Published at 30th of December 2020 09:59:56 PM
Chapter 108
[Collapse of Belief]
Roll and I nod to each other and immediately take action .
The battlefront in the sky is fierce and turning bad, and I feel that General Enjoji, who shows overwhelming potential, still in advantageous position after all .
I remove my mask and walk along the fence . I hold the mask so that the back of my hand face outside and gently wave my both hands as I approach the onlookers .
I concentrate on the sound of Roll crossing the residential area and approaching the curious onlookers from the downtown side . I adjust my pace so that we can be in place at the same time .
“I’ve arrived at the back . ”
“Me too . I’ll do the count, so please match it . ”
“OK . ”
After hearing the reply, I start counting, “3… 2…”
In the meantime, I put an eye on a suitable child .
Everyone, from adults to children, have their eyes sparkling looking at the battle in the sky, and no one notices the mask I have in my hand .
“…1,” After finishing the count, I put on the mask and kick the ground .
First of all, I grab the arm of the boy who is wearing a cap from the family in front of me, and I yank the boy as if to tear him off, dropping him to the ground .
“Ouch…!”
“What are you… Anonymous…!?” Looking at my mask, the man who seems to be the boy’s father steps back .
Immediately after I think that the attention has moved to this place, there is a scream in the back .
In an instant, that scream spreads, and swallows the curious onlookers .
Then, the onlookers who are surprised by us who suddenly appeared in the vicinity escape in all directions in confusion and scatter .
I step on the back of the boy who had fallen, and then grab the arm of a girl who tries to escape through my side .
And after I drop her to the ground in the same way, I get confirmation from Roll .
“Roll . ”
“I got two people as planned . There’s no problem . ”
“Got it,” I look up at the sky .
And at the same time, there is a man who come to hit me . He is the boy’s father .
I dodge his fist and throw a kick to his back .
“Gah…!” Then I have the caught children to stand up half forcibly, and while holding them in my arms, I press a knife to the necks of the two .
I make my voice to echo, amplifying it .
“If you value the hostages’ life, please stay away . ”
At this point, 80% of the curious onlookers have already scattered in all directions and are away from this place . No matter how curious the people in this city are, if we appear at this close of a distance, they will run away .
On the other side, I see Roll holding two fainted children .
Eventually, the curious onlookers have completely escaped, and all that remained were the parents of the children caught by us and 5-6 young men who are probably hunted by a sense of justice .
I look up at the sky .
From the beginning, I tried to keep the sounds out of the three fighting in the sky so that they wouldn’t notice the noise on the ground, but when the curious onlookers were scattered, they seemed to notice the situation here .
However, the three-way battle continues . General Enjoji seems to be push into a disadvantageous position .
“I’m not clear about him being a member of Anonymous, but that doesn’t change the fact that he’s the same kind of person as us . ” While saying such a thing, I fire a Sound-Shot to the approaching young man .
He is blown away, and his head hit the wall of a private house and died .
When I send killing intent to the remaining few ‘knights in shining armor’, their faces turn ashen and run away immediately without screaming .
“Please, she is my only daughter… Just take me as a hostage instead…” A woman is kneeling at a distance .
When I look at her, she shed tears and look at me with begging eyes .
“If you don’t want to be killed, please quietly go somewhere else . ”
“That…”
“Shion, your method is a little rough, you know,” Roll bringing the hostages says so, and stand next to me .
My method is rough? That shouldn’t be the case .
It is useless to think about the good and bad means to take hostages . This mask is a symbol of evil nowadays .
Telling myself inside my mind, I take a deep breath .
“If we don’t do at least this much, there’s no point in taking hostages . Please watch my back,” I glance at the back and say so .
The parents of the children remained here, staring at the children with anxiety while maintaining a delicate sense of distance from us .
Only these people are anxious, but the situation is set .
I send a sound to the sky .
“Tameiki-san, can you take a distance from the battle for a moment?”
Tameiki-san immediately takes a distance from General Enjoji and pulls her knives to herself .
Perhaps Utsusemi-san also read the air, as he takes a distance from General Enjoji .
At that moment, General Enjoji rush to Roll and me with a frightful expression .
I can barely follow her speed with my eyes .
“ng…!” Roll let go of the two fainted hostages, and in an instant, she is ready for battle .
And without a moment’s notice, I cut the neck of the girl on my right side with the knife .
“Eek…!”
The movement of General Enjoji is stopped on the spot . Her distance to us is about 20 meters .
“Ahhh! Misaki! Misaki! Ahhhhhhhhh!!” A woman’s scream echoes from behind, perhaps because she saw the blood spattered from the knife . She bursts into tears on the spot .
“Shion, you’re overdoing it . ”
“I didn’t kill her,” Yes, the girl is not dead . I just thinly cut the skin on her neck to restraint the General . She was surprised and fainted .
Anyway, I won the bet .
If General Enjoji hadn’t stopped there, I wouldn’t have been safe .
It was difficult to decide whether to kill her or not, but it seems that the correct answer was indeed not to kill her .
“You……” She says furiously . General Enjoji, who is in such a state, is staring at me sharply .
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I warn such her,
“General Enjoji . If you don’t want me to kill the hostages, please don’t move . At all,” Seeing General Enjoji with a grim face even stopped moving slightly, I spill a thin smile in the mask .
I stop supporting the fainted girl, and then I press a knife against the trembling boy’s neck .
“Utsusemi-san, you can hear me, right?”
“You . You’re doing something quite terrible, aren’t you?” The words returned from him are such .
I think Utsusemi-san’s refreshing smile does not filled with feelings that despise me .
Something terrible, huh .
Killing in itself is a terrible act . We, Anonymous, have various excuses to justify ourselves, but in the end, it doesn’t change the fact that we are killing people .
Killing is killing, whether it is a massacre or an instant kill . As I told Roll earlier, it doesn’t matter how you do it . It’s just a matter of conscience, and it doesn’t make sense to think about it .
It is strangely frustrating . I wonder if someone can splash cold water on my head .
I was silent for a few seconds, but I continue the conversation .
“If you copy the ability of General Enjoji, will you come back to Anonymous?”
“I originally intended to do that,” He answers immediately .
“Can you promise that?”
“I can . ”
“What if you break your promise?”
“Rest assured . I won’t break my promise . ”
While being wary of General Enjoji, I look at Roll to ask her .
Roll answer my question,
“I don’t think that Utsusemi will break his promise, but I can’t guarantee it if he returns to the troublesome Utsusemi . ”
“As you’ve heard . ”
Utsusemi-san who copied my Sound Control should be able to hear my voice .
Looking back at him, Utsusemi-san is shrugging his shoulders .
“Sure, I can’t guarantee that part, but the current me just want to use Enjoji-san’s ability, I only have such a purpose .
If that purpose is achieved, I will have no priority . If that happens, I don’t think that me will be reluctant to listen to you guys . ”
I wonder if that’s true . It was said by this questionable person after all .
Didn’t he escape brilliantly just now?
“Before that, I lost to you once . It’s his principle to keep silent and listen to the winner . I’m in this situation now because I have a regret that is Enjoji-san’s ability . ”
And that regret will disappear soon . He laughs with a grin .
“…I understand . I’ll trust you,” I shift my gaze to General Enjoji .
“From now Utsusemi-san will be heading there, but please don’t move . ”
I press the knife against the boy’s neck a little bit stronger . “Eeek…”, so his little scream leaks .
“I’m sorry,” I apologize in a basic way to him, but it only makes him even more scared .
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I don’t want to kill if possible . It is unavoidable that I have to kill him depending on the response of General Enjoji .
“Dammit…”
In front of Utsusemi-san who comes before her, General Enjoji can only mutters so .
“It ended up in a too quick manner isn’t it, Enjoji-san? We were worn out many times, but it looks like this is a goodbye . ”
“…I came out on top most of the time though, right?”
“Even if you say that, I will use your ability, though,” With that said, Utsusemi-san put his hand on the shoulder of General Enjoji .
“Tsk,” Immediately, a tongue clicking comes out of his mouth .
I understand that it is due to the reversal of his personality .
“How are you feeling?”
“It’s a boring end, but I’ve achieved my goal . I won’t complain . ”
“…I see,” General Enjoji seems exhausted . Tameiki-san is looking down at the situation from a distance .
“If the current me get angry and go on a rampage, I think it will be easy for the four of you to beat me . ”
“Why don’t you try it?”
“No, instead of not doing that, I want you to release the hostages . ”
“You heard her,” Looking back, Utsusemi-san send the request to me .
Instead of doing that, huh . It sure is a painful negotiation material .
“You can kill me . However, don’t scare everyone in the city more than this .
This place is a much more peaceful city even when compared to Saint Celia . I don’t want it to break . ”
I think . It’s unproductive to kill her .
Even if we remove the shackles of General Enjoji without thinking about anything, she will not bend her belief that is not to kill anyone . So, I’m not afraid of her rampage .
However, if she takes this case as a basis and puts effort into countermeasures against Anonymous, it will cause considerable damage to the organization .
In that case, should I kill her here…?
The no-kill general…?
Should I ask Tameiki-san to make the decision? In the first place, why is the atmosphere turn into one that it’s up to me to make the decision?
Ah, is it because I’m taking hostages?
“OK . We’ll release the hostages . Shion, release the hostages,” When I was at a loss, Utsusemi-san says such a thing as he pleases .
“Haah? What the heck are you…”
“Release them . ”
I’m hit by his will . I’m not pressured, but I feel that it is a bad idea to resist here, so I release the hostages .
The boy immediately runs to the parents in the back . As for the collapsed girl, her mother approach her cautiously, carry her and escape .
It is the same for Roll, she drops the fainted hostages to the ground .
“Utsusemi, I owe you this favor . ”
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“That’s disgusting, old hag . ”
“Well then, kill me,” After slowly descending to the ground, General Enjoji releases her ability and says so .
Similarly, Utsusemi-san and Tameiki-san also land on the ground .
I’m surprised at the words and actions of General Enjoji .
This person, she’s giving her life even though the hostage was released?
Utter idiocy . Even though she could just flip over her attitude . What is she thinking?
I move my eyes to Roll, Tameiki-san, and Utsusemi-san .
Each is thinking deeply .
Then, Utsusemi-san breaks the silence .
“Live long, old hag,” Saying that, he turns on his heels and try to go ahead .
General Enjoji opens her eyes slightly and exhales deeply .
“…Don’t use that ability to do bad things . ”
“Hah, don’t be stupid . Else I’ll kill you . ”
As if she is chasing Utsusemi-san who said so without looking back, Tameiki-san starts walking, and Roll follows .
Finally, I face General Enjoji, who have completely lost her fighting spirit .
“Are you going to kill me?”
“What are you saying… On the contrary, it’s terribly easy for you to kill me in this situation . Even if you don’t kill me, you can easily beat me up…”
Intercepting my words, General Enjoji says, “That’s right . However, that’s not it . ”
She looks at the young man who died to my Sound-Shot . He is dead, leaning against the wall of a private house .
“That’s not what I’m talking about . ”
What’s with that . I don’t understand what she means .
Is she just putting on air of a good person? Because she was spared, she intends to save Utsusemi-san’s face?
If I say – I will kill you here – will she accept it?
It’s too funny . If General Enjoji dies, the possibility of further sacrifice increases, and it is definitely not the best solution for this situation .
“Human beings, can find something more important than life . That includes their own policies, pride, and so on . ”
“…”
Something more important than your own life she said, there’s no way that exist .
“What I want to say is, you will definitely won’t have a peaceful way to die, so at least remember that . ”
Only at the end of her words her voice was mixed with hateful anger, and even now, it feels like she is holding herself back from coming to attack me .
Way to die – I also don’t need to think about such a thing .
I chase after Roll and the others as if to escape from General Enjoji .
Thus, the mission of taking back Utsusemi-san came to an end .