Chapter 95

 is the ninety-fifth chapter of the Dead Mount Death Play manga.

Official Blurb
Katashiro in a bit of a pickle! Luckily, he’s met this gun-toting crowd before, so they’ll let him go without a fuss as long as he keeps his cool…right?

Synopsis
Yumeji Agakura dodges two subsequent punches from the beast so that Kana Agakura can sever its offending left forearm, though this fails to slow it down as it lunges for a "freaking out" Momoya Agakura. He bends backward to avoid the right fist that lashes inches from his frantic grin, grabs it, and twists his body unnaturally to kick the beast against the pair of doors as he comes to hit the ground. The doors crumple unlike the beast, which rights itself and punches the floor in a show of force as its left forearm regenerates.

It continues to inflict such damage to the floor in lieu of the Agakuras, who remain ever evasive, with such repetitive moves that Yumeji feels some confidence in the likelihood of their cutting strategy succeeding. Fear creeps over him as he realizes, too late, that the beast has adhered to its own strategy: the craters of its punches form a circle inside which it has corralled its prey. Yumeji shouts, "It's a trap!!" right before the beast springs it with a final downward slam of both fists. The floor gives way under the Agakuras' feet, exposing a bit of pipe that Kana manages to lasso with her wire. This the beast also smashes, and Kana curses him as she falls, like her brothers and sister before her, into the darkness below.

One or more shelving units vibrate in the storage room where Misaki Sakimiya, Sayo Shinoyama, and Xiaoyu Lei are crouched, prompting the latter to wonder at the cause of the distant explosive noise. He and Sayo agree that all the commotion will have by now regardless drawn the attention of the Shinoyama guards assigned to protect Sayo. Misaki reaffirms that she will continue protecting Sayo in their stead. Even so, Xiaoyu begrudgingly tells Majiri Agakura to likewise aid them when "push comes to shove."

Majiri seems delighted by the prospect of Xiaoyu counting on her. As much as such reliance is a blow to Xiaoyu's pride, Xiaoyu admits that he cannot afford to do otherwise. Such character growth is growth that Majiri wishes she personally inspired, but she similarly concedes that many situations, including this unexpected one, are out of her control. She explains that her siblings were supposed to "clear' all the armed men in the original plan so that Corpse God's group could assist Majiri in the "basement project." With an upward glance, she adds that more "guests" should be arriving soon.

In Arataya General Hospital's backyard, Katashiro regrets being so preoccupied with his thoughts about Proppen's cosplay; if he had not been, perhaps he would have noticed the scary-looking armed men in the courtyard and done anything else besides land in their very midst. The men recognize him as the mediator of Ahikabara and he pretends to recognize them back with a "long time, no see"—only, wait, does recognize them from his dealings with Higuro, whom they always accompanied.

Encouraged by this stroke of luck, but still cowed by the "wicked-looking weapons," Katashiro prepares to assure the men that he is no enemy of Shibuya. ''Give me love & peace! We are the world! We are the champions! We all get first prize''! He claims that he came to meet the current mediator, with whom he failed to exchange business cards, and asks if the men can pass his message on to the Agakuras—

"Why, you! I knew it!" screams a man, readying his handgun. "You're in league with [them]!!" Katashiro snaps a bone in the man's extended arm, plucks the gun from newly limp fingers, and shoots the thigh of the nearest threat. He gives the gun a glance-over while the men train their own guns on him. "Typical Shibuya," he says. "Always have the newest toys."

Yumeji groans side-down on a slab and rises to his knees to ask if his siblings are all right. Dahlia Agakura affirms that they are—courtesy of the rubble falling under and not over them—but Kana grumbles that "Emilio's" end was severed, which "sucks." Momoya's pained noise makes Yumeji hurry over, worried that his brother is hurt, but Momoya sits up to demonstrate that he is fine, relatively speaking; compared to his old injuries, Kana calling her weapon Emilio is far more painful.

Kana lassos Emilio around Momoya's bandaged neck and retorts that there is long historical precedent for naming one's favorite weapon. Momoya meekly apologizes and, by way of reconciliation, says that he has named his "little lady here" (i.e. his sword) too. Mollified, Kana replies that he should introduce everyone to her later. Dahlia and Yumeji meanwhile wonder why the beast has not followed after them, staring at the hole or however much of it they can make out in the gloom. Yumeji fishes a flashlight out of his shoulder bag, making only a little sound, but Kana hears a sound just as little and yells at "Yume" to wait. This warning, like Yumeji's earlier one, comes too late. Let there be light.

As Corpse God ascends the stairwell, the late Emperor Framrodia Byandiraz, floating beside him, asks what his Evil Eye sees. Multiple kinds of spirits, says Corpse God: those of long-deceased patients, those of wandering spirits attracted to the atmosphere, and those of recently-killed people.

Two beasts, illumined by the flashlight, stare at the Agakuras through thick clumps of hair, their wide mouths heaving and bloodied. Yumeji stares at and past them to the shoe, left forearm, and intestines that discretely litter the floor. Despite Yumeji's weak joke about mystery stew, there is little mystery as to what species these remains belong.

A door sits at the top of Corpse God's next flight of stairs. ''"The pain!" · "Save me."'' Corpse God takes one stair and then the next, informing Framrodia that that the people undertaking "corpse hunts" seem to have been eaten alive. ''"I'm scared! Stop!" · "It hurts." He says seems'' because he cannot take the spirits at their direct word, but their indirect voices that have echoed ever since he entered the hospital. Eaten alive is what it sounds like.

"Save me!"

Trivia

 * Yumeji compares the beast's strength and speed to that of a brown bear.

Referbacks

 * The black shoe, distinguished by its white stripe, resembles that which one of the two hosts of the YouTube channel Zukuzuku-Bonbon was wearing on page two of Chapter 91 when the beast attacked.