KILL BLUE (キルアオ)

Juzo Ogami.

A member of Z.O.O., the industry's third-ranked old-guard organization.

Formerly the number one hitman in the business...

until he vanished without warning.

Mission success rate: 100%.

However, he refuses any job targeting women, children or civilians.

Preferred cigarette brand: Blue Apple.

Whiskey of choice: Laphroaig.

Hm...

Marksmanship, hand-to-hand combat, knife fighting... all first-rate.

Weapon of choice: P210.

He's ambidextrous, and even when he fires with his left hand...

he can hit with the precision of a sniper rifle.

That's how it ended up nicknamed the Devil's Left Hand.

No way.

Almost there.

VERSUS THE RINDOU BROTHERS SATURDAY, MAY 30th

So, it ends before I even use my real weapon.

How anticlimactic!

So, have we contacted their parents?

Not yet.

Word is that someone upstairs is holding that up.

Why?

Beats me.

RYO SHIRAISHI WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO FOR DINNER? ARE YOU EATING WITH YOUR FRIENDS?

LET'S SEE...

All three of you, come back safe!

Naturally, I'm gonna beat the shit outta you!

Hah!

He's good.

A straight shoot-out puts me at a disadvantage.

Good.

Got my magazine back, too.

Nekota's been a damn lifesaver today.

Hey! Are you hurt?

Huh? A-A security guard?

The place is closed today, you know! How did you even get in?

Uh, well...

And there are strange explosions going off!

It's dangerous here, so get out! Hurry!

Damn, I thought he'd emptied the place out before luring me in here!

Wait! You'll drag a civilian into this!

That's your policy, isn't it?

Not mine.

With their positions...

if Juzo dodges, the guard gets hit!

Hah!

That's low, you bastard!

What... the hell?

Shooting bullets out of the air with other bullets is unthinkable!

The only man capable of such an inhuman trick is...

Ah, now I see. It all fits.

Noren Mitsuoka. Mitsuoka Pharmaceuticals.

And when I looked into you...

I thought it was strange that you had the exact same name...

as that legendary hitman.

But the age difference was so great, I assumed you were someone else.

As hard as it is to believe, this is no mere case of identical names.

You are...

Juzo Ogami himself!

He figured it out?

This is why I asked...

if you were sure you didn't wanna change your name before enrolling!

How was I supposed to know it'd come to this?

The job was supposed to be quick!

Just sneak into a middle school and do some internal recon!

Yeah, it was.

Wrong!

I do have a connection to Juzo Ogami, but I'm not the legendary hitman himself!

I'm...

My wife's out of town today.

You know...

You're shameless!

I'm Juzo Ogami's...

secret love child!

What are you talking about?

Well, I'm off to Tokyo to make it even bigger! Take care!

You're shameless!

After he got bored of my mother, his mistress...

he found himself a younger woman and vanished from our lives!

I swore revenge against him.

So, I deliberately took the same name and chose the same path.

By making a name for myself, I knew that someday,

when I finally ran into my scumbag old man, I'd say this to his face...

"Why the hell did you abandon us?"

There are so many holes in this story, old man!

I see.

- I understand. - Huh?

You've had a hard life, too, haven't you?

He bought it?

I know how you feel!

For those of us in the underworld, life is full of misery!

And the people we cross paths with? Every last one of them is scum!

Boss, you just got classified as scum.

You must want to murder your father something fierce!

Y-Yeah.

Well, we brothers have had our share of troubles, too.

Long ago, my younger brother Eiji wasn't the silent type he is now.

Is "silent" really the word for that?

Until we were swept up in a certain incident...

I was just a kid who loved magic tricks.

And my brother was just a kid who loved sports.

We were no different from any other pair of brothers.

Were you watching?

Did you see that shot?

I saw it! Nice one!

Oops.

Getting sentimental won't do either of us any good.

Anyway, my little brother Eiji is the most precious person in the world to me.

Noren is going to become part of his happiness.

And the secrets of Mitsuoka...

may even hold the possibility of restoring my brother to his old self.

Seems we both have our reasons...

but I cannot afford to lose.

A lighter?

I told you, didn't I? My specialty is hypnosis.

And this is...

my true weapon.

Hah! So, that's the deal!

The security guard just happened to show up at the perfect time...

because he was already under this guy's control!

Sorry about this!

Okay, sure, you gave me a little scare.

But is that all you've got?

One civilian puppet is no sweat.

One? Oh, no, no.

Did you think I only started using hypnosis after declaring war?

Wrong.

I knew you would make it this far.

TAKUMI YUTO NAKAMURA CHIHIRO FUJIWARA RINA NAOKI TAKAMURA

The preparations were already complete.

CALLING...

A long, long time ago!

Don't tell me...

TENMA TENDO CALLING...

Oh, Ogami? Where are you?

Sorry. I got careless! Get out of there right now!

And stay away from any crowds of civilians!

They're under hypnosis!

Yeah? Okay. Got it.

That was way too casual! Do you actually understand what I'm saying?

I said I got it.

After seeing stuff like those exploding golf shots, I know this isn't normal.

And yeah, I know I might die.

But I won't run away.

Seriously?

Don't underestimate athletes.

In any pro sport, the top-tier guys may not literally be risking their lives,

but they put their lives on the line anyway.

I'm aiming to be a super-elite triple-threat phenom, remember?

If I can't cross one or two or three lines between life and death, what good am I?

So, yeah, I'll leave your end to you.

Huh?

Hey!

This is a risk...

but it's also an opportunity.

I want to become a triple-threat superman capable of pulling off...

something that seems imposisble.

And to do that, I've developed everything I could possibly need...

in the most efficient way possible, based on common sense and solid logic.

I've gotten results.

I don't think I've been wrong.

But... to accomplish something that defies common sense...

I've also had the feeling that I might need something more.

So, this is a chance.

If I can make it through this life-and-death contest...

then no matter what I face in the future, I'll be able to say...

"Compared to that, this is nothing."

I'll know it for sure.

I'm absolutely going to become a triple-threat superman!

Hey, Patchwork Giant!

Let's play some sports.

Dine and dash... Unforgivable!

All right, then! Let's kick this off!