"Die! Die! Dieeee!!" Hinata, who drove the third truck, which Ken sat on the top, screamed as she stomped on the centipede that an agent at the back seat vomited. They were everywhere in the truck.
Gunshots rang out as some agents pulled out their guns, blasting bullets into the bodies of the infected female agent, but it did nothing. Two bolted for the door, slamming it open and jumping off.
The truck came to a screeching halt as Hinata mashed the brake, then bolted out. Ken jumped down as he saw brave agents with trembling arms and shivering breaths staring at the truck with undeniable fright.
Takeshi was on his knees, almost naked. He glared in every direction, even making sure nothing was hidden in the grass around him. All the centipedes that were on him had been crushed either by his hands, boots, or knees.
While he took deep breaths, Ichiro descended and commanded those in his truck to stay within the truck.
Ichiro took a few steps forward, then paused and unleashed his fierce tiger. It came out of a round diagram, growling deeply with eyes that glowed like flames.
At his command, it unleashed fire, burning all the grass around them and the centipedes that came out of the truck Hinata drove. After burning everything down, including the two agents responsible, Ichiro turned to the others.
He clenched his teeth.
"If you’re infected, step forward... now." He looked into their eyes. "We will examine ourselves publicly. Everyone, right here. I don’t care if you’re a woman. Remove your clothes now!"
He bellowed.
Everyone began to remove their clothes, including him. As they removed one piece of clothing after another, battle-hardened soldiers trembled. Some were bolder and didn’t even flinch as they removed their clothes.
Ken calmly took off his armour with speed despite how cumbersome it would seem to remove such medieval gear.
His hands trembled as he reached for his katana. Within himself, he was ready to pierce his katana through his chest with honour, but if not, then he would have to cut down those who were infected.
These were men and women whom he ate with, laughed with, sometimes disagreed, but still, he knew them.
At that moment, there was a sharp, shaky breath from a bold-faced agent who didn’t expect to see two centipedes already in his body. A third was halfway in, and he didn’t even feel it slipping into his body.
His eyes went wide, and the next moment, his head was off.
Ken flicked the blood off his katana, then slowly sheathed it. "Burn him," he muttered.
Right then, four agents turned to flee as they summoned portals, but those portals cracked and died as Ken flashed with uncanny speed, taking off their heads and slicing them apart before they could even form a thought.
Blood splattered on Hinata’s face, causing her to tremble. She quickly wiped it off as if the blood was no different from acid, then her eyes went to Ken, who slowly sheathed his katana as his hands trembled nonstop.
Ichiro’s tiger burnt the infected before they came back together.
"These people came here to fight for their nation. They don’t deserve this end." Ichiro grieved as he looked at the burning infected agents.
"By the way, I heard a flute. It’s the second time, and it causes them to act out." Takeshi said with heavy breaths.
"I heard nothing." Ken responded.
"I heard it," Hinata said as she unleashed her summon and mounted it. This was where she could feel safe.
They all looked at Ichiro, who frowned. "I heard nothing."
"But we all heard it in the town. Does that mean we only hear it when we’re around the infected?" a female agent with a pretty, baby-faced face covered with sweat from fear asked.
"Or when there’s a centipede around. Most likely in a host," Ken added. "Secondly, I think we’re being attacked, so we won’t be able to make it back to the gate."

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