The Crisis World XX

Chap. 54: Mission to Ishikawa-san

A week has passed since the first day Kurobane-senpai joined our training. The exercise went quite well, though Senpai was sometimes somewhat shocked by the words Herlin had spoken to her.

But this week really nothing big happened. Although I heard in other areas there were still some cases of monsters attacking the city, but the intensity of the attacks began to decrease.

Tetsu was also getting used to the homework I was given. But he couldn't stay out of his sword for too long like Spirit in general. He got out of his sword at 8am and went back inside at 9-10pm. It's like a rented house assistant.

Hah..Peace like this that I never got lately can finally feel now. I looked at the clock on the wall that was showing at 9 p.m. Tetsu had also returned into his sword and it was time for me to sleep.

Before I go to sleep I think of something. About the relationship of Kurobane-senpai and Herlin.

"I hope Senpai can survive Herlin's sharp talk. It seems that he is not used to such words."

"From your story, he was famous in school, right? Perhaps what he used to hear was praise. Of course he would be in shock if he suddenly got such a word."

"Totally so."

I turned off the lights and got ready for bed because I still have school tomorrow.

"Then I go to sleep."

"Yes, good night."

"Good night. Tetsu's good night, too."

But there was no answer from him, it was likely that he had already slept from earlier. I closed my eyes and then went to sleep.

**

Cecilia PoV

His breathing had slowed down and calmed down. That means he's really asleep by now. Tetsu's aura is also in a stable condition and exhausted due to the homework he does. You stupid kid, hiring Spirit is not necessary.

"Well, it's time to do what I have to do."

I closed my eyes and concentrated. Releasing my aura bit by bit in order to adapt and fuse with Iraya's body. I do this only when he's asleep because when he wakes up, I really can't concentrate.

A lot of unimportant thoughts and noise that make me unable to focus. So the only right time is right now. This is also for his own good.

"Huh …."

I let out a heavy sigh of disbelief in not believing I would do this to a boy like him.

A few minutes had passed and there were no obstacles, but suddenly my aura flow was interrupted and there was a strange sound around here.

Ctiie…

It sounded like something was trying to break in but was reflected off by something. Since this interfered with the unification of my aura, I then checked what was happening.

If you don't remember wrong, this happened a few weeks ago. I thought this was just my feeling, but the healing process I did towards Iraya's body strangely slowed down.

This happened from then on, ever since she met a strange girl who tried to seduce and kiss Iraya. I try to remember that incident. Is her psychologically disturbed because of such a thing? Don't wait, shouldn't men be happy to get things like that?

Strange thoughts continued to fill my head as my body continuously traced the direction of the cause of the strange sound earlier. And after walking for quite a while, I finally found something unusual.

"This …."

In front of me was a huge half-transparent chain that blocked my way to the place in front of me. The chains that bound each other were so big and wide that I could not see the ends from his right and left.

"Is this the cause?"

Zii…

I looked up and focused the aura on the bottom of my body and my legs that allowed me to fly up. I tried to fly as high as possible to see the end of this chain link.

Duukkp…

"Adu— !"

Upon reaching the top, my head accidentally hit an invisible barrier.

"Hmm? What the fuck?"

Duung…

I tapped the barrier a few times and assumed that this was an alien aura that was not here before and was not from me.

The height of this chain was about 50 meters and the barrier above me also blocked my movement. I thought for a while and then found something.

"Is this to limit my movement?"

That could have happened. Because the source of Iraya's power came from the aura I let out little by little. But this kind of thing can only be done by people who already know my existence in Iraya's body. I was surprised by the fact I just discovered.

"That girl knows where I am?"

It could have been, given which person had randomly kissed someone he had just met. Ayakashi Corp.'s man?

But it's still a guess, but I have no other evidence than that. I put away the guess for now and went back down.

I returned to focusing on the chain before me. I made a sharp aura which I then threw towards the chain.

"Let's use violence!"

Ctiiig…

The half-transparent chain then broke off and left a sizable mark. It's not as hard as I imagined. Then I will destroy it with even greater force.

"AaaArR !!"

"Eh?"

But just as I wanted to do it again, Iraya suddenly cried out very loudly like someone who was in a lot of pain.

"I-irraya? Oh! You okay?"

He squirmed in pain on the bed while holding his head. That shout was most likely because I destroyed this chain. I'm sorry Iraya, but you'll have to hold it a little longer.

I focused back on the chain. But what I saw was very surprising, the chain gradually regenerated and after some time fully recovered.

"Nrgh …! Hah .. Hah …."

As the chain recovered, Iraya's shout slowly stopped and then she fell unconscious.

"It's bad."

I can't break this chain without hurting Iraya. Worst of all, this chain would have come off if he …

"This chain will continue to restrain him until he dies. Right, that's the worst possibility" I murmured.

After that, I tried to drain my aura out and it turned out that he could still penetrate through the sidelines in the chain. But the process will be very slow.

"I'm sorry Iraya, I'm off guard. Now I'll do what I can."

Then I walked away from the chain and focused on draining my aura from my usual place.

**

*Haiiro Cafe*

Meanwhile at Haiiro Cafe, Oita-san was drinking a cup of coffee in one of the empty customer seats due to the cafe that had closed. He was pensive while looking at the coffee he had just been drinking, like someone who was thinking about something.

He is alone here with a lamp that is not too bright and only illuminates some places.

Criating…

Suddenly the bell above the entrance rang indicating someone entered. It was Ishikawa-san. It seems like Oita-san and Ishikawa-san already have an appointment to meet here. Ishikawa-san then sits on the other side of the customer bench.

"So, what happened until you called me these nights?" ishikawa-san.

"I have a new mission for you."

"Yes, I could've expected it, anyway."

Oita-san took out some papers and photos which she then placed on the table. Ishikawa-san took it and looked at the papers.

"After seeing the results of your recent investigation, it seems like I can deduce where the Ayakashi Corp. research is located."

Oita-san went back to drinking her coffee while waiting for Ishikawa-san to take a look at the paper she gave.

"Heiwa Pharmacy? Isn't this the largest manufacturer and distributor of medicines in Kyoto?"

"In addition to drugs, it seems he is doing something greater than helping the health of the people of this city."

Oita-san again brought out a news paper that Ishikawa-san later read. Ishikawa-san then read the headline of the news paper.

"'Over-raging abductions are happening in Kyoto', 'Heiwa Pharmacy is doing something other than producing medicines?'. These headlines sound like a cheap news headline to me."

Ishikawa-san put all the papers, newspapers, and photos Oita-san gave her. He then began to talk seriously to her.

"So, what am I supposed to do?"

"You come to that place, find something suspicious, then come back here and report it to me. Simple, right?"

"Very simple. Maybe it would be as easy as a child's game if all I had to investigate was an ordinary company."

"Just calm down, I believe in your abilities."

"Then ... What if I die while doing it?"

Oita-san who heard the question from Ishikawa-san did not immediately answer it. He drank the rest of his coffee until it ran out and then started talking.

"If it ends up like that, it's your fault, right? That's none of my business."

Ishikawa-san smiles with Oita-san's answer. "You didn't even cheer me up one bit."

"But if it happens …"

"Hmm?"

"Maybe it won't be long for you to wait for me to come with you."

Hearing the words of Oita-san who was either aiming to console or ponder. Ishikawa-san couldn't help but laugh from Oita-san's words.

"Ahahaha ..it's just something you can call entertaining!"

**

Ishikawa-san then heads to the suspected research site of Ayakashi Corp. 'Heiwa Pharmacy's".

He eventually reached the site, home to the largest manufacturer and distributor of medicines in Kyoto. As mentioned earlier, this place is huge. Like industrial factories.

Ishikawa-san tried to pay attention to the front gate from a fairly safe distance. He saw that there were several guards armed and in uniform. Like something very valuable is in the building and must be maintained properly.

"It seems unlikely that I'm going through the front door" he murmured.

The thing that Ishikawa-san was worried about was actually not the armed guards, but the Exception who were still unknown whether to take care of here or not. And the biggest possibility is that there is.

Ishikawa-san tried to find another way and after noticing the ins and outs of the building through the map provided by Oita-san, he finally found the safest path to enter—i.

The guards at the east door were fewer than the ones at the front door, so it made it easier for Ishikawa-san to sneak in past them. As long as the changing hours of the guards took place, it was the perfect time for Ishikawa-san to enter.

After successfully sneaking, he then climbed the stairs to see from the top of what was inside the building—as well as being the safest way rather than having to disguise or the other.

"Now we see what you're doing here."

Ishikawa-san then peered inside and saw giant glass tubes containing naked humans and there were also researchers who were examining the human condition in the tube.

"Hehehe ..where there are drug companies that put humans in glass tubes" Ishikawa-san murmured.

In addition to the researcher and his experimental materials, there was someone who wore a strange robe and mask that was different from the other researchers. The aura he felt was also different from her. His feelings said that the person was an Exception.

"Next subject! Immediately do the test!"

After the researchers shouted, a glass tube containing humans in it began to move towards a room different from the previous one. The person with the robe also followed the human tube to the next room—as well as Ishikawa-san.

In the next room, there were even more researchers who seemed like they would do the work. Some of the researchers held a record used to record the development of these humans.

"Start!"

After being given a cue, they began to insert a liquid that then united with water in the human glass tube.

After a while, changes occur in the human body. His muscles significantly expanded, his teeth also sharpened, his height also rapidly increased.

"GrrRraaaAaggHhh !!"

The horrible howls he let out proved that he was no longer a normal human being. The researchers smiled with satisfaction at the sight they had witnessed.

"So they do experiments on humans too?"

Ctaang sta…

Ishikawa-san was astonished by what she saw just now until she accidentally made a sound that caught the attention of the cloaked person earlier.

"Damn! I'm busted!"

Ishikawa-san swiftly tried to run away from here. But just as he was coming down from his peeking spot, he was already blocked by the cloaked person he had just seen inside just now.

"You gotta be kidding me?!"

Zwuuush…

The cloaked person attacked using the fire that came out from his right palm. Ishikawa-san quickly makes a shield to block the attack.

"I need to get out of here!"

Tiiit…

The sound of sirens accompanied by flickering lights in red as a danger alarm appeared when Ishikawa-san was caught. The armed guards quickly ran to the place of Ishikawa-san's fight and the cloaked person.

"The more crowded! Ap—?!"

Swuush…

As Ishikawa-san was busy with resisting the fire attack from the robed man's hand, simultaneously from his left hand came hundreds of tiny ice needles that were preparing to rain down on Ishikawa-san. He took off his shield and then avoided the hail.

"Two Elements?!"

Ishikawa-san who was still shocked then refocused and ran away leaving the cloaked person.

Dor…

Behind him, the armed guards shot Ishikawa-san with firearms. Ishikawa-san then made a shield larger than herself and then stuck it to the ground so that she could run without being hit by the gunfire.

"If the guard is not a big deal, that's a problem …."

Duuadr…

Suddenly from above someone slid down quickly and smashed the ground he was pitching in front of Ishikawa-san. He was the man in the robes.

"Yep, that's your problem."

Bzzz…

"What else is this time?!"

The cloaked person now took out a bolt of electricity from his right hand which quickly shot towards Ishikawa-san. But this time Ishikawa-san formed a shield with a base material that was almost similar to rubber, so that the stunts did not have too much effect on him.

"Hah .. thanks to Iraya-kun. It's a good thing he has electrical power, so I can be on my guard if I have to deal with people like him. But this is bad as well, he has already taken out the three elements of nature, I have to be careful with what he will bring out next" Ishikawa-san murmured.

Zruutt…

Suddenly the cloaked man created a clone of himself numbering three pieces. The three clones just now then stood around Ishikawa-san so that he could not escape.

"A-Isn't this a little bit of an exaggeration?"

Simultaneously the cloaked person pointed his hand forward and then attacked Ishikawa-san with all sorts of different elements from each of his clones.

Ishikawa-san quickly forms a cube-shaped shield and then hides inside. He allowed his shield to accept all the attacks that the cloaked man had made.

Roxnaharrr…

The attack directed by the cloaked man along with his clones completely destroyed the land that Ishikawa-san was treading on. While slowly slowly, the shield made by Ishikawa-san disappeared, but no sign of Ishikawa-san was found. The clones of the robed person also slowly disappeared.

The guards who were late arrived at last and were shocked by the former fight that the robed man had put on. While the robed man was inspecting the ground where Ishikawa-san had previously stood, he found a hole in the ground.

"He ran away?"

Suddenly the blonde-haired man came over to the cloaked man. The cloaked person then stood up and slightly lowered his head as if apologizing to him.

"It's okay, Delta. Next time do your job right, will you?" said blond man—Bos while stroking Delta's head.

**

While in a place far enough away from there, Ishikawa-san was resting and sitting under a tree with a dirty face and considerable burns all over her body.

"Damn, I almost died."

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