She calmly continued her discussion as the boy buried his face in her back due to the cold and his fear She had raised her voice because the sirens were so loud but that was the only change
Oh right That you’re the chosen one Anyway destined people like that are often targeted by dangerous enemies right
She let go of the handlebar with the hand not accelerating
She drove with one hand while easily exceeding 100 kph Mutsuki had gone pale but she pointed back with her thumb When he looked that way
The Serpent’s Eye is this world’s one and only perfect power If you gouged it out and encased it in glass it would become the most valuable jewel imaginable Everyone who knows about it wants to get their hands on it Whether they’re a demonor a human When Mutsuki saw the rightmost police car she pointed at he grew even paler
There are two main groups after you One is the demons I mentioned before And
There was no one inside it
The driver’s seat and passenger seat were both empty and the steering wheel was moving on its own
These are the bigger problem They’re called the Springloaded They’re the servants of a
human group who want the Serpent’s Eye That group is named FeTUS
Micha
The freezing boy screamed as the motorcycle accelerated even further
He was afraid of their pursuers but he was even more afraid of the red light at the intersection they would reach in another three seconds at this speed Even if they were trying to escape this was far too fast for a public road That’s lucky I think we can get away now
The woman charged right into the intersection at 130 kph even as people used the crosswalk
She swerved left and right so sharply her knees nearly scraped the ground and just barely avoided hitting any of the pedestrians or cars She kept it up all the way to the other side of the intersection Mutsuki had seen videos of people slipping through the paper-thin gaps between the bullets filling the screen on a shooting game but he had never imagined he would experience it in person He was still trembling even after they made it through He heard screeching brakes and then an especially loud collision
The police cars with actual policemen in them had of course stopped but the unmanned one known as a Springloaded had been destroyed when a truck T-boned it from the side
However they did not have time to relax In fact it was only after that destruction that the boy realized how frightening his pursuers were
As if removing a disguise the police car writhed and transformed The frame shrank down abandoning any space for passengers and creating a longer form Claws burst out to form legs
Just like the Porsche had with his cellphone the police car swallowed up the parts of the damaged truck
Their Lithography sure has gotten fast complained Micha Honestly they get more dangerous by the day
If the Porsche had been an inchworm then this was a giant metal grasshopper with the large vehicle’s cylinders as the back legs After eating another machine to grow and complete its transformation it jumped over the chaotic intersection It was still pursuing the trembling boy
Not to worry We’re here to protect you
Micha calmly turned around despite their speed
We’re angels
She winked at him
They were approaching the entrance to a vehicles-only road so she turned that way at the last second With a snap the end of the accelerator grip seemed to break off It turned out to be cover and some kind of button was revealed below Mutsuki wanted to complain that this was not a manga but he still gathered all of his strength in the arms around her waist because he had a good guess what was coming next
And a moment later
They were moving too fast for him to hear his own scream so how fast was that converted to kph
At any rate after being attacked by a mysterious boy being pursued by machine monsters and
all the other strange events this was the most frightening moment of the day Still they did manage to escape their pursuers
Anyway
Despite all the running away Micha brought him to an apartment building in the same town
It was about a half hour walk from his home He had been forced to hold on for dear life for over an hour but it seemed that was mostly because she had wanted to go touring While trying to hide the few tears he had shed he followed Micha inside It’s pretty messy since I’ve only just moved in but try to ignore it okay
Okay
Mutsuki lived in a house so entering a high-rise apartment building made him nervous He was taken to the top floor and then to one of the rooms overlooking the town at a frightening height
You were right about it being messy
That was his first impression
He removed his shoes in the entranceway which was filled with so many boots and sandals it
would have been difficult to find a matching set He was impressed by the automatic lights and automatically locking door but he was more focused on finding anywhere to step in a hallway filled with laundry and flyers Luckily Micha paved the way by kicking stuff out of the way Are you good at housework Mutsuki Y’know like cleaning
Cleaning I do it a lot if that’s what you mean
Great
They moved further inside
Needless to say the rest was a disaster too The dining and living rooms were almost fifty square meters in all but there was still nowhere to step
Cardboard boxes waiting to be unpacked were piled up yet beer cans were stacked in a pyramid on the table like building blocks There were far too many empty cans for her to have really just moved in but there were far too many boxes still needing unpacking for her to have actually lived here longer
He had not even known her for two whole hours but he felt he had a pretty good grasp on her character
Hm
He noticed something on the couch
They were clothes far too small for Micha to wear They looked like they might be for a child but they had caught his eye because they were neatly folded up amid the otherwise messy room
He naturally approached them and found a shirt and spats he had seen somewhere before
Where did she get off to Hey are you back
Micha kicked more things out of her way and searched for someone by opening all the doors
leading from the living room
Ange Are you here nor not
Yes yes I’m here Just a second
Someone replied from the door in the dining room next to the one leading to the kitchen
Oh you’re in there Were you taking a shower
Steam escaped the door but Micha did not hesitate to walk over and open it
What
She did indeed reveal a girl who had apparently been taking a shower
The girl had just started tying back the red hair that was long enough to cover her butt She had her hand around the wet hair and a rubber hairband in her mouth
She slowly turned toward Mutsuki
Mutsuki looked straight at her
Except for the towel draped over her neck she was completely naked The girl’s defenseless body was on full display
She stood there in her birthday suit with nothing hidden her armpits her collarbones the indentation of her navel her surprisingly feminine chest given her otherwise childish build and down there It was a beautiful body Her unblemished skin was pure white Her long arms and legs were slender Her waist was so skinny it seemed to have been carved down and her smooth hips were the exact opposite Her bust bulged out only a modest amount Other than her short height she had the slender build of a model He knew it was rude but Mutsuki gulped sending his still-thin Adam’s apple up and down
The girl froze in place as well
I’ll introduce her properly this time This is Ange She works with me
The hairband fell from her mouth
Gnyaahh
Wah wah wah I-I’m sorry
She screamed so loudly it had to have reached the first floor and Mutsuki frantically turned around
But he moved too quickly His quick about-face caused him to slip on a magazine lying on the floor and to trip quite spectacularly
His head hit the couch and everything on it poured down onto him