Chapter 104.5

The Two "Fuku"s, Part 2 (二福 後篇,) is the second part of Chapter 104 of the Bungo Stray Dogs manga.

Synopsis
Fukuchi stands on the verge of triumph, the blade of his oldest friend all that stands between him and total domination. But just what is his true goal? What do the Decay of the Angel actually desire?

Summary
Some time after Fukuzawa and Fukuchi parted paths during the war, Fukuzawa subsequently put an end to the battle by assassinating war hawks. Meanwhile, the hero Fukuchi was left on the field and lost himself in battle.

At present, Teruko has revealed the Decay of the Angel's true goal to Atsushi, much to his utter shock about the Agency's cluelessness about it. Teruko then unlocks the door for Atsushi to leave, but the detective remains frantically unsure about what to do upon learning the ploy weighing down for the past 36 years. On the battlefield, Fukuchi slashes and incapacitates Fukuzawa, quipping that he needs him as his audience for the world's final comedy.

Fukuchi contacts the United Nations chairman—distressed like Atsushi upon seemingly learning Fukuchi's goal—and urges him to remove the seal on One Order within five minutes, or he shall unleash a global vampire invasion. The chairman surmises in disbelief that it might be another of his heroic plans to save the world, to which Fukuchi, deeming the chairman a pleasant kind of a fool, promises to keep him alive when the vampires dominate the world.

As Fukuchi disconnects from the chairman, Fukuzawa guesses his motive to be revenge for making him venture into the battlefield of Tokoyami Island and witness absolute hell alone, including supply cuts, starvation, commanding officers who shot surrendering subordinates, the use of a healing ability to keep the war raging on, and the use of prisoners as "human bombs". In essence, Fukuzawa suspects Fukuchi to be resentful at the imperial headquarters, the Cabinet, the citizens, and the U.N., and therefore serves as the embodiment of fury seeking to avenge the soldiers lost to war. Fukuzawa deduces that targeting the Agency must be his punishment for betraying Fukuchi, and he asks Fukuchi to thereby release everyone. However, Fukuchi gravely stabs Fukuzawa and dismisses his answer to be incorrect.