Ed smiled too. He was not at all surprised by Pierce's untimely reaction.

"What you say is not the same as what you think, right?" He looked at Pierce and said, "You don't want me to leave without any more nonsense. ”

"Yes, it's not." Pierce shook his head, "Letting you go, it's from the perspective of the organization, if you choose to turn around, I will definitely not shoot you in the back...... But that's a little too boring, isn't it? ”

Keeping his distance from Eddard, Pierce paced to the other corner of the living room opposite, leaving no obstacle between the two. He raised his hands to his chest and rubbed his fists, revealing the fangs of a hyena in his mouth.

"Originally, I was hoping to meet Shijro this time, and I really wanted to see what kind of monster the legendary rabid dog was. But from the very beginning I knew that I would not meet her, and the news from the organization was that she was still out and had not returned, and that the little girl was the only one in the hiding place, so this mission would be very important but it would also be easy...... It's disappointing. Pierce looked at Ed with a sharp gaze and laughed excitedly, "But thank God you showed up, otherwise you would be really bored to death today!" ”

“……”

Ed licked his lips with his tongue, tilted his head and shrugged his shoulders, and didn't make any reply, just simply stretched out his hand to Pierce, palm up, four fingers beckoning to his side.

Stop fucking bullshit. If you want to do it, hurry up!

Pierce's eyes lit up. "You're so likable!" He laughed, then suddenly leaned forward, leaping his legs high and falling with a volley that slammed into Ed's face.

The force caused Ed to roll over and fall on a small sofa chair on the side, rolling on the ground with the chair. As Pierce approached with a casual pursuit, Ed suddenly got up and landed an uppercut on his chin, then punched him in the left cheek. Pierce took two steps back, raised his leg and kicked Ed's body, kicking Ed's body backwards and leaning against the edge of the counter behind him.

Ed turned his head to look at the counter, reached out and grabbed a shaking vase on it, and slammed it into Pierce's head. Pierce's head was covered with cold water, and his straw-blonde hair turned into a mop head.

He wiped a handful of water from his face, bared his teeth at Ed, stepped forward and grabbed Ed's chest placket, and struck him in front of him, then carried him up with both hands under Ed's armpits as Ed shook him, spun around in place and threw it at the fish bowl at the edge of the living room.

Ed spun around in the air, and by the time he could react, he had smashed the fish tank headlong, and the cold water poured down, soaking his entire upper body, making him sober up all at once.

"Hell!"

With a deep curse, Ed got up on his knees from the floor covered with broken glass and water, and almost fell back to the ground with a stumble due to the slippery ground. In addition to the rest area with tables and chairs, there is no carpet in the living room of Nuoda, which is really unreasonable!

Pierce walked over, grabbed Ed by the collar from behind, pulled Ed up, slammed him backwards against the wall, knee forward and slammed Ed in the chest, punching Ed in the side of the face.

Ed barely tilted his head to dodge, struggling to get up, but was grabbed by Pierce and thrown to the ground, then grabbed by the waist from behind, threw out, smashed the glass window, and fell into the kitchen.

However, Pierce, who had the upper hand, did not take advantage of the situation to pursue, but looked in the direction of the kitchen, listened to the noisy sound of "clanging" inside, and frowned. Then, he saw Ed coming out of it.

Disheveled, embarrassed, and there was a faint hint in his eyes that he hadn't seen before...... Or rather, the cloudy sheen that I didn't notice, like a small company employee who had just finished working an all-night shift.

That's exhaustion. I can't hide my tiredness anymore.

"You ......" Pierce looked at Ed and hesitated, "Have you eaten at noon?" ”

"Nope."

"Are you busy today?"

"A little."

“…… Have you ever seen a tithe? ”

"It didn't take long to separate."

"Ahh Then I get it. ”

Pierce shook his head helplessly.

"It's a pity," he said, "I thought you'd have some fun with me." It's so disappointing. ”

"Don't you think you're having fun?" Ed wiped the corners of his mouth, licked his lips, took a breath, and grinned, "Looks like I have to work harder." ”

"I can give you a break if you want." Pierce shrugged, "I ...... after all!" ”

Before he finished half a sentence, an extremely terrifying feeling suddenly surged from his heart, and the hairs on his back stood on end at once. He jerked his head back and saw a black hole with the muzzle of a gun pointed at him, and in the next moment a spark burst out.

"Bang-"

“……”

“……”

Pierce stood stunned, not moving. Ed, who was not far behind him, also stood still, not moving. Both looked at the brown-skinned ponytail girl who had appeared around the corner of the aisle, biting her lip and holding a pistol against Pierce's with trembling hands, looking at her hand and the gun she was holding, and then turned their heads to look at where her bullet had hit.

It was somewhere between Pierce and Eddard, and even a little closer to Eddard.

Pierce was silent. He frowned, as if he was struggling to think about what was happening, and then opened his mouth to say something. But the next moment the hairs on his back stood on end again, and this time he didn't even have time to turn his head back, so he folded his body back ninety degrees.

"Whoosh-"

With the whistling sound of breaking through the air, a vague phantom flew over Pierce's body, and then there was a crisp sound of "bang". Pierce blushed and straightened up, glanced at the guess that half of it had been cut into the wooden cabinet, and as soon as he turned his head, he was punched in the face.

Eddard, who was at the end of his breath, was as fierce as a leopard. He grabbed Pierce's straw-blond hair and pulled it upwards, slammed Pierce in the face with a punch, and as Pierce stepped back, he rounded his arm and punched him in the face. Pierce fell to the ground on his knees, panting and looking up at Ed. Ed stepped forward and kicked Pierce in the chin with a heavy kick, sending Pierce flying and slamming to the floor in front of the window. Not far from him was one of his buttonmen, who seemed to be sleeping soundly, and did not feel awake at all.

"That's good."

Pierce rolled his eyes and tried to get up with his hands on the ground. Ed rushed over at this point, punching Pierce in the face as he got up.

Pierce held the punch hard, stretched out his arms and hugged Ed's legs, and carried Ed up as he stood up, then jumped backwards and fell down, slamming Ed underneath the ground.

This move is very lethal, and it is generally used to end the battle. Ed felt that his body was completely falling apart, and the severe pain filled his body, and he could no longer move.

But Pierce wasn't ready to let him go. He grabbed Ed and pulled him up, holding Eddard's head and slamming it against the window next to him. The window shattered, and the top half of Ed's body poked out of the window.

"Farewell, detective." Pierce gasped slightly and said, "Nice to meet you." Although it wasn't enough fun, we still had a lot of fun. ”

“…… Do you want to throw me out of here? Ed tugged at the corners of his mouth and smiled strangely, "Pretty good way to die." Maybe you can join me? ”

“……”

Pierce frowned, looked at Eddard, and then turned his head back as if sensing something—he was pleasantly surprised every time he turned his head—and he saw a woman, a tall woman with waterfall-like hair, a woman with metallic silver-black eyes and a cold, sharp gaze like a blade, a woman with black leather gloves and black leather pants and a wide tactical belt.

He saw her standing in the doorway, grabbed the already twisted door with her muscular, soft, and beautiful arms, ripped it off with absolute brute force, and then turned his head to look in his direction and Eddard.

Like a card with an exaggerated smiling clown, the woman skimmed the door to this side.

"Hell!"

Pierce glared, his body completely knee-jerk back, and Eddard next to him took a small step forward to make the same reaction. The door that spun like a helicopter's propeller whizzed over their heads, shattering all the windows and flying out of the window and out of the building.

Before the frightened Pierce and Ed could breathe their breath, the dark shadow of the demon had already pressed down on them like a dark cloud gathered by a storm. They looked up at the same time, and at the same time looked at the figure of the woman who had followed the door of the room in front of them, and then at the same time they were grabbed by the collar of their clothes and pulled from the ground.

Like a chicken, Tiji lifted Pierce and Ed straight up into the air with one hand, looked at the two with cold and expressionless eyes, and then pushed their bodies forward and out of the window without hesitation.

At the moment of the fall, Pierce and Ed saw each other's expressions. Exactly the same person with a fear of heights.