My youth story cannot be a knight war

33. The Vicious Wind (-word chapter)

"At 8,000 meters, a silver needle shot from Ashikaga District could actually hit someone in Shinagawa District, far across Tokyo. What terrifying attack range and shooting accuracy! This far exceeds the limits of human snipers."

Hayato Yeyama, who watched from a God's perspective how Badjisu shot and killed humans, took a deep breath, suppressed his inner horror, and felt a chill at the back of his head.

Imagine that when you are doing your own thing, someone attacks you from thousands of miles away and kills you with precise precision, and you don't even realize it when you die. How terrifying it is.

Many important figures in the world who have been facing assassination attempts for many years felt their scalps tingle when watching this scene in the video. You know, sniping is one of the common methods of assassination. In the history of more than 3 years in recent times, two national leaders who were father and son died from gun attacks. You know, assassins can fail countless times, but as long as they succeed once, it is enough. After all, not all leaders of countries are named Castro.

This newly emerged unconfirmed life form's attack method has left them with a huge psychological shadow. This method of killing can be described as truly killing people from a thousand miles away, and it is impossible to guard against!

Especially the big shots in Tokyo, they gave orders to their secretaries and subordinates without hesitation.

"Quick! Tell someone to install a few more layers of bulletproof glass in my office and bedroom!"

【Tokyo, Metropolitan Police Department. 】

【"Needle?"】

【Zaimokuza looked a little surprised when he heard what Kousaka Kyousuke said.】

[“Yes, there are holes at various places on the scene where the victims were killed, and a silver needle was found in each of them. We speculate that this should be the way this unidentified life form kills people.”]

[Kousaka Kyousuke said this with a serious expression while walking in the corridor with Zaimokuza.]

[“According to eyewitnesses, they did not see the assailant at all. They all fell down after hearing a strange sound and a strong wind. According to the forensic examination, they were all killed by silver needles shot into their heads and then pierced vertically through their bodies. There were clearly visible needle holes on each of their skulls.”]

[“Hmm… Mr. Kosaka, where are we going? This doesn’t look like the way to the parking lot, does it?”]

[Zaimokuza, who had been to the Metropolitan Police Department several times, found that the road they were walking on was one they had never walked on before, and couldn't help but feel a little confused. ]

[“I’ll take you to see someone. She’s the scientist in charge of analyzing and testing the murder weapon of the unidentified life form. She’s also my senior’s daughter and my colleague. Although she’s about the same age as us, she’s a top student who graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States. She was one of the top three students in her class. She’s a very capable woman in all aspects.”]

[“So amazing!? And why didn’t such a talented person stay in the United States to further his studies but instead came back to work for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department?”]

[Even Zaimokuza has heard of the reputation of MIT. It has always been ranked in the top three of the world's top universities. He couldn't help but be amazed. ]

[“She is indeed a very capable person. She came here to work on the recommendation of her father. She is very popular. As far as I know, the University of Tokyo once invited her to become a professor at the school. The salary offered was far higher than that of the Metropolitan Police Department, but she refused because she was not interested.”]

【"sharp……"】

[This is a person in his twenties, a freelance writer (unemployed), and Mr. Zaimokuza, who struggles to make ends meet, is a bit confused. Whether it's the University of Tokyo or MIT, they sound like they belong to two completely different worlds. If it weren't for the unconfirmed life form incident, I'm afraid we would never have met in our lives.] 2

[“You are right, but maybe it is a common problem for geniuses. She is also a bit strange. Unlike you... well, you will know when you meet her.”]

【Speaking of this, Kousaka Kyousuke's expression was a little strange. While the two were talking, a door with "Laboratory" written on it was close at hand. He grasped the door handle and opened the door to go in. Zaimokuza also curiously leaned over from his side to see who the person who Kousaka Kyousuke mentioned was who rejected the invitation from the University of Tokyo.】

The image he had imagined of a man with three heads and six arms, six wings on his back, an eye between his eyebrows, and double pupils in his eyes shattered when he saw the figure from behind. It was a tall figure wearing a white coat, short hair, and glasses, sitting in front of a computer, typing away at the keyboard with his slender fingers.

[——Huh? Why does this figure seem familiar? ]

【“Hello, Ms. Ebina.”】

[While Zaimokuza was still confused, Kousaka Kyosuke took the lead in greeting. The woman he called Ebina paused her fingers tapping the keyboard after hearing his voice, and turned the chair around, revealing a face with glasses that looked pretty and a bit cute.]

[She pushed up her glasses on the bridge of her nose, her eyes lit up when she saw Kousaka Kyousuke, and a happy smile appeared on the corners of her mouth.]

[“Hey~ Isn’t this Mr. Kosaka? It’s been a long time…”]

[As Ebina spoke, his voice gradually became lower, and Kousaka Kyousuke, who did not notice anything unusual, turned around and looked at Zaimokuza and said. ]

[“Ms. Ebina, let me introduce you to the person behind me. He is a police assistant. His name is——Zaimokuza?”]

[Kousaka Kyosuke turned around and found that Zaimokuza's eyes were dull, staring straight at Ebina, whose eyes could not be seen clearly because the white light was reflected by the glasses on the opposite side.]

["Ebina...classmate?"]

[Zaimokuza looked at the woman opposite him, muttering to himself in disbelief, his eyes were like... like Takayama Ryuji who saw Sadako crawling out of the TV.]

[“Oh my, this is really unexpected…”]

[Ebina pushed his glasses up again, and the left and right lenses reflected Kousaka Kyousuke's surprised expression and Zaimokuza's shocked eyes.]

[“Ebina-san? Do you know each other?”]

[As a criminal policeman, Kousaka Kyousuke has a very sharp mind. He immediately deduced from the conversation and reactions of the two that they knew each other, and looked at Zaimokuza in shock.]

[What's going on? One of these two people is a top student who graduated from MIT, and the other is an unemployed vagrant who works in a restaurant (without salary). How did these two people who normally would not have any intersection get to know each other? ]

[Could they be classmates from junior high school or high school? ]

[“You are wrong, Mr. Kousaka.”]

[Miss Ebina stood up, and with her long legs in black stockings and high heels under her black hip skirt, she walked towards Kousaka Kyosuke and Zaimokuza behind him. Every step her heels took on the ground was like stepping on Zaimokuza's heart, causing him to take a step back. Looking at the woman walking slowly towards him, he had the urge to run away immediately.]

[“The man standing behind you, Zaimokuza-san, and I are more than just acquaintances~”]

[Ebina walked and talked, with an elusive smile in his voice. ]

[“Well, that… Miss Ebina… Hello, long time… no see.”]

[Looking at Miss Ebina who was walking in front of him, Zaimokuza's mouth twitched, and a twisted smile appeared on his handsome face. This expression perfectly explained what it meant to smile uglier than crying. ]

[“Oh? You’re calling me “Miss” now?”]

[Ebina pushed up his reflective glasses and looked at Zaimokuza with a half-smile.]

[“Uh… I, that…”]

【Zaimokuza's head was covered with sweat, and his eyes moved around but he refused to look directly at Ebina.】

[“Why are you being so distant? Can’t you just call me “Hina” like before?”]

[Then, in the astonished eyes of Kousaka Kyousuke, she slowly raised her hands, wrapped them around Zaimokuza's neck, and then stood on tiptoe to look at his panicked face close to her. Zaimokuza could clearly feel the breath coming out of her open lips.]

[“It’s been a long time since we last met, my ex-boyfriend.”]

[Hina Ebina looked at her ex-boyfriend who she had not seen for many years and smiled slyly. Her beautiful face was like a blooming flower, full of charm.]

Chiba Prefecture, Sobu High School, Service Club.

"...?"

Yuigahama Yui looked at the two people hugging each other in the video and what Ebina Hina said. Her face was full of confusion, and she tilted her head to the side as if she didn't understand what was going on. A question mark appeared between the two balls.

"That Himena is... that Zaimokuza's ex-boyfriend? Uh... ex-girlfriend?"

Sitting next to her, Yumiko Miura had an expression like an old man on the subway, as if she saw something incomprehensible and frowned in confusion.

"..."

Tobe Sho stared blankly at the contents on his mobile phone screen, then slowly turned his head to look at Himena Ebina who was standing next to him holding a mobile phone. Not only him, but everyone in the service club turned their eyes to this girl who still had a smile on her face and had a low presence at ordinary times.

Including Zaimokuza, he himself had an expression of confusion and bewilderment on his face, with rows of question marks popping up in his head like mushrooms after rain.

"Ah~ So this is the relationship between Zaimokuza-san and I. It's really surprising."

Although she said she was surprised, there was no emotion behind her glasses. Her white and tender fingers tapped her chin, and she smiled even more happily.

Boundless silence enveloped the place, and the brief silence gave birth to a ferocious volcanic eruption.

"""well!!!!!!?"""

Except for Himena Ebina, the earth-shaking screams of everyone in the Service Club resounded throughout the entire Sobu High School. All the people outside the club who were eavesdropping by leaning against the door with books rolled up as earpieces were so scared that they fell backwards.

"What the hell is going on here!? How did you become involved with that Zaimokuza???"

Yumiko Miura's mouth was trembling so much that she could hardly speak. She replicated what Hina Ebina had done to her before, grabbing her shoulders with both hands and shaking them wildly, her eyes full of disbelief and shock.

"People don't know. After all, it's a matter of the future."

"Liar! Then why are you smiling so happily!?"

Apart from the two people who were fighting, something was not right on Zaimokuza's side. Zaimokuza sat on his chair, and the remaining six people surrounded him with him as the center of the circle. Feeling the scrutiny from all sides, a drop of cold sweat slid down Zaimokuza's forehead and dripped onto the ground.

"I didn't expect that you, Zaimokuza, would be able to handle Ebina, who even I found difficult. Tsk tsk tsk."

"Indeed, this is probably what the old saying means: hidden deep within the depths."

"You're lying... Himena is meeting Zaimokuza..."

Hiratsuka Shizuka stroked her chin with a playful look in her eyes, Yukinoshita Yukino nodded in agreement, Yuigahama Yui looked back and forth between the two of them in disbelief, and although Hikigaya Hachiman and Hayama Hayato didn't say anything, their looks, as if they saw aliens eating pizza, showed their inner surprise.

Only Tobe Sho was staring at Zaimokuza with a look of loss and disbelief on his face, his bloodless lips trembling and he kept muttering to himself.

"How is it possible... Himekina is actually with this guy... I must be too tired... How could she possibly be attracted to this fat guy... No, that's in the future, that should also happen in the future... The future Zaimokuza is indeed... I still have a chance... Yes, I still have a chance... Don't panic... Yes! I can do it..."

Zaimokuza almost wanted to bury his head under the chair when listening to his mumbling. Brother, can you speak softly when you are crazy? You said everything in your heart! Is this something you can say in front of others now? What will people think of you and me if the video later reveals that I did something that I shouldn’t do when I became a boyfriend and girlfriend with that Ebina! ? And you wanted to say fat boy just now, right! I admit that I am very fat now, but my appearance after losing weight can be verified by this video! And what is going on? Why did I and that Ebina classmate...

"It sucks!"

The whispers of the people around him and the chaotic thoughts in his mind made Zaimokuza's brain CPU completely freeze. He slapped his hands on his face, gave up thinking, and said something dully.

【Tokyo City, Metropolitan Police Department, Research Laboratory. 】

[Kousaka Kyousuke and Zaimokuza sat on a sofa together, and across from them sat the smiling and talking Ebina Hime. ]

[“You…really opened my eyes.”]

[Kousaka Kyosuke looked at Zaimokuza who was sitting next to him, and his eyes were as if he saw a rabbit eating a whale alive, and it was a Basilosaur.]

[“This, this, this is due to many special reasons.”]

【Zaimokuza coughed a few times, his eyes looking around and talking about irrelevant things, but he didn't look at Himena Ebina who was smiling with one hand on her chin.】

"Well, since Yoshiteru-kun doesn't want to talk to his ex-girlfriend, let's get down to business."

[“I think this is why you guys came here, Mr. Kousaka?”]

[Kousaka Kyousuke ignored Zaimokuza's red face and nodded at the silver needle in the transparent bag in the hand of Ebina Hime.]

[“After analysis, the thing that killed the victims was very similar to the sting of a wasp. All the victims died of instant anaphylactic shock, so I believe that the unconfirmed life form that appeared this time should be a creature with the ability of a wasp.”]

[“And this inference also leads to a difficult problem.”]

[“Uh… what’s the problem, Ebina-san?”]

[Zaimokuza looked at the palm-length silver needle in front of him and asked curiously, but after he finished speaking, he saw Ebina Hime looking at him with a half-smile, and he suddenly became a little depressed, and stammered a few times before continuing.]

[“Hime, Himena, please tell me.”]

[“Hmm~ That’s more like it.”]

[Without looking at the strange-looking Kousaka Kyosuke next to her, Ebina Hina smiled and reached out to touch Zaimokuza's hair, who looked embarrassed. Feeling the smooth touch between her palms, she finally gave the answer.]

[“As we all know, wasps are insects, and they are the kind of insects that have wings.”]

[“That is to say…”]

【Thinking of the previous testimonies that none of the witnesses had seen the murderer, Kousaka Kyosuke's eyes changed. 】

[“Well, this unconfirmed life form is different from the previous ones. It may be able to fly.”]

[“An unidentified life form that can fly… This is troublesome.”]

[Hearing Ebina Hime's guess, Kousaka Kyosuke narrowed his eyes solemnly. If this Gurongi really has the ability to fly, it means that many of the previous methods of dealing with its kind have lost their effectiveness. ]

[Beep, beep, beep——]

[Just then, Zaimokuza's cell phone rang again. He took out his cell phone and saw a message and the sender's name on it, and his expression became a little strange.]

[“Minister? Why at this time?”]

【Zaimokuza didn't notice that when he called her that, the Ebina Hime sitting opposite him narrowed her eyes slightly, and after opening the message, a paragraph of text appeared in her black pupils.】

[“This is…”]

……

【Twenty-five minutes later.】

【A park in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo. 】

【"Well!?"】

[Accompanied by the sudden rise of dust under his feet, a man's eyes widened, and his body suddenly fell to the side. ]

Badjisu fluttered his four wings and descended from the sky. He looked at the man lying at his feet and kicked him. After confirming there was no reaction, he nodded and turned the bracelet on his left hand to the left again.

[“It seems to be going well.”]

A gloomy voice came from the side. Gooma, dressed in black and a black hat, hid under a pillar and squinted his eyes. His tone was as sinister as a bat hanging upside down.

[“Don’t lump me in with your bunch of bastards. It just makes me sick.”]

Badjisu stared at the bracelet on his wrist with fascination, not even glancing at it, his voice filled with indifference and contempt.