Chapter 62: Suppression

6-8 minutes 16.01.2022

Translator: Soafp

“You guys lost because you didn’t want to use the stun grenades against an amateur.”

　If they had thrown the stun grenade before I knew I had it, I would have been finished. I was saved by their lack of focus.

“There were four of them. At least one more to go. ……”

　Seeing as how they only sent two people to take care of me, I’m guessing it’s only two people at most.

　If there were more than that, they would have attacked in larger numbers.

“Now, how should I attack ……”

　The surveillance cameras probably caught the flash of the grenades.

　It is known that a battle has taken place.

　But they won’t be able to get to me that easily. I need to keep an eye on the hostages.

“Did someone use a grenade?　Give me a status report.”

　A man’s voice came over the radio. –Well, what do I do now?

　Pretend to be one of them, buy some time?

　No. …… If there was some kind of special code word, they would immediately take countermeasures.

　The most annoying thing is that they use the hostages as shields.

　For example, if they say, “If you don’t surrender now, we’ll kill the hostages,” there’s nothing I can do about it. I’m going to lose.

　I turn off the radio and climb back up to the attic.

　Moving without making a sound, I reached the top of the warehouse.

“–respond, respond. –No luck. Everyone’s dead.”

“What do you want me to do?　Should we call Alpha Team?”

　I can hear two men talking to each other. Is this the last of them?

　If I wait like this, I might be able to disperse the enemy in the observatory.

　However, it would be troublesome if they rescued their companions who were being held in the bathroom.

　–I knew I should have killed them …….

　I know I’m thinking of terrible things.

　But if it’s to protect Himari, I’m ready to become a demon.

　However, it is not a good move to go back to killing them now.

　Since the two enemies are now locked together, I should make the most of this opportunity.

　I pulled the pin out of the stun grenade and threw it through the inspection port into the room.

　After a violent explosion, I jumped down into the room and beat the two men to death.

　I immediately looked around. –There was no sign of the enemy.

　I removed the tape from the mouth of the old security guard who was holding him hostage.

“How many enemies are there in total?”

“Six!”

　Okay, it looks like I got them all.

　After wrapping the man in tape, I untied the hostages one by one.

“Thank you! Thank you so much!”

　They thanked me one after another, but it was still not safe.

　The other teams might be coming here.

　I asked the security guard to help me and check the number and location of the armed group on the surveillance camera.

It looks like there are only six on the observation deck and two on the roof.

　The six on the observation deck seemed to be unaware of what was happening on the first floor. They are just watching the hostages. Thank God.

　The two on the rooftop were just blowing out cigarettes and didn’t seem to be on alert.

　They were probably waiting for the requested helicopter to arrive, and were also on the lookout for a police raid.

　If I looked closely, I could see a rocket launcher on the side. How could they bring such a thing into the building?

The two guys on the roof aren’t looking at the ground at all, huh?

Well, they’re only looking at the sky.

　If that’s the case, there’s no need to worry about being shot from the roof. I think they can escape safely.

“Now, can you open the shutters of the main entrance, please?”

“Okay.”

　The security guard pressed the switch on the shutter.

“Should we turn the elevator back on?”

“That will have to wait. The enemy will be aware of it.”

　If they know the elevators are back up and running, they’ll send men to the security room immediately.

“Security, is there any way to get to the observation deck other than by elevator?”

“There’s a fire escape…… Would you mind taking a look at that?”

　I looked at the monitor the guard showed me.

　The stairs had been destroyed.

“That’s why the explosion sounded. ……”

“Perhaps they blew it up to seal off the observation deck.”

　This is a problem …….

　If they use the elevator, the enemy will notice them immediately. They’ll be waiting for us for sure.

　Before I can even throw a stun grenade, it will be a beehive.

　I took a long look at the surveillance monitor on the observation deck.

　The hostages are gathered in one place, and men are standing around them.

　I’m sure they won’t be so foolish as to stick to one place. ……
　This means that even if I throw a stun grenade at them, I won’t be able to neutralize them all at once.

　I suddenly noticed that the glass of the observatory was broken.

　An armed group must have broken it with their guns.

　This could possibly be …….

“Security, is there any way to get to the roof?”

“Umu, you can get there from the VIP guest room floor above the observation deck.”

　The fire escape has been destroyed, so the only way to get there is to take the guest room elevator.

　Will they notice that the elevator is up and running?

“Security, the people on the observation deck won’t know if the guest room elevators are working, will they?”

“Well, the only elevators that go to the observation deck are the ones that go directly to the observation deck, so the other elevators won’t show up.”

　All right, that’ll work. …….

　I made up my mind.

“Security, …… we are going to have you all escape now, but would you be willing to stay here and assist me?　The next hostage to be killed is someone I care about.”

　I’m asking a pretty impossible favor.

　I’m asking him to take a chance that he will survive.

“Of course. I’ll definitely help the child. It’s a short life for old age. Fu ~offoffo~tsu”

“Thank you very much!”

　I really appreciate it.

　I used my wireless earphones and my phone to receive constant information from the security guard on the surveillance monitor.

　Now my preparations were complete.

　Now all I have to do is give it my all.