Chapter 51
[Wavering Evil]
The suitcase that stick out a bit from the rubble’s shadow is just a few steps away .
The contents are of course tuxedo and mask, and I guess, weapons such as grappling gun .
I’m frozen in front of it .
I know Hiysan is asking for help . However, there is Rin next to me .
Changing clothes and go to help in this situation?
Impossible .
No, it’s possible if I make Rin unconscious .
Should I hit the back of her head? Hit her stomach with all my strength?
Or strike her neck with a handsword?
No good . I don’t have such technique . I will only make Rin injured .
In the first place, I think it’s wrong to ask me for help . If you’re counting me as fighting force, I’d be glad if you told me from the start . Then I could took different actions, and I could support Kemuri-san and the others while acting with Tsurugi and the others .
It should be impossible to guess that, right? I didn’t have a long enough relationship with Kemuri-san to immediately guess what he think about on the spot .
You expect too much from me, right?
If this will reveal my true identity, I’d rather choose the option of letting Hiysan die .
…as expected, that’s not good .
I have to think up a plan .
Haa, how easy it would be if Roll was here .
But Roll is not here . I have to do something by myself .
I observe the battle between Hiysan and the man from behind .
Rin also poke her head out a bit from the corner, and was watching the two people skipping around while destroying the area .
And when she saw them moved a short distance away from us, Rin looked back .
“It seems like we should stay here until the two go away . ”
“Right…”
I agree from the bottom of my heart . However, reality is unlikely to go that way .
“Anyway, why Anonymous fighting against the terrorists?”
“Even if you ask me, I wouldn’t know, right . ”
They are simply hostile .
“That’s true . ”
I will try to see Hiysan’s situation again .
She is out of breath and just warding off the man’s attack .
Her ability is [Bow of Fire(Ante Arrow)] .
Ability to manifest bow and arrows of fire, and shoot enemies . Actually, it’s just an ability to generate flames, but Hiysan used it in such way .
From the start, contrary to her tough personality, Hiysan’s main role is support .
It didn’t mean the she was weak, but as expected, in close combat, she would lose her advantage .
Actually, she has been cornered . And she is at her limit .
If she don’t take a distance, it is the same as having her hands and feet tied .
I gulped .
If this goes on, Hiysan will surely be killed .
That man said he had “caught” Kemuri-san and Face Punch-san .
Looking at Hiysan’s caution, it is clear that “Human” is included in that guy’s ability range .
Probably, you’ll be ‘out’ if you get touched .
Hiysan also understand that and that’s why she is moving around .
And for that reason, that guy is letting his last prey to tired out to caught it .
The man’s attacks are various .
Launching innumerable knives, instantly drawing near and swinging katana, making obstacles appear in Hiysan’s path, and slowing down her movement .
He is a troublesome type to fight .
Face Punch-san is really incompatible against him .
But I don’t know how he caught Kemuri-san . Even though Kemuri-san is the best choice to fight against him among the three of them .
Rather, there should be a factor that makes Kemuri-san defeated .
Maybe, the battle royal against the demon beasts was tough .
Is it possible to rescue them after being captured?
What will happen to those he holds if we kill him?
Stay as it is? Or will it pour out?
As I was thinking about that, there was a change in the battle situation between Hiysan and the man .
Hiysan received a fatal blow .
A thrown knife stabbed her thigh, then the man followed it with a knee kick .
Hiysan was thrown a few meters and dropped there .
“Hahahaha! It’s a checkmate Hiya! Whaat, Anonymous is nothing biig!”
It’s bad…
It’s no time to hesitate . Hiysan will be killed .
Sweat trickled down my cheek .
Rin who is next to me was also watching Hiysan and the man .
There’s no other choice . Even though my identity will be revealed, it is not good to only watch while my comrade is about to be killed .
Farewell Rin .
When I affirmed my will and was about to jump out, a child jumped out in front of the man .
“Uooooooo!”
The boy who jumped out rushed towards the man while rising such scream .
“You are in the way, brat!”
Sure enough, the boy was kicked away by the man, bounced once and rolled on the ground .
“……!”
The man walks up to the child with a katana in his hand .
This may be the chance to save Hiysan .
It is his weak point to neglect dealing the finishing blow and give priority to other things . It was the same as that time with me .
“Kazato . ”
Suddenly, Rin tap my shoulder and said that .
“What?”
“I’m going . I can’t just stay still and watch while that kid getting killed . Kazato stay here . ”
After saying that, Rin jumped out of the corner .
“…whaー!
For a moment, I was confused .
Rin jumped out…?
To save that child?
I follow Rin’s figure from the shadow .
She was fast . It was a trained movements .
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Rin who rushed to the man from behind, grabbed the child who had fallen on the floor and took a distance from the man, and confronted him .
“Gooood! I don’t hate that!”
That Rin… She’s going to fight him .
Reckless . There’s no way she can win .
Rin lay the child down behind her and stand up .
The next moment .
A knife was thrown at Rin .
*Clang*, metallic sound resonate .
It was the sound of Rin knocking off the thrown knife .
Looking at it, part of her hand has turned into silver color .
Is that Rin’s ability…?
Rin’s ability that I knew is the ability to harden any part of her body just a little bit…
However, there is no mistake that the thrown knife was knocked off, she wouldn’t be able to do it by just hardening her hand a little bit .
“Ooh! A civilian!
The man rejoiced .
Rin knocks off the thrown knives one after another .
However, it wasn’t perfect .
Sometimes she missed the knives, and get damage .
So that’s it . She can’t harden her whole body .
As expected, there is a clear difference in ability .
The man throws the knives while closing the distance . Meanwhile Rin is on the defensive .
As the distance gets closer, the times she missed the knives increases .
While looking as Rin becoming more and more tattered, I took a deep breath .
Rin is about to be killed . I have to save her .
However, it is bad to jump out as it is . If I jump out without a plan, I’ll just become like Rin .
……no, wait?
In first place, is there any need to go and help her?
Suppose that Rin is killed . If so, wouldn’t it be easier for me to move?
There is also another option which is changing clothes right now and save Rin, but by doing so, there is a possibility that my identity will be revealed to Rin .
And if my identity is revealed, I have to kill her eventually .
Then, I have to think about how to defeat that man without going to help myself .
In the first place, wouldn’t it be convenient for [Shion] if Tsurugi, Rin and Ohashi died?
Blood spurted out from Rin’s hand .
Is her hardening can’t make it in time, or was it the limit of her ability?
However, she soon recovered .
She grabbed one of the thrown knives and used it to intercept a stray knife .
The target of that knife has changed .
No, I can’t say it’s changed .
Only one of the knives, that one originally flying toward the boy who was laying behind Rin .
Rin didn’t have a choice because the knife was thrown at him .
She dealt with the released knives with her best effort, even not letting that knife pass .
When I made that conjecture, Rin can’t help but to take the knife in front of her with her body, and received the knife with her leg .
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Blood spurted out again .
It seems that her hardening can’t make it in time .
She managed to control her thighs, dealt with the flying knives with swordhand, but her precision became bad and she received damage here and there .
When Rin was kneeled on the spot, the man stopped throwing the knives .
“Hahaha! Oyuzuri-chan, those moves weren’t bad . ”
The man carried his katana on his shoulder and slowly shorten the remaining distance .
Rin looked up with a stern expression .
I looked away from Rin, reached for the suitcase in the rubble’s shadow, then my movement stopped there .
Is it really okay to give up…?
“Dieee!”
“Tsurugi…save me…”
Listening to such voice, I suddenly jumped out of the corner .
Silencing the sound, and from behind, I rush over to the man’s side instantly .
Then while running, I picked up a fallen knife and lunge at the man .
“Aa!?”
“Kazato…!”
The knife was received by the man’s katana .
This reaction . It is as quick as I expected .
I wanted to attack with a Soundshoot if possible, but in this position, Rin and Hiysan will be dragged into it .
No .
Why did I helped her!
The situation will definitely improve if Rin died . Staying away from that suitcase… Damn it, what am I doing…!
No, I’m not wrong .
Right now, I’m Kamiya Kazato .
If Rin died, wouldn’t I be sad…!?
“Another mob again!”
At the same time I was pushed back by the katana, I launch a kick .
Then, using the fact that the man retreated and hesitated, I jumped back to Rin .
“Kazato…, why did you come out…!”
“You too, why did you came out, you idiot!”
I hold Rin and start running .
“I won’t let you escaaape!!”
Hiysan obstructed the man who followed us from behind .
Hiysan managed to distanced herself by dragging her injured body so that she would not be noticed by the man .
Fire arrows pours down on the man from all sides .
The man had to pull out walls to block it .
“Hiysan! Thank you very much!”
I sent a voice that only Hiysan can hear while running .
In the meantime, I entered a shop that looks suitable, and let Rin lie on the ground .
Rin has knife cuts all over her body .
There are also deep ones . However, it seems that it will be fine even if the treatment is delayed .
“Are you okay?”
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“Yeah…”
“Then stay here . ”
“Where are you going…?”
Replying to this, I silently stood up .
Rin grabbed my sleeves to hold me back .
“I’ll go looking for something to treat you . ”
“…don’t . You should stay here . This much is enough…”
That’s true .
However, actually, I’m going not to look for such thing .
I’m going to kill that guy .
It’s more efficient than calling for help . First, we have to eliminate that risk factor .
Rin will not be able to move again in this situation . Or rather, she shouldn’t be able to move with that injury .
Therefore, I can leave Rin with a suitable excuse, so this time I can change my clothes without getting revealed .
It’s indeed a nice camouflage for wandering around by using such amateurish reason .
“Kazato…!”
“That’s right, you… has that kind of ability .
I didn’t know . ”
I thought back to Rin’s battle from before, and said that .
“That is…”
Rin’s hand that was grabbing my sleeves loosen .
I released that hand and stand up .
Then I leave that place .
The wall is still standing, preventing Hiysan’s fierce attacks from reaching the man .
The wall he pulled out seems to be quite sturdy .
“Hiysan! How long can you hold out!”
“I can’t hold out anymore!”
“A little longer, please hold out a little longer!”
“Tsk! Then, hurry!”
I rush to Exit 23 and open the suitcase .
Then I took out the tuxedo .
I forcibly remove my uniform, and shove it into the suitcase .
I wear the tuxedo, and put on a tie .
Even so, things went well unintentionally .
…the problem starts from here, huh .
I don’t know if I can beat that guy .
I have the upper hand . But I can’t expect to cooperate with Hiysan .
I’m required to crush him alone .
Will reinforcement come?
When will SDF rush in?
I put the grappling gun on my waist and put the familiar knife into the holder .
Then I covered my face with a mask .
From now on, I’m Shion .