Chapter 9 (1/2)
Teora 9: Are you an Idiot?
“…”
Dylan seenize the one who appeared as a villain His eyes met with Manaka’s
“Yo, Hero First ti you in the flesh, but you sure are cool What’s up with you? You wearing so? Or did your body transform?”
“…”
“Sorry, but I was told not to let you pass”
“…”
On Manaka’s conversational tone, Dylan didn’t react at all Hetowards the man
Dylan’s right fist eht
… I knew that one I’ve seen it introduced before on the news programs
A knuckle charged with energy One of Dylan’s signature moves Commonly called Justice Hammer Other Rocks also used similar moves, and that attack that was non as a sort of tradeh destructive power to even demolish boulders
“Tsk!!”
It would be the end if he drew any closer Manaka held up the rifle in his hand, and ied it!
… But
At the sa in his direction It was faster than a leopard, and sharper than an eagle If Dylan had gone and done an 100 meter dash, it wasthe world record by a large in
“… Fu-!”
… He didn’t even dodge the bullet, he deflected it to the side with a single sweep of his arm
And
“… Seyah!”
… To Neito, it only looked as if a flash of light was racing about
A sound of impact reverberated in the area, and in the next instant, in the outer wall of a storehouse far behind, he confirure of a beaten Manaka
“… Manaka… san…?”
Looking closely, the red protectors on his Miscellaneous Battle Unifor frohtest
That can’t be
That can’t be
That can’t be
In that single instant? Without the slightest portent? So that thing called the fist of justice really was so?
Enough for a man who’d chosen to walk the path of evil to be demolished in the blink of an eye?
Neito couldn’tbefore his eyes was going too fast for his mind to catch up
And Dylan’s si
“…”
Without confir the result of his actions, Dylan proceeded on And his forht
“…! Hah! Manaka-san!?”
As if he had just been freed from paralysis, Neito ran over to manaka
“Manaka-san!! Manaka-san!”
He lifted up his collapsed body, and called out
“… Neito… is it…?”
Manaka’s breath was faint, and his voice sounded as if it would go out at any moment
“Please get a hold of yourself!! Manaka-san!!”
“… I can’t… be saved…”
He could tell by looking, but still, he didn’t want to admit it
“You can!! Manaka-san! I’ you!! … You said it, didn’t you!? That… that you’d take me out for a drink…!”
“… Sorry for… that…”
“Please don’t die!! Your wife and your kids are… waiting for you!!… So…!!”
Manaka’s wife had, just the other day, ran off with the kids to some other man Even Neito knew that much, but even so
He couldn’t re any words from his mouth
“… You there Good… listen…”
The first person he regarded as a senior at work gripped his hand, as he went on
“… You have talent…”
He didn’t knohat Manaka wanted to say But if he was going to make these words his last, then they had to be heard Neito clenched his hand as he inclined his ears to Manaka’s words
“… Aim for Metallica’s summit And the world…”
Neito could only listen and nod Metallica’s su boss?
So he was to becoanizations, the oldest and most powerful one To stand at the top truly was to stand where one could dee in the world
“… It’s a proot to tell me… the word ‘evil’s real…”
“UWAAAAAAAAAH!!! NOOOOOooo!!!”
Manaka couldn’t lay out words to the end Power seeped out of the hand he clenched, and his ar limp
He couldn’t talk any longer
He was dead He had died I had practically entered the organization just by going with the floor The workplace was off from my expectations And within that, he was the first to properly interact with me, and dim as it may be, the person who to point me onto my path
I ood person Of course he was a villain
But Neito had liked Manaka It wasn’t just battle techniques He felt theprecious
And he had died
“…”
His coanization, had been vanquished by the hero protecting society
What Manaka had left hi was one that Neito couldn’t really quite grasp But…
He could no longer stand still He could no longer leave things like this Even if the path before him was too dark to see, he could only feel around for it as he preceded on
He had wished for the world to change He had walked forth for it And when he did, so e around him