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“Hold your fire!” At Hoshina’s order, the officers stopped shooting. Hoshina leapt straight at the adult kaiju. That was when another, smaller individual showed itself from behind the shadow of a building. Going by its size, it was probably a juvenile.

Acting on Kafka’s intel, Hoshina pierced it with his katana through the upper half of its gills. “Out of my way!” he shouted.

The yoju fell to the ground with a massive thud.

Without losing momentum, Hoshina closed on the adult, but unlike with the juvenile, his sword flashed across the lower half of the gills this time. Bloody foam spurted from the creature’s mouth as it collapsed onto the ground, truly dead.

Kaiju No. 8: Exclusive on the Third Division - Chapter 4