Koneko-chan suddenly looked up at the ceiling ahead of us.
“…Above!”
What, what? As I followed the gaze of the surprised Koneko-chan—.
Stretching straight up to the ceiling was a rope—no, a line! Descending from the ceiling using that Tarzan-like rope was—.
“—Hyoudou! The first attack is ours!”
It was Saji! He prepared to attack me while positioning himself for a knee kick! Moreover, there was someone on Saji’s back!
I quickly guarded using my gauntlet as a shield!
Dogon!
The impact of the combined force of the momentum of their fall + the kick + the weight of two people was transmitted to my body through my gauntlet!
My stance shook from the force of the attack, but I somehow recovered and I prepared to advance on the—enemy in front of me.
“Yo, Hyoudou.”
Saji had appeared. Next to him, the one who had been riding on his back was—a girl. A member of the student council, huh. I think she was a first-year student. She often acted together with Saji from behind him.
Saji’s right arm—had a black snake wound around it several times. Its shape was different from before! There had just been a deformed lizard head there before. Did his Sacred Gear change!? …Wait, there was a black snake wound around my gauntlet on my left arm as well, and it was connected to Saji’s Sacred Gear. He must have put it on me when he attacked before!
There was also a line connecting to my right hand, but…it wasn’t connected to Saji’s Sacred Gear. Rather, it seemed to be tied to something far away. Was this line connected all the way to the enemy base?
It was weird, but it didn’t feel like my power was being sucked away.
Saji noticed that I was looking at his Sacred Gear, and spoke while smiling bitterly.
“Well, I did some training. The result of that is this. So, when I had stuck a line in the ceiling and rose up in order to observe the store interior from above, I saw two people hiding under cover further away. Since you didn’t notice me, I used that brief chance to do a Tarzan attack.”
I see. So that’s how you arrived here. Yeah, I understand somehow.
If I had gotten here first, I would have done the same to you. I understand somehow.
You also think that, right? Hey, Saji.