Vol 5 Chapter 2 (2/2)
As Ouka , the tension of the people wearing Santa outfits and animal costume reached its peak
Target was co in their direction
Their job was to put a transet With traffic like that, it was possible that the civilians uide them to their hideout with a transmitter
According to the information from the Student Council President, other platoons seemed to have followed the Dealer before, but they were lost in the middle and was unable to find the hideout's location
It was unknohether a Magical Heritage was used, but it ement
If it cah the approach they used was retro, it was the best method to use to find out the hideout's location
——— Operation Start ———
Costu balloons to the children
Since there was a large shop nearby, three children ere passing by with perfect ti have ran up to him
”Waaa! Anteaterbear costu facee!”
”Everyonee, there's an anteaterbear here!”
”Waaii! Kick hi!”
Even as he was being kicked, Takeru was fooling around exaggeratedly and got in the way of the traffic The place had suddenly gotten noisy, and the passer-bys started staring at Takeru The target too, has faced towards him
Although it seeood distraction, the Silk Hat alone wasn't distracted by Takeru It would be hard to put a transmitter unnoticed like this
Hence, they switched to plan B
”Usagi-chan, gooo”
”M-me??”
”You're the one from whom men take them, come on, hurry”
With a smile Mari handed the tissues to passer-bys and soi
With no choice, Usagi was pushed in front of the Dealer
”u-umm”
”Huh?”
Usagi approached the target
the Dealer looked away froi
”E-eh, e're c-currently in the middle of a campa”
”Hyuu!”
After being glared at by the Dealer, Usagi was frozen stiff
Although she had overcoetting tense when experiencing this kind of thing
It was a wrong choice to have her try
However, Usagi had a different weapon
《”——Now! Offer it to him!”》
Ikaruga's voice rang out in Usagi's ears
Usagi closed her eyes, and stretched both of her hands holding a tissue to the Dealer
Inevitably, Usagi's chest was sandwiched between her arms
It was an attack no man could avoid
the Dealer saw it, Usagi's pointlessly large boobs
”This please take it!'
With a ht red face, Usagi held out the tissue to him
——With this, he fell!
Everyone thought so, however
the Dealer let out a ”hi's side
《”Suginami! It didn't work!”》
《”such a thing, it can't be”》
Both Ouka and Ikaruga were horrified At this rate the Dealer would leave just like that
It seemed like there was no way out at the a cried out in the communicator
《”Wait Nikaido! A follow-up please!”》
”Eeeeh, even though Usagi-chan couldn't make it, I still have to try?”
《”It's fine, if o well!”》
Ikaruga desperately persuaded her, and Mari reluctantly obeyed her
Desperate, she focused and moved in front of the Dealer
With a keen, fake smile she held out a tissue to him
”It's BU〜 We're currently holding a can If you'd like, here〜♪”
With a natural behaviour like that made it see part-time jobs, Mari attacked
Just like Usagi did before, she exposed her chest unnaturally (it's not being taken)
Deep inside, Mari thought it wouldn't be received, however
”sure, I'll take it”
And somehow, he took it
”Thank you very muuch〜♪ (why?)”
《”I see——so the target is in the flat faction after all! And to extreme even!”》
”, i-it's BU〜♪ (I'm not happy about that at allllll!!)”
Even though she felt uncomfortable, Mari still smiled and handed tissues to other people
The strategy was successful A transmitter was embedded in the pocket tissue and would lead them to the hideout
Oukaand started to track the Dealer
When the Dealera tissue fro his shoulder
”——!”
Ouka's face turned anxious The Silk Hat whispered so into the Dealer's ear the Dealer took out the pocket tissue he was given by Mari and passed it to him
”Not good!”
She started to run, she sprinted through and avoided the crowd
The Silk Hat's orously looked back
In his hand——appeared a subun he had concealed
”Nikaido Mari!! Kusanagi!”
As Ouka shouted, the first toan anii, to protect them he spread his arms
Mari too has iround
Ier
A continuous gunfire
”———, 《”Aurora Field”》!”
Late by a ic
As to enclose both the passer-bys and Takeru, a space was distorted with colours of rainbow The bullets that were released froun slowed down the moment they reached the rainbow space as if they entered water
Both the Takeru's and the others' movement has visibly slowed as if it was in slow motion
Between the rainbow space and the normal space an obvious time difference was born
Mari released the ic in an instant and exhaled
At the sae in the flow and fell down
”Takeru, are you okay?!”
Before she even asked, Takeru showed her thumbs-up
”You did well, both of you!”
Ouka caught up entering the scene and aiun's hed eerily
Did he set so up?!
She found out as it in an instant, under Takeru's feet she saw the bullets that fell to the ground
A wooden bullets?
But that wooden bullet has expanded in no time, a hued into that of a bulb
Ouka had a rough idea as it
”!!! ——Everyone block your earsss!!”
She immediately yelled and covered her ears with both hands
That h the bulb, and with an expression as if it was speechless it has raised a spine-chilling intense scream
《Mad RootMandragora》
It screaonyreceive a significantthey would becoanism could possibly kill
The Silk Hat used the wooden bullet's ic
Although alone it's not much of a threat, a number of them was often used
With this number, the passers-bys would be dead in a minute
The Silk Hat pushed the Dealer's back and escaped into a black alley
As cries of agony resounded throughout the h to hurt her throat
”We'll handle these things! Kusanagi, chase them!”
After Ouka shouted, Kusanagi stripped off his costume
”——'aight!!”
After giving a lively answer, Takeru followed the threehis ears
After running into the dark alley behind the scene, rushed through a disgustingly dark space even though it was daytime
Weird, it's too dark
He determined that it was clearly abnormal, drawn the sword from his waist and started to walk carefully
This abnormal darkness, he must have stepped into the Silk Hat has constructed
”Everyone, can you hear me?”
《”————”》
Even as he tried to talk into the intercom, it only produced intense sounds, he couldn't tell what's what from that
Apparently, this barrier had a capability of neutralizing the infor devices
Realizing that he stepped into the enemy's territory, Takeru readied himself for battle
He sharpened his nerves and walked carefully through the back alley He only heard the sound of droplets going down from the pipe that extended from the wall and the sound of his own footsteps In this space that was isolated from the world, all other sounds have been erased
Falling to the illusion of circling in the saotten even more nervous
He activated the Magic-Sweeping SwordSouh vision, he tried to discern ene his auditory sense
Takeru heard a sound much different from that of a normal human and felt faint floind
Eventually, he was able to pick up certain sound
This is gunfire and screams?
Albeit faint, he heard screa for help
Although he didn't knoas the current situation, Takeru went to the sound's source at brisk pace
? This wall
The sound has been interrupted in the ht beside the wall he felt so amiss
When he tried to cut it with his sword, and saw the space was distorting as the passage has opened
And when he continued to move further
”hat areyou!”
A genuinely terrified voice of a man could be heard
”A witch?! Are you like me no you're different what is this what are youu?!”
A sloshi+ng sound followed that
And then, a steady sound as if so The voice, was probably that of the Silk Hat's
Has he encountered soot scared?
With a possibility of a new threat, Takeru's heart started racing
”Stop! Don't come! Hiii don't come!”
A frightened voice And at the sa
”M- of this world! I won't acknowledge so like you exists! If I do then I I will aa God, please——”
——And the voice has fell completely silent
The silence continued, the last of the screams have completely vanished,
step
Once again, soan to move Takeru exhaled deeply and poised his sword
That's not good This one's dangerous Takeru's intuition has sounded alarm bells in her head
step step, step step, so
Takeru's tension reached its peak, and the
It showed up, the threat's shadow
Fros, it appeared in front of him and he saw it
”Oniichan?”
He was at loss for words
The threat he has been feeling
The opponent he was about to fight, was his beloved little sister
”Kiseki?”
Unable to handle this situation, Takeru stood there while holding his sith a dumbfounded expression
Why was Kiseki in this place Why was heface-to-face with her in a place like this
And as he directing his sword at her
It was as just like
Just like five years ago——
”I'lad I chased after the sound of my heart but was able to properly meet”
Kiseki laughed without any strength and took a step with her lis
Takeru stepped back on reflex
After seeing her brother's reaction, she powerlessly reached out to hihed sadly
”I'm sorry Onii-chan”
”Ngh!
”Kiseki did it again”
She shed a red tear froered
Takeru shoot out and ran up to her
”Kiseki!! Kiseki!”
He caught his little sister's body and called out to her
Kiseki was stark naked and she wasn't wearing the Gleipnir she always had attached to her head
She looked completely released from under control
In Takeru's arenuinely relaxed smile
”Youwhy!”
”Wantedto meetyou”
”!”
”alwayswantedto be likethis”
Happy, Kiseki placed her hand on Takeru's cheek and like that, she lost consciousness
The back alley was empty
No bodies Not a single piece of le hair
Only the torn apart silk hat was lying on the ground
It was obvious what happened the Dealer and his subordinate, as well as the sorcerer in the Silk Hat – 『The Magician of Hamelin』 everyone was erased by Kiseki
He clenched his teeth in chagrin and wrapped Kiseki's body with his jacket
”——Kusanagi”
Suddenly hearing a voice, Takeru looked up with eyes wide open
”that girlwho is she?”
Ouka showed a stunned expression
Froun to the side and asked
——What to do
He wondered how did Ouka see this situation
Kiseki's specified danger level is SS, moreover she has escaped from the prison It wouldn't be unreasonable for her to shot her dead on spot
But honestly, that wasn't a probleh it was a fact that he didn't want his little sister killed, but the fact was that a un was unable to kill Kiseki
On the contrary
His coer for the coly, Takeru has picked up the sword
Unknowingly to himself, Takeru has——poised his sword in Ouka's direction
”Kusanagi”
Ouka put on a confused expression
”Takeru? Are you safe? Is everything all right? What happened to the ician?”
”Shh, don't make so much noise What if there still are enemies here?”
”Ootori, what are you doing Kusanagi is there right? Hurry up and proceed”
Behind Ouka, all the platoon
Everyone orried about him
Because he knew that, the tip of Takeru's sas shaking and rattling noisily
The reason Takeru held his sword, was not only because he didn't want his little sister to be killed
It was to protect his co hurt by Kiseki
Don't come Please don't come any closer You can't come
Takeru's face was distorted by fear Ouka was completely unable to understand in what kind of situation Takeru was in
However,
”you guys”
Quietly, he carefully spoke
”Wait there Absolutely do not come over here”
Ouka said so to her co in the ain
”Listen Absolutely do not move Stay where you are”
”W-what is it? What's going on?”
”You want to take all the credit for interception for yourself?! Or are you trying to steal Kusanagi?!”
””
”I beg you Please”
She spoke with a cal only the seriousness of the situation, her comrades fell silent
Ouka didn't pay attention to her coan to walk up to him slowly
While strongly e Kiseki with one ar himself with his knee
From the look in his eyes, it was obvious that it wasn't the usual Takeru
The sword's tip was unlike like that of a swords helplessly
”Don't come you can'tcome”
With a freezing cold voice, Takeru tried to stop Ouka
However, Ouka hadn't stopped She approached hiht in front of him
As the tense situation continued, while being careful as not to stirasped the sith her hand
If he were to lose hier
Ouka knelt down, and put the blade she has grasped right next to her neck
”I don't understand what kind of situation is this in the least”
”!!”
”And what is that girl I don't know either”
Ouka spoke as if trying to calm him down
”But I as”
””
”First, that you are suffering now”
Takeru's shoulder twitched strongly
”And the second”
She put strength into the hand that was grasping the blade
Ouka's blood has flowed down the blade and reached Takeru's hands
”That I am not your enemy”
Gently, she s faintly stopped
”You have saved me before This time, I want to save you”
”!”
Her voice was gentle and strong, finally, Takeru took his hand off the sword
With a high-pitched sound the sword fell down to the ground
After confir that he released the sword, Ouka placed a hand and rubbed his shoulders
”What did I do”
”It's okay Don't irl is?”
Ouka glanced at Kiseki's face
Takeru chewed his lower lip and resolved himself
”she is i Kiseki”
””
”She has SS-class danger designation surely she must have escaped from the deepest prison”
””
”in order to meet me”
His words wouldn't settle down and he said the them out
Takeru was afraid, he was afraid of what kind of reaction will Ouka show
Surely, Ouka would act as an Inquisitor and wouldn't be able to ignore the danger designation Takeru too, were he to be calement
He understood that was the best course of action
”I see Just as you said Kusanagi, she's a cute girl”
”eh?”
”But you don't reses of different sex?”
Hearing these unexpected words, Takeru looked up
As he looked, he saw Ouka playing with the hair on Kiseki's cheek, she stroked it and smiled
With a wry smile, she looked at Takeru
”I told you I won't do anything bad right? Leave it to me”
Ouka stood up and turned her back to Takeru
”Take this girl and come with me”
”what do you intend?”
”Believe in me”
As he was told to, Takeru held Kiseki and followed Ouka
Ouka went right at a T shaped alley intersection of the alley and joined the platoon members Takeru too, has followed her
”Co all this while——and hey, who's that girl!”
”N-naked woman?! Why naked?!”
””
All three showed a different reaction, and everyone's line of sight was concentrated on Kiseki
Takeru tried to make some kind of facial expression, but all he could muster was a weak, wry smile
”mylittle sister”
Just by conveying the truth to her being his little sister, everyone fell silent
Usagi and Mari reacted with 'Eeeeeh?!' in surprise but seeing Takeru's reaction, they didn't voice it
Ikaruga just stared at Takeru anxiously and without saying anything
Ouka looked at everyone one by one and closed her eyes
”First, follohat I a I want you to do”
”fuee?”
”Is the barrier in this alley still up?”
After being questioned, Mari returned to herself and replied in a hurry
”Eh, ah yeah It's probably e Because there's al out, the Inquisition probably won't find it it's crafted skilfully”
”Then go and explore to find the Dealer's hideout It should be in this area”
”W-why? Wasn't it all solved? Also, I'm not in the mood for that”
”It's fine, please We will take this girl and hide there for a while”
Including Takeru, all members were stunned
Ouka put a hand on her hip and made a difficult expression
”Explanations later Move! Our job isn't over yet!”
Like an instructor, Ouka has pushed the back of allafter
Takeru eratitude and walked beside Ouka
Ouka looked down at Kiseki as nestled to Takeru beside her and murmured
”Kusanagi, is that girl dangerous?”
”yeah Probably, she is erous than you think she is”
”the possibility for our comrades to be harmed?”
After being questioned with a serious look, Takeru closed his eyes strongly and gave a clear answer
”It's all right As long as I', I won't let her And if by any chance so happens, I'll show you that I can stop her”
After being told that, Ouka placed a hand on Takeru's shoulder
”If you're saying so, then it's not 'stop her' but 'protect her' An older brother should protect his little sister”
Not saying anything else other than that, Ouka started walking ahead of him
Takeru once again turned towards Kiseki and stared at her sleeping expression
It was the first ti face like that The pain and the joy have come equally, and he,
”thank you”
In a small voice, said his thanks to Ouka