Synopsis

The chapter opens with the protagonist finding his people held in a horrifying environment. He observes their captors, enhanced by a physical strengthening technique, and struggles with their inhuman power. Despite the captors boasting about their strength and trying to take hostages, the protagonist swiftly defeats them with an overwhelming show of force, leaving the opposition shocked. One captor succumbs to side effects from their power-up, indicating a deeper flaw in their methods.