Bonus 4 Part1-6 (1/2)

…What is going on?

Below the clear winter sky and surrounded by the s head to think while clinging to the side of a crushed police car

I was in Ichigaya

I was fa hole in front of the train station and the branch of a certain TV station, but thethere was the Ministry of Defense facility The large military antenna toas visible from anywhere in the area

A small parade had been scheduled for today Some newly arrived ambassador was obsessed with the military yet dulled by peace, so he apparently liked to visit military facilities in different countries like a history buff visiting historical sites

There had apparently been a fair bit of argue of his protection, but everyone had been quite carefree on the scene Of course, the only people taking part in the parade were uard division and others who had cleared a strict background check Plus, the parade was following a prearranged course, so they only had to patrol roads that just so happened to all look the same

The least iroup there was the 0-X Office that specialized in Youkai-related cases That Office was filled with civilian ami Enbi and Hachikawa Tomoe They couldn't exactly drive a car and I couldn't recruit civilians for this anyway

And that's why I, Uchimaku Hayabusa, was the only member of the 0-X Office on the job

That was all it was

I should have only been there for two or three hours

Should have

It happened suddenly

Another group of vehicles charged into the intersection that should have been blocked off

If it had been an arroup, this would have been a major incident

But it turned out to be even more of a pain in the ass

”Dale colors crash into us!?”

”They're not trying to get back at us for taking the bodyguard job froirl!?”

As we hid in the saanized crime division, shouted hysterically

We were surrounded by a mixture of crushed police and JSDF vehicles

As everyone aie, a single conspicuous figure stood in the center

It was not the ambassador

It was the girl that Sotobori had mentioned

She looked like a white witch

The girl was around eighteen She has long, rough white hair and an ankle-length outfit that looked like a simplified dress She had leather belts around her wrists and ankles, short chains, and…softball-sized iron balls?

We were all confused, but the girl gently raised both hands like a conductor and spoke loudly between the two groups

”You seeerous situation!? You will trigger an international incident, JSDF!!”

”Silence!”

She was answered by the speaker on the roof of one of the military trucks

The person speaking was a woman ould have looked more at hoe

”Did you think ould end our pursuit for safety's sake if you fled into the parade? Or did you think you would trigger a conflict over jurisdiction with the police? We don't care about any of that! Not if it ami Ama!!”

My heart leapt in my chest

Hishi+…gaami Woman just like Mystery Freak Enbi and the even worse Mai!?

The white-haired girl remained carefree

”A ue JSDF unit? I can't wait to see the papers tomorrow! No, this would probably warrant a special report Anyway, are you that worried about staying on the Hishi+gaa ether in anticipation of your future business with us, but it still saddens nore the everyday people to do a company's dirty work!”

”This has nothing to do with Hishi+gami!”

”That doesn't matter And sorry, but I can't let myself be captured here Especially by someone involved with the Men So I think I'll et soht for the common man!”

I exchanged a shocked look with Sotobori

”Hey, this ain't good I don't knohat's going on, but she's cowoh!?”

”Sotobori!?”

What!? What just happened!?

The white witch should still have been a long way off, but the next thing I knehite cloth was fluttering before otten in judo had been tossed aside and dazed

And this e were holding our guns!

”Don't…move!!”

”Stop it, stop it, stop it”

It was as easy as taking candy from a baby

I was on the receiving and not even I could tell what had happened She easily took the gun from le hand She can s!? Dammit!

She pressed up against my back, presumably to use me as a shi+eld

I felt so soft on my back and her sweet breath reached my ear

”If all you can do is fire at paper targets underground with earplugs in, then go have some fun in Guam This doesn't suit you, detective”

”Daami more like Mai than like Enbi!?”

”Oh, you know our name? And it didn't fill you with fear I find that 'hope' very interesting”

The police and the JSDF both focused their guns in this direction

Hishi+gaun against my back

”Stop it You havewill only lead to friendly fire You belong to different organizations, but you're both working toward the peace of this country, right? That sad ending wouldn't suit you!”

”Gh! It's your fault it's turning out that way!”

”Pipe down, detective Just so you know, this is meant to help all of you”

”You have until the count of ten,” said the JSDF official

”They're ready to do this And! Do you really think I'd let go of e in such a juicy situation!?”

”He is a public servant It is his duty to sacrifice himself for social stability”

Bff!?

”Do all of you have issues!? You all stand out so round!”

”I knohat youwith their bluff” Hishi+gami Ama whispered to me ”My true pursuers will be here soon”

It happened a moment later

”It” arrived

It was like a meteor strike

With an explosive sound, a nearby police car was crushed before violently exploding The same happened to a JSDF truck soon thereafter The JSDF official quickly tried to retreat, but she was knocked out by the blast

But what in the world was happening?

I looked up into the sky as Hishi+ga blotted out the sun

There were a few objects in the blue sky

They were…

”What!? Concrete!?”

”Didn't you know? A tornado can throw building ht up into the air And of course, what goes up ravitational acceleration, a single pachinko ball can be deadly So get down”

More andout

Each time, I felt a squeeze at my heart

I could see sos in the distant sky Don't tell me that's a tornado?

”The legend of a Tengu's fan was probably used to artificially create a tornado I' She says she destroys education, but she uses the legend of Ushi+wakamaru”

It was all too fragile

Both the police and the JSDF had been using the vehicles as shi+elds So now that those shi+elds were being crushed one after another, there was nothing they could do Unable to maintain any form of leadershi+p, they could only scatter in every direction

”I always tell her not to do that since it isn't all that accurate …Now, detective, ill you do?”

”What…?”

”A few other Hishi+gaer if I don't leave here You don't want to let o with me”

”And more importantly, wasn't your job here to protect that ambassador from wherever? Based on your behavior, you're not part of the bodyguard division, but that doesn't mean you want to abandon your duty, does it?”

Dammit

I had no choice Sotobori was still in a daze, I had no idea where the ambassador had ended up, and she had me in an armlock

”Fine Let's go with that”

”I will praise you for the quick decision, Detective Uchimaku But you need to pay closer attention”

”Ah! That's e!”

The white witch let go of un

I was shocked

I had assuun for herself

”Are you sure?”

”You can't kill ami Women either”

Ama's white head shook

A moment later, I heard an incredible explosion and a fist-sized hole appeared in the police car door

”What…is it now!? Sniper fire!? Is it the JSDF!?”

”The sound didn't clue you in? They wouldn't use an antique like the 1941 One of the others is here already More importantly, you need to run Follow me Unless you plan to take on an anti-tank rifle with that revolver”

Everything about this was a complete mess

The tornado was still going strong and now a large sniper rifle was firing at us We were being pursued by two different assassins

I could only run through the chaos while ami Ama's back She had iron balls attached to her ankles, but I couldn't catch up My legs nearly froze up fro us, but stopping was not going to improve the situation A police car wouldn't block a bullet like that It would blow a hole in both the car and me

”Hah hah! Can you believe this, Detective Uchiantic rifle that blew holes in tanks seventy years ago! Can't you feel the history!?”

”Shut up, you freak! What the hell is that!?”

”Yuu who Destroys Systems As you can see, she's a brawny combat type that's obsessed eird old Soviet weapons shi+tsu does soe and Yuu finishes us off That's their impudent idea of teamwork”

The dark s vehicles may have worked in our favor

We left the destroyed vehicles and arrived at a police car that was somehow still in a workable state

I grabbed the driver's side door, but only received a solid sensation Oh, damn They actually bothered to lock it!

I slammed my elbow into the , but it didn't even crack

”It's bulletproof!? Curse the parade specifications My elbow's tingling!!”

”We don't have time to mess around Yuu will shoot us So excuse me a moment”

She had said I needed to pay closer attention

Even so, I couldn't help but stare in shock when she smoothly removed my tie

What happened next was an even greater shock

She stabbed with it

Aap next to the car door Then she pulled it straight down and I heard the internal latch breaking

You're kidding, right?

She smashed it…like with an axe?

The white witch then popped open the door

”You can have this back What's that curious look for? A single hair is enough to kill a tiger, right? And a tie is far better than a hair”

”No, wait How much of an expert are-…!?”

”We can talk later Or do you want to get hit by that 1941? C'et in!”

Before I could say anything more, she kicked me into the driver's seat Then she climbed in

And sat right on my lap

”Are you justwith me!?”

”I don't have tier seat We need to drive off like this”

”Traffic laws!”

”I don't recall any laws against driving while sitting in a man's lap”

I don't even care anymore…

When I just about stopped caring what happened, A wheel

”This should be fun I've alanted to hold a steering wheel”

”I care again! You mean you don't even have a license!?”

But if we stuck around for too long, ould be hit by that Hishi+gami Yuu person's 1941

We really did end up driving off in a bizarre Nininbaori style

…Driving on public roads like this has got to be a yellow light for my life as a detective

”Okay, let ami Ama I'm 18, I'm female, and I have no education history I've never been to a school Yeah, that goes against my duty as a citizen People call me 'Aroup, bring it on Nice to meet you”

”You keep changing what you call me, but I'm Uchi! What is going on!?”

On the roof of a building near Ichigaya's Ministry of Defense facility, a woman in a bikini top and skinny pants lay face-down on the thick military coat laid out below her She sounded exasperated as she spoke into a cellphone

She was Hishi+gami Yuu

”Oh, dear Oh, dear This et is active”

She was not sunbathing out of season

She cal

She was answered by the innocent voice of a ten-year-old girl

”Were you really trying to hit her?”

”Of course I was Why would I hold back? But this is A about It's hard to aiers around!”

”What about the Nopperabou included in the sniping unit? If you use its power to enchant your opponent, can't you make any opponent stand stock still for two seconds?”

”No, no Didn't I just say this is Aainst me”

”H so she had to carry him around”

”If I did that with this 1941, it'd be like shooting a red water balloon And…”

”And?”

”…I don't really like shooting that kind of hot-blooded guy”

She heard a giggle from over the phone

The beautiful woman in a bikini top quickly stood up

”H-hey! I' about the kind noise!”

”That's fine But we can't let Ama-chan escape You need to continue the pursuit, Yuu-chan”

”Okay, but I can't pursue so as a shortcut can only take me so far”

”Don't worry about that A few of the others are on the move to keep them in place Like Rou-chan, and Arawa-chan, and Raku-chan…”

”That's just playing dirty”

”And since I don't want anyone accusingout too”

”Vweh!?”

”What?”

”W-well… Ah ha ha I-is this really worth having you head out there? I need to give this my all!”

”I' to be enough See you there Vee”

”Ah, wait!? …She hung up”

With that surprised comment, the beautiful woman scratched her head

She grabbed theon and draped it over her shoulders

” 'Yu to make an appearance? Is this the end for Tokyo?”

I used the surviving police car to take Hishi+gami Ama away from the scene of confusion in order to protect the aues, but another problem soon showed itself

”Whoa!?”

I slammed on the brakes

The next intersection was filled with people It was like accidentally driving toward a scrareen for cars As I stared in confusion at the one or two hundred people crammed into the intersection, the ”answer” slammed into the windshi+eld

It was not that the co had caused a panic

They were glittering gold…coins?

I had never seen coins that color or size

”Those are Olyold medals Each one is worth a little less than ten thousand yen I believe they're worth old content”

A answer from my lap

When I looked out again, I could see thele bolt could be deadly if it fell fro their arold round

And Hishi+ga as she sat in my lap

”Thataup one of Tokyo's arteries and cause more than five billion yen in econos …And I bet these are the 'leaf coins' that Tanuki and Foxes like so much Truly awful”

”Wait a second Don't tell me the other roads will be blocked too…”

”I see no reason why they wouldn't be It's tiet out If we stay here, Soviet-obsessed Yuu will start shooting at us again Luckily, there's a croe can slip into”

I didn't try to argue

We opened the driver's side door which we had never properly closed and rushed out We weaved through the crowd and between the cars as alked

”What do we do now? If cars are out, then the train? Where's the ZR!?”

”Wait The platform area is pretty noisy”

”What is it now!? There's trouble there too!?”

”It sounds like that doping-lover Raku 'Raku who Destroys Health' I don't want to get anywhere near there She tends to go a little nuts with the ca death Who knohat she can cause just by placing a single ful flower on the platform”

Ama's annoyed voice did not stop there

”By the way, Raku specializes in disguises and disturbance tactics, so be careful …After all, she's an indoor type who never really exercises, yet she has less than 3 body fat Just by adding padding in her clothing, she can give herself whatever body type she wants”

”Th-then what about the subway!?”

I quickly changed direction toward the stairway down from the sidewalk

But a moment later, my sense of time was bloay

So waited for us below those stairs

I felt like my entire soul would be taken away

According to a semi-serious science paper, hus on an unfae they could never eat it all or to watch a swiantic home theater screen, but if they actually cas, their mind was unable to keep up and they felt fear

It was like facing a giant swariant salivating mouth

Soiant maw that was the subway entrance

But the quantity and density were sireat

It's…too much…!?

”Oooeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!”

I could not bear it

I loweredon the sidewalk

”Hm, hm, hm Hm, hm, hm Hm, hm, hm, hm, hm☆”

I heard an innocent girl's voice

But

Who was it?

Who was there?

” 'Yume who Destroys Ethics' She's probably used a Gaki or a Hidarugaht as well be on the verge of a dust explosion Drop a single bread cru over it When a Gaki tries to eat so, it burns before their eyes and yet they continue to seek after ht, perhaps from the victims' smartphone and cellphone screens …This tier Anyway, their phones are flashi+ng in a way that induces that desire And she really plays dirty since she alone remains unharmed within that hellish scene”

Ama rubbed my back as she explained

Even that white witch said this was ”playing dirty”

”The subway is out too C'mon, stand up If you don't, Yume will consume you”

”Wait a second… Ugh We can't just leave those people down in the subway…”

”For the most part, Yume won't kill After all, death will free theh whether heaven or hell waits them in the afterlife is up to their own values Of course, soet carried away by the extreme situation and happily decide to fulfill all of their desires”

She practically had to drag ain

How ami Women were there around here?

I shookfor breath

”Can we really…escape?”

”I can only think of one way”

”We walk,” s, but it's true Tokyo is full of security caet fro pattern and the color palette of their face even if they can't get a straight-on shot of the face, but that means you can trick them if you knohat matters Plus, Rou and Raku have created a flood of normal people to stop the cars and support the sniper So we just need to focus on hoalk, keep our heads down to cast a shadow on the crowd and we can escape this hell”

I had no idea if we had safely escaped or if our pursuers were siahed in relief

”Looks like we made it just fine”

”…Oh, is that so?”

”That ht try to stay”

”Where is your home?”

”I don't have one And we couldn't go there even if I did They'll be watching your home too, Favorite-kun”

”Then what about a hotel or inn?”

”They'd find us if they checked the guest register or the security cameras 'Araho Destroys Birth' is a cyber war expert, so that monster can break into defense industry production lines and intentionally create countless defective products Searching out a specific person would be a piece of cake for her”

”The defense industry…wait a second”

”I'm serious She places the power of a Youkai called a Nurikabe into the server she's using, so you could call her an expert at stopping the flow of inforet server herself, she cuts off their security and firewall to lock up and neutralize their system Only the ainst it And governy, so they don't stand a chance”

”Then what do we do? Internet cafes and the like have cameras and you'd stand out too e”

I wasn't going to say that no young women lived on the streets, but it was true that they were an overwhele of the homeless

”I have an idea There's one place that allows fake na security cameras due to the nature of the business, and is even reasonably priced”

”What is it? Where is this convenient place?”

I was dubious such a place existed, but Hishi+gami Ama replied with a mischievous look in her eyes

”They're everywhere, aren't they? I' about love hotels”

It was early afternoon

I really didn't want to mention where I was

”Oh, the bed's pretty nor ones”

”But the shower roo You can see everything”

My le as I watched the excited white witch's back

This was necessary to protect ourselves

Oh, but still!!

I considered contacting Enbi or Tsumada Mio from the 0-X Office to tell them I was okay and to ask what had happened to Sotobori and the others Most of all, I wanted some backup…but I couldn't My life would be over if I called a group of civilian irls to a place like this!!

”Sorry, but let me take a shower first To be honest, I worked up quite a sweat running away fro through So now that there's a shower right here, I just can't restrain ht”

”Wait! Didn't you just say the wall is lass!?”

”Watch or look the other way; the choice is yours I just can't wait any longer”

She really did start stripping off her dress-like outfit, so I quickly turned 180 degrees around

But I didn't hear the door opening and closing or the water running

Then she embraced me from behind

Slender arms wrapped around my neck and a soft sensation reached le down my spine

”Wait! What are you-…!?”

”You sure are careless taking your eyes off of a Hishi+gami Woman”

While ently bit at

”Of course,on whether it's a sign of carelessness or trust, so I'll wait toht 'here'”

I could hear her pulse as she whispered to me and then the mass of warmth left lass door to the shower room The wall must have been quite thin because the sound of the water was not muffled at all

Were all the Hishi+gami Women exhibitionists and very open about sex?

No

It may have been that they didn't kno to have a normal relationshi+p, so they wanted to force a connection with the people they didn't want to be separated from I could see occasional hints of that with Enbi too

Excessive energy

Unnecessary physical contact

It was like the inability to see the invisible bonds left the physical

How did Hishi+gami Ama see me?

What category was she going to file me under?

”Sorry about the wait”

The water stopped running and I heard the door opening and closing assu I could finally rest easy, I turned around and found A a towel

”Bff!? What are you doing!?”

”Sorry, sorry I forgot about needing a change of clothes There was a ht? Can you stop by there before taking your shower? I'm really sorry about this”

It seemed to really be an honest mistake

There was no use crying over spiltto put on sweaty clothes after taking a bath

But for noanted information

There was a lot I wanted to ask about again

”I have some questions”

”What, are you going to tie me to a chair and pretend to torturein the closet There was also a leather outfit with belts to adjust the size if you're into that Western-style stuff”

”C'et it! I'll take this seriously, so stop pulling out that rope!”

Hishi+gahed and let her butt sink down into the bed

”So what do you want to know?”

”Everything Fro”

”Sigh”

The white witch scratched at her wet hair

”You can believeyour disbelief after everything I say You can ask all your questions after I'm done Is that okay?”

”As long as you'll tellon”

”Then let me start with the basic assu me They haven't even received a request for a public security operation, so they're doing so illegally And I couldn't let them capture me That's why I ran into the e of the confusion”

”But this is really about a clash between the Hishi+ga the JSDF?”

”This all started elsewhere There's another reason e' are trying to kill each other”

She crossed her legs while sitting on the bed

”By the way, how ami family, Favorite-kun?”

”They're japan's largest corporate group and one of the largest in the world But they're also Enbi's family”

Ama smiled a little

It was the reaction of an adult as asked if Santa Claus really existed

”What do you know about the Hishi+gaami Women?”

”Only a bit I've heard here and there I don't know the details”

”I have to start fro so ith Enbi and Mai when you know so little No, maybe they can relax more because you don't know much”

The white witch continued while using a hand to fan her towel-covered chest

”The Hishi+ga In the tere of the old zaibatsu-style corporation known as the Hishi+ga as it falls within the bounds of nore, and reasonable, they will ally with it to spread their connections and create a giant organization Froone insane in a 'normal' way”

”The Hishi+gaerous way”

”You should knohy if you've seen Mai and Enbi”

Aain

”The Hishi+ga In other words, we create cracks in the giant organization and lead the clogged-up system to destruction So to people who live peaceful lives thanks to that giant's protection, we can easily look like the seeds of disaster”

”But we aren't good or evil During tiether into a giant systeami Women destroy the rotten system to air it all out That's all it is Of course, the Hishi+ga to like that,” said A hope or destroying finances, iant organization that stretches across all industries and ee have sniffed out our own answers and e, such as when the Men's syste States period, the Women would have taken a different for, or annual taxes”

Basically, they were experts who dragged down the entire Hishi+gami Group, division by division

What would happen if someone like that was sent in to deal with an incident caused by an individual?

If this was true, it would explain why they were so extraordinary

”Raku who Destroys Health and Araho Destroys Birth, huh?”

”Those apply pretty obvious dae to a corporation, especially when 'birth' includes 'production' Ones like Yume who Destroys Ethics and shi+tsu who Destroys Education are a little less obvious, but their effect is huge when it reaches the surface Those affect the skill-level and morals of the workers, after all And the problen objects mixed into the production line”

Yume

Yume who Destroys Ethics

”What? Did the idea of destroying ethicsdirty?”

”N-no! Not really…”

”She isn't that nice She'll do whatever it takes to destroy corporate ethics and morals, but it can be so inefficient”