chapter 4
Episode 4: Madness (3).
The eternal enemy of Korean men.
Soldier Girl has invaded the battlefield.
Soldier Girl glanced around her and said to her mascot, a little khaki-colored gauntlet flying beside her.
“Full gear. Dagger.”
“Ok k!”
A light flashed from the gauntlet, and a sharp greatsword protruded.
Soldier Girl is a magical girl who mainly uses guns.
But the reason she chose the dagger is that she probably judged that if she shoots, there will be victims.
As expected, Soldier Girl-like judgment.
“Fulfill the contract!”
Crow also quickly called in the crows, as if they were in a hurry.
3 Crows popped out as the surroundings were covered in black smoke.
“Where.”
Soldier Girl took her sword and leaped quickly.
..Towards me.
Why me?!
The moment I noticed this situation, Crow was grabbing me by the back of my neck and pulling me back.
Evil.
The dagger grazed the tip of my neck.
Cold goose bumps spread throughout my body from the place where the dagger had brushed past.
..I almost died.
“Should I leave the public alone and play with me?”
Crow smiled and glared at Soldier Girl.
“Perform the contract.”
Black smoke coalesced from Crow’s fingertips and turned into a long staff.
Soldier Girl frowned and took off again.
A black staff and a white blade collided in the air.
Kang!
The blade splitting the light collided with the staff and made a roar.
Crow frowned slightly and tilted his wand.
The staff that came out absorbing the light flexibly shed the blade.
The flow of water flowed the blade, and Soldier Girl’s center of gravity was about to collapse.
“…!”
Noticing this, Soldier Girl immediately twisted her body and threw her sword into the air.
“..?!”
Crow was puzzled for a moment, but when he saw that the flying sword soon took a position and flew towards him, he jumped back in panic.
Soldier Girl threw the dagger she was holding in her right hand and snatched it with her left hand.
..Crazy.
Seeing that technology in action, it’s really ridiculous.
This is not the time.
I need some help.
I grabbed the handgun that was lying next to me and raised it.
I aimed at Soldier Girl while trying to calm my trembling hands.
“…f*ck!”
You have to draw attention!
I cursed and pulled the trigger.
The trigger was heavy, as if it had been stabilised.
Maybe it’s the weight of my choice.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
The gunfire echoed through the bank again.
“…”
Clink.
Clink.
Clink.
The gun did its job by hitting something solid.
The crushed tip of the bullet crashed to the ground with a clear sound.
..Crazy f*ck for real.
Soldier Girl was glaring at me terribly.
Is it right that there are no scratches?
“Terrorist!”
Soldier Girl shouted, biting her teeth in anger.
“Full gear! P30L!”
“Ok k!”
…Ah.
In a flash of light, a black pistol appeared out of thin air.
Tak!
Soldier Girl immediately grabbed the pistol and armed herself with fierce eyes and pointed the P30L at me.
..The pistol summoned by Soldier Girl is special.
It would be safe to say that it is about 50 times the power of a normal handgun.
Yeah…That’s enough to fight the villain.
The thing is, it’s f*cking aimed at me.
“Help!!”
“Okay!”
Crow raised his staff again and shouted.
“Fulfill the contract!”
“Caw!!”
The crow croaked and started flying toward me.
But Soldier Girl’s finger was already pulling the trigger.
Soldier Girl’s finger fully pulled her trigger.
But.
Tick.
Only the sound of the trigger hitting was heard.
“…What is this…”
Soldier Girl looked at me in bewilderment for the first time.
At that, I smiled.
“..Full gear! Walther P99!”
“Ok k!”
The light flashed again, and this time a slightly different looking gun popped out.
Tick.
The gun still did not fire a bullet.
There’s no way it will fire.
“..Kick…Kickkick…”
I said, suppressing the laughter that escaped from relief.
“…The ‘contract’ is inherently a bit unfair.”
******
“Against it. Absolutely against it.”
Crow shook his head as he set down the car he was holding.
“No Soldier Girl. That gun is dangerous to me too.”
“..Crow, have you forgotten what ability you have?”
“..What?”
I glanced at the crow sitting next to me and said.
“Your ability is ‘contract’. Let’s make the gun useless.”
“…Haa. There’s no way Soldier Girl would agree to such a contract. Besides. How would I meet Soldier Girl?”
“… Ha ha.”
You really don’t know a thing… Crow at this time.
I said, putting a hand on my throbbing head.
“Mr. Crow. Your store.”
I pointed to the door leading to the store.
“How do you think that’s possible?”
“..I don’t know. The crow helped.”
Crow slowly stroked the crow next to him.
In order to enter Crow’s Shop of All Things, you must rotate the sign in a specific pattern.
And surprisingly, this is Crow’s ability.
But… When the Crow created this omnipotent he enlisted the help of the Crow.
So I don’t know how deceptive this ‘contract’ ability is.
“Your ‘contract’ can also affect the ‘probability of causing a phenomenon’.”
“..What are you talking about?”
“It sounds like you can bring out a phenomenon that never happens.”
I removed the teacup from the table and lifted the saucer underneath it.
“Let’s use this as an example. Whose saucer is this?”
“..It’s mine.”
“Yes, then…”
I reached out to Crow.
“Let’s make a ‘contract’ with me.”
Crow looked at me strangely.
“This is your teacup saucer. Never put anything in this saucer.”
“…No way.”
Crow opened his eyes wide.
Yes.
This is why Crow’s abilities are deceptive.
******
I put my hand in my bag.
My hand, which went into the bag, came out holding something long enough to fit in my hand.
And Soldier Girl’s eyes widened as she caught what was in my hand.
Ting.
I pulled out the safety pin.
“You dare..!”
Soldier Girl tried to throw herself at me, but.
“Caw!!”
The crow that had been flying towards me turned around and rushed at Soldier Girl.
“..What!”
The crow tackled Soldier Girl, and Soldier Girl staggered for a moment.
It may look like an ordinary crow, but that is definitely a special object summoned by Crow.
Perhaps even a single crow could kill a normal person.
Soldier Girl stumbled and made a short time.
And that short amount of time was enough for me.
“Flash Bang!!!”
I shouted and threw a flash grenade.
The flashbang flew at Soldier Girl in a beautiful parabola.
“Now!!!”
“Fulfill the contract!”
When I shouted, Crow immediately noticed and shouted at me.
“Caw!!”
The crow that ran into Soldier Girl turned into black smoke as it howled.
“..What?!”
Black smoke began to surround Soldier Girl.
The flash grenade went through the black smoke.
Soldier Girl’s expression was once again stained with bewilderment.
“Wait…!”
Black smoke completely covered Soldier Girl’s surroundings and even blocked out the sound.
..Hatch..No. Are you done?
I staggered to my feet.
When I touched the bag, I could feel the hard texture of the box.
“..Huh..”
I let out a sigh of relief and lifted the sack full of money.
“Let’s go now. We have to move…”
“aaa!!!”
Soldier Girl’s hand came out through the black smoke.
..I’ve seen this in a zombie movie.
“..Crazy!”
I urged Crow, who was frightened and approached me.
“Quickly!!”
“I know!”
Crow’s staff was raised high.
“I will fulfill the contract.”
“Kahah!!!”
The two remaining crows slowly spun around Crow and me, emitting black smoke.
“aaa!!!”
Soldier Girl must have come to her senses completely, and she came into view tearing up a curtain of black smoke.
…What should I say to get stuck in Soldier Girl’s mind?
“I won’t let you go…!”
I raised my hand.
Keep your hands straight so that only the blades are visible to the opponent.
He lifted his fingertips at the tips of his eyebrows.
And he spoke clearly but not loudly to Soldier Girl.
“Loyalty.”
“…….”
Soldier Girl’s eyebrows twitched.
Ah. Is this a success
Just before Soldier Girl leaps toward me.
Soldier Girl completely disappeared from sight.
Instead, a new landscape was drawn.
“…”
We were on the roof of a building.
..Crazy. Too high.
“…Let’s finish quickly and go. I’m tired.”
Crow sat back exhausted and coughed.
“…Yes.”
I slowly approached the edge of the roof.
Be very careful.
“…It’s a waste.”
I lifted the bag of money.
If you make a rough guess based on the weight of the 50,000 won bill inside, wouldn’t it exceed 100 million won?
“…Ehh.”
Think of it as an opportunity cost to survive.
I hesitated for a moment, then raised both hands to the sack.
Fang.
I brushed off the bills inside as if I was shaking off laundry.
Fallang.
Innumerable amounts of 50,000 won bills began to fall slowly as they were blown away by the wind.
More than 100 million was spent to see this spectacle that looks like fallen leaves are blowing in the wind.
“…The scenery is so damn good.”
I shook my head sadly inside and turned around to look at Crow.
“Crazy…Crazy…How much is that, without any hesitation…”
Crow was looking at me in amazement.
You probably didn’t know that I would really do something crazy like this when you heard it.
“Anyway, that money has been tracked down and I can’t spend it anymore. Let’s go.”
“…This is the first time I’ve ever regretted signing a contract.”
“hahahaha.”
Crow was still giggling at me.
“But… Do you like it? Maybe you fell for it?”
…That sounds kind of scary.
I tried to smile and turned around.
“Let’s go back. Let’s test what we stole.”
“Good!”
Crow answered lightly and raised his staff again.
“I will fulfill the contract!”
******
“… Whew.”
A detective smoked his cigarette and sighed.
A white cloud spread from his mouth, embodying his worries.
“This is some kind of villain again.”
In front of him was a pile of 50,000 won bills.
Mountains of little yellow bills let me know how much they were worth just by looking at them.
“..Damn it. Did you retrieve all of this?”
The detective turned his head and asked his junior next to him, and the junior who kept writing something shook his head.
“No. I couldn’t retrieve even half of half of it.”
“..f*ck it.”
The detective frowned and inhaled the smoke deeply.
“When will the magical girl come?”
“..Uh…Here you are.”
At the junior’s words, the detective turned his head to the mountain of small bills again.
“Hmm..Hmm. I see. Yes!”
The girl approached, wearing a brown hunting hat and an Inverness cape, a coat with a cape, examining the mountain of bills and muttering something to her.
“..Hmm. Hmm!”
The detective was momentarily taken aback, but soon regained consciousness and cleared his throat to announce his presence.
“Oh! Nice to meet you, Detective!”
The girl finally found the detective and pointed at the mountain of banknotes.
“Is this the money the culprit sowed? Is that all?”
“..Yes.. These crazy bastards have flown a lot of money from the 63 Building, so it will take some time to get them all back.”
“..Hoo.”
The girl pondered for a moment and placed her hand on her chin.
“Anyway, it seems that the villain just needs attention. First of all, it is urgent to find out who this villain is..”
“No!”
The girl opened her eyes wide and turned her body violently.
The cloak on her coat fluttered.
“Not an ordinary villain!”
“..What?”
“If he needed attention, he would have known his true identity and scattered it. This would be a smokescreen.”
The detective asked, stuttering his words as if surprised.
“Then…”
“That’s right. It’s likely stealing something else and the money is a smoke screen!”
The girl turned her back violently and flapped her cloak.
“Let’s check the safe first! The answer will be there!”
“..Yes, yes!”
Her junior hurriedly followed the girl, and her detective looked at her for a while and smiled dejectedly.
“It’s obvious, but we missed it… The young detective’s gaze is different.”
The detective sighed and chased after the magical girl.
“It’s getting exciting after a long time! It’s the first time I’ve seen a villain like this! It seems like he has some big goal…”
The girl nodded her head and said to her magnifying glass flying beside her.
“Don’t you think so too, Watson?”