episode_0237

Spade tensed, guarding all around.

In the pitch-black darkness where nothing could be seen, a faint presence could be felt if one concentrated, but it seemed difficult to chase the movements that shifted like teleporting within the shadows.

If the opponent was targeting her, she could have easily suppressed them with a counterattack, but the problem was that she wasn’t the target.

“…! Here!”

Spade’s fist flew instantly, striking the wall next to Number 13 violently.

The wall, hit by the fist imbued with red magic, crumbled and raised dust, but she didn’t feel the satisfaction of hitting the Chief of Staff.

“Hey, Spade. Take it easy! The Chief of Staff will die if hit by a punch like that!”

“…Shut up, villain. I don’t care what happens to you villains.”

“Still, you want to save your colleague, right? Then carry out the request properly.”

At Number 13’s urging, Spade clicked her tongue.

Then, instead of answering, she stomped on the location where she felt another presence.

However, the power contained there seemed somewhat weaker compared to the fist that had just broken the wall.

She could control her power, but if she did, she probably wouldn’t be able to keep up.

She barely managed to stop them just now, but she couldn’t be sure about what would happen later.

“Instead of saying things like that, do something about this situation first! He’s your colleague! You must have some kind of clever idea!”

“…It’s not that there’s no way, but…”

He was already contacting the Boss for that ‘method’.

However, it seemed that it would take some time to prepare.

“So, just hold on a little longer. Protect us, Hero.”

“…Seriously!”

How did she, a Hero, end up protecting villains? Even getting involved in a fight with villains.

Spade sighed and swung her hand again at the empty space where she felt another presence.

That’s how the back-and-forth in the darkness continued for a dozen or so times.

“【The sky is black, the earth is yellow, the universe is wide and wild】.”

Suddenly, she heard Mabel’s chant.

Along with it, the presence of magic swirled around Spade, Number 13, and Apple, as if surrounding them.

It was a wall of ink created by Mabel’s magic, surrounding them as if to protect them.

It was a kind of barrier.

The reason Mabel had been quiet until just now was to spread the ink on the walls and floor without being noticed by the opponent.

“This should buy us some time. I’ve thoroughly ‘covered’ the top, bottom, front, back, and sides.”

“Ooh…! Good job, Mabel. You’re different from this Hero here who only knows how to punch.”

“Want me to just kill you, Number 13?”

Thanks to that, she was barely able to relax a little.

However, her vision became even darker than before.

The faint light that had been leaking in was now blocked by Mabel’s ink, which covered all directions.

For now, they could just wait inside this barrier until the preparations to suppress the Chief of Staff were complete.

That’s what she was thinking when she relaxed a little.

[What the hell are these damn trash doing here?]

Suddenly, a voice mixed with mechanical sounds was heard right nearby.

It was speaking through the speakers on the ceiling right above their heads.

There was no need to guess who the person beyond the speaker was.

The younger sister who said Dorothy might be dead.

And it was clear that she was the damn bitch who had twisted the situation to this point.

[Originally, I would have cursed you for being bugs who don’t know your place and chased you away. But this is good. I was going to find you if you didn’t come.]

[So, tell me honestly, how do you feel right now? How does it feel to have an old colleague point a knife at you and try to stab you to death? No, rather than colleagues, weren’t you in some kind of master-servant relationship? I don’t know, but it’s disgusting.]

In the darkness, all Number 13 and his group could do, taking refuge inside Mabel’s barrier, was sit and wait.

Perhaps knowing that, Doraji immediately launched a mental attack.

Doraji’s voice continued to be heard from the speakers.

The content flowing out gradually became more vulgar and base, sparing no insulting remarks towards Number 13 and his colleagues.

Spade and Mabel frowned, and Number 13 hugged Apple even tighter.

An incredible amount of strength went into the hug without Number 13 realizing it, but Apple didn’t show any signs of pain and just stroked Number 13’s cheek worriedly.

“Number 13, are you okay?”

“Huh? Of course. Words from that kind of woman don’t affect me at all… no, they scratch a little.”

“Right. That’s right. Because a woman who doesn’t know anything is insulting and defiling the relationship between Number 13 and the Chief of Staff.”

A faint light came from Apple’s arms.

It was her smartphone. Apple pointed the speaker part towards Number 13 and gestured for him to say something.

Number 13 quickly understood what she meant and grinned.

* * *

‘Are they just going to stay still like that?’

And Doraji, who was checking the situation in the hallway with the infrared cameras she had installed in advance, felt bored and took her mouth away from the microphone.

She thought this was a good time to provoke him and insult that trashy male who had made fun of her sister, but the other party didn’t seem to have the guts to retaliate.

As expected, males are not worth dealing with.

They just act like they’re tough. Arrogant, foolish, and smelly. But that doesn’t mean it’s okay just because they’re women.

‘The only one who deserves to exist in this world is my sister.’

To Doraji, her sister was a god. Her sister was everything. Her sister was the best of the best.

All of humanity except for her sister should just die. The whole world would be beautiful.

Anyway, Number 13 is hiding like a turtle in its shell, but that’s a bad move.

He can’t escape from the Chief of Staff’s swamp while protecting Apple.

To break through, he has to be prepared to sacrifice Apple.

But if he doesn’t come out and just endures it like that, Rahe, who has finished off Ashe, will come looking for him.

Either way is good for Doraji.

Click-

“…?”

Suddenly, a strange mechanical sound was heard.

The faint mechanical sound soon turned into a clear human voice.

[Hello, Dorothy’s younger sister. Can you hear my voice? If you can hear me, answer me. Answer me.]

-This voice is.

Doraji hurriedly searched for the source of the sound.

Where is this sound coming from right now?

It was only after a while that she knew what it was.

This sound was coming from the built-in speakers of the laptop installed in her room.

‘Apple hacked into it? I didn’t connect it to the network?’

It’s a laptop that’s not connected to Wi-Fi or a LAN cable. But how could she connect like this?

As expected, that woman Apple’s ability is unknown.

[Hmm? No answer at all. Can’t you hear me? Hey~ Dorothy’s younger sister~ Can you hear me~?]

First of all, setting aside the fact that he connected a call to someone else’s laptop without permission, there’s no reason for her to respond to that conversation.

She tried to operate the laptop directly, but the screen didn’t turn on, so she couldn’t do anything. She pressed the power button, but there was no response.

[This isn’t working. It doesn’t seem like you can’t hear me. Should I use another method? Huh? Apple, what did you say? …Really? Do you think that would work?]

She tried to turn off the laptop several times, but eventually failed and just closed the lid.

But the sound was still coming.

Annoying. She thought about throwing it out the window, but she gave up, thinking that it wouldn’t matter if he just connected it to another speaker.

But she didn’t want to listen to that damn male’s nonsense either──

[Hey, listen~ Dorothy is stupid. Your sister is stu-pid-.]

“You fucking bastarddddddddd!!”

And she exploded in an instant.

She was never going to answer or listen to the story.

But she couldn’t stand the insults against her sister. Her sister is a god. She can’t allow that inferior male to dare to speak her name.

“You bastard! You ape who doesn’t know common sense, don’t speak my sister’s name! I’m going to kill you? I’m going to kill you?!”

[…The effect is certain. I’ve only done the first verse.]

Number 13’s voice sounded tired.

Even that voice was so annoying that she couldn’t stand it.

Doraji huffed and tried to say something into the microphone, but suddenly the microphone turned off on its own.

She tried touching the control panel, but it was useless. This must have been another case of Apple stealing the function with her ability.

Doraji could no longer say anything, and Number 13’s voice was still being heard by her.

The situation was completely reversed from before.

[You were talking so well earlier, weren’t you? You should have given me a window to make excuses too. Even so, the fabrication is too much.]

[Now, on the other hand, I’m the only one who can talk, but don’t worry. I’m not going to provoke you with vulgar words like you. I won’t squeak like a horny ape like you.]

[Just know this one thing.]

[I’m not going to let you and Dorothy go, ever.]

[Don’t think that you’ll be forgiven with a butt pat. So, be prepared and wait. I’ll show you both how scary this Number 13 is soon.]

With those words, the call with Number 13 was cut off.

Just when she thought that, suddenly the speaker came back to life with a click- sound.

And Number 13’s voice was heard again.

[Ah, and I forgot to say something.]

He says.

As if it really didn’t matter.

[I ate your sister first, by the way. Your sister was pretty damn good.]

That was really the end.

The speaker that was cut off again with a thump- never made a sound again. Number 13’s voice was never heard again.

Inside the room where the laptop fell silent and a silence fell, a voice filled with anger, “Aaaaaaack!” was heard.