4-53: I’m Always Doing Stuff Like This 2 (5/5)

4-53: I’m Always Doing Stuff Like This 2 (5/5)

Or at least it felt like that for the woman. It was painful and felt like she would throw up, but then her breath stopped.

!?!?

H-Hey! What are you doing Eek!!? The man said.

An incomprehensible scream resounded from the woman, while the man fell despite sitting on the ground.

The throat of the woman ached and she couldnt breathe.

Though that did not last for long, it was so painful it felt like an eternity for her.

Gazes turned to the boy, perhaps to plead for amnesty or rebuke him, but it was in that moment that they truly forgot to breathe.

With all emotions gone from Shinichis face, his eyes containing neither heat nor cold, all of them felt their backs freeze.Updated from novelb(i)n.c(o)m

It would actually have been better if he merely looked at them as though they were trash, yet those eyes saw them not as people but as objects, and that was terrifying.

The ones who need to stop screwing around Are you people. No matter the effort, no matter the sacrifices madeYou were about to start a slaughter, and you have the gall to hold those efforts up with pride? Are your heads full of maggots? Hmm? There is only one fate for people like you who revel in the misery of others Do you know? It is death.

Yet contrary the words woven, the boy spoke with indifference, and it was that calmness laced with venom that dug out the fear from within.

It was curious as to whether that lack of emotion was because he was suppressing the emotions, or because this was not a matter that necessitated emotion.

Regardless, neither criminal could come to a conclusion about that, and either way, there was no changing the fact that their plans have been laid bare and were on the verge of collapse.

The boys ordinary appearance only served to amplify the terror they felt.

In the face of such a queer and overpowering sight, they could not even afford themselves the reprieve of a scream and just remained there shaking.

Congratulations. I couldnt possibly know how much effort and time youve expended, but you did well putting so much effort into something completely meaningless. Well done.

Aristel charmingly smiled as she pointed them to that cruel reality.

As a reward for all the effort youve done, you may enjoy the rest of your meaningless life inside a cage. What joy.

Indeed, there could be no other future waiting for them now, and even they went pale as their shoulders dropped.

But for some reason, the girl gently held the boy by the shoulders and made a worried face as though she feared he would do something.

Dont worry, I wont kill anyone no matter what, Shinichi said.

Never again Well, not directly, anyway.

You know, its really hard to abandon someone who can easily do something like this.

Ha ha, oh, Shinichi-san, you sure do love your jokes, dont you? You never had any plans of doing that in the first place.

Shinichi complained, and Aristel happily pointed out that it was him who first acted to save the male staff.

However, that quiet exchange was kept between them.

In that case, you help too. Please give us the shortest route to all the bombs, Shinichi said.

Its our first time coming here, after all. Do you think you can come up with a route that will allow us to go through the crowd without standing out? Aristel said.

Yes, just leave it to me. I might look like this, but Ive actually been working here for a long time already!

The male staff enthusiastically beat his own chest, and the boy and the girl nodded.

He held authority as a staff member and could be trusted, so after coming up with the route, they let him take the lead.

Like that, they neutralized the bombs planted in Nyazdaland one after another, but

So this is the next item on todays menu, Shinichi said.

After going through that route, they returned() to a place they passed and groaned with a difficult face.

They succeeded in neutralizing most of the bombs, but not an ounce of happiness could be found on them.

Well, this is bad Aristel said.

Bad? This is terrible! Theres less than one hour until the bomb explodes!! The male staff said.

Sigh, why is the plot always so convoluted whenever Im involved? Shinichi said.

Though their expressions varied, trouble and impatience was a common theme.

There was nothing wrong with the route the male staff chose or the information regarding the bombs.

They also succeeded in neutralizing most of the bombs. At most, there were some places difficult for a customer to enter, and they had to expend more effort, but the real problem that stumped them happened along the way.

They put it aside to focus on the other bombs, but after dealing with those, they had to come back and face that problem again.

And just like before, they were stumped.

Now, just where did that last bomb run off to?

Yes, thats right, one of the bombs was missing.