## Chapter 32: I Must Kill You
"Stop right there! Or we'll shoot."
Facing the Police's warning, Hideo Shimada not only didn't stop but accelerated his pace.
His speed was terrifying, and his jumping ability left the Police present dumbfounded.
"This guy isn't a human, shoot!" one of the middle-aged Police shouted loudly.
Bang bang bang! Hearing the Police Chief's order, the Police pulled the trigger without hesitation. The bullets shot out at astonishing speed.
Unfortunately, due to Hideo Shimada's extreme speed, only one or two bullets hit his body.
But for a fully formed Parasyte, a few bullets wouldn't affect its movements unless they destroyed its heart or hit its head.
"Damn it, we absolutely cannot let him enter the Teaching building. The terrain there is complex and full of students. Once he gets in, it will definitely cause heavy casualties," the middle-aged man serving as Police Chief said anxiously.
On the other side, the teachers were arranging for the students to evacuate.
"Club President, you're not planning to stay behind again, are you?" Yuuji asked, surprised, looking at Xia Shang pulling a long sword from his schoolbag.
Xia Shang exchanged a glance with Shinichi Izumi and shook his head. "How could I? I just think it would be better to have a sword in hand in case we run into terrorists."
While they were talking, Hideo Shimada had already charged into the Teaching building. In the Lobby of the Teaching building, bodies lay scattered, brutally cut down. The thick, bloody smell was nauseating, causing the Police who arrived later to turn deathly pale upon seeing the scene. Some newly recruited Police even vomited the food from their stomachs.
"Shinichi Izumi, the opponent has already killed four people. He's heading towards us."
Unlike Parasyte A, Hideo Shimada was quite familiar with the School's layout. After using his tentacles to cut a person in half, he glanced in Shinichi Izumi's direction, then seemed to think of something and changed his direction of advance.
"Then we'll just have to lure him away," Shinichi Izumi said. As soon as his words fell, Migi immediately warned, "No, his target isn't you. It's the evacuating students, specifically Satomi Murano."
"He's forcing you out, and at the same time venting his anger from these past few days," Xia Shang instantly guessed Hideo Shimada's true purpose.
"He... isn't a human, is he?" Yuko Tachikawa, standing nearby, took out a glass bottle of concentrated sulfuric acid from her drawer. "Actually, a few days ago, I saw him transform into another person with my own eyes, and I learned about the monster from my brother, who is Police. Originally, I wanted to talk to him and ask him to leave the School. I didn't expect him to be so cruel, choosing to attack the School directly."
After speaking, she looked at Xia Shang and placed the glass bottle containing sulfuric acid in front of him.
"If you can use it, take it. Please, you must protect Satomi's safety."
Xia Shang estimated that Tachikawa had suspected his and Shinichi Izumi's identity for a long time but hadn't said anything.
"I'll do my best." Xia Shang put the glass bottle into his pocket.
Then, he followed Shinichi Izumi, heading towards Hideo Shimada's location together.
Fortunately, the Police who entered the Teaching building managed to hold Hideo Shimada back with their guns, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable.
However, guns posed little threat to Hideo Shimada, especially at close range. Hideo Shimada's head split into two extremely long tentacles, with blades attached to the tips, swaying slowly in the air like two deadly scorpion tails—elegant yet lethal. *Whoosh!* The tentacles left streaks of afterimages in the air. An ordinary person's reaction ability simply couldn't keep up with Shimada's attack speed.
As the cold gleam sliced through a body, the Police who was struck slid diagonally into two halves.
After killing one Police, Shimada didn't stop. He looked at the other Police and attacked without hesitation.
Watching their comrades fall one by one, the remaining Police increased the speed at which they pulled the trigger.
Bang bang bang!! Sparks erupted from the muzzles. Hideo Shimada hit by bullets constantly bloomed with blood. Even though he could dodge most of the bullets, a few strays still managed to hit his heart. As his heart was damaged, his movements noticeably slowed down.
"You all deserve to die."
In an instant, the sharp tentacles filled the entire space.
By the time Xia Shang and Shinichi Izumi arrived, all the Police had been reduced to chopped-up corpses.
Blood! Dismembered bodies! And the suffocating smell of blood! When this scene appeared before Shinichi Izumi without warning, his expression instantly became incredibly terrified. Immediately after, his heart felt like it had been violently struck. The immense shock was unbearable. He half-knelt, clutching his heart with one hand and supporting himself on the ground with the other.
Such a horrifying scene.
Even Xia Shang hadn't experienced it. He forcibly suppressed the churning feeling in his stomach. Although these Police had no connection to him, a hint of sorrow still flickered in his eyes. Even when facing a monster like Shimada, they had still persisted in combat until the end.
"Shinichi Izumi, regulate your breathing. He's coming towards us," Migi emerged from Shinichi Izumi's hand.
"I can't, I can't bear it at all," Shinichi Izumi clutched his clothes tightly, his eyes filled with bloodshot veins. Blue veins bulged on his forehead. He gritted his teeth, and the airflow from his breathing passed through the gaps in his teeth.
However, as Shinichi Izumi's emotion continuously weakened, he stood up expressionlessly.
Hideo Shimada stood at one end of the Corridor, while Xia Shang and Shinichi Izumi stood at the other.
The three faced each other across the pool of blood.
"I must kill you, I swear," Shinichi Izumi's right arm rapidly twisted and underwent transformation into a blade.
"Then come and try."
Almost simultaneously, the two collided at astonishing speed. *Clang clang!! Clang!* Continuous metallic crashing sounds instantly echoed in the air. Both sides' attack speed was terrifyingly fast. Xia Shang could only barely catch a glimpse of their movements, and this was already the result of his reaction ability being enhanced by Sword Dao Talent.
"His attack speed is even faster than Parasyte A."
Xia Shang estimated that even within Reiko Tamura's Organization, Hideo Shimada's strength would rank quite high.
He couldn't easily intervene in the current combat. To avoid disrupting Shinichi Izumi's attack speed, he could only wait for an opportunity. After all, even Reiko Tamura had stamina limitations. Most ordinary Parasytes could only maintain high-intensity attacks for about ten seconds.
Once that time passed, their speed would slow down considerably.
This was the experience Xia Shang had gained after fighting multiple Parasytes.
(End of Chapter)