The outside of the building, which was initially empty, began to fill up with so many people that it became overcrowded.
It is difficult to find someone in such a condition.
Currently, Umi and I were slowly lining up to get off the building.
'Why? Why is my instinct screaming so much?'
"Nate, why are you looking so stressed? If it's the result of the exam, you don't have to think too much."
"Shh, be quiet for a moment."
"what happened"
"I don't know. I suddenly feel bad."
'What exactly happened? Umi is safe and Iri- this feeling again.'
No matter how many times I called Iris, she didn't answer.
'I guess there's no choice'
I looked at Iris' GPS on my phone and saw that it was slowly moving in the opposite direction from where we came from.
"Huh?"
'We made an appointment where we would meet.'
"Nate?" Umi now realized that Nate was uncomfortable with something.
"Umi, we're hurrying."
Iris' GPS did not change direction and was slowly starting to move further east.
"Oka-"
Without waiting for Umi to answer, I grabbed her hand tightly and began to quickly break my way and run for the exit.
"excuse me!"
"Where are you going in such a hurry, you bastard?"
"excuse me!"
"Ouch"
"excuse me!"
"You!"
As I cut my way and bumped into several people to get out of here as quickly as possible.
"Nate, what happened?"
After that, I ran even faster, not even listening to Umi's voice asking for reasons.
'Iris, please let me be wrong this time.'
"NATE!"
"I-Iris has been kidnapped," I answered her while trying to control the anger that was about to overflow.
"Eh!"Umi looked very shocked.
After coming out to a relatively open place I grabbed Umi's trembling shoulders.
"You wait for me here. Don't go anywhere, please."
"I will-"
"Please no, it's too dangerous, I can't let you take the risk. I'm asking you to call the police, and here's Iris' GPS, and this one is mine. If the police come, stay with them."
Umi only nodded in confusion. But she didn't stop me anymore.
"Please be safe"
"I'll be back."
'I've never been this angry before.'
Unbeknownst to him, Nate's calm ocean blue eyes were now burning with crimson flames of fury.
***
Nate quickly disappeared from my sight.
"No way. Iris-chan just got kidnapped?"
'I've never seen Nate like this before.'
If I didn't know Nate before, I would have been extremely scared by his burning crimson eyes and the violent mana fluctuations.
thuud! thuud!
"911 emergency"
"Yes, I need help..."
***
Iris's GPS didn't move much, it seemed like traffic was stuck.
[1.6 km]
And not far away is a highway going out to the east.
These bastards will take Iris out of the district. The bad thing is that if we leave the district, some of the controlling laws will no longer apply.
'Please be safe'
I boosted my physical power with as much mana as I could and sped up to full speed. Even though doing this will have negative consequences, right now I don't care.
[0.3 km]
As I was running at high speed, I started to see many cars stop at red lights. It wasn't long before the lights changed colors from red-yellow-green.
'DAMN'
I am filled with a feeling of bitterness.
'Which one?'
Just then I saw a van that looked strange to me, with opaque black glass tint, the license plate slightly tilted, slowly turning towards the outskirts.
I'm sure it must have been. I could feel Iris's faint mana.
The inner thoughts didn't stop my legs from moving. But after leaving his thoughts, everything around him began to move faster again.
[50 meters]
'Yes, it must definitely be this one.'
I could only try to shorten the distance, but chasing after cars wouldn't be easy if I were a normal person.
[20 meters]
'I can't randomly cast magic on a moving target that has its own little sister inside.'
I gathered mana in my legs and rushed forward, but the trash in the car seemed to have realized that I was being pursued.
Numerous fireballs and machine gun rounds began to fly randomly throughout the area, causing chaos.
Boom!
The sound of explosions and machine gun fire rang out in the middle of the highway intersection.
Cars that were moving after the green light collided with each other in a chaotic chaos. The car in front suddenly braked and the car behind didn't have time to brake and crashed into the rear causing damage.
"Don't block my way!"
I jumped onto the roof of the car and rushed forward. The next one after and..
Boom!
'A mid-level mage? Rank B- Awakener'
'No, casting spells this fast might be a B rank.'
Yes, I may have been careless, but what could I do? I might miss the chance to catch up if I let this opportunity slip away.
Boom! Bomm!
"Argg!"
It hurt a lot from receiving so much medium-level fire magic, and the projectiles were itchy but didn't irritate my skin too much.
My mana still hasn't fully recovered because of the Mana Sealing Magic Bracelet.
'Damn it!'
But now, I saw mana forming in the air. Another fire magic?
Walls of fire blazed to block my path.
I couldn't dodge all the fireballs and bullets but was still speeding towards the van.
After pulling out the obtrusive door and throwing it away
I saw the shocked expressions of the scum of society and saw my sister tied up and lying unconscious. Even though I'm angry and I want to wipe out all those bastards
But Iris has to come first. I instinctively cast a protective barrier against Iris.
Bang! Bang-bang!
The scum had chosen to shoot Iris, the hostage, without the slightest hesitation.
If I was just a little slow, Iris would be seriously injured-
I quickly dragged her out of the car and poured more mana into her defense.
Until my own defenses were so weak that some bullets pierced them.
"Argg! agr!"
'It hurts.'
I rolled down with Iris in my arms, not forgetting that we were still on the road, so I quickly rushed towards the side of the road.
The car following us almost trampled us.
"IRIS! "
I checked Iris's pulse and physical condition and found that she was fine, just unconscious.
"phew"
It's like a mountain has been lifted away from me. It was such a relief that I couldn't tell.
Coming back to my senses, I gathered my mana and created a stone spear of medium level magic towards the villain's van.
"It's my turn."
The stone spear did not shoot from me to the van. Instead, it appeared out of thin air in the direction the van was headed.
Seeing that the path was blocked, the scumbags turned the van around and fled as best they could, but it was worthless.
The van lost control and flipped over.
From there I headed towards the overturned van.
Clack!
This time I tore open the driver's side door and dragged out the dazed piece of trash. Without waiting, I mercilessly broke both legs and threw them away. The other piece of trash seemed to pretend to be unconscious as he slowly reached out to pick up the machine gun. I cast an entry-level Lightning Shot Magic spell that might not be strong to others but was enough to stop the opponent from moving.
Blitzzzz!
"Arkhkk"
Crack! Crack!
"This is for you who want to kill Iris."
A burning smell floated in the air.
I melted down the machine gun while looking for another piece of trash.
The trash that used fire magic disappeared.
There were faint blood stains on the floor.
"It probably won't go far. Now let's see who will hunt who."
**
Not very far from the highway.
Huff! Huff!
While leaning against a tree and taking a breather
'Just a little more, I just need a little more'
He tried to run with all his might despite his injury.
'Dammit, who said the job was as simple as kidnapping an ordinary child?'
A simple task that has been planned for a long time is to kidnap a target alive and hold it for ransom. But being greedy when he saw his target's cute face, he didn't kill her but chose to kidnap her instead. But the plan failed and nothing was left because of just one boy. Just thinking back, I could only tremble in fear after that bastard was hit by a large amount of medium-level fire magic but still followed the van quickly.
'I had to escape to the pickup point.'
"That bastard is a monster."
"Ho, is that so?"
"You bastard!!" The piece of trash hurriedly cast a fire spell in the direction where he thought the sound came from.
"Oy, what are you doing?"
"Come out, you coward!"
"Me?"
'Where is he? Where is he hiding?'
ssek!
'Got it.' The man cast a spell with all his might.
BOOOMM!
"Tsk, You're just worthless trash."
But when the dust began to thin, he found that nothing but trees could be touched.
"Huh"
"You don't have the right to say those words." A cold voice came from behind.
At that moment, he felt a shiver run down his spine.
***
WEE! WOO! WEE! WOO!
It wasn't long before police cars and emergency ambulances approached.
"Why are the police who are always late this time coming earlier than usual?"
Around the highway, many people were hit by magic and bullets, but there were no deaths. At least it was fortunate that the bullets did not hit a dangerous point and mostly cut the skin but did not penetrate the flesh.
"Nate! Iris-chan!" Umi rushed over and hugged Iris worriedly.
'Iris barely regained consciousness after which emergency doctors examined her and found nothing abnormal. It makes me more relieved because I myself am not an expert and may have missed the check.'
As I was lost in thought, I stared at Iris and Umi hugging each other in joy from nearby. but a hoarse voice interrupted me.
"Young man"
"Yes?"
He was a middle-aged man who looked older, who should have been close to retirement. In the uniform of an officer from the investigation unit of the police department
"I am Police Colonel Steve. Will you cooperate with me?"
"Oh, sure."
This man was quick to get to the point and asked important questions. The process didn't take long because I was very cooperative.
"Thank you for your cooperation"
"No problem"
After checking with the emergency doctor again we were released to go home.
I was now wearing the gray tracksuit I had received from the police because the shirt of my school uniform had been charred by the fire magic.
I didn't even realize I was nearly half-naked until someone said to me. After the situation was resolved, the adrenaline levels returned to normal, and it wasn't long before the pain quickly followed.
'Argg'
A simple entrance examination day, right?
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