Black Market (2) - 8

The bullet I fired accurately hit the head of the thug in the front.

Wow, the first time I shot a person, it's a headshot.

I guess I'm pretty bold.

 

My stomach churns.

It was the first time I shot at a human, and I hit her in the head, a vital point.

What if she died? Even though I knew she wouldn't die, I couldn't help but feel dizzy.

 

 

The thug I shot seemed to have fainted.

 

 

"Th-That girl!"

 

 

"How dare you do that to our comrade!"

 

 

"Counterattack! Fill her with bullets, but don't kill her!"

 

 

A dense hail of bullets, enough to fill my vision, flies from the front.

No matter how hard I try, it's impossible to dodge them all.

Unfortunately, there's no cover either. In that case, I have no choice but to shoot while getting hit.

 

 

I've been hit once, so I know I won't die.

Still, I'm a little scared, so I give myself some self-suggestion.

Those are just BB bullets... BB bullets...

 

 

I don't know how much health I have in-game terms, but after getting hit, I have a feeling I won't collapse from the combined attack of about 15 thugs.

I'm not even sure what it feels like to lose health.

 

 

Even in the game, when you lose health, you just get carried away by a helicopter, you don't faint or die.

What's the meaning of health, anyway?

 

 

With such simple thoughts, I calmly fired my gun.

Focusing on other thoughts made shooting a little easier.

 

 

Even if I spray, I'll probably hit one or two, but I have the pride of a Korean.

In FPS games, if there's no risk of death, headshots are a given.

 

 

I quickly align my sights with the target and fire.

That doesn't mean I'm shooting slowly, though.

My mental fortitude, honed by clearing Tales Saga Chronicle, is quite remarkable, allowing me to endure the stinging pain all over my body and land headshots with terrifying accuracy.

 

The pain increases with each bullet that hits me.

At the same time, my fear decreases.

My instincts seem to have realized that this body won't die from getting hit by this many bullets.

 

 

The sensation of shooting also dulls.

No matter how much I shoot, the thugs don't die.

After taking down five of them, the burden on my mind became manageable.

 

 

I need to stay calm.

If I get agitated from the pain, my aim will suffer.

Staying calm in games is an immutable truth.

The moment you get agitated, your vision blurs...

 

 

With a calm mind, I take down one enemy and aim at another.

.....

 

 

I'm landing all headshots, but the enemies don't fall like the first one.

Is there a difference in defense?

 

 

I remember them having light armor...

 

 

If they're not dying like this, it can only mean that my level is low or that I'm a penetration dealer.

Certainly... the Kanshi from before used an AS50, so penetration would fit... but does that mean I, wielding a K2, am also considered penetration?

 

 

-Tudududududu

-Tadadadadadang

 

 

About two minutes into the gunfight.

The number of thugs doesn't decrease at all.

As many as I take down, more come to replace them.

It's getting annoying.

 

 

Standing still and getting hit, carefully aiming each shot to get into the FPS mood.

 

 

I switched from holding the gun with both hands to holding it with one hand to aim more accurately.

Yeah, I don't have to stand still and shoot like I'm really playing Blue Archive.

If this were a real game, they should have given me an EX skill too. Right.

Now that my fear of guns has disappeared to this extent.

I'll make a frontal breakthrough.

 

 

I can't be held back by these guys forever.

I ignore the stinging pain of the bullets as much as possible with my mental fortitude and gather strength in my legs.

And then, I ran.

 

 

"What!"

 

 

Straight towards the group of thugs.

They seem surprised that I would run towards them, and their formation scatters.

 

 

"One down."

 

 

I put my gun to the forehead of the guy who fell in front and fired at point-blank range.

 

 

"You know what?"

 

 

"?"

 

 

They say the K2 is stronger in close combat than at long range. I'm not sure, but that's what Namuwiki said.

 

 

Think of the gun as an extension of my arm and think of firing bullets as throwing punches. Then it's clear.

This isn't a gun anymore. It's my fist.

 

 

Instead of feeling like I'm shooting a gun, I feel like I'm throwing punches that come out of the trigger, taking down the confused enemies one by one.

But maybe because of their defense, it's not as clean as I'd like, which is a bit uncomfortable. For those guys, I punched them to relieve stress and knock them out.

They didn't fall immediately, but getting shot in the head at point-blank range causes brain tremors, resulting in a 100% stun, so once I hit them with the gun, it was easy to follow up with punches.

 

 

Some might say you shouldn't use violence against women, but I don't care.

First of all, they attacked me first, so it's self-defense, and I'm a woman too. Why, can't a woman hit a woman?

 

 

Punching takes longer than shooting, so in the meantime, some of the thugs recovered from their confusion and started aiming at me again.

It doesn't seem to matter if I get hit, but the stinging sensation of the BB bullets is definitely unpleasant.

But if I try to stop them from shooting now, I'll get hit a few times.

I accurately aim my gun at the thugs' guns.

 

 

-Bang, bang, bang

 

 

Three shots.

All three shots hit three thugs' guns, disabling them.

 

 

"Wh-What the..?"

 

 

The thugs mutter, wondering how I did that without even aiming properly.

Sorry, but the world is unfair.

 

 

I roughly figured out that I could easily handle the recoil of the K2 with my arm strength.

In other words, I only needed to calculate the trajectory without calculating the recoil, so hitting the guns of the guys who were standing still and slowly aiming at me was easier than hitting the pros bouncing around on the battlefield.

 

 

If I hit them directly, the damage is low, maybe because of their defense, so I should eliminate their means of attack.

With that in mind, I easily destroyed the surrounding guns.

 

 

"Hee... hee, Monster... Monster!"

 

 

"I'm not a monster. I'm an angel."

 

 

Have you heard of the Blood Angel?

Don't underestimate angels.

There's a crazy angel in this world who can deal 5,000 damage per second with a Vector.

 

Of course, that's a character from another dimension, so I'll skip the details.

 

After roughly clearing the area, I looked around.

I was the one who warned Hifumi not to cause a ruckus because the security forces would come, but I ended up causing a huge scene myself.

Well, it's fine as long as I don't get caught, right?

 

 

But even if I didn't get caught right now, there's a high possibility that the security forces have been alerted to the commotion here.

Let's get out of here quietly.

 

 

I picked up a thug to use as a meat shield and quietly walked away.

I don't know where Hifumi is, but if I head to the bank from here, I should be able to meet her somehow.

 

 

I headed to the bank with my face covered by the hoodie I bought at the Black Market.

 

 

************

 

 

Meanwhile, Hifumi.

As Kanshi intended, she smoothly met up with the Abydos students and Sensei.

 

 

Thanks to that, they were able to repel all the thugs who were chasing them.

 

 

"Auuu... I was so scared... Thank you for your help. If it weren't for you, I would have really caused trouble for the school."

 

 

She bowed and looked at the person called Sensei who had been giving commands until just now. Certainly, as Kanshi said, he was handsome, had a good voice, had excellent strategies, and cared for the students, he was a superman in every way.

 

 

"You said your name was Hifumi-chan? So, what brings a Trinity lady to such a dangerous place?"

 

 

Hoshino asked Hifumi a question.

Normally, ladies of Trinity wouldn't come to a Black Market like this.

Of course, that's within the bounds of 'normally,' and Kanshi and Hifumi were far from ordinary ladies. Hifumi seems to want to claim that she's normal, though!

 

 

"I came to buy a limited edition Peroro-sama goods with my friend... Ah! That's not the problem right now."

 

 

"You came with a friend..."

 

 

"Yes... My friend was being chased along side me. We split up at an intersection to escape more efficiently."

 

"Hmm... Then there's only one thing we can do."

 

"Ah, it's come to this, huh..."

 

 

"We have to help those in need ☆~"

 

 

Hifumi and Abydos also caused quite a commotion, so there was a risk of getting caught by the security forces if they weren't careful.

But for Hifumi's friend, they decided to go and rescue her despite the danger...

But before that. Even though Abydos is full of camaraderie, they're not a charity group.

 

 

"Heeh... This is really dangerous. We can't do this for free."

 

 

"If... If you need money, I'll give it to you."

 

 

"No, that's not necessary."

 

 

"Our lady. You seem to know a lot about this place, how about being our guide for today?"

 

 

"We're looking for something too."

 

 

"O-Okay. Let's hurry."

 

 

And when Abydos and Hifumi arrived at the place where Kanshi was supposed to be, they found a mountain of unconscious thugs.

 

 

"Wow, she did this alone? This is pretty impressive."

 

 

"There are over 40 of them... Did she really do this alone?"

 

 

"Uwaaa... I knew Kanshi was strong, but I didn't know it was to this extent..."

 

 

When Hifumi said the name of the culprit who caused this carnage, the atmosphere of Abydos became momentarily lively.

The name that came out was the name of the angel girl they had captured just a few days ago.

 

 

"Kanshi?"

 

 

"Are you talking about that light-green-haired lady we know?"

 

 

"Oho... We have more to hear. Anyway, Hifumi-chan? It seems like our friend has already dealt with this place and moved on, so let's get out of here for now. If we stay any longer, we might really get caught by the security forces."

 

 

"Yes. Understood."

 

 

Hifumi and Abydos evaded the security forces and entered the Black Market.

As they did, Hifumi explained what she knew about the Black Market to Abydos, and Abydos explained why they came here.

 

 

"Then, can we hear about that Kanshi girl too?"

 

 

Hoshino brought up the topic of Kanshi.

If that Kanshi girl single-handedly took down 40 thugs, her combat prowess couldn't be ignored.

No matter how much they were small fries, it's unbelievable that she could overcome 40 armed thugs and fight them head-on to win.

Hoshino had a gut feeling that they needed to know more about that girl before something happened.

 

 

"Why Kanshi?"

 

 

"Ah, we had a little encounter with her last time. And when a name you know comes up, you get curious, right?"

 

 

"Last time... Did you meet her when Kanshi came to Abydos for sightseeing?"

 

 

"Y-Yeah! She came to eat ramen at the ramen shop where I was working part-time."

 

 

If they said they kidnapped and detained her, they didn't know what kind of trouble they would get into with Trinity

So they explained it in a way that was technically true but not the whole truth.

 

 

"She boldly ordered a large serving but couldn't even finish half of it and left."

 

 

"That sounds like Kanshi. She has a bit of an airhead side to her."

 

 

"So what kind of lady is she? Did she come to buy those Momofriends goods like you?"

 

 

"No. Kanshi just came along because I insisted... And she's the top student at our school..."

 

 

It was an identity that Abydos couldn't even imagine.

That harmless, airheaded lady is the top student of a prestigious school like Trinity?

She told herself that she was a loser and wouldn't be worth anything, but it seemed like she was wrong.

If they had really kidnapped and detained Kanshi that day, Trinity might have declared all-out war on Abydos.

 

 

"But how can someone who's good at studies be so good at fighting?"

 

 

"Being good at studies has nothing to do with it, she's rumored to be very strong at our school... There's a famous story where she shot the bullies' heads with a gun from 1km away when they were harassing a kid... And when the bullies found out that Kanshi was the one who sniped them and tried to pick a fight with her, she beat them in a face-to-face fight..."

 

 

"Uhehe... She's a scary lady."

 

 

They talked about various other stories related to Kanshi.

There was a bit too much TMI, but they were able to get a lot of information about a dark horse, and the Abydos students decided to let her be because Hifumi was cute when she was engrossed in something.

 

 

As they were walking, they found a fish-shaped bun shop.

 

 

"Ah, fish-shaped buns."

 

 

"Ah, I'll buy them for you."

 

 

"No, I want to eat them, so I'll buy them~"

 

 

And then Nonomi buys the fish-shaped buns instead of Hifumi.

The five of them shared the fish-shaped buns that Nonomi bought.

 

 

"Ahaha... Thank you for the food."

 

 

'When will we find Kanshi... Well, we won't find her just by wandering around. Right now, all I can do is pray that Kanshi is safe...'

 

 

Hifumi wanted to find Kanshi quickly, but she was swept up in the relaxed atmosphere of Abydos and gave up, thinking that they would meet eventually.