Chapter 206: Double Trap (9)
Seeing that things had reached a stalemate...
“Tch...”
Clicking her tongue, the little girl tore the thin wires wrapped around her feet free by sheer force, then gave the ground a light stomp.
“Boom—”
A terrifying crack split the ground. Starting from that fissure, the floor across half the room in front of the little girl collapsed—not just the floor, but the walls connected to it came crashing down as well.
The thin wires wrapped around the young woman's body suddenly went slack. They had been wound around the walls, and now that the walls were destroyed, the wires had lost their anchor. The wires themselves, of course, hadn't snapped.
But with the wires slack, the young woman had lost both her restraint and her footing. Naturally, she fell to the floor below.
But this had all been expected.
“Thud—”
The little girl stomped hard on the ground and shot toward the falling young woman like a cannonball. After catching her, she used the wall of the room below as a foothold and leaped straight outside. It looked like a simple jump, but the force behind it was like a bullet.
Meanwhile...
Naturally, a helicopter was waiting outside to pick them up.
Then...
“Whir—”
The helicopter flew off into the distance without a moment's pause.
Not even two seconds had passed.
“Your Highness, the Holy Heir.”
A figure jumped in from outside. It was a green-haired man in his thirties, dressed in a military uniform.
His steps were so light, it was as if he were flying.
“Are you all right?”
he asked the girl in white.
“I'm fine. I have you to thank for arriving in time, Lord Shuke.”
“I'm terribly sorry. The terrorists led me astray just now.”
The girl in white calmly shook her head.
“Don't blame yourself, Lord Shuke. I'm fine now.”
“Still, I didn't expect them to attack at a time like this. Was all of this planned?”
“It's very possible. In any case, the timing is far too convenient. By the way, Lord Shuke, how did you know to come?”
“Actually...”
Just then—
“Ugh... Seriously, I'm exhausted. Darling had better make it up to me later.”
Miyuki walked in looking drained. Tsuchimikado Hiyori, Arashikaze Manami, Katsuragi Reimi, and Amagi Asuka followed close behind.
“Could it be...”
The girl in white seemed to understand when she saw them.
The green-haired man nodded.
“Yes. The golden-haired girl over there had the others at the police station notify me. Since ordinary people couldn't get close to that place, it seems she had quite a hard time of it.”
“I see. Thank you all so much. You've saved me once again.”
“No, it was nothing. After all, it was Lord Ryuto's request.”
Hiyori smiled and waved a hand. At some point, she'd tied her hair back again.
“Ugh... I'm definitely making darling make it up to me later.”
Miyuki clenched her fist and grumbled.
“Well, at least we got through this without anyone getting hurt. By the way, Katsuragi, how are things at the front gate?”
“That man retreated a few minutes ago. Maybe he realized the timing was bad, or one of his allies warned him beforehand.”
Arashikaze Manami nodded thoughtfully at Katsuragi Reimi's answer.
“I see. Were the two here too caught up in the fight to notice their ally's warning?”
“That's the only explanation. Anyway, you have no idea how ferocious that guy at the gate was. If we'd been even a little later, we wouldn't have been able to hold out.”
Asuka sounded a little worked up.
