Chapter 174
Translator: Ranzan
Anna Juunishima wore a black no-sleeve shirt with hot pants and high-heel sandals . There were sunglasses hanging over her chest, and one bracelets on each arm .
She was slim and tall, and she wore clothes that fit her feminine, fierce demeanor .
Behind her were three young men . They all looked out with sour expressions, one of them was in front of the other two, the driver of the car they were in .
「You…why are you here?」
Taiyou said in a surprised look and voice at these unknown characters .
「Why am I not allowed to be here? This is Juunishima, after all! This here is my headquarters, so there’s going to be one or two of us here, at least . 」
「…I thought you were pursuing Pochi here . 」
He said with a light comment, and answered her with a frowning brow .
「I did, but I wasn’t able to capture her . I heard you had arrived on this island and was thinking that a monster like you would never come, but now time’s out without me even getting close to her . 」
「Really, well, Kohaku fled away well too . 」
「This pisses me off, seeing you relaxed about it . Well, thanks to you I’ve been messing up, so they called me here to deal with you . 」
「You’ve been told to defeat me?」
「…」
Anna didn’t answer, but an icy smile spread on her face .
Taiyou laughed at himself at the stupid thing was hearing after he caused all this carnage, but the fact that this girl appeared here meant she was his enemy .
「Natsuno-kun…」
Aoba worrily called his name, as she turned her clinging eyes towards him .
It seemed that the trust and calm that she had previously had been pulled away .
It was to be expected, because before Anna and her group had attacked Natsuno’s group on a trip, and she had been injured .
Even though it wasn’t a big deal, it was certain one would feel worried in front of someone that previously injured you .
Taiyou put power into the arm that held her, as if to tell her 「It’ll be okay」 .
「Okay…」
Aoba nodded, and buried herself under his arm .
He could feel Anna’s presence, and the fear of Aoba from her experiences with Anna .
He felt strongly that he had to protect her .
「Let that girl go, she’s going to get mixed up in this . 」
Anna said provocatively, as Taiyou became enraged .
He strongly regretted not being able to protect her the last time she was attacked by Anna…there was something like trauma left in Aoba .
There was no reason to leave her just because Anna told him, no, in fact he would stay with her because Anna told him .
「No . 」
「Such a conceited attitude, are you really okay with that? I think any REAL man would want to make sure his girl is safe . 」
「Yeah, me too . 」
「Then do it . 」
「I already did . 」
Anna scowled at him .
She took a sudden breath at Taiyou’s quick response, as her expression of surprise turned into a sour expression .
His strange agreement with her had frustrated her .
What the reason for her frustration was…was something Taiyou declined to ponder about .
(No reason to think about it now . )
There was only one thing for him to do now, show Aoba that he had the power to keep her from being touched, that was it .
There was nothing to think about but that .
「Well, too bad then . 」
Anna said with a sigh .
「Big sis, are you really going to do this?」
The driver of the car asked . He earnestly asked her, as if he seemed a bit lost .
「Yeah . 」
「But…」
「Just shut up . 」
Anna said, and the other three were quiet .
He ignored the standing Anna, and looked at the three young guys, matching their gazes and taking a step ahead .
Taiyou glared at them, took out his weapon, and placed it on his back .
Taiyou’s power, knowing that he was invulnerable to ranged attacks meant that he prepared for a close one .
「Here goes . 」
As soon as the others heard Anna’s call to attack, they all went forward to attack Taiyou .
Taiyou took a step back . He didn’t face straight forward, but pulled his body back and hid Aoba behind him .
After putting his right side out as his furthermost point, he gazed carefully at an approaching blade and dodged the tip .
He went to counterattack as the attack went by, but where he was about to step in was stashed at from the other side .
Left and right, his vision scattered to the front .
The guys’ combinations were a barrage seeking to hem him in .
He took a step back .
They followed up with another attack, as he ran back over the stone tiles with Aoba in arm .
「Ug . 」
He tripped on the edge of one tile and lost his balance . Then one weapon scratched the edge of his nose, and he almost was unable to avoid it, while the end of his nose split open in a trail of new blood .
「Natsuno-kun!」
「I’m fine! It’s a scratch!」
「We’ll give you a fatal blow!」
「Now, die!」
「Roaaaah!」
They saw their chance as they dove in for a new attack . The three all attacked them with their weapons at once .
Cold flashes of light chased both Taiyou and Aoba .
「Don’t mess with meeeee!!」
Suddenly, the air was filled with the sound of roaring yells .
They both attacked as Taiyou shot out his right arm .
The two swords scratched his cheeks, while the last sword was caught by his arm .
「Wha?」
As he held onto the blade of the sword, he put power into bending it .
The sword was bent until the guy holding it let go .
Taiyou ignored the pain in his hand and spun the sword around as his own, and swung it .
Then, he stabbed out at the fellows that had attacked him .
「Ah!」
At that moment, Taiyou’s movements stopped .
His arm was spun around somehow from the back .
When he looked, somehow Anna had gotten behind him and had grabbed Aoba and spun her and Taiyou as she pulled Taiyou’s arms behind his back .
With Anna’s power she could only pretend she was powerful in that instant .
However, as it was a surprise move, he didn’t understand what had happened and was slow to defend .
「Now get him!」
「Raoooohhhh!」
At Anna’s command, the other guys came charging at Taiyou .
He didn’t think that Anna would sacrifice herself to make that attack .
「Huff…pant…」
Taiyou was nearly out of breath, and it wasn’t that his breath was hoarse, but he had also taken quite a bit of damage .
「I never thought…anyone would make a move like that on me…」
Anna’s strategy…he was taken aback by her unexpected strategy of self sacrifice .
He thought it was an impossible move for her to do, he had been struck in the side of the head, and was stabbed in the shoulder by a sword .
All of Anna’s troops now were knocked out .
In Taiyou’s counterattack, the three guys were face-up on the ground, while Anna was holding a broken rib and spitting up blood .
It was a dirty win for Taiyou, but he had taken some damage as well .
「Natsuno-kun, are you okay?」
「I’m fine…and you? Okay?」
「Yeah…totally…」
「Is that so?」
Taiyou nodded, and walked towards Anna .
「We’re passing through . 」
「Go ahead, you can see we can’t stop you . 」
「…yeah . 」
He breathed deeply, as Taiyou spurred on his damaged body and passed by Anna on the side with Aoba next to him .
As he passed, Anna called out to him .
「Wait…you’re not going to kill me off?」
「Purpose and means…there’s no reason for me to . 」
「You don’t hate me?」
「Aoba is untouched . 」
「So that was the result?」
「Results are important . 」
Anna suddenly fell quiet as Taiyou and Aoba walked in through the door .
「Where next?」
「Um, the email says climb the stairs to the second floor . 」
「And from there?」
「Go in the door that’s decorated the most tacky . 」
「This one . 」
As Aoba led him with her smartphone in one hand, he followed, and they progressed to the center of the building .
「Ugh…」
He became dizzy .
His arms fell behind his back as he stood, and Aoba came out from under him .
「Natsuno-kun, are you really okay?」
「Don’t worry, it’s no big deal . Do we go left next? Or right?」
「Um, right . 」
「Okay!」
They turned right as Aoba said .
Taiyou’s feet stopped as the corridor opened up .
There stood the next group of enemies waiting .
「Saegusa…Tsukumo . 」
In the back of his mind, he had expected this after meeting Anna, but it seemed that he had brought the three daughter/mother pairs with him to fight as well .
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