Page 190 (1/2)
Arifureta Extra Coate Lord of The WorldJust a Second-Hand Telling Fro where the sun still hadn't ascent to the peak The cool and clear cold air felt pleasant on the skin, and the east sky that was starting to grow light was gently to eyes The sound of huan to be audible from the townscape of old alley that was h, as expected there was al outside was only a doggy with its head plunging into a fastfood bag thrown nearby the garbage box that looked like old druy suddenly lifted up its head with a snap The paper bag attached on its snout looked like a y hurriedly shook its head left and right to shake off the paper bag
Right after that, the thing that ht beside the dog with intense breaking It y to twitch and ran away in full speed
「Doctor Grant, Mr K This way」
The one who got down fro seat was Vanessa Herfroiven first-aid already Actually, a auze which displayed quite the restorative strength……but the person herself didn't know that She was only thinking that「Oh ht……」, like so
「……Heey, is that stubbornness or so? Or else is that harassment to me? How et it?」
Kousuke was piercing Vanessa with an extraordinarily reproachful gaze while getting down from the backseat Mysteriously, noassassin-san you know!', Vanessa still addressed Kousuke as Mr K
In her oay, Vanessa also thought「By any chance, this is seriously the wrong person?」just a sht, froth」, she then changed her ht he is really Mr K' Surely he was si that nickname Mr K, but there was no doubt that he was a virtuoso hitht
And so, she unconsciously called hiainst Vanessa as like that were spoken out
「That's right, Vanessa After all Mr K had finally taught us his name Let's properly call him, Ko, Ko Ko, Kousuke okay」
Eot down, but for some reason she looked shy She advised Vanessa to call Kousuke with his na like Vanessa, that Kousuke wasn't an average civilian She thought that Kousuke had taught them his naht they should call him with his naely taken distance fro「……Now I've really done it Just what is right-handShe must be creeped out That was just nonsense there The Lord inside me, it damned peeked out its face rando him creepy and put some distance between them, so he was a bit shocked with this cover fire of E that, Eaze was intensely wandering to e in her heart had reached its lilared fiercely while she threatened「Don't look here!」 Her hairs stood on end fusha― as though she was the great haughty cat itself Her trademark side ponytail turned unruly
Kousuke felt down On top of having a younger girl putting distance between their heart (Kousuke was thinking so), he was also told「Wait, can the chuuni bastard not look at ross!」(That was how Kousuke heard it) The'orz' (TN: orz = Watch the shape, it's like someone on all fours)
「Excuse ent here, so if you two can put off your youth's springtiti a lukewar troubled The redness of Emily's face turned deeper Her fusha― ratio also rose up She h to say that she couldn't associate more than this with the other two, Emily flapped her white lab coat that she still didn't take off even now and entered the alley with loud and fast steps
「Doctor Grant」
「What now!」
「It's not that way, but the next alley」
「……」
Emily ca around before starting to ith loud stomps to the left while she went red until her ears
「Doctor Grant!」
「What now!」
「Not the left one, it's the right alley」
「……」
A high speed turn Her lab coat stylishly flapped! However, the shame of the person was already at max
Vanessa and Kousuke looked at each other's face and s behind Emily
By the way, this was one of Vanessa's personal hideouts, so Emily wasn't fa in the front set off into unknown place until three times after that
In the end, when she finally noticed that she could just follow behind Vanessa, E her whole body from the head ……It appeared that lab coat had this kind of use too
The wooden door opened slohilesuard fron of anyone inside the room
Kousuke and E Inside the roo there quite much for a hideout There was a table and a leather sofa that looked like they were often used, azines were scattered randomly on the table
「It see outside so perhaps this is natural」
Vanessa who had just taken a quick look at the other roo that It appeared this hideout hadn't been discovered by the enemy
「This is the room of Vanessa's friend? Isn't this a personal hideout that you created by tacitfro the explanation that she was give before this Vanessa had lost her weapon She was unars like contacting the headquarters and probed about the true intention of Chief Magdanese, but regardless of what she would do, first thing first she needed to procure weapon
For that, they made their way to a hideout that Vanessa didn't report to even the bureau which she prepared based on the tacit understanding a this withabout everywhere around the clock We are sharing the duty for ht that both of us are similarly out often」
「H~ a
「……I see So the source of the prejudiced knowledge of Vanessa-san about Japan, is that friend is it」
Thelike that If it was awoazine However, this irl that had colorful hair
――Anile one of the scattered s that were fully loaded with infora he was fae bookshelves that were decorated with pretty cloth cover, but Kousuke obeyed his hunch and checked one of them
As he expected, the content was packed full with Japanese coht novel and anime DVD
「What do you think, Mr K My friend's collection is quite soht? By the way, the three bookshelves over there arein your hideout……」
Emily passed with small run in front of the exasperated Kousuke and brushed open the cover of Vanessa's collection shelves And then while saying「Hee, so this is Japan's subculture……」, she took a Japanese a into her hand with deep interest It see like that
However, it was an excessively thin book
「Hinyaah What's this!?」
Eht red and she held away the book as far as possible from her face The book's front cover, should it be said that it was immodest, or that it actually easily surpassed such expression, anyway the picture's skin exposure rate was too high, and on top of that there was the illustration of a girl eous posture drawn on it
「Aa, Doctor Grant Please don't handle it so roughly like that That's a treasure you know」
「Wh, who cares about that-, pervert Vanessa!」
「Why do you even have doujin huh…」
E around the thin book with her hand stretched out with all herher best so that it wouldn't enter her sight, but she didn't show any sign of letting it go It was unclear whether she was si it more or less carefully because it was Vanessa's collection, or perhaps there was soo of it……
Frolances at the front cover, surely it was because of the latter When she noticed Kousuke's aard gaze, Emily made excuse「Tha, that's not it! I, I' the book in panic to the bookshelves
「Doctor Grant If you have an interest to it, then after we take care of this case, I will lend it to you, so please be patient for now」
「I'! I'm not a pervert! It's true okay? Kousuke, I'm really, really not like that okay?」
「Aa, yep」
Kousuke who didn't kno to react when a younger girl was pleading to hiuely
Vanessa sent a glance at E excuse for some reason before she suddenly approached one of the bookshelves And then, she sent brief glances at Kousuke She looked like a child that was going to show the toy she took pride in to her parents while saying「Look! Look!」
Kousuke tilted his head while turning his gaze at that direction After confir that, Vanessa pulled at one book inside the bookshelves, a book titled『Chupacabra Encyclopedia』
Right after that, the bookshelves was sliding It made a half-rotation, showed its backside and returned to its original position
「Se, secret bookshelves?」
Eaze at the bookshelves when she heard Kousuke's whisper And then, her jaw fell down There, many firearms were lined up orderly
「Fufu, surprised aren't you? But, still not yet It's still not over with just this」
The very short haired beauty wearing black suits wasa triumphant look While Emily and Kousuke felt complicated irritation to that face, Vanessa walked toward a bed that was inside a room and this tiht after that, the back of the bed sprang up and exposed the firearms stored behind it
「What do you think? All these hidden armories were made DIY(Do-It-Yourselfer) I spent most of my holidays for this I threay all of the sue this?」
「Holy cow…… Vanessa-san, you, are really so」
It was settled with this Inside Vanessa-san's heart, there was a burning soul similar with Kousuke! The "Lord" inside Kousuke suddenly made a nihilistic smile It came out a bit to the surface at Kousuke's act and speech, which Vanessa nodded at, her face looked like she understood what he felt for so creeped out at the two of them!
Vanessa quickly chose her equipment and stuffed them into her holster and rucksack when she suddenly noticed so
「……Coun? Like your bullets or the spare gun……」
That question ca back really carefully, until now Kousuke didn't show any kind of firearm even once Far from that, Vanessa as able to decide whether so at the clothes' surface couldn't sense any presence of arms froht that he was hiding his weapon really skillfully but……
「? No, I don't bring anything like gun though」
「……Mr K Didn't you say that you will becorasp each other's equip your capability」
「No, no, I' like a gun here Or rather, I told you already that I'm a student in Japan Please listen to what people said seriously I'un!」
Mr K was an assassin that would corner all his targets into death with one shot to the head and one shot to the heart noa complicated expression, and not just her but Ean to pat all over his body It see a body check to confirun Kousuke felt flurried inside his heart with the body touch that ca her eyes with both her hands saying「A, a, you even touch that kind of place!?」while in a cliched act she was peeking fro」
「That's why, I told you that already」
Vanessa took a step back while looking somewhat astonished She made a difficult expression for some reason then she shook her head
「I understand You must have some kind of circumstance I won't pursue it any deeper」
「Oi, you What are you doing convincing yourself like that as though assu you that I' of from here on, you also cannot be unar, but please carrylike this」
「……Like that it suddenly appear, this unnaturally natural disregard like I'od like Ehito, and I caught his eyes when I was born」
Kousukehim recommendation「Would you like Glock? Or would you like Beretta? Or else, would you like Desert Eagle?」while he averted his gaze
「No, I don't need gun It's ot experience before, but I couldn't hit anything at all with it It's also dangerous Seriously, that guy, just what kind of skill he got」
It ithout saying just as "that guy" referred to Kousuke recalled the ti around and he shook his head froot his face struck by the gun due to recoil, then the bullet that should be flying forward miraculously ricocheted and pierced his own buttock, the used cartridge that flew out in piping hot state entered into his clothes, and then when he tried to fire again and pulled the trigger, the trigger couldn't be pulled, but thestance to look for the cause, the gun discharged accidentally and it alod of gun, then there was no doubt that he hated Kousuke as though Kousuke had killed his parents Even that deun any to die, by self-explosion」with an expression that was a mix of fear and pity
The confusion of Emily and Vanessa who didn't know about that circu deeper An assassin that wasn't carrying gun and usted expression froun…… The words of Kousuke「I'h inside the two However, at the sath」and his acco the head with a single push
Perhaps in subconscious level they were si that Kousuke wasn't Mr K If Kousuke wasn't Mr K, then that meant that at that time, there didn't appear anyone that could save Vanessa and Eroup, and that meant they didn't obtain the cooperation of the real Mr K
No matter how skilled Vanessa was, but she was someone as still in the realm of newcomer, on top of that she lost all her reliable allies because of other ally betrayal And in this situation where the organization she should rely itself was suspicious, she was also chased after by an organization of unknown scale If in this kind of tiht as a trump card was actually just a throay card, then there was no way she would want to recognize that even though she understood that being optimistic was taboo in this line of work
Kousuke put aside the bewilderment of Vanessa and Emily ere like that and spoke indifferently
「Well, it will be fine No e so if you are finished with the preparation Eht?」
E from Kousuke to depart Their baffle Kousuke who declared that he had no probleh he understood that their opponent was an arroup, they decided to postpone their question for the moment Or rather, it could also be said that they had no choice other than betting that Kousuke was the real Mr K
They had talked with each other last night, and they concluded that first they would head toward E Emily's parents ere her weak point was an indispensable matter that had to be prioritized first
However, E way from their current position It would takecar They would have to evade places with high possibility of being hway and so on In that case, they would reach the destination around evening if they took taking rest into consideration even if they were taking their ht My equipment is in order Let's depart」
「Okay ……But, before that tell ?」
Vanessa excitedly finished her preparation, and then she returned the lovely secret bookshelves and secret bed back to normal While she was at it, she nonchalantly pulled out several volumes of comic from the bookshelves One she put into her suits' inside pocket, and the other were stored into the rucksack Seeing that, E
Vanessa's expression went puzzled as though to say「Eh? You don't get it?」 Both Kousuke and Eot plainly irritated
「Even if you asked e an extremely difficult situation So to speak, it's like a soldier heading to the front line」
「Well, perhaps it's soht? Then, it's norht?」
「Why does it becoht process!」
Eic Seeing Emily like that, Vanessa h she was a teacher facing a dihly
「Listen, Doctor Grant In movie or film, have you seen a scene when a soldier head to battlefield inside car or helicopter, they will take out bible and pray?」
「Ri, right I've seen so like that before ……Wait a second, in other words, those cood! Apologize to the believer of Christianity!」
Emily howled Grant family was also a believer more or less And so, she couldn't help to h bible and comic had same status
Vanessa snorted「Fuh」at that retort nored it「Why did you snort just now!?」Elared fiercely once more while she raised her voice, but Vanessa as in perfect for her attitude that see huh」
「……Shura no ○, Gra○ler Ba○, and then Na○to, to treat them as bible like that In a sense, perhaps this is also Japan's karma」(TN: Shura no Mon, Grappler Baki, Naruto)
E wildly while saying「Hey wait-」 Kousuke was getting a bit of faraway look when he saw the title the coht before he followed behind them
The sun went down to the west By the tie, the car Vanessa was driving was running through a road that was extending straight forward as though the car was gliding
Inside the car, Eer and fried potato they purchased from a certain famous restaurant that they visited midway
「……Emily, what's theher fried potato bit by bit like a haaze was directed outside theShe then turned her gaze at Kousuke
「What do youfaraway look there You are tired?」
「Aa~, no I' this, it feels that I really have coh I had a lot of story to share when I went ho like that」