The Gun is Mightier

Down several fingernails, Sawatari radios for reinforcements and glances at Aki, frozen by what happened to Himeno. The brawl between Denji and Katana Man rages on, the swordsman now able to carve through wide spans with one stroke. When two backup agents arrive and open fire, Denji absorbs the bullets, drops both, and grabs one as a shield. Katana Man answers by cutting the pair clean in half so fast Denji cannot even track it. He scoops up Denji's upper body, orders the surviving agent to fetch a car, and notes that the rest of the 4th Division has almost certainly been wiped out by simple gunfire.

The view shifts to a field of corpses, Arai, Fushi, Makima, and other hunters from the drinking party laid out together. Aboard Makima's train, the assassins prepare to vanish into the crowd, only for Makima to rise, alive against all odds. At the platform, hunters Kurose and Tendo react in disbelief to reports of her death just as she steps off the train to greet them. She briefs them on the attack, brushes off the blood staining her as not her own, and the chapter closes on the assassins slumped in their seats, each torso bored through.

Katana Man demonstrates wide-range slashing and cuts down two backup agents instantly, then carries off Denji's severed upper half. Makima survives her own reported assassination, killing the train assassins through unseen means, and reunites with Kurose and Tendo to take command of the situation.

This is the opening chapter of the fourth volume within the Katana Man arc. It appeared in issue 2019-29 on June 17, 2019 and was adapted in episode 9. The title plays on the swordsman's blade against the firearm theme of the attack, and the carriage massacre quietly previews the power Makima is hiding.