episode_0296

In the end, the chest-matching game I had envisioned was no longer possible.

It was because Shine and Rain were against it.

After changing into new clothes, I stood in front of the warp field and waited for Amy to arrive.

Jin was busy giving instructions to the other team members through the receiver.

The situation seemed urgent.

I went and sat down on a large chair nearby.

Now that I was in a state of disarray, there was nothing I could do to help.

Here, it was right to wait quietly like a good child.

Rain Shine and I sat side by side and waited for the mission to end.

As Jin’s busy voice continued, a large warp appeared in the warp field.

People who came through there were carrying children on their backs with tired expressions.

I jumped up from my seat when I saw that sight.

As expected, my prediction was correct.

These are the kindergarten students I saw earlier.

In the arms of those who returned one by one through the warp, there was a small child in each one.

The children’s bodies were limp, but fortunately they were breathing.

Everyone sighed in relief as they watched the small chest rise and fall.

I moved my gaze busily.

It was fortunate that the children were safe, but the most important thing, Amy, was nowhere to be seen.

Anxiety is rising.

I stomped my feet and looked for the familiar pink hair, but I couldn’t find it.

Shine seemed to sense my anxiety and held my hand tightly.

How much time has passed like that?

The moment I, who was starting to lose patience, was about to head towards Jin, Amy jumped out of a large warp.

It was difficult to say that Amy’s condition was good.

It was as if he had been covered in fire, his whole body was covered in soot, and blood was dripping from the corner of his mouth.

But she wasn’t alone.

She was being dragged out, someone holding her hand.

The red-dyed hair made it difficult to see the shape of the face.

If it weren’t for the black hair visible through the red meat, I wouldn’t have guessed it was human.

He crossed the warp and fell to the ground, spitting out crimson blood.

When Amy saw that the man was no longer moving, she kicked him and sent him flying away.

His arms, which rolled across the floor, were fitted with power-suppressing bracelets.

“Amy!”

He jumps up from his seat and runs to Amy.

Shine and Rain also followed me.

So, on his way to Amy, Victor popped out of the warp behind her.

He was in worse shape than Amy.

Deeply tanned skin and hair that had turned black.

Acrid smoke was flowing out of his mouth.

It was as if heat had burst out from within and swept through his body.

“Victor!”

When Rain saw that sight, he became lost in thought and ran over.

Rain, who moved her small feet hard and approached Victor, used her ability while checking Victor’s condition.

The small water droplets gathered at her fingertips quickly rotated and wrapped around Victor’s body.

Victor, who had been staggering around helplessly, soon gave himself over to the water droplets and fell limp.

Victor, who was floating in the water drop, soon closed his eyes.

“Amy!”

I hung on to Amy and examined her wounds.

Unlike her hot, scorched clothes, most of her skin was intact.

The ends of her pink hair were a little burnt, but she was sure it would be fine if she trimmed it a little.

“Hey, what happened?”

“There was a bomb…”

Amy said that and sat down.

She sat down with a thud and smiled weakly, as if she had no more strength left to move.

I kneaded Amy’s arms and legs vigorously and asked for more details.

“A bomb? There was no such thing.”

Clearly, when I checked with my own abilities, there was nothing that could be called a bomb.

But Amy shook her head and answered.

“There was a person with the power of pyrotechnics. I think he used that power to turn the bag into a bomb.”

A person with pyrotechnic abilities.

It may only be limited to the ability to create sparks, but since it is an ability to interfere with the phenomenon of fire itself, if you develop that ability, you will be able to create something like a bomb.

“Hey, is that a bomb?”

When I asked back in surprise, Amy nodded and hugged me tightly.

A thick smell of fire wafted from Amy’s arms.

“Victor, what happened to Victor?”

“That’s…”

According to Amy, at the moment the bag was about to explode, Victor was engulfed in light.

Endless acceleration, pumping the heart and putting a strain on the body.

As the current spreads throughout the body, activating the cells, the body and mind reach a higher level of speed.

I, who was keenly aware of the side effects that the technology brought about, looked at Victor with a worried look.

He was walking to the hospital room, limp and helpless, riding the raindrops.

Amy sighed briefly and then sat up.

There seemed to be no problem in moving his arms and legs.

Amy checked the number of children rescued and the identification they had.

Most of the children were from districts 5 and 6.

Amy checked it and let out a small sigh.

“Why are you sighing?”

“Because your status is low. The police won’t dig deep.”

Amy was right.

Having a low status means you are not protected by the law.

The police only guarded people of high status.

While I was talking with Amy like that, Jin came to visit.

Jin, who was running around busily, was drenched in sweat.

“What are the kids’ statuses?”

“Most of them are 6th grade. There are some 5th grade kids, but it’s hard to catch them.”

Jin nodded at Amy’s words.

This situation seemed familiar.

I looked at the children lying in the center of the warp field while listening to the conversation between the two people.

Like me and Shine, they were children who were rescued from the position of test subjects.

If we hadn’t gone, they might have been dragged into a cold laboratory and died.

It was horrible to think that way.

Once again, hatred towards the research institute is rising.

“Are there any children that can be recruited as combatants?”

“No. There isn’t any.”

“Hmm…”

Jin nodded at Amy’s words and looked down at the children with his arms crossed.

His gaze was full of regret.

I understood Jin’s feelings.

Even though he had Grandfather Ferman’s support, secretly nurturing people with abilities was not an easy task.

As we were doing dangerous work, people quickly dwindled.

The pace of filling the vacancies was too slow.

“Then, when the kids come to their senses, send them back one by one.”

“Okay. What are you going to do about that?”

Amy pointed with her hand to what she had kicked.

Her hands were stained red.

What Amy was pointing at was writhing and spitting out blood.

As if his internal organs were damaged, a cloudy, sticky, black blood poured out.

Jin looked down at it with cold eyes and then raised his hand.

At his gesture, people waiting nearby came over, picked it up, and started moving somewhere.

“Excuse me, what is that?”

A person, clearly in the shape of a person.

It had arms and legs.

But the face, the face was a piece of meat.

I looked at Amy’s hand, wondering if it was true.

In his reddened hands, there were chunks of meat stuck to him that he had not been able to remove.

Amy seemed to realize the state of her hand only then, and she smiled slightly and shook her hand off.

Thud- thud-

Red marks stained the white hallway.

“You’re a bad person.”

“Are you a bad person?

“Yeah.”

I see

Amy makes bad people like that.

I nodded, thinking of the mangled chunk of meat.

Amy was someone I looked up to.

He was also the person I most wanted to be like.

Then I too had to make bad people like that.

I clenched my fist.

***

Once the situation was more or less settled, Amy took us to the hospital room where Victor was admitted.

“What? Why are you here?”

Victor lying on the bed, looking at me with a crooked gaze.

He didn’t look very happy.

I looked at that sight and gaped.

Clearly, clearly, we came out of the warp in a mess, so what happened?

In that short period of time, are you saying all the treatments were completed?

When I gave her a look that seemed to demand an explanation, Amy patted my head and answered.

“Victor wasn’t hit by the bomb.”

“Huh?”

“It happened because of your own ability.”

I looked at Victor at Amy’s words.

He turned his head away, avoiding my gaze.

He seemed a little embarrassed.

As I listened, I remembered what Victor had said.

He said that he could hold less electricity than me.

If you accept the lightning that Rain calls upon, your body will explode, right?

Anyway, it was fortunate that Victor wasn’t seriously hurt.

I approached Lane, who was crying, and patted her shoulder.

Although they always bickered, it seemed that as time passed, she came to care for Victor.

Lane sat next to Victor and peeled an apple for him.

Still, it seemed like he was trying to take care of me as a patient.

A small stream of water spun quickly, skimming over the red skin of the apple.

Immediately after, the red skin fell off, revealing the pure white flesh of the apple.

“Ta-da!”

How to use abilities that are close to miracles.

It was really cool.

“Oh my!”

As I clapped my hands in delight, Lane threw the apple at me.

Once again, a stream of water passes over the apple floating in the air.

A small cutting sound is heard.

Lane didn’t miss the gap and lifted the plate to receive the apple.

Beautifully cut apples fall down.

To the floor.

The apple that fell past the plate stuck to the white hospital room floor.

Immediately afterwards, Amy’s hand moved quickly and knocked Lane’s head.

Clearly, all I could hear was a small crunching sound.

But Rain seemed to be so shocked that he fell to his knees.

“Rain!”

I ran to the fallen Rain and hugged her.

Fortunately, he was still breathing, but he seemed to have lost consciousness and could not open his eyes.

“I’m not playing around with food.”

Amy picked up Rain from my arms and placed him against her side.

Dangling, Rain’s arms and legs shook slowly.

It looked like he was going somewhere.

I too stood up from my seat, following Amy.

At that moment, Shine came to me with a pale face and whispered in my ear in a small voice.

“Jeff… There’s that game I was thinking about earlier…”

“Chest match…?”

“Yeah. Don’t ever tell Amy about that. Okay? ”

I looked at Amy’s expression at Shine’s words.

She was shaking the unconscious Rain like a doll.

What happens if I tell you?

I nodded, touching my chest.

But I still want to try it once…

I thought as I looked at Amy’s large breasts.