Full Metal Panic! Short Stories Volume 9 Part 1 by Shouji Gatou

Author:Shouji Gatou
Language: eng
Format: epub

“Are you sure it’ll be okay?” Kaname whispered to Sousuke as they left the student council room.

“Will what be okay?”

“Well... there are about ten people on Sasaki-kun’s team, aren’t there? I’m not sure even you can handle that many alone.”

“Not an issue. Considering the welcome they gave me when I burst into that laboratory, they are extremely ill-trained,” he told her. “The use of mines and other such measures can easily reduce their forces to less than half. Then I can pick the rest off one at a time.”

Kaname sighed. “I feel like I should probably mention that you’re not allowed to use traps.”

Here, Sousuke frowned. “What?”

“I mean, duh. It’s basically a sport,” she pointed out. “Also, no knifing anyone in the throat, using sleeper holds, or taking out large groups with hand grenades.”

“Absurd,” he scoffed. “How do you expect me to fight, then?”

“You’re supposed to shoot at each other with airsoft guns! That’s it! No one’s allowed to hurt anyone!”

“Hmm...” Sousuke looked troubled as sweat rose on his forehead.

“What are you so worried about?” Kaname asked. “Don’t real soldiers do that kind of training and stuff?”

“I suppose you have a point,” said Sousuke, clapping his hands together in understanding.

“Honestly...”

“But our squad trains frequently with live rounds. And we’re allowed to use grappling and traps. Once, when we were practicing CQB indoors, I ended up fighting with Mao... and ended up much the worse for the situation. She is a first-rate martial artist.”

“But that kind of thing is against the rules here,” Kaname reminded him.

“I know. It will be difficult facing ten men with firearms alone... but not impossible. I will polish them all off cleanly.” Sousuke didn’t sound like he was bragging, but rather as though he was simply speaking the truth. After all, he was a professional. That hobbyists couldn’t beat him was a simple fact.

After thinking for a moment, Kaname made a suggestion. “Hey.”

“Yes?”

“This sounds kinda fun. You think I could get in on it? Hayashimizu-senpai said that it was okay for the student council team to have multiple people. So...”

“No.” Sousuke quickly shut her down.

“Huh? How come?”

“You’ll just hold me back,” he told her. “It’s easier if I fight alone.”

The bluntness of his statement had Kaname stunned. “Hold you back? Me?”

“Yes. I’m sorry, but I can’t work with you.”

“Wh-What the heck? It’s just a game! You don’t have to take it so—“ Kaname was almost too confused to argue with him.

Sousuke peered seriously into her face. “Even if it is just a game, I cannot work with you.”

“Hey... are you mad at me? Because I shot you in the lab?” she whispered, looking at him with upturned eyes.

“I am not mad at you. I merely regret putting a gun into your hands. Regardless of the situation, anyone who would shoot an ally who entrusted his life to you—“ Sousuke trailed off briefly. “I simply cannot let you have my back.”

Her heart skipped a beat, and she felt like she’d been punched in the head. Uncertain of how to respond, Kaname found her voice cracking.

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