hmm.
For now, we're going to head in the direction it fled.
Got it.
I'll start an emergency investigation on our end.
I'm off.
Now, then... please start reading here, Adachi.
Hey, Adachi!
What's wrong?
My stomach...
Man, what a strange situation.
I know, right?
But there haven't been any human victims yet, so that's good.
That's true!
Y'know, these mutations lately have really gotten out of hand.
Definitely.
I'll get it.
Hello?
Ah, Ibuki?
When I called Kasumi, she said you were with Hinaka today.
That's right.
I'm just making a guess here, but...
Go on.
Given the circumstances, I think it's targeting Makamou for food.
Yeah.
That said,
Danki is currently pursuing a Yamabiko nearby,
so I bet that's where the Douji is headed.
I'll go directly to Danki's position, then.
We'll join up with you later.
Okay, see you soon.
Bye.
We'd better hurry.
Got it.
Okay, turn onto your back.
He said his stomach hurt a bit this morning and took some medicine for it...
I'm heading there right now.
Wow, look at that!
Heyyyyy!
Heyyyyy...
A voice!
Voice!
We'll take it.
Take it.
Get away!
Get out of here!
Now!
Barrage
Oni
Danki
So that's the one Ibuki told me about.
Ibuki, over there!
That one?
Um! Ah...?
Do you need something?
They said my son fell ill at school and collapsed and was brought here...
Oh, an emergency case?
Yes!
He should be over that way.
Over there?
Yes, that's right.
Thank you.
Emergency Room
Excuse me...
I'm Adachi Asumu's mother.
It went to the right.
This must be it.
What'd you find?
There was a powerful Douji recently, a warrior-type, if you will.
Right, the one that became stronger for a short span of time.
And in the same book where we found it, we also have an image not unlike our current one.
So it's a "Deranged Douji"?
What's up?
I'm sorry, we've got a flat!
That's part of the experience!
Let's see... uh...
My destination's just over this mountain, so...
Sorry, Hinaka, but I'm going on ahead by foot.
Okay.
Ah, Hibiki!
If I give Ibuki or Akira a call, I should be able to meet up with them.
Be careful!
Yup! Bye!
Appendicitis...?
Yes.
Your son also has an elevated white blood cell count,
and there's a risk of peritonitis complicating matters,
so he needs an operation.
Ma'am?
I just...
...feel bad for him, having to take a sudden leave of absence when he's just entered high school.
Ibuki!
Chaotic Affairs
It is as if you are wholly transparent
As if everything is passing through you
Is that not how it feels?
Boy! If you are going to journey...
Then you must have clear skies in your heart!
Hit the beat! Keep your beat!
Seek out the places that move your heart!
Hit the beat! Keep your beat!
Find what no one else can do!
That is your resonance!
I think Asumu would be great as Hibiki's apprentice!
Tomizou?!
I'll team up with Ibuki to defeat it using our sound attacks.
Volume Fourteen
Devouring Douji
Volume Fourteen: Devouring Douji.