'Your plot point seems to have appeared'?
What does that mean?
Date Wataru didn't know what it meant, so he followed Ichijō Mirai's line of sight and saw a street that had been darkened by the evening, with only the fixed streetlights dispersing a small amount of gray at regular intervals.
There were only a few people on the street, but near the convenience store, there were a few low-slung figures, all wearing hats and masks, seemingly feeling the cold, with their hands in their pockets, in groups of two or three, pushing open the door of the convenience store with a precise aim.
Normal customers pushed the door gently, but the men pushed it so hard that the glass door almost shattered when they hit something. Morofushi Hiromitsu looked back just in time to see the last of the new customers, who had already split up, pull a Levi's out of his jacket.
He took the powerful gun, and fired it upwards, "Boom!"
The sound of the gunshot was deafening.
It was as if a pause button had been pressed on the bustling convenience store, and both men and women looked in the direction of the gunshot with dumbfounded expressions.
"Come out!" The gunman did not remove his mask, but took a deep breath before speaking with force, his somewhat muffled voice spread throughout the convenience store, "Come out and crouch down with your head in your hands!"
"Robbery!!!"
Convenience store customers: "..."
Silence spreads for two or three seconds, before the panic reacts and sweeps through the room at a faster rate, followed by good behavior.
It didn't take long for them to crouch in the open space near the convenience store counter with their heads in their hands, including Morofushi Hiromitsu, who didn't move to crouch over.
From the position of holding his head, he observed the robbers from below: there were three of them, and it seemed that one of them was the leader, and two of them were supporting him.
After the leader had finished threatening and intimidating the robbers, the two assistants pulled down the curtains outside the store and closed the door, one of them going to the counter to get the cash, while the other one walked past the crouching hostages and went deeper into the convenience store.
''Are they checking to see if anyone's hiding and hasn't come out?''
The thought ran through Morofushi Hiromitsu's mind for a moment, then sank into his psyche, and he frowned: Furuya Rei and the others hadn't come out yet.
This is not the most important thing, even if the robbers find them, they can make up some excuse that they are too scared and cowardly to come out, and the robbers will get away with it.
Although the robbers are armed, but a shotgun, looks very deterrent, but the bullet is limited, as long as a little calm, can be deduced that they do not intend to really kill, at most, will only deal with a few typical, the probability is still not really hurt people, only rob the money.
Most likely, they'll just take Furuya Rei's excuse and run away without bothering them.
But if the robbers find Ichijō Mirai and see the police cadet's uniform on Ichijō Mirai...
The robbers will use their guns.
Morofushi Hiromitsu's gaze sank to the floor as he silently listened to the footsteps of the robber who had penetrated the convenience store, and while he appeared to be crouching with his head in his hands, his feet quietly shifted backward a bit, adjusting to a position where he could powerfully rise up at any time, and his arms shifted away a bit and tensed.
He was ready to take advantage of the armed robber once he said 'Officer? , he was ready to take advantage of the armed robbers subconsciously look at the sound, attention shifted at the same time, unarmed attack to seize the gun.
The robber's footsteps were getting farther and farther away, and they kept ringing out without any pause or hesitation in between, until they seemed to have realized something, and their footsteps hesitated for a few seconds, followed by the sound of unlocking the chain and pulling open the iron gate, "The convenience store has been taken under control."
"It's not crowded," the robber said, "and a little intimidation with a gun will keep them in line."
...He wasn't there to check if there were people inside the convenience store, he was there to open the back door!
There's more than three robbers, there's an accomplice!
Morofushi Hiromitsu held his breath, and while he held his heart, a certain string that had been tightened by the mistaken belief that the robbers were searching for people was relaxed, and he tried his best to look in that direction with his afterglow, but he could only see blurred figures, not exactly how many people there were, but he could hear the sound of staggered footsteps, and it sounded as if there were three or four of them.
We couldn't see the hostages at the counter, but we could see them inside the convenience store.
Matsuda Jinpei hid between the shelves and peeked out, and saw the robber open the back door and let in several accomplices.
The accomplices were almost uniformly dressed in hats and masks, with only their eyes showing, but the leader of the group, who was not wearing a mask and had a somewhat fierce look of a standard wanted man, nodded his head as he listened to the robber's report and walked toward the front of the room.
The rest of the robbers followed.
They don't seem to have any intention of searching the convenience store.
That's right, they're just going to rob it and run, they don't need to care if there's anyone hiding in the convenience store, or if they're going to call the police, they've already retreated before the police arrive anyway.
It's just: "So many people, just to rob a convenience store?"
Matsuda Jinpei frowned, staring at the robbers as they walked away, and saw that a few of them had guns on the back of their hips, "That's a bit of a big deal, isn't it?"
A voice from behind him answered his question carelessly, "Ah, they're probably preparing for a bank robbery, aren't they?"
It was Ichijō Mirai's voice.
Before his brain could recognize it, Matsuda Jinpei's tense body reacted by subconsciously attacking him backward, and then he said "Oh no".
But it wasn't bad.
His elbow strikes and sweeps were easily and silently deflected by Ichijō Mirai, who covered his mouth with a smooth, "Shhh."
"I think we need to talk about our previous friendship, Matsuda Jinpei-san,"
Ichijō Mirai inquired in a low voice, "I know that I have a lot of faults, such as being too good-tempered, too kind, too helpful to my classmates, and too much to be admired by you,"
"May I ask if you can tolerate them?"
He encouraged, "If you think it's intolerable, speak up."
"How loud the rebuttal is, is how strong the rebuttal is."
He let go of his hand and took two steps back, "What is your opinion?"
Matsuda Jinpei: "..."
When he heard Ichijō Mirai counting down his shortcomings, he opened his eyes and removed his strength, patiently listening to the Savior's nonsense, and when he heard the encouraging words of rebuttal, a few veins appeared on his forehead and he flicked them with great force.
As Ichijō Mirai stepped back, he smoothly braced his hands on the ground behind him to give himself support while turning his head to look over at him through gritted teeth, "You're a crazy person."
What a time! How can you still hold a grudge!
"I didn't hear you," Ichijō Mirai asked, "Are you saying that I'm kind enough to answer your questions?"
"If not, please refute it out loud."
Matsuda Jinpei continued: "..."
He was lucky to meet such a kind classmate.