"The f*ck ???" (Akuto)
Akuto and Maria were mesmerized by the magical scene in front of their eyes. The white circle looks beautiful and ethereal in Maria's eyes. Whereas Akuto was the opposite. The circle looks foreign and dangerous to him. Akuto is afraid of the things that he doesn't know.
(What the f*ck is this?) (Akuto)
Akuto noticed that he, Maria, and Hiro are in the middle of this circle. He felt uneasy. In this situation, Akuto decides to follow his intuition because his intuition has saved him a lot all his life. If not for his intuition, his brain would have been blown out of his skull by a bullet from a sniper in the previous mission. When he beat his pursuer and almost got away on a boat, he suddenly felt a sudden danger.
A dreadful sense of danger as if he is going to die. He doesn't know what it is and he just turns his head based on his instinct. There he saw it, a bullet flying towards him. Maybe due to the adrenaline, he saw the bullet fly slowly and make contact with his visor.
The sniper must have used an armor-piercing bullet because the bullet was able to penetrate through his bulletproof visor. He was lucky because the visor slow down the bullet's velocity and power. The bullet was only able to penetrate his left eye.
Akuto started to understand what the' friendly neighborhood masked vigilante' felt when his senses were tingling. He decided to call this sense his AAS sense. AAS is an abbreviation of the word Advance Alarm System. But if you said the words, it would be pronounced ass. He decided to use that because he thought that it would be funny.
"Maria, this is dangerous. My AAS senses is tingling." (Akuto)
"Ass? W- what do you mean by your ass tingling? Do you want to go to the bathroom?" (Maria)
"Maria, focus! That's not important right now. We need to get out of this circle. Let's lift Hiro quick" (Akuto)
Akuto rushes Maria to lift Hiro and move when suddenly. White bright strings as big as an arm start to come out of the floor and wrapped out around Hiro's left leg.
"The f*ck..?" (Akuto)
Both Maria and Akuto were stupefied by what they are seeing. Both of them stood there with their eyes wide open.
"Maria… are you seeing what I am seeing right now?" (Akuto)
"Y-yes!" (Maria)
"Then, I am not crazy yet! Hold him for a sec." (Akuto)
Akuto tries to untie the string from Hiro's leg. Akuto hold the string and it was warm to the touch and it was glowing. Akuto tries to rip the string with his hand.
"HNGGHH!! F*ck, it's tight!"
While waiting for Akuto to rip the string, Maria looks around the circle. Inside the circle, there are an overlapping of many symbols and signs that she had never seen before. Maria started to realize something odd about the circle.
"Um…Akuto!" (Maria)
"I know, I know. I am in a hurry right now, but the string is too tight." (Akuto)
"It's not about that! The circle! Is it just me or do you also notice that the circle is getting brighter?" (Maria)
"Hm?!" (Akuto)
Akuto looks at the circle and realises that what Maria said was true. The circle is getting brighter than a few moments ago.
"It seems so…" (Akuto)
"Akuto, what do you think is happening right now?" (Maria)
"I don't know and I don't want to wait inside here to find out. I've got an idea. Pull him!" (Akuto)
Maria nodded and lift Hiro's body. Maria pulled Hiro and the string on his left leg was stretched. Akuto takes out the revolver from his left pocket and aim it toward the string. Akuto pulled the trigger
"BANG!!"
"PHOWW!!"
A snapping sound can be heard and the string was torn in half by the revolver. The string on Hiro's left leg starts to disintegrate and disappear. The other half of the string went back into the floor.
"Good, it can be cut." (Akuto)
Akuto smiled beamingly towards Maria. Maria smiles back towards Akuto in relief.
"Thank god" (Maria)
"Let's get outside quick before the string come out again and tied one of us here." (Akuto)
Maria and Akuto lift Hiro on their shoulders. They walk as fast as they can. When they were almost halfway outside the circle, another string came out of the floor behind them. It reaches out and grabs Hiro's right leg. They were both startled by the sudden pulling motion that came from Hiro's body.
"Akuto!" (Maria)
"Dammit! Let's do it like last time. Pull him!" (Akuto)
Maria pulls Hiro out to stretch the string and Akuto shoots the string with the revolver.
"BANG!"
"PHOWW!!"
The string snapped again and disintegrated. Akuto starts to analyse what is happening in the past few minutes in his head.
(Why is it only trying to stop Hiro from getting out and not us?) (Akuto)
Akuto starts to shake his head and focus.
(That's not important right now. We need to leave this circle) (Akuto)
"Let's move faster, Maria!" (Akuto)
"Alright!" (Maria)
Maria nodded and they started to pick up their pace. They were a quarter distance away from reaching outside of the circle when suddenly. The circle is getting brighter again and a lot of white strings started coming out from the floor and began to wrap around Hiro's legs, hands, and waist. Maria and Akuto were startled by the increased amount of strings.
"Hiro! No! Akuto, shoot it again!" (Maria)
(Dammit, this thing is persistent. I've only got a bullet left. There are too many strings here. I need to save the bullet for an emergency) (Akuto)
Akuto starts to contemplate. Akuto looks towards Maria helplessly.
"I can't, Maria! There is no bullet left!" (Akuto)
Maria was shocked for a moment and then start to try to cut the string off herself. Even though Maria knows her strength cannot be compared with the revolver, she still pushes through with all she had. Pulling, stomping, and biting. Akuto starts to feel stressed out by this situation. He was tired physically and mentally.
Akuto could not rest yesterday in preparation for killing Wira and his goon today. His operation for today is not that smooth either. He had to fight one of the guards that were able to catch him in the act of killing the two guards in the living room. He was unable to realize the presence of the other guard due to the guards hiding in his blind spot.
The loss of his left eye created that blind spot and due to it, he makes a mistake. The sudden presence of the people from the military also startled him. He had to walk around stealthily around the whole island to find the leader. He needed to warn and threaten them so that they don't disturb his plan to kill Wira tonight. Akuto seems to be thinking of giving up.
(Can't I just leave Hiro here? The circle seems to only want him. It doesn't even care about Maria and me. Isn't it easier if I just walk away from here? The old guard just wanted me to save Hiro and Maria from Wira, and I already did it. If the old guard doesn't believe me and don't want to pay for the extra service, then I can't help it. The payment for killing Wira is already high enough. I can live in leisure for a year until my eyes healed fully and take a new job.) (Akuto)
Akuto start to close his eyes, crosses his hands, and nodded calmly.
(That's right Akuto. This is not your job. You are Violet. You are a killer and your job is to kill people. You are not a hero, and you don't need to save them twice. It's not in the contract. Right! You've always lived for yourself for almost 30 years. No one ever helped you when you needed it the most. Why would you help others now? Sigh…let's walk away from here. ) (Akuto)
Akuto looks at Maria. She was biting at the white string as if it had killed her family. Akuto then looks at Hiro who is still unconcious with clothes that are wet with his own blood. Maria notices Akuto's gaze and looks at him helplessly. Akuto saw Maria crying out in frustration at her inability to help Hiro. Akuto looks at her calmly and closes his eyes.
(The bullet that went through your eyes may already go through your brain Akuto. ) (Akuto)
Akuto takes a deep breath and opens his eyes full of determination.
(Okay Akuto, calm down. Think rationally! Look around! Analyze what you can! The answer may already be around you, you just have to grasp it!) (Akuto)
Akuto starts to look at his surrounding calmly. He looks at Hiro who is getting tied up by the white string. Akuto looks at the big white circle which is getting brighter by the minute. Akuto looks at Maria that is not getting tied up by the string. Akuto then saw a light machine gun which is lying outside the circle. Akuto's eye glint up. Akuto looks toward Maria
"Maria, what are you doing biting the string. You're not a goat" (Akuto)
Maria was embarrassed with Akuto's remark. Akuto smiled playfully.
"W-well, I don't see you with a better idea!" (Maria)
"Hahaha. I have a BETTER idea than the primitive solutions of yours, Maria the goat~" (Akuto)
"I am not a g-" (Maria)
"You see that machine gun?" (Akuto)
Maria turn toward the direction Akuto pointed to. Maria looks back at Akuto and nodded.
"Go and get the machine gun. Bring it here" (Akuto)
"Okay!" (Maria)
Maria sprinted towards the gun.
"Don't bite the gun! It's not for eating!" (Akuto)
"F*ck you!" (Maria)
Maria shouted back at Akuto furiously. Akuto smiles playfully and checks up on Hiro. Maria was able to go out of the circle smoothly. Maria picked up the light machine gun swiftly and run back towards Akuto and Hiro. Maria reaches the outer line of the circle when suddenly-
"THUMP!!"
Akuto heard the sound and look towards Maria who stumbled backward.
"Maria! What's wrong?!" (Akuto)
Maria stands up and holds her nose. She looks to be in pain. Maria felt like her face hit something.
"I-I don't know!" (Maria)
Akuto notices that the circle is getting brighter.
"Maria, stop playing around. Quick! I need the machine gun!" (Akuto)
Maria reaches out her hand in front of her and tries to walk towards the circle. There, she felt it at the tip of her hand, an invisible wall in front of her.
"A-Akuto! WALL! WALL! T-there is a wall! I can't get in!" (Maria)
Maria shouted to Akuto in a panic. Akuto looks towards Maria. She was looking like a mime pretending to be stuck in front of a wall.
(What the f*ck? Invisible wall?) (Maria)
Akuto grit his teeth. Maria tries to ram the invisible wall with her shoulder. When her shoulder connected with the wall, she stumbled backward. Maria tries to kick, punch, and ran toward the wall. All of Maria's effort was pointless. Maria kneeled on the floor while panting heavily.
"Hugh…Hugh… Dammit!" (Maria)
The circle is getting brighter as if a spotlight was turn on. Akuto looks at Maria and shouted.
"What are you doing sitting down on your fat ass Maria?!! You're giving up?!!" (Akuto)
Maria saw a rock that broke off from the roof wall when she and Hiro were shooting around the living room. In her frustration, she picked up the rock and throws it straight towards Akuto with all her might.
"I'M TRYING YOU ONE EYE!!" (Maria)
With a shout, the rock flew towards the circle. Maria, already knew that the rock would hit the wall was suddenly shocked. The rock flies into the circle without any resistance, straight towards Akuto's head. Akuto was also frozen in shock by the sudden turn of event. There Akuto felt it, his AAS senses tingling.