Chapter 129: Reunion

Akira makes her intent plain: she has come to kill Uzuki. Kashima rounds on Kanaguri, insisting they never should have relied on an Order member, while Kanaguri shushes him because he is busy recording. Uzuki greets Akira warmly as Rion's cherished niece and urges her to strike fast, before he grows less human. She answers that she wants him dead while he still is.

Sakamoto reaches the basement, and his allies hold Kashima back from charging in. As Kanaguri grumbles that filming a fat man bores him, Akira sinks a blade into Uzuki's stomach. Uzuki calls the strike a touch too slow, since the wound gives him the ideal chance to transform.

He begins to speak with Rion's voice, rattling Akira, and Sakamoto warns her not to fall for it while demanding to know who Uzuki really is. Uzuki laughs, ridicules Sakamoto's attempt to look cool, and mocks his weight. When Kanaguri protests that his revenge tale is being spoiled, Uzuki hurls him down and silences him. Sakamoto grasps that Rion's personality now lives inside Uzuki.

Akira stabs Uzuki in a bid to avenge Rion, only to trigger a shift in which Uzuki takes on Rion's voice and manner. Sakamoto realizes Uzuki carries Rion's personality inside him, deepening the mystery of what Uzuki has become. Kanaguri's filming and Kashima's rage add friction as the basement standoff turns bizarre.

The chapter, part of the Bangkok Arc and Volume 15, spans twenty-three pages and appeared on July 31, 2023, in issue 35. Its color and intro pages open the reunion between Akira and the Rion persona buried within Uzuki. Akira, Uzuki, Sakamoto, Shin, Kashima, Kanaguri, and Amane feature, with Rion referenced. The cover gathers Haruma, Kumanomi, Gaku, and Uzuki.