CH 150

Cheat Magician (Hazure Hantei) Chapter 150

Bank robbery

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The Yotsuba Bank Heiwadai Branch was located across the Kanpachi-Doori from the large electronics store.

There were pachinko parlors, convenience stores, drug stores, etc. in the surrounding area.

When I peeked out of the shadows of the riot police, the window on the second floor was broken, and a man who I guessed to be the culprit was screaming.

"Hurry up and bring the stimulants! Then prepare the getaway car and helicopter!"

Uwaa ... Are you serious?

Do you think it will go well, like a TV drama or movie.

For the time being, I sneaked into the bank through the shadows in order to find out what was going on inside.

In the building on the first floor where the shutters were closed, there was no sign of anyone. A voice could be heard from the top of the stairs in the back.

From the landing at the top of the stairs, there was a corridor leading to the front of the store, and there were several doors along the way.

But, the voice was heard from the innermost room. It was from a room that would face Kanpachi Street.

"Shut up! Be quiet, be quiet, be quiet!"

The one who was yelling was a man with a pistol, kicking a woman who looked like a bank employee while his blond hair was shaking.

His eyes were bloodshot and he was restlessly looking around.

"Ihii ... Uhihihi ... Don't make a fuss ..."

It was said that the culprit was just one person, but another fat brown-haired man was watching through the gap in the door that lead to the stairs.

It was said that there were seven female hostages, but there were actually nine.

In addition to bank employees, there were people who seemed to be customers, so it seemed that they were not able to grasp the number of people.

One of them was sitting at the blond man's feet, apparently being used as a shield when making demands outside.

The other eight were gathered and seated about three meters away from the fat man.

Everyone seemed to have their arms behind their backs and were restrained with zip ties.

With the layout of the building and the location of the criminals and hostages in mind, I returned to the Investigation Headquarters.

"Sudou-san, do you have something to write with?"

"Morita, paper and pen ... How is it?"

"There are two criminals and nine hostages."

"Is there another person there ... It seems that the information is quite complicated."

"Kokubu-kun, can you write it here."

I wrote down the layout of the second floor of the bank and the location of the criminals on the A4 size paper Morita-san brought.

After finishing the explanation, Sudou-san made a call and started explaining the situation.

"Yes ... That's right. Kokubu-kun used magic ... Of course, it's a reliable story. Yes ... Then, I'll fax it to your headquarters. Yes ... No ..."

Sudou-san continued the phone call and instructed us to send them the floor plan I had drawn, and Morita-san sent the fax after asking the Self-Defense Force personnel.

"I'm sorry, Kokubu-kun, but could you look at the situation a little more?"

"I don't mind. I could use medicine to put them to sleep ..."

"No, I think you shouldn't interfere. It seems that the headquarters over there is still half in doubt."

"I understand. Then, if anything happens, I'll let you know."

Since I went to take a peek, this time I moved directly from the Investigation Headquarters to the room where they were locked up.

The blond-haired man once again yelled at the riot police and then fired a single shot at the riot police.

"If you don't hurry up, I'll kill them one by one!"

"Uguuu ..."

The blond man pressed the muzzle that had just finished shooting against her cheek, and the hostage woman groaned.

She probably would be screaming if she could, but her mouth was covered with packing tape.

[ Kent-sama, is the sound he just made using that weapon? ]

"That's right, the explosive that Klaus-san was talking about, the explosive power of what we call gunpowder, is used to shoot the bullets."

[ I see, at that speed, an ordinary person can't even avoid it. ]

"Umm ... Reinhardt, can you see the bullets coming out?"

[ This me was able to catch it, but I don't think you could see it with the human eye unless you use a considerable amount of physical enhancement. ]

"I, is that right ... By the way, if it was Reinhardt, how would you block the bullets?"

[ If it's that size, there's no problem if I grab it, and there won't be any damage if it hits me. ]

The metallic skeleton floats a grin, I felt like I created something outrageous.

The blond man who was looking at the table moved a little away from the window, kicked the woman who was being used as a shield, and beckoned to the fat man.

"Masaki ... give me ..."

"Kuhihi ... Don't get too fired up ..."

"Hee, I knoow ..."

The fat man slid the silver case on the floor and handed it over to the blond man.

The blond man took out a small piece of aluminum foil that had been rolled into a cylinder from the case, stretched out the folded parts on both ends with trembling hands, put it in his mouth, and began to burn it with a lighter.

[ Kent-sama, what is he doing? ]

[ I think he's probably smoking drugs from this world. ]

[ That silver paper doesn't seem to burn ... ]

[ Yeah, aluminum is a metal that has been stretched thin like paper, so it won't burn at that level. ]

[ Hmm ... Is there such a thing. ]

After extinguishing the flame of the lighter and sucking in deeply, the blond man leaned sloppily against the wall and smiled faintly.

The blond man let his gaze wander in the air for a while, as if he was in another world, but he turned his cloudy eyes towards the hostages.

After distorting his mouth and showing a smile, he stood up like a ghost.

He didn't seem to notice the drool dripping from the corner of his half-open mouth.

He swayed from side to side as he approached the hostage women, and he stopped about a meter before them.

[ Kuhihi ... I like you too ... Kuhii."

"Fuhahaha ... It's good ... I can't get enough ..."

As if affirming the fat man's words, the blond man let out a lascivious laugh as he began to assess the hostages.

[ Kent-sama, wouldn't it be better to just execute the people who try to get their hands on drugs and try to enslave girls? ]

"No good, no good, in this world, just using drugs isn't punishable by death."

[ Oh, is that so ... But, is it okay to leave it as it is? ]

"Of course it's no good, but ..."

In Resenburg, the women and boy who were forced to go along with it were also killed along with the Stupid Princes.

We must prevent a similar situation from happening in front of us.

The hostages, realizing the intentions of the criminals, were even more united and trying to protect themselves as much as possible.

Come to think of it, most of the women who were being held hostage were relatively young, with the oldest being in their thirties.

"Okay, I've decided, it's you ..."

"I hate it, stop it ... It hurts, it hurts ..."

"Shut up!"

"Guu ..."

The woman was grabbed by the hair and forced to stand up while screaming, and the bond man mercilessly punched her in the stomach.

The woman who bent over and fainted in agony had her hair grabbed again and she was forced to lift her face.

"It hurts, or it feels good, choose one ..."

"I don't like it ... F, forgive me, I'm married ... Goa ..."

"What, didn't you hear me ..."

"Gohou, gohou ... gue ..."

The woman who got punched again had a look of agony with her body curled up like a shrimp.

Her slender face was soggy with tears and a runny nose.

At that time, the fat man called out to him.

"Shouji, use X."

"Hah? Ah, well, let me to take you to heaven where you can forget about your husband, ahyahyahya ..."

The blond man opened the plastic wrap the fat man threw to him and took out a poisonous colored pill.

It didn't look like a very decent medicine.

I hurried back to the Investigation Headquarters and informed Sudou-san.

"Sudou-san, a hostage woman was beaten and is about to be drugged. Do you mind if I stop him?"

"No, I'll contact the headquarters over there soon, so please wait."

"But ..."

"Kokubu-kun, this is Japan."

"I understand ..."

I wasn't convinced, but when I returned to the scene to watch over the situation, the blond man held a pistol in his right hand and a pill in his left, and thrust them in front of the woman as if to compare them.

"Swallow it ... If you don't swallow it, I'll kill you ..."

Caught in the eyes of the blond man who seemed to be out of focus, the hostage woman trembled and opened her mouth.

With the pill shoved into her mouth and a pistol pointed at her, the woman closed her eyes as if determined and swallowed with a gulp.

She was shivering with her eyes closed, but after a while her shivering stopped and she lost strength from her previously stiff body.

When the woman's eyes finally opened, the light of reason was gone.

"Ahaa ... Ahaha ... What is this, fluffy ... Ahahaha ..."

The woman who was so frightened before, was sitting in a slumped position with a half-smile.

"Dude, you're the best, aren't you? Masaki, you can choose too. If not, I'll do it all."

"Kuhihi ... Then, I'm gonna ... Should I do it too."

When the fat man left the door, he started checking them out with a pistol in his hand.

On the other hand, the blond man was trying to undress the woman who he had drugged.

[ Kent-sama, are you really okay with this? ]

"There's no way I am ..."

I went back to the Investigation Headquarters and talked directly to Sudou-san.

"Sudou-san, one woman was drugged and, umm ... She is about to be assaulted. If it comes down to it, I'll have my genus jump in."

"No, Kokubu-kun. I'm not in charge, wait."

"But, I can't let this situation go by."

"I know you have special abilities, but you're a civilian and don't have the rights of the police."

"Director, let me go."

Morita-san raised his hand, perhaps because he could understand my dissatisfaction.

"No way. It's even out of your jurisdiction. I won't give permission!"

"But, Director!"

"No way!"

Even if I waited like this, I don't think I would get permission, so I took out a shield of darkness and dove into the world of shadows.

"Wait, Kokubu-kun ..."

Sudou-san changed his expression and tried to stop me, but I had no intention of stopping.

I rushed back to the scene to find the drugged woman having her shirt opened and her skirt stripped by the hands of the blond man.

The fat man was also holding another woman at gunpoint and trying to force her to take the pill.

The women who escaped the poisonous fangs were trembling in a corner of the room.

[ Reinhardt, let's give them some sleeping pills. ]

[ Understood. ]

I threw sleeping pills into the blond man's stomach, and Reinhardt threw them into the fat man's stomach.

I thought it would be solved by releasing the hostages while they were asleep, but the criminals showed no signs of sleeping.

[ Oh, did I give them magic recovery pills by mistake? ]

[ No, you're not mistaken. It's probably the drug's influence. ]

The blond man who showed no signs of sleeping, played with the woman's body with a lascivious smile.

The fat man seemed to have finished giving the pill as well, and he was about to undress the woman who was beginning to faint.

[ Ah, both of them were saved by their erotic minds. ]

[ Kent-sama ...? ]

Both the blond man and the fat man were focused on playing around with the women and had let go of the all-important pistols.

I moved through the shadows and retrieved the two pistols that had been thrown on the floor.

I didn't forget to wrap them in cloth so that I didn't leave fingerprints.

"Then, everyone in the Kobold Corps. Finish this!"

"Understood, Goshujin-sama!"

I put out a shield of darkness and stepped out with the six members of the Kobold Corps.

"Bastard, who are you!"

"This ... Oh, there's no gun. Guhee ..."

"Uwa, damnit, ugya ... Gafuu ..."

Yup, yup, drug-addicted thugs who don't have pistols aren't a match for my genus.

The sight of those two bad-looking people getting beaten up by the Kobolds, was like a comedy movie.

"I'll cut the binding ties, so please take those two and run away."

"Understood. Thank you very much."

After talking to the bank employee who seemed to be the oldest, I cut the zip ties with a knife.

The hostages were also surprised by our sudden appearance, but they were relieved to learn that they would be released.

Let's also treat the burns of the woman who was burnt by having the gun muzzle pressed against her.

Just by putting my hand on it, the burn disappeared without even leaving a trace, so the viewers were more surprised than the person being treated.

By the time all the hostages left the room with the help of the seven people who hadn't been drugged, the two culprits were tied up with ropes by the Kobold Corps.

"Okay, let's go home. Thank you, everyone."

I left the pistols in the farthest corner of the room from the culprits, and when I passed through the shield of darkness, a silver disk-shaped object was thrown through the window.

When I involuntarily turned my gaze to that something, there was a flash of light and an explosive sound resounded.

"Uwaa, my eyeeees ... My ears hurt ..."

[ Kent-sama, are you okay? ]

After erasing the shield of darkness and using all my strength to heal myself in the shadow space, I managed to regain my sight and hearing, but everyone in the Kobold Corps fainted in agony.

"Goshujin-sama, I can't see."

"My ears hurt ..."

Healing magic ... That's no good, so I stroked their heads while being conscious of the magic of the dark attribute, and it seemed to heal somehow.

[ Kent-sama, are you okay, Kent-sama! ]

"I'm fine now. My eyesight and hearing have returned ..."

[ Kent-sama, where are you, Kent-sama! ]

Ah, so Reinhardt's eyes and ears were damaged too.

[ Reinhardt, I'm fine. I'll recover you now, so don't move. ]

[ Oh, Kent-sama, I can hear telepathy. What exactly was that earlier? ]

[ That's a suppressive weapon that uses light and sound to deprive the opponent of sight and hearing, rendering them powerless. ]

[ I see, it's true that if you lose your sight and hearing, you won't be able to judge the situation. ]

Reinhardt had a very surprised expression at the unexpected power.

When I looked at the scene, I saw that the members of the Special Forces were handcuffing the criminals and taking them away.

"... Then, did that boy subdue the culprits before we broke in? Yes ... The guns were found and secured. Yes ... Both of them."

When I listened to the conversations of the members who were being contacted by radio, it seemed that it was only natural that they found out that I interfered.

When I returned to the Self-Defense Forces garrison, I was greeted by Sudou-san, who had a sour expression on his face.

"Kokubu-kun, you didn't need to interfere ..."

"Now, now, it was an emergency, and the hostages were safe, so let's say it's all right."

"Kajikawa-kun, with this kind of solution, there will be a trial later ..."

"I'll take care of it myself, and even if the method of arrest is special, the culprits' crimes won't change, so it's okay."

"Even so ..."

"It's okay. And now, shouldn't we be grateful to Kokubu-kun for solving the case safely?"

"Well ... I'm grateful for that."

"No, I'm sorry for doing something selfish."

When I lowered my head, Sudou-san nodded with a reluctant expression.

"No, Kokubu-kun, I have prepared the camera and microphone you requested."

"Thank you. Can you tell me how to use them?"

"Of course, that's easy."

Kajikawa-san prepared a camera that fit comfortably in the palm of my hand, and even with that size it was possible to shoot in dark places.

"Basically, it's OK to leave it up to the camera, so just check the remaining memory and battery."

"Basically, this mic is also linked to the camera, so no special adjustments are necessary. Since the video file that is created is a video file that combines video and audio, it can be played back as it is if you import it to a table or the like."

The equipment that Kajikawa-san prepared was perfect for my request.

It was easy to operate, and Fred and Basten could also use it.

First of all, let's use it for shooting at the camp of Havre Calvine, and if necessary, the First Prince's faction.

"So, Kokubu-kun, what are the plans of the Lord of Volzard?"

"Yes, tomorrow will be the day of rest for Volzard, so it seems that he will be able to make arrangements for the day after tomorrow."

"Okay, Suzuki-kun, can you contact the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and make the appointment?"

"Yes, as you wish."

Upon receiving the instructions, Suzuki-san began contacting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by phone.

"Umm, Kajikawa-san, on that day, I'd like to have one teacher return ..."

"Eh, if you say you're sending them back, Kokubu-kun, won't you get sick?"

"There's a possibility of that, but ... Well, I have to send the Vice Minister's group."

"Yea, it depends on the Vice Minister's schedule, but I wonder if you can prioritize that ..."

"Understood. I will explain to the teachers."

"I'm sorry. And Kokubu-kun, can you take this smartphone with you?"

"Yeah, but I'll be here in person."

"Yeah, I know that, but you can't always be here, so I want to be able to contact you."

"But, if I suddenly connect again, everyone will be upset, and I won't be able to answer the call because I don't know when Kajikawa-san will call."

Kajikawa-san nodded as if he understood the relationship between the shield of darkness, the world of shadows, and the radio waves.

"Yeah, even if you can't talk on the phone, it's okay to send an email, right? And if Kokubu-kun is hiding in the world of shadows, it won't connect to Volzard."

"Ah, I see, that's right."

If I just wanted to receive emails, all I had to do was enter a place where radio waves could reach and operate the reception, and if I wanted to receive it in the shadows, there was no connection between Japan and Volzard.

"This is an email application, and the basic operations are the same as general ones, but it's a special encrypted application, so you don't have to worry about someone spying on your email. Also, it's troublesome to reply. Sometimes you can call me and ask me to come to you. Calls are also encrypted."

"Uwaa, it looks like a special agent's equipment."

"No, it doesn't just look like that. That smartphone was developed to be used for that purpose, so don't lose it."

"Eeehhh ... Is that so, I understand, I'll be careful."

It looked like the negotiations between Suzuki-san and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would take some time, so I decided to have the results sent to me by email and then returned to Volzard.

I had to teach Basten how to use the camera, and then talk to Oda-sensei about postponing the return.

The day didn't seem like it was going to end yet.