The Crisis World XX

Chap. 147: Familiar Target

Luckily, we got out. But the unpleasant feeling still enveloped my body right now. I was actually able to help Nigiyaka-san, but I was crying like a crybaby.

In the end, the one who solved all his problems was Nigiyaka-san. He even helped me and let himself get beat up.

Nigiyaka-san said that she doesn't need my apology. So so ... Even my apology is useless to him. Tch! What an Assassin! I'm still the same as I was two years ago, a weak girl who can't do anything.

I clenched my hand and gritted my teeth in annoyance. But suddenly Nigiyaka-san stopped moving while we were looking for information on where our target mafia boss is. "A-what's up? Have met?" my many.

"I'm not angry."

"What?"

"It looks like you're still thinking about it."

He can read my expression, can he? I also did not feel that my expression from earlier was properly closed. "Because of my stupidity .., you have to be fired many times."

"I don't think about it too much. Didn't I tell you we should hold him for a minute? So all the wounds on my body right now are my responsibility," explains Nigiyaka-san.

"But at that time, you looked very disturbed when I answered the warden's question."

"Ah .. about that, I'm just upset that you answered too honestly."

"Eh? That only?"

"If you become uncooperative just a little bit, maybe we'll get more information. But now my information has started to gather and I can figure out who our target is."

From the interrogation earlier, could he get some information? How could he think so calmly when I was just looking for a way to save myself.

"Make this a lesson for you. Receiving some injuries for the price of information is a profitable thing, do not be afraid to get hurt, because we are Assassins. We've often hurt others — even kill him. So let's just say it's a payment for the sins we've committed" Nigiyaka-san continued.

"...."

"You got it? I'm not mad. Prioritizing yourself is natural, instead I order you to be so when facing an opponent stronger than you when on a mission. So don't think too much."

I nodded in silence. His mouth did say that, whereas before he helped me when I wanted to be tortured. Talk about a tsundere.

"Well, Eiko-san. Ups—?!" I subconsciously called him by his name and instantly shut my mouth. Nigiyaka-san's eyes also widened in surprise I called her that.

"Ma-ma-ma-sorry ...! I'm flabbergasted! Sorry for suddenly being so familiar!"

"...." - ".He did not respond any further and immediately turned around and walked back. "Call me by a pseudonym while on a mission." Short response from Nigiyaka-san. I think the response will be more angry or frenzied, that is.

But it didn't bother us for too long and immediately refocused on the mission. We do not know the exact location now, because it had previously come in a state of fainting and was immediately taken to the room.

This place can be said to be a hallway. Having many entrances on both sides, we also walked out of one of the doors, whether the entire room behind this door was a torture chamber or not.

Our first objective after coming out of the room was to look for Katana Nigiyaka-san. It was a priority so that Nigiyaka-san could fight with his best performance, but that doesn't mean it's an easy thing either, anyway.

"That's them! Don't let it get away!"

"Damn!"

Some people chased and we ran away. What the fuck?! Why would they know we ran away?!

"Kok they can tell, anyway?! Shouldn't there be no witnesses if we escaped earlier?!"

"CCTV. I forgot to check if the room had CCTV or not, but most likely they had," said Nigiyaka-san.

"Why don't we just fight?"

"It's possible to save energy to fight our target, because I have a feeling that our target is quite troublesome later."

I don't understand why Nigiyaka-san can say that, but for now I will obey him. We were still running and entering a door that was almost no different from the others.

And inside is also not special, dirty place and a lot of dust with a lot of stuff in it — maybe a warehouse or something. As Nigiyaka-san stood guard at the door confirming if they were still chasing, I tried to get around.

Search something. But there's nothing I find useful, like guns or anything like that. In fact, I found a monkey doll made of plastic, holding cymbals in both hands. Both of his eyes bulged making this toy look quite spooky.

Children's toys? Why would it be here?

But instead of being missed, the monkey doll's head turned its head and its eyes lit up red. Plus his mouth was now open and let out a loud sound like a monkey was in a storm.

"What are you doing?!" ask Nigiyaka-san.

"I-I don't know! I just touched it!"

"There you are."

"??!!"

Someone's voice echoed in this room. His voice was so loud that we were confused to find the source of his voice, although in the end we found it. There is a speaker in the upper corner of this room along with CCTV installed there.

"It looks like you managed to escape the torture chamber. I was thinking who could do that, it turned out that the culprit was the famous Legendary Assassin, huh?"

He was talking about Nigiyaka-san. Of course people know him, but it doesn't matter. Most likely we will be surrounded once they know of our whereabouts. So we need to get out of here as soon as possible!

"Who are you?" ask Nigiyaka-san.

"You don't know me, but I think I can guess your purpose here."

He's quiet for a second. But I could hear the sigh mixed with the grin that was released when saying the next thing. "You want to kill our boss, right?" continued.

"really. I was sent by someone to finish him off."

"I'd guess. Our business growth that was too rapid in a short time made many competitors envious and eventually hired Assassins like you. But I can't believe they hired the top one right away."

The man rambled back, even though I didn't listen too much. Nigiyaka-san gestured to me to find a solution so that we could leave this room.

But as far as I can see, this is just an ordinary room. The only exit was also suddenly locked by itself and made us have to use force if we want to get out of here.

And again, as much as possible Nigiyaka-san wants to save energy from things that are not needed. Because when I asked him why, he just said he had a bad feeling about our target.

I'm still trying to find all the corners of the room a little crack that we can use to get out of this room. But free, everything is tightly closed. So I informed that to Nigiyaka-san with a gesture of a head bobble.

"So that's it."

"Hn? Did you say something?" The voice from the speaker just asked because Nigiyaka-san suddenly spoke.

But Nigiyaka-san did not answer him and instead clenched her hand. I could feel an extremely powerful energy revolving around his fist and then Nigiyaka-san smashed it into the wall in front of him.

The resulting effect was so harsh that all the objects in this place bounced around and I had to close my eyes and protect them with my arms to neutralize the impact. In addition to the loud bang, a thunderous fire was also created from the collision of Nigiyaka-san.

A few short seconds of collision occurred, the result surprised me. It is not destroyed — small crack is not there. Only the scorching effect of the former heat of the fire was created there. But something unusual happened again, the charred effect was slowly disappearing and recovering as if nothing had ever happened there.

"In-the-wall is self-improving?!" my spoken.

"...."

"You mean we're stuck here forever, right?!" I asked him in a high tone.

"Don't be provoked, Dantalion."

Nigiyaka-san is right. Losing patience is the thing I should avoid. I am Dantalion, the Assassin under the direct supervision of Nimis and Ardenter. Control your emotions, Dantalion.

"Etto .. I did say you can't come out either by force or not, but that doesn't mean you'll be stuck there forever ...."

His tone of speech continuously hanging from the start provoked my emotions, as if he was in control of both of us. I hate that.

"... You two can get out of that room if I give you permission. For example, now."

I heard a snap of a finger from the speaker. And after that, the room as well as all the items in this place suddenly started shaking — like an earthquake. The weirdness didn't stop there, my vision began to blur quickly.

I'm sure my eyes don't have any problems. But all that blurring and the great vibe just started to stop, only to realize we were in a completely different place. No more room like warehouse — monkey toys also disappeared.

Now we are in a room that is quite spacious and without any strange items like before. The lighted part is the middle part, it just so happens that we are now in the middle in the brightest part of this room.

"Dantalion, are you okay?" asked Nigiyaka-san who is lucky to still be with me.

"I-iya .., but it looks like my eyes are starting to get in trouble. Suddenly my eyes were clouded."

"That's not your eye. I've also experienced it, and it looks like we're no longer in a place like the warehouse."

I don't really understand the situation yet, but it looks like it's an enemy who most likely is the person behind the speaker.

And when I was wondering, the sound of footsteps could be heard from the dark side of the room which made us directly focus on the source of the sound. What came out was a bespectacled man with an arrogant smile decorating his face.

"Finally I get to meet one of those legendary Assassins that the Boss is always talking about."

Not wrong anymore. This is the voice of the person behind the speaker! This brash person, even though his appearance was ordinary, but he dared to play tricks on me! I clenched my hand hard which she then realized.

"Then the other one ... Hn? I don't really remember, it means you're not too strong, huh?"

"Gkhus! All right, just get there!"

A grit of anger appeared on my forehead and gnashed my teeth. I couldn't hold my patience any more than this, then focused the aura and gusts of strong wind started to surround my body and waving my hair roughly.

The wind then narrowed without slowing down and began to adjust the shape like a shawl I controlled in both my hands and arms.

"Tu-wait! Don't be rash!"

I charged straight at him regardless of Nigiyaka-san's warning. Tonight is too annoying for me and my patience has reached its peak.

Our distance became narrow quickly and he was already within my attacking range. My hand then slammed towards him, with the help of a wind shawl making my attacking distance become longer.

He snapped his finger again and my eyes began to blur again. Is he going to move me the same as before?! The blur of sight earlier only happened for a split second, but that was enough to make my attack miss.

No. gabe.

It can't even be called a miss.

My eyes widened when the one in front of me right now was Nigiyaka-san. Though he should have been at the side and my attack was also unlikely to lead to him. It seems that Nigiyaka-san was also surprised by that, even though she was still able to dodge the attack as well as capture my body.

"W-what happened?"

"Stranquilize a bit, dong. It's not polite to attack while I'm talking." He scratched his head like an innocent man. Damn, this guy really pisses me off! And indifferently to my attack earlier, he resumed his conversation.

"As I said before, if you guys really want to kill the Boss, then I have to stop you guys here."

"Continuing? What do you mean you're going to fight us both?" my many.

"If it has to be that way in the end, then I will. Besides, unlike you guys, I can get out whenever I want."

"...."

Then the arrogant smile on the man's face disappeared, now only a serious face was left there. "Although with the life bet, I won't let you kill my precious boss" he said.

This time he was serious. 'Boss' — in other words our target seems to be a highly respected person here, they are willing to sacrifice their lives if necessary for the sake of their Boss.

"That's enough."

"??!!"

Another voice appeared in this room. We were all shocked and instantly vigilant, but the one who was the most shocked here was Nigiyaka-san — the man was the same as well, but he was more in an unexpected direction.

"The boss?! What are you doing here?! You don't have to go down directly to face them!"

The boss? So the person behind me is our target?! Without further ado, I looked up and saw him. And wow, he's an unusually large, tall muscular person. His height alone could possibly be up to three meters.

But I feel like I've heard it somewhere ...? Or just my feelings?

"It's been a long time, Nimis."

"It's true it's you."

Eh? They know each other? How could?! Did I miss something or what? But Nigiyaka-san's face became more alert and serious than before, which meant that indeed our target was someone dangerous.

"You know him, Nimis?"

"Yes. You've seen it somewhere, haven't you?"

"It's true that he looks familiar."

"Say, what's it like to be a traitor, Nimis?"

"Sweet enough. The feeling I never imagined of betrayal, maybe I should have done it earlier than I used to."

He sighed, seemingly disappointed. "Looks like that betrayal made you lose your knight soul, you became the unknown Nimis."

"Oi, Nimis! Can you tell me who he is?!"

"He was a fighter, a true knight. Someone who even I myself acknowledge his ability. Without preparation and getting everything out I have, I can't possibly win from her."

From before? That means they both have known each other for a long time. And the confession given by the most powerful Assassin I have ever known to his opponent, made my hair stand on end.

"He was my partner when I was with Astaroth. His name is Baram."

Seriate