episode_0455

“Everyone, can you do it?”

I spoke to Lily and Cici, who were standing nervously in front of me.

In fact, the only one who was nervous was Lily.

“Yes!”

Lily answers forcefully.

In contrast, CC answered with her arms crossed and a strange smile on her face.

“You don’t trust me? This level of mission…”

I sighed as I looked at the ugly sight of C.C.

Yes, that’s right.

Today was the day that CC and Lily’s real mission began.

Aside from the school infiltration missions that Rain and I had done together, this was the first time the two of us had been on separate missions, so we were quite anxious.

As I was looking at the two little girls, I started to open their bags and check them.

I made sure to pack a capsule to prepare for any situation, and food in case something unexpected happens.

Even spare receivers and GPS units.

Everything was in perfect condition.

“Okay. Perfect.”

I got up from my seat, tapping both of their bags.

Now, it was time to see how these girls performed on their missions.

“I’ll be back!”

Lily left those words behind and started running away.

After confirming that Lily had disappeared from the alley, I immediately jumped up towards a tall building.

I kicked off the walls and climbed up to the rooftop, where I could see the surrounding scenery at a glance.

I lowered my head and looked at the place where I had been standing before. CC looked around before melting into the shadows.

I nodded at the sight of it completely disappearing, and looked at the target of this mission.

The tall clock tower square.

That’s where the objective of this mission will come from.

The mission was relatively simple.

Stealing a specific person’s bag.

These are two girls who have already entered the realm of transcendence.

Rather, my anxiety was growing because it was a mission that was more difficult to fail.

As I was leaning against the roof railing of the building and chewing my fingernails, I heard Shine’s voice through the receiver I was wearing on my ear.

[Are you watching the kids?]

“Yeah.”

I answered Shine’s question and checked Lily’s location.

She was now disguised as a girl feeding pigeons.

It was really cute to see her holding a baguette as big as herself in her arms and tearing the bread for the pigeons.

“You’re doing well.”

Now that we’ve confirmed Lily’s appearance, it’s time to confirm CC’s appearance.

I looked around Lily and focused my eyes.

Phagejik-

A blue current from the heartbeat covers the eyes.

Then, a world enveloped in blue unfolded.

CC was crouching in the shadow of the fountain in the middle of the Clock Tower Square.

I was using my powers, and while they might not be visible to others, they were visible to me.

The sight of Cici lying down like a turtle was so cute that I wanted to take a picture of it.

I watched the two girls for a while, tongues licking their lips.

A signal came in from Shine.

[Get ready.]

I’ve been beefing up my abilities to prepare for any eventuality.

The muscles in his legs began to tense up, ready to spring out at any moment, and his entire right hand was engulfed in a blue light.

Phagejik-

The blue light began to change into a definite shape, and it began to take the shape of sharp claws.

Lily, who had been distributing food to pigeons, seemed to have heard a signal from Shine, ran over, sat down on the bench, and closed her eyes.

Lily’s ability, [Approaching Nightmare], required that the caster, Lily, be asleep, so it was an inevitable choice.

Lily quickly fell asleep.

And at the same time she fell asleep, a girl who looked exactly like Lily appeared near the bench.

The girl began to move naturally, as if she had been standing there from the beginning.

And at that moment, the target began to approach the Clock Tower Square.

The gentleman, wearing a long coat and a bowler hat, walked quickly toward the center of the Clock Tower Square.

I looked at the bag in his hand.

That bag was the target of this mission.

Lily, too, seemed to have found her target and began to approach him.

Light steps, but subtly fast.

Lily approaches with a gliding stride, rather than a normal stride.

To her, this whole situation was a dream.

Lily was walking along smoothly when she stumbled and fell down in front of her target.

The gentleman turned his head away as if trying to ignore Lily, but then he sighed and approached Lily, as if he was very concerned about something.

Lily was lying face down, crying.

The gentleman approached Lily, knelt down, and held out his hand.

Lily watched the scene blankly, then reached out and grabbed his hand.

And at that moment, CC who had been hiding in the shadows began to move.

A writhing figure emerged from the floor and quickly passed the gentleman.

CC didn’t just pass by.

A small hand emerged from the shadows, snatched the gentleman’s bag in an instant, and hid itself back in the shadows.

The gentleman, preoccupied with Lily, didn’t notice that his bag was missing.

Now that we had captured the target, we had to get away from the scene safely.

I wasn’t worried because CC had abilities, but I was worried about Lily.

I looked at the bench where Lily’s body was.

Could it be because of the baguette I was holding in my arms?

Pigeons were flying around her, pecked at randomly.

What if I keep doing that and get a cut on my soft, smooth skin?

I bit my lip.

[Everyone, come back.]

As soon as Shine’s signal dropped, CC’s shadow disappeared in an instant.

And the form Lily had created with her powers also disappeared.

The gentleman looked around in confusion.

It was a natural behavior, since the girl who had been sitting in front of him just a moment ago had disappeared.

As he was looking around, he suddenly realized that his bag was missing and sat down on the spot.

The sight of him blankly looking around with a blank expression as if his legs had lost their strength made me laugh.

No, this is not the time to be looking at this kind of thing.

I hurried to find Lily.

Lily, who woke up on the bench, was running away screaming, as if she was panicked by a flock of pigeons.

As the baguette I was holding fell with a thud, pigeons flying in the sky all flew towards the baguette.

That sight was enough to capture the attention of those around him.

Is that why?

Lily, embarrassed by the gazes of so many people, started to run out of the square in a panic.

It was the moment when I let out a sigh of relief after confirming that Lily had safely exited the square.

The gentleman, who had been sitting on the floor with a blank expression on his face just a moment ago, was now running towards Lily at a frightening speed.

It seemed like the gentleman had something to do with Lily and his bag disappearing.

The gentleman’s running speed was very fast.

If things continued this way, it was obvious that Lily would be caught.

I flew straight away without thinking about the consequences.

Lily, who couldn’t use her powers, wasn’t much different from a normal girl.

Kwarrrrung!

It shoots towards the ground as a single bolt of lightning.

As it moved, the blue lightning burst out, and all the surrounding surveillance cameras were also destroyed.

Even though I didn’t intend to, everything around me began to be affected by my enhanced abilities.

The moment I land on the ground, I take advantage of the brief moment of space to glare at the gentleman running towards Lily.

A blue light bursts out from behind, and the shape of a brain dragon appears.

It was only a split second, but the gentleman who had been running towards Lily collapsed on the ground, unable to run any further.

I immediately lifted Lily’s body into my arms and floated into the air.

Floating in the air, looking down at the ground.

Surveillance cameras going off everywhere, and traffic lights in disarray.

The roads were a mess in the aftermath.

Black smoke rises from all directions, and car accidents continue.

I sighed at the sight.

I felt like I’d get scolded by Amy when I went back.

“Mr. Jeff?”

“Yeah. It’s me. Good job, Lily.”

I patted Lily’s head.

Phagejik-

Blue lights flashed and hair began to flutter.

I took Lily back to the return location.

What we learned from this mission was that Lily’s abilities were greatly weakened.

If Kelly had been able to use those abilities as they were back when she was young, Lily wouldn’t have needed my help.

Lily, who was down on the floor, looked depressed.

In contrast, CC, who had stolen the bag, looked very excited.

I returned to headquarters with the two girls.

After I retrieved the stolen bags, I sent the two girls back to their room.

I headed straight to Jin’s office.

When I opened the door to the office and entered, Shine and Jin were waiting for me.

I placed my bag on the central table and went to sit on a nearby sofa.

Shine naturally got up from her seat and sat down next to me.

“How were the kids?”

“Lily was in danger.”

“Jeff saved you?”

“Yeah.”

“Good job.”

I smiled slightly at Shine’s compliment.

By the way, what was in the bag stolen this time?

I glanced at Jin and he seemed to be sorting out the situation.

Jin, who answers calls coming in from all over the place and gives instructions.

After waiting for a while, Jin got up from his seat.

“Good job, Jeff.”

“I didn’t do much.”

Jin approached the table and immediately opened his bag.

If there’s a trap set inside, why do they act so fearlessly?

But fortunately, there was no device installed inside the bag.

Click-

Inside the bag, which opened with a small noise, were a thick stack of documents and several small ampoules.

“Is there anything special?”

“Hmm… I think I failed again this time.”

Jin sighed as he answered my question.

He put the bundle of documents he was holding back into his bag and stretched out on the sofa.

Not all missions could be correct.

Since this wasn’t the first or second time I’d come up empty-handed, I nodded my head, thinking that was how it was.

I left Shine and the office, leaving Jin hanging limply.

It was while I was walking down the hallway with Shine.

Shine, who was checking her cell phone, suddenly stopped.

“Sister?”

Why did it stop?

I raised my head and looked at Shine’s expression.

She was smiling.

As if he had found what he had been waiting for.