Yutaro Kurose

A traffic collision opens the chapter when two vehicles strike each other on a Tokyo street. The motorist who steps out to argue instead finds Cosmo greeting him with a single chirped word, Halloween, which the man soon starts murmuring helplessly. Quanxi gathers Cosmo and the rest of her harem and moves them along. Pingtsi spots a sushi counter and lights up, so the group files in; though the staff are visibly frightened, they take the order once Cosmo loops them into the same trance. While the food is prepared, Pingtsi rattles off trivia about fish and Long gnaws at a plate. Worn out, Quanxi resolves to put off going after Denji until morning.

Across town, Aldo studies a photograph of Kurose, Tendo, and a third friend named Tomono. Adopting Kurose's face, he calls on Tomono, who welcomes him in. The two settle down and talk, with Tomono admitting how few people ever look in on him before steering the conversation toward Kurose's loved ones, a devoted girlfriend and mother. A team photo of Kurose as a boy in a soccer club catches Aldo's eye, and the sight cracks him open; he keeps whispering apologies while Tomono looks on, baffled. Once they lie down for the night, Tomono floats the idea of Kurose leaving the hunting life so the pair could run a little clothing store together, then wonders aloud what Kurose's late older brother would make of his choices. Reflecting on his own brothers, Aldo arrives at the creed they would hand him, that a professional always finishes the job.

The closing page shifts to a packed daytime street, where the elderly German man lays a hand on a stranger's shoulder. That touch chains outward as each altered person seizes the next, until everyone present has been remade into doll-like figures. The chapter belongs to Volume 7 and falls within the International Assassins arc. Alongside the principal players, it features Joey, the eldest of the American thugs, and Michiko Tendo only in photographs.