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Kaito
(powers: Firestarter), Jôi (powers: Foresight), Xiao Long (powers: Qigong),
and Ayano (powers: Astral Projection) escape from a psychic development
facility that is run by the Farmers. They are being hunted down by the
cultivators. Chief Ikushima is leading the hunt and is really only
interested in retrieving Jôi. he has orders to kill the rest. They have
found Kakeru Hase, who has a special power of his own.
While Kakeru
is tries to convince Takemaru that Greenhouse has used him, the rest of
the Psycho Busters are outside the warehouse battling the Farmers. When
the warehouse explodes, they finish off the rest of the Farmers and rush
in to find Kakeru by himself in a psychic barrier. When the roof
collapsed, he was able to protect both himself and Takemaru. Although Takemaru
is gone, Kakeru thinks he may have convinced him that he wants to be his
friend. When school starts, Kaito, Jôi, Xiao Long, and Ayano all
transfer into Kakeru's class (Ninth Grade Middle School). There are also
eight more transfer students to the school, and Jôi thinks that some of
them may be enemy psychics. Xiao Long is having doubts about using his
powers. His parents died because of them, and now he doesn't want to see
anyone else hurt. He leaves the group behind and seeks council in Hiyama,
and she asks him if he could, would he give up his powers?
A little
later, Kakeru and Xiao Long are outside talking when a ninja-like
creature rises out of Xiao Long's shadow and he disappears. When
Kakaeru turns around, he finds himself alone. The police appear at the
school and take Kakeru is taken into custody for questioning. Students
have been disappearing from the school and he is a suspect. But when the
astral projection of Ayano appears, Kakeru is set free. Jôi has a vision
and finds out that Xiao Long is being held at Greenhouse. As Jôi, Kaito, Ayano
and Kakeru approach Greenhouse, Jôi realizes that Xiao Long isn't there
and Ikushima has laid a trap for them. Meanwhile, Hiyama, who works for
Crimers (CRIsis Management ERaserS) has taken Xiao Long to her boss for
study. But when the boss says that Xiao Long will be dissected the
following day, Hiyama realizes that she has made a mistake. Fuyuko
Isshiki, and Category One, has called for Gi, a giant cyclops, to attack Jôi, Kaito, Ayano
and Kakeru. Everything they do cannot seem to hurt the giant. They know
that they are in major trouble.
Psycho
Busters: Volume
3 is written by Yuya Aoki and drawn by Akinari Nao. This story was
Translated and Adapted by Stephen Paul and Lettered by North Market
Street Graphics. This manga book has the following chapters:
Case 9: Conclusion
Case 10: Disappearance
Case 11: Giant
Case 12: Decision
There are
also some sections in the book for: A) Honorifics Explained,
B) Translation Notes,
and C) Preview of Volume 4, although the preview appears in Japanese. The book reads from right to left and back
to front, just like a book from Japan. This manga book is intended for
readers ages 16 and up.
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