The unconscious body of a teenager lay among the fragments, scorched earth and trees. Next to him lay a Buddhist cross - a swastika, which Nobu sometimes noticed on Shin. He often hid it under his clothes. There are many Buddhists in Myanmar and it was considered the state religion before the emergence of quirks, now the religion was dying all over the world, giving way to heroes from comics. Shin did not want to hurt or kill anyone, even though he began working as a doctor in Anandaman, he had never killed anyone. His fate ended here, where he did not betray his principles until the last.
The gray-red eyes gradually became brighter. There was a ringing in his ears. In the thick smoke floating above the ground, painful sobs and screams sounded, and in the distance, shots were heard. Oxygen began to flow to the brain, breathing and Nobu's general condition stabilized.
-Khu-khu...Nobu!- Bucephalus reacted a little faster, but the blast wave pushed them apart. Bucephalus ran up to Nobu and listened to the boy's breathing.
-Alive...- he picked him up. Firespitter, who had barely escaped the crossfire, ran up to them. -Time to get out!- Nobu was clutching Shin's charred cross in his fist, it seemed to be lying next to him. The last thing Nobu saw before he passed out was gunshots in the smoke and the huge epicenter of the explosion - a crater 10 meters in diameter. Only missiles or aerial bombs can leave such craters. And the most amazing thing is how Min, Aung and a few other people who were simply lucky to survive crawled out from under the barracks.
A truck quickly drove up to them in the middle of the burnt field, Bucephalus thought that this was the end, but Firespit did not lose his head and activated his quirk. He had problems with aiming Firespit, this time he was lucky and the truck did not just burn with all the Junta soldiers inside.
- It seems that we are surrounded. We need to hide in the forest. - Bucephalus and Firespit ran from the surviving shelters, carrying Nobu. The smoke died down, and he saw how the Junta soldiers entered the camp, and the shooting gradually stopped. Trucks with soldiers arrived, the first line of infantry broke through and cleared the entire half of the camp, the remaining surviving prisoners managed to escape across the river with Min and Aung. The Junta soldiers may have been mediocre in terms of quirks, but their combat vehicles were enough to destroy everything. The Junta used helicopters to cover the entire camp and no one managed to escape. Therefore, the forest, and the river through it, turned out to be the main targets for the helicopters.
These were mainly civilian Bell 205 helicopters with minor modifications, they were used for patrols. Helicopters flew over the entire area while they hid among the trees.
- What are we going to do? - Firespitter whispered.
They had no choice but to lie down in the forest, give battle and fight their way through. On the other side of the forest is a river, but this is not an option with helicopters and searchlights constantly flying. The seclusion of the place played a cruel joke on Anandaman. The junta's tactics are complete destruction using armored vehicles, in parallel with the explosion, and a powerful effect was obtained. The top of Anandaman did not even suspect an attack.
- We will fight our way through, there are few chances, but the junta does not develop the quirks of its soldiers. This is their weakness. Remember. You hide, attack, retreat and hide again. - Bucephalus whispered, laying Nobu down among the thickets and covering him with leaves.
- Damn it. - Firespitter wanted to throw everything to hell and run across the river, but his conscience tormented him about abandoning his comrades. His hands were shaking slightly from fear.
Several trucks and one armored personnel carrier equipped with a machine gun drove onto a dead-end dirt road in the forest.
- Everyone get ready and form up, quickly! - the commander continued after a few seconds. - Destroy everyone you find. These are cartel fighters. Divide into groups of 4 people and comb the entire forest! Count on the first and second! - soldiers with balaclavas, armed with Kalashnikovs, equipped with flashlights and Myanmar Armed Forces insignia on their military uniforms entered the forest to clear out the forest.
Bucephalus and Firespitter prepared to attack the first group of soldiers that entered the forest, it was already getting dark outside, which worked in their favor. Quite a few of these groups entered from all possible sides, it was important for them to clear the entire territory, which was not in Anandaman's favor, because they were surrounded. Now they were fighting not only for the cartel, but for their lives. Bucephalus jumped up and attacked a lagging soldier, he lifted him over his head with his bullish strength and drove him into a tree, hanging him on a branch. The group noticed and opened fire on Bucephalus.
- We have contact! Sector 4A. Fire! - the soldiers opened fire, in such a barrage of fire it was easy to get a stray bullet, Bucephalus received a bullet wound, but with his bullish endurance and the durability of one bullet, even immobilizing him was insignificant. He disappeared behind the trees, while Firespitter caught the shooters off guard from behind and set two soldiers standing next to each other on fire with his breath. Both began to roll on the floor in panic, the rest of the soldiers fled, abandoning the wounded.
-Sector 4A! We are suffering losses!
-10-4. Describe the enemy.
- It's fucking dark, they're hiding! Two targets. I repeat, two targets!
Nobu woke up in the darkness, he had trouble breathing, everything hurt, but he had to get up.
After some time, he came to his senses, there was no critical damage. Nobu finally got up and stretched a little, around him he could sometimes hear alarming gunfire and the flight of a helicopter, which he had never seen in his life.
- Nobu, are you okay?! - Bucephalus and Firespitter saw Nobu opposite a bloody branch where a soldier had been hanging, it seemed he had escaped in the heat of battle. After examining him for injuries, Firespitter calmed down.
- Stop looking at me. I'm fine. - he waved his scorched hands. Having found a first aid kit on one of the soldiers, Bucephalus asked to bandage his back, and Nobu's hands. They also picked up the equipment of the killed enemies, Bucephalus undressed the dead and changed his burnt clothes. Nobu rubbed the bridge of his nose and noticed Bucephalus's wound.
-We need to leave, we're surrounded in this forest, and the helicopter is flying. - Firespitter said.
-Take your weapons and put on your body armor. - While they were equipping themselves, Bucephalus kept an eye on Nobu.
-I know you might be nervous, this is the first serious thing...
Nobu put on his body armor, adjusted it to his small height and grabbed several ready-made clips for his machine gun. "It's heavy, I'm afraid it will be difficult to run with all this."
-Better take a pistol, the machine gun will only get in the way.
-Yes. - Nobu followed the advice and put the holster on his belt along with the pistol.
Bucephalus is surprised by his endurance, Nobu had survived in the jungle before and his history before this is not entirely clear and shrouded in mystery. "Good attitude." Bucephalus did not regret his training in the camp, about what connected him to the cartel. "This war, there is no turning back. I'm sorry that this war will become a part of you, boy." Nobu was nervous, although it did not show on him. Taking the gun in his hands, the desire to become stronger, to not feel this uncertainty grew.
Bucephalus and Firespitter are with him, he is not alone.