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Commercial Street.
Explode had been running on the street for quite some time.
Asakura Yasuaki had suddenly disappeared again.
Her things were all over the ground, and it looked like she had been taken away by someone — that guy was really a disaster!
Every now and then, she would cause some trouble.
She really didn't want anyone to live!
Explode, who was sweating because of the continuous running, frowned and kept cursing her in his heart.
But more than that, he was worried about her condition.
Otherwise, he would not have left Cut Island to wake up early in the morning on the street of the shop without a second thought.
"… Damn it.
Is there no way to find that damned woman? "After running for some time, there weren't many people on the street, perhaps because it was dusk.
Not to mention suspicious people, he didn't even have a lot of people to ask.
With this thought in mind, Explode finally gave up his aimless search.
Instead, he turned into a dark corner, and a large amount of flames burst out from his hands to send his body into the air, and then he stopped in the air to continue his search.
… Calm down, Che Island found out early.
Even if she was taken away, she definitely wouldn't have gone far!
And that guy also said that the enemy alliance had personally let her go, so there was no possibility of them kidnapping her again and hurting her.
If it was a normal trouble, that woman should be able to think of something on her own. But even so,
She still suddenly …
"… Damn it!
It's so annoying! "
The more Explode thought about it,
The more he thought about it, the more confused he felt.
Because of An Qiu, all kinds of anxiety and worry intertwined in his mind and attacked each other, giving him an unbearable headache — he didn't even know what he should do!
Thinking of this, Explode's frustration gathered into his brute force at this moment. He frowned, and through his palms, he detonated more sweat, controlled the two arms behind his back, and pushed his body forward in one breath.
Damn it, where the hell is she?!
He was so desperate to find that damned woman, if she didn't let him find her, he would definitely kill her later!
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… Got it!
Just as Explode sent his body from the entrance of the Commercial Street to near the exit of the Commercial Street, his sharp eyes saw a familiar figure behind a few buildings near the Commercial Street.
I see it, it's that guy!
Explode stopped his body abruptly and looked down with his eyes wide open — he saw that in the narrow open space, An Qiu was surrounded by several people. They didn't look like the enemy alliance members he had seen before. They were all people he had never seen before …
Who was it?
Explode pushed his body a little in that direction and stayed in the air to observe. But just as he tried to understand what was happening between An Qiu and those people, he saw a bald man among the several people took a step toward An Qiu. and suddenly, he knelt down and then suddenly, the latter's and immediately knelt on the ground with a pained expression on his face!
"Damn it, what the hell is that bald man doing?!"
Bao Hao growled. He couldn't care less about searching for the enemy. Seeing An Qiu's pained expression after falling to the ground, Bao Hao didn't hesitate to push the firepower on his arm to the maximum limit. Then, he swooped down in that direction and punched the bald man fiercely — —
"Go to hell!!"
Bao Hao shouted with his imposing manner. His sturdy fist was aimed at the bald man's face without hesitation. However, perhaps because his attack was too bold but not astute, his murderous aura had long been noticed by the people in the area. A white-haired youth reacted before the bald man. He leaped up and kicked Bao Hao, who was charging at him, away.
"… Ugh!"
Explode felt a heavy blow to his abdomen and was kicked to the outer wall of the building by the white-haired young man. With a loud bang, he felt a burning pain in his back.
"Senior!"
An Qiu, who was kneeling on the ground, was shocked when she saw Explode suddenly appear. She hurriedly tried to stop him, "Senior Explode, why are you …"
"… Damn it!
Shut up! "
Explode's eyebrows bulged. He fell to the ground from the outer wall and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. He interrupted An Qiu's words. The sneak attack had failed. He looked at the enemies in front of An Qiu and the fire in his eyes gradually gathered into a strong light, "… I don't care who you are, just go to hell!"
Boastful Tyrant steadied himself. Although his strongest attack had been easily countered, he still did not hesitate to once again assume a battle stance. Boastful Tyrant's piercingly cold gaze did not dare to relax as it swept across the several men in front of him — a white-haired brat, a person who had lightly kicked him away, and then a bald man with eye makeup and a man with exaggerated eyebrows …
He had never seen them before. Judging from the white-haired young man's movements, his movements were the strongest here!
"I've decided … I'll send you flying!"
Explode roared, raised his fist and jumped towards the white-haired young man again. He clenched his fist, but it was easily dodged by the calm young man. The two exchanged blows quickly. After that, the white-haired young man squatted on the ground and raised his leg again — this time, Explode was sent flying again.
"… Senior!" An Qiu saw this scene and hurriedly shouted, "Stop fighting!"
"Senior, what bullshit are you talking about? Run!"
Bao Hao's gaze was as untamed as an eagle or wolf. After his body was sent flying, he once again released flames from his hands to stabilize his body in the air. Then, he once again charged towards the direction of the white-haired youth.
Run?
An Qiu was stunned. She finally understood the reason for Explode's sudden appearance. Did he think that she was captured?
But that was not the case. Just now, she was just …
"… No, senior, you misunderstood!" It was useless to think too much. The most important thing was to prevent Explode from getting hurt for no reason!
An Qiu frowned and hurriedly interrupted him. Explode paused for a moment, but he continued to punch the white-haired young man's face, "What did I misunderstand? Aren't you full of fighting spirit?"
"Wait!"
An Qiu raised her hand and reached out towards the explosion, but she had only stretched out her hand for a moment when a trace of pain appeared in her mind like an electric shock. She frowned and her body leaned against the outer wall of the building behind her.
"… Hey!"
When Bao Hao saw her like this, he couldn't care less about exchanging blows with the young man in front of him. Instead, he leaped up and used the flames to propel himself to An Qiu's side. He immediately helped her up and saw those black ominous particles appear on her arm again.
… Was her body going to create that kind of monster again?!
Explode's expression changed. He reached out and grabbed her shoulder, anxiously calling out to her, "Hey, wake up!"
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"… It seems that the item given by Urahara has taken effect."
Just as Bao Hao was thinking about what to do, the white-haired youth who had fought with him with a straight face suddenly spoke again. He turned around and rubbed the corner of his lips that had been hit by Bao Hao. Then, he used a cold gaze to look at the young girl in front of him who had a pained expression.
"Item?!
What did you do to her? "
Bao Hao sensitively stared at the calm and powerful white-haired young man in front of him. Seeing that the young man was gradually approaching An Qiu's direction, Bao Hao took another step forward without leaving a trace and stretched out his arm to block An Qiu behind him.
The white-haired young man still did not speak. His pair of emerald eyes calmly looked at An Qiu behind Explode without saying a word.
"Say something!" Bao Hao's eyes were malicious, as untamed as a hawk or wolf.
"… Senpai, ugh, no."
An Qiu, who was still releasing the black particles, gradually lost her vision. Even so, she reached out and grabbed Explode's arm with trembling hands, signaling him to let go of his hostility.
"What do you mean no? What are you trying to say?!"
Explode's rationality was on the verge of exploding. He turned around and glared at her. Looking at her half-dead appearance, he became even more irritated.
"… They're helping me," An Qiu replied with difficulty.
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"… Huh?"
Explode's eyes were filled with confusion. Thus, he looked at the white-haired young man in front of him, who did not seem to have any intention of attacking him. He then looked at An Qiu, who did not seem to have any intention of escaping. He became even more silent.
"… It seems like you still don't understand the situation. You worked together with her to defeat 'Hollow' once."
The white-haired young man looked down at Explode and An Qiu. His emerald eyes stared at the two of them, and he calmly replied, "… In short, just like what she said, we're helping her, not killing her."
"Hollow?" Explode did not understand.
"If we wanted to kill her, we would have done it a long time ago. Unfortunately, she's a human …" The young man's eyes were half-closed. "We won't do anything to people who are still in the modern world."
"… Chuunibyou???" Explode's face was filled with confusion.
"Captain, he won't understand if you explain it this way. Why don't I explain the specific situation?"
Just when Explode was about to explode, a playful female voice suddenly interrupted the conversation. Explode looked at the voice and saw a blonde woman with big breasts suddenly appear beside him. She winked at Explode and smiled. "Yo, my name is Matsumoto Ranju!"
"Captain, it's okay to explain it directly, right?"
"Ah ah … Whatever you like."
"Alright, first of all, let's introduce ourselves.
The white-haired arrogant brat over there is Hifaniya Toshiro, our captain. Then, there is the bald man with spotted eyes and the flirtatious slut who looks like a woman, Ayase Kawabe … We came from far away to carry out a mission. We're not bad guys. "Matsumoto smiled and narrowed his eyes.
"Not bad guys?
How dare you say that! "Explode grinned arrogantly." If you're not bad guys, why did you suddenly take her away?! "
"That can't be helped. After all, the things that happened to her can't be dealt with openly … right?"
Matsumoto answered Explode's question with a half-smile. Explode's expression suddenly froze and he frowned.
Matsumoto saw that Explode had almost calmed down. She crossed her arms and looked at An Qiu. "In short, we're here to teach the little girl how to control those monsters. Because if we don't do anything about it, it will be a terrible situation for both her and us."
Explode was stunned. Looking at Matsumoto's calm expression, he was unknowingly convinced by her. Then, he put down his hand in front of An Qiu. "You said to control them. Do you know what these things are?"
Matsumoto tilted his head and looked into Toshiro's eyes. He then replied with a smile, "… I know. Although I can't tell you everything, what we can tell you is that the black particles that occasionally erupt from this little girl's body are called Reiki in our industry. The monsters she releases are called Voids.
No matter which one it is, it doesn't belong to the human world. Therefore, humans without Reiki can't succeed in conquering it. "
"… In short, Voids and the Reiki that make up them are like ghosts and monsters. They have a different magnetic field from this world and have nothing to do with humans."
Toshiro said faintly, and then added for Matsumoto, "Generally speaking, if it weren't for people like us who have Reiki, we wouldn't be able to see Voids, and Voids wouldn't attack people who don't have Reiki. They would only rely on swallowing other Reiki to survive.
Hearing this, Bao Hao was dumbfounded. He looked at the black spirit droplets that were still seeping out from An Qiu's hand and frowned. "… But previously, this kind of creature attacked me and ordinary people."
"Yes, that's the problem."
Hifaniya Toshiro nodded slightly. "Voids can't hurt humans, and humans won't notice the existence of Voids. This has been the iron rule for thousands of years.
So for us, this girl who can create Voids that can hurt humans is a threat to the world. We have to investigate. "
"But fortunately, after our investigation, we found that the Voids created by the girl are weak and can be easily wiped out." Hifaniya Toshiro said quietly.
"Easily?!"
Explode frowned. "Don't joke. Every time that monster appears, we are tortured to death!"
"That's because you are all humans without Reiki. So, you can't form an effective attack on the monster."
Hifaniya Toshiro squatted down and looked at the Reiki that was gradually forming on An Qiu's arm. He added faintly, "To be honest, when you stayed in the forest and the accident at the construction site, you only temporarily suppressed the Voids. You didn't completely destroy them. We had to deal with the aftermath."
"…" Explode's face became more and more unpleasant.
"… The way to destroy that monster is to use items with Reiki to break their masks.
If the masks are not destroyed, the monster can recover anyway. "
Hifaniya Toshiro stood up and motioned Explode to go away. "Okay, you can release the thing."
"… Really?" An Qiu's forehead was full of cold sweat. She seemed to be in a state of half-believing and half-doubting.
"No problem. I'll show you how to get rid of the monsters."
Toshiro Hifan Valley was calm. An Qiu looked up at him for a while and nodded. Then, without hesitation, she released all the Reiki in her body.
In an instant, the black mist-like spiritual droplets converged into a huge sphere in the air. In an instant, a monster was born out of thin air!
"Aowuuuu!"
The strangely shaped monster roared into the sky. Perhaps it was because An Qiu did not deliberately suppress her ability, but the monster this time was much bigger than the ones Explode had seen before!
Explode instinctively put his hands in front of him and reached out to catch the girl who was exhausted from releasing the monster.
"Watch carefully."
The young man from Rifan Valley stood firm in front of the monster. His dark and deep icy eyes emitted a frightening gaze. He stared at the empty space in front of him, then suddenly squatted down and jumped through the buildings in a Z-shaped route. Soon, he jumped in front of the monster!
Then, he stared with his emerald eyes and took out a knife from his arms. Without saying a word, he cut the monster from the front. Then, a silver light flashed and the monster screamed in pain. Then, it disappeared with the wind!
"Just by one blow …" An Qiu looked at the young man's performance in disbelief. Then, she and Explode looked at each other.
"The secret is this knife."
Hifaniya Toshiro returned to the ground, put the knife in the scabbard, and threw it to An Qiu. "Because the knife is made of the same material as the monster, it can cause an equal impact to the monster. So, we give you this thing."
An Qiu took the knife and was in a daze.
"The specific use and fighting methods will be told to you in the future. Our contact information is tied to the handle of the knife. As long as you are ready, you can accept our training at any time."
Hifaniya Toshiro said lightly. His emerald eyes looked at the gradually darkening sky and said, "Speaking of which, is this a heroic society?
If you make good use of it … that monster may become your weapon. The key is that you can no longer be afraid of it and successfully control it. "
A hint of hesitation flashed through Angie's eyes. She looked at the dagger in her hand and felt that the dagger had become heavier in her hand. She was full of hesitation. Could she really face those monsters in the future for the time being?
Was it true?
No, she must overcome it.
She couldn't trouble the people around her anymore. An Qiu made up her mind and clenched the knife tightly in her palm. Her eyes were filled with determination.
Matsumoto and Hifaniya Toshiro smiled, jumped up, and then disappeared into the air.
"… Hey!"
Explode looked at the four people who suddenly disappeared. He stood up and looked back at An Qiu helplessly. Seeing that she had already entered Hifaniya Toshiro's contact information into her mobile phone, he was mad. "How can you exchange contact information with others so casually?"
"… Senpai, even my mother is not as long-winded as you."
An Qiu frowned. She patted her clothes and got up from the ground. Her eyes were full of annoyance. She had dirtied Apricot Tree's clothes in the fight just now. She didn't know if she could fix them.
"What did you say?!"
Explode was angry. When he was about to quarrel with An Qiu, An Qiu reached out and stopped him. An Qiu looked at Explode calmly and squeezed out a smile. "… Senpai, thank you so much just now."
Her eyes were like clear flowing water. When she looked into Ao Hao's eyes, he couldn't help but be comforted.
"… Tsk." Explode turned his head away, feeling happy and ashamed.
After all, even though he had rushed over without saying a word, he had made a mistake.
Not only did he not intend to hurt her, but he also came to help her. He couldn't imagine this.
"Anyway, Senpai, you should go back first.
I'm not in a good state now. If I go back now, Almond will be worried. "
An Qiu's eyes returned to calmness. She looked at Explode and said lightly, "I'll go back later."
"Later?
Aren't you afraid of the curfew? "Explode raised his eyebrows.
"I can easily go back to the dormitory with my personality." An Qiu answered matter-of-factly.
"…" Explode felt that he had lost. He looked down at the girl's calm expression. He hesitated for a moment and turned away angrily. "Follow me!"
"… Huh?" An Qiu was stunned.
"I'm going to eat with you!
How can you be safe alone?! "
Explode yelled at her in an unfriendly tone. An Qiu was startled. She pursed her pale lips and said, "Don't you have an activity in your class?
You bought so many things with Che Island senpai just now. "
"Whatever. I don't like noisy activities anyway." Explode said sullenly and glared at her. "Don't dawdle. Let's go!"
"… Yes, yes." An Qiu smiled and cooperated.
What a cute senpai.
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