A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 948 Counterattack
"Is this thing really useful?" Hamazura Shiage asked, fiddling with the strange little device in his hand with a skeptical look.

This is a piece of specialized equipment that Takitsubo Riko brought specifically for this operation—a cone-shaped object resembling a small horn, brightly colored, and capable of extending and retracting to a certain extent, looking like a toy at first glance; however, the accompanying instruction manual lists the official name of this small device as a "sound wave directional emission device".

As the name suggests, it is a device used to transmit sound over long distances.

—It is said that through this device, my whispered words can be clearly transmitted to Kinuhata Seiai's ear... I don't know if it's reliable or not.

"Could I have missed?" Hamazura Shiage muttered to himself, filled with doubt and suspicion.

To be honest, he wasn't very confident in his shooting skills.

This "sound wave directional emission device" has no aiming mechanism at all; it relies entirely on the user's manual aiming operation. The accuracy depends entirely on the user's skill, which is why it is described as a "toy."

Fearing that the sound waves might be misdirected and overheard by enemies near Kinuhata Saiai, Hamazura Shiage dared not raise his voice or say too much.

He simply said, "The children in the orphanage are safe now, you don't need to worry about them anymore."

According to Takitsubo Riko's explanation, Kinuhata Saiai's superpower can be described to some extent as "air manipulation," which makes her more likely than others to detect subtle vibrations in the air and thus be able to intercept their messages.

"Didn't you hear me?" Hamazura Shiage couldn't help but become suspicious again because he hadn't heard any response for a while. "So, should I say it again?"

According to their plan, the reason why Kinuhata Saiai was easily taken hostage by a few ordinary people was because they were concerned about the safety of the hostage.

Without this concern, with her level 4 strength, she could easily crush these enemies who were all show and no substance.

However, for some reason, Kinuhata Saiai did not launch a counterattack as expected.

“Wait,” Takitsubo Riko reached out and grabbed him, “Kinuhata’s power is activating…”

At this moment, only the two of them were hiding behind the corner.

Takitsubo Riko has no direct combat ability, while Hamazura Shiage is good at fighting. However, the enemies around Kinuhata on the other side are five adult men!
Moreover, judging from their appearance, they all had handguns hidden under their clothes. Hamazura Shige, who was skilled in street fighting, really didn't have the confidence to take on five gunmen one-on-one.

A hasty attack might become a burden, so the best option is to wait for Kinuhata Saiai to counterattack!
—This is absurd. In the end, is all I can do just run away and hide in a corner watching others fight?

Realizing his own incompetence, Hamazura Shiage couldn't help but complain to himself.

Just then, a noisy argument arose in the distance.

"It's starting!" Takitsubo Riko said softly.

Ignoring the risk of being exposed, Hamazura Shiage quickly peeked out and looked towards Kinuhata Saiai's direction.

Boom!

Immediately afterwards, I was so frightened by the devastating explosion that I took a step back.

Objectively speaking, the explosion was not very powerful; there was almost no flash, and the sound and shockwave were also weak, even less powerful than the homemade gunpowder guns of the group of powerless people.

With the perspective of a "veteran delinquent" like Hamazura Shige, there's no way he would be frightened by such a small commotion—unless the explosion happened to someone he knows.

"Kinuhata is my favorite!" Without caring about anything else, Hamazura Shiage rushed out of the corner where he was hiding and pounced over there.

As the smoke from the explosion gradually dissipated, Hamazura Shiage couldn't help but look away, unable to bear to see the girl's current tragic state.

only……

Amidst the excitement, Hamazura Shiage vaguely sensed something amiss deep within his consciousness. —That's right, the enemy! What are the enemy doing?
It's important to know that when Hamazura Shiage rushed out, he was already mentally prepared to face bullets fired by the enemy.

While running in small, quick steps, keep your body low to the ground and be ready to roll on the spot at any time to avoid being shot.

However, the expected gunshots never rang out.

Hamazura felt like he was about to rush into the enemy's face in the corridor, but he still made it through without any obstacles.

Until then, perhaps because he realized a certain possibility, Hamazura Shiage's mood suddenly relaxed a bit.

The field of vision, which had become narrow due to high tension, finally returned to its former openness, allowing me to take in the entire scene before me.

In the very middle of the alley, there were originally five people: a girl and four robbers. But now only Kinuhata Saiai remains standing there.

All four robbers lay on the ground... in pools of blood, their fate unknown...

No, based on Hamazura Shiage's understanding of these girls, these robbers should all be dead.

"What...what happened?" Hamazura Shiage slowly stopped, cautiously halting at the edge of the pool of blood.

"Cough cough..." Kinuhata Saiai was about to speak, but couldn't help pressing her chest and coughing violently. "It...cough cough, it really hurts!"

As if venting her anger, Kinuhata Ai leaned down, grabbed a man's body, and threw him away.

A grown man's nearly 100-kilogram body was like a sandbag in her hands, which she could easily throw far away.

bump!
At the end of the road, thirty meters away from them, a man who was trying to fire a shot was hit head-on by a "projectile" thrown ahead of them—it was the "fifth robber" that Hamazura Shiage had noticed long ago, hiding at the back and tracking the people in front.

With a crisp sound of bones cracking, the latter screamed and fell to the ground, but at the last moment he reflexively pulled the trigger. The bullet missed and bounced and deflected several times between the ground and the wall, and finally flew straight towards Hamazura Shiage!

Hamazura Shiage was just an ordinary boy. Although he noticed the bullet flying toward his face, he was too late to take any countermeasures.

Hamazura Shige's mind was already reeling with images of his short, dull, and uninteresting life, which unfolded like a scroll, leaving one with a deep sense of melancholy.

—My life…is it not completely devoid of anything worth remembering?

Suddenly, a small hand reached out and blocked the incoming bullet.

"Idiot, cough cough," Kinuhata Aiko opened her palm, revealing a deformed bullet lying in it, "Don't stand there daydreaming on the battlefield!"

"Ah, thank you!" Hamazura Shiage finally came to his senses and quickly said, "Thanks to you, you saved my life!"

"Here, keep this as a souvenir." Kinuhata Ai tossed the bullet in her hand to Hamazura Shiage, then raised her voice and asked, "Are you all here?"

Takitsubo Riko then calmly walked over and said, "No, it's just me and Hamazane."

“Oh, I see…” Kinuhata Saiai immediately realized, “No wonder she was only shouting at me from a distance.”

“Yes,” Takitsubo Riko nodded, “If Mugino and Frenda were here, they would definitely take the initiative.”

"Hey, this isn't the time to talk about this, let's call an ambulance right now!" Hamazura Shiage said somewhat frantically.

“An ambulance? No need,” Kinuhata Ai wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and looked coldly at the corpse at her feet. “I didn’t hold back—just tell the cleaners to clean up the mess.”

(End of this chapter)