Otherworld Company Chapter 222.1: Sometimes I Wish I Could Put It All Together If I Had To Go Through One More Hardship

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“Let’s go, Jiro.” (Kirika)

“Roger.” (Jiro)

　The countdown to the beginning of the year had just passed a few hours ago, and now the countdown to the start of the operation was ringing in my ears.

　I chuckled and thought to myself, “Not the same kind of countdown again,” but I kept the words to myself and threw myself into the air in time to the countdown coming from the ear mike attached to my right ear.

　As soon as I threw myself out of the helicopter, I felt a floating sensation, and my body followed gravity and fell.

　Naturally, there was no way I was going to slow down and accelerate, and if I kept going at this rate, I would crash into a brightly lit plaza and leave behind a cruel result.

　There is no parachute or any other falling equipment on their backs.

　This is the result of having the minimum amount of equipment to be able to carry as little weight as possible and to be able to act quickly.

　But that does not mean that we will continue to fall without doing anything.

“Power disconnecting.”

　While we were visually measuring the distance to the ground, a voice came from an earpiece, and the scene that had been bright until a moment ago became dark at once, as if with a sudden sound.

　It seems that the power to the lights had been turned off as planned.

　There must be a big commotion downstairs by now, because there is no turning back now.

　And from here on, it’s all about the senses.

“Operation starting.”

　At the same time, a voice was heard from the earpiece again.

　During that time, I was about to make contact with the ground, but I was mentally counting the time it would take for me to hit the ground, and the timing was perfect.

　It flows as it is to eliminate the impact of landing.

　I succeeded in landing by rolling from my feet to my knees, then to my shoulders and elbows, dispersing the impact while protecting my head.

　There was no practice, it was just a rehearsal.

　However, my experience from last year, in which I learned how to move my body and what I could do, made it possible for me to perform this technique.

　It was a moment that made me think I had quit being a human being.

　Well, I wonder if it is a technique that can be done with experience, since my mother can do it without a hitch, but for now, I’m not sure.

“……” (Jiro)

　I put off thinking about unnecessary things and concentrated on what I needed to do.

　I’ve muffled the sound of the landing to the limit, but that doesn’t mean the sound isn’t there.

　I look around to see if anyone has noticed anything.

　Through the night vision scope, I can see the civilians who are wandering around and the group of terrorists who are wondering whether they should press the switch or not.

　As I watch the scene, I realize that I can’t just stand still and accelerate, and as soon as I feel my feet react, I start running as fast as I can.

　Instead of cutting through the wind, I ran through it like a gust of wind and ran up to one of the group of criminals.

　The distance between them was very narrow.

　There were others less than two meters away.

　I quickly took care of them before they became accustomed to this darkness, and before the terrorist leader gave his orders.

“Ugh.” (Jiro)

　Defeat as many as possible while the opponent is troubled.

　And how to defeat the opponent.

　In this case, there are many ways to drop consciousness and incapacitate them, but the fastest way is to use a quick death technique to choke them out.

　However, that is not available this time.

　Ms. Kirie hasn’t given me any options as a last resort, but she has told me to avoid it.

　If so, an electrical weapon such as a stun gun could be used, but since the bomb uses electronics, the detonation part may be affected, so it cannot be used.

　On the other hand, it is unfortunately impossible to use the movie-like trick of knocking someone out by striking them on the neck.

　To be precise, it is possible to crush the spinal cord in a way that does not kill but leaves lasting damage, but that is indeed a terrible thing to do.

　On the other hand, it would take too much time to carefully knock them unconscious one by one with a chokehold.

　So, how do I do it?

“That’s right.” (Jiro)

　I am part of a fantasy organization.

　There is no need to rely solely on physical techniques.

　Ah, needless to say, there are things that are surprisingly convenient.

　In our case, members who can use magic, such as Suela and Memoria, would can use magic to induce sleep or hypnosis to make people lose consciousness.

　A similar kind of thing existed in Japan.

　Even now, one person collapses, and I can hear him breathing in his sleep.

　A charm is attached to his face.

　A charm.

　It’s a consumable item with a technique drawn on it like that used by an Onmyouji.

　Various patterns are drawn on them depending on their use, but the one prepared this time is one of the lowest ranks.

　They are excellent for mass production and are used frequently.

　I have one of these in my hand.

　The charms that Ms. Kirie prepared to put people to sleep are rudimentary cards if you are involved in Onmyoudou and are not very effective against people with abilities, but they can produce this kind of effect against amateurs.

　It has such a powerful sleeping effect that even if you slap them on the face with a firm open hand, they will not wake up.

　When I heard that insomniacs sometimes use it, I laughed inwardly, thinking it was for medical use.

　Thanks to this, it’s a bit rough, but you can forcefully stick the charm on their face like a jiangshi.

　I would approach at high speed, turn around, and fire my hand.

　Even if he makes a move to attack, it doesn’t matter if I sneak through and strike a blow.

　Then I can force them to sleep.

　That’s a simple task.

　Anyone can do this, so I feel like it doesn’t need to be me.

　However, I also have a hunch that this is going to happen.

　I cannot let my guard down.

“What, what’s happening!?” (Terrorist)

　A middle-aged businessman is looking around with a frightened look on his face, but he has the bomb switch in his hand.

　Did I just say that since the people around me don’t explode, I won’t explode either?

“What!?” (Terrorist)

　But the way he is shaking, he looks as if he might push the switch at any moment.

　That should be avoided.

　I quickly picked up a pebble and threw it at his hand.

　I hit it the back of his hand, made sure the switch was off, and stuck the charm on his face.

　This is the fourth one.

　If I continue at this rate, I will somehow be able to control the situation in less than ten seconds.

　No one has caught sight of me.

　If this is the case, I quickly continue to take control of the terrorists.

　There is no sound of gunfire or blows, and even if they do, they run faster than the sound of gunfire and blows and conquer them one after another.

“Comrades!” (Terrorist Leader)

　But there was one person, even in this darkness, who seemed to know what to do.

“Let’s illuminate the darkness! My comrades, the holy flame given to us will illuminate this land…” (Terrorist Leader)

　Everyone who was present seems to understand what this meant.

　And they also understand that the thing in the man’s hand is the switch that will detonate this bomb.

　But I am waiting for the right moment.

　In this incident, the first person to be subdued, without a doubt, is the man who was giving this speech.

　But in this darkness, even if I knew his approximate location, once he was out of sight, it would be somewhat troublesome to find him.

　But I landed close enough so as not to lose sight of him.

　And I kept at the edge of his field of vision.

　If this is the case, it would seem that the first thing I should do is to control him, but that alone was not enough.

“I don’t think this incident was planned by that man who looks like the main culprit.” (Kirie)

　Ms. Kirie may be saying that guy meant what he said in that fanatical speech, but she did not seem to believe that he could have prepared these plans and tools.

　The more I investigated, the more I realized that the people who had been confirmed were not much different from ordinary people, and the man who was the main culprit giving the speech was just a member of a dubious cult, and the rest were just privately run businesses. He was just a man.

　The management doesn’t seem to be dealing with anything suspicious.

　If that’s the case, Ms. Kirie says that there must be someone pulling the strings behind the scenes, and if possible, he would like us to explore the story a little further.

　That’s why they were able to suppress the group of criminals in easy-to-understand locations.

　Suddenly, in the midst of that commotion of trouble, I let the culprits swim, the surveillance waiting in the sky would look for their backstage, and I or my mother would go to subdue them.

　If the main suspect made a gesture as if he was trying to contact someone or confirm something, it was good enough.

　It was only a few seconds, but it is a good opening.

　However, that chance also ended in vain.

　Either the other party was better than us, or there was no one who had planned this ruckus, but the time limit had expired.

　The other side was ready to detonate the bomb, and now that they had done so, there was nothing we could do.

“Suppressing, now.” (Jiro)