The Crisis World XX

Chap. 130: The Road to the Radio Station

Moments earlier, the second phase had just begun. There was someone who noticed everything with a grin on his face. He could not hide his evil smile which realized that the situation would be more pleasant for him.

That person was none other than Astaroth.

"Do you think that's all? You think her aura can't be contagious?! The one who created it was the one under my own supervision! Because my goal is ... weaken the Exception in this country by making it kill each other!"

His shout was carried by the strong wind in the rooftop of the current building so that no one could hear it. But that was enough for him, especially the grin had not disappeared from his face. He will look forward to what happens next.

"Now, what are you going to do ... Black Rain?"

In the satisfaction of seeing their distress, Astaroth glanced towards the radio station that was about ten kilometers from the dome where the Black Rain members were now.

"I'm looking forward to it."

**

Satou Iraya PoV's

I'm focused right now. I'm the only one who's on guard. My horses have also not weakened from earlier as there is still one more person in front of me at the moment.

If you look around me, most ordinary people are already aware and others are also helping them to be moved to a safer place.

Although things here are very messy. It was full of blood and the bodies of the victims that we were late to save, but there was no time for us to regret it and have to keep looking ahead.

One example is the present.

The others have already finished fighting and left me who will also be finished if I have defeated this person. He's probably the most powerful exception who's been infected with this brainwashing plague. That's why I can't be reckless in fighting him either.

He used the Katana as his weapon. And he was a type of Physical Strength, moreover his strength and speed were also not playful. I don't know this guy, but he seems to be one of Oukami's closest friends.

I had glanced at Oukami for a while before and his face looked irritated but also incredulous. From there I knew that he might have a close relationship with the person I was fighting right now.

That's why I don't want to kill him as much as possible. The infected Exception needs to be weakened first— and the most appropriate answer is to make it unconscious. Only then could Arisu perform the healing as usual. Basic troublesome.

Srkk...

He's starting to move. He quickly darted towards me and slashed Katana at my neck. But I can hold it in before it happens and make our swords clash.

It doesn't stop there. He immediately pulled out his Katana and targeted the rest of my body. This time he tried to stab me straight into my chest right into my heart, and I also did not lose fast from him. My Auraku sword blade had a gap in the middle and his Katana blade passed through unhindered.

But before he hit me, I turned my sword and the direction of his Katana changed and missed. When he was surprised and off-guard, I used him with a head fight that I did with his head.

His grip weakened and I managed to keep his Katana away from him. Weapon users without weapons his fighting ability is reduced to fifty percent— this is just my estimate.

But other than that, I have a chance this time. The horses are wide open and the balance is not good. This time I'll finish him off. My sword went straight towards his heart and was ready to finish him off.

"Don't kill them, Iraya."

"??!!"

Suddenly Oukami's earlier remark rang inside my head and made my sword stop just before I pierced his chest. Until the last second I forgot that I shouldn't kill him, but he's too strong for me right now to take him down.

"... Yep!"

How am I supposed to do that? Do I I have to hit her nape so she loses her consciousness? Or maybe there's something else I can do?

"... Kingdom!"

Anyway I have to find the answer while fighting him. After all, he also has no sword, so there will be more options for me to defeat him.

"Iraya!"

"Eh?"

Caramel's screams woke me from my daydream. I forgot that I was in the middle of a fight, and I saw a shadow covering the light beam right above my head. When I saw it, it was my opponent who was holding a small knife.

Where did he get that?! I guess he doesn't have a gun anymore. Forget about that. I can't escape!

Craash...

I opened my eyes when the sound of the impact and the blood was created. I could feel the blood falling on my face but it wasn't my blood. I was also shocked when the morningstar weapon hit him in the face and instantly left him dead on the spot.

After that I looked back with a bit of surprise. Oukami approached me with an angry face, he was the one holding the blood-filled morningstar. After that, he pulled my collar part roughly— even though my shirt doesn't have a collar, but you guys sure know what I mean.

"What are you doing?! Do you want to die?!"

"You just now ... membunu—"

"Who do you think it's wrong?! You can daydream while you're fighting! Even fools have their limits!"

I don't understand him. When he said I couldn't kill them, I tried to do it but he got angry. Moreover, he killed him.

"Huh?! You blaming me?! I've been trying to stop myself from doing it, but you're upset! You think it's easy!"

I didn't want to lose to her just like that and retaliated by also pulling on her collar. He was silent for a moment. Aye! Think about what I said, you fool!

"If you die, everything will be useless." Oukami spoke in a smaller tone than before.

"W-what?"

"Tch! I'd be more upset if you were dead! You understand that?!"

It surprised me a little. I did not expect that he would say that directly, given his stubborn attitude and could not express his feelings directly, aka tsundere.

But I appreciate that. I honestly feel a little happy too. Although I can't say it directly like her. I looked the other way before speaking. "I-I understand. I'm sorry." And after that I removed my grip from his collar.

"And they both lived happily ever after. It's over." End." Caramel was suddenly next to us undetected.

"Where is there!" Shouted us both at the same time. He laughed a little because he had betrayed us.

Even so, I was amazed by his ability to melt the atmosphere quickly— even in strange ways. After the atmosphere improved, we all finally got together.

"Is everything safe?" ask Herlin.

"Yes, almost."

I looked towards Tetsu Sword lying on the ground and picked it up. After putting my ears close to the blade, I could hear the snoring sounds of people falling asleep from there.

"Thank God." I smile. I didn't pay much attention to the other fight, but I was relieved that the other Tetsu was fine.

The audience and the Exception who had been brainwashed were now fully aware despite being weak and full of injuries, but their lives were not threatened.

But they still can't get out of here, 'cause things are more fucked up outside than they are in here. So they all rested inside the dome until it improved.

Yes even though the situation here is no less chaotic, anyway. Bodies scattered everywhere, blood splattered that left an unpleasant smell, and also not everyone was used to seeing the corpse— let alone the terrible condition.

So here also can not be said to be entirely comfortable. All they could do now was stay away from the bodies and rest in the cleanest place they could find.

"Your power is still there, right? Because we're going to get into the next plan."

"Wait!"

"What's wrong?"

"We're going straight to the next plan? Is there no time for rest?" ask Oukami.

"I want that too. But ...."

"The time we have is not much and the lives of people out there are still in danger" Arisu continued Herlin's words.

"true."

We're really time-hit, aren't we? It seems like Herlin already has other plans. His face looks calm— no, he just can't express properly, anyway. So I was wrong to try to guess his facial expression.

"So, what's your plan?" ask Caramel.

"Arisu remains the key here. But the way he was going to use it was a little different than before."

"meaning?" Arisu tilted her head not understanding.

It's okay, Arisu-san. I understand your feelings because I also sometimes do not understand what he is talking about.

"Before you held the card and just screamed aloud, it could be used here because both conditions are met."

I understand a little what Herlin— said you can praise me if you want. So the necessary condition to heal the victims there are two, the first is that the aura of Arisu must reach the person he wants to heal. Then the second condition is that the voice of Arisu must also be able to be heard by people who want to be healed.

This dome is small because Arisu can scream and use a mic. And for the aura problem? The card is the answer. But the problem right now is that Arisu's aura can reach the person who wants to be healed, but not with his voice.

Because the brainwashed almost the entire city of Nagoya. So we need something that can make Arisu's voice heard by everyone in this city.

"So you want to make my voice heard all over town?"

"true."

"And how are you gonna do it?"

"On that, first of all .. we have to get out of here."

Yep. Therehewas. A crazy plan that will be rejected by everyone. But Herlin remained firm on his plan and said there was no other way, Arisu couldn't do it here either.

"Then you want to make us go out there?! To a place where there's no guarantee to survive it?!" shouted Arisu.

"There's no other way, I promise I'll take you to her place safely" Herlin said calmly.

"To his place? Where to?"

"To the radio station."

"Eh?"

"The radio station is the only one that can make your voice heard by everyone in the city. We really have no other way but to go there."

Arisu seemed to understand Herlin's intentions as well. But he was too afraid to come out at this moment. There was no guarantee that they would survive until their destination. It was clearly visible from the doubtful look on his face.

"We'll take care of you."

"What?"

"We will take care of your safety, Arisu. You can entrust that to us because we're your bodyguards."

"Why? Why are you so sure about that?"

"Because someone once told me. As long as we try, everything will be fine."

Oita-san's chat. If you see this from up there. You don't have to worry about Herlin. Because he grows stronger and stronger every day. His words just now were the words that Oita-san used to use. I will never forget about that.

And thanks to those words, now Arisu seems to give up. He seemed to have been unable to stop Herlin again whose determination was perfectly round.

"alright. If you say so." And in the end, Arisu agreed to come with us out.

"Thank you for believing in me. I will definitely stop this disaster." Herlin stretched out his fist at Arisu and he replied.

"Now it's time to determine who's coming out."

Herlin looked towards all of us. It seems like everyone who fought earlier will come out. "Except Ishikawa-san, everyone's coming out." I think I was a little wrong.

"Eh? I'm not coming with you?" Ishikawa-san looks disappointed by that. No, you should be thankful that you don't need to go out, Ishikawa-san. If you want me to replace your position.

"We need someone to organize this place, and you're the right person for it."

"Be-so, huh?" Although disappointed, but Ishikawa-san could not resist Herlin's plan because it was the most reasonable path.

The only one aware besides us is Nigiyaka-san whose condition has not fully recovered either. He cannot take care of the tens of thousands of people inside this dome alone, hence our Ishikawa-san lives here.

"There's a bit of a problem here, than what I'm looking for on the internet. This dome distance with the nearest radio station is about 10 km, although running at full speed will of course take time. Moreover, we also have to save energy just in case," said Caramel.

"really. That's our problem. If only there were a vehicle we could use."

"What about the car?" my many.

"No, the car's too big and we're definitely gonna hit those aggressive guys."

When Herlin and Caramel were thinking. Arisu remembered something that seemed to be the answer to their problem. "Oh! If it's about that ...."

"Hnm?"

**

We walked to the dome parking lot. And among the black sedan cars commonly used by bodyguards, there are two ninja motorcycles available here.

"Woooh! So cool!"

Yeah, it's really cool. And imagining it having to go through trials and obstacles that do not match its limits, inexplicably makes me cry while stroking the body of this ninja motorcycle.

"What's so cool that it makes you cry? ask Caramel.

"No, I feel sorry for the fate this bike will face."

"Hn?" Caramel was confused by my words.

Me and Oukami are riding them, while the three of them are going to come with one of us. I want to try this new riding experience soon.

But things didn't go as I thought.

"Anc ...."

"Let's go!" Caramel raised her hands cheerfully because she already got the seat she wanted.

"Let's go, your eyes! Why are you sitting here?!"

"Whatchu mean? This is the most appropriate." Herlin chimed in on my question.

Now Caramel was sitting at the front near the gas tank, while Herlin was sitting on the back bench. I saw Oukami next to me who was sitting normally two people with Arisu. Damn, I'm envious!

"Here you go, never mind the small details" Caramel said.

"Hah .. I don't think I'm going to have a pleasant experience" I said resignedly.

But they don't care about it. We turned on the motor and drove straight out of this underground parking lot.

When it was outside, the atmosphere was really like hell. Many brainwashed people wander aimlessly pacing around looking for something that could be attacked, fire and smoke from a burning vehicle, and of course there are people who have reached their limits and died lying on the street just like that.

"Gruesome," I murmured.

"Focus on the road. They're starting to come after us."

The noise from this ninja bike caught their attention and started chasing us. If I could describe it, this scene is like a zombie movie I watched on TV, but it's happening to me right now.

Because I ride a bike, they can't match my speed at high speed. I looked back and realized that they were starting to fall far behind. Without realizing it, the first two miles had passed.

"Revelation!"

I looked forward because of Caramel's warning and there was someone who tried to block us by jumping from the side of the road. But before it reached us, his body was already chopped first.

"Don't stop!" Of course it was because of Herlin.

I focused and raised my speed again, leaving Oukami and Arisu behind who were also being attacked. Sorry, I can't help much.

The next few kilometers were filled with people trying to block us, there were also some sharp turns because Herlin had just told him his direction at the last second. But other than that, our trip went 'elumayan' smoothly.

In the last three kilometers, I could see a radio tower standing next to his radio station, it was the place we were aiming for. But there's a final challenge we have to go through.

"Damn." Inadvertently those words came out of my mouth looking at the crowd one kilometer in front of me.

"Oi! Don't leave me, goddamn it!" Oukami managed to catch up with us and was by our side.

"Forget that! Look in front of us now!"

"Ahead? Damnit damnit! They're too many!"

A crowd of infected people covered our way to the radio station. The road we use is the fastest road, there is no time to use the detour. Because along the way, I saw many people who fell and vomited blood because it was at their limit.

"Do you have a plan?!" I asked Herlin and Caramel.

"I have!"

"The caramel?! Is your plan safe?!" my many.

"You talk like I've always put your life at risk."

"Indeed! But I'll listen to your plan."

"My plan was easy. Oh, oukami!" Caramel called Oukami next to me. "Well?!" He answered briefly, because the strong winds due to our speed also reduced our hearing ability.

"Push the gas to the brim and never turn! Do you understand?!"

"What?! You want me to straight hit them?! Are you crazy?!"

"No! It's gonna work! Trust me!"

"Gkha! Tch, alright!" Oukami pressed the gas and drove ahead of me.

"You too, Iraya!"

"Well, I'll cut you in half if this doesn't work!" But I kept up and pressed the gas to a speed of over 150 km/h.

Of course those people realized us and started running towards us from the front. Grain of sweat appeared on my cheeks as they got closer and closer.

"Wait ...."

"The caramel!"

"Not yet ...."

"The caramel!"

"Here we go!"

He made a gesture of lifting up with his two index fingers and a few meters before we collided, suddenly the front wheels of our motor were running upwards as if there was a transparent path leading upwards. And after that, we both walked straight when we were about five meters above them.

"Fyuuh .. succeeded." Caramel wiped his forehead as a sign of relief.

"Crazy ... That was really crazy."

Oukami and I gasped for breath not expecting it to work. "It turned out to be quite thick as well as the crowd" Caramel said, looking down.

After passing through the crowd, we fell back to the ground and in front of us was plastered by the radio station building and stopped in front of him.

"Ki-we really succeeded" said Arisu who still does not really believe.

"Let's go inside now" said Herlin.

"Good!" We all obeyed and entered through the front gate of this radio station.

Seriate