Chapter 40
Evil Escapes
After receiving the order to dispose them, I moved to infiltrate the abandoned building .
There are three sounds that could be heard from the rooftop of this abandoned building .
Well, in these three months I’ve accumulated more experience . I’ve been doing missions alone, and I’ve followed various people in their missions(or rather, I was forced to go with them) .
That’s why I got some confidence .
No, rather than being confident, it’s more like I’m getting used to it .
The guys on the rooftop of this building, maybe… No, definitely the kind of people that won’t hesitate to kill .
In other words, it’s kill or be killed .
When faced with life or death situation you shouldn’t show any hesitation .
The guys above are probably skilled .
At least they’re not an opponent I can win against in a direct fight .
Somehow I can to understand something about them . These guys are unusual…
However, it is foolish to have a direct fight with my ability .
Sound Control (Dominant) .
You don’t have to fight directly with this kind of ability .
No matter how strong you are, you cannot perfectly react to an unexpected attack, that is, a surprise attack .
Of course, there are opponents you can’t win against only with a surprise attack, even so, it’s certain that the battle will start in an advantageous position .
My ability is good at it .
I silenced the sound that I made and went upstairs .
Naturally, the elevator is not working, so there is no choice but to climb the stairs .
How many floors does this building have?
I’ve already came about halfway through, but it’s tough .
I watch out for hidden traps while I went up the stairs lightly .
Their conversation has ended, but they’re still on the roof .
As you can see from how many new trash were lying around inside the building, you can think this abandoned building as their base .
What are they trying to do here?
I’m curious about this place, but I’ll have to put an “End” to their life .
Whatever they were intending to do from now on is not a problem, because I’ll kill them .
Eventually, I reached the rooftop’s entrance .
Taking a deep breath, I calm my breathing .
I silenced the sounds of my footsteps, heartbeat, breathing, and all the sounds that I made .
If the enemy has a nose strengthening system among them, I may be discovered due to the smell, but I’ve arrived until this point and haven’t been discovered, so there is no need to worry .
My ability is not good against mice and dog strengthening system .
They came to the place where I was hiding while I was trying to sneak attack them . That was the danger I face at the mission I took a little while ago .
The countermeasure here is to firmly grasp their transformation .
When the ability is not used, their status doesn’t change . In other words, their sense of smell doesn’t change as well .
The strengthening system ability is increasing your heart rate by a certain amount in transformed state . By listening to that, you’ll know if they has transformed or not, and that’s how I confirm the possibility of myself being discovered .
But there is nothing I can do if they’ve already transformed .
Even if there is someone with a strengthening system among the three of them, I prayed that he hasn’t transformed while I peek through the gap on the rooftop’s door to confirm their appearance .
Firstly, a man was reflected in my eyes .
He is tall and flashy with long black hair .
He was leaning against the pillar of the water tank .
I can take a guess from his appearance .
These guys are from Nursery Rhyme .
When I moved my eyes to the right, a boy and a girl were sitting close to each other . Their legs were stretched out and they sat there like a doll .
The blowing wind made their hair fluttered .
There is a strange presence about them .
However, I can definitely surprise attack them now .
The two of them or the lone man .
Which one should should I attack first?
No, I shouldn’t think about my power consumption . I must not let my guard down .
Let’s attack the three of them simultaneously . With my strongest attack .
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Tameiki-san said that if I’m going to do a surprise attack, I must do it seriously .
I’ll have to get the timing right .
Shooting a Soundshoot out of the building . This is my aim .
My “Soundshoot” is relatively good to blow things away .
Because this is the rooftop, I’ll blow and drop them . If you fall from this height, death will be inevitable .
There is no fence even though it’s the rooftop of the building .
I wonder if it’s removed . Anyway, it’s convenient .
Let’s do it .
Before that, let’s simulate it .
First, generate a sound at the opposite direction from those guys and me, then the man would head there .
At this point, I hope those duo would follow him .
Then at that chance I’ll shot a Soundshoot from behind them .
Alright .
I exhaled, then I generate a sound at the opposite side of my position .
*pashutto* the man reacted when the strange sound resounded .
He uncrossed his arms and shifted his gaze in the direction of the sound .
Opposite to him, the duo also stood up at the same time and walked to the direction of the sound .
As planned .
“What’s that sound?”
“I don’t know”
Now .
I thought so, then I shot Soundshoot at the three people .
Controllable “Soundshoot” .
I limit the range so that it could blow them together .
–Soundshoot
Roaring sounds resounded .
But something astonishing happened .
“…!”
“Wh?”
The tall man among the three…, The guy dodge the Soundshoot, then it completely struck the girl among the duo, and the boy manage escape because she thrust him away .
The girl was blown away and fell from the building .
She eventually hit ground and made a nasty *gucyari* noise .
At that point I did a follow up move .
However, the second Soundshoot was blocked by a mysterious wall created by the man .
At this point I jumped down the stairs and run down the building to regain my posture .
Then I got off the 2nd floor and I held my breath to hide there .
“Ah-!! My eardrums are gone!! Die, die, die! Who’s that shit!”
“Noooooo!!”
I can hear such wail from above .
Damn, I failed to kill both of them…!
If it was a Soundshoot with a wider range… No, it’s not . It’s more uncertain .
I had sensed a leaked killing intent, then I immediately ran to avoid the attack .
I was careless .
To think the only one I could dealt with was the girl .
I was fortunate to have killed her . But from the wail I heard from above, even though I had failed to killed the other party, they have been seriously wounded .
It is likely that they’ll do anything to kill me .
Calm down .
I can completely grasp their movement . Then there is this darkness . It is an overwhelmingly advantageous terrain for me .
“Where are youuu!!! Come ooout!!!”
It’s the boy’s scream .
It’s bad . Even though he looks mature, to suddenly change like this .
Well, it’s obvious if someone saw their companion died right in front of their eyes, right?
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It’s unfortunate, but it can’t be helped . It’s boss’ order .
Now what?
They don’t know my position . Inside this spacious building, it’s unlikely for them to search for me till the first floor .
And it’s unlikely that they’ll just retreat…
I keep my ears open and listened to the sound from above while contemplating .
“Calm down Sady . Being angry will only make you fall to the enemy’s trap . ”
“How can I be calm?! Yui is?! Yui’s dead you know?! Even though we were always together?!”
“Even though I can’t hear what you said because my eardrums got torned, I can understand what your saying . But, listen to what I said . ”
“Shut up! Release me!”
“Listen to me kid!”
“Okay? It’s all our fault not noticing the enemy’s approach .
And that attack…… It must the Sound User that leader talked about . It’s certain that man will take advantage of the darkness to kill us . He should be able to completely grasp our movement .
That’s why, I’ll lend you my pets . Follow him .
I will go below to retrieve Yui . Maybe she could still be saved . ”
“I…… Understand . ”
“All right, go . ”
After that conversation, the sounds of heartbeat increased by two .
Growls sounded at same time .
“……!”
What? What kind of pets makes sounds like that? Is it a demon beast or something like that?
It’s bad . Can it follow the smell to search here?
But, I more or less understood that man’s ability .
Some time ago, my Soundshoot was blocked by some kind of wall, maybe it’s an ability that pull things out from somewhere .
First of all, I wondered about the capacity, and is it his own independent space?
— The demon beasts were also taken out of it .
Rather than that, did that man already regain his composure in this short period of time?
And the killing intent that suppress that boy’s anger…… . That’s not a master-subordinate relationship .
For the time being, it would be convenient if they would split up .
I could kill them one by one .
I lean on the back of the door in preparation for the demon beasts and the boy called Sady that came down the stairs .
I pull out a knife from holder, and prepare myself .
Attacking with Soundshoot is not a good option . The durability of this abandoned building is unknown . It’s fine if it’s on the rooftop, but the ceiling might collapse here .
Also, because of my training, I could use 3 more Soundshoots . Strictly speaking it’s 2 . Because the third Soundshoot is only used in emergency .
Let’s save it for the last resort .
“Kill…… I’ll absolutely kill you, kill, kill……!
While muttering dangerous things, Sady’s footsteps and the demon beasts growls were getting closer .
Sady’s ability is unknown . And the species of demon beasts he brought are also unknown .
But, a knife is enough .
First, I’ll kill the demon beasts . Then him .
No, it doesn’t matter which one I chose first . Because they are all easy to kill .
From it’s footsteps, it is probably a small demon beast .
In this case, a knife is enough .
If I kill Sady, the only thing left to kill are the demon beasts .
After I kill the demon beasts, the only thing left to do is hide .
Sady can’t figure out my position on his own .
I can do it .
“Is it here……?”
Sady, who came down to the floor where I was, is approaching the large room I was in .
He’s already at the other side of the door .
I gulped my saliva .
When he opens the door, I’ll slit his throat .
Certainly .
I tightly gripped my knife with such image, and a shock ran through my back .
I was blown away and hit the wall .
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“Found you-!”
This guy, he blow up the door…!
Does that mean he has some kinda fire control ability? Troublesome .
In addition, those demon beasts . Bloody Dog(Blood-Dog)…!
They are sensitive to the smell of blood, and just from their speed, they could be classified as class demon beasts .
I wiped the blood trickling down my cheek and stood up slowly, and the Bloody Dogs rushed towards me .
However, Sady kicked the Bloody Dogs with all his strength till they fly and hit the wall, then he threw the Bloody Dogs which has stopped moving out of the window .
“No…… You can’t . Because……, he is my prey!”
“Nooow, how do you want to be killed?”
Bloodshot eyes . How did it come to this?
Even if I fought back, the situation is still somewhat disadvantageous .
I only had one chance .
I glanced at the window next to me .
This building has 19 floors . I counted it when I climbed the stairs .
And since I got off the 2nd floor from top, this must be the 17th floor……
I will definitely die if I jump out .
The enemy is slowly approaching from the front .
There is no time to think .
I put strength in my legs and jump through the window .
“What…!”
I jumped out of the building and while I still in midair I took out a grappling hook from holder .
When I took out the grappling hook midair, I fired it at the protrusion on the roof .
The hook at the tip of the ejected wire made a rustling noise and entangled the rooftop protrusion .
Tightly grabbing the grappling hook, I hanged from the roof of the building .
However, I’m defenseless in this state .
“You want to escape?!”
I shot a Soundshoot to Sady who came in pursuit just as I expected .
Sady who is some distances away from me, were blown away to the corner of the room .
I’m still breathing .
However, constant pursuit here is dangerous .
I thought so as I climbed the wire of the grappling hook, kicked the window that was above the window I came out from and entered the new room .
“Huu……”
The blood flowing from my head has already soaked my shirt . My wound is quite deep . It hurts .
Sady who is below doesn’t move, but still breathing .
I think I managed to escape .
Should I check the situation?
I get out of the room and climbed the stairs to head towards the roof again .
The other guy got down to the ground before I know it .
I can’t stay here either . If he’s still not moving, should I go to Sady to keep him stayed like that?
When I thought so, Sady started to move .
He started climbing the stairs towards the roof, while making a rattling noise .
It sounded like he stood up while dragging his feet, and started to climbing the stairs towards the rooftop .
Looks like he’s still injured .
Well, it’s natural if he took Soundshoot head on . He didn’t die because I was afraid the building will collapse if I didn’t hold back .
Well, it would be easy to kill him in this state .
I took out a new knife and waited for him to appear .
Then a hand holds the door on the roof .
The one who appeared is the tall guy .
“Wh?!”
They change places…!?
“Kuku, you fell for it! Idiot!
Because of you, I can’t hear anything now, though that also revealed your tricks!”
I prepare myself to make a Soundshoot .
But the man in front of me put out his hand .
“Stop it . Do you want to die? Stop doing that trick because it’s a hassle to deal with”
Certainly . The fact that the wall wasn’t on the roof anymore means he has put them back .
It would be over if he could block two more Soundshoot .
It’s dangerous…… I’m in a pinch, right…… .
“Now, how should I kill you, even if leave you to the demon beasts, they’ll just be swept away by your technique, and if I approached you, I won’t have sufficient time to guard against your technique…… .
That’s why you haven’t blow up this building right?”
“……”
*gokkuri* I gulped .
Looks like I won’t be able to fulfill boss’s order . Or rather, it’s impossible from the start .
Clearly, it’s an enemy that I couldn’t handle .
“So, do you have any last words? I can’t hear anything because of you, but let’s hear it . ”
The man said while laughing loudly .
“Last words…? There’s someone I want to talk to in the end, can I call her?”
“Alright!”
You can’t hear me, right? No, lip reading?
Well fine, I’m saved . Thank you for letting me make a call .
I called Tameiki-san with the shortcut number .
“It’s me”
As usual Tameiki-san pick up the call in just one call .
“I’m in a dangerous situation now, so I’ll use that . In about 10 seconds . The point is around H-7 . Can you make it in time?”
“Just barely . ”
“Then please do the follow-up for me . I don’t want to die yet . ”
“Understood . ”
After hearing Tameiki-san’s reply, I ended the call .
By the way, because I cover my mouth during the conversation, the guy in front of me shouldn’t be able to understand it .
He won’t be vigilant if he didn’t know it’s content .
I started counting 10 seconds in my mind while thinking such things .
“Are you done?”
“…… Yes”
5, 4,……
“Then, it’s time to dieー”
3, 2, 1, …… Alright .
“There’s no way I’ll die, you idiot!”
―― Spitting such curse, I shot a Soundshoot at myself .
This is a drastic move that I’ve been forced to practice by Tameiki-san .
The weakness of my ability, mobility, it’s a technique to supplement it .
It’s called [Emergency Escape Soundshoot] .
Only used when faced against an ability user with bad compatibility and when in absolute pinch, that kind of technique .
“Ga…ha…!!”
It felt like my eyeballs are about to pop out . The ground seems so far away and blood spurted out of my mouth into the air .
The bones in my body were making cracking noise .
“You―! A piece of shit like you is―!”
I can hear the man’s surprised voice .
I still don’t have enough momentum .
Once again, I aimed a Soundshoot at myself .
My body that was blown away accelerated .
It looks like my consciousness were about to cut off .
The building is moving away in my fading field of view .
Alright, he can’t catch up .
Well……, if Tameiki-san didn’t do a follow-up in time, I’ll definitely die on landing .
Please, master .
Hoping so, I let go of my consciousness .