Chapter 7

He Who Inhabits the Darkness (闇に棲むもの,) is the 7th chapter of the Kemono Jihen manga series.

Summary
A delivery arrives at the office. Since no one wants to receive it, Kabane receives it. Inugami then sees the package and tells them that they got the address right. He then orders Kabane to put the box at the end of the hallway and not open the door.

Kabane then asks about the room at the end of the hallway to which Shiki says that it is just a storage room which has stuff that everyone was too lazy to organize. Akira then arrives with a pack of ramen. The three then eat dinner. Suddenly, Akira opens up the topic that Kabane has been in the agency for one month, saying that they should celebrate. Hearing this, Kabane remembers what happened one month ago. He then goes outside and looks at the moon and encounters Inugami smoking outside. He tells Kabane that he will be fine as long as he has his life calculus. Kabane then ponders the thought that if he lost it, he might attack him, Shiki or Akira to which Inugami reassures him that he won't let it happen.

Kabane then stumbles upon the storage room and decides to tidy it up. Suddenly, an arm appears and grabs him inside. Kabane then meets a stranger inside and orders Kabane to open the package he received. Shiki and Akira approaches Inugami and asks if he has seen Kabane since they couldn't find him. Inugami then gets an idea and finds Kabane in the storage room. Inugami then tells the man, whose name is Mihai, to stop using Kabane. Meanwhile, Shiki and Akira are shocked to see Kabane in the room.

Mihai then introduces himself to them. Inugami then lets the three outside and tells them that Mihai is an old acquaintance of his. Shiki then asks him why would he call on the guy. Inugami reveals that technology isn't a strength of his and reveals that Mihai is the one who created their website and prevents their phones' data from being leaked to Inari. Inugami then advises the three to not come to the room anymore.

A week later, Akira asks Shiki if he knows where Kabane is. They found Kabane again in Mihai's room doing tasks for him. Shiki then tells Mihai not to use Kabane as his slave. Mihai then decides to settle things using arm wrestling, if they won, he will set Kabane free. Shiki loses to Mihai. Kabane tries to challenge him but also loses. Being not able to set Kabane free, Shiki and Akira approaches Inugami and asks for his help.

Meanwhile, Kabane is out for a walk and recalls his match against Mihai, thinking that if he can have his strength back at his village, he might have won. While sitting at a chair at a park, he encounters Kon who falls from a tree. Kabane then hides his head thinking that Kon will get his head again. Kon tells him that it doesn't matter anymore since Inari doesn't want his head anymore. She tells him that when she brought his head back to Inari, there was a new kitsune and tells him that she can't go back now. Kabane then offers Kon for them to have a match. The two then engage in a match. Later in the match, Kon receives a heavy blow from Kabane and falls down. She then cries and tells herself she is weak.

Back at the office, Mihai leaves his room to which made Inugami shocked. Mihai reveals that he can't play games since his wrist is broken and it will take around a week to heal. He also tells Inugami that Kabane is the one who caused it and describing Kabane as a special kid. He then offers to help with Inugami's work until his wrist heals. Mihai then picks a request and accepts it. Inugami sees the request and tells Mihai that the kids are not ready for the case yet and someone's gonna die. Mihai replies that the kids robbed him of his good time and he needs something of equal value in return.

Meanwhile at the park, Kon falls asleep on Kabane's shoulder.

Characters in Order of Appearance

 * Kohachi Inugami
 * Shiki Tademaru
 * Akira
 * Kabane Kusaka
 * Mihai Florescu (debut)
 * Kon