Although they were wary of an ambush at the end of the elevator, there was no enemy to greet them, and Makoto and Akira walked shoulder to shoulder down the corridor.
As they were walking, before they knew it, Makoto would lead the way and Akira would follow behind. Assuming the enemy's surprise attack, Makoto immediately protects Akira at that time.
In truth, Akira, who is close to him and agrees with him ideologically, is easy to get along with. While he understands that this is Junko's decision, he is also concerned about Toya. Unfortunately, they seem to be attracted to Junko.
(Because it won't be bad if you get deeply into him)
Makoto imagined himself sighing deeply in his heart.
"Hey hey senpai, why are you working as an assassin under someone like Junko? Considering your senpai's personality, I don't think that sort of thing suits you."
Just when Makoto thought so, Akira asked him a straightforward question.
"I'm like his watchdog. I also act as a hindrance. I can't stop Yukioka from using humans as test subjects, but if I stand by his side and get in the way of Yukioka's evil deeds, I can't help him." The collateral damage from playing silly things can be a little lessened.You saw the guys before you came in. He's a guy who does harm without regard to good or bad."
"Hmm… that's why, why are you bothering to do that?"
At Akira's continued question, Makoto shook his head annoyed.
"Because that's my reason for existence. Don't make me say that."
"Hmm, I don't know."
Akira spoke in an indecisive tone, wondering if he was being silly or if he really couldn't figure it out.
"Welcome"
Sensing the murderous intent, Makoto tells her. There was no one in the corridor, but Akira's senses were sharpened by the influence of the outlet, so at about the same time as Makoto said, he sensed bloodlust from the door on the left-hand side in front of him.
The door opens, and just like before, the strangers appear.
The poisonous body color, fangs, horns, and tentacles were the same, but there was one difference. They have pistols in their hands. The number is seven. However, there are signs that there are still several people inside the door.
"The fact that they are armed means that they belong to the organization."
A gunfight with members of the 7th Branch who turned into monsters in a hallway with no cover. I am confident that I will survive, but I am really worried that Akira, a rookie, will be an opponent with a high hurdle.
(I have no choice but to shoot each other while protecting this guy. Try to kill the guy who aimed at Akira as much as possible.)
To be honest, since I don't have to worry about Akira, it's easier for me to be alone.
(I'm not modified like Touya, so there's no way I can win against something like this, I guess the people watching this fight think that's why it's going to be a surprise.)
On the other hand, unaware of his true fears, Akira was full of motivation, baring his teeth and holding a gun with a fearless smile.
In response to Akira's movements, the 7th Branch members all aimed their guns at once and pulled the trigger.
Akira flew sideways as if he had been flipped. Even the smallest details of the space are clearly visible. You can clearly see even the agile movements of the monsters, and you can predict from the movement of the legs to the next movement.
(A little while ago, I had some time to spare, but when it comes to a fight between the residents of the back street, the other party is also drinking from the outlet.
Akira naturally understood that.
A number of bullets flew through the space Akira was in earlier. Furthermore, there were several shots near Akira's avoidance destination, but fortunately they did not hit Akira.
While Akira was dodging, the three bullets he fired killed the three monsters almost at the same time. The three of them had accurately read Akira's movements.
Makoto read the opponent's line of sight and fired with priority, but Akira was completely unaware that Makoto had used his nerves to follow up like that.
(I don't want to be misunderstood as my ability, so I have to say it properly later.)
"It's very nerve-wracking to take care of others in a place where you're killing each other." When I remembered the old mercenaries who taught me when I was just starting out on the battlefield, I truly thanked him from the bottom of my heart.
Akira takes a deep breath after taking care of all the monsters. However, seeing that Makoto was staring at the open door without letting his guard down at all, Akira reloaded and braced himself again.
"Now that I think about it, there's no point in taking Yukioka's medicine and turning them into monsters.
"Isn't it a matter of mood or performance?"
A few seconds after the two exchanged jokes, someone rushed out of the open door.
Despite the fact that the power outlet should have dramatically improved his kinetic vision, the speed was too fast for Akira's eyes to see. However, Makoto accurately reacts to that movement and hits it with two shots in response to it coming towards us.
As if it had been blown away by the bullet, it slid backwards and dropped to the front of the door.
"Hmm, it looks like a boss character.
Akira groaned when he saw the hideous monster that appeared in front of him.
Its flat body covered with elongated scales is reminiscent of a reptile, but from the bottom of its head, it has countless sharply pointed front legs reminiscent of crustaceans, and no hind legs, several meters long. It's just a long tail that stretches out. And yet, only the head belonged to a human whose hair had completely fallen out. It looks like a battle creature mixed with humans that we fought the other day.
Although they were not acquainted with each other, they were completely changed by Masato Okumura, the head of the 7th branch of the president soaked in formalin.
"From what you've seen, it looks like you've taken multiple medicines at once. Can you do it by yourself? It's better if it's for publicity purposes.」
"...Try"
Looking tensely at Okumura, Akira raised his gun. Fear cannot be wiped away, but there was an emotion stronger than that fear inside Akira.
"I'll help you if you need to, but if you die before you can help me, there's nothing I can do. Do you remember what I said?"
"First of all, survive, and enjoy killing each other, right?"
Immediately after Akira spoke, a long, thin tongue with a spear-like tip flew out of Okumura's wide-open mouth and stretched at Akira at a tremendous speed.
Akira dodged by jumping sideways, but when he evaded Akira's balance, he aimed for the right timing, and before his outstretched tongue could contract, Okumura himself jumped at Akira.
"Hey... I have something to talk about, is that okay?"
As soon as Makoto and Akira get on the elevator, Toya decides to tell Junko about her current feelings.
"Hmm, what is it?"
"Honestly, I'm at a loss. Akira... No, I wonder if I can live in the back streets."
"I think it's better to stop when you're lost."
With her usual carefree smile, Junko replied without delay.
"Why?"
"People who fall into the back alleys are people who chose the hard mode of the game called life before they were born, I think."
"Before I was born..."
"Yeah. People who choose normal mode are likely to live a normal life in a normal society, but I think there are many people who choose hard mode who are clumsy and can't adapt well to society. As one of them, there is a back street, isn't it?
After hearing Junko's theory, the one that came to Toya's mind was Akira. Considering Akira's personality, it's true that he's not the kind of guy who would normally live within the framework of society.
"That's why, in my opinion, if you're hesitant, I think you should first go back to your normal way of life. If that doesn't work, you can come here again. Did you try to come over here? Then why are you hesitating now?』
"The reasoning that may or may not be understood." I honestly don't want to talk about why I came to the alley. It's pathetic and embarrassing to tell the opposite sex why you don't want to be separated from Akira.
"I told my father that I was going to fall into the back alley. It's the first time I've seen a place... and I..."
"I see, then you shouldn't live in the backstreets after all."
Speaking in a gentle voice, Junko put her hand on Toya's shoulder.
"It's going to be a pain if you continue to work behind the scenes without hesitation. It's a pity, but it can't be helped. But if you change your mind, you can always come visit this world, you know?"
Junko smiled and she readily agreed. Even though she was prepared to be threatened or even killed once she set foot in her. She's a little disappointed. While she thinks so, the part where she easily admits it and lets it go also seemed like Junko.
"Well, even if I go back to the main street, I think I may call you back at my whim and have you fight as an experiment, but I'll be fine at that time."
No - Junko didn't seem to want to let go. However, perhaps because of her light and bright mood, Touya didn't feel uneasy.
"Junko, why are you in the back alley? By the way, why are you a mad scientist?"
"That's because I like it. I've been an explorer and a researcher for hundreds of years. I live to solve all the mysteries of this world." I'm Teru."
Junko spoke with a distant gaze.
"Two hundred years ago, people couldn't believe that they would go to the moon, and three hundred years ago, even flying in an airplane was a fantasy. It wasn't scientifically proven—I mean, it was just kept secret and not made public. Believing that there is a scientific basis for it, I want to continue unraveling all the unknown areas of this world as long as I live.In order to evolve humankind to a higher dimension.
"It's really nice to be able to do what you like and want to do for a living."
"What do you want to be in the future?" A lot of questions were asked at school, even after entering elementary school and junior high school.
Toya's answer was always "I don't know". She remembers that most of her classmates gave the same answer, or at most they were salaried workers or civil servants, all of which were curt answers.
"No matter what you want to do or what you like, whether or not you can do it is another matter. Life is interesting because it is hard to get what you want. By the way, if you have high hopes, it's more interesting to go ahead and do your best, right?"
Junko speaks with a smile, but from Toya, who has lived with her misanthropic thoughts, it is hard to believe that she can think in such a positive way.
"That's why I've lived my life with a lot of unreasonable goals. And... I have a vindictive personality that can't give up even if I want to. A long time ago, I liked you. I couldn't give up, so I continued to search for that person's reincarnation.I was happy when I finally found it after a thousand years.It's about you."
Hearing those words, Touya, who was beginning to like Junko, was disappointed. However, looking at the exchanges between Makoto and Junko, they don't look like lovers at all.
"But if it's not what I want to do, I definitely shouldn't do it."
Toya thought again. It is not the path she chose as her desired way of life. She just stuck with Akira.
"What should I say to Akira..."
"I have no choice but to tell you how I feel.
A familiar woman appeared from the far end of the passage with a sign that said despair.
"It looks like this one was a hit."
"From my point of view, it's out of the question. I wanted to play with that girl, Makoto Aizawa. Well, you promised me, so you'll let me play later, right?"
Rin Kishibe responds to Junko's words, looking at Toya with a puzzled look on her face.
"I wonder what happened. The black light that shined so beautifully has disappeared. I don't think it's worth keeping alive."
Toya is at a loss for words at Rin's words.
"I thought it would be a waste to kill you, but with this, I don't have to worry about it. Yeah."
"It's not worth keeping alive... how can you decide such a thing?"
Touya's teeth are frustrated that she can't think of her clever words and that she can only say that much.
"Isn't it fine for everyone to decide the right to live of others as they please? Don't you think it's wrong to live in a society where there is a law that says you can't kill people? In the first place, death is not annihilation. For that reason, if there is such a thing as the afterlife or the afterlife, I think we should be free to kill and die as much as we want."
Toya was stunned by Rin's calm tone.
Since the afterlife was demonstrated ten years ago, the number of suicides has increased sharply, and the number of murders has also increased. When Toya was a child, Toya remembers the lines that Professor Nantoka, an expert in Nantoka, used to say on TV.
More and more people, she said, feel that taking their own life or taking the lives of others is like pushing the reset button on their lives.
It seems that the people who live in the backstreet in front of Touya now also have this kind of insane way of thinking.
"A person without a black light is no different than a doll without a soul. Even if I extinguished it, my conscience wouldn't hurt, would it? You were shining so beautifully in black at the shooting range. It's a waste."
"Hmm, there are many interesting children in this world who don't have a black light, right? On the contrary, there are children whose souls are pitch black and who aren't funny at all. In general, it's more than just a world of killing and killing. , I prefer a world with more creativity."
Junko's tone was as blunt as usual, but Rin looked at Junko with a dumbfounded expression. From Rin's point of view, she was Junko, and even though she was one of the few people who could accept her, it wasn't interesting that she simply denied her own ideas.
"Then, Touya-kun, do your best in the final battle.
"...No, just for today, I'll be with you until the end."
Toya stepped forward in front of Rin.
All of her enemies so far have been monsters, but this time she looks like a human woman, so I'm reluctant to hit her. However, the opponent is directing serious murderous intent towards himself. If she hesitates, she will be killed.
Toya took steps left and right, feinting as she approached Rin.
I already know to some extent what kind of power she possesses. She can attack beyond space, and she doesn't know where the attack will come from, so it's dangerous to stop her movement, and it's dangerous to read her movement. I learned.
Rin put his hand in her pocket. The tension of Toya rises.
Almost at the same time as the gunshot sounded, Touya felt a shock in her body. Rin keeps his hand in her bosom. However, Touya received a bullet in his right calf and was greatly disoriented.