Fantasy Assassin in a modern world

154 Nowhere to run

Even though it was an emergency Loki was running at a pace that Matsuri could follow and as he was doing that he was also scanning the surrounding area with his mana sensing. After a quick scan, he spotted a few familiar people in the vicinity, he also noticed that there were some people moving in a suspicious way.

Michael and Shin were with the other martial artist trying to help the normal citizen, and surprisingly enough even Kira was somewhere in the sea of people. On the other hand, he could not sense Tang Ao’s presence who he had spotted before entering the theatre. It would’ve been ideal if he could sense him.

Loki’s mind was multitasking at the moment, as he was planning what to do next. It was obvious to him that the Gigantes were merely used as a distraction. Still, despite knowing this and locating some of the suspicious people’s movements he did not bother with them as his main priority was always the safety of his siblings. If he had some leeway he would gladly help and deal with the problem, unfortunately, he had no time to deal with those people.

...

Once they were far enough from the four rampaging Gigantes Loki placed his siblings down. After witnessing the deaths of so many people, Alisa and Liam were still in a dazed state. The two of them had seen a dead body before, but this was different, the cruelty, the savageness of what they saw was frightening.

“We better find somewhere to hide until those things are taken down. Matsuri, do you know any place we could hide until things calm down?”

“There should be a shelter of sorts near here, but at this point, I guess a lot of people would already be there and we won’t be able to enter... Give me a moment, I’ll think of something.”

The words Loki spoke awakened the dazed Alisa as she was still frightened by what she saw but she needed to say something. Alisa spoke interrupting Loki and Matsuri’s conversation.

“Big brother, are you saying that we should do nothing when the powerless are in danger? Big sis Matsuri as a police officer are you okay with us running away?”

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“Alisa...” Matsuri sighed as she looked at Alisa, she was going to say something more but then Loki spoke before her.

“Trust me I know how you feel, but this is the right decision.”

“If you do understand how I feel, then why are we running away? How can leaving people to die be the right decision?” Alisa responded while clenching his fist tightly. Seeing the anger and determination in Alisa’s eyes, Loki could not help but sigh before he gave his response.

“So what do you want to do, go back there and do what exactly? You couldn’t even move a muscle when things got bad and you just stood there doing nothing. If it weren’t for me, you and Liam would’ve been squashed by now.”

“I...” Alisa could not refute what Loki said, it was harsh but there was no lie in his words. Alisa’s mind was in chaos as she had her head down gritting her teeth.

Was that it, was that all she amounted to? She finally gained power, but even then she was as powerless as she was before. She still couldn’t find any evidence of Kira’s involvement in her big brother’s accident, and now she has no choice but to run as people were dying before her.

“Now do you understand, I know that you want to help others, but what’s the point of it if you’re not even able to help yourself? So for now how about we-”

Loki did not finish what he was going to say as he quickly picked up Alisa and Liam and shouted at the nearby Matsuri.

“Hold onto my neck!”

“Huh, why?”

“Quickly!!!”

Matsuri no longer hesitated as he clung tightly to Loki’s neck and then in the next second Loki jumped from wall to wall climbing onto the roof of a building. Loki did not stop there as he jumped from rooftop to rooftop going farther and farther away.

Matsuri and the other two were quite surprised at how strong and fast Loki was, as well as how good he was in parkour. They were also confused as to why Loki started panicking, it was at that moment the building near where they were standing before suddenly collapsed and another Gigantes came out from the ground. It was a gigantic worm-like creature.

If they had stayed there they would’ve already been eaten. Liam gulped as his body trembled slightly just thinking about it. On the other hand, Matsuri and Alisa were quite surprised by Loki’s reaction. Not only was he able to move this way, but he was actually able to sense the Gigantes that was hiding underground and was able to react quickly enough for them to escape from it.

‘Didn’t he and his siblings just recently become martial artists, how is he this good? Not only are his skills decent, but even his state of mind is already battle ready. Is he some kind of martial arts genius?’

‘How is big brother so strong? The three of us became martial artists almost at the same time. Big brother might have more inner energy than Liam and I, but I’m sure I had the advantage in training. Most of the time big brother is in the library while I’m in class being taught by rank eight martial artists. So how is he so far ahead?’

While Matsuri, Alisa, and Liam were quite shocked by Loki’s abilities, Loki had no time to bother thinking about how he used some of his abilities in front of them, as he was busy trying to find a safe area. He could not let his guard down now, as the worm-like Gigantes was able to get so close to him before he noticed it.

If he was alone that would have never happened as he could easily hide his presence making him hard to target, but since there were four of them in a group it made them easier to be spotted.

The situation was becoming even more dangerous as the four Gigantes were rampaging in the distance, while the worm-like Gigantes had burrowed underground.

It wasn’t just those things that were making the area dangerous, there was also the suspicious group that was moving to an unknown place. Not only that but there were also some people using the chaos to rob some shops.

‘This entire area is a danger zone, is there no safe place?’ Loki was feeling a little anxious now.