Chapter 19 Are you injured? Yes, my face is injured
"The fire is too large to enter, so we can only fight it from the outside!"
"Add more personnel! Speed up the firefighting! Check for trapped civilians!"
“…”
Standing outside, his sunglasses reflecting the room inside that had been blown to pieces and charcoal, Matsuda Jinpei took out a cigarette and lit it.
Standing beside him, his friend, Kenji Hagiwara, glanced at the firefighters who were finishing up the fire and entering the room to investigate: "The explosion wasn't widespread. Fortunately, the surrounding residents weren't affected."
Kenji Hagiwara and Jinpei Matsuda did not originally belong to the Yokohama Metropolitan Police Department. They came to Yokohama for a trip during their vacation time. When they passed through this alley on their way back to the hotel at night, they were attracted by the loud roar.
The two were the aces of the explosive ordnance disposal team and were particularly sensitive to the sound of explosions. They immediately looked at each other and ran towards the source of the sound, volunteering to join the firefighting and rescue efforts and contribute their efforts.
"Something's wrong." Matsuda Jinpei, who was holding a cigarette, frowned, and there was doubt in his cold and sharp voice.
Hagiwara Kenji looked at him: "What's wrong?"
"The sound we heard earlier... felt like a large explosion."
But all they saw was a burning room, and judging by the sound, the explosion range shouldn't be so small.
Kenji Hagiwara also realized this, and his handsome face became solemn, but out of the corner of his eye he saw the slender figure of the black-haired girl across the street disappearing quickly.
This back view...
It seemed to overlap with the short figure in my memory.
Noticing his friend's strange daze, Jinpei Matsuda turned around to look behind him, but there was nothing there except a cold building.
"hagi?" he asked doubtfully.
"Nothing." He looked away, but Hagiwara Kenji's inner turmoil still could not be calmed down.
I always feel like I know him.
It was just a back view, maybe he was wrong...
Noticing his friend's worried gaze, Hagiwara Kenji quickly recovered and explained, "Uh... I mean, this is Yokohama, where the Mafia is entrenched. It's not surprising that anything could happen here."
Not only the mafia but also people with special abilities are linked to Yokohama. If the explosion was caused by people with special abilities, it is not impossible that the scope of the explosion could be controlled.
"That's true." Matsuda Jinping said calmly.
After that moment, Hagi's attention was obviously not as focused as before.
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"Are you sure help will come?"
After firing a few shots in return, the enemy's attack was temporarily stopped. Sakaguchi Ango asked Dazai Osamu, who was as curious and excited as a child beside him and hoped to be shot in the head by the enemy, with a headache on his face.
Sitting behind a hard wall so thick that bullets cannot penetrate it, Dazai Osamu, who was originally trying to solve the case of the port mafia intelligence officer Sakaguchi Ango being targeted by a hostile organization, is now relying on this intelligence officer Sakaguchi Ango to fight against the trap-style killing.
Handing over his service pistol, Dazai Osamu's gaze lingered for a moment on the briefcase the young man had kept his hand on from beginning to end, and he said in a deep voice, "I'll be here."
"By the way, Ango, you're in such a mess~"
"You really have a bad taste." Sakaguchi Ango said this calmly and pushed up his slightly crooked glasses.
The suit he was wearing, which was originally neat and spotless, was now stained gray, and his shirt inside was black and white. His neat tie was loosened because the night was too exciting. Although he looked a little messy and embarrassed, it did not reduce his serious demeanor at all.
According to information obtained by the intelligence department, the enemy organization targeting Ango Sakaguchi will make a big move tonight, and the Port Mafia has also made preparations for countermeasures.
The main reason why the two of them fell into this terrible situation was that Dazai Osamu came alone without any powerful subordinates.
Ango Sakaguchi is an expert marksman and has a high IQ. Although Osamu Dazai is not strong in physical skills, he has a strong brain and is good at planning and strategizing. The two of them working together to break out is 100% safe.
But I don't know what's wrong with Dazai Osamu today. Ever since he met Ango Sakaguchi and was hunted by the enemy organization, this boy, whom he had never been able to understand, has directly started to play badly.
The two of them went from designing a plan to lure the snake into the hole to working together to break the deadlock, and then to one person leading a rotten burden to resist the encirclement. Ango Sakaguchi said that he was under a lot of pressure.
He did not take the gun handed to him by Dazai Osamu, indicating that there were still bullets in his gun.
He has known Dazai Osamu for almost three years, and the two have always had a good personal relationship, but Ango Sakaguchi still won't give him any chance to touch his briefcase.
He always has his own stance in the port mafia, and personal relationships cannot be mixed with official business.
After putting the gun away, Dazai Osamu tried to stick his head out to check, but was pulled back by Ango Sakaguchi.
"Be steady," he reminded.
Dazai Osamu was depressed: "How strict."
Ango Sakaguchi looked serious, he was worried about the rescue that Dazai Osamu mentioned.
It wasn't that he thought Dazai was lying; he was simply worried that this exceptionally intelligent young man beside him might have discovered something. If he was trying to verify something... perhaps because he suspected Dazai's identity and chose to conduct such a test, without any of his men to see him fall into danger and force out the forces behind him, then that would be bad...
Dazai has never been shy about hurting his own body.
And him...compared to Dazai Osamu, the forces behind him will not watch him dying.
"Should we ask Oda for help?" Ango Sakaguchi saw the reflection in his glasses.
Oda Sakunosuke is a low-level member of the Port Mafia. Although his status is low, his personal strength is extremely powerful. Now he is the best option to break the current situation.
"Odasaku..." Dazai Osamu sighed, looking up at the sky. "If he comes here, he will probably be noticed by the higher-ups."
Once such a strong man with superb physical skills, first-class killing techniques and first-class supernatural powers is noticed by the senior executives in the same position as him, it goes without saying what will happen next.
Sakaguchi Ango's body tensed.
Unless it was a desperate situation, he was unwilling to use his sincere friends.
...but I just don't want to...
He looked at the young man who was looking up at the sky. At first glance, he felt that his eyes were empty, staring aimlessly, with the corners of his lips straightened. He was in a state of sadness, as if he had stretched out his hand but no one held it.
The gunshots behind them became more and more frequent, and the footsteps became more and more chaotic. Fortunately, the wall of their hiding place was thick enough, and it was a blind spot in the building, which was easy to defend but difficult to attack. Otherwise, Sakaguchi Ango would never have been able to be so relaxed and have time to observe Dazai Osamu.
He seized the opportunity and leaned forward to shoot again. After a few shots, several people fell in the darkness.
The other side panicked for a moment and did not dare to act rashly.
But Ango Sakaguchi knew that they would soon adjust their strategy and dispatch people with special abilities to attack.
"Dazai." Seizing the moment, Sakaguchi Ango asked worriedly, "Did something happen?"
Dazai Osamu glanced at the person next to him: "I'm waiting."
"..." Sakaguchi Ango asked, "What are you waiting for?"
Waiting for rescue? Or is he waiting for...
He always felt that Dazai Osamu had noticed something.
Suddenly, there was a panicked wail, followed by painful groans. Sakaguchi Ango heard a loud muffled explosion coming from the hostile organization that was chasing and trying to kill them.
He quickly looked over.
An explosion was suppressed out of thin air in a square transparent barrier.
Then a red light shot up into the sky, and under the bright moonlight, it fell heavily into the enemy organization like a trailing meteorite. With a loud bang, the air wave rolled up dust and gravel, sweeping outwards like a rotten wood, and even spread to his side.
He recognized that red light and had come into contact with it before.
It is the gravity user Nakahara Chuuya, one of the five major cadres along with Dazai Osamu!
Just that barrier? He had never seen anyone with this ability in the Port Mafia.
"Reinforcements are coming." Ango Sakaguchi turned around and saw Dazai Osamu, who was still trapped in the darkness, shaking his feet expectantly.
Sakaguchi Ango: "...?"
The next moment a figure appeared in front of them.
"I said Chuuya was making too much noise! Ahem..." The girl frowned and used her hand as a fan to clear away the dust. Her dark eyes locked onto the slightly bleeding cut on the bandaged boy's cheek. "Hey, Dazai! Are you okay?"
Dazai Osamu smiled and said, "My face is injured."
Even without him telling her, she could see that his face was injured. Hayato Nakatari leaned over to examine him carefully. After confirming that it was only a superficial wound, she flicked his head with her finger and said, "What the hell are you doing? You knew it was a trap, yet you still came here alone!"
"If Chuuya and I hadn't reacted quickly, you would have been beaten into a briquettes, did you know that?!"
"Because I believe in Hayana," Dazai Osamu didn't get angry even though his head was hit. The aura around him was gentle, "I knew you would come."
"Besides, I think the mission you're responsible for today is a good opportunity to test the defensive moves you just developed. It seems that the results of the experiment can get full marks."
"Yeah." Takanashi Hayato held her hands.
Defenses that cannot be broken by bombs can not only be used for defense, but also to trap the enemy. It has many uses.
It was all thanks to Dazai that her abilities had improved so rapidly.
…but it’s still super annoying.
Sensing something, the girl's brows hardened. "Don't try to change the subject! I'm talking about you putting yourself in danger... Anyway, stop testing our chemistry for no reason!"
Listening to the familiar conversation between the two, Sakaguchi Ango looked at them both.
He knew Hayana Takanashi, but he didn't know that she had such a good relationship with Dazai Osamu.
Dazai Osamu's eyes were dim after his suicidal behavior was exposed: "...I just suddenly had a feeling that if I died, no one would be relieved, right?"
Sakaguchi Ango opened his eyes wide in surprise, then frowned fiercely.
The one who came up with a rebuttal even faster than him was Hayana Kotori.
Feeling that she was being scolded for no reason, the girl angrily grabbed the bandaged boy's head. Under the roaring sound of the battle in the background, she looked annoyed and shook the boy's head violently left and right, as if to shake out all the water that had seeped into his brain.
"What nonsense are you talking about! Chuuya and I aren't human?!"
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