Vampire Invasion Arc

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Vampire Infection Outbreak Arc
Kanji	吸血鬼の侵略編
Romaji	Kyūketsuki no Shinryaku-hen
Story Arc Information
Saga	Decay of the Angel Saga
Chapters	Chapter 88 - Chapter 113
Volumes	Volume 20 - Volume 25
Episodes	Episode 54 - ongoing
Story Arc Guide
Previous Arc	Kamui Revelation Arc
Next Arc	Resurrection Arc

The Vampire Invasion Arc (吸血鬼の侵略編, Kyūketsuki no Shinryaku-hen^?) is the ninth story arc in Bungo Stray Dogs and is the sixth and final story arc in the Decay of the Angel Saga. It focuses on the final stage of the Decay of the Angel's plan and the group's fifth and final member.

Synopsis

After the battle with Kamui, the final stage for the Decay of the Angel plan commences - turning people into vampires and eventually controlling the humankind. The United Nations decides to release One Order, an ability weapon that can help suppress the vampire infection. Knowing Kamui's identity, the Armed Detective Agency also plans their move to retrieve the weapon.

Summary

Fight against Fukuchi Aftermath

Although Akutagawa and Atsushi failed to defeat Fukuchi, Akutagawa's sacrifice allowed Atsushi to escape using a submersible, to be rescued by Ango shortly after. Hit by a stroke of indecision, due to the sudden arrival of several guards to the scene, Fukuchi is thus unable to pursue Atsushi without blowing his cover, and instead orders the men to track the fleeing submersible .

Bram Stoker's Appearance

Fukuchi commanding Bram

After the guards leave the scene, Fukuchi brings out a coffin and lets out the last and fifth member of the Decay of the Angel, Bram Stoker. With Fukuchi's threat to sear the Holy Sword Soluz Levni attached to Bram into his brain, Bram obeys Fukuchi and bites into Akutagawa, eventually turning him into a vampire.

After Akutagawa turns into a vampire, a vampire outbreak begins to spread, turning some of the Port Mafia's mafiosi to vampires. As a witness of the said event, Tachihara reports to his fellow Hunting Dogs members, giving them the idea that the Armed Detective Agency is behind it. On the other hand, Tachihara stands his ground, telling them to re-evaluate their investigation on the Agency as the true culprits as he believes there truly is a real mastermind behind the course of events recently happening.

Fukuchi vs. Tachihara

Fukuchi fight to Tachihara

Mori discovers Tachihara's double-agent status and orders him to destroy the enemy. Tachihara proposes a contingency plan using a flash drive, but Fukuchi declines. Tachihara implants a tracking device in the flash drive and warns Fukuchi of his downfall.

Tachihara engages in a fight with Fukuchi's Shintō Amenogozen, and then disarming him and stealing the weapon. Despite Fukuchi's physical strength, Tachihara uses his ability to send glass shards through his blood vessels, making him retreat. Fukuchi blinds Tachihara, and he urges Fukuchi to kill him. Tachihara learns about the Decay of the Angel's goal to bring death to politicians and control half of the world's nations through Bram's ability. Tachihara ends up turning into a vampire.

Agency's Assembly

Fukuzawa initiates the Agency meeting

With majority of the Agency's main forces gathered together in Poe's novel, Ranpo briefs them that the Decay of the Angel have finally launched their last stage of their plan by spreading infectious vampires throughout the world using Bram's ability, which has finally sunken 16 armies. As the vampires easily slip into the ranks of soldiers who do not know who is or isn't a vampire, it has caused friendly fires out of suspicion and fear. Tanizaki assumes that the enemies' objective is to cause chaos around the world, but Ranpo corrects him that their true aim is "One Order": a mind-controlling ability weapon created during the Great War and one of the three great disasters sealed away.

Both Ranpo and Fukuzawa explain what One Order is and how the government feared the idea of a corrupt dictator using it to overthrow a country, resulting in them sealing it away. With a weapon as dangerous as that in Fukuchi's hands, he would have full control over his subordinates in the Army of Mankind—in other words, the entire world. As such, Ranpo deduces the Decay of the Angel's final objective to be world domination. Within 20 hours, Fukuchi will receive One Order at the airport, so Ranpo readies them to avert it at all costs and prepares to explain his strategy.

Fukuchi vs. Jōno

Fukuchi shows Bram to Jōno

With the Draculea spreading throughout the world at a rapid rate, the Hunting Dogs head to the airport to claim One Order as approved by the United Nations. Fukuchi shows up after them and asks Jōno if he can talk to him in private. The two of them enter an empty room and Fukuchi shows Bram to Jōno and reveals that he is the one behind the terrorism. Fukuchi tells Jōno that he is quite special and has the potential of becoming part of the Decay of the Angel, hence why he recruited him to be a Hunting Dog. Specifically, he asks Jōno to dispose of the Agency to prevent them from killing Bram. Jōno soon accepts Fukuchi's offer in joining him. However, as soon as Fukuchi turns his back to lead the way, Jōno withdraws his sword and slashes Fukuchi from behind. Fukuchi retaliates by summoning Amenogozen and cuts to the past before Jōno slashes him from behind.

Aya witnesses the confrontation

Jōno uses his disintegration ability to attempt multiple escapes but is stopped by not just Fukuchi but undead Akutagawa. Akutagawa restrains Jōno and bites him on the shoulder. Fukuchi orders Akutagawa to takes Jōno away. Meanwhile, Jōno appears to have secretly been aware of Fukuchi's conspiracy before their fight and tipped Aya Koda earlier, causing her to witness the entire fight. She then tries to expose Fukuchi by taking a photo of him with Bram's coffin as evidence for being the mastermind of the entire terrorism plot. However, her phone camera's flash backfires on her plan, which leads Fukuchi to hunt down the witness nearby.

Release of One Order

The British Intelligence agents abort the delivery mission

Fukuchi fails to find Aya and assumes he is merely being distracted by the Agency. At the same time, British Intelligence agents fly to the airport to deliver One Order. However, an explosion caused by Kunikida is detected by them and decide to abort the delivery mission. Ranpo remains assertive of their success but is also apprehensive should Fyodor likewise make his move to disrupt their strategy.

Fukuchi catches One Order from the falling debris

Amidst this unease, the British Intelligence agents suddenly bleed out and eventually got killed, compelling Tetchō to take down the plane and let Fukuchi retrieve One Order from the wreckage. Ranpo feels bested by Fyodor and feels that they would have lost One Order if they make the next wrong move. Fukuchi tries opening the box containing One Order it is sealed shut, courtesy of Ango's interference per Dazai's plan, which is to allow the United Nations to unlock One Order only when the vampire armies strike.

Meursault Jailbreak: Prologue

Sigma and Nikolai arrive at Meursault

At Meursault, the prison is in chaos as an invader has been detected breaking in. Meanwhile, Dazai and Fyodor are passing time in their cells. Dazai brings up that it's time for them to do a certain thing that involves one of them dying. Fyodor agrees to the idea and tells that it's time for them to escape. Suddenly, Fyodor and Dazai fall from their cells and see Sigma and Nikolai in front of them.

Fyodor and Dazai injecting themselves with lethal poison

Dazai and Fyodor then ask Nikolai his intentions, though the latter first grips Fyodor's hand in excitement, claiming that he has missed his friend and then tells him in a grim manner that he has come to murder him. Nikolai claims that he's conflicted with saving his friend and killing him to achieve genuine freedom so satisfy both those needs, he proposes to have Fyodor and Dazai participate in a prison break duel, which piques the latter two's interest. Nikolai gives them both two lethal poisons which should be injected upon themselves and explains that whoever escapes the facility first gets to have the antidote. Fyodor and Dazai soon delightfully inject the lethal poison to themselves.

Dazai chooses Sigma as his weapon in escaping Meursault

Nikolai explains the rules of the game before starting and lets them choose one out of four Items to assist them: a radio used by armed guards, a security key card, leftover coin bombs, and a satellite phone. Fyodor chooses the security key card, while Dazai chooses Sigma, much to all the others' surprise.

Escaping the Airport

Fukuchi orders the vampires to block all airport exits

Being unable to open the box containing One Order, Fukuchi switch tactics and initiates a war so the UN can unlock it. He then arrives to fetch Bram, only to appallingly find his coffin empty; Aya has carried Bram on her back and runs away in escape. Fukuchi orders the vampires in the airport to find the Bram and kill the person who took him.

Aya and Bram cornered by vampires

With the exits blocked, Aya tries to think of a way to escape the sealed-off airport with Bram. Soon, Bram urges Aya to run, as they are now spotted by a vampire. The two of them end up surrounded by a horde of vampires but Kenji then arrives in time as directed by Ranpo to take on the vampires to make sure Aya escapes safely with Bram.

Techo Approaches Kenji

Kenji rescues Aya and Bram and effortlessly overwhelms the airport vampires. However, Kenji notices Tetchō's arrival and urges Aya and Bram to retreat somewhere safe, unsure whether he can defeat the Hunting Dog.

Meursault Jailbreak: Act 1

Chūya arrives as one of Fyodor's pawns in Meursault

Back at Meursault, five minutes have passed since Dazai and Fyodor injected the poison in their bodies. Nikolai wonders why Fyodor hasn't made his move yet and Dazai dances with Sigma in the prison hall, much to the latter's annoyance. On the first floor, Meursault's strongest guard Briareus and his men are completely defeated by the same intruder from earlier.

As Dazai and Sigma reach the fourth floor, the source of the disturbance, Dazai finally deduces who the intruder is. Meursault forces desperately call for backup against Chūya, turned as a vampire who happens to be there at Fyodor's aid. At the same time, Nikolai retreats and leaves the two-on-two battle between Dazai and Sigma against Fyodor and Chūya.

Gaining the Hunting Dogs' Trust

Teruko watches Tachihara's video

Because Atsushi is one of the quickest members, Ranpo sends him to chase after Aya and Bram before Fukuchi and his allies get to them first. Atsushi finds Aya but "Aya" turns out to be Teruko in disguise, who chokes Atsushi. Atsushi struggles to get out of Teruko's grip even with his tiger strength. Rather than fight her, he lets her view a video of Tachihara claiming the Agency's innocence. After the footage ends, Atsushi offers her to cooperate with them. In response, Teruko instructs him to bring her to their strategist which happens to be Ranpo.

Teruko incapacitates Atsushi

Atsushi begrudgingly piggybacks Teruko on their way to rendezvous with Ranpo. She briefly mentions Jōno's disappearance, prompting Atsushi to realize that she would not have told him about it and would instead attack him if the Hunting Dogs believed that the Agency was indeed behind his disappearance. She notices Atsushi's hint of suspicion and quickly strikes him with her whip, then de-ages and incapacitates him.

Kenji vs Tetchō

Tetchō overpowering Kenji

After Aya escapes with Bram, Tetchō's attacks Kenji first and Kenji retaliates using his super strength. The two of them compete in a contest of strength but Tetchō overwhelms him the young boy and throws him. The battle continues however Tetchō still overpowers Kenji. After being updated on Teruko's capture of Atsushi and her plan to torture him in order to get answers, Teruko orders Tetchō to stop the other members of the Agency from interfering. After Kenji hears that Atsushi was about to get tortured, he delivers a powerful kick to Tetchō and turns the tables on the battle.

Kenji and Tetchō rest after their battle

With Kenji in a blind rage after hearing about Atsushi's situation, he completely overwhelms Tetchō and prepares to finish him off. Stopping himself from preform the finishing blow, Kenji shifts his looming presence and gently smiles at Tetchō telling him to look for Jōno together. Kenji speaks that he has no reason to be angry at Tetchō and pulls him from the debris and then falls to the ground due to using up all his strength. Both fall down on the floor with Tetchō introducing himself to Kenji and vice versa.

Meursault Jailbreak: Act 2

Fyodor and Chūya escaping Meursault

Fyodor and Chūya make their way across Meursault, while Sigma voices his concern towards Dazai with them having to take on the dangerous gravity manipulator. Dazai appeases his concern, claiming that he has been thinking of ways to kill off Chūya for the past seven years. He also reveals to Sigma that he's been unconventional communicating with Ango while inside the prison and intends to focus on killing Fyodor first before escaping.

Fyodor and Chūya submerged in the water

After Fyodor inputs an invalided passcode, both him and Chūya are trapped inside the hallway triggering Meursault's defenses and flooding the area in heavy water. In addition to Chūya's inability to get past the anti-gifted walls, Dazai's other trump card is a criminal ability user who can briefly stop time in a given area, allowing Dazai to move around the prison as he nullifies its effect. As the only one who could move then, he had knocked down the central surveillance room's guards and changed the security passcodes. As Dazai and Sigma watch as Fyodor and Chūya are about to drown, Dazai converses with Fyodor about his impending loss, given the circumstances against him, and bids farewell to Chūya as the two appear to drown.

Agency Hunting

Akutagawa Locates Aya and Bram

Aya and Bram hide inside a truck and wait untill everything is in the clear for them to escape. While waiting, Bram tells Aya more about the origins of the holy sword and how it used to be an ability user before someone turned their body into metal. The top half of the truck is suddenly sliced off by Akutagawa and Bram advises Aya to quickly run away.

Fukuchi strikes behind Kunikida

Meanwhile, Kunikida and Tanizaki hold their own against vampire airport officials while scouring the airport for Aya. Kunikida wonders why Aya is at the airport to begin with and she would be caring the source of the contagion with her. As he turns in Tanizaki's direction, he finds Tanizaki gone and only one of the latter's sneakers left behind. As Kunikida worriedly calls out to his fellow detective, Fukuchi draws in from behind him, ready to strike with his katana.

The Decay of the Angel's True Objective

Teruko frees Atsushi from his restraints

Atsushi wakes up restrained elsewhere, he attempts to break free but Teruko holds her sword in front of his face. Teruko releases Atsushi from his binds, confessing that she knows the truth behind Fukuchi's scheme and has accepted it reluctantly but entirely. Until he completes it, Teruko tells Atsushi that they are to lie in wait. Atsushi persuades her to stop the terrorism with him, but she accosts and angrily tells him that she's choosing by her own will to help Fukuchi in his plane. In the end, Teruko decides to reveal the Decay of the Angel's true objective to Atsushi, but only if he wants to hear it.

Atsushi learning the truth behind Fukuchi and the Decay of the Angel's actions

Atsushi is conflicted after hearing Teruko's revelation. As he asks himself if it's really right to stop Fukuchi from succeeding in his plan, he is burdened with indecision with visions of his peers' and former advisory. Among these peers, however, arrive Akutagawa and Dazai who point him to head outside and take action.

Fukuzawa vs Fukuchi

Fukuchi holds Ranpo hostage

At the airport's runway, Fukuzawa and Ranpo meet Fukuchi in a trap rendezvous, where they find Kunikida and Tanizaki held by a lifeline as Fukuchi's hostages. Ranpo planning to transport Fukuchi to Poe's booklet, but Fukuchi foresaw that outcome and quickly incapacitates Ranpo as the third hostage. Fukuzawa then surmises that Fukuchi's end goal isn't the destruction of the state, but something far beyond that. Fukuchi challenges Fukuzawa to name this goal within five minutes, or he will kill all the hostages.

Fukuzawa and Fukuchi clash

Fukuzawa and Fukuchi's battle commences, with Fukuzawa gaining the upper hand due to him being familiar with Fukuchi's fighting style. However, Fukuchi soon turns the fight into his favor and injures Fukuzawa with a small dagger by increasing its effectiveness with his ability.

Fukuchi stabs Fukuzawa

Fukuchi spares Fukuzawa's life to make him witness his ultimate goal come to light. He contacts the UN chairman, now aware of Fukuchi's motives, to unlock the One Order container in five minutes if he does not wish to have the vampires launch a simultaneous global attack. Fukuzawa guesses that Fukuchi's goal is revenge against the people who let the war he was a part of rage on causing his friends and allies to die and ultimately on him for betraying him by not excepting to be his brother in arm on the battlefield. Guessing that that's Fukuchi's end goal, Fukuzawa tells him to release his subordinates. However, Fukuchi him and tells him that he guessed wrong.

Meursault Jailbreak: Act 3

Back in the prison, Dazai and Sigma are making their way out after defeating Fyodor and Chūya. Sigma asks Dazai why he chose him to help him escape, Dazai confirms that his main reason for wanting Sigma's assistance is so that he can have Sigma use his ability on Fyodor's corpse in order to learn his future plans and prevent them to aid the Agency. Shocked at Dazai's resolve to help the Agency, Sigma is haunted by memories of people discarding him for exhausting his usefulness.

Dazai and Sigma surrounded by water in the elevator

Dazai and Sigma head to an elevator, which Dazai assesses and finds no traps in. Sigma asks Dazai his second reason for choosing him, which is to have prevented Fyodor from silencing him otherwise. Sigma ponders about Dazai's and the Agency's relationship of not using each other unlike his own understanding of organizations and their members. Dazai then dubiously notes that their ride is taking too long, only to be met by an interruption. To their surprise, Fyodor and Chūya capture Dazai's time-stopping ability user accomplice, whom Fyodor shoots to death. Fyodor chides Dazai for his shallow bond with Chūya following their easy escape from the flooding that he owes to Dazai's lapse. To grant them the same trial given to him, Fyodor initiates a flooding inside Dazai's and Sigma's elevator.

Dazai plunges Sigma under water

As Dazai and Sigma are trapped inside the flooded elevator, the surface instantly catches fire courtesy of Fyodor's scheme, forcing them to plunge underwater. When the flames go out, Sigma attempts to swim to the surface before they drown, only for Dazai to drag him back underwater. He soon questions Dazai's trustworthiness, but his doubts are soon dispelled upon realizing that no oxygen would be available had he swam up and attempted to take in a breath. Eventually, Dazai disables the systems to open the elevator doors and drains the water. Once they succeed, however, the drop impact sequence commences, so Dazai pushes Sigma out of the elevator to fulfill his promise of getting Sigma out alive. He then entrusts the rest to Sigma as the elevator drops farther with him left inside. Upon escaping, Sigma thinks of merely running away, until he notices a note written in Russian.

Sigma questioning Fyodor

Dazai survives the drop at the cost of a broken leg and asks Fyodor to end his suffering. Once Fyodor assigns Chūya to kill him, Sigma arrives, fires at him, and asks him to withdraw his order. Fyodor marvels that Dazai is able to sway Sigma for mere minutes and deduces that what Sigma desires isn't a home but rath trust, specifically in the form of becoming an Agency member. Sigma acknowledges that, although manipulated, Dazai won that battle against Fyodor and questions just what Fyodor is.

Fyodor after his "Breakdown"

Sigma questions Fyodor about the note he found; Fyodor reads it as "Help me" and suddenly screams out. After his reaction, Fyodor assumes a gentler countenance, warning Sigma that his "other persona" is evil incarnate. He implores Sigma to defeat the ability–Fyodor that has taken over him using the Sword Kladenets. As he hands it Sigma, Fyodor stabs him off-guard, dismissing his act as a mere trap. In the end, Fyodor dares Sigma to touch him and extract all the information he wishes to know. Considering it as his final bet to stake, Sigma touches Fyodor's hand intent to know all his secrets.

Chūya shoots Dazai in the head

Sigma apparently extracts loads of information from Fyodor but immediately gets incapacitated afterwards. As Chūya arrives at Dazai's location, Fyodor instructs the vampire to take him out from a distance, so he won't nullify him out of his vampiric state. After Chūya shoots Dazai in his shoulder, he shoots him in the head not letting him finish his heartfelt statement.

Atsushi vs. Vampire Akutagawa

Atsushi engaging in a fight with vampire Akutagawa

Riddled with inner conflict after learning the truth behind Fukuchi's goal, Atsushi rushes out to find Fukuzawa and locates Aya and Bram atop the airport's air traffic control tower. Aya warns him too late not to come near them as Akutagawa ambushes him. Atsushi engages Akutagawa in combat and witnesses Akutagawa's vampiric capabilities firsthand. Urging the mafioso to stop, Atsushi questions Akutagawa why he saved his life at the ship.

Atsushi's limbs get torn off.

Atsushi believes Akutagawa still has some humanity left in him in his vampiric form thinking that he is still upholding their six-month promise after sparing Aya's life when he only needs Bram as his bait. Atsushi pulls back his frontal attack upon noticing that Rashōmon does not protect Akutagawa, giving the vampire a chance to entangle Atsushi's limbs. He tries to snap Akutagawa out by reminding him of his desire to become strong, but Akutagawa proceeds to sever Atsushi's arm and leg.

Airport: Final Battle

One Order's container unsealed.

The UN secretary-general tells Fukuchi how to unseal the One Order container after a majority vote. Bram declares that the world shall end within minutes, but Aya continues to look for ways to pull the holy sword out. With One Order unsealed, Fukuchi commences a major attack contrary to his condition, deploying missiles, weapons, and armadas all over the globe.

The sword still stuck after Aya's attempt at pulling it out.

Aya pushes over a heavy table tied to the holy sword and drops it, but it fails to pull out the sword. While Aya is in disbelief, Bram tell her not to blame herself and that they lack enough weight to pull it out. With that in mind, Aya jumps off the building onto the tied table and successfully dislodges the holy sword attached on Bram.

Fukuzawa slashes Fukuchi with Amenogozen

While Fukuchi is preoccupied with issuing orders through One Order, Fukuzawa takes advantage of the situation and Fukuchi's swordsmanship weakness to attack him off-guard. But the latter has anticipated Fukuzawa's attack and in his chest with Amenogozen. However, filled with the resolve to kill his friend, Fukuzawa takes and separates Amenogozen from Fukuchi's grasp. As Fukuzawa aims to retrieve his dagger, Fukuchi attempts to stop him, only for Fukuzawa to use Amenogozen—still impaled on his chest—to slash Fukuchi's neck.

After slashing Fukuchi, Fukuzawa snatches One Order off of him and commands all unites to stand down: However, Fukuchi manages to get back up and charges toward Fukuzawa. As Fukuzawa is inches away from hitting Fukuchi with the most perfect strike he's ever pulled off, he is too late to realize his error that his friend apparently wishes for the situation to unfold. As Fukuchi is struck by Amenogozen, he transports them both to the novel world using Poe's book.

The Count Affirming Loyalty

Bram becomes loyal to Aya

Bram regains his powers and body after Aya, saved by Akutagawa as ordered by the count, successfully removes the holy sword. Bram also affirms his loyalty to Aya as her knight. At the same time, the vampire troops and weapons begin yielding.

Meursault Jailbreak Act 4: The End of the Conjurer

After successfully beating Dazai, Fyodor makes it out of the facility and is greeted by Nikolai who congratulates him for finishing first place in escaping. Fyodor then requests for the antidote for the poison but before handing it over, Nikolai asks how Fyodor was keeping in touch with the outside world. Fyodor shows him the Meursault vampire guards, indicating that Fyodor had servants among the prison guards. Gogol then hands the antidote to Fyodor.

Fyodor gets stabbed by the vampire pilot

As Fyodor is about to departure, he looks at his injured hand and thinks about how Dazai was a capable advisory. Due to his injuries, he instructs a guard to pilot the helicopter. Nikolai asks what became of Sigma to which Fyodor reassures that Sigma will never wake up again. Nikolai asks Fyodor's plan after to which Fyodor replies that he would like to return the favor since Gogol tried to kill him. All of sudden, Fyodor was stabbed by the pilot. Dazai appears unhurt from the injury he sustained, much to Fyodor and Gogol's shock, saying that he simply cannot be killed

Fyodor's final moments.

Dazai confronts the impaled Fyodor and points out his biggest flaw is his lack of allies, unlike Dazai's allies including Ranpo, who has negotiated with the liberated Bram and has pulled the strings behind the vampires turning against Dostoevsky, and Chūya, who turns out to be a merely disguised vampire collaborating with Dazai throughout the entire jailbreak. With Fyodor incapacitated, the helicopter's vampire pilot—now under Bram's influence—crashes the aircraft as Dazai bids his goodbye to his opponent. Fyodor utters his final words and gets caught in the helicopter's explosion.

Meursault Jailbreak: Epilogue

Nikolai's internal conflict after Fyodor's fate

Dazai retrieves Fyodor's severed arm beneath the rubble and hands it to Nikolai, who is conflicted about his friend's death amidst his initial desires of killing him. With the antidote in their possession, Dazai and Chūya leave Nikolai in silence.

Fukuchi's True Goal

Within Poe's novel, Fukuzawa and Fukuchi look back on the childhood they had together, and Fukuzawa realizes that Fukuchi's true objective was to rid the world of war. Fukuchi explains to the latter that he wanted humanity to become one entire entity and the only way to make it possible was through the terrorism plots he and his acquaintances in the Decay of the Angel conducted, he also states that on the night of the full moon, he would write on the page that none will question the need to unify humanity. Fukuzawa argues that humanity cannot be united even with the power of the page, he also argues that even in a world without war, the only thing that'll be left is the dictatorship of one.

Fukuchi asks Fukuzawa to kill him.

Fukuchi admits that Fukuzawa is correct and reveals that he needed Fukuzawa to use One Order. Handing his blade to his childhood friend, Fukuchi requests Fukuzawa to kill him, become the hero who ends the global terror, and assume leadership over the Army of Mankind. He also reveals the condition to make the terrorism plot a legitimate threat but kept to a minimum of 500 casualties, a plan conjured by Fyodor himself. Fukuzawa tells him of how evil an ability user like Fyodor is, which made Fukuchi immobilize him by locking him in prison. Handing Fukuzawa his blade, Fukuchi urges Fukuzawa to become the Army of Mankind's leader and save his subordinates.

The End of a Hero

Teruko stabs Fukuchi from behind.

Fukuchi and Fukuzawa leave Poe's novel, and Fukuzawa prepares to behead his friend. As Fukuzawa reminisces Fukuchi wish for world peace as a child, he refuses to kill Fukuchi, before an anguished Teruko arrives to stab him herself as planned by him. Upon Fukuchi's fall, Teruko straightens their story that Fukuzawa killed him, and she departs soon after.

Fukuchi dying in Fukuzawa's arms.

As Fukuzawa mourns over Fukuchi's death, Ranpo hands One Order over to him and Fukuzawa prepares to destroy it but doesn't because all that Fukuchi did would've amounted for nothing. As Ranpo watches, he views Fukuchi's goal of wanting Fukuzawa to become the world's hero as a curse placed on his leader.

In Fyodor's Memories

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Chūya and Dazai fail to wake up Sigma.

After defeating Fyodor, Dazai and Chūya attempt to wake up Sigma multiple times. Though Chūya assures Dazai that Fyodor is now gone for good, Dazai remains suspicious on what he and Sigma may have conversed about and why Sigma is taking too long to wake up.

Fyodor captured by Bram and his soldiers in the past.

Sigma finds himself in a void filled with countless memories belonging to Fyodor. Sigma discovers one of the latter's oldest memories, which sees him captured by Bram—whose body was then still intact—and his soldiers. As Sigma notes how Fyodor appeared similar back then, the latter confessed accepting capture to come face to face with Bram himself. Dostoevsky also warned Bram of incoming attackers, but Bram dismissed it and ordered for his impalement by dawn.

Chapters

88. As If Hurtling Downward

89. Hero War, Gang War

89.5. Hero War, Gang War, Part 2

90. Hero War, Gang War, Final Part

91. Back to the Detective Agency

92. At the Portway to the Sky, Part 1

92. At the Portway to the Sky, Part 2

93. At the Portway to the Sky, Part 3

94. At the Portway to the Sky, Part 4

94.5 At the Portway to the Sky, Part 4.5

95. At the Portway to the Sky, Part 5

95. At the Portway to the Sky, Part 5.5

97. At the Portway to the Sky, Part 6

98. At the Portway to the Sky, Part 7

99. At the Portway to the Sky, Part 8

100. At the Portway to the Sky, Part 9

101. Drifting in the Depths

102. Wicked Realms Beyond Mankind, Part 1, Section 1

102.5. Wicked Realms Beyond Mankind, Part 1, Section 2

103. Wicked Realms Beyond Mankind, Part 2, Section 1

103.5. Wicked Realms Beyond Mankind, Part 2, Section 2

104. The Two "Fuku"s, Part 1

104.5. The Two "Fuku"s, Part 2

105. In The Small Room, Part 1

105.5. In The Small Room, Part 1, Section 2

106. In The Small Room, Part 2, Section 1

106.5. In The Small Room, Part 2, Section 2

107. In The Small Room, Part 3, Section 1

107.5. In The Small Room, Part 3, Section 2

108. In The Small Room, Part 4

109. In The Small Room, Part 5

110. In The Small Room, Part 6

110.5. In The Small Room, Part 6, Section 2

111. You Don't Have What It Takes to Kill Me, Part 1

111.5 You Don't Have What It Takes to Kill Me, Part 2

112. Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me

113. World Peace

Episodes

54. HERO WAR, GANG WAR.

55. At the Port in the Sky (Part 1)

56. At the Port in the Sky (Part 2)

57. At the Port in the Sky (Part 2)

58. Land of Inhuman Demons (Part 1)

59. Land of Inhuman Demons (Part 2)

60. Land of Inhuman Demons (Part 3)

61. Twilight Goodbye

Appearances

Characters

Akiko Yosano         Ango Sakaguchi         Atsushi Nakajima         Aya Koda         Bram Stoker┬         Chūya Nakahara         Doppo Kunikida         Fyodor Dostoevsky         Jun'ichirō Tanizaki         Kenji Miyazawa         Kyōka Izumi         Michizō Tachihara┬         Nikolai Gogol         Ōchi Fukuchi         Osamu Dazai         Ranpo Edogawa         Ryūnosuke Akutagawa┬         Santōka Taneda         Sigma         Saigiku Jōno┬         Teruko Ōkura         Tetchō Suehiro         Tonan         Yukichi Fukuzawa         Ōgai Mori         Ryūrō Hirotsu┬         Gin Akutagawa┬         Ichiyō Higuchi┬

Battles

Image	Battle	Result
	Michizō Tachihara vs. Ōchi Fukuchi	Tachihara ends up being blinded by Fukuchi and was bitten by Bram after.
	Ōchi Fukuchi vs. Saigiku Jōno	Jōno loses to Fukuchi and has been taken away by Akutagawa.
	Atsushi Nakajima vs. Teruko Ōkura	Teruko abducts Atsushi.
	Tetchō Suehiro vs. Kenji Miyazawa	Kenji and Tetchō rest on the ground after wearing themselves out.
	Yukichi Fukuzawa vs. Ōchi Fukuchi	Fukuchi requests Fukuzawa to execute him, but unable to do so, he is seemingly killed by Teruko instead.
	Atsushi Nakajima vs. Vampire Ryūnosuke Akutagawa	Akutagawa incapacitates and appears to bite Atsushi, but is seemingly thwarted along the way.

Impact

• The final member of the Decay of the Angel has been revealed.
• Half of the world's population and mafiosos in the Port Mafia have been turned into vampires.
• The Decay of the Angel's goal has been revealed.
• Bram obtains his original body and powers after Aya removes the holy sword from him.
• Fukuchi gives control of One Order and leadership of the Army of Mankind over to Fukuzawa.

Trivia

• This is the longest arc in the manga to date, being published for 4 years and the number of chapters being 38 with The Guild Arc coming in at second.

Notes

• ┬ means undead as their status.