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Chapter 18 - Terrorist Attack

*BOOMM!*

The first plane collided with the Kanami corporation building, causing a gigantic explosion.  People on the street started running desperately from the place.  A few seconds after the first collision, the second plane was also about to collide.  People on the highest floors tried to get down as fast as possible, but… it was too late.

*BOOMM!*

The collision shook the building's structures, but it wasn't enough to bring it down, yet…

The flames took over the higher floors at too fast a pace.  The people who were there… couldn't get out.  Those on the lower floors ran out of the building.

On the highest floors…

"Help us!!"

"Help us please!!"

Cries of despair echoed through the place.  Fire alarms were activated, but they were not enough.  The elevators stopped working and the stairs also had parts destroyed.  When people saw that there was no way out, they ended up in a state of total panic.  Some took out their cell phones, thinking of sending a message to their loved ones, as this may be the last day of their lives.

*bang!*

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"YATO, REVERSE IT!"  Sakura panicked.  This situation was completely unexpected.  This company belongs to her family, your family could be inside.

'Onee-Chan!!'

She was even more desperate to think about the possibility that her sister was in that place.

"YATO!!"  Sakura yelled for Yato again when she saw that he hadn't responded.

"..." Yato showed a carefree smile.

"If you don't want to help me, I'll do it myself!!"  She didn't care if the world knew about her powers as long as she could save her family.

*bang!*

A part of the building was starting to collapse.  Sakura was about to act, but…

Sakura looked around with a confused expression.  The people who had been screaming before were silent.  The sounds of fire and falling debris also stopped permeating through the room.  Everything stopped.  That was…

Temporal manipulation.

"I will only give you one chance, you better not waste it."

"Huh?!"  Sakura could only show an expression of doubt before her vision went dark.

-

*bell!*

"Students, we are finishing our class."  The teacher warned.  There were only 5 minutes left for the class to end.

"What's going on?! Did I go back in time?!"  Sakura looked around with a confused expression.

"Yato?!"

"Don't scream. People will think you're crazy."  Yato was right, The students were looking at Sakura with strange expressions.

"Miss Sakura, is something wrong?"  the teacher asked.

"I need to go to the bathroom."  Sakura grabbed her bag and ran out of the room.

"How long do I have to stop this?"

"10 minutes. In 10 minutes the plane will crash into that building."

"Well, I will stop it!"  Sakura tried to remember which direction the plane was coming from.

'I'll stop him before that.'

Upon leaving the school, Sakura fired at supersonic speed in a certain direction.  Like Keiichi, she also spent the entire week doing daily missions and training.  Her movement speed increased a lot and she could reach sonic speeds.

-

"Here is a good point."  Sakura climbed a tall building and began to watch the sky.  A few minutes later, the first plane appeared.  The second plane also appeared, but it was coming from a different direction.

"Yato… do those planes have passengers?"  If those planes had passengers on board, she wouldn't know what to do.

"Yes, 400 passengers in total. 8 of them are terrorists."

"..."

Sakura had thought about destroying the planes before they crashed into the company, however... Now she was hesitant to do so.

"Think Sakura, think!"  Sakura hit her head with an anguished expression.  She was thinking of a way to stop that plane, save the passengers, and not be discovered.

5 minutes left.

"I already know!"  Sakura opened the store and bought an invisibility Ring.

"Now…" She looked at the lake that was a few miles away.

-

Inside the first plane, 3 masked men pointed guns at passengers.  They were terrorists.

'Those shitty Itianos, you will soon know hell.'  One of the men thought.

"How long until we reach the intended location?"

"2 minutes…"

"Well, we're almost there-"

*bam!*

"What was this?"

"Looks like turbulence. Check the cockpit."

"Understood."

"What the hell is happening?"  The man entered the cockpit and asked one of his companions.  The plane was being flown by one of the terrorists, the former pilot... was already dead.

"I… can't fly the plane."

"What the hell are you talking about? This is no time for jokes"

"...The plane doesn't change direction. Something seems to be pulling it."

"What?!"

-

It wasn't just the first plane that was in trouble, the second was too.  The reason…

"That's it! See my splendor!"  In the sky, Sakura was flying, with a smile on her face.  The feeling of flying was fantastic.  The sky, the clouds, everything was so beautiful.

'Concentrate, Sakura.'  She said to herself.

Sakura was using the wind element to change the plane's direction.  The other plane was a little way off, so she had to expand the range of her magic.

"Come on down!"  When the plane was near the lake, she tried to land.

*BOOMM!*

The two planes landed in the water.  The impact was minimized by Sakura because she didn't want to end up hurting the innocent.

"Shit, what the hell happened?"

Inside the planes, not only were the terrorists confused, but the passengers were also unable to understand what happened.

"The plan failed! The plan failed!"  A man from Airplane #2 sent a voice broadcast to the men on Airplane #1.

"Fuck! Just blow it all up!"  They took dozens of explosives out of the bag.  They weren't afraid to die.  Their lives were already doomed by the time they accepted this mission.

"Detonate-"

*Bam!*

Before triggering the explosives, the man received a blow to the neck and passed out.  The other terrorists were also knocked out.

'This illusion skill is quite useful.'  Sakura thought.  She had placed an illusion on the passengers, preventing them from seeing what was happening.  After knocking out the terrorists from the first plane, she moved to the second.  When she finished knocking out all the terrorists, she decided to leave.

-

"Ufa!"  Sakura sighed in relief as she realized that everything had turned out well.

[Mission: prevent the planes from colliding with the Kanami corporation building]

[Mission accomplished;  Reward: 2300 points.]

"Heh?! When did I get this mission?"  She did not remember receiving any notifications.

"It was after I used time reversal. You were so preoccupied with other things you didn't even notice."  Yato replied.

"Well… let me see my stitches"

"Current Points: 3000"

"Wasn't I supposed to have more than that?"  Sakura showed an expression of doubt.  She had accumulated 1750 points in daily quests.  750 was spent on the invisibility ring.  She hadn't purchased any training cards, so her current point count should be higher.

"300 points were used when you asked me to reverse that situation."

"... You are so heartless..."

"Heh…" Yato just smiled.  "I'm more generous than you think."

"Doesn't look like it. Well, let's go home."  Sakura could see vehicles arriving at the scene.

"Okay, heroine Sakura."

"Shut up, Baka!..."