"Aaaahhh!!!"
Bang Bang Bang Bang!
Anton couldn't understand what kind of foundation Koji was using to initiate a direct confrontation against the Order, knowing that most of his men would die. It could be confidence or a matter of honor. No matter what it was, that man seemed to have his principles clear, and everyone who died for him also seemed very clear that they did it for honor.
Although the Japanese clans had disappeared throughout their history, now that he was in the presence of perhaps one of the last, Anton truly admired the way they acted. Not everyone could give their life for someone else so easily.
"Tell me, Anton, why do you strive so hard to protect my daughter?" Koji asked from beside him.
Anton thought for a moment and said, "Maybe your daughter is the only person besides my father who understands me. I don't care about the marriage you or my father have suggested; I just want to make sure Akira is safe."
Anton's response is sincere; he had discovered that perhaps everyone needs someone who understands them deeply without needing to have known them for long. That had made Anton feel good, and in the same way, he seemed to know a lot about Akira without knowing her much.
"It would help me a lot if you let me keep him alive; you don't know how many young women cry when there's no father to walk them down the aisle and hand them over to their future husband," Anton said as he noticed several presences to the left, so he prepared himself.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Anton fired repeatedly at the armored soldiers the Order had deployed to eliminate all the workers in this hotel. Anton's bullets were very precise; each one of them flew into the heads of the soldiers who were at least ten meters away. The bodies with shattered heads fell to the ground, and at that moment, shots also came from behind.
"Watch out!!!"
Anton fired two more times, forcing the soldiers on his right not to advance further. After Anton had eliminated several threats, the soldiers from behind started reacting and shooting at him.
Anton responded to that hail of bullets.
Boom!
A grenade had flown towards the group of armored soldiers, sending them flying. This explosion happened next to a small gas cylinder, so the explosion was even bigger.
However, this helped Anton to be better positioned to defend the retreat.
Nevertheless, a couple of armored soldiers hidden ahead ambushed Koji, who kept advancing.
Anton took the last grenade from his chest and threw it.
Boom!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
"Aaaahhhh!!!"
Anton's bullets were running out quickly, but he had managed to halt the advance of those armored soldiers.
"Not that way, let's go right."
The armored soldiers were coming for Anton, and the locked steel door wouldn't stop them if they were really determined to kill them.
Soon, Anton heard footsteps coming from the stairs. He had imagined the armored soldiers running towards him.
Bang!
At that moment, a shot was fired, breaking the lock of the steel door.
At the same time, Anton squeezed the triggers of his pistols.
"Keep advancing, my men are on their way, so they'll be ahead soon," Anton said, covering the retreat with a rifle he had picked up from the floor.
"Don't fall behind!" Koji shouted as he kept moving forward.
But seeing the large number of armored soldiers following them, Anton couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
This feeling felt very natural to him...
Anton had to dodge the shots at this moment to avoid getting hit.
At that moment, he climbed the stairs.
But a soldier who had supposedly been dead moved.
That meant Anton hadn't done a good job.
Anton wanted to dodge it, but the weight on him prevented him from doing so.
The soldier, on the brink of death, was moved by his survival instinct.
However, before the dagger could land on him, Anton felt a cold sensation.
His suit protected him, but not much; if that dagger had cut his abdomen, he would now have all his intestines out.
At this moment, Anton halted the dagger's advance, used all his strength, and faced the man who wanted to stab him.
"Arghhh!!!"
Not wanting to die, Anton unsheathed one of his swords and cut the man's head off as he tried to stand up again.
Blood flew everywhere, but Anton remained unfazed, so he kept walking.