"The joke is over, you guys."
A familiar voice echoed through the hall, and when Toya and Akira interrupted the battle and turned in the direction of the voice, Makoto, carrying a long bag, was leaning against the hall's entrance door.
"Ooh, Senpai! I've been waiting for you!"
Akira's expression lit up and he let out a voice of delight.
On the other hand, Touya was worried that the one who had appeared was Shinhito. From Leonard's point of view, Junko should be the main dish.
"You'll appear."
Leonard turned his whole body towards Makoto, keeping his hands behind his waist in a pose.
"What's wrong with Miss Yukioka?"
"He's here for the time being. Or rather, did you really think that they had value as hostages and bait? Didn't you think about the possibility of being ignored?"
Shin walked towards the three with careless steps. Haven't touched the prize yet. In addition, Touya, Akira, and Leonard wondered what the long bag he was carrying was.
"By coming, you're proving that you're worth it, aren't you, Death?"
Leonard spreads her arms wide and shrugs her shoulders.
"Senior, this guy is useless! Take care because he's more useless than Toya's power!"
"What is that stupid Japanese? Your embarrassing language is all broadcast live on the internet."
Akira, who had intended to issue a warning, honestly replied so.
"Hey hey hey. I'm the kind of person who doesn't care about such details."
"Don't worry about it. You guys come over here."
Truly beckoned, Toya and Akira move away from Leonard on the stage and head toward Makoto.
Toya and Akira couldn't fathom this intention again. It seems to be a good idea to fight with three people, so there is no point in keeping a distance from Leonard. In the end, I try not to let him fight with Leonard.
"Even if we're here, it's going to be a hindrance, so are you going to do it alone with your senpai?"
Toya asks.
"It's not like that. You'll soon find out why. Come closer."
Makoto said while looking at Leonard.
"What do you mean by death? I want you to tell me too, death."
Even with that said, Leonard was able to guess roughly what his true intentions were.
I suspected that Junko, who was acting separately, was aiming for something, and that Makoto was trying to buy time so that he could stay here.
Leonard took out his finger cell phone, hooked it up to his men, and emailed them instead of calling them. It is an order to search for Junko Yukioka, as there is a possibility that she has invaded the building by acting alone.
"I got a reply right away." She was able to easily confirm Junko's existence. I don't know what she's doing, but it seems she's in the Seventh Branch building.
"Since the favorite is Mashita, you guys are already dead."
With a grin, Leonard turns around and disappears behind the scenes.
"Such as running away while saying it's done…"
"Toya looks dubious." I couldn't figure out what Leonard's true intentions were, but from what I heard from Leonard's words and actions, it seemed like things were going as planned, so I had a bad feeling about it.
"Hey hey senpai, is it okay if I don't chase after him? The three of us should have just swung and knocked him out all at once.」
Akira genuinely asks.
"No matter how you look at it, there seems to be a trap.
"That's how it is"
Toya answered instead, and Makoto nodded.
"It wasn't like fighting over the unlock key with a bomb attached to your neck, was it? It's been a troublesome topic since then."
Makoto mentions that Toya and Akira had been fighting each other until just now. While moving to here, I was watching the situation from the middle of the delivered video.
"Yeah, I was just told to fight. That's why I was doing it as a way to kill time, train, and advertise, but it got really bad halfway through. I'm in trouble, tahaha."
Akira spoke in a playful tone.
"If you get rid of the formalin-soaked president who was just now, the name value will go up. So, come a little closer. Jump in as soon as it opens."
Makoto beckoned the two of them together. Touya and Akira didn't understand the meaning of the words, but just as they were told, they came close to the truth.
"But he couldn't have beaten even two people."
"Toya looked uneasy."
"Yeah, I saw you. Maybe you've acquired some kind of supernatural power. Well, Yukioka and I are here, so I'll follow up as much as possible."
Answering to Toya, Makoto puts the bag he was carrying on his back to the floor.
(If you use this guy's power, it should be easy to cheat and win.)
Makoto thought as he looked down at his bag.
"Open"
Makoto called out to the bag. Toya and Akira wonder what he's doing.
Immediately after that, the landscape in front of the three of them literally distorted, shocking Toya and Akira.
About a minute later, the theater the three of them were in was blown away by a large explosion.
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In front of Leonard, the building of the 7th branch was blown up and collapsed. Smoke billows into the grounds.
It was Leonard who dashed through the shortest escape route from the theater inside the building to the outside. It was impossible for the guests Leonard had invited to leave earlier than himself.
Although it was originally a small number of people, the members of the formalin-soaked president have also escaped from inside the building. After confirming that Leonard had come out, everyone immediately got into the car and left the premises.
"When the bomb exploded, the monitor confirmed the presence of Junko Yukioka inside the building. Now that's the end."
Hearing the report from the large subordinate in the driver's seat, Leonard chuckled. But at the same time, I felt a sense of discomfort.
"I ordered the bombing because I received that message, Death."
Leonard was a little suspicious that his subordinates were probably trying to remind him of this, but he wondered if he was going to go out of his way to say it again. I can't imagine her living in that blast.
"What bothers me is that Makoto Aizawa and Junko Yukioka were acting separately. So, is there anything unusual about it, sir?"
"There's no way I could act alone without thinking." There is no doubt that he was plotting something, but before he could confirm it, he blew up the entire building at the same time Leonard escaped.
"There's nothing unusual about it. What I was doing was looking for a reasonable size for your subordinate that I could fit inside."
Leonard's voice was still male, but the tone of his voice changed to something familiar and unique, and Leonard was startled by what he said.
"The car stops." A subordinate gets out of the car first, and beckons Leonard to come out with an expressionless face.
It is unclear whether he was betrayed or manipulated, but it is clear that Junko's life is at stake.
The moment Leonard stepped out of the car, his men's chests, abdomens, and even faces split vertically. A familiar face covered in blood appears from within. As if taking off his costume, the man's skin and flesh crumpled and fell onto the asphalt.
"I needed a meat costume so that I could approach Mr. Leonard, who runs away quickly, without being alarmed. It was quite hard to do this and that in a short amount of time, such as closing the zipper, erasing the smell of blood, playing with the vocal cords, etc."
Her face, white coat, and white thighs exposed from her shorts are colored red, and Junko, who is covered in blood all over her body, spreads her usual carefree smile that doesn't make you feel a shred of madness or malice. No, Leonard thinks that being covered in blood and smiling like that is in itself a composition of madness.
The cars of the members running in front and behind also stopped, but they did not come out. No, in Leonard's eyes, he was trying hard to open the door to get out.
The car door is welded from the outside when it was set. Breaking the window and escaping isn't easy because it's bulletproof.
"Certainly... It seems like you did a lot of things in that short, busy time."
"They will be used as test benches later."
With a smile on her face, Junko glanced at Leonard's subordinates who were trapped inside.
"Are those three people killed by death...?"
"I won't do that. I already expected the classic method of blowing up the building, and I've already got my hands on it."
While she was talking, the blood that clung to Junko's body formed a mist and flew up into the air before dispersing. Within a few seconds, all the blood on my skin and white coat had completely disappeared.
Leonard shuddered again at this, but soon calmed down. Junko does this to surprise herself, to instill fear in her, and even just for fun. She braced herself that she shouldn't be swallowed by it.
"So, why did you decide to seriously fight with me at this time? Is it okay if I ask you why? We've gotten along well with each other until now."
With a smile on her lips, Junko asks with her smile erased from her eyes. Leonard who is about to be shot down by her brightly red eyes.
"Actually, Masita has been faintly hesitant for a long time. She was worried that you would eventually become a disaster for our organization, Death.
"I see. But that's a bad move, isn't it? We should have come together as one and crushed it after the organization was united.
"Death in the past tense on the premise that I will win. Please take it easy. It's surprising to be told that I run away quickly. Death. I'm a man who does it when I do it."
Even as she said it, Leonard struggled to suppress the fear that welled up.
(No. Something is decisively different. This girl looks like a little girl, but inside she transcends humans, and is even more frightening and hideous.)
As a battle-hardened Leonard, he understands the difference in ability between the two just by facing each other.
My instincts understand that even if I fight, my odds of winning are slim. However, his pride would not allow him to make things happen on his own and flee in desperation.
"If you run away in front of the enemy, you will be laughed at by your tribe's ancestors in the other world!"
Screaming only at the end of the sentence, Leonard fired a low kick at Junko's feet. First of all, it was decided that it would be more effective to stop the movement, and if it was a surprise attack, it would be more effective to use the lower part of the body, where the line of sight could not reach, rather than the upper body.
In response to Leonard's kick, which was faster than her eye could see, Junko lightly dodged it with a vertical jump while maintaining eye contact with Leonard.
A state full of gaps that cannot be avoided by jumping. Don't miss this. Before she hits the ground, Leonard throws her right fist at Junko's head.
The palm of her Junko's left hand caught Leonard's straight right - it looked like it, but although she could block her direct hit, she couldn't kill the impact in the air, and her Junko's body spun around. Blown away.
However, Junko did not hit the ground, and she successfully made a full turn and landed.
Aiming for the timing when the posture that she just landed is insufficient, Leonard instantly closes her distance towards Junko.
"This was another abnormal speed." Her kick was aimed at her stomach, but in an inadequate position