Kurumi pov
However, no shot was fired immediately . Instead we stood in silence . The tension grew as we looked into each other's eyes and we both knew that neither of us would back down and that we were both certain of what we were doing . Now we were waiting to see who would actually make the first move . I stared without fear or blinking at the sharp gaze of the bull man , who sighed disappointed . There was no nervousness in me and he knew it .
" Let it be . I promise to be quick . No pain . "
He said, with a slightly sad tone , stretching his neck muscles . After which he tightened his grip on the weapon and without hesitation , he looked at me with killing intent in his eyes . I just smiled slightly under the mask hoping that my gaze was as intense as his . And apparently that is what happened . He must have picked up something from my gaze . Because despite the mask on my face , he tensed up . Unfortunately, the woman did not seem to notice anything .
" Better don't waste this shot , you only have one. As long as this scrap shoots at all . "
Said the woman standing on the other side of the barrel . And she did so without the slightest hesitation or fear . Apparently confident that the gun in my hands poses no threat to her . And well if it was an ordinary antique gun I would agree with her .
These types of weapons even if they are in good condition are built to be inaccurate and unreliable . In addition, the need to reload after one shot and the type of bullet in this weapon , which should be a steel bullet driven by dust and a barrel without threading , makes this weapon virtually useless against people protected by the aura .
In the current situation , standing alone without cover or the ability to escape , with a dozen people all around me , with guns pointed at me , I certainly look like a suicidal person . All I have to do is shoot and before I can reload I will be shot . Even having an aura , I would not be able to withstand such a firing without cover or evasion . In the current situation , I would indeed become a sieve .
' But unfortunately for them my gun does not have these problems and disadvantages . Besides, it will not be my main weapon of attack . '
I thought, and with a wide smile on my face , I snapped the fingers of my free hand . At that moment , a clone holding a small cylindrical container popped out of the shadows below them . They did not expect this I am sure . They could have expected many things . My shot , an attack by Neo or Emerald . But not this . Not a sudden attack from under their feet . And indeed I was right , they were not prepared .
At that moment I took advantage of their surprise , a literal second when the brains of all people involved were processing information , and leap to the side and blend into the ground as much as possible to shield myself from harm . At that second , I could just see the eyes of the man in front of me widen with shock . On the other hand the eyes of the woman seemed to fall into some kind of trance , completely not noticing the situation .
' Emealrd my mint chocolate . '
I thought in a split second , knowing that it was her . And at the same second I thought it , many of the clones I had prepared earlier jumped out of their hiding place to lash out at the crowd of people surrounding us . At that point , with a smile hidden under the mask I just said .
"Poof ..... "
Pov 3 person .
After that, everything froze and mayhem followed . Explosion of ice , which created an ice fog that engulfed the entire alley . In this fog , exactly at the point of detonation of the charge , a rather large lump of ice was created . And many ice shards launched around damaging buildings that make up the alley .
But the exact damages and the situation was hard to assess because of the ice fog and dust in which shots and screams suddenly erupted . And the cause of this was a group of panicked gunmen , who were suddenly attacked by shadowy fearless figures . Who fearlessly jumped into the crowd inflicting on the first people they encountered , still confused by the explosion , fast and deadly blows .
Their panicked , confused , uncoordinated gun shots and ice fog made matters worse when they inadvertently caused death or injury to their comrades . Their attempts to organize themselves in chaos also didn't matter when figures ran around them, running in and out so that their comrades were always in their line of fire. Needless to say, by the time the fog had cleared there was only one man left .
He stood there with empty eyes , looking at his dead comrades . Some looked calm as if they had died unaware of what was happening , and the shards of ice protruding from the vital parts of their bodies made it clear that some of the gunmen had died at the moment of the explosion .
However, their tranquility was the complete opposite of the punctured , beaten and battered bodies covered with blood . Their faces were panicked and disbelieving . Those who were lucky had their throats slit . But those without it had their stomachs ripped open , bodies punctured by bullets or severed limbs .
However, the survivor was not left untouched either . His ear was missing , now there was only a frostbitten wound indicating how close he was to a quick and peaceful end . His leg was slightly scratched by a bullet , but he still stood with a gun in his hand and the will to live in his eyes .
However, even his knee bent when a steel tube shattered his kneecap. Despite this, he, with a warrior's shout , blasted several black shadowy figures with his rifle , and they fell as perforated as a sieve . And yet no blood shed out of them , nor did any flesh remain when they dissolved into a shadowy mist .And this happened under the eyes and painful groans of the shooter , while on whose back was already hanging another shadowy figure .
Her body was hanging on his back with one arm wrapped around his neck when the other hand unstoppably stabbed him with knife in the left shoulder . However, he could not take care of it because another shadowy figure was already standing next to him at that time and with a metal pipe it hit him in the other knee , causing the man to fall to his knnes in pain .
Despite this he continued to fight . Letting go of the empty weapon he caught the wrist of the clone stabbing him in the shoulder and with his other hand he covered his face from another clone that swung a rusty cleaver .
However, his meaty right hand had no chance to withstand the rusty iron weapon . Which slammed into his forearm all the way to the bone , making the man wail in pain as his right hand hung without strength or control . Unfortunately , even his scream was interrupted by the impact of the steel pipe on the side of his head .
His vision blurred , his ears rang . The rest of the world lost its clarity . He only saw and felt the next clone hit him with something on his cheek , causing the skin on it to fall off along with blood and teeth .
The nightmare did not end there , however . His ponytailed hair was pulled back , hard enough to tilt his entire head back , so that he faced the sky . Which allowed another clone to hit his eye with the back of a hammer . Completely annihilating it , and inflict devastating injuries in the process .
However , this was not the end . There was another blow from the pipe , which again hit his barely holding jaw , making it completely smashed . And at that exact moment his left hand , which in spite of the obvious pain and the obviousness of the outcome continued in its meaningless resistance to hold the hand of the clone on his back , finally let go and dropped powerlessly .
However, he was still alive . Something in his brain kept on working despite the obvious damage . At that time his remaining eye was looking into the sky and his tormentors finally let him go , focusing apparently on something else . Leaving him moribund .
However, perhaps it would have been better if they had kill him , to put him out of his suffering and fear . But eventually even that passed . In the end he didn't know what he felt anymore . The pain and fear finally began to drain away as he felt many hands embracing his body pulling him into the darkness of the shadows not allowing him to rest even in death .
And so he , his accomplices as well as all their weapons were pulled into the shadows . Leaving behind them only blood , bullet holes , shells , pieces of bloody ice and cars , barely visible in the icy haze . In which one could see a few small silhouettes with red-gold glowing eyes , roaming there .
However, a completely different situation took place in the center of it all . The ice fog had already dissipated there , leaving a frosted image of devastation filled with ice sharp icicles . And on the asphalt , in all this mess lay a frosted Kurumi . And not far from her lay a twenty centimeter icicle embedded in the concrete , right next to her leg , emphasizing how lucky she was .
Rising slowly her head , but still lying , she Look in front of her and revealed small ice crystals on her hair and eyebrows . Which she shook off after which she looked at the destruction she brought .
" Atlas army ice bomb ... Damn . From where Xiong took it . "
Kurumi said to herself , surprised by the image in front of her . The walls of the buildings forming the alley were visibly cracked and filled with ice icicles stabbed into the walls . All the moisture had turned into frost or snowflakes that slowly fell to the ground . And in the center of the explosion stood a mountain of ice which frosted and pounded into the alley walls , causing the buildings on both sides to crack .
" And I got it practically for nothing ".
Added Kurumi still in disbelief and with a certain amount of distraction . When suddenly she was grabbed under the arms and a sudden force helped her get up on her feet .
" Kurumi .... ! "
Said a visibly tired Emerald , and a mist of warm air flowed from her mouth , which hit Kurumi's exposed ear . She stood together with a panicked Neo , both grabbing Kurumi and helping her up . After which they looked Kurumi around looking for injuries .
" I'm fine , the clone took practically all the brunt of the explosion . "
Said Kurumi , and true to her words , the clone wrapping her body turned into a shadowy mist and disappeared revealing an unharmed Kurumi . Who now look at Neo and Emerald. Both were fine, though Emerald was visibly tired.