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The Raven Dark Hero 40
🕑 Added 2021-05-18 00:01:59 +0000 UTCChapter 40 : It's Fine...even if You Don't Remember me
TL:SummerPeanut
Kansha for the support Noland Eneki Ongoy.
-Port Area Shinagawa Station
"Ora, ora, ora, ora! Come at me if you want to die!!"
A group of men with disgusting personalities were involving many ordinary citizens in their huge fight.
They are the filth organization ‘Chirigiwa’. A group of five people including their boss who had just recently been attacked in their hideout by the NDF but succeeded in escaping with their lives.
Although they escaped, they were eventually cornered down by the police, and currently here.
They have nothing left to lose and are determined to make one last gamble.
"Attention Chirigiwa filths! Stop your futile resistance and surrender quietly!"
The cops continued to patiently persuade the already bleary-eyed opponent, but to no avail.
“Shut your traps!!”
The boss's gift, the Man Bomber, hit the police force by creating bombs.
There were only about ten cops on the scene. Half of them are specialists and the other half are officers without gift.
"Damn it! Is the NDF not here yet?! These guys are too much for the police force(us) to handle!"
(...This is quite the bad situation for the police force...)
Kouki watched the scene from a table by the window of the empty family restaurant, sipping a melon soda from the drink bar. He properly added the extra money on top of the table.
(...Azusa and Haruka seem to have gone there, but I wonder if they can fight? They looked used to this though...maybe they also did some hero acts here and there as well?)
He was a little worried, but he told himself that the girls had been persecuting him at Hiro's behest, so he had no obligation to help them, and decided to observe the situation.
Then, a piece of iron-like object was thrown at the center of the Chirigiwa filths.
"Magnet Force!"
Three of the members of Chirigiwa, who were wearing something that reacted to magnetism on their bodies, were drawn to the lump of iron.
"Homing action!"
Then, dozens of knives and forks from dishes went towards the three of them, and all of them hit the bull’s eye and skewered them.
"Wha?! Who the hell are you?"
The boss of Chirigiwa glared at the two girls.
"..rampaging in broad daylight in a city like this... It's because of filths like you that even innocent specialists like us are considered dangerous!"
"Same as on the right. Let's make sure that everyone understands that we specialists and you filths are two very different races."
While many ordinary citizens were staring from the side, two beautiful girls appeared in front of the filths organization.
What Kouki didn't know was that both of them were capable specialists who had already been scheduled to enter the NDF after graduation.
And as Kouki had predicted, this was not the first time the two of them had jumped into the fray under the guise of helping others.
(That Azusa...when did she become so proficient in using her gift? I'm sure she'll be able to do a lot of things with it once she gets even more proficient... Also, did Haruka get the forks and knives from this restaurant? She’s well prepared. If she has better weapons, she might be quite strong?
Hmm.....somehow, both of them look like allies of justice and quite cool isn’t it...)
As he watched from the sidelines, Kouki didn’t realize that there was part of him itching for action as well.
"Damn! These kids... I have no use for you pissy little brats, die!"
The boss released a bomb on them, but Azusa threw another chunk fragment, this time at the other remaining filths.
"Idiot! Magnet Force!"
Then the bomb released by the boss changed its trajectory and flew towards his companion, causing him to explode right in front of him.
"...you assholes..."
"Fufufu, to think you even hit your own allies, there should be a limit to your foolishness, no?"
(Aaaahh~ they are the morons! You won’t know what he’ll do if you provoked him needlessly, you know? You should have defeated them all at once when you still can...)
Kouki's fears were right on target.
"You guys...I'll kill you!"
The boss of Chirigiwa made five bombs appear at once! He then threw the bombs not at the two of them, but at the crowd of civilians.
(...He is really going to do this!?)
The boss's action could be taken as indiscriminate murder. But what's the difference between him and the man who massacred a bunch of soldiers of the NDF the other day? Kouki wondered.
(Is it not basically the same? I'm...like that boss of Chirigiwa…)
But the bomb didn't explode, it was lying in the middle of a crowd of civilians.
"Don't move, okay? If you move even a little, I'll detonate the bomb!"
The boss of Chirigiwa had used the bomb to create hostages, making Azusa and Haruka... and even the police force unable to move.
"Wha--what are you doing?!"
"How cowardly..."
Azusa's Magnet Force has an effective range of a distance of 5 meters from the place (object) where the gift is activated, and it is difficult to attract all the bombs at once. Even if it can be done, it will be instant out if it is detonated at that moment.
There were five bombs thrown into the air. If they all explode, there will be more than 100 casualties.
(What a dirty guy. I'm a filth too but I would never use such a cowardly trick. But... even if the method is different, the result is the same, isn't it? I mean even if it was due to the uncontrollable bloodlust, I did kill as many people as they would.
...No, I'm not like him. I'll never turn my blade on someone who doesn't have the strength to fight......!)
"Kukukuk, looks like the table is flipped isn’t it, lads! Oraa!"
"Kya!?"
The boss of Chirigiwa slapped Azusa who can’t move on her cheek as hard as he could.
"Cowards! You can't do anything without taking hosta--guh?!"
This time a fist landed on Haruka’s abdomen.
"As you said, we are filths. What's there to be cowardly about?"
The police force could only call on the boss to stop the attack. Even if reinforcements arrived, they would not be able to defuse the situation unless they had the ability to disable the bomb that was creating the hostages for him.
"Well then, you girlies.... You two sure have bitched around a lot for kids. Thanks to you, my friends were killed. Don't think you'll make it out alive, okay?"
"Kuh..."
Azusa bit her lips in regret. She was helpless. She couldn't save the people here, and as gifted, she couldn't forgive this man.
"Now then~ why don't I just detonate one of these bombs? It will be more fun to see your despairing faces."
"W-wait a minute..."
"I'm not waiting. Gyahahaha! Here...one bomb for---ggabaa?!"
For some reason, all the bombs were collected near the boss of Chirigiwa, and when one detonated, all the bombs were triggered!
And of course, Azusa and Haruka, who were originally in close proximity, would have been swallowed by the explosion but they couldn’t even feel the blast and instead found themselves staring oddly at an invisible wall in front of them.
"..good grief..setting off these disgusting fireworks whatnot."
A voice said to the already dismembered boss of the Chirigiwa. Suddenly, a man with a jet-black shield appeared in front of the two of them. Seeing the back of that man, Azusa let out a voice subconsciously.
"K-kouki?"
...The man did not turn around. The only thing that stood out was the scarf that was covering his mouth. And then...
"I'm just a passing by ally of justice. You guys don't have to remember me."
Kouki is a non-gifted. Azusa understood the facts. But for some reason, the name of Kouki came out immediately from her mind.
"Uhm! Thank you for saving us..."
Haruka wanted to give her gratitude but the man blocked her attempt as he remained with his back facing her.
"Don't get me wrong. I didn't save you guys. I’m only helping these innocent people here.
Besides, if you hadn't done what you did, the cops or the soldiers would have taken care of it. All you've done is to disrupt the situation and put a lot of people in risk."
"What?! We just, want to defeat the enemies..."
At that time, the police arrived with sirens and many police cars and special vehicles.
"Did you guys want to save those people(civilians)? Or did you just want to defeat the enemy? If that's the case, you are no better than filths. Kill them because they are enemies.... You were thinking that what you did was forgivable because of that... right? What a naive bunch. Get lost."
"I'll thank you for your help. However, do you not believe that you said one word too many?!"
Haruka, who is usually quiet, got a little angry.
The man spoke in an even more strong tone in reply.
"...it doesn’t matter how much you convince yourself, just look at the result. You are basically no different than a murderer. Therefore, you must have a firm conviction that will not be swayed by what others think of you. No matter what anyone says about you, stay firm to your belief..."
After saying that, the man suddenly disappeared....
"What was that all about?"
"I don't know either.... However, I understand what he was trying to tell us...one way or another."
Previously Kouki activated his Silent Stealth to collect the bombs that the boss of Chirigiwa had scattered, one by one, and placed them at the boss's feet. In fact, he was thinking of doing a hero entry by appearing after, but as it turned out, the boss unexpectedly detonated the bomb early on.
However, he quickly used the shield of Lonsdaleite that he recently become able to create due to his slightly increased proficiency to protect the two of them.
(...After all, I don't feel good about them dying in a place like that.)
After a long way from the scene, he deactivated his Silent Stealth...
(Sigh, what I just said seems more like it was for myself...)
But... he looked up.
(Beliefs.... That's right. I still don't have a firm conviction. Why are we fighting the NDF? If I'm only fighting back because I've been beaten up, then I'm no better than a murderer.
...A reason to fight... a meaning to continue this struggle… Until I find that reason, I will never kill pointlessly!)
He had yet to find a firm conviction. But no matter what people think of him, Kouki was determined to have the resolve to convince himself after seeing those two (bad examples).
