Chapter 25
Now, it's real hide-and-seek time.
But my "Hide and Seek" allows counterattack!
*
I don't have the ability to fight in a physical fight. Although I am healthy, I am not strong. Running 600 meters in a short time will kill me.
So I can only rely on my special abilities and the fact that I have a little more information than others to win.
In this place, the wind is my most loyal partner, and it can bring me more distant and important messages.
The guards had already taken action. The sound of woodcutters echoing in the woods and the children's painful screams struck my sensitive and fragile nerves.
This is why that lunatic looks down on me and even despises me.
He has two views.
one
I pulled these people out as shields in exchange for the possibility of my own safety.
two
I have good intentions, but I don't have the ability to get these children out safely, and it may even cost them their lives.
That's why I'm unhappy.
*
I squatted under a tree, letting the tall tree cover my figure, sorting out the information brought to me by the wind.
Although I felt my whole body was stiff due to nervousness, the more I felt my brain was working faster.
I have also become adept at processing information - before, I always communicated with them for fun.
[The uncle over there smells so sweaty] The wind on my left said this, so I moved to the right.
[The flowers here are blooming beautifully, but there are only a few.]
Too conspicuous, avoid it.
[Oh, I know this man. Many people say that he doesn’t talk. Actually, that’s not true. He does talk, but he doesn’t talk to people.]
The social phobia guard may be very strong, so either knock it out as soon as possible or avoid it as soon as possible.
My advantage is that I haven't been discovered yet. Once I'm discovered... I don't want to try to see whether my wind reaction is faster or his wooden warehouse reaction is faster.
So of course I...hid in the dark and took care of the person.
The air velocity caused him to crash uncontrollably into a tree trunk nearby, knocking him unconscious.
Although he looked like he had fainted, I didn't want to relax just like that. One reason was that I had never studied the structure of the human body and I was afraid that he had not fainted.
One reason is that I can’t afford to make any mistakes right now. If I’m not careful, I’ll lose my life.
I would never allow myself to die before I see my brother.
I took a long detour. Speed was not important, but I wanted to be steady and avoid running into the guards easily.
It’s just that the more you don’t want to see something in this world, the easier it is to see it.
I was squatting under a tree. There was a bush next to me. There was a small yellow-white mushroom under the tree. There were two small stones next to the mushroom...
Why do I remember it so clearly?
A pair of twin sisters were found. I have an impression of them. The elder sister has single eyelids and the younger sister has double eyelids.
The little elder sister hugged her trembling younger sister and comforted her, telling her not to be afraid.
But her eyes were clearly filled with fear, and her body was shaking constantly.
The twin sister couldn't help but screamed, "I hate you, I hate you! My sister and I just wanted to see mom, we didn't do anything, we didn't do anything wrong! Why do you treat us like this? Why?"
The man who opened the warehouse for them raised the murder weapon in silence.
"……Feel sorry."
Why did he apologize? Was it because he might have a pair of children like this at home?
Why did he apologize? Was it because of what he felt?
…
As I stood up and continued to run, this question kept echoing in my mind, like the whisper of a devil, but all I could hear was my own voice.
——How sad! People who don’t want to kill kill people who don’t want to be killed.
*
Some of the plants in the bushes are thorny, and I will inevitably be hurt by them as I move through them, but I can't care about that now.
I lay on the ground, clinging tightly to the ground, wishing I could shrink to the size of a finger.
While I was feeling sad about the twin sisters and the guard, I accidentally came into the sight of a guard, and now he is looking for me.
His sunglasses shone coldly, his face was tightly tied, his back was straight, and his posture looked relaxed, but in fact he was always in the best posture for fighting. He was an expert, an expert on the battlefield.
I began to think about the consequences of being caught.
This place is hiding a big secret, otherwise they wouldn't have given the order to shoot us directly. If I revealed my identity as a person with special abilities at this time, maybe I wouldn't be killed.
But if I do that, I might end up on the operating table remembering Chuuya Nakahara.
No, it hurts too much.
Either die once and for all, or get out of this alive.
It's about two hundred meters from here to the outside. There is a small river outside the woods. If you run another hundred meters, you will see people.
Although seeing people is useless, it will be much more low-key to guard there. At least I can survive tonight and then go back to the sheep.
So, now I am going to leave this small woods, walk through the slightly empty river, and hide in a small corner of the city.
I held my breath and concentrated. The guard was less than ten steps away from me and was now walking towards me.
Should I move a little? No, I can't. The leaves under me are very dry and any movement will make a loud noise.
But I didn't think he would be unable to see me when he got closer. Unlike the minions in front, this man gave me a bad feeling.
It takes a lot of concentration to escape from under his nose.
What should I do? He is still seven steps away from me. He will definitely see me within five steps and then raise his wooden pole without hesitation.
There was a flash on his sunglasses and a soft sound came from the right rear. He subconsciously looked over there.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, I decisively jumped up and ran away.
As I said before, although I pick up trash every day, my body can only be considered healthy. I can't run ten meters in one second, and it's only a matter of time before I'm caught up by an adult and well-trained person.
...If my brother were here, what would he do?
Can't outrun, and can't be caught.
It's simple. Use everything I have to make this person lose the ability to catch me.
Use your small stature to escape through the woods and avoid bullets from behind.
After a while, I began to have difficulty breathing, but the person behind me was still able to chase me at a leisurely pace. He had enough confidence to kill me.
His confidence is my greatest advantage. I have to kill him with one blow, otherwise the advantage will disappear.
*
Dazai Suzu was leaning against a tree, breathing heavily. She had tried hard, but the effect was not obvious, so this also exposed her position.
The man loaded the gun and slowly approached the tree, but he was suddenly sucked by an invisible force and crashed into the tree.
His head was covered with stars, his steps were shaky, and he was tripped by a tree root and fell to the ground.
He is a trained man. Although he is a little drowsy now, he will soon be fully awake and can continue to chase the little girl. Moreover, he already knows the girl's abilities, so he will be alert.
But suddenly, the little girl jumped out holding a sharp branch, and the branch was aimed at his throat!
At that moment, he thought of
...Are all kids like this nowadays?
*
I thrust the branch into his throat, and luckily nothing happened. The moment I made the move I had thought of countless possibilities of failure.
What branch suddenly broke off? I realized I had held it upside down. I couldn't let him get fatally injured right away...
Fortunately, the chain did not fall off at the critical moment.
After stabbing his throat with the branch, I immediately turned around and ran in the direction I had chosen long ago. I ran as fast as I could because I was afraid that he would be able to stand up and kill me.
We also have to prevent others from smelling the blood and coming here.
But I was already very tired and was not running very fast, and the man was not completely unconscious, so he raised his hand and shot a bullet at me.
He missed his aim, and from the direction he raised his hand, the bullet should have gone into my heart, but he no longer had the strength to control the recoil, and the bullet pierced my shoulder.
"Puff--cough, cough, cough..."
It hurts…it really hurts.
Damn it! I can clearly see the creek and the brightly lit city in the distance. I can’t collapse here. I can’t just relax like this.
I have to go home. I can't die before my brother because he is useless. If I die like this, he will really hate me from head to toe since he likes to escape.
I have to try harder and stay alive for my brother. I can't die like this!
Even if my throat feels like it’s being strangled and I’m about to suffocate, even if my chest feels like it’s being pressed down by a huge rock, even if my legs feel like they have no muscles left but only bones and no feeling left…
I stumbled against a tree and took a breath. No matter what I thought, the slightly empty riverside was too easy to be hit.
Since I can't defeat the guard, I have to make sure I can run over there quickly.
Okay, now, let's see how many guards there are here?
I lowered my head. The hair that Youxing had tied up had become a little loose and was now stuck to my face due to sweat.
The moonlight was so bright that the ground outside the shade of the trees seemed to be shining.
Now, there are two guards in the woods over here, and one guarding the creek.
I took off my short-sleeved shirt and wrapped it around my shoulders. It was simple but it helped stop the bleeding a little and also made it easier for me to move.
*
Under the moonlight, a child with his hands in front of his head suddenly jumped out of the dark woods and jumped into the silver river.
The "thump" sound was followed by a continuous sound of wooden clacking.
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