Chapter 262 Seven Villains

The moment the robber showed up, Kenji Hagiwara sat up straighter. Not only him, but the atmosphere at their table suddenly became extremely subtle.

It might be because a black-haired boy who was scooping coffee jelly into his mouth broke the spoon in his hand the moment the robber spoke.

Furiya Rei took a breath: Broken... Broken? It's made of iron, right? It's hard to even bend it. He heard the sound of it breaking just now.

On the other side, Hagiwara Kenji's rationality told him that he should be as shocked as his peers at this moment, but his emotions told him that it was no big deal, it was just a spoon, and he should just be happy that he didn't break the robber's wrist.

His Adam's apple moved, and a few seconds later, Hagiwara Kenji silently stuffed his unused spoon into Akae Nazuki's hand, replacing the broken one.

His movements were respectful and skillful throughout.

The one who was forced to receive the attention was Matsuda Jinpei. The corner of his mouth twitched and he lowered his voice: "Don't look at me. It has nothing to do with me."

After all, if he is so skilled, it means he has done it many times. And this is only the second time that Akae and Hagiwara have met. The person he has served "many times" is most likely Matsuda Jinpei, who has known Hagiwara for more than ten years... right?

Only the two parties involved, Kenji Hagiwara and Nazuki Akae, knew that the person who made the former so skilled was Akae, the classmate who had actually broken the arm of a criminal with one hand when he was angry before the restart.

……Why.

Kenji Hagiwara quickly pulled himself out of the memory of his dream and felt somewhat distressed about the current situation.

He couldn't be serious.

Although, whether it was a terrorist attack, a robbery, or the bomb, they should have made him alert and serious, but as soon as Hagiwara Kenji's eyes fell on Akae Nazuki, all his nervous emotions disappeared without a trace.

He even began to think anxiously: If Xiao Nayue at this point in time beats the prisoner to the point of crying for his parents, how can he help Xiao Nayue get away with it from under the noses of other classmates?

People's troubles are not the same. Chi Jiang Na Yue just thought that the three idiots at the door were really making a noise.

How come you are so bad at choosing the time?

Akae Nayue thought gloomily, and after taking a bite of the cake, she reluctantly cooperated with the others under the subtle gaze of Hagiwara Kenji, the only person who knew Akae's fighting ability, and was gathered by the robbers with the customers in the dessert shop in a small empty space in the middle. Matsuda Jinpei was always wondering why the expression on Yumiran's face seemed to be about to cry and laugh at the same time, and it looked more than a little distorted. He couldn't bear to look at it and poked Hagiwara Kenji in the waist with his elbow.

Hagiwara Kenji lowered his voice, his expression deep: "Xiao Zhenping, you don't understand, I was originally wondering if it was necessary for Gundam to hit a mosquito..."

It's a bit of a waste of Xiao Nayue's fighting ability to deal with these criminals. It's just like using a Gundam to kill a mosquito.

This is the only one among all the same generation (in the dream) who couldn't even beat the gorilla Kofuku, and who defeated more than ten challengers at the art competition alone, the big devil of the Onizuka class! Just three robbers!

Nayue Chijiang, who had no idea how much psychological shadow she had left on her peers in this world, lowered her head and rubbed her nose in the crowd.

Strange, I suddenly feel like sneezing.

[Book] For some reason, he suddenly became interested and asked in his mind: [So you have also been called the 'Great Devil of the Onitsuka Class'? But come to think of it, Xiaohong in this world is so high-profile.]

Akae Nazuki reminisces: [The criminals in Tokyo would call me the Big Devil. When I was in the police academy, I was quite different from Little A in this world.]

[Shu] thought he was referring to the fact that he had not defeated more than ten challengers in one go, so he quickly said, "It doesn't matter, our Xiaohong is the most handsome and powerful Xiaohong in the world!"

Then I heard Chi Jiang Na Yue slowly say: […After all, they were the ones who shouted at me to kill thirty-five people from behind.]

Of course, this title is here because he thought he was playing a game at the time, so he wanted to kill as many enemies as possible to see if he could get some achievements.

【Book】fell into silence.

When the robbers showed up not long ago, the people at the table whispered about whether they should just go up and subdue them, but considering the bomb, they decided to hold off and pretend that the hostages were being taken first, and then try to work with the police who had arrived to cooperate with them from inside and outside, no, to cooperate with them from inside and outside, to catch the robbers in one fell swoop.

As for Akajiang Nayue, who is not currently a police academy student, she was protected in the innermost part by several people tacitly.

Hagiwara Kenji's tone when communicating with Matsuda Jinpei was full of sympathy: "Now I think it's not a matter of whether Gundam is wasting time to kill mosquitoes, but we should think about how to let mosquitoes have a breath..."

Matsuda Jinpei, who still didn't understand a word, had veins twitching on his forehead. He stomped hard on the back of Yukenran's foot, then turned around mercilessly and went to Furukaya Rei's side to observe the robber's every move.

As they watched, the two looked at each other but did not start talking.

Just now, the robbers' attention was on Aiko who was watching behind the counter and calling the police, so Hagiwara Kenji spoke in a low voice. Now that they finally looked at the hostages, Matsuda Jinpei and others were not in a position to speak again for fear of angering the robbers.

But they did find something odd.

On the surface, these three robbers seemed to be here to rob, but let’s not talk about why they robbed a dessert shop… Who would bring bombs with them during a robbery? If they were not careful, they would all die together.

This made the purpose of the three men seem even more confusing, especially since they did not rush to run away after stealing all the sales from the counter. Instead, they looked like they were ready to wait until the police arrived, and it was obvious that they were planning to negotiate with the police.

Looking at the bomb again in this light, the reserve police officers all perceived a different meaning, for example, that this might be the bargaining chip they were preparing to use in negotiations with the police.

This conjecture was confirmed to be true after the police arrived.

"In addition to the bomb in the store, we also placed a bomb in another place." The leading man holding a dagger said coldly, "Unless you come up with 1 billion yen within an hour, we will detonate the bombs in these two places at the same time... Let's all die together!"

Several people's hearts sank. It turned out that the criminal was planning to use them as hostages to extort cash from the police... In fact, there were not many people in the store at the moment. There were only them and a few high school girls, plus Aiko and an employee in the kitchen, who could be counted on three hands.

However, no matter how many people there are, the police cannot just abandon the hostages. Not to mention professional ethics, if they really do so, the next second, the news headlines will be that the Metropolitan Police Department is full of tax thieves.

Because of the hostage threat from the robbers, the police could only send negotiation experts to talk to the third robber who had neither a bomb nor a knife, while trying desperately to raise funds.

Inside the dessert shop, the leading robber was leaning against the counter, glancing down at his phone from time to time, as if waiting for news from someone.

"Shivering."

Zhufu Jingguang, who was closest to Chijiang Nanyue, suddenly heard the young man's voice, very softly, as if it was spoken right into his ear.

"The robber with the bomb strapped to his body is trembling."

Following his words, Morofushi Jingguang shifted his gaze away from the robber leader, who everyone was subconsciously staring at, and looked at the accomplice hiding in the shadows behind the robber leader, and then was stunned.

Just as Chijiang Nayue said, the man was trembling, but because the amplitude was very small and not much of his body was exposed, one had to stare at it to discover it. Even Zhufu Jingguang only thought about the trembling because he was reminded in advance.

On the other hand, the leader of the robbers did not show much concern about the bomb at the beginning, almost making people think it was a fake bomb.

But from what we have discovered now, the person behind him might have a real bomb on him, which is why he is so scared.

This is a bit meaningful... Was the robber leader really not afraid of the bomb exploding suddenly, killing them, the police and the hostages, or did he not know that it was a real bomb that could blow them up? Or was it really a fake, but the person behind him thought it was real? Regardless of which one is the truth, at least from this point, Zhu Fu Jingguang keenly discovered that the robbers were not of the same opinion.

In fact, there is another possibility, but Morofushi Jingguang did not think in that direction for a while. That is, the robber leader may know that it is a real bomb and does not intend to die with anyone. He is just acting... Of course, this is just a possibility.

Chi Jiang Na Yue cracked her knuckles, suddenly stood up and walked towards the direction of the robber leader.

He was so fast that the others around him had no time to stop him. In the blink of an eye, the black-haired boy stood in front of the robber. The latter also turned his eyes from the mobile phone screen and stared at the desperate hostage.

The robber leader had a strange look in his eyes. After feeling upset for not holding the boy back, Furuya Rei subconsciously began to analyze the situation.

As if evaluating something, his eyes passed over Chijiang Nayue's neck, wrists and ankles many times. Probably nothing could be seen in the areas covered by clothes, and because of this, the other party's gaze to other places was more obvious.

What is he evaluating? Furuya Rei's thoughts suddenly stopped.

Could it be——

"That's rough, your execution."

Chijiang Nayue said softly to the leader of the robbers, "I can't bear to watch this any longer, so - come to think of it, are you waiting for your companions to send a message that the operation was successful, or are you waiting for your superior to command you?"

The robber leader's fingers on the phone suddenly tightened.

"Are you so upset by just this kind of diversion?" The boy's tone was casual, but the leader of the robbers was the only one who could see the murderous intent in his watery red eyes. "...sympathize with your superior for a second. Maybe he didn't contact you because he was fooled by your execution ability."

He was deliberately provoking the other party! Furuya and his companions quickly discovered this.

"you……"

"Don't ask me. I don't want to explain to an idiot how I know." Chi Jiang Na Yue looked listless, leaning against the counter with one hand, as if he was talking to an insignificant passerby instead of the robber leader with a weapon in his hand. "Besides, I think you should comfort your accomplice behind you first. He looks so scared that he might accidentally detonate the bomb in the next second."

The black-haired boy turned his head and raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "Boom——"

An onomatopoeia popped out of his mouth.

"Maybe we can explode into fireworks together, just like this." The boy's voice sounded gentle.

Surprisingly, even though Chi Jiang Na Yue provoked him with words, the robber leader just stared at him without taking any further action, and then suddenly raised his hand to grab Chi Jiang Na Yue's wrist.

"--What are you doing? Take your hands out!" The accomplice behind the robber leader suddenly shouted at the counter.

I saw my beloved daughter, who was standing there, reaching into the drawer under the counter to get something. After being yelled at, her expression froze for a moment and she quickly became flustered and nervous, stammering, "I'm sorry, I just..."

The leader of the robbers did not give her a chance to finish her words. He changed his target and grabbed Aiko's wrist and dragged her out from behind the counter, with the dagger across her neck.

At this moment, Furiya Rei's expression became even more serious, because this development proved that he was right: the robbers were just using their sight to assess the value of whether Akae Nazuki was taken away as a hostage.

Now that they had a shop assistant who was easier to control, the other party naturally gave up the hostage Chijiang Nayue.

It seems that what Chijiang did just now might be to make the robbers choose to take him as a hostage?

Furukaya Rei didn't know whether Akae Nazuki really thought so. He could only see Akae Nazuki's back pause for a moment and fall into a brief and suspicious silence.

Chi Jiang Na Yue glanced at the robber leader with a strange look, and when he spoke again, his tone sounded much more sincere than before. He said in a persuasive tone: "I advise you to change a hostage if you don't want to die."

What the saleslady was groping in the drawer just now was not some simple anti-wolf tool.

Akae Nayue assured that this was the most sincere thing he had said today, but except for Hagiwara Kenji and his abducted son, everyone else who heard it couldn't help but think in another direction.

Are you threatening the robber leader to kill him if he doesn't exchange a hostage?