Chapter 30 Basketball 29
My mouth seemed to be sealed with tape, and I smelled an unpleasant smell of dust in my nose. It was obvious that I was in a very bad environment, and every breath made me feel uncomfortable.
When she opened her eyes again, the first thing she saw was the dimly lit warehouse and the clutter piled up around it. She could even see the dust particles floating in the air.
Sure enough, he was kidnapped and brought to an unknown warehouse.
Those guys' target... is Akashi!
The memory of being knocked unconscious by the anesthetic needle was still vivid in her mind. Kurikawa Sana suddenly woke up and subconsciously looked around, trying to find Akashi.
As soon as she turned her head, she met a pair of red-gold eyes.
Just like she was still wearing the white ballet skirt she wore during the performance, Akashi Seijuro was still wearing the white suit. The pure white clothes were stained with dust, but the situation that should have been embarrassing made him look calm and composed because of his calm attitude.
His limbs were also tied up and his mouth was sealed with black tape, so the light in his heterochromatic pupils seemed particularly dazzling.
The red-haired boy looked straight at her, with a complicated expression on his fair and handsome face, as if he felt sorry that someone was involved in the kidnapping case because of him.
Hmm? It was rare for her to see something resembling apology on the face of Akashi, the self-absorbed second personality.
Her mouth was temporarily sealed with tape so she couldn't speak. Kurikawa Sana curled her eyes with a smile, as if to reassure the other person not to worry.
"..." Akashi Seijuro's eyes moved slightly, and a hint of surprise flashed across his expression.
I can't understand why she can remain calm even after being dragged into this situation.
Obviously, her attitude was much colder when they parted unpleasantly at the gym last time. But now that he was kidnapped by a real gangster because of him, she was not angry at all, but comforted him instead.
Kurikawa Sana turned around and leaned her back against Akashi, her tied hands groping towards Akashi's also tied hands. Akashi immediately understood what she was going to do and began to cooperate with her.
Her tightly bound hands had already become swollen and numb, with only the tips of her fingers able to move. The rough and thick hemp rope had scraped red marks on her snow-white skin.
Her skin was delicate, and she felt a burning sting at the slightest movement.
Akashi Seijuro's fingers also moved to untie her restraints, but he saw the black-haired girl shook her head seriously, signaling him not to move, otherwise it would be difficult for her to find a position.
Under the negative distance contact, the girl's slender fingers danced nimbly behind him, and a warm touch came from the skin contact.
“…”
Akashi Seijuro paused, then chose to cooperate with her and remain still for the time being.
Kurikawa Sana frowned, and endured the pain to continue the movements of her hands. She stretched her wrist forward little by little, trying to make more space to move, and then used her movable fingers to grope to untie the knot on Akashi's hand.
With his back to the girl, Akashi Seijuro suddenly smelled the unique rusty smell of blood in the air, and he was stunned for a moment.
…She’s bleeding?
At the same time, the rope on his hand, which was originally tied with a knot that was difficult to cut even with scissors, was untied.
The moment the rope fell to the ground, Akashi Seijuro was stunned for a moment, but he quickly turned around, tore off the black tape on her mouth, then tore off his own, and immediately lowered his head to untie her bracelet.
The girl's snow-white wrist skin was covered with bloodstains, which looked shocking.
Akashi Seijuro's pupils constricted, and he looked up at her while continuing to untie his hands.
Meeting his gaze, the girl smiled faintly, as if she didn't care about the pain in her hand.
"...Are you stupid?" Akashi Seijuro's voice sounded a little hoarse, "Why don't you let me untie you first?"
Kurikawa Sana smiled and said, "I was kidnapped with my brother when I was a child. I have experience in untying the ropes. How about it? Is it fast?"
Akashi Seijuro: "..."
I can’t describe how it feels.
My heart felt like it was hit by a hammer, feeling both sour and painful.
Akashi Seijuro silently untied her quickly and suppressed all other questions in his mind.
I wanted to ask her, didn't she blame him for getting her involved in the kidnapping? Her hands were bleeding from playing the piano, didn't it hurt? Why did she still smile like that?
But obviously now is not the time to chat about these things. Everything has to wait until we escape. The kidnappers are guarding outside the warehouse door, and every minute and every second is crucial.
[Akagi Seijuro, Favorability +8. ]
Kurikawa Sana: "!!!"
Great! The rope chafing was worth it and her health was -1!
After 8-1, there is still a net profit of 7 points, which is a sure win.
System: […So it’s a self-torture tactic.]
Kurikawa Sana responded in her mind: "Hey, I was just trying to stick it on him while I was untying the rope, to see if I could increase his favorability a little bit. I didn't expect it to bleed. This damn rope really hurts!"
Although his favorability had increased, the red-haired boy's expression became quite scary.
After wordlessly untying the restraints on her hands, Akashi Seijuro was about to continue untying the ropes on her ankles when the warehouse door was opened with a "bang" -
"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing? The young master of the Akashi family."
"That won't do. Your father, Akashi Seiomi, just agreed to our 1 billion yen ransom demand. We can't afford any mishaps before we get the money."
The kidnapper in charge kicked the fat man who was guarding Akashi Seijuro and Kurikawa Sana, his eyes filled with a coldness that was as cold as blood. "Why are you standing guard outside the door instead of watching them from inside? You useless piece of shit!"
The fat man shivered: "Brother... The air in this warehouse is a bit turbid, and I have rhinitis and allergies..."
The leader and the other kidnappers: "..."
Kurikawa Sana: "..."
Akashi Seijuro: "..."
The leader sneered, pulled out a Swiss knife that was flashing with cold light, and slowly approached Akashi Seijuro and Kurikawa Sana.
"You actually untied each other? Then bear the consequences—"
"I only promised Akashi Masami to return his son to him, but I didn't tell him what kind of son he would be. Since he didn't obey, then having his tendons cut is what he deserves, right?"
Hearing the words of this extremely brutal gangster, Kurikawa Sana couldn't help but tremble.
Unlike his funny little brother with rhinitis, this boss's eyes and aura clearly show that he has really killed someone and has a murder record! Akashi is really in danger!
Akashi Seijuro's eyes were cold. He stood sideways in front of Kurikawa Sana and looked directly at the man walking towards him with a knife. There was no fear in his different-colored eyes.
Kurikawa Sana couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
She was not afraid of what was happening in front of her because she had the system mall, but Akashi was not.
Faced with the vicious criminal's threat to cut his tendons, Akashi still stood in front of her without hesitation.
“…”
Kurikawa Sana took a deep breath and carefully looked around.
Before she and Akashi could even untie the ropes around their ankles, the number of kidnappers before them was staggering: dozens of them, each a strong, adult male carrying a controlled knife.
Sana, you can do it, it's okay——
Kurikawa Sana closed her eyes and exchanged for a high-level item in the system mall in her mind - [O'Neal Possession]
[O'Neal Possession → O'Neal, the strongest center in the new century, is 2.16 meters tall and weighs 294 kilograms. Purchasing this item will give you the same level of impact and basketball prowess as O'Neal.]
When she opened her eyes again, the girl's eyes had become extremely firm, filled with the aura of a strong person.
The Swiss Army knife flashed with a cold light and was already slashing towards Akashi Seijuro's wrist. The red-haired boy's eyes were equally sharp, and he was about to dodge and resist, at this moment -
With a "bang" sound!!!
The girl behind him stood up with a whoosh, suddenly generating a huge collision force that actually sent the 1.8-meter-tall kidnapper leader flying out!!!
The man groaned in extreme pain, and after being knocked out, he slammed heavily against the warehouse door, making a deafening sound!
Dust flew up from the warehouse and the gate, shaking all the walls.
Akashi Seijuro: "..."
? ?
what happened? !
Kurikawa Sana seemed very calm. She took a step forward, and the extremely strong knot tied around her ankle became as brittle as a rubber band at this moment. It loosened with a "snap" and turned into several broken ropes that fell to the ground, demonstrating absolute strength.
The expressions of the other kidnappers also became shocked, their jaws dropped to the ground, and they looked at each other in astonishment.
"You, what did you do to Big Brother?!"
The fat man closest to Kurikawa Sana screamed and swung his knife at her. Akashi Seijuro's face changed drastically, but he saw the girl making a gesture similar to a basketball center bumping into someone when defending in the interior.
She just pushed forward and the fat kidnapper flew dozens of meters away with the knife!
Akashi Seijuro: "..."
Who can tell him what happened?
The following scene became increasingly weird.
The kidnappers were enraged and rushed towards her one after another, roaring, but were knocked away one by one by the girl.
She was even still wearing that elegant and gorgeous white ballet skirt. The scene of the slender and beautiful girl standing in the middle of the warehouse, knocking out the grown men one after another, was full of huge sense of incongruity and contrast.
“…”
Akashi Seijuro's eyebrows twitched violently.
There was another "duang" sound, and the fat kidnapper who rushed forward for the second time was knocked away again.
Akashi Seijuro closed his eyes and quickly untied the rope around his ankles.
Although Kurikawa Sana was already powerful enough to send bricks flying, the enemy was simply too numerous. The leader who was initially knocked against the gate woke up from his brief fainting spell and roared with a ferocious expression, "Don't worry about that woman! Catch Akashi!"
After receiving the order, more than a dozen strong men instantly changed their target, raised their knives and rushed towards the red-haired boy who had just untied the rope and stood up.
Kurikawa Sana: "!!!"
There were simply too many people. If only Akashi could escape on his own... Wait! She seemed to have come up with a solution!
Suddenly, an idea struck her. She retreated to Akashi's side and said, "I've got an idea, Akashi-kun. Quickly use your Eye of the Emperor's invincible ankle finisher to knock them down!"
Akashi Seijuro: "...?"
He twitched his lips, dodging the kidnapper's knife swing while saying, "Are you kidding me? Putting aside the feasibility of using court skills against criminals, the key point is, where is the basketball here?"
Ha, basketball, right? She actually has one.
Kurikawa Sana directly purchased the basic item - [a hard basketball] in the system mall.
[A Sturdy Basketball → Are you always worried about your basketball cracking and leaking due to intense training? With just 10 points of favorability, you can get a basketball that won't break no matter what you do.]
Even Kurikawa Sana herself could not have imagined that the props she had complained about to the system at the beginning were actually useful.
"Here, give you the ball!"
Akashi Seijuro: "..."
Where did she get the ball from?!
Seeing the basketball that the girl suddenly pulled out from behind her, Akashi Seijuro took it with an expressionless face. When he turned to face the kidnapper again, the boy's heterochromatic irises exuded a condescending and domineering aura.
"Unforgivable."
Just like he did on the court, the red-haired boy dribbled the ball at lightning speed and broke through with unstoppable force.
His lightning-fast dribbling took away the opponent's control of their body's center of gravity. Wherever he passed, the kidnappers screamed and fell to the ground.
A true ankle break, an ankle destroyer.
When he arrived in front of the kidnapper leader, who had a look as if he had seen a ghost, Akashi Seijuro raised his chin and said coldly—
"How dare you resist me to this extent? How can I just let you sit on the ground?"
"Kneel down."
The ball was hit on the ground, changing speed and rhythm rapidly.
Then.
With a "thump".
The kidnapper leader fell to the ground uncontrollably.
Akashi Seijuro looked down at him condescendingly, his eyes cold.
“I will never forgive anyone who goes against my will, even if it’s their own parents.”
“…”
Kurikawa Sana, who was standing next to her, opened her mouth into an O shape.
She knew that Akashi was always a bit of a middle school student, but she didn't expect him to be this middle school student.
No, that’s almost it, Akashi-kun!!
It’s important to run away first!!!
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