Shissou Suru Shishunki no Parabellum:Volume1 Chapter2

Full Sprint

1

The two boys and Shiho; they create their guns with their right arm and created a [Magazine] with their left hand around the same time. Though it seemed like a magic trick, there was no secret mechanism. They slam their gigantic magazine from their left hand into their right arm gargantuan gun’s receiver. Without wasting a single moment they pull the slide on top of the barrel assembly. The first bullet from the cartridge was loaded into the chamber as they pulled the slide. They could now fire at will. As soon as her gun was fully deployed, Shiho’s power and movements are enhanced. She lifts Itto with her left hand and kicks the bench at the two attackers before backing away.

“!”

The bench flies weightlessly and strongly at the two attackers. Let alone a girl, this act was impossible for any human. Upon deploying the firearm on her right arm (though the principle is still not understood), Hasegawa Shiho's strength was boosted. That weapon on her arm must have increased her strength.

The two men fired at the bench flying high-speeds toward them and turned it to a beehive. With a loud roar, the bench was demolished in a single moment. While debris blocked their vision, Shiho moved further away while shooting, an impact several times more intense than a roller coaster hitting Itto as they moved. Using high speed movements, Shiho jumped into the wooded area, hiding in the bushes.

Everything happened in an instant.

2

Shiho held her breathe while scanning the area around her.

The two enemies temporarily lost sight of Shiho and Itto.

However, the park was small. If they searched the nearby bushes, the two would be found immediately.

“What….was that?”

Lowering his voice as much as possible, Itto asked Shiho

“Ah”

Shiho, in a small voice, responded.

“[Psycho Ballistic Firearms], alias [P.V.F.]. Translating it into Japanese... it would be ‘Firearms of Mental Bullet’…I guess? Although I say that, I'm not quite sure myself...”

“... In other word?”

“In other word, a human's mind forms a weapon. The bullets are also created through our mental will.”

“…Huh?”

“Those who can use [P.V.F.] are called <Parabellum>.”

“That’s the first time I ever heard such things…….”

“Well, we <Parabellum> try to hide our powers. Beside….”

“Beside…..?”

“<Parabellum> have only been present in recent years. In truth, no one really knows what the situation is.”

Itto was surprised. A special ability born only recently, such a dangerous power was used to fight.

“I'll give you more details later. There are others who can give you better explanations.”

So she said.

“Why did those two attack you so suddenly?”

Itto asked.

“That, well, I don't know, either...”

“What?”

“The <Parabellum> from the high school in the next town... They have misunderstood something. They said 'Our companion was attacked by the <Flight> from Kido High', but we haven't done anything.

Again, word he doesn't understand.

“What is <Flight>?”

“A group of <Parabellum>.”

Firearms produced by the human mind---

[P.V.F.]

[Parabellum]

For the time being, Itto needed to know one more thing.

So he asked.

“... How can I get it?”

“There are two methods...”

“Yeah?”

“One way is to perform surgery on you. It's a simple operation, of course, but it's impossible in this situation.”

--- Surgery. Definitely impossible.

“The other is... this.”

Shiho took out a small case of medicine from her pocket.

She opened the lid and showed Itto its contents.

Inside the plastic case were many white pills.

“This heightens the abilities of a <Parabellum>. One tablet, no water required. If a <Parabellum> takes it, it temporarily improves our abilities, but there are side effects, so not many use them often... If a normal person consumes it, there is a chance they will awaken... but that's dangerous. It's dangerous enough for a <Parabellum> to take it; the average person's brain might burn out...”

After taking one, Shiho returned the case to her bosom.

“…….”

Brain death---

A tremendous risk.

“Uu.”

Shiho's face distorted in pain.

“Were you shot just now?”

“A bullet grazed me...”

Shiho rubbed her flank.

The clothes were not damaged.

“Since the bullet is made of human will,”

Shiho explains:

"It will hurt [only] the human mind and nerves. Even if someone becomes disabled, no evidence will remain. Ozuma says the [P.V.F] could be the worst assassination tool ever."

“Injuries...” Itto grated his teeth.

--- What the hell should I do?

“It's fine. Run away.”

Shiho smiled brightly as she spoke.

“You and I have only just met. There's no need for you to worry about a girl you don't know disappearing from school, right? It's fine to forget, so run away.”

Leaving those words behind, Shiho jumped from the bushes. To let Itto escape, she planned to play the decoy without his permission. In the grass in the words surrounding a park, Itto was left alone.

3

Itto was involved.

Shiho was protecting Itto. That was natural.

In the first place, he could not acclimate himself to such abnormal circumstances so quickly.

It's fine.

Shiho told him to.

Itto only have to escape.

As if it was a bad dream.

No, perhaps it really was a nightmare. Itto recently felt a strange sense of neurosis from his continuous bad luck. It would hardly be strange to see a nightmare.

So it's fine.

Itto looked at his feet suddenly and noticed a white tablet. It was the medicine Shiho said awakened the <Parabellum>

“...!”

It must have fallen out when she opened the pill case.

Itto picked up the tablet and felt its texture. A dangerous medication. The feeling of reality within this nightmare crept up his fingertips.

--- One tablet, no water required.

Itto swallowed his saliva.

--- If I fight, I'm sure it'll be hell.

Misfortune awaited him. That much was obvious.

Itto lived a trivial and free life. If he jumped into such abnormal circumstances, he would ensure a continuous life of fear and suffering.

--- Run away, Itto.

He persuaded himself.

Nothing I do will pan out.

Such an unusual thing, he would definitely ruin it.

I worked hard getting full marks on that test and was falsely accused of cheating.

He recalled Shiho's smile.

The sister I loved eloped with some man with a piercing in his nose and was hurt.

Shiho was attacked. He recalled the two enemies.

My parents fought every night while I was preparing for my high school entrance ceremony.

He recalled Shiho's expression as she suffered from injury.

And then they divorced.

Ah---

Itto noticed.

--- For someone like me, isn't it strange to be afraid of death?

More than anything, Itto had something to say to Shiho.

Shiho said it as they parted---

There's no need for you to worry about a girl you don't know disappearing from school, right?

Itto was accustomed to the taste of contempt and humiliation.

However, he noticed something in Shiho's words, maybe it was a coincidence.

Of course, Shiho had not spoken out of malice, she just spoke naturally. She just seemed like that kind of girl.

--- You said something unnecessary.

In Shiho's eyes, Sasaki was reflected like a little Rabbit who would not mind, even if a girl was killed in front of him. Shiho's words were the largest humiliation Itto had ever received in his short life.

Besides, Itto wanted [The Worst Assassination Tool].

If he had it, the things important to him would not have to be taken away any longer.

I want that power. I want to get the man who hurt my beloved sister.

“Even if I die...”

Itto reached for the tablet on the grass once again.

“It's better than living this shitty life.”

He picked it up and put it in his mouth with the intent to commit suicide.

Filled with unease and tension, he broke into a cold sweat.

The medicine took effect instantly.

From the nape of his neck to the crown of his head, he felt an impact, like a chill.

Dizzy. His ears were ringing.

He sweat even more, and became breathless.

His heart palpated, rapidly accelerating.

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