The pool of blood rapidly spreads out.
Dangerous!
That person is dying.
「Aniki, why……」
A scary-looking guy, who had a scar on his cheek and was called aniki, shot the underling, who was. .h.i.t by me, with a handgun. The underling sank down to the floor.
The shot underling didn’t move anymore in the pool of blood.
「Our ○○society[1] doesn’t need a weakling like you.」
Basically, the combatants’ morale have almost fallen, so he intends to stop it using fear.
But, that strategy has a fatal flaw.
I kicked the floor and spanned the distance between us in one go, then I kicked the scary-looking guy, who shot the underling, flying.
That guy uttered a cry like that of a squashed frog and crashed into the wall.
That’s right, it means, the fall of the morale accelerates in reverse if you do this to the person who was doing the threatening!
The combatants were surprised at my strength and simultaneously moved backward for about three steps.
I approached the shot underling slowly.
Umu, he doesn’t seem to be dead yet.
For the time being, I gently stopped the bleeding using【Recovery magic】and made him recover to the extent that he won’t die even if he was left alone.
You should live and make up for your crimes.
It’s about time, let’s start the great scuffle!
When I moved one step forward, these guys moved one step backward, too.
When I moved two steps forward, these guys moved two steps backward, too.
Oy! You don’t have to be scared!
I saw the guy, who was located farthest to the rear, moved stealthily in order to escape from the entryway.
As if I would let you go!
I set a【barrier】up in order to block the entryway.
*Thud.*
The guy, who was going to escape, is blocked by the barrier and hits his head.
He desperately touches the invisible barrier while getting fl.u.s.tered.
Several people, who noticed, also rush up to look at the situation and frantically strike the barrier, but it’s not going to be destroyed like that, you know?
The other combatants seem to have also understood the situation and run about in confusion like baby spiders.
This place is the lobby of the hideout.
There’s a『window towards the garden』, a『door leading inside』,『stairs towards the second floor』,『iron door towards the bas.e.m.e.nt』and et cetera, the combatants are trying to escape in pieces.
Since it will be troublesome if they were to escape to the bas.e.m.e.nt, all except the『stairs towards the second floor』were blocked with【Barrier】.
The combatants, who were robbed off of their escape route by the invisible wall, cause a group panic and rush on the『stairs towards the second floor』.
「Move asidee!」
「You, too, don’t block my way!」
Oh no, you mustn’t panic when evacuating.
Don’t you know the『okashimo[2]』of evacuation?
Is it『Osanai』,『Kakenai』,『Shaberenai』,『Modorenai』?
「「Gyaa!」」「Guee!」
As I am worrying, the combatants create a stampede on the stairs.
I told you so.
Everyone should properly follow the『okashimo』, too!
I hit the ones, who luckily escaped from the stampede, on the solar plexus and made them faint one by one, then I tied them together with the ones, who were exhausted, at the bottom of the stairs with vinyl cord and made sure they couldn’t move.
The first floor has mostly been cleared up,
the next is the second floor!
I went up to the second floor triumphantly.
———-
Because the【Predicted Attack Area】suddenly appeared when I opened the door of the second floor, I quickly shifted my body to the side.
*Pan!*
A handgun’s bullet pa.s.sed by at the place where I was just a while ago.
Don’t suddenly shoot, what would you do if it’s your subordinate?
「You b.a.s.t.a.r.d, what kind of person are you?」
The boss asked with a dreadful voice.
「Although it’s presumptuous to ask someone his name,
j.a.panese ninja man・has now arrived!」
「……」
Slipped……
「It looks like you’re insane.
Oy, you guys, play with him.」
「「Ou!」」
As the boss snaps his finger, the people from his left and right step forward.
One is a tall lanky person with swept back hair. He’s holding a knife in his hand.
The other one is a giant, orc-like man with crew cut. This fellow is swinging an iron pipe around.
They look like『Suke-san and Kaku-san』.
The first to strike was Kaku-san with his iron pipe.
「Uriya!」
*Pashi!*
「Eh!?」
It seems to be unbelievable that the iron pipe was caught by me, Kaku-san’s eyes turned into dots.
*Baki!*
And then, Suke-san, who was going to stab me stealthily from behind with a knife, was blown away by my roundhouse kick.
Furthermore, I did a one-armed shoulder throw on Kaku-san and hurled him away to b.u.mped against Suke-san, who was trying to get up.
Suke-san and Kaku-san, who were exhausted, had their face buried with each other’s crotch in a 69 position.
Well, a normal human being is like this even if they are called mafia.
「Hou, I thought you’re just a stupid, hentai cosplayer, but you’re not half bad yourself.」
Who’s the stupid, hentai cosplayer!?
The boss leveled the handgun towards me.
「No matter how strong you idiot is, you’re no match against this.」
And then, the boss pulled the trigger without hesitation.
There wasn’t any indications and the like, because it was a sudden attack, the『Predicted Attack Area』was displayed at the last minute, too.
Well, an attack like this can be easily dodge……
I hurriedly cancelled dodging and set up a barrier.
*Parin!*
As one would expect, the barrier doesn’t seem to be able to defend against the handgun’s bullet either and shatters.
I slashed the handgun’s bullet, which had its speed decreased a little, with the【white belt sword】that I took out from inventory.
D-, Dangerous……
「You! Where did you aim at!!?」
I was trembling with anger.
Behind me were the exhausted Suke-san and Kaku-san.
If I dodged the handgun’s bullet, it would hit the two people behind.
This guy knew it and shot.
「Guhahaha!」
The boss started to burst with laughter.
「What’s funny!?」
「You, are you a j.a.panese?」
Eh? How did it get exposed?[3]
I am properly speaking Chinese and my face is mostly covered with ninja clothing, too, it should be impossible for him to know!
「Is the two people behind you your enemies?
Even if an enemy dies, it should’ve nothing to do with you.
However, why are you angry?
Even if you look for such an idiot all over the world, it’s only j.a.panese!」
「Which part of it is stupid!?」
「You can’t even understand why you are stupid?
That’s why you lost the war 70 years ago.」
When the boss said so……
he took out a『machine gun』from the back of the chair he was sitting on……
*Zubababababababa!!*
Without any hesitation, he suddenly began firing blindly.
Unbelievable, how can he kill without that much hesitation?
Besides, involving the two people, who should be his allies, too……
I shouted at once.
「【Summon Toki】!!」
At that moment, the time stopped.
Translator’s notes:
[1]Probably the Three Harmonies Society (三合会) or Triad.
[2]A slogan of preparing yourself whenever a disaster occurs, i.e earthquake and fire, an abbreviation of O – Osanai (No pusing), Ka- Kakenai (No running), Sh – Shaberenai (No talking), Mo – Modorenai (No going back).
[3]Not s.h.i.t, you’re shouting j.a.panese ninja man since a while ago.