Chapter 123

Takizawa drops in on his parents' home, where his mother Michie remarks how seldom he visits. He goes over the briefing on the Owl Suppression Operation, recalling how Houji reassured him he would serve as back-support while Shinohara, Juuzou, Amon, and Akira Mado fight on the front line. Houji then hands him a sheet to write his will.

As Seidou labors over what to say, Shinohara advises Juuzou that a will can simply thank one's colleagues or family. Special Class Iwao Kuroiwa declares he will take part in the operation, and Kuramoto Itou and Take Hirako talk over their own wills. Hirako mentions that Arima always turns in a blank page; Kuramoto guesses it reflects Arima's certainty that he will survive, but Hirako counters that Arima simply spends a long time deciding what to write.

Marude gives Hide a will form as well, noting that Division II investigators almost never die, and reviews the objective of rooting out the Owl hidden in Anteiku. Seina visits Seidou, and after he calls her gaudy she leaves. Alone in his room, Seidou reviews the intelligence on the Owl, which is confirmed to possess six to eight kakuhou and once withstood several Special Class investigators. In his will he apologizes to his family, then scrawls over it the words that he does not want to die. Elsewhere, Amon confronts Akira at the graveyard.

Ahead of the Owl Suppression Operation, investigators throughout the CCG write their wills. Takizawa is assigned back-support while Shinohara, Juuzou, Amon, and Akira take the front line. Hirako notes Arima's habit of submitting a blank sheet. Seidou's will collapses into the desperate admission that he does not want to die, and Amon confronts Akira at the graveyard.

The Japanese title 銃後 (Jūgo) means Home Front. The chapter's color page forms a matched pair with the color page of Chapter 125. It belongs to Volume 13 and ran in the 2014-20 issue on April 17, 2014.