Chapter 41-1

* Title card
* Cover page

## Chapter Chronology

**Hyena, Part 1** is the first part of the forty-firstchapter of the manga *Choujin X.*

## Summary

Although Tokyo has perceived the signal of a Choujin and wants to rush to the rescue, Sato instantly blocks him.
Their goal is to investigate the Old Market. Even though Tokyo declares that the signal was that of a Choujin entering a state of **Chaos** that it could cause a disaster in the city and his intention to immediately go and investigate because there are no other Keepers in the area, Sato stops him again, reminding him that the Keepers work as a team and that now they must focus on chasing down the drug dealers and their ultimate goal is to locate Zora's papal field.

But for Tokyo this is simply not acceptable! Though he admits it's just a hunch Michelangelo asks Sato to let the boy go and that he and Michael will deal with the dealer, leading their mentor to agree. While Tokio takes flight through the alleys of Minami to find the signal, Michael yells that what they are doing goes against all protocols but Sato reassures him: Tokio has a special intuition and he will manage on his own, In fact, even if he has only partially achieved he had one goal when he took him to train at Iwato: to make him a Choujin capable of succeeding Sandek. Thanks to Masamune, Tokio locates the place where the Choujin's signal came from but even if he is caught up in the action he remembers to keep a cool head.

While the boy separates, Michelangelo and Michael continue to pursue their goals. However, the latter stops his companion, asking why he let Tokyo go even if what he was doing was wrong. Indeed if their mission failed Arthur would have stopped the Operation without a minute and their whole plan would go up in smoke. However Michelangelo remembers that if help had arrived only a few minutes earlier, his family and Maiko's father would not have been involved in the **Great Collapse**, losing their lives. Arthur always told him that when they don't know what decisions to make to have courage and resolution and that Yamato Mori is here to save people, now rather than in the future.

Tokyo finally reaches the factory that his winged companion had found and prioritizing maintaining his composure enters the facility. In front of them the gruesome spectacle of dozens of living bodies unfolds. The boy resolutely decides that there is no time to lose and begins to eliminate the enemies with his hands alone, but when he notices that they are Choujin able to recover, he manifests two **Adamantine Harpe** and proceeds to cut them to slow down the their regeneration. After clearing the facility Tokio arrives in front of the source of the signal. A beastly-looking Choujin with a deformed face is sitting on a pile of corpses. However, the boy is able to perceive her request for help and her thoughts of confusion and fear and takes action. By grabbing Palma and forcefully throwing her to the ground, the fight to save the girl begins.

## Characters

* Ichiiro Sato
* Tokio Kurohara
* Michael
* Michelangelo
* Sora Siruha *⟨Mentioned⟩*
* Hoshi Sandek *⟨Mentioned⟩*
* Arthur One *⟨Mentioned⟩*
* Maiko Momoma *⟨Mentioned⟩*
* Masamune
* Corpse Choujn
* Palma Shishinegura

## Location

* Yamato Prefecture
	+ Minami City

## Navigation

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

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