12dz Chapter 9.1 Is everything proceeding as planned?
Chapter 9.1 Is everything proceeding as planned?
Despite the complaints, Arvit knew she still had to take her work seriously. And Rita's order definitely had a deeper meaning...
Arvit was confident in her professional skills, but she sensed that the two seemed to be consciously shaking off their pursuers.
That doesn't make sense! I definitely didn't expose myself! What's going on?
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"Miyuki, are you...?"
Seeing Asakura Miyuki pulling her hand and running quickly, Sora pointed meaningfully behind her.
"Yes, I saw it."
Asakura Miyuki smiled slightly and led Sora into a small alley.
"I never expected Kiana to follow us. Shall we shake her off and go somewhere else to have fun?"
"But the direction you're going..."
If Sora remembers correctly, this road is actually leading to the Asakura family's house.
"Kiana likes to come along, so why not let her accompany us for a couple more laps?"
Miyuki Asakura laughed like a mischievous child, very cheerful and lively.
Looking at Asakura Miyuki's smiling face, Sora felt for the first time that if she put aside her prejudices, Asakura Miyuki wasn't so bad after all.
Is she really a yandere? After all, this isn't a game or a manga; perhaps the world is different? Or perhaps the Honkai energy hasn't penetrated too deeply yet? If it's left to fate—ideally, the Far East Branch's St. Freya Academy—Shin-Eki Asakura might still be saved, right?
Thinking about this, Qiong began to seriously consider the feasibility of testing Asakura Miyuki's Honkai energy and then handing it over to Rita depending on the situation, but an accident interrupted his thoughts.
"Oh my, isn't this little sister Miyuki?"
"Are you sad because you didn't play games with us today? Don't worry..."
Upon seeing several thugs wielding sticks and spewing vulgarities, Asakura Miyuki's face turned deathly pale.
Seeing this, Qiong knew she had to stand in front: but how could she defeat them? She hadn't brought her baseball bat with her, and she didn't even know how to use the ability to make the bat appear...
"Ahem, let's leave now, no one will get hurt."
So let's say some dramatic, cheesy things, hopefully that will scare the other side away. Otherwise, if we can't win in a real fight, so be it, there's always the paramecium to fall back on; but if we accidentally use our abilities to smash the other side's bones or even kill them without holding back... Qiong thinks she's still quite kind, at least she doesn't like to hurt people unintentionally.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Kid, you want to play the hero, huh?" One of the thugs stepped forward, pointed to the dozen or so people behind him, and tapped the floor with his stick—a stainless steel stick like that, you'd probably get a bad hit from it.
Qiong's heart tightened, but she still tried to remain calm. "I'm just stating the facts. Leave quickly, or you'll regret it."
"Regret? Haha, do you think we'll be afraid just because you've connected with the cops? No matter what, thirteen against one is in my favor! Or are you really that confident you can beat us unarmed?" another thug mocked.
All the thugs made no attempt to hide their malice towards the two of them, and Asakura Miyuki's eyes behind Sora turned even purpleder.
At that moment, Asakura Miyuki quietly tugged at Sora's sleeve and whispered, "Sora, let's run, it's too dangerous."
Danger? What danger? A few thugs are probably not as dangerous as Asakura Miyuki! That's the confidence that comes from knowing someone is behind you.
Qiong shook her head and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I will protect you."
No matter what, you have to be handsome; a man can't say no!
"Hey, you two—ah!"
Before he finished speaking, Qiong kicked one of the thugs in the stomach. Taking advantage of his weapon and the number of men, the thug never expected Qiong to attack him. Caught off guard, he could only fall to the ground in pain and groan. The other thugs surrounded him.
"Xiao Ba! Brothers, beat him up!"
Qiong was surrounded, but he showed no panic. If his ability truly was related to shadows, then his fearlessness would render him powerless, but there was still...
Kiana! Kiana! Kiana, please save me!
"What are you doing!"
Look, reinforcements have arrived, everything is proceeding according to plan... Wait a minute, something sounds off?
The thugs who had surrounded them and Asakura Miyuki, who was trembling with fear, all looked toward the exit of the alley with suspicion. They saw another gray-haired man besides Sora.
B-rank Valkyrie, Arvit.
However you look at it, the gray-haired, red-eyed woman in plain clothes and unarmed doesn't seem like someone who could threaten the thugs.
"Mind your own business and get lost! Or you'll regret it!"
The thugs hurled insults at her, but Aylvit had no intention of backing down. As a B-rank Valkyrie of the Undying Blade of Destiny, if she watched thugs attack her mission objective or couldn't even defeat a group of thugs, she might as well quit the team and find a block of tofu to smash her head against!
Arvit rushed forward, dodging an oncoming blow with a quick movement, and then suddenly raised her leg and kicked the thug in the groin.
"Women fighting is terrifying," Qiong couldn't help but think.
At most, I would only kick him in the stomach, but Aylvit's kick that could cut off a child's offspring was truly "fierce".
The thug, having been fatally struck, was naturally unable to resist, and Qiong took the opportunity to snatch the stick from the thug she had kicked down.
The other thugs were quite surprised and quickly decided to pounce on Alvitt—perhaps they thought women were easier to deal with? Alvitt was fearless, and even two or three thugs couldn't defeat her alone.
Although there were many thugs, Alvitt was not fighting alone. With the stick in hand, Sora quickly diverted the attention of some of the thugs, but none of them dared to approach her. After all, they didn't want to end up like some unlucky guy, with a broken bone and lying in a hospital bed.
Meanwhile, Alavette showed off her skills to the two: in the thugs' eyes, the agile Alavette's figure became blurry, and each strike accurately hit vital areas such as the groin. The thugs couldn't catch Alavette's movements at all, and with Qiong constantly threatening to deliver a "winning blow" from behind, most of the dozen or so thugs were down in the blink of an eye.
"Thank you, Miss Alvitt, you are really amazing..." Miyuki Asakura looked at Alvitt gratefully.
"It's nothing, just some Valkyrie training results, nothing to brag about, nothing to brag about... Besides, everyone has a responsibility to fight crime, so you don't need to thank me!" Asakura Miyuki's gratitude pleased the easygoing Alvitt, who wore an embarrassed smile on her face.
“Anyway, thank you, Miss Alvette. We might be in trouble without you. But let’s take those guys down and hand them over to the police so we can get out of here quickly,” Qiong said. Alvette nodded in agreement, then looked at the few remaining thugs behind her.
All the three of them saw were a few panicked thugs, one of whom pulled out a syringe from somewhere.
"Hey!"
Although I don't know where Alvitt came from, I really have the upper hand now, and Qiong doesn't mind chatting with the remaining thugs.
"Give us a straight answer: surrender or not? Also, don't even think about using any illegal drugs; you still can't beat us even if you do!"
"That's... a Honkai energy reaction?!"
Unlike the threatening Qiong, Alvitt, as a Valkyrie, quickly realized that the purple color in the syringe and the fluctuations during the injection were clearly a Honkai energy reaction!
How did an ordinary hoodlum from Changkong City manage to get his hands on a drug mixed with Honkai energy? Alvit didn't know, but could a male human really withstand this concentration of Honkai energy?