Demon City Shinjuku: The Complete Edition by Hideyuki Kikuchi

Author:Hideyuki Kikuchi
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing

“Unbelievable.” A quiet statement filled with surprise. “Wounded that badly, losing blood, and yet still breathing. I understand what a trained and disciplined body can do, but this is a spiritual strength way beyond the normal.”

“Is he conscious?” somebody else asked in a concerned voice.

“We have treated him the best we can. He should awaken soon. Though he still needs a good two weeks of bed rest.”

“Yes.”

The sterilizing lights dimmed. The two gazed down at the operating table. The operating room was stocked with the latest medical equipment and automated surgical tools, the kind found in the best hospitals in Tokyo. Not as grand as the Sorcerer’s, but in the same neighborhood.

Transparent scanner hoods covered the operating table, linked to medical computers, recording the patient’s vital signs. The operation had just ended.

“Hmm,” said the first speaker.

“What?”

“The anesthetic is wearing off. Look at the spike in brain waves and metabolic activity. I am most impressed. This is some sort of superman. He should be waking up any second. Three—two—one—”

Kyoya opened his eyes, and focused on the faces peering down at him. “Sayaka-san, are you all right? What in the world—”

Sayaka resisted the impulse to cling tightly to him and looked at the tall man behind her. “He came to your rescue. And those gangsters took me to their headquarters and were about to start torturing me when he charged in and drove them off like some sort of magician.”

“As I promised, we meet again.” A slight smile came to the white face framed in black.

“Doctor Mephisto? What are you doing in a place like this?”

The impression made in the Musashi Miyamoto bar in Waseda was not that deep, and the anesthetic was still wearing off, and he hadn’t completely digested what Sayaka was saying—so he jumped to the conclusion that he was the one who’d snatched Sayaka. He sat up in a fury. The scanner hoods retracted automatically.

“Don’t try to get up!” Sayaka said, grabbing him. “You misunderstand. This man saved me. And treated your wounds as well.”

The anger faded from Kyoya’s features. His mind returned to a rational state. “After I got stabbed by that Jubei Yagyu android, this quack—no, sorry, scratch that—you patched me up? This your hospital? I suppose you’re a real doctor or something?” His thoughts springing back to life, he added, “Yeah, and what happened to Jubei Yagyu?”

“He has been disposed of,” Mephisto softly answered. “This is my home. That is all you need to know about me. Can you move?”

“Ah—” Kyoya also sensed that Sayaka was stifling a growing sense of impatience and unease. “So what happened? Wait a second, did the deadline pass while I was unconscious?”

“No.” Sayaka shook her head emphatically. “Not yet. But it’s now midnight of the thirteenth!”

Her voice was strained and her eyes brimmed with tears. Still half asleep, Kyoya shrugged his shoulders and said, “Huh?” Then his eyes opened wide. “Say what! We entered the DMZ on the tenth, spent a night and left a day later. Today should be the eleventh.

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