19. Kanekura Tsukie
Special Forces station, Sapporo branch.
In a room, Sumikawa Ayame was experiencing a tension she has never experienced.
[Oh, you sure? Then, I’ll give you this tea that has its tea stalk floats]
[T-Thank you!]
Ayame receives the tea from that person while thinking why it became like this.
Everything was fine until then–
『Sumikawa C rank member. You are called』
Today afternoon. Isakai Manabu, an A rank member who’s currently in this branch, appeared in front of Ayame suddenly, and said that without giving her the time to feel nervous.
『…Huh? I-I’m called……?』
『Yes, the boss of the Special Forces who received your information from the Tokyo branch, wants to have a little chat with you』
『E-EH!? T-The boss……』
When she tries to recall the boss, a person’s picture entered her sight.
And, the one who stands on top of everyone is a woman who’s commonly known as the 『Minister of Defence』 and is currently in Japan.
(Japan’s Minister of Defence, the top of the Special Forces, Kanekura Tsukie-san)
To be precise, because she’s married to the current Japan’s prime minister, her family name “Kanekura” has changed, but she used her former name as the Minister of Defence.
Red hair and red eyes. Her outer canthus is slighly low, and she has a gentle atmosphere.
She’s a professional in assassination techniques, and her superpower is not known. To be precise, no one knows even by looking at it. Furthermore, no one dares to make her angry as they know how scary she can be. She’s ranked second in the ranking of the person who you should not offend in the Special Forces.
While thinking such thing, Minister Kanekura sip her tea and began to speak.
[Let’s get right to the point. What are you planning to do on the world’s only person without powers?]At an instant, the atmosphere released from her changed completely.
Ayame who have never felt such tremendous killing intent, unconsciously raised a small scream.
Then, Minister Kanekura disperses her killing intent as she thought that this level of killing intent was too much for her.
Although she clearly leaked a laugh on the word 『ordinary person』, unfortunately, Ayame can’t think of it due to the killing intent not long ago.
『If you are like that, then I am relieved』
That’s why, her pride hold on to her fighting spirit.
[Wa…it]Minister Kanekura asked so.
About ten seconds passed in such atmosphere, Minister Kanekura sighed and said this while turning the pages of the documents.
[Black Pandora. I know where he is and probably also what he’s doing right now. I can even contact him now. If he feel like it, I can call him to this place within a day]Ayame raised her head and opened her eyes wide by those words.
That’s why, Ayame tried to speak, but she was interrupted by her.
[Therefore, I plan to tell this to him. “A girl who you saved, is here but she plans to kill an innocent person just because he has a similar second name with you”]At an instant, Ayame’s heart started to hurt.
She herself is not unidentified like him. Her hair color is silver, and her eyes are red. Although there’s a possibility if either one of it was black, even if she wear black clothes, that won’t give her a second name with the word 『Black』.
That’s why, she was jealous.
And it was justified before she knew it.
Ayame apologizes to her while shedding tears before she knew it, and the woman who saw that, showed a warm smile and stroke her head.
[It’s fine if you understand. Although it’s a good thing to be his fan, he wishes for a peaceful world without conflict. If you are his fan, then be careful to not drift away from that path]Just like that, Ayame’s evaluation on Iwato became “A person in mind” from “A target to purge”.
(A person without powers…, I wonder what kind of person is he?)
And, this time, 『she wants to meet that person』, and as a result, she became excited to meet him at the internship, but leaving that aside,
Bang!!
Suddenly, the door was thrown open without knocking. The two who were surprised, looked at the entrance, and a flustered secretary who breathes roughly, stood there.
The two stand up from the sofa as they felt something unusual, and they opened their eyes wide by the secretary’s words.
That’s surely the case that was solved by the person without powers.
Minister Kanekura and Sumikawa Ayame were lead by the secretary to the research institute in the Sapporo branch.
However, the research institute was too far.
–That’s why, Minister Kanekura used her power.
At an instant, three bodies sunk into the shadow.
Literally, from toe to the head. They sink into the shadow as if drowning themselves, and they moved at high speed as the two were lead by Minister Kanekura in the shadow.
The first who broke from the freeze was Ayame.
The secretary recovered immediately after that and looked around the surroundings in the darkness timidly, but there was no one other than the three of them.
At an instant, the three bodies suddenly rise to the surface, and they stood in front of the research institute before they knew it.
What an outrageous and useful superpower to even dive into the shadow, and furthermore, she can even take other people along into the shadow.
It’s fairly unacceptable that there’s such assassination cheat ability. As long as the opponent’s attack missed, her victory is secured.
Although Ayame and the secretary thought so in their heart, Minister Kanekura knocked the research institute’s door and entered.
[It’s because I ran~]
Minister Kanekura said so and showed her biceps.
He is the head of this research institute, and he’s the number one man who’s well-informed about the warp hole in Sapporo.
Oono said [For now, please follow me] as he starts to walk, and after a while, he opened an iron door that needs personal authentication.
Oono said so with a bitter face.
By those words, the three look at the surroundings.
[…Turn it ON back because it’s dangerous]
[S-Sorry]
He returned the switch back to normal as he apologizes, and Minister Kanekura sighs while seeing him. Then, she exits from the room because she thought that there’s nothing she can do in the room.
In accordance to that, the other three also exit from the room, and Oono who sees that, lead them into the next room–a quite chilly room with four coffin placed at the center.
When Oono said so and opened one of the coffin, there’s a ant-type Unknown’s corpse in the coffin.
However, Ayame and Minister Kanekura opened their eyes wide as they see the corpse.
That’s right, the Unknown lying there is a Mythical Beast class that’s said to be able to destory a city. Besides that, even a kid will know the cause of death by one look. That’s right, beaten to death.
–However, what about the other corpses?
Ayame opens the other two coffins to confirm it, and she opened her eyes wide as she saw the same unbelievable corpses that were beaten to death.
Ayame unintentionally gulped by those words.
In addition to that, if it’s 30, then the one who defeated them was a monster with Battle Rank 60. Ayame only knows that Isakai Manabu and Minister Kanekura have that much power.
And, one more person–
[……Huh?]
Ayame’s reasoning was smashed by Oono’s words.
Although she thought that it was the younger sister who did it, but the girl is a pure hikikomori who won’t go out of the house unless she has work. It’s hard to imagine that she happens to be present at the site.
When she thought of such thing, Ayame who starts to shiver, shouted at Minister Kanekura!
That’s right. If someone who doesn’t know about it, it can only be heard as an 『Idiot’s nonsense』. However, to be able to pull it out easily is Iwato’s quality. The ideal image of a powerless person except for his shampoo brain.
Furthermore, the most troublesome thing about Iwato is–
That’s right. When someone probes into the secret of Iwato’s strength, it will reach to that answer.
His muscle won’t weaken even if he slacks.
Although he sleeps to match his normal life now, he once said that he 『sleep one hour every three days』.
But Minister Kanekura has no intention in telling anyone about that, and she told Ayame that 『He was like that since the beginning』 purposely.
It’s a doubt on how it will effect in the future, but Ayame who heard those words, has her evaluation on Iwato changed one stage.
(Person without powers, Nagumo Iwato…… Fufufu, I want to try fighting with you)
From “A person in mind” to “An opponent in mind”.
Iwato is earning Ayame’s impression without he himself knowing it.