Chapter 40-1

* Title Card
* Cover Page

## Chapter Chronology

**Dose me, does me, Part 1** is the first part of the fortieth chapter of the manga *Choujin X.*

## Summary

The investigation of the Old Market reaches its sixth day and Tokyo and his team are preparing for the next phase: go directly to the place and personally investigate the territory. Together with his team members, Michelangelo and Michael, the boy disguises himself, with some minor coordination problems with the others, as local criminals. Their goal is to approach local drug dealers until they can find someone who sells opium.

A few days before the start of the mission, Tokio had wanted to learn more about the abilities and limitations of his companions and in particular Michael. The Psycho Choujin is able to move things with telekinesis and create a barrier that blocks physical objects up to a ton. He is also capable of telepathy, i.e. transmitting his thoughts to another person, but not images like Sato does. He is also a telepath, meaning he can read other people's intense thoughts.

After having dinner together the three test the limits of his powers, demonstrating that Michael is able to transfer his thoughts beyond one hundred meters, and is more effective based on the strength of the mental link with the other person and how much he knows them. However, the boy still doesn't trust Tokyo's idea and admits that he is only helping him because Arthur ordered him to.

Meanwhile in the present the investigations of the three continue throughout the night and suddenly Michael is suddenly overwhelmed by the vision of the Omega Tower, which leads him to remember his battle against Zora and the number of times he died and his friends have died. been injured or killed. Fatigue begins to weigh on the team and Tokyo decides to stop when dawn comes because apparently only small fish roam the area that are not enough for what they are looking for.

In another part of the Old Market, Noh Mask and the other members of the Tower of Mourning have already completed their part of the deal with Palma: 80 corpses and an immense structure in which she will be able to carry out her experiment. Progress continues very slowly due to the obvious reaction of introducing XEMBER serum into an already dead body. The first cases literally explode after a few seconds but over time the girl manages to stabilize their bodies, constantly raising their level of SuperCells even if she has to consider her own blood as a factor involved.

The chance of having the aptitude to become a Choujin is one in a thousand for a person, and that of surviving awakening and transforming is even less. Palma begins to have doubts not only about his project but also about the consequences; in fact, if she succeeds and creating Choujin becomes easy, will humans cease to exist? Despite this she had given her word and wants to close the deal.

Continuing their search Tokio and his team even as they begin to understand the dangers and paths of the area find themselves stuck and making no progress. But suddenly they are approached by someone who offers to "feed" them. Following the mysterious salesman into his shop, the three are approached by two eccentric and strange men.
The two offer to sell him whatever they want, even the opium they say is in the back of the shop.

However, to Tokio's surprise, this turns out to be a trap and the two men attack them from behind. While Michael protects Michelangelo with his psychic shield, Tokio faces the two men who have meanwhile transformed into Choujins. Despite the surprise puts the other two Keepers in difficulty, Tokio manages to defend them and only thanks to a partially beastified punch, knocks out one of them sending him into the ceiling, and then launches to chase the other one downstairs.

## Characters

* Tokio Kurohara
* Michael
* Michelangelo
* Ichiiro Sato
* Maiko Momoma *⟨Flashback⟩*
* Arthur One *⟨Mentioned⟩*
* Sora Siruha *⟨Flashback⟩*
* Palma Shishinegura
* Noh Mask
* I. C. Ice
* Jing
* Tawashi Minami
* Snail Choujin *⟨Debut⟩*

## Location

* Yamato Mori
	+ Minami City
	+ Tower of Mourning *⟨Flashback⟩*

## Navigation

 **Volume 6**
 **Volume 8**

 Tower of Mourning Arc