"..."
"..."
Fujita and I were silent in this is the car, contemplating what had happened and feeling guilty for each other.
This car crosses the streets of this city. As far as my eyes could see, looking through the rear car window, many officers were cleaning up the bodies and some debris on the streets.
"Akio-san..."
I knew that Fujita must have felt guilty, and so did I. He could only be silent beside me while glancing at the window a few times with a feeling of doubt. This clearly shows that he is afraid of what Karin did to me, he feels guilty for all of this.
Even though when I think about it, I was the one who was at fault for going with him and involving him in all this. If I hadn't left the dorm, maybe none of this would have happened. Even if I went out, I shouldn't have fought that Astral Being and ran into Tanaka, I should have gone straight into the basement instead.
But the one more guilty is still Karin Nakano.
I want to smack her head from here and make her realize that I have my own freedom.
She was in front of me, several times also glanced at me from the glass, I could have just slapped her and told her not to take care of my life anymore. But because of her firm nature, I had to give up my intention so that this condition did not get worse. Of course, I was thinking about the risks if I cocked her head now. Maybe she would point a gun at me if I cocked her head and kill me right away.
Therefore, I chose to remain silent and just look at the atmosphere along this street from inside this car.
"Protect!"
"Arrrgg..."
The voice resurfaced in my head, causing me immediate pain and making Fujita panic.
"Akio-san..."
"Hahaha, I was just acting."
"Ah~ you surprised me again, Akio-san. Why are you acting at a time like this?"
"Of course, to lighten the mood. Hahaha."
Karin drove her car and glanced at me through the glass. She didn't say anything with a slightly confused face.
Damn, my head hurts again.
BOOK!!!
Suddenly something broke from the roof of this car. After a while, in front of this car, there were so many Astral Beings that were ready to jump.
They jumped onto the roof of this car, making the roof of this car have several holes due to the scratches from them.
Karin didn't panic, she casually drove her car and broke through the Astral Beings, causing the Astral Beings to crash and bounce.
Fujita, who was still holding the gun in his hand, reflexively shot at the Astral Beings that were on the roof of this car.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Several Astral Beings fell, but there were still a few more that were still on the roof of this car.
Just as Fujita was about to shoot them again, I saw Karin open her mouth while glancing at Fujita from the glass.
"Where did you get that gun from? You shouldn't have it now. Did you steal it?"
She suspected Fujita, even made Fujita stop his intention to shoot the Astral Beings who were on the roof of this car. Fujita hesitated to shoot and looked down languidly at Karin's question. His mentality seems to be going down, he must be traumatized by Karin's rough tone of voice.
"Sorry… I got this gun from the corpse that was lying on the ground."
"You stole it, didn't you?"
"Yeah..."
I couldn't help it because my head was getting heavy and it hurt.
It's bad... Fujita...
BOOK!!!
Suddenly an Astral Being rammed its body into a door near me. When Fujita was about to shoot that being, Karin stopped him.
"Don't shoot that! Glass breaks easily. If you shoot that, you will only risk his life."
What Karin meant was me. If Fujita shot that being, then my life would be in danger because the window beside me was open.
"Sorry..."
Hearing that, I opened this door to push the Astral Being and quickly closed it.
Karin drove her car quickly, sped up, and avoided the crowd of Astral Being. She drove well, knowing how to keep the Astral Beings from approaching her car.
When she reached the crossroads, a large crowd of Astral Beings stood there.
Karin suddenly grabbed something beside her car before it reached the crowd of Astral Beings. When they got there, Karin quickly opened her window and swerved, and aimed at the crowd of Astral Beings with her rifle.
"Power Guns!"
Her rifle emitted a blue light and aimed at the crowd of Astral Beings. And the moment that blue light touched the body of one of the Astral Beings, a great explosion occurred and annihilated them.
Karin immediately sped her car into that direction, a street where there were so many Astral Beings crowds.
When I saw Fujita, he seemed surprised by what he saw.
"Cool..."
I can only endure this headache, I can't do anything but hold my head and hope that this pain will go away soon.
Even though my face doesn't look like I'm sick, but in fact, I'm enduring this pain and trying not to make them worry about me. This time, I tried to stay strong with myself by hiding my illness from them.
"Protect!"
Actually, where did that sound come from? Why should I protect? What am I protecting? And... who are you?
All questions are in my mind. This made me even more confused about what was happening to me. Everything about this world, I don't know very well. After all, I'm just a working human trying to stay alive after my parents sacrificed their lives for me, so I haven't learned all about this world.
If you were told to protect, what would you protect? This world?
"Ah, bad..." My mouth accidentally mumbled and made Fujita look at me.
"Why, Akio-san?"
"Nothing."
"You are okay?"
"Yes, I'm fine. Take it easy."
There's nothing wrong with lying if it's for the sake of not worrying my friend. So, I will continue to lie about my condition.
I noticed that Karin looked worried about me because she glanced at me from the mirror several times.
When my eyes met hers in the mirror, I smiled at her to make me look okay and made her look away immediately.
Even though she hurt me a few times, I can't hate her. Because I know that she is a woman who has a firm stand by her nature, against anyone if they don't comply. Therefore, I will try to smile at her and reassure her that I am fine.
When I arrived at a big house, I saw a maid woman opening the gate for this car to enter.
"Where are we being taken?" Fujita asked, looking confused. "Shouldn't we be going to the dorms? Perhaps..."
I had the same feeling as Fujita, that Karin had brought us into that house to be tortured.
But when this car entered the yard and stopped, suddenly the ground under the car dropped.
"Eh?" Fujita was surprised. "Where are we going? Are we going to jail? Mother..."
Seeing the panicked Fujita, I also became a little panicked.
Ouch, where is this? I need to rest now, why did she take me to a strange place anyway. Oh my... my head hurts.
This car is automatically parked near other cars. Some cars look luxurious, some have a body large enough like a tank, there are also jeep-type cars, and some...
"Wow..." Fujita and I were surprised to see a battleship there. "Big..."
"Get out!" Karin got out of the car, and we got out too.
We followed Karin along the hallway in the bright light.
When the end of this hallway came into view, I saw a large mirror as far as my eyes could see.
When we got there, the glass behind the large glass contained several people wearing office coats playing on their computers.
"What place is this?" Fujita asked.
"Come here!" Karin walked towards the big glass behind which there was nothing.
When I got there, I saw that outside the glass there were hundreds of people sitting quietly down there, like they were evacuating.
"They..."
"They are people who are hiding. Down below was the basement that served as a refuge for them from those Astral Beings. Some buildings have access to the basement, making it easier for them to get here quickly."
As far as my eyes could see, I saw that there were humans carrying babies, there was an old grandpa and granny, some were still wearing office coats, and there were also women who were pregnant. Several members in full uniform were bringing food for them and making them calm with this condition, including Shiva who I saw distributing food.
When Karin turned towards me, she slapped me hard again.
PLAAK!!!
After a while, she hesitated to slap Fujita who was beside me. She bit her lip and hesitated with her hand still raised.
Since she hesitated to slap Fujita, Karin decided to slap me again.
PLAAK!!!
"You two, what a fool! You know how much it hurts the people down there to lose their families because their families are late to come here. But the two of you sat quietly and didn't think of a way to escape! Seriously, what do you guys want?"
"No, it's not like that." I tried to explain to her.
"What?"
"It was Tanaka who told us to stay there and wait for our invitation. So that made us decide to just keep quiet, without looking for a way to get here."
This is all Tanaka's fault, he should have had one of his members protect us while waiting for our pick up. Because of his actions, Karin got slapped several times. It hurts, it hurts.
"Is that so?"
"Yes, is that so."
Are we wrong too or not? However, we were just sitting there waiting, looking relaxed with the ruined road conditions. Are we both stupid? Why didn't we take the initiative, one of us looking for another building, and the other waiting to be picked up? Why don't we do that?
"I see."
She didn't feel guilty for slapping me a few times, even though I explained everything. She should have apologized for this misunderstanding, but instead, she didn't seem guilty. Women are strange, so cruel.
"Most importantly, you're safe." Karin suddenly walked away after feeling innocent, and we kept seeing her walking away from us.
As Karin was walking, a man in a black suit saw her.
"Nakano-san, your face is red. Are you sick?"
"Shut up!"
With that word, Karin made the man speechless.
Fujita and I looked at each other in confusion.
"Akio-san, what are we here for?"
"I also do not know. How do we get to the dorm?"
"I don't know."
"..."
"..."
We were both silent, while Karin had just left us.
Nobody knows how to get out of here. We're stuck here.