Chapter 363 – #3-23 Stalker in the Dark (3)
‘From that speaker… !’
In the arms of #13, under his protection.
Apple glared in the dark in the direction of the speaker, which still carried the taunting voices of its opponents.
The reason I didn’t destroy that speaker right away was to figure out where the opponent was.
And now, by checking the direction of the radio wave that the speaker receives, Apple has come to specify the location of the other party.
——Far away.
The voice of No. 13 from earlier was barely within reach.
Normally, I would sprint with all my might, and reach the position within a matter of seconds.
However, the current No. 13, with the burden of Apple, is not a distance that can break through the onslaught of the assassin’s staff, who do not know where to shut up.
First you have to destroy that speaker.
After that, even if you can’t see it… Somehow, even with voice and sound, he had to hypnotize the staff.
I’m not confident, but the only way right now is… !
[Goose, can I use that speaker?]
And right before Apple destroys that speaker with its powers.
Violet’s voice came from the communicator in Apple’s ear.
Goose is Apple’s code name in this operation.
It is unlikely that the opponent intervened. In the first place, Apple has been protecting this communicator from the threat of being hacked with its own abilities.
Reminds me of that fact in an instant, and I’m sure of it again.
Apple has worked its magic to destroy speakers.
The sound coming out of the speaker distorted for a moment, but again, the other person’s words are conveyed as normal as before…
[Wait a minute.]
[I’ll signal when my side is ready. Then connect this communicator and that speaker.]
“… Hurry up, I beg you.”
It’s hard to see because they’re so close to each other, but feeling the warm touch of #13’s growing blood… Apple says nervously.
* * *
The staff’s attack was fierce.
In the case of Rahe, you can realize ahead of time that you shouldn’t get close to him because he has the strength you can see at a glance.
There is a tremendous presence just by standing there, and because of the intimidation, you can’t even get closer than a certain distance during battle.
But in the case of the staff, it is invisible.
It’s scary because you can’t see it.
The 13th finally realized that the staff member had always been hiding herself, so that she would not think that the staff member’s ability would be so fierce.
He always hid himself, tricked even his allies, and played the weakling to the fullest.
That’s why, even though he thought of ‘what if’, he couldn’t prepare a decent countermeasure.
And in the end, I ended up being helpless like this.
Under certain circumstances, the 13th should have realized early on that the staff could become an absurd force comparable to Rahe.
Shhh!
Fuuk… !
“Ugh… Ugh… !”
“No. 13… ! No. 13?!”
Cool, he vomited blood.
The blade cut right through his ribs.
Fortunately, he escaped being pierced through the heart, but the knife pierced himself from his back to his stomach.
However, instead of being pierced, he applied strength to his body so that the blade would not come off, and No. 13 swung his arm, aiming for the hand holding the knife.
However, just before No. 13’s hand could touch, the staff’s hand drew the knife and melted into the darkness again.
Missed it again
Number 13 listened closely to her surroundings again, in the midst of her consciousness, which was bleeding profusely and beginning to blur.
‘If I die… No…’
‘Not yet… Yet… Silver… !’
The aftereffects of the explosion a little while ago remain, and there are already more than ten wounds from being cut and stabbed by staff here.
For an ordinary person, it wouldn’t be strange to die of shock due to pain and bleeding, but #13 survived without dying on the edge.
Still, I couldn’t [Resurrect].
If you repeat dying and reviving like this, there is only an ending that ends at the end of exhaustion.
And most of all, when he comes back to life, even for a very short time, No. 13 loses consciousness.
In the meantime, a staff member could kill Apple twice.
Right now, No. 13 is vigilant with all its nerves, so it has been cautiously attacking in preparation for a counterattack.
‘I can’t even hear it, and I can’t see it.’
‘He’s really picky like a beggar.’
Assassin in the dark, The name fits perfectly.
When it melts into the darkness and moves, not a single footstep can be heard, and the only sound is barely audible when swinging a sword with force.
Moreover, as if it didn’t matter whether it was the wall, the floor, or the ceiling, he was popping out everywhere, so I couldn’t help it.
Vigilance by the five senses is of little use.
Even so, the reason that No. 13 has been able to barely avoid vital points so far is thanks to his ‘intuition’ that is barely showing its power.
However, you can’t rely on ‘intuition’ that you don’t know the principle and don’t know if there is a substance.
In a moment like this, you will reach The End as it is with a twist.
‘Damn… My heart sounds loud… !’
‘That speaker, too, is a bit quiet…’
‘Where’s next… Where are you, Aunt… !’
Clink!
“!”
In the midst of being nervous and vigilant, the last flashlight remaining in No. 13’s hand was broken.
Maybe it wasn’t targeting the body, so my intuition wasn’t working properly.
After the 13th was broken, he threw away his hand and tried to swing his arm in the dark, but that hand cut through the air in vain.
Ruined.
The only tool that limited the activities of the staff, the light source, was broken.
The next attack is real.
Then it obviously comes to an end.
‘Are you after Apple? Or to be sure, me… ?’
I don’t know which one to aim for first, so I hesitate to move next.
What should I do?
How should I move… !!
In the darkness, only faint but cold life is felt.
Sharpened senses feel the living.
However, I can’t quite figure out the direction of his life…
Thinking of the end to come soon, at that moment, No. 13 hugged and crouched in his arms even tighter.
Cracked,Do.
The voice from the speaker cut off.
“… ?”
Direct profit—
[——Ah, ah, can you hear it? Staff? And also number 13.]
A mechanical sound that seemed to match the frequency for a moment followed, followed by a familiar voice from the speaker.
‘Boss… ?’
What I heard was the voice of the boss Violet.
It was the one I heard from the communicator in my ear a while ago, and now it’s coming through the speaker over there.
‘Apple…? Why?’
That’s Apple’s ability. I can’t think of anything else.
In the corridor where the light has completely disappeared and only darkness is covered.
Number 13 is puzzled and listens.
[I am very sorry that this has happened, Chief.]
[I’m really sorry for being late and being an ugly boss and boss.]
The staff, who had melted into darkness, only hesitated for a moment.
I just hesitated, wondering if this was the opponent’s attack or strategy.
However, after realizing its identity, it quickly decides that this will not harm it and moves again.
This time, aim clearly.
Instead of aiming for the torso, aim precisely at the top of No. 13’s head… I will stab this heavy knife.
Even if the brain is damaged, as long as the heart is beating, death will take some time.
A few seconds before you can’t react and realize that the body is completely dead.
In the meantime, the chief will stab Apple again and again and kill him.
All of those plans were concocted inside the staff.
And following that plan, the Chiefs operate in the dark.
In the dark, without a sound, without a sign, just melted together with that knife… To pierce the top of No. 13’s head, I move to the designated location.
A position that the opponent can never avoid.
The position of sure-killing, sure-killing.
And.
[Sorry, Chief. I’ll do something to be sorry for one more time.]
Violet’s voice was plain and calm, as if it had no emotion.
[【Flash Grenade】!]
A voice coming through the speaker.
And with those words, the staff saw.
It’s only dark, and I can’t see No. 13.
But the staff who sees through the darkness saw it.
And, I couldn’t even respond.
“No. 13, close your eyes!”
“Uh… ?!”
Apple, the only one who knew what was about to happen, warned No. 13 one step ahead.
And, at the same time as #13 tightly closed his eyes and Apple covered #13’s ears with both of his hands.
The [Flash Grenade] That appeared in front of the speaker and was created with Violet’s [Spoken Spirit].
It emitted intense light and noise.
* * *
———————————!!!!!!
Flashes of light and noise reverberated several times in the narrow hallway, scorching.
An intense suppression grenade capable of causing lifelong disability or even cardiac arrest if encountered at close range, unequipped.
“Ah… !”
Dump… !
In that light, the staff melted away and all the darkness they were hiding in was pushed away and disappeared.
The staff was forced out of the darkness and, unable to hide any longer, was pushed out.
The spell was released.
The magic worked.
To hide in the dark again, it will take time… !
“【Become brighter】!”
Aaaaah… !
Then Violet speaks.
The aftermath of the stun grenade disappears, and the darkness begins to creep in again. Strangely, the hallway is revealed in light without a single fluorescent light turned on.
Soft light, not dazzling.
Without flashlights, fluorescent lights, or lanterns, visibility is secured.
Between them.
“Staff… !!”
The staff member, who was hit directly by a flash grenade defenselessly at close range, is rolling on the floor in a daze.
Tadak… !
“I finally got it… !”
No. 13 rushed at the staff at once and subdued them so that they could no longer hide.
He presses it down with his body, takes out the anchor he uses as a weapon, and ties up the staff with the chain.
[… I’m sorry, chief. Because I couldn’t save you early.]
When #13 arrests the incapacitated staff.
From the speaker, only Violet’s words of apology came out softly…
