One step ahead, Oshino arrived at the designated place before the specified time.

At this time, the sun had not completely set, and the playground was slanted with blood-like remnants of the sun.

There were two chairs and two people were seated.

On one of the chairs, there was the squad leader, who was confined to the chair in the form of being tied up because she was a hostage.

If Li Nian is allowed to look at it, he can recognize it at a glance, it is the child he met at the gate of Zongwu Gao.

Tsubasa Hanekawa.

It seems that nothing is going on right now.

It seems that the gaze was originally looking in the direction of the school gate, so he discovered Oshino earlier than Chilo Kinkada, and now he is showing a puzzled expression.

It was the first time we had met.

It's just that the freedom of movement is deprived, and her mouth is not sealed, and she opens her mouth to say something, but the one who says "you ......" only said one word, and then she can't make a sound "uh", because the hand holding her throat suddenly joins the force.

He sat on another chair next to him, and when he took a step back, he noticed Oshino's approach, and immediately increased the force of his grip on Hanekawa's throat, making her breathless and difficult.

Then he raised his head slightly, and looked over with his eyes narrowed into a slit, and when he saw that it was Oshino, he obviously frowned.

"What, it's you."

It seems that I just thought it was Araragi Calendar who came over.

However, he had no intention of relaxing the strength in his hands, and Hanekawa's expression was still getting more and more painful.

Oshino raised his hands in a gesture of surrender.

"I'm not going to do anything, so let's relax, the hostages look miserable."

"I refuse, there is no reason to listen to your words."

"There's no need to be so vigilant, Araragi-kun shouldn't have come out at this time, and now this level of sunlight is not weak enough to make a vampire walk."

“……”

"Ah, am I mistaken? Oh, the person you're guarding is a martial god, right? ”

With a subtle reaction, it seems that this time it was a correct guess.

Oshino smiled sarcastically.

"Don't worry about this, if he has already arrived nearby, in terms of the state you were in just now, he must have been restrained a long time ago, and if you can react now, it can only mean that he hasn't found this yet."

"As soon as you say that, I can't relax."

"Even if that's the case, if the hostages die now, you're going to be bothered, right? His face is already blue. ”

“……”

Quilokin Kada relaxed his arms.

"Puff, cough, cough!"

The girl breathed the air greedily, it was terrible, just now in that situation, her vision was blurred, and she thought she was really going to die.

Hanekawa smiled bitterly.

"Maybe Mr. Oshino, you shouldn't remind him that if I die here, Arara-san-san won't have any scruples."

"Thought I wanted you to die here? That's wronged, it's really that kind of situation, whether it's on Arara's Mujun or Martial God's side, it's hard for me to explain. ”

"I ...... Uh......"

Before she could say something, Quilokin Carda poured power into her hand again, making it impossible for her to breathe.

"Enough air, right? Really, just say something you shouldn't say with one mouth, if that's not the case, I don't want to do this to you, if you don't want to be offended, just shut up, that will make you breathe. ”

Oshino furrowed his eyebrows.

"Hey."

"You don't seem to know much about her, I talked to her for a few words, and I thought this girl was too strange, she just said that sentence seriously. I'm wondering if I chose the wrong person, but I can't change people now, and if I want her to play the role of a hostage, I think it's better not to let her speak now. ”

“……”

"As you can see, I'm really warning the Martial God, but that doesn't mean how long it will take me to kill this little girl, although the hostage himself seems to have an inexplicable spirit of sacrifice, but you don't want to see this happen, do you? Then I also want to say that there is still the confidence that we will kill her before you save her, so please don't act rashly. ”

As he spoke, he relaxed the strength of his hand again, allowing Hanekawa to breathe.

After a few breaths, she was silent and didn't seem to speak again, probably knowing that Quilokin Kada wouldn't let her speak.

"It's good to have that attitude."

Quilokin Carda nodded in satisfaction.

"The spirit of sacrifice...... Is it? ”

Looking at the silent girl, and remembering some of the descriptions that Araragiri had told her, and what she had done last night when she fought Abiso in Araragiri, Oshino couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly.

It's a very apt word.

Tsubasa Hanekawa is really an abnormal girl.

Regardless of what kind of person the class leader is.

"With this kind of indiscriminate means, do you think I will agree?"

"yes, let's kill her."

"Actually, I'm just talking, don't take it seriously."

Seeing that he had already eaten his own expression, Oshino was very decisive in admitting it.

There was no doubt that Quilokin Kada was determined to take Miss Squad President hostage, and he felt that there was no hope of negotiation.

"Well, in fact, this time my position is the same as usual, it is neutral, and no matter what happens after that, I will not intervene. It's your freedom to use Miss Squad Leader as your weapon, and if Araragi-kun concedes defeat because of this, I'll also tell Heartunderblade where he's hiding as agreed. ”

Oshino said, stepping aside and standing, showing that he wanted to be an honest referee.

"If only you could understand."

After that, the two who had their own thoughts did not communicate again, silently waiting for the arrival of Ara Liangmuli.

When the slanting sun was gradually replaced by shadows, and the vampires were able to walk outside, Araragi quickly appeared in front of them.

"Hanekawa!"

The anxious voice seemed to be afraid that others would not know how important this girl was to him.

Oshino shook his head secretly, but Quirreokinkada laughed happily and stood up silently, holding the hostage's neck tightly and going around behind the hostage's back.

Apparently he ran all the way, and after entering the school gate, he rushed straight to this side.

"Thank you for your hard work, aren't you here for this?"

As if to give Ara Ryoki a look, his empty hand slashed casually, cut the knot that bound Hanekawa to the chair, and with the other hand, he tightly pinched Hanekawa, squeezing his throat harder than before, and lifted her up like a cargo, leaving her legs off the ground, revealing an expression that was even more painful than just now.

"Just stand there and don't move."

“……！”

Quilokin Carda said lightly, as if he had been frozen, he stopped ten meters away, and became speechless, just staring at Quillokin Carda with wide eyes.

Seeing his opponent like this, Chilo Kinkada smiled and lowered his hand slightly, letting Hanekawa's feet barely fall to the ground,

"Come, say a few words."

"Ahem, ahem...... Arara-san, don't-"

"Sure enough, hihi, stop here."

"Woohoo...... Whining! ”

Lift the girl off the ground again, making her unable to breathe or speak, making painful whimpering sounds.

"You, you!"

The presentation of the goods was very successful, and it is clear that it has been seriously shaken.

"As you can see, I'm such a vile and shameless person."

"You...... But that's a girl......"

"I hate the distinction between men and women."

"But...... It's the average person. ”

"If that's not the case, it will be more difficult to capture them as hostages."

“……”

Li didn't know what to say, and his mind began to get confused.

"Don't do it...... So the over-the-top thing? ”

"Something excessive?"

As she spoke, she lifted and lowered Hanekawa once, only allowing her to breathe enough to support her survival, and Quilokingada snorted disdainfully as he heard this.

"You mean something like this?"

The activist's fingertips slashed at the white neck, and a wound that looked like a knife blade had been cut, and blood oozed from under the cortex, causing Hanekawa's pupils to shrink slightly.

But she couldn't cry out the pain, because she was brought up again.

“……”

Li took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and asked.

"What do you want?"

"Ask something stupid. You know what to do, right? ”

Yes, the purpose of Quilokin Carda is clear.

He wanted to win the duel with Araragiri, then take Heartunderblade's hideout and kill her.

So Araragi only needs to throw in the towel here.

Like now, when the crisis is imminent, Li has figured it out.

Admitting defeat is defeat.

Heartunderblade will not be able to get his legs back, staying at the current level, and if he is chased and killed by those four people, even if he adds himself, he will definitely not have the slightest chance of winning.

She's going to be killed, right?

As a grasshopper on a rope, I am afraid that I will also die.

Only then did I realize that I was already standing on the edge of the cliff, and it was a situation from which there was no way back.

It's not a question of whether he wants to do it or not.

It's that he had to do it.

Looking at Oshino next to him, the person who gave the suggestion was silent, looking in the direction where Quilokin Kada was, and didn't even look here.

While waiting for Li's response, he let go of Hanekawa and let her breathe, but Quilokinkada, who had not received a response for a long time, was already impatient to wait.

"Still hesitating? Are you wasting your time, or do you have to wait until you see a few scars on this lovely face before you realize that no one can help you? ”

As he spoke, his other hand reached for Hanekawa's cheek.

Anyway, the bottom line is just the girl's life, and he really plans to create a few scars for Li to see.

Immediately, Araragi made up his mind.

Attack with all your might, even including Hanekawa.

In order to achieve this goal in one go, I gave up my knowledge of being a human being.

What Araragi does is simple.

He turned his arm into a giant tree and swung it out in one go.

Pretentiously on guard, Quilokin Carda sensed the blow.

Although he was only human, he immediately judged the form, speed, and strength of this blow from the movement of his starting hand, and realized that it was a blow that included the hostages in his hand.

There is no way to dodge.

It's going to die.

This girl too, too, will die.

So he, instantaneously, was confused.

Of course, even if he wasn't confused, his reactions, and his qualities, would certainly not make him dodge the blow.

But the onlooker is not confused.

In the direction that Oshino was looking, Li Nian had been standing in the shadows of the building not far behind Chilo Jinkada and observing silently.

He watched every move of Ara Ryagi in his eyes, and he sensed the signs of this kid's attack faster than Chiro Jinkada, and immediately had a correct judgment, unlike the dazed Chilo Jinkada, who immediately took action.

In the blink of an eye, he flashed behind Quilokinkada, and with a wave of his arm, he flew the two of Chilokinkada and Hagawa Tsubasa, followed by a sideways kick that he didn't want to think about, and then he swung out the giant log, which was indeed unparalleled speed, but this powerful high kick pinched the timing and accurately kicked the giant tree from a slightly oblique angle, causing it to deviate some of its trajectory, almost grazing the head of Chilo Kinkada, which was still flying in the air.

The priest escaped his life, but because of his position, he was blown farther away by the fierce wind, and even separated from Hanekawa Tsubasa.

Li Nian's kick of the giant tree deviated from the trajectory, and he also took several steps back, and finally slammed the ground with a "bang" to force himself to stop.

Then he looked up, and his cold gaze was directed at the blank young man opposite.

"What do you mean by that?"