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Raid
I was asked a lot of questions, but not as many as Nakamoto-san and Yua-san.
Although not as many as Nakamoto-san and the others and Yua, I still received quite a few questions, and I’m feeling impatient.
I thought if I told them that soloing was dangerous and that they should not do it, I would be able to get by, but that was not the case.
In the end, the questions came mainly from students who wanted to go solo or someone who seemed to prefer to be alone, and I answered each one carefully. Such time went on for a while.
There was a student who seemed to be a fan of Rishe and was watching the video of when Yua and I defeated the mutant boss monster evil treant in the Magic Tree Dungeon, and it was troubling when he asked me about that.
And when that student asked me about Yua, I told him that she was a friend, and he asked me if we were dating or something like that! I was about to show my true colors when one of the students asked me about Yua, but I could hold it in.
“Well then, I thought I’ll finish with the next question.”
I took a breath as I heard the teacher’s voice moderating the session, and wondered if it was finally over.
“Well, then, the last question is….”
Finally, the last question came.
I was a little prepared for what the last question was going to be and what kind of question it was.
“Rah!”
The gymnasium doors opened with a bang, and several men in black, with their faces covered, entered.
Was that!?
I looked at the teachers, wondering if there had been some miscommunication, but they were frozen in place, as were the students and Yua.
I guessed from the teachers’ reactions and how they were dressed they weren’t from the school, and Nakamoto-san and the others, perhaps thinking the same thing, tried to seize the men in black.
But.
Pow!
It was faster for the man in black to fire his pistol at the ceiling.
“Kyaaaah!!!!!!!”
“Woah!!!!!!!”
Hearing the sound, the students came to their senses and began to scream and become confused.
“You guys, don’t move!”
The black-clad men shouted at the students, pointing pistols, assault rifles, shotguns, and other weapons at them.
The students, who had been in a state of panic at the point of a gun, quieted down again. Perhaps because of the effect of the gun.
It was the same for me, Nakamoto-san, and the others, who couldn’t move badly with the muzzle of the gun pointed at the students.
……Well, what are we going to do?
“Oh, good boy. I’m glad you’re being mature, uncle.”
After that, when the men in black found out we were explorers, they took the students hostage and tied our hands and feet.
The rope that tied us up was a rope made from a [Magical Tool Creation] that I’ve seen before, and it doesn’t look like it would break so easily. And if they take the students hostage, there’s nothing we can do either.
The black-robed men also seem to be raising their level, about level 500, and the one who seems to be the leader is about level 1,000, so I think it will be easy to control them if I fight.
The earlier fight was because we were too far away to allow the men in black to take action, but I don’t think we would lose if we fought them head-on.
The man who seemed to be the group leader grinned when he saw us tied up on the stage.
“Well, my apologies, explorers. We didn’t expect you to be here this time. You’ll have to stay there and be quiet.”
…… Unexpected?
So this raid was unplanned and spontaneous? Or was it planned but unexpected that we were here today?
Damn! We don’t have enough information! I guess we’ll have to do what you say for now.
“All right, all right. That’s it. You guys! Gather the 18-year-olds as planned!”
“OH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Then the man who seems to be the leader of the men in black calls out to the other men in black, and they get off the stage.
Watching us on stage are two men holding assault rifles at gunpoint.
There are a few other men in black, but all but the two watching us are facing the students, pointing their muzzles at them and asking something.
“…………”
“Kaede, what are those guys going to do ……?”
“I don’t know ……. But I’m sure it’s not a good thing.”
Yua asked me with an anxious look, but I don’t know what happened.
What I know now is that the purpose of those black guys is the students.
From the words of the man who seems to be the leader, they are targeting 18-year-old students ……, so only 18-year-olds.
“Hey, you guys, this way. Follow me.”
As I was talking with Yua, I heard the voice and turned my head to see the black-suited men pointing their guns at the students, and they were about to take the students who were pointing their guns at them out of the gymnasium.
“Damn! Where the hell is those guys going to take them?”
“I don’t know ……. But I don’t think it’s a good idea for us to move.”
“I know …… damn it …….”
Nakamoto-san was swearing in frustration, and Yua, perhaps noticing this, was calmly speaking to Nakamoto-san as if to admonish him.
Nakamoto-san’s party members are also trying to get out of the noose somehow, but they are in the same situation.
In the midst of all this, I looked at each student’s face carefully, trying to remember the number of people and faces of the taken students, and then I saw some students I recognized.
“Rin, Rina, Anju……?”
I couldn’t help but mutter as I spotted three familiar faces among the taken students.
Damn! I had heard before that the three of them were going to give an orientation session, but all three were students at this school!
But with my hands and feet tied, I can’t do anything.
While I was thinking this, the students were taken one, until the last student.
But.
“…… Now.”
Sure, there are two guys in black on stage watching us, but they’re not on the lookout for us.
Do they think we won’t do anything? Or are they thinking high and mighty that we’re stuck in custody and won’t be a problem? Either way, it’s an opportunity.
That letdown of the guard could be the reversal of the situation.