Strike the Blood, Vol. 13: The Roses of Tartarus by Gakuto Mikumo

Author:Gakuto Mikumo [Mikumo, Gakuto]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen Press
Published: 2019-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

Asagi was petrified as Yaze broke into a run, practically dragging her along.

In seeming pursuit of the pair, a new round came flying, smashing the apartment building’s fence apart.

7

“No good—can’t get through…!”

Depression was consuming Kojou as he pressed the cell phone to his ear.

He’d tried calling over and over, but at this point, he didn’t suspect Asagi would answer. An hour had already passed since Logi had met Kojou and Yukina at the park, more than enough time for December and Carly to carry out Asagi’s assassination.

“Please calm yourself, senpai! It’s all right; we can still make it!”

Yukina squeezed Kojou’s fiercely trembling hand as she tried to talk him down.

“Make it?! But December’s already…”

“Aiba said she was headed to visit Yaze, yes?”

“Ah…”

Yukina’s rational words abruptly snapped Kojou out of it. His constricted range of vision expanded, and the gears in his mind finally began to turn a little.

“I get it. Yaze’s boarding house is in Island West… Close to here…”

Kojou and Yukina nodded to each other as they left the animal hospital.

Asagi’s action to go there was on a whim. With school suddenly suspended, she hadn’t gone home, choosing to intrude on Yaze’s boarding house first. There was more than a slight chance that her spontaneous action had caused a delay in December’s assassination plan. He didn’t think even Tartarus Lapse had the low-rent apartment building Yaze stayed at staked out beforehand.

The downtown residential district was packed with houses, and finding a sniper’s perch would take time. They hadn’t necessarily pulled the assassination off yet. It was no time to fall into a panic.

“Shit… If only Natsuki were here at a time like this…”

Kojou unwittingly voiced his lament as he raced through the narrow streets.

Even if they were in the same area, Yaze’s boarding house was still a good two monorail stations away. Even Kojou’s vampirized leg strength couldn’t cross that distance in five minutes—or even ten.

Furthermore, with particularly bad timing, the monorail had just left the nearest station. On an elevated track, the silver-colored train was cruelly passing by above Kojou’s and Yukina’s heads.

At that time of day, it would probably be a ten-minute wait until the next scheduled train. They had no time to wait for the next one.

“Himeragi!”

“Y-yes?”

When Kojou suddenly looked back, Yukina, caught by surprise, came to a halt. As she did, Kojou picked up the small girl without asking first. His unanticipated action left her frozen stiff.

“S-senpai…?!”

“Wrooooooooagh—!!”

And the next instant, the pair was struck by the bizarre sensation of the sky and soil having swapped places.

With a floaty feeling, as if freed from the laws of gravity, she felt an unpleasant acceleration, like having fallen from a high-up place. Kicking off the the ground, Kojou’s body, with Yukina still in his arms, danced into the city sky above.

“This power is…?!” Yukina murmured in astonishment as she clung to Kojou’s neck.

Having become distanced from the surface of the ground with incredible force, they were gently approaching it once more. It was leaping ability impossible by any normal estimation.

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