The Raven Dark Hero 87

Chapter 87 : Infiltration

TL:SummerPeanut

The sun was setting, and Kouki was being led by a middle-aged man and several others to the gate of the institute.

“……Are you sure about this? If we go in there, there's no guarantee to your life okay?”

“I don't mind. Anyway, should I continue to pretend that I am a traveler who came on my own out of curiosity? Or is it better to pretend that you threatened me and brought me here unwillingly?”

“Well…… it's better to look like you're being threatened, so it doesn't look suspicious.”

“I see. Then hit me randomly when the gate opens. That's more realistic, right?”

The middle-aged man freaked out when he was told to hit Kouki. The middle-aged man was frightened because he had already experienced the horror of Kouki. However, the other villagers didn't know anything about it, so they didn't hesitate to beat him up. The middle-aged man hurriedly stopped them.

“Are you stupid! That's too much!”

“What’s wrong with you? This guy, I don't like the way he’s been acting since a while ago!”

Kouki, on the other hand, was unconcerned as he rolled around on the ground. This way, Kouki can make it look like he was brought here unwillingly.

(It's more convenient for Core's people to think that I'm just an experimental subject who was brought here under duress. Besides, they'll be in custody soon anyway.)

By the way, Kouki told Rumi that he was going to infiltrate the institute alone. She was naturally opposed to the idea but after he explained the situation to her, she reluctantly agreed.

She was worried about him. Even so, Rumi believed that there was no way some no names could handle the current Kouki.

As a precaution, Kouki was wearing an earring that serves as a communication device. From here, audio and video can be transmitted to Takahiko as well as Rumi, making it possible for them to keep in touch.

And if Core was determined to be completely guilty, any of the collaborators in the village would also be taken into custody.

The gates opened and from inside came armed soldiers with guns. The sheer size of the place made it hard to believe that this was a laboratory.

“Is this the traveler who came all this way? I heard there were two of them, a man and a woman.”

“Unfortunately, the woman left right away. I'm sorry.”

“Well, whatever. Come here.”

A soldier grabbed the fallen Kouki by the side and forcefully pulled him up.

“HIH, HIII! What are you gonna do to me!?”

Kouki's spoken language was Japanese. Of course, the others didn't get it. But the frightened expression on his face led everyone to believe that he was just a weak man.……except for the middle-aged man.

“Let me go! Let me g-.......Argh!”

The soldier injected a shot into the neck of Kouki who was still resisting. It was an anesthetic.

After being injected, Kouki sagged helplessly and was led by a soldier into the laboratory…….

Inside the laboratory. Kouki was brought to a large room where people who were probably the experimental subjects were gathered. In case you were wondering, his body was still unconscious, so they left him in the room as if they had just thrown rubbish.

In the large room, there were about ten people deprived of their freedom with handcuffs, and everyone had a puzzled look on their face, unable to grasp the situation.

(Now then…… I'll just pretend I'm unconscious and see what happens for a while.)

He couldn’t use the translator while he’s fallen over like that normally, so he wouldn't normally understand the words. But Kouki has Rumi and Takahiko translating for him from his piercing.

“ ……I'm going to stay here and pretend to pass out. I need you to translate.”

Kouki whispered in a low voice.

“Copy that. I'll take care of it.”

“Don’t you think I should do it instead? Because Rumi-chan doesn't interpret accurateli……no, nevermind me.”

Kouki imagined the situation on the other side of the guy through his piercing and laughed inwardly.

Seeing Kouki, who was thrown down and still not awake, a man of around 20 years old age spoke up.

“What the hell is going to happen to us? Why did they bring us to this place?”

Women of the same age also reacted similarly.

“I hate this place! The people who left here aren't coming back, let me go home! Please!”

After that, each of them spoke pessimistically. It seemed that they didn’t know where they are or what will happen to them.

In the midst of all this, Kouki took notice of a woman.

(While everyone else is anxious and distraught, only one person is quiet…… Well, she's probably just scared stiff but she kind of looks like Hannah.)

“The woman in front of me, is she Hannah's sister?”

“……Oneechan!? Anna-oneechan! Oh, thank god you're okay!”

She seemed to be relieved which was unusual for the usually quiet Hannah.

(I see. So, if we take Anna and get out of here, our original goal will be accomplished. The evidence of the kidnapping will be proven with the testimonies of the people here. But since it's a good opportunity, let's find out what the hell is going on in this laboratory and if we’re right…… we destroy it, huh.)

Just then, the door to the hall opened and another trio of soldiers came in.

“Alright, then…… you and you and…… That woman sitting there, you three need to get out of here.”

The soldier who came in nominated a man and a woman of about 20 years old that had just raised their voices previously and Anna. And they tried to take them away.

“NO! Let me go…… GUAH!?”

The man tried to resist, but he became quiet when the baton with electric current was pressed against his neck.

“N……No…. Mama……Papa……save me……”

Seeing the man mercilessly knocked unconscious, the other woman was taken away in tears.

And Anna, although she looked frightened, still didn't scream and was taken away without a word…….

The three of them disappeared from the room, and those left behind fell silent with mixed feelings of anxiety and relief that they had not been chosen this time. Is that why? No one questioned the fact that Kouki, who had just been brought in and was lying down, was gone from where he’s supposed to be.

The three people were taken by soldiers and split into different routes along the way.

Anna and a soldier. Behind them, Kouki, who had disappeared thanks to Silent Stealth, was closing in.

(Experimentations on humans……. According to what Hannah told me beforehand, Anna is a non-gifted. There's a good chance the laboratory is experimenting on the non-gifteds.)

“HII!?”

Anna who had been holding her own up until now screamed in fear. She was taken into the room where the experiment was to take place. She found men in white coats with all kinds of torture goods and a chair in the middle of the room that was stained with blood.

(Bingo, huh……. These people, so this is where they do their relentless human experimentation…… dammit.)

The flames of anger flared up in Kouki. In a way, it was as he had initially expected, but he couldn't endure after actually seeing it.

Just as Kouki was about to deactivate Silent Stealth and eradicate this laboratory, an alarm sounded in the building.

In no time at all, soldiers came into the room one after another, surrounding the invisible Kouki and pointing their guns at him. The soldiers all wore goggles.

(I knew it, must have been discovered, huh. Silent Stealth is a great gift. Although it can fool the human eye, it can't fool machine’s.)

Silent Stealth that had undergone awakening has made it possible to completely disappear from others’ sight and even the sounds of action that accompany it. However, there are still ways to detect it. Onijima, Kiryu, and others with detection-type gifts will be able to detect his presence.

What's more, the body temperature stays the same. If you look at him with an infrared camera, you will be able to see him at a glance. In fact, the surveillance cameras installed in the laboratory were of the type that reacted to heat, and that's how Kouki's presence was discovered.

“Be obedient and put your hands up, show yourself.”

One of the soldiers presses the muzzle of his gun against Kouki's body. Implying he was visible to them.

Kouki easily released his gift and revealed himself with his hands raised.

“You're the experiment subject that was brought in earlier? You tricked us to go in, didn't you?”

“……I wonder? I could be, or I could not.”

The soldiers also felt uncomfortable with Kouki's calmness even though he was surrounded by firearms. And similarly, the two on the other side of his piercing remained composed.

“Hey, Kouki, let's follow them a little more obediently here and dig more info.”

Takahiko gave instructions as if it were a matter of course, Kouki clicked his tongue mentally.

(This shitty buddy of mine, don’t say it so easily just because it’s none your problem. ......well, it's an easy thing to do I guess.)

“The gifted are not experimental subjects. I'm sorry, but you're going to die here……”

The words that came out of the soldier were a bit unexpected for Kouki.

(Even if you're going to kill me, shouldn’t you do a little more research on me, like my background? Are the researchers here idiots? Well, as a soldier, I guess they're right……)

……but it just so happened that these soldiers were the only ones stupid enough to follow the voices coming from the speakers in the room.

“This is Strohm, the chief. Do not kill the gifted. Bring him to the testing facility immediately. That will be all.”

The chief……was probably the highest authority in the laboratory. The soldiers clicked their tongues in an understandable manner at the direction of the director’s voice.

“Outsiders should just be executed immediately…… This is exactly why academics are..”

“That's the chief's order, right? Come on, I'll go with you. Just take me with you.”

The soldiers, who were clearly unhappy with Kouki's relaxed attitude, took him to the test site while making sure he was still on the gunpoint.

Just before leaving the room, Kouki glanced at Anna. Anna was looking at him with an expression that didn't understand what the hell was going on.

Then, Kouki mutters quietly. Towards the other side via his piercing……

“Alright, this is enough. I’ll break in, free the hostages and…… crush everything.”

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