Chapter 135
Translator: Reflet
「He’ll be fine even in that . 」
「Seems that way . 」
Emerging from the flames, Taiyou dusted off his hems, answering Youran’s words . Without any ash to be wiped off, it was more of a casual action .
「You’ve already somewhat quit being a human, haven’t you? Coming out of the flames and all that . 」
「When all’s said and done, I suppose I’d be a phoenix?」
Taiyou said with a silly face, but Youran didn’t bite .
She wasn’t the type to like these sorts of banter .
「Honestly, its performance is too sharp and is difficult to handle . 」
「But in the right hands it has a lot of value . They say that rather than a.s.sembling the almighty, it’s better to dispatch the right people in the right places . 」
「You do seem like you’d like that . 」
「My subordinates are all people who are hard to deal with after all . 」
Youran laughed depreciatively .
While Taiyou who had returned from the flames was exchanging that sort of conversation with Youran, Leticia widened her eyes at the sight .
Taiyou noticed that, thinking “come to think of it that’s the natural reaction”, secretly giving a bitter smile .
「What’s wrong?」
「Are ya…the Terminator or somethin’?」
「I have thought that if I had that refined voice then life would be good . 」
「……」
Leticia was speechless . The blonde haired blue eyed girl looked strange, not bothering to close her opened mouth . Just a moment ago she had the awe-inspiring expression of one prepared for death, and Taiyou found that gap to be so weird .
「There’s another one coming . 」
「Move . 」
He severed the remaining half of the car into half again, lifting it up . He aimed it at the pursuing rockets flying in and threw it . This time an explosion occurred at a location separated from the three of them, ending with a bomb blast enough to disturb their hair .
「This is absurd . 」
「And what will we do from here on?」
「Let’s keep using these . 」
Taiyou said, lightly tapping the remaining one-fourth of the car frame that contained only the front wheels and driver’s seat .
「What’ll you do with that?」
「I’m going to do what I did before once more . Go ahead and ride . 」
「You mean inside?」
「Yeah . 」
「Ride in this condition…?」
「Well I’m riding . 」
Just like she said, Youran preceded and got in the pa.s.senger seat . Having only two tires, the car leaned backward, but she still managed to somehow get in .
「See, you come quickly too . 」
「……Can I believe ya?」
「You don’t believe your close friend?」
「Yer unfair…」
Leticia gave a light sigh, following Youran into the pa.s.senger seat . And with Taiyou’s instructions, the solid doors were closed, and glances questioning what to do next came from beyond the gla.s.s .
Youran was the same . She did believe in him, but her eyes showed interest in what he would do .
Taiyou grinned, picking up the car body that had been tilting .
It was a hunk of metal remains, but to rephrase, there were still tires on both sides, and it was a wheeled vehicle that had stopped working as a machine .
Taiyou knew something it resembled very well . He had once used it and it closely resembled something he had used to drive with his brides .
Trailer .
The only difference was that at that time, he had pulled it, but this time he would instead push it .
「Uwooooh!」
Letting out a war cry, Taiyou pushed the car body, kicking the ground with all his might . It was inconvenient having no handle, but it wasn’t a big problem to Taiyou as of now .
The pushed car began to move, running along the public road .
「Hey, am I dreamin’?」
「Unfortunately, it’s reality . Because he really is like that . 」
「……This is the point where ya’d be surprised, typically . 」
「I’d be surprised if a baby suddenly grew wings and flew, but after something like that, seeing a baby skip crawling and start walking, I might say “That’s impressive” and that would be it . 」
「But yer talkin’ ‘bout a baby coming up in the earth . Ya sure this guy ain’t the son of some great devil king?」
While the two girls were conversing about that, Taiyou thought to himself as he pushed the car .
While the two girls were conversing about that, Taiyou thought to himself as he pushed the car .
His skill, long distance nullification, could apparently nullify the explosion fumes caused by the rocket ammunition . He was able to confirm that upon pushing the back part of the car into the rocket ammunition earlier . Also, when he had thrown the one-fourth portion of the car and caused shock waves, his ability had gone into effect, and though it had blown into him, not a single hair on his head or cloth of his cuff had yielded .
But, as expected, it did affect other humans . He had certainly seen Youran’s twintails and Leticia’s blonde hair yielding to the shock wave .
「If it’s a handgun then I can stop it, but bombs are no good . 」
He muttered while pushing the car .
If he was on his own then neither of them would be an issue, but right now he had to protect the two girls .
If it was a handgun that fired in a line then he could just move in front of the fire, but if it was an explosion that caused a shock wave face then he could not perfectly defend against it . It came down to either largely avoiding such a situation or shooting it down from a remote location and making it explode .
With that as a precondition, he set to imprint ideas into his consciousness regarding their next actions .
「Hey hey, who exactly are ya?」
Leticia suddenly asked .
「A gamer and high school student . That’s it . 」
Taiyou played dumb . The extent in which someone could accept Hera’s appearance after genuinely seeing her was different for Leticia, who couldn’t see/wasn’t seeing her, so he felt it was best to play dumb .
「In what world is there a high school student like that?」
「According to a certain person, it’s only one in a hundred million . 」
He recalled what Hera had said to him when they met . The conversation at the time was weird, and a smile appeared on his mouth .
「And, are you still doing that training?」
「Training?」
「Wearing a jacket, discarding it, picking it up and wearing it again . That training . 」
「What are you, Jackie-Chan!?」
「Or opening and closing windows . 」
「Wasn’t it wiping them!?」
「There was that time, yeah . 」
Taiyou smiled, remembering Youran’s words that night .
Right before they infiltrated the facility, what he did in order to raise his level even if slightly .
Take off the jacket, then put it on .
Open the window, then close it .
Both of those actions were meaningless to regular humans, but for Taiyou they were actions to raise his power experience points .
And it also had another meaning .
At that point in time it didn’t have any kind of meaning, but as of now it was different .
And it also had another meaning .
At that point in time it didn’t have any kind of meaning, but as of now it was different .
――Memories .
Memories with Youran . Memories existing between the two of them and only with them .
「……」
「……」
Silence fell over the mobilizing half-broken limousine .
Their eyes met each other, gazing .
Taiyou had something he wanted to ask her, something he wanted to say .
That was the next objective for coming to this・・・・island, but as of this moment, the order of precedence had been swapped .
His eyes were no longer looking at anything but her .
And Youran as well――
「Two and one is two――Two and two is four――Two and three is six――」
All of a sudden, Leticia began reciting the multiplication table .
It was so abrupt and cryptic .
But on the contrary that was a good thing . Taiyou and Youran quickly snapped out of it, and the atmosphere that was developing between the two of them flew off at once .
「W-What are you saying all of a sudden?」
「Huh? It ain’t nothing . I’d just been skipping out on my studies so I’m reviewing, is all . Three and one is――」
She said, then beginning the three’s .
It was certainly something, and it was clear that she was insinuating .
But Taiyou as well as Youran couldn’t say anything . After all, they had created that atmosphere without discerning the situation .
「Huh? Ya ain’t gonna reflect on what ya did?」
「I will not! And there wasn’t even anything to reflect on in the first place!」
「Welp, go ‘head and do it slowly later . I’m j.a.panese, but even I can read the air . 」
「――Ngh！」
Youran’s face turned red, letting out an inaudible groan . She wanted to retort but understood that no matter what she said it would be digging her own grave, so she couldn’t say anything .
Taiyou was the same .
Averting his eyes from Leticia who had started to relax, continuing to push the car silently .
The presence of those behind them gradually got further away, and he thought they would be able to completely throw them off at this rate .
「Stop!」
The presence of those behind them gradually got further away, and he thought they would be able to completely throw them off at this rate .
「Stop!」
「――Ngh！」
Reacting to Youran’s yell, Taiyou grabbed the car body that he was pushing, stomping his feet into the ground and putting on the brakes . The soles of his shoes had been worn down by the great force, but he somehow managed to stop it .
He didn’t even need to ask what was wrong . Raising his head, he soon understood the reason for Youran’s yell .
Ahead of the road, a helicopter was flying .
「That’s an armed helicopter, isn’t it?」
「Jeez, it just never ends . 」
「Hey, this is your fault, you know? Because if you hadn’t come then you wouldn’t have had your life targeted . 」
「Is that the way you talk to a close friend who came to save you?」
「Hey you, dump this girl in that cesspool over there . That way this attack will cease . 」
「If anythin’ you should leave this girl here . If they capture her alone then that’ll be enough to save the two of us . 」
「No no, come on everyone…」
Taiyou made a strained laugh .
「So what’ll we do?」
「Nothing but observing their approach o’course . There are even people getting off like SWAT or something . 」
Just as Leticia had said, men in special corps outfits were using the rope one by one descending the helicopter .
「True…Maybe we should get out of the car . 」
「Right . 」
The two of them said, opening the door and getting out of the car . Taiyou stepped forward so as to protect said girls .
Taiyou firmly gripped the shovel, and a reliable sensation transmitted .
He felt that as long as he had this, he could do anything .
Right when he was starting to think of possibly even launching a preemptive strike…
「It’s a visit from Maid-chan . 」
「Michiyo……」
He could hear the voices of the two girls from behind . Unlike the lighthearted banter from earlier, these were tones with weight to them .
As he looked, he certainly did see one maid disembarking from the helicopter .
Translator Reflet He ll be fine even in that . Seems that way . Emerging from the flames, Taiyou dusted off his hems, answering Youran s words . Without any ash to be wiped off, it was more of a casual action . You ve already somewhat quit being a human, haven t you Coming out of the flames and all that . When all s said and done, I suppose I d be a phoenix Taiyou said with a silly face, but Youran didn t bite . She wasn t the type to like these sorts of banter . Honestly, its performance is too sharp and is difficult to handle . But in the right hands it has a lot of value . They say that rather than a.s.sembling the almighty, it s better to dispatch the right people in the right places . You do seem like you d like that . My subordinates are all people who are hard to deal with after all . Youran laughed depreciatively . While Taiyou who had returned from the flames was exchanging that sort of conversation with Youran, Leticia widened her eyes at the sight . Taiyou noticed that, thinking come to think of it that s the natural reaction , secretly giving a bitter smile . What s wrong A Are ya the Terminator or somethin I have thought that if I had that refined voice then life would be good . Leticia was speechless . The blonde haired blue eyed girl looked strange, not bothering to close her opened mouth . Just a moment ago she had the awe inspiring expression of one prepared for death, and Taiyou found that gap to be so weird . There s another one coming . Move . He severed the remaining half of the car into half again, lifting it up . He aimed it at the pursuing rockets flying in and threw it . This time an explosion occurred at a location separated from the three of them, ending with a bomb blast enough to disturb their hair . This is absurd . And what will we do from here on Let s keep using these . Taiyou said, lightly tapping the remaining one fourth of the car frame that contained only the front wheels and driver s seat . What ll you do with that I m going to do what I did before once more . Go ahead and ride . You mean inside Yeah . Ride in this condition Well I m riding . Just like she said, Youran preceded and got in the pa.s.senger seat . Having only two tires, the car leaned backward, but she still managed to somehow get in . See, you come quickly too . Can I believe ya You don t believe your close friend Yer unfair Leticia gave a light sigh, following Youran into the pa.s.senger seat . And with Taiyou s instructions, the solid doors were closed, and glances questioning what to do next came from beyond the gla.s.s . Youran was the same . She did believe in him, but her eyes showed interest in what he would do . Taiyou grinned, picking up the car body that had been tilting . It was a hunk of metal remains, but to rephrase, there were still tires on both sides, and it was a wheeled vehicle that had stopped working as a machine . Taiyou knew something it resembled very well . He had once used it and it closely resembled something he had used to drive with his brides . Trailer . The only difference was that at that time, he had pulled it, but this time he would instead push it . Uwooooh Letting out a war cry, Taiyou pushed the car body, kicking the ground with all his might . It was inconvenient having no handle, but it wasn t a big problem to Taiyou as of now . The pushed car began to move, running along the public road . Hey, am I dreamin Unfortunately, it s reality . Because he really is like that . This is the point where ya d be surprised, typically . I d be surprised if a baby suddenly grew wings and flew, but after something like that, seeing a baby skip crawling and start walking, I might say That s impressive and that would be it . But yer talkin bout a baby coming up in the earth . Ya sure this guy ain t the son of some great devil king While the two girls were conversing about that, Taiyou thought to himself as he pushed the car . His skill, long distance nullification, could apparently nullify the explosion fumes caused by the rocket ammunition . He was able to confirm that upon pushing the back part of the car into the rocket ammunition earlier . Also, when he had thrown the one fourth portion of the car and caused shock waves, his ability had gone into effect, and though it had blown into him, not a single hair on his head or cloth of his cuff had yielded . But, as expected, it did affect other humans . He had certainly seen Youran s twintails and Leticia s blonde hair yielding to the shock wave . If it s a handgun then I can stop it, but bombs are no good . He muttered while pushing the car . If he was on his own then neither of them would be an issue, but right now he had to protect the two girls . If it was a handgun that fired in a line then he could just move in front of the fire, but if it was an explosion that caused a shock wave face then he could not perfectly defend against it . It came down to either largely avoiding such a situation or shooting it down from a remote location and making it explode . With that as a precondition, he set to imprint ideas into his consciousness regarding their next actions . Hey hey, who exactly are ya Leticia suddenly asked . A gamer and high school student . That s it . Taiyou played dumb . The extent in which someone could accept Hera s appearance after genuinely seeing her was different for Leticia, who couldn t see wasn t seeing her, so he felt it was best to play dumb . In what world is there a high school student like that According to a certain person, it s only one in a hundred million . He recalled what Hera had said to him when they met . The conversation at the time was weird, and a smile appeared on his mouth . And, are you still doing that training Training Wearing a jacket, discarding it, picking it up and wearing it again . That training . What are you, Jackie Chan Or opening and closing windows . Wasn t it wiping them There was that time, yeah . Taiyou smiled, remembering Youran s words that night . Right before they infiltrated the facility, what he did in order to raise his level even if slightly . Take off the jacket, then put it on . Open the window, then close it . Both of those actions were meaningless to regular humans, but for Taiyou they were actions to raise his power experience points . And it also had another meaning . At that point in time it didn t have any kind of meaning, but as of now it was different . Memories . Memories with Youran . Memories existing between the two of them and only with them . Silence fell over the mobilizing half broken limousine . Their eyes met each other, gazing . Taiyou had something he wanted to ask her, something he wanted to say . That was the next objective for coming to this island, but as of this moment, the order of precedence had been swapped . His eyes were no longer looking at anything but her . And Youran as well Two and one is two Two and two is four Two and three is six All of a sudden, Leticia began reciting the multiplication table . It was so abrupt and cryptic . But on the contrary that was a good thing . Taiyou and Youran quickly snapped out of it, and the atmosphere that was developing between the two of them flew off at once . W What are you saying all of a sudden Huh It ain t nothing . I d just been skipping out on my studies so I m reviewing, is all . Three and one is She said, then beginning the three s . It was certainly something, and it was clear that she was insinuating . But Taiyou as well as Youran couldn t say anything . After all, they had created that atmosphere without discerning the situation . Huh Ya ain t gonna reflect on what ya did I will not And there wasn t even anything to reflect on in the first place Welp, go head and do it slowly later . I m j.a.panese, but even I can read the air . Ngh Youran s face turned red, letting out an inaudible groan . She wanted to retort but understood that no matter what she said it would be digging her own grave, so she couldn t say anything . Taiyou was the same . Averting his eyes from Leticia who had started to relax, continuing to push the car silently . The presence of those behind them gradually got further away, and he thought they would be able to completely throw them off at this rate . Stop Ngh Reacting to Youran s yell, Taiyou grabbed the car body that he was pushing, stomping his feet into the ground and putting on the brakes . The soles of his shoes had been worn down by the great force, but he somehow managed to stop it . He didn t even need to ask what was wrong . Raising his head, he soon understood the reason for Youran s yell . Ahead of the road, a helicopter was flying . That s an armed helicopter, isn t it Jeez, it just never ends . Hey, this is your fault, you know Because if you hadn t come then you wouldn t have had your life targeted . Is that the way you talk to a close friend who came to save you Hey you, dump this girl in that cesspool over there . That way this attack will cease . If anythin you should leave this girl here . If they capture her alone then that ll be enough to save the two of us . No no, come on everyone Taiyou made a strained laugh . So what ll we do Nothing but observing their approach o course . There are even people getting off like SWAT or something . Just as Leticia had said, men in special corps outfits were using the rope one by one descending the helicopter . True Maybe we should get out of the car . Right . The two of them said, opening the door and getting out of the car . Taiyou stepped forward so as to protect said girls . Taiyou firmly gripped the shovel, and a reliable sensation transmitted . He felt that as long as he had this, he could do anything . Right when he was starting to think of possibly even launching a preemptive strike It s a visit from Maid chan . Michiyo He could hear the voices of the two girls from behind . Unlike the lighthearted banter from earlier, these were tones with weight to them . As he looked, he certainly did see one maid disembarking from the helicopter .