Chapter 77: The Battle of Magic and Science
When she was still some distance from her target, Kuroko stopped and reached into the pocket of her skirt.
What was removed was something similar to a small pistol, but the barrel was more than three centimeters in diameter, and it was a special gun used to fire special bullets such as flares.
"I really don't want to use this...... Because I have to write a report when I use it. β
She grumbled softly, aiming her gun straight above and pulling the trigger in one go.
With a ridiculous 'bang', a metal cylinder about the size of lipstick slowly rose to a height of about seven meters in the air, and then, suddenly, there was a loud bang, and the dazzling flash of light spread outward from the center of the metal cylinder, and all the people around were so frightened by this sudden large amount of light that they covered their eyes and couldn't move.
But after this moment, everyone moved very quickly, screaming and roaring one after another, everyone fled into the nearby buildings, even the college students and teachers who were driving the car, abandoned their cars on the spot and ran into the building.
As long as you are a resident of this city, everyone knows it well.
This is an evacuation order issued by the security forces, which means 'there will be a battle here, everyone hurry up and flash people, please be careful not to be hit by stray bullets', and in just 30 seconds, there was no one to be seen on the originally lively road in front of the station.
Only Kuroko Shirai and the foreign woman who was the target were left, and the woman at the center of the flash did not run away or make noise, but just stood leisurely.
The distance between the two was about ten meters, and Kuroko was staring at the woman closely.
This is a woman who knows to be suspicious at first glance, wearing a large dress with a black background, decorated with white lace and bows everywhere, maybe it can be called a Gord Lori style dress, if it is worn on a blonde girl, it should be very suitable.
The woman did have long blond hair, but her skin was rather rough, and she must have been over twenty years old, and her hair seemed to be seldom kept, and everywhere it was upturned like the mane of a beast, and her skin was brown, but it was a brown that was not at all in harmony with the sun.
The black dress also looks quite shabby, not only the fabric is worn, but the white lace has also been yellowed, although it can't be said to be a beauty on the whole, but it has a bit of wildness, it is simply a woman who has completely destroyed the delicate and luxurious fantasy of the Gord Lori style.
"Please don't move, I'm the person in charge of maintaining law and order in the city, my name is Shirai Kuroko, I believe I don't need to repeat the reason for your arrest?"
However, the woman with messy blond hair did not react to Kuroko's words at all.
The decadent, emotionless woman just shook her neck slightly, looking to the left and right, as if to her, the sudden disappearance of the inhabitants was more interesting than Shirai, and it was a full five seconds before the woman finally turned her gaze to Shirai.
"Exploration aborted...... It's going to give me trouble. β
The woman's voice was distinctly insulting, and without the slightest hint of waiting for a response from her opponent, the woman reached into the torn sleeve of her old black dress and quickly took out something, which was a white piece of chalk.
And at that moment, Kuroko Shirai, who was originally standing opposite the woman, was already close to the woman's eyes, and there was originally a distance of more than ten meters between the two, but Shirai used the space movement to turn the distance to zero in an instant.
The woman's leisurely expression showed a slight surprise.
However, Kuroko didn't intend to explain this, because there was no need to tell her opponent, this was the 'spatial movement' of the level 4 ability, and she reached out and grabbed the woman's wrist that was covered under the tattered lace.
Next, the brown woman had fallen to the ground before she knew it.
There is no pain, no impact, and most importantly, no memory of being fallen, in fact, Shirai just uses his spatial movement ability to move her to the ground the moment he touches her, but for a woman who doesn't know the mystery, it may be like some kind of mysterious martial arts throwing technique.
Even so, the woman's avoidance action was full of fatigue, and she rolled around on the ground, and when she was about to stand up...
"I told youβ"
Boom Boom Boom! There was a high-speed crash like a sewing machine's striking pin, and upon closer inspection, the woman's dress sleeves and the excess fabric on her skirt were pierced by a total of twelve metal arrows, and the woman was nailed to the asphalt pavement.
"βDon't move. Don't you understand Japanese?"
Shirai Kuroko said condescendingly and quietly.
This is also an attack method that uses the ability to move in space, and the arrow hidden in the skirt is teleported to the coordinates designated in the heart, which not only has the power and burst of the machine gun level, but also because it is the movement of space and space, so it will not be blocked by the shelter, and there is no need to worry about someone being injured by stray bullets, which can be said to be a quite terrible attack.
However, even after seeing such an ability, the woman's expression remained unmoved.
She only paused, then smiled slowly......
The corners of his mouth on his mask-like face slowly and quietly stretched to the sides, pulling out a slender smile reminiscent of the legendary youkai rift girl.
"What......?"
Instead, Kuroko frowned in surprise, and suddenly, there was a huge explosion on the ground directly behind her.
ββ¦β¦ What's going on......?"
Kuroko was surprised, but she didn't have time to look back, because in an instant, the pitch-black asphalt had risen completely, throwing Kuroko's body into the air, and she finally looked back until her back hit the hard ground.
It was a huge arm, almost like a long-necked dragon poking out of the water, and an 'arm' more than two meters long grew on the asphalt.
Although the shape of the 'arm' is the same as that of a human arm, the material is asphalt, bicycles, roadside guardrails, etc., which hold things around us together and reshape them like clay, just like a steel arm mounted on a heavy machine during the demolition of a building.
Kuroko hurriedly tried to escape from that position, but found that his ankle seemed to be stuck in something, and the ground and the ground near the root of the 'arm' were bulging, and the broken asphalt was intricately biting together, and Kuroko's foot was caught in the gap between the bites.
ββ¦β¦ Yes...... Woo...... I didn't expect this outside person...... ...... it's a superpower?"
The pressure on her feet grew stronger, and Kuroko's expression couldn't help but distort, and when she turned her head, she saw that the woman who was nailed to the ground was holding something like white chalk in her hand, and wrote some strange marks on the asphalt.
It didn't look like a mark used in scientific research, but rather like a magical word of strange power.
Perhaps, just like in a mobile phone, a few short buttons instead of a long number, prepare a few symbols with special meaning in advance, so as to hypnotize yourself, control the superpowers you have, and try to analyze the phenomenon in front of you with the knowledge you have.
"Really...... Worst...... Anyway, you have to get up and ......!"
The Lily Maiden tried to regain her composure, and at this point she discovered something.
There is a bulge at the base of the 'arm' that extends from the ground, and Kuroko's foot is sandwiched in it, and the bulge is rounded and looks like a human face, and her foot is like being bitten by the 'teeth' of the asphalt, and a sharp pain ensues.
"Oops...!"
Her ability is to move in space, and she is not limited to three-dimensional constraints, and can move freely in space.
But this ability has weaknesses, the phrase 'moving in space' sounds simple, but the principle behind it is to first break free from three-dimensional thinking, find your own coordinates on the eleventh dimension, and then calculate the moving vector. This kind of calculus is not the same as the simple commands constructed in the minds of ordinary superpowers, such as 'emit flames' and 'send lightning strikes', in complex procedures.
Therefore, once she falls into a state of severe pain, anxiety, and confusion, and is unable to maintain her normal mind, she will lose her ability to calculate, so she will not be able to use space to move.
"Ah...... Lance...... Uh-huh......!"
The teeth on the asphalt pavement squeaked slightly, and Kuroko was already screaming in pain, obviously as long as he used the ability to move in space, he could escape immediately, but he couldn't think calmly because he was nervous.
On the other side, the woman lying on the ground was smiling faintly, moving the white chalk only with the strength of her wrist. The huge 'arm' seemed to be being manipulated, and the elbow joint slowly bent and changed direction, as if it was adjusting the angle to kill the worm on the ground.
Kuroko knew very well in her heart, but she couldn't move, and the severe pain affected her calculation ability, so that she obviously had the means of escape by space movement, but she was helpless, just like she had a nuclear bomb shelter, but she lost the key to open the door.
"Really...... Looks like the only way to do that ......!"