The Reincarnation Room
Killing Viruses

Not far from Koutetsujou, Ayame was discussing with Kurusu and Kibito regarding their future.

"The availability of food and drinks we have will not last long. Does Ayame-sama have any plans regarding our ultimate goal?" ask Kurusu.

"I've decided to go to my Congoukaku."

"My song?" Kurusu was shocked by Ayame's decision.

"Is not Congoukaku the seat of the Shogunate government? The supreme general who leads the Shogunate government lives there. They were also the vanguard against the kabane. Is Ayame-sama sure they want to accept us?" ask Kibito.

With confidence, Ayame answered Kibito's question. "I'm sure they'll accept us. My uncle is now in my Congouk and works as one of the Elders there."

Kurusu and Kibito's eyes also sparkled. The elder had a second important position after the high elder. You could say, the position of the elder is equivalent to that of the deputy prime minister.

As the three of them were talking, Ryan suddenly came while holding a woman.

"Ryan?" Ayame is confused by Ryan's actions holding a pregnant woman.

"Yyame Night .. May I ask you for help?" Ryan then gave the woman to Ayame slowly. "Can you take care of this woman? I found her lying unconscious while I was walking alone in the woods. Maybe he's exhausted. Moreover, this woman is pregnant …"

Kurusu and Kibito looked at Ryan with suspicion. But Ryan didn't care. "Oh yeah, if he's up, please give him my message. Concentrate on giving birth to the child in the womb. For any other matter, there's nothing to worry about anymore."

After delivering his message, Ryan then turned back towards the forest.  Ayame, Kurusu, and Kibito who saw Ryan leave just like that looked very confused. But once Ayame became aware of the woman in her arms, she called her maid to take care of the pregnant woman.

At the same time, Ryan who was walking in the forest, suddenly Mumei confronted him. A sharp gaze full of questions appeared in Mumei's eyes.

"Did you see it?" ask Ryan.

Without answering Ryan's question, Mumei asked him back. "Is that woman the kabane I felt on the train?"

Ryan then pretended to be surprised. "Haah? That's not possible! He's clearly human …"

"Don't lie to me!" Mumei walked forward Ryan with her cute face. Mumei's eyes looked seriously at Ryan's eyes, as if she wanted to read Ryan's mind. "The pregnant woman must have been bitten by the kabane. He was in the process of kabanesasi, so I felt the presence of the kabane on the train. However, the air of his existence suddenly disappeared because he had not changed."

Seeing Mumei as serious as this, Ryan couldn't help but laugh. "Hahahaha .. I can't lie to a woman like you, hehehehe .. This is what makes me unable to linger angry with you."

Ryan then patted Mumei's shoulder in front of him. "Just relax, that woman won't turn into a kabane."

"Does this have anything to do with what you were doing in the forest?"

"So you saw it, right?" ryan asked with a smile.

Mumei was silent for a moment. He has been following Ryan ever since. He sees everything Ryan does, including when Ryan stabs the pregnant woman in the back.

"If I'm not how you do it, but you can easily penetrate the kabane membrane and kill it. So when I saw you stab him, I thought that woman would definitely die. However, the woman only fainted. And now, you said he wouldn't turn into a kabane. What exactly are you doing?"

"I just killed the kabane virus in his body .." replied Ryan lightly.

"Virus kabane in his body!?" mumei shouted in surprise at Ryan's reply.

What Ryan does is based on Ryougi Shiki's experience. In the anime Kara no Kyoukai, Ryougi Shiki once used Mystic Eye of Death Perception to kill diseases in one's body. The man was healthy again afterwards.

"Whatever it is, whether it's living things, inanimate things, even this world, as long as they have an end, then I can kill it! Even Gods .." said Ryan while activating Mystic Eye of Death Perception.

Looking at Ryan's eyes that turned ice blue, Mumei was so fascinated. "Sparing …"

After revealing his eyes, Ryan left Mumei alone in the forest and returned to the carriage. But when he entered, he heard a loud breath. There, Ikoma was kneeling in pain. "It seems you've reached your limit."

Hearing Ryan's voice, Ikoma looked towards him. Apparently, Ikoma's consciousness began to disappear. "Graa"

"Just yesterday you turned into a kabaneri. And until now, you haven't even drunk blood. Your body must be feeling bad right now, right? You must now be trying to target my neck because it looks delicious .." Ryan said as if provoking Ikoma. Slowly, Ryan's eyes turned ice blue.

"I'll be leaving soon. My only purpose in staying here is to pay my debts to you. And now, my debts are paid off. So, let's just say what I'm doing now is after sales service, hehehe …"

10 Minutes passed after the incident inside the carriage. Ryan was in the woods. Ryan kept walking into the deepest part of the forest to hunt kabanes.

"Graa"

After hearing the kabane sound, Ryan immediately hid in the bushes. "I've guessed, there's a lot of kabane here. Based on the existing plot, they will soon attack Koutetsujou. Therefore, I must kill them all here!"

With his blue eyes, Ryan kept a close eye on the kabane's movements. "Time to hunt …"

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While Ryan is in the deepest part of the forest, Mumei returns to Koutetsujou. "It's so exciting! I really don't feel the air of kabane anymore!"

Mumei then visits the pregnant woman. After checking her condition, she was sure that this woman would not turn into a kabane.

While thinking, Ikoma suddenly heard a voice shouting from outside. "Yahuu! I've become human again! I've become human again~"

Hearing Ikoma's words, the facial expressions of the citizens as well as the samurai changed. They were all shocked at once in disbelief.

"It's impossible!"

"How could the kabane possibly turn into a human again!?"

"This must be a lie!"

"If it were that easy for the kabane to return to being human, then surely the kabane would become extinct!"

People were also rowdy about Ikoma's claim. But once they saw the condition of Ikoma's body, inevitably they had to believe.

Mumei who also did not feel the presence of kabane from Ikoma's body, immediately rushed to him. "Icoma! Is this what that guy did?"

"That guy?" Ikoma was surprised to hear Mumei's question. Faintly, Ikoma began to remember the events before he returned to being human. "Ryan?"

"I've guessed, only that person can do all this!"

After seeing the condition of the pregnant woman as well as Ikoma, Mumei finally truly believed Ryan's words. 'That guy could really kill the kabane virus! The question now is, will the person who has turned completely into a kabane, Ryan be able to kill the virus?'

"Because Ikoma can also return, that means I am also .." This idea suddenly emerged from Mumei's heart. "No! If I go back to being human, then I can't fight anymore."

"If I can't fight anymore, then I will definitely be thrown away .." Mumei's heart was completely turbulent. On the one hand he wanted to return to normal, on the other he was unwilling to lose his strength.

"It's all Ryan's fault! If that person hadn't done all this, surely I wouldn't have had thoughts like this! I have to find that guy and beat him up!" mummy Mumei.

Then, Mumei squeezed Ikoma's shoulder. "Mu-Mumei, please don't do this. I'm not kabaneri anymore …"

Regardless of Ikoma's request, Mumei asked him. "Icoma! Where is Ryan now!?"

Ikoma wanted to answer, but as soon as he remembered Ryan's words, he fell silent.

"Hey, answer me quickly! Don't you dare hide it! Or I'll eat you!"

Despite the threat, Ikoma remained silent. Seeing Ikoma's expression like this, people were curious about what happened to Ryan.

"Ikoma, did something happen to Ryan?" ask Ayame.

After thinking for a moment, Ikoma finally started to tell a story. "My thoughts are a little vague about this incident. At that moment, I felt my body was very weak. Then, Ryan who just got into the carriage said something to me. Suddenly, hunger strikes me. I started to lose my mind and attacked Ryan. When I attacked him, my sight suddenly became blurred and unconscious. After I woke up, it turned out that my body had already turned into a human again."

"But there's one thing I remember before I fainted. Ryan said that he would go …"

Everyone was shocked by Ikoma's story. Mumei runs into the woods to find Ryan.