"You're so cool, Fujitora."
"Fujita, desu."
"You're shooting right at the target, even though you only have a minimal firing space. How did you do it? Are you practicing shooting?"
"Ho-oh." Fujita nodded with a slightly arrogant face. "It's my first time practicing this in person."
"Really?"
"Yes. You know, ever since I got bullied, I rarely go out of the house. I'm at home mostly playing FPS games. And coincidentally, my father was a former AAT Squad soldier. I often see him carrying pistols and other firearms at home, so sometimes I'm curious about that. My father gave me an FPS game kit to train me to shoot indirectly in the game."
"Wow, your father is an AAT Squad soldier of what rank? Rookie, elite, or veteran?"
"My father was just… an Elite alone."
Fujita's face looks a little languid.
"Cool. Your dad is great, you are great too. Cool."
"Eh?"
I don't want to see it like that. I didn't know about his father, but I tried not to offend him. However, everyone has their own past. No one should disturb or bring up that person's past, that's not good.
"Even though you are stupid, you are useful too. That is cool."
"Yeah, hahaha, you could. Hahaha." Fujita smiled as he scratched his head.
"So, are we going there too?" I saw the door of the building where there were no more humans scrambling to enter.
"Come on."
I handed my gun to Fujita because it was of no use to me either, but Fujita turned it down and told me to hold on to it just in case.
When Fujita and I arrived in front of the door, suddenly the whole building around me was covered by an iron grate that came out of the ground with a sound that startled me.
"Eh?"
The building was also covered in iron, rendering the door impenetrable.
"What is this?" I wonder about this condition.
"Looks like we're too late."
"Eh? Why?"
"Security from the government has closed access to all buildings so that Astral Being doesn't come inside.
"Then how about this?"
"Maybe there are some buildings that have not been closed. We'll just find out."
"Okay."
There is no other way to escape except to find the building that is not covered by the iron bars.
This was a little difficult because on the streets so many Astral Beings had appeared. Several white uniform officers continued to attack the being, but they were outnumbered.
We continued to run looking for buildings that were not yet closed and saw the condition of this street that had fallen apart. Some of the officers were easily eaten by the being, some tried to save themselves, and some kept shooting at the being. They seemed overwhelmed by this condition.
Help arrived, a white uniform officer wearing a blue tie got out of the car.
"Everyone, prepare a bulwark to protect you."
"Roger, Captain."
Fujita and I looked at the person. It turned out that that person was Tanaka Sakamoto, a man who had told me about Karin Nakano.
When he noticed me behind him, he approached me.
"Oh Akio-kun, you there. What are you doing there? Why don't you go to the basement?"
To appear polite, I bowed and greeted him.
"My friend and I wanted to find a building that wasn't covered in iron bars. We're stuck here."
"Is that so? This danger, you are not wearing your uniform, you might be killed by that being."
"We were having dinner last night, but suddenly Astral Being appeared."
How? I'm polite, right?
"Oh, I see." Tanaka suddenly turned around and communicated with someone. "This is Tanaka. I need a pick-up team, please come here immediately! Here..."
"Who is that person, Akio-san?" Fujita whispered to me. He didn't seem to recognize Tanaka Sakamoto, so it wasn't surprising that he asked.
"He's from the Cop Squad, Tanaka Sakamoto."
"Eh? That Sakamoto who is famous on the internet?" Fujita looked surprised to know this.
"Is he famous?"
During my time on this phone, I rarely saw what Fujita had said to me about the Wlynina Military School Forum. So I didn't know that Tanaka was quite famous.
"Yeah, he's very famous. He was able to move like lightning against the being. Even he was able to eradicate 5 Astral Beings alone without knowing the location of the Astral Being's heart. He's great, many women like him. I want to be like him too, loved by many girls."
"You only want to be close to girls, Fujitora."
"Hehehe. By the way, my name is Fujita, not Fujitora."
"Roger. Thank you." Tanaka turned towards us. "You two, wait here, don't go anywhere. I've already ordered my team to pick you up."
"Thank you, Tanaka." I bowed again to show that I was polite.
"Olah, you seem to have learned about modesty, haven't you?"
"Yes. I was taught hard to be polite to other people, especially to those who help me."
"Heh~ you're progressing well, Akio-kun. It's good then, you can respect other people now."
Someone suddenly came and approached Tanaka.
"Captain, the bulwark is ready."
"Okay, Akio-kun and his friends, I'll go help my friends first. The two of you stay here and stay as far away as possible if that being approaches you."
"Okay."
Tanaka slowly left us, and we did as he said to wait for someone to pick us up.
Fujita and I couldn't help much against the being, since we were both only wearing casual clothes instead of Wlynina's school uniform. We looked like ordinary citizens, looking innocently watching what was happening on the streets and just standing still like statues that could talk.
But none of us panicked like normal humans. We are calm, our souls seem to be ready for this condition. Even though there were a lot of corpses lying on the ground near us, we still ignored them while praying for the dead to rest in peace.
Fujita and I decided to sit on the sidewalk bench that had been prepared there.
"How long do we wait, Akio-san? I want to join the fight, so I can help them."
"I want to fight too, Fujitora."
"Fujita, desu."
"But we haven't been trained. Also, our clothes are not combated clothes, it will harm us if we join the fight against those monsters."
"But we have a gun."
Each of us holds the same gun, but that doesn't mean that we can join the fight and help the Cop Squad.
"You can use it well, whereas I…"
"Hehehe."
Even if there was a sword here, I still chose not to fight and helped the Cop Squad. The reason is simple, I don't want to risk my life and the lives of my friends. Not that I look like a loser or anything, but this is indeed the right course of action for now.
And besides, my head and left eye haven't gotten any better. I can still feel the pain there and try to look fine.
Oh, so dizzy. Want to sleep.
Several cars crossed the street in front of me. The siren of the car sounded and went very fast.
"Is that the car that will pick us up?" Fujita asked.
"I don't know."
The car didn't look like it wanted to pick us up, it was rushing by speeding past us.
"Oh, it wasn't."
"They must be desperate to defecate, so hurry."
We've been here long enough. Many gunshots and screams sounded in our ears. They were fighting somewhere and gathering those Astral Beings so they wouldn't take any more casualties. The members of the Cop Squad are quite skilled in strategizing.
Even though they were quite far from me, but I could see some of them standing behind the bulwark and shooting some Astral Beings. Tanaka attacked the Astral Being with a sword and slashed several, killing the Astral Being.
"Hey, that's great."
"That's right? That's why he is famous on the internet."
As Herman-sensei explained about the types of fighters, Tanaka is a melee type, fighting with his sword. The ranged-type companions protected Tanaka from behind while continuing to fire at several Astral Beings that were quite a distance away. They are great.
When the sword Tanaka used glowed blue, I stood up and was shocked to see it.
"What is that?"
Tanaka swung his sword at the 3 Astral Beings, and a blue wave instantly shot out and destroyed the 3 Astral Beings.
"At most, it's a special weapon."
"Special Weapons?"
"Do you know? Many captains used special weapons to eradicate Astral Being. They are given special weapons to fight well."
"Is that so? That means…"
I remembered Karin who saved me from Astral Being at that time. Her rifle also glowed blue and made the Astral Being instantly shattered.
"Yeah, only the captain can have it. So it's no wonder they were given the weapon because of their abilities, they are great."
"If not the captain, then what?"
"Well, if it wasn't the captain, the weapon wouldn't have been given. After all, it's because of their greatness that they deserve it. If you want the weapon, you have to be the captain first."
"I see." I sat back down slowly after listening to Fujita's explanation.
We were silent and still waiting while looking at the fighting Cop Squad. It took quite a while for someone to pick me and Fujita up. This makes me even more tired.
But after a luxury car passed and stopped in front of me, suddenly a girl got out of the car.
"Is she going to pick us up?" Fujita asked.
"Maybe."
After I took a closer look, it turned out to be Karin Nakano who was still wearing her uniform.
"Karin?"
"Eh? Karin Nakano?"
Fujita and I were surprised to see her walking here in a hurry.
When she was in front of me, I saw her face was so angry.
She suddenly moved her hand towards me, and...
PLAAK!!!
She slapped me hard, making my left cheek turn red.
"You idiot, you're putting yourself in danger. Why did you come out of your room? I told you to stay because you were being targeted by the Astral S-Rank, Sakata."
PLAAK!!!
"Eh..." I fell silent when she slapped me again.
"I don't know how grateful you are."