Vol 2 Chapter 5 (1/2)

Adolescent Adam 2: Chapter 5 - The One Who Attacks from Behind

“I’ to ask you one more time”

“What?”

“Are you insane!?”

“I already said no”

They stepped off the bus

The giant shopping est road It was also a one minute walk from a bus stop, which one was one reason Mutsuki and the others often used it

He and Ange entered that busy ain today

It was a sunny Saturday,

“I can only conclude you’re an idiot to go out of your way to live soer, you know?”

“Sorry I know it’s more work for you But…”

He could not think of Ibekusa or Lucia as enemies

He knew saying that would only anger her, so he dodged the issue

“W-well, anyway, I’ve already made up my mind”

“…If you’re that insistent, I guess I have to go along with it”

“Let’s try to enjoy the ht?”

“Hmph”

“I’ll pour ht I’ll make us a feast”

“…Please don’t At least don’t act so excited about it”

“?”

Her second sentence washis head

“Hey, over here, over here!”

Theyarea

All three of the Mutsuki and Ange had taken the bus while Micha had taken her big motorcycle The Latin beauty’s outfit left her navel and cleavage fully exposed as she operated a er than all the others She stood out in a variety of ways, so finding her had been easy

“Okay, let’s get going”

She took the lead without showing any concern for the gazes of the passersby

Mutsuki followed, and…

“♪”

Despite seee’s expression relaxed and she followed in the rear

SeeDWalK was the largest shopping mall in the area

Its grounds covered 18x3 kiloed froht in plenty of guests from other prefectures on the weekend

“This place is as busy as ever Why do huather in places like this?”

“The ht be soo somewhere so lively”

“…Heh heh♪”

She still had a twisted view of things, but a sirl’s face in the crowd

Ange liked this mall It was filled with too many stores to remember and countless people walked here and there She seemed to enjoy it as much as the excitement in a multi-day festival It was incredibly cute how her uncontained cheer found its way to her face

“Where should we go?”

“We need to check out the electrical appliances first While we can skip on a TV, a vacuu with you, Micha-san And we can have those delivered, so on’t have to carry anything around with us”

“Okay …Neh heh heh♡ Looks like I can finally go nuts again”

Micha grinned and waved around a black credit card she pulled from somewhere She had previously shown off that card which could produce as much money as necessary

“…”

A warm sensation came over Mutsuki as he viewed his two excited roommates from behind

He had already been away fro with those two that he could confidently say he was enjoying himself

If Ange could always smile like she was now, he would have no complaints

“Attention, shoppers”

An announcement played from a nearby speaker

“A taste-testing event for regional beers fro held in the basement specialty section Please feel free to take part”

Micha co ho the event”) and turned toward the other two Her red eyes were opened so wide it scared Mutsuki

Hisher she had coers

“You will be going home on the bus with us Do not ask for any more than they provide at the event Only buy as e”

“Got it!”

She ran off in no time

“~♪ ~♪ Ho?”

Ange had been so entranced by the dondur mixed at a nearby ice creae, so she was left tilting her head

Mutsuki killed soirl who held a five-scoop ice cream cone in both hands

A mall was useful for times like this SeeDWalK’s third floor was the amusement floor With books, CDs, miscellany, and a movie theatre, there was a lot they could enjoy just byshopping

“I want to go the arcade”

“The arcade?”

“Yeah That’s what you call the place with all the gaht?”

She did not know much about the human world, so she apparently wanted to show off the words she had learned She nearly dropped her ice cream when she stuck her chest out in pride

After thinking about it for a moment, Mutsuki decided that was a decent idea

They had been forced to wait for Micha in this mall once before and the two of them had killed time at the mall’s arcade which was known as Game Master City

He had made her mad at the end, but they had enjoyed themselves up until then He was confident he would not make that same mistake this time They rode the escalator up and made their way to that corner of the third floor

Even as large as SeeDWalK was, Game Master City took up a third of its third floor It was the largest amusement park in the prefecture

It included standard boxy arcade ga, billiards, karaoke, bowling, and a a café Part of the roof was used for tennis, basketball, volleyball, futsal, a golf driving range, and a batting center One could even enjoy archery in the massive entertainment center

“It’s pretty busy today”

“It was a weekday last time we came It’s always like this on Saturdays”

“What’s that weird creature? A monster? Should I defeat it?”

“That’s a character suit They’re just handing out balloons, so leave them alone”

“He creatures”

The ice creaotten in the way, so they waited for her to finish before going inside

The inside was full of people The area near the entrance contained the prize games popular with more casual players, so there were a lot of couples and parents with their children

“…”

Suddenly…

(I wonder e look like to the other people around here)

It started bothering hirearm

(Ange hter Brother and sister maybe? No…)

“Mutsuki?”

“Hawah!? W-what?”

He thought his heart would leap from his throat when she suddenly turned around She was shorter than hi his head had made him look directly into her raised eyes

“Why are you zoning out? …So where is it?”

Luckily, the flashi+ng lights of the gairl looking up at him with her usual lopsided frown

“Sorry, I wasn’t listening What is ‘it’?”

“You knohat I mean That motorcycle one we played last time”

“Motorcycle one? …Oh”

He remembered When they had coaame and she was a coered her

“Shohere it is You caught uard last time, but I don’t think I’ll lose this time”

Ange crossed her arms and leaned her short body backwards

It ant, so the boy sames with his eyes

“Okay! Let’s do this!”

“Wah, wah! Wait, Ange!”

She was so eager to play that she grabbed his sleeve and began walking quickly toward the game

Mutsuki follohile nearly tripping as she tugged on him

Having a girl drag hi He tried to break free, but this was the el There was no way he could th

He started looking around, afraid so

A coer would not be too bad, but the problem was someone he knew

After all, they had run into a classmate their last time here

The light sound of a bell reached their ears even through the background noise of the park

“I thoughttoo hasty, but you actually showed up”

Mutsuki stopped on reflex and looked back

Ange noticed the added weight to the object she was dragging behind her, but they did not have tirasp the situation

“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!!”

“!?”

The excited and cheerful background noise had been far froed at once

They grew to screams

The reason was obvious even froaun to transform

The exterior decorated with neon and colored tape began to bend and the scrap-like inner parts were shown off After that, the transfor crane becahts became eyes, and it overall took on a humanoid shape

It was essentially a supernatural phenomenon, so anyone would scream if they saw it Mutsuki did not, but that was simply because he had seen it a few times already

He had s like this several times before

They were the contraptions controlled by the humans of FeTUS FeTUS Witches Miss E, aka Ibekusa Machina, had said they were tools loaded with a “spring” to power them

“…”

Ange faced him and pointed to the machine person

“…Character suit?”

“No! It’s a Springloaded!”

The crane was not the only one A total of eight Springloaded rushed toward Mutsuki while sweeping aside the surrounding arcade equipment

There was a fighting gaa lane panel, and lastly one carrying twelve archery bows that fell fro

“~~~ Outta the way! Mutsuki!”

The closest one, the crane gae noticed the enemy attack, she rushed forward

She pulled out Pro toward the machine as it extended its arm She hit the enemy, but it took a back step to reduce the force of the slash It was knocked backwards but not sliced in two

“Ah… A-Ange…”

He had known he was a target, but his legs were still about to give out because he had not expected for his life to be put in danger on such short notice

His guardian angel stood in front of hiloaded

“Springloaded… Kh! I can’t believe they would attack in a crowd like this”

Mutsuki checked their surroundings Fortunately, the other guests see in panic

(Th-this is weird It’s not like normal)

Mutsuki wrinkled his brow and looked to the eighthim

He had run across Springloaded a few tiht All of the previous ones had s They had never made an attack that could hurt someone else like this

“This is too forceful ………Ah”

Mutsuki and Ange exchanged a glance

Ibekusa Machina had warned theerous FeTUS member ould use any e

“Heh heh heh”

Another light ring of a bell sounded clearly through the screams and commotion

A wouests They spotted her as soon as they started looking Everyone else was panicked, but she alone had an icy sht and her hands clasped behind her

“…Black Cat?”

“I’m honored you know my name”

A solid, chilly aura surrounded the woman, like she was a steel sculpture

When a trained soldier stood tall, it could coldly strain the surrounding atmosphere This may have been the perfected form of that Like a thread drawn taut, she perfectly ht stance with the solidity of metal Her eyes had a cleverness to them that showed no eht suit that covered her from neck to wrists, but its black color may have assisted the steel-like impression

However, she was not a Springloaded She was undoubtedly hu at her chest revealed soft curves and the thighs exposed between her flared skirt and long boots contained feth hair was braided and it swayed behind her like a tail

The lines of her cheeks were round and she had a somewhat childish face that stood at odds with her aura She also wore a strangely fancy black helmet with cat ears attached

Sharp glasses accentuated large feline eyes with raised corners

Vertical pupils ran down the deep golden irises

“Jiyuuni Ange I had heard you have great power even for an angel, but…”

She spoke in a low voice that was enunciated as clearly as a bell

“Battle preparations complete…positive”

“Target of attack…Jiyuuni Ange…positive”

Out of the eight Springloaded, the fighting game rushed forward

This hat had seeloaded had been tasked with “capturing” their target These ones were here to “battle” and “attack”

Just as it got close, it began stepping in place like a boxer

The literal iron fist that fleard Ange would have turned a noriant sword and began her counterattack

“Daaaaaaaaaahhhh! Prominence – Loop!!!!!”

As the sword parried the fist, it split in two like a pair of scissors

She had not had tiht adjustht And this double-sword style here Ange of the Double Flame truly shi+ned

“Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!”

She danced within the reach of the ene the two blades toward the enes

The enemy used its incredible reaction speed to sway back, but prioritizing its upper body meant its lower body could not escape

The lower blade dug in at ould have been a huh the machine

“All right!” cheered Mutsuki with a clenched fist, but…

“Dae…32 Attack possible…positive”

“Kwaaah!”

This opponent really was a ht

Its fist jabbed into her gut as if to say she had sie took a back step at the last second to escape h to knock her small body backwards

“A-Ange! Are you okay!?”

“Kah…ah…”

Mutsuki ran over Despite crashi+ng through three slot

In pure ability, Ange, the , but she was poorly ainst a machine with no sense of pain

Angels eak against hurimly apparent here

“Ange, let’s run away”

“…Eh?”

He estion too quietly for Black Cat to hear

“We should run away We’re outnumbered here And even Ibekusa-san said-…”

Ibekusa Machina had told theiven the situation

But the deterirl’s eyebrows bristled

“To hell with that! You’re tellingme to do what Ibekusa said!?”

“N-no I’ it because someone else said so”

“Shut up, shut up, shut up! Just you watch! I’ll sht of them to pieces!”

She got back up and it seemed to have only fired her up even more

“She acts calh at school, but is she still just a kid?”

This was exactly what Black Cat wanted

“Hochloaded! All of you attack at once!”

“Positive”

“Si combat situation…odds of victory…9992”

Springloaded could consuaaht e faced them head-on with her tords

However, the attack ca direction

A paper cup flew in from behind, hit her head, and dumped its contents on her face

The golden-brown liquid gave off the unique scent of beer

“Honestly, and when I was busy too I’d only gotten to drink fifty-eight varieties so far”

“Micha-san!”

Micha had appeared behind Mutsuki at some point

“Cool your head, Ange! Your top priority is protecting Fujita Mutsuki-kun, not defeating the Springloaded!”

“…”

Ange was forced to restrain her killer intent when the older angel spoke harshly for once

Her nose twitched a little in frustration, but the liquid dripping from her hair finally seemed to calle sword

“Fine then …I’ll prioritize my mission and fall back”

She returned the sword to its pendant forrabbed Mutsuki’s hand

“Target escaping Beginning pursuit…positive”

The eight Springloaded also began to move, but…

Micha stood in their way Wings of red flarew from her back, transformed into hands, and threw a nearby billiards table The table knocked the fighting game onto its butt

“Micha-san…”

“Go I won’t last too long, but I’ll buy you what time I can”

Micha winked at worried-looking Mutsuki while she eh to ames

“Let’s go, Mutsuki!”

“R-right”

Ange pulled on his hand and started running She took hieway created by lines of onlookers They ie and into the open central area

Mutsuki was seriously afraid at first, but Ange e which created an updraft that let theuests who had no idea as happening on the third floor and were duirl who had just jumped doo stories

“Uestion, but should we really have run away!? If the Springloaded chase after us, the panic is only going to grow”

“If you’re captured, the panic will encoloaded are hue to other humans to a minimum More importantly…”

After they ran out into the obviously packed parking lot, Ange came to a stop

“I can’t exactly run aith you in tow…and the bus would be too slow”

“Y-yeah We could call a taxi, but we don’t have time”

“That leaves only one option”

She began running again Due to her great strength, she washio with her

Theyarea

“I’ve thought of destroying this thing countless tiht it would finally come in handy?”

She ran over to Micha’s beloved off-road motorcycle

“Eh? …This?”

“Perfect, isn’t it? According to Micha, it gets good speed Or do you want to steal another vehicle? You can’t start theht?”

As she spoke, Ange used the blue flaine attached to the back wheel This seeel The internal coine roared to life

“No, that’s not the point We need a driver”

“We have one”

Ange cliine that acted as a rear seat

“…”

The boy’s thoughts froze for alht his index finger to his chin and tilted his head

“You’re good with ht?”

His thoughts froze for another three seconds

He wished he could have stared for another five seconds, but he did not have time

The outer wall of the SeeDWalK’s third floor exploded and two Springloaded ju Micha They both crushed a parked car when they landed and then consuines parts of themselves

“We don’t have tio, Mutsuki!”

“I-I-I-I-I-I-I can’t! I’ames!”

“Bwah!”

In the ruins of Game Master City on the third floor of SeeDWalK, Micha soed to escape the veritablein

She looked around and her eyes uard who had hesitantly arrived to check on the situation The only reaed to defeat The other seven had likely pursued Ange and Mutsuki

“Cough, cough Come on now! Don’t just spray that sticky white stuff all over a lady It’s rude”

She had wanted to hold theathered up the fire extinguishers and fire suppression syste foam She had failed to hold them here

She pulled out her phone and called Ange

“hello!? Micha!? What is going on!? One, two…seven of the things are after us! You couldn’t take out at least three of them!?”

“Sorry, sorry I’ as I used to be Are you okay?”

“We’re retreating on your ht up yet, so we’re still okay Other than Mutsuki’s tears, we haven’t received any dae”

It seemed they were okay She even heard aout my eyes!”

“We can’t seem to lose them If you’re fine, then come help us …Oh”

A loud roar grew closer and soe’s voice

“They’re catching up… I’ up! Come help us!”

“Ah, wait, Ange!”

Micha wanted to knohere they were going or at least in which direction, but the girl hung up before she could ask

She had no choice Rather than pursue, she called a different nuloaded had made

Meanwhile, Mutsuki was in the greatest danger of his life

“Hey! Can’t you drive any faster!?”

“No, I can’t! You should really be praisinginto an accident so far!”

As he turned the accelerator grip, he ine was so incredibly powerful that the acceleration was still intense The speedometer passed the 200 mark in only a few seconds

He had so over Fortunately, the startup and gear changing was the sa turns He had nearly fallen over at first, but Ange had used her round and correct their balance

Huotten the hang of it in about ten uts to drive down norhway Despite being the weekend, there was fortunately not much traffic, but…

“Wah, ah, ah!”

“Ahh! Watch out!”

“I’ way too fast!”

Weaving between the other cars only ht even slightly pulled hiravity had shi+fted and he would nearly pull the handlebars to the side with hie back wheel provided some stability

“…”

There was, in fact, a way to provide further acceleration, but he did not have the courage to try it

“Here they come! Don’t swerve!”

After placing her phone in her pocket, Ange stood on top of the engine cover over the back wheel

Despite their great speed, they had not been able to lose the Springloaded The seven of theine and had surrounded the motorcycle on either side as it traveled at over 200 kph

The angel clicked her tongue, pulled an elastic band out instead of her phone, and tied back her red hair that was getting in the way as it danced in the bloind

“Bring it! I’m not about to lose to some humans!”

She split her divine sword in two and pointed theht

The first to attack were the crane gaun barrel were sent toward them simultaneously

Ange was already poorly ainst these ene and the wind pressure of their speed got in her way She frowned at her overwhele

“Daaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!”

Even with her narrow footing, she used her elasticity and centrifugal force the best she could and swept aside both attacks

Just as the enemy was forced to flinch back, she leaped into the air and onto the shooter game She stood on its shoulders, recoiant blade, and used its weight to stab deep into it

“Ggh…ed”

The reat hole in its chest

“Co operation…”

“Tch!”

It slammed on its brakes

Ange was about to be taken away from Mutsuki, so she made an immediate jump She used her momentum to assist her powerful leap

“Ryaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!”

And she cut at the crane gaside the motorcycle

She swept aside the enemy’s extended arm in midair and used the force to launch herself upwards

Just like with the horizontal bar in gyhtened body to land on the motorcycle

“Fwah!?”

But her position was a little off and she landed on the boy’s shoulders