Vol 1 Chapter 5 (2/2)
She probably felt that Mirepoc transmitted her puzzlement
‘Did you have some bad premonition?’
Mattalast’s Predictive ability was exceedingly precise Mirepoc knew this
‘Yes’
‘It can’t be that the Director is going to be defeated?’
‘That’s not it’
He thought, but then reconsidered
‘…No, that ht be it’
‘Can’t be’
‘I think so as well, but…’
Mattalast left a bill of ten kirue on the table and rose up He didn’t receive any change He placed his black bowler hat on his head and left the place
‘But, hoill the Director lose?’
‘Even the Director’s not invincible’
‘She seems practically invincible’
Mirepoc, who has seen Hamyuts in action several times, came to believe in her co her
‘If soht her within a distance of 100 ’
Mattalast replied
It was just as he said If a warrior of a sie, it was dangerous even for her She, who specialized in ultra-long range attacks, was not very good in close coainst a strong warrior like Mattalast
‘But hoill they get near her?’
‘…’
Mattalast didn’t think about that If one could only have a chance for victory within the distance of 100 meters, it meant they couldn’t if it was e was more than 200 tihting unarun No, it would be worse Normally there would be no chance for victory
On top of that, Hamyuts had her Sensory Threads It was nearly i her eyes
‘A typhoon is co’
Mattalast thought
The weakness of Haest was the wind She would not be able to control her Sensory Threads, and her deadly sniping would have its hit rate plummet
‘Mattalast-san Wasn’t it you who said the typhoon wouldn’t come here?’
‘We’re talking about a hypothetical situation Sometimes even predictions deviate
Especially during unusual situations like the one right now, someone with a low Predictive caliber likeWitch’
‘But, even if the typhoon does coe of it’
Mirepoc was right
If the typhoon caer However, it was impossible for the enemy to use that chance deliberately
‘A typhoonTown at that tiht have a chance to win… I would have never betso uncertain like this’
‘…Me neither’
‘It will be fine Everything is going well There will be no problems’
‘Might be so’
As expected he was just overthinking this, Mattalast thought to himself
But, even if he reached that conclusion, he still couldn’t calm down
He felt as if there was so
A wind blew, and soht in the brim of Mattalast’s bowler hat
The wind started getting stronger, he thought
“Hmm, I don’t like this at all”
Hah theTown
After havingtowards the station Luimon used before to look for more clues
Everything indeed seeht But perhaps it went too well
It wasn’t as if the enemy couldn’t attack And it probably wasn’t that he didn’t arrive yet
Possibly, the attack had already begun
Just the fact that the eneerous by itself
But she could feel danger in that lack of danger Haht this contradiction was the essence of this battle
Suddenly, she found the figure of Colio He was still crouching down on the roadside He appeared to not be doing anything, just sitting still
Halanced at him only once and passed to the next street After she did, she quickly forgot about him
Mattalast was thinking the same as Hamyuts
It was possible the enemy had already escaped, but he didn’t think an opponent that went to such lengths by preparing boe the Armed Librarians would be one to flee so readily
If he really was so stupid to think he could kill Harettable that someone like Luimon died in this affair
Mattalast was in front of the headquarters of Bohilin Company It wasn’t a hideout, but a very nor It looked a bit like a bank or a trading company
Mattalast took the gun fro his body against the wall
There was no answer
“This is for the use of The Weasel’s Den Inn Open up”
He tried using the name of the inn Mirepoc passed on to hi happened
“Excuse me, I lied before, I am the Armed Librarian Mattalast Open up”
He tried saying Once again, there was no answer
“Are they on break?”
Mattalast shot the hinge of the door He quickly reloaded another bullet and pulled the broken door, going inside
As he stepped inside, Mattalast understood why nobody answered There was the se, siar It was a smell even an Armed Librarian would not like despite their job
‘What’s wrong?’
He received Mirepoc’s thoughts
‘Mirepoc It’s too late It seems the Bohilin Company people were taken care of’
‘Taken care of… were they all killed?’
‘…From what I see, probably’
Mattalast answered while looking around
He didn’t know the number of corpses Without the spurts of blood and the putrid sht have looked like an abandoned doll factory But even if it were, it wouldn’t calm him
Mattalast saw one corpse The Rigor Mortis had already passed, so it was cold and soft Asection of the body that was cut off already beca with flies The blood splattered on the floor was already dry and hard
It was probably more than a week since their deaths It was from even before Luimon’s death
Looking at the office’s desk, he could see aTown Several places werelike ‘three people’ or ‘four people’ had been written
One of the circles designated The Weasel’s Den Inn, and it was also marked with an X of a different color
Mattalast understood that was the place they deployed the bombs from
They were used by the eneal Crukessa, and probably forced to keep those boal himself
After he had no use for theuy
But why did he leave the corpses in this place?
It’s as if he was asking to be discovered
And…
Mattalast looked at the corpses lying here and there Each and every one of them had been torn apart with no exceptions There were those that, after their wrists have been carefully cut, were slashed over their elbows, and even those ere cut fro them Furthermore, they were all horribly clean cuts
He wondered what kind of weapon was used
Fronificant progress for two days They have found some small clues and unimportant details, but that was it
Haain
Once again, she searched the entire town Last time, she only searched for those that could be confirmed as enemies But now, she looked for all points of interest or suspicious people
Before looking for Cigal Crukessa, she wanted to find the source of the enemy’s attack
She enificant a in the corner of the town – the slums area – and sent inforrants and escort ladies walking around She searched a those
At that tile woman
The feel of her skin h toto
It was a strange coldness
Once again, she extended her Sensory Threads to that woman She patted the body of the woe of ould be called a girl
And then, Ha with her full speed
She knew the girl’s na the nameplate outside her apartment
She was called Ia Mira
That’s strange, Ia thought to herself
She thought that if she slept a little, her cold would be gone
Because she had no fever, she thought she would be fine
But, instead of a fever, Ia could feel her body te
Touching her forehead with her hands, it was cold enough to think that she already died, and yet she felt unbearably hot for some reason
Her throat was sore But even though she coughed, she had no phlegm
When Ia drank water she felt better, but then her cough would become worse
A while ago, she saw in the e bruises on her throat
Ah, I feel like I’ve heard about this illness before, Ia thought
“Ia Mira-chan?”
There was a sudden voice outside the door
She thought it was one of her colleagues that came for a visit
As she tried to answer, she held her sore throat and tried standing up
But the person as outside the house entered on her own
It was a woman she didn’t know
“I know it’s sudden, but I’m Hamyuts Meseta”
“…Hamyuts?”
Ia thought it was the same as the name of the famous Armed Librarian
“Because you don’t have time to mentally prepare, please listen calmly”
The woman, Hamyuts, briskly walked towards Ia’s bed
“You caught Dragon Pneumonia”
“Dragon…?”
“I was infected noell Potentially a lot of other people in this toere, too
Listen to what I have to say if you don’t want to die”
Ia hurriedly nodded
Just how long was Colio sitting there? Even his sto tirowl
People who looked at hi eyes passed by in front
There were also people who exclaie…” but Colio didn’t even raise his head towards them
“You’re not a bomb anymore”
Thus said Hamyuts Was he a human now?
Hamyuts told him to “carefully think about humans”
But, Colio couldn’t understand what a human was
Are those that miserably sit down like this human? Are humans so worthless? He couldn’t understand anymore
He just kept earnestly worrying
Gradually, the wind around hier and moist
Colio thought that perhaps a stor
Suddenly, he could see Ha in a fast pace past him
She should have seen hilance
He was already an insignificant existence for her, Colio thought to himself
Since then, Mattalast kept searching inside that building that stank of death
He had probably checked each and every document by now Over the course of several days, he methodically searched for clues
Apparently, Bohilin Co a cult But he found one letter addressed to Cigal Crukessa rather than to that cult
If he could find al Crukessa’s identity Coht be able to find him
But as expected, he just couldn’t understand why the corpses were left like this
Also, he had no idea why, but every door and as sealed by plaster from the inside
It was as if they tried sealing the building itself
But for what purpose?
While pondering about this, Mattalast continued his search in the putrid building
At that tihts
‘Mattalast-san’
‘What is it?’
‘A little while ago, I received a h I haven’t been able to confirm it yet’
‘Tell ist of it’
‘Uon Pneumonia around the town’
As soon as she said those words, all of his questions were answered At the saot himself into
‘I see, so that’s it…’
Mattalast thought
Corpses were scattered in the building They were carriers of Dragon Pneuens were multiplied in the corpses and thus spread into the air
Any person ould come to search inside Bohilin Company would be infected in the blink of an eye
The corpses were a trap Mattalast was tricked by the enemy
The effects of the disease were already just a er move
‘…What about the Director?’
‘It seems like she was already infected I’m still fine’
‘I’m already done for, too The sy soon’
Mirepoc’s gasp was trans
‘Don’t be so distressed Iet some reinforcements We can prevent the spread of the disease in this toith a barrier’
‘But Mattalast-san, you and the Director…’
‘We won’t die that easily’
‘But…’
‘Don’t waste time Go, quickly’
‘…’
For a while, it seemed like Mirepoc hesitated But she understood that rather than the safety of the Director and Mattalast-san, she should prioritize the safety of the townspeople and prevent the spread of the disease
‘I will return as soon as possible Please survive until then’
Saying this, Mirepoc severed the connection
Mattalast took a breath and tried to calm himself
It certainly seemed like the enemy’s plan fell into place But, this didn’t mean they lost yet
Before he and Haal Crukessa
Their forces exceeded his He was just as cornered as they were
And as he thought this, he remembered
He felt like he was overlooking so
Our forces?
Mattalast activated his Predictive ability
He used it to predict the weather from now on
Mattalast paled at the result of this prediction
‘Mirepoc, answer Answer! Answer!’
He tried sharing his thoughts to call Mirepoc However, while he could receive communication from Mirepoc and reply to it, it didn’t work the other way around
Mirepoc already ceased the Thought Sharing Mattalast’s thoughts couldn’t reach her
Nevertheless, Mattalast kept trying as it was his final ray of hope
‘Mirepoc, answer! The Director’s going to get killed! The eneon Pneumonia!’
He received no response from Mirepoc
Mattalast started running He had to go and save the Director
As he thought of this, an explosion resounded from his immediate vicinity Fro in
They all carried bombs
“Kill Mattalast”
“I’ll kill Mattalast!”
Shouting so, they kept running one after the other towards him
“Some pawns still remained?!”
Mattalast took his handgun and started shooting the eneot their brains blown out collapsed
He couldn’t let the
However, there were too many enemies
They were not opponents he would lose to easily, but he wondered if he could do it with his sick body
Please bear with it, my body– thus Mattalast prayed
But, he had a hunch his as not going to be granted
Mirepoc rushed to the airplane and turned on the engine She had to return to the Library as quickly as possible and call reinforcements
If, at that time, Mirepoc refused the pair’s instructions, the worst case scenario could have been avoided
However, she fleay on the airplane
If Mirepoc reinstated the Thought Sharing with Mattalast, the worst case scenario could have been avoided
However, she didn’t
If she turned on the radio at that time, the worst case scenario could have been avoided
However, as she revved up the engine, she didn’t even think of the radio
If Mirepoc was headed to the west rather than the east, the worst case scenario could have been avoided
However, the airplane headed straight to east
When Mirepoc noticed that worst case scenario, it was already too late to turn back because she wouldn’t have made it
It was inside an Ar Town
There, when Ha her ears
The radio’s special news reported the course of the typhoon
“The large typhoon ‘Captain Choke’, which we reported earlier as heading to the northeast, suddenly changed its direction to the southeast, approaching a direct hit in the Toatt region A typhoon usually can’t coe is expected to occur due to the delay of the anti-ency asseether due to this They are investigating the sudden change in the course of the typhoon The typhoon approaching the Toatt region is the first case of such an abnormal weather since 1809”
A typhoon, Ha
Hamyuts knew that she had been completely cornered now
The enemy was yet to be found
She also had not much time until the disease surfaces
Further would not be able to come to her rescue
And even her co she had, was about to be sealed by the inco typhoon
Why?
Why had everything gone so smoothly?
It felt as if the ene here in the first place
But there shouldn’t be any way for that
Such a powerful Oracular Magician shouldn’t exist Not even the highest level modern Prediction users should have been able to predict the typhoon that was not supposed to come
And yet, the enemy still did…
At thatclicked into place
The enemy foresaw this day
It was the history’s strongest Prediction user, shi+ron Booyacornish, who had foreseen this day
The real eneal
It was the Ever-Laughing Witch, shi+ron Booyacornish
At that ti at the roadside
He neither knew nor wanted to know about Haal’s plot
He didn’t care about anything anymore
There was a knife in a hidden pocket inside his pants It never was of any use
But now, Colio took it out and stared at the blade
He thought about dying
“…”
Colio was tired of searching for any hope to live
In spite of hi
“Kill Hao, those words were everything for hi to him
Thinking about it, only a few days have passed He came here with Hyoue and Relia to kill Hamyuts Meseta Relia probably died Was he killed by Hamyuts? Or did he die in a different way? He couldn’t know
Colio didn’t think of those two as friends or allies, but he still felt soic
At that tiht of his life as a tool to kill Ha else
Why was he afraid now?
Did he change? No, that wasn’t it
He had tried to escape fro he was a bomb, he subdued his fears
In fact, Colio couldn’t kill Hamyuts He couldn’t use the bomb in his chest He could only tremble
Living was painful, but dying was scary
Colio was si able to live or die
The wind grew stronger Clouds came out