Chapter 104 – #25 Neutralization of the 7th Division Commander (2)
Thump… Thump…
Rattle… What a profit…
Check carefully, but at the same time inspecting the inside of the abandoned factory with unstoppable movements.
The place where Check is now investigating is the 2nd floor beyond the 4th and 3rd floors.
She passed through the complicated corridors and checked her room one by one, but she couldn’t find the club she was aiming for.
――I came down to the second floor, but what is that stupid student doing… ?
I wondered if we would run into each other if we went down from the top, but even now, as we’ve almost finished the second floor investigation, there’s no sign of Spade.
There is a communicator, but when I checked it a while ago, it doesn’t work as if something went wrong.
I don’t neglect to check the equipment, so I can’t help but think that No. 13 messed with something.
‘Is the spade going….’
After checking that she could n’t find her club even on the second floor, she walked back down to the first floor, complaining inwardly.
As expected, there was no sign of Spade in this hallway either.
… Either this guy disappeared somewhere, or something happened and he was taken away.
I don’t know which one, but at least she won’t die, she thinks calmly.
No matter what happens, don’t die
Because check taught spades like that.
‘I feel like I’ve become too reserved for becoming A-class.’
‘I need to be a bit more alert.’
Recently, there are many cases where Spade is absent-minded even in his daily life.
That’s why I thought I’d have to say something bitter once, but when I see what I’m doing today, I wonder if I should nag twice as much as I thought.
‘Anyway… He’s a troublesome kid.’
From Check’s point of view, all the heroes in this country below the S rank look the same.
As if everyone lacks awareness of how dangerous what they are doing is.
In this country, Awoken who are managed by the state, their path has been set from the beginning.
They are being “Managed” Under the name of the state, and that is why they have different opinions on how serious each of them are about the business of being a hero.
In addition to that, most Awoken tend to place a very, very low value on themselves by nature.
It will be a complicated story, but
That is, as a result of the people chosen by the constellations looking at the perspective of another dimension with a human body, they often have a pessimistic view of themselves and their momentary lives on this earth,
And it is also because of the acquired influence created by the social trend of treating them as foreign objects.
It’s a complicated story.
It’s a very, very complicated story.
The frustrating frame of a society that couldn’t properly respond to the appearance of a person with special abilities called “Awakened” And the sudden appearance of a foreign object,
In addition to that, a catastrophic man-made disaster called a “Great disaster”, And the trauma to the Awakened that was prevalent as a result….
As a result.
When Check first set foot in this country, many of the heroes she encountered were entangled in their intricacies and looked like lifeless puppets.
Everyone doesn’t care about their lives or bodies.
The atmosphere of resignation, thinking that if you die, you die, as if you were expendable, was taken for granted.
You should be a little more nervous.
You have to realize what a little more pain is.
You need to know the feeling of a little more happiness.
You just have to become a little more human.
That’s why I do intense training on purpose.
The pain of the body and the fear of death were inscribed into his body through her hellish training,
In any case, it is thoroughly engraved into the body in advance so that it does not lead to easy judgment on the spot.
Check didn’t try to teach any special martial arts or techniques.
She only taught the value of life and how to take training seriously.
All of this is because I want the heroes to learn to value themselves a little more and value their own lives a little more.
They worry so much that the checks are always unbearable.
She’s a bit short, but she’s like everyone’s older sister.
The leader, Rahe, must have felt the same way.
However, as her captain her, there are so many things to do and he’s busy, so Rahe’s only responsibility is to check.
Education also requires rigor and solemnity, so he can’t help but speak bitterly and show a terrifying attitude.
Anyway, the nature of the hero named Check is mild and worrying, and it feels like he likes to take care of him.
* * *
“Also… Where are you going, Spade?”
Check muttered to himself while examining the hallway on the first floor of the abandoned factory.
As expected, the appearance of the spade is nowhere to be seen.
What the hell happened what happened?
Assuming that an unexpected situation has occurred, pay more attention.
――… There’s something… ?
As Check moved cautiously through the hallway, he heard faint signs of presence.
Going through the maze-like corridors, I arrived at the source of the people I heard, in front of a room blocked by a heavy-looking iron door.
Popular chuckles are heard here.
I grabbed the handle of the iron door and turned it, and the door opened so obediently that it was surprising that it was not locked.
Keeeee―
Uh… Ugh…! Whoa!
“Uh uh… ?!”
–Have.
The club was here.
In a narrow, dark room that wasn’t very wide, in the deepest part of the room, various items and things like boxes were lined up in a row.
The club, restrained by a heavy-looking iron chair, was roaring and moving its body with its mouth shut.
Its eyes shine the light of anxiety and fear,
Beneath the restrained club was a strangely shaped box.
‘Bomb… ?!’
A bomb box with a clock on top of it ticking off as if to get a good look.
Seeing that, the club remembered what #13 had said.
If you don’t find it, you don’t know what will happen.
‘Is that what it meant…!’
The bomb’s hands are already nearly at the top, and if predictions are correct, it will explode soon.
Captured hostages. A bomb placed under it.
The sight was similar to what Spade saw when he came to the rescue of Apple one day.
In Spade’s case, he tried to throw himself to become Apple’s shield.
He said that he would withstand the explosion of a bomb with a body strengthened by magical power, and that it would have a much higher chance of surviving than if Apple, who had no power, took the explosion intact.
Or, if it didn’t work, he tried to save Apple at the cost of one person.
And maybe even now the situation is similar.
Clubs who are inexperienced in strengthening their bodies will surely die if they are swept away by a bomb explosion at close range.
And this composition of being a hero with such a hostage in front.
“…… Whoa.”
Faced with a scene very similar to that which Spade found himself in,
Checking this moment is…
* * *
The ticking seconds hand. Less than 5 seconds left until the explosion.
With that sight in front of him, Check moved swiftly.
Shhhhh!
“?!”
It happened in an instant.
For a moment, I thought that Check’s body would disappear with an afterimage.
In the next moment, several bizarre phenomena occur simultaneously.
The first thing the club noticed was, Pakan, Pakan,It was the sound of restraints being cut off with a clatter.
Her metal restraints her, which were restraining her from moving in her chair.
In the case of Spade the other day, it was afraid that the restrained Apple would be injured, and he it was not able to break it because of lack of strength, but at this moment everything was cut off at once,
The liberated body of the club was held in check’s arms as it felt a momentary floating feeling.
That’s one
Following that…
Shririririk― Toow!
A bomb placed at the feet of the club.
The bomb, which was on the verge of exploding at any moment, was immediately wrapped in a piece of cloth protruding from somewhere, and flew past the door the check had opened.
Neither the process nor the method was visible,
To some, it must have seemed like jumping between cuts in a cartoon.
The pure white cloth imbues with the magical power of the check and is [Reinforced] Harder than steel,
The bomb tightly wrapped in it is on the wall in the hallway beyond the door, Quaang! It crashed and tumbled to the floor and fell.
――It happened in just one moment.
――This happened in less than two seconds at most.
In the same situation as the one before, when Spade was flustered and had nothing to do but stick himself out as a meat shield,
Check releases the club, hides it in the corner of the room to avoid being caught in the aftermath of the explosion,
Even if the bomb explodes, it is wrapped in a reinforced cloth so that there is no problem, and even thrown out of the room.
In a picture-like situation, in a situation where an ordinary person would not even be aware of what had happened,
Check just looked back at him and clicked his tongue lightly.
‘What, it doesn’t explode… ‘ Do.
* * *
‘Are you crazy… Will that happen?’
And Number 13, who had been watching the whole scene, halfway recognized the current situation and trembled.
In the corner of the room where Club was restrained and imprisoned, Check removed the tape covering Club’s mouth his.
The “Surprise box” Disguised as a bomb, the same type used in spades, rolls across the floor wrapped in a cloth that is harder than steel.
I never thought I could do something like that,
I thought it would be a success if I could create even a little commotion….
‘It doesn’t look like it’s shaken at all. It’s like a monster.’
After all, the guys who call themselves heroes are all monsters. No. 13 sincerely admired and realized that fact again.
He had seen the spade before and thought it was a monster.
The check that raised such a spade, he is truly a monster among monsters.
But, it’s okay.
It was slightly different from what I thought, but this is my assumption.
No. 13 checks the prepared tools again.
One is a small syringe filled with brainwashing liquid.
And another one, a trump card prepared exclusively for counter-checks――a doll modeled after a check.
‘Today, with this, we must attack the check…! If you make a mistake, you lose…!’
