Chapter 58 (1/2)
Chapter 58
—-Arakawa Kouki Point of View —-~~ 18 hours ago ~~
It was very quiet when I suddenly felt a shock while I was inside a powersuitIt seeh I came from the 82nd floorLooks like the impact was properly absorbed by the inactive h it is not iven to me still in my belt?
I need to purge the suit to get out froun so I think it will still shoot if I can remove a bit of water frohtchased by enemies
“If I reun where there are a lot of civilians, it will cause a panic and will certainly cause trouble which will attract the pursuers… I also need to make sure not to act suspiciously because the eneely”
It’s all right, I should be able to escapeIf I am not able to reach the safe house to request for a rescue teaet e deviceThe hatch was bloay and the water starts flowing in!
The water is cold even though it is AugustI wait for the force of the water to subsideI holdup, I could see the lights in the city of Moscow vaguely shi+ning into the surface of the water
Lieutenant Colonel surely said that the depth of the pond is 15my breathI desperately swim towards the water surface but my clothes absorbed the water and I can feel that it is beco heavy… Finally, I reached the surface of the water while drinking a bit of waterI swaoes into the city surface
“Ha~a Ha~a, I though I’ain”
I cli because of water that got inWhen I got up to the sidewalk, there’s an Obasan who looks like in her 50s suspiciously looking at meI bitterly smiled and make sure not to have an accent as I speak in Russian(TN: Obasan = Auntie or Older Woman)
“I fell into the pond after getting drunkThe water is so cold at night”
Obasan who heard my excuse look at me in surprise
“I heard a loud noise like so into the water so I ca drunk there is a good chance that you one home early and sleep in your bed”
After apologizing to Obasan as scolding oodbye and walk away, looking over the late-night cityLast time I check the time, it was 1:00am so it should be around 2:00am by now
Moscow late at night is dark and have few people, perfect for trying to escape the cityI should go to the address which ritten in the et money, new clothes and pick up a taxi in a place where there are a lot of peopleI also need to buy a ticket in train station using cash── I was thinking about such things while waiting for the pedestrian light to turn greenAhis personal terminal
When the light changed, we began crossing the roadThehis personal terminal
“Do not look at htTurn left after you cross this road then turn right after 20 ht into the third alley”
After that, the htIs that rabbed ue of Anton-san or not but ood to appeal to the local people
I do not have any other options… Should I make a bet? I turned to the left as instructed and after 20to an area which you can call a slum
“Was this a bad idea…”
I hile trying to hide my anxiety, I entered the third alley as instructedThere are several woainst against the door was saretteWhen she saw e o inside silently and the woarette in her mouth entered after me
“The boss is waiting in the roo to kill you?”
“I only turned the anization in the world to my enemy”
“Woas that suppose to be cool? Sounds stupid”
She sarette up to the filter and sla that conversationAs we approach the innermost room, the door opened in respond to our voiceA skin head siave a wad of cash to the woman
“Svetlana, good workYou can go… also forget all about this, this is for your own sake”
The skinhead chased away Svetlansan and looked at me, he smiled and talked to me
“You seemed to be quite ill prepare new clothes for youYou will meet the boss after that… First, come here”
Looks like they are allies, you will nor an aard s
—- Yurya Point of View —-
“Captain, Arakawa has arrivedHe is changing his clothes in another rooht now”
So he is hereIt’s only been 26 minutes after he escaped from the hotel, not badI look at my subordinate and asked for his condition
“How is his condition? Is he injured or overly excited?”
“How is his condition? Is he injured or overly excited?”
“No, not at allHe see at my appearanceLooks like he already predict to some extent what kind of people we are”
Just like the ruht have celebrated his birthday recently so he could be 16A child who escaped terrorism and is back to his nor him a monsterWe need to quickly take him back to japan and ask for asylumIf we handed Arakawa, there will be no objection froreat power
“How is the preparation for the transport plane that ill use for escape?”
“It is ready and waiting at the secret airfield which is outside of the cityWe can take off immediately as soon as we arriveWe also have escorts that will fly alongside us until will reach japan’s airspace but…”
“What?”
“Do you really want to blow up the Radar Station of Moscow in our escape? It is the base of our allies, I think we really should──”
“It is this country who betrayed us firstThey tried to kill us even though we are innocentIf so, our motherland should pay the price”
I understand that ill be killing some of our alliesHowever, there is no other way to escape New World who have already penetrated deep into the upper part of the governmentIt is also a fact that this country tried to kill us for the survival of the country
Then they should not complain if we sacrifice our own country in order to surviveWhile thinking about that, I was chewing on the cigar insound and Arakawa came into the room
“Excuse me”
Arakaas dressed in a black suit which was prepared on short noticeHe had a holster on his waist which iven to hiun, it looks like a sroup already got in touch with him?
“Glad that you came, do you knoe are?”
“Anton-san’s for, and you must be Captain Yurya”
This guy── Did he iure out that I a but my body is still cannot be called ‘human’ and he isn’t surprised at allI participated as a speciinal body remainsThe rest of my body are machine parts made from iron and oil…
“You… are not afraid of me?”
“Not reallyNo, I take it back,afraid, I was a little surprised”
“Not reallyNo, I take it back,afraid, I was a little surprised”
“Is that so, Maa~ I’ll explain our plans15 o to the airport outside of the cityThere, ill ride a transport aircraft and will fly towards HokkaidoWe will do a force landing at Wakkanai AirportWe expect that the japanese Self-Defense Forces are going to be dispatched but if we ask for asylue for you, they should acceptMaa~ To say it clearly, you are out hostageDon’t think badly of us”
“Howasylum?”
“14 people”
In my words, Arakawa tilted his head in curiosityI do not knohat he is thinking but it doesn’tsoonBefore I can try to coe the subject, he opened his mouth
“That’s strange? The numbers do notasylum from a person who is dressed as a bellboy at the hotel but the captain said 14 people, did you suffer casualties?”
Looks like he really got in touch with another Chernobog group at the hotelIt seeun but unfortunately our situation got us separated frooing around our predeteraudily ain
‘Squad Rule: Prioritize the people who can definitely escape’, I feel bad for my subordinates ill be left behind but we should apply this rule right nowWe can just come back to help the others once we have assured our safety
“He is from a different squad, It may sound bad but we cannot afford to pick up each and every of ”
“I a Anton-san and the Lieutenant ColonelI personally had a hard ti Anton-san in the hotel”
“The situation is bad so we cannot do itI have a duty to bring ht nowIf you want to help Anton and the others, you can just come back with Noah’s army in your back”
“Is that so? By the way, I can’t help but notice that Captain’s body is e…”
“Yes, we are a secret combat unit called ‘Serp’We are known as a covert ops unit but we are actually specialize for combat, is that a problem? Either way, if you want to resist ill just restrain you and forcefully bring you with us”
I arab his arun froerIn japan, there are only few people who have opportunity to touch guns except for those with related occupationNo doubt that he received training for self-defense fro his target using that small pistolAt this distance, I can quickly tackle hiun
It is necessary to teach children who don’t kno to behave a lessonArakawa started to ht foot in a hurry but I stop almost immediately and shout at him
“You fool! If you got that gun from my subordinate, then it is loaded with live ammunition!”
“I thought if I do this, you cannot do anythingIf you try to force er and blow my head off”
What the heck is this guy saying while pointing the gun on his head?Is he going crazy? No, he looks pretty calm to medamn, If it comes to this then─
“I thought if I do this, you cannot do anythingIf you try to force er and blow my head off”
What the heck is this guy saying while pointing the gun on his head?Is he going crazy? No, he looks pretty calm to medamn, If it comes to this then─
“Captain, listen to me for just 10 minutes and if you don’t like what I aive up and follow you quietly”