" I am! I also don't want anyone to die. I also don't want you guys to die either. " at the last part, Yuu averted his eyes to the floor for a moment.
Narumi stared at Yuu before turning around and walked.
" Then at least remember your target's name. That's the minimum responsibility of a soldier. " Narumi said.
" There's no point in remembering a name of someone you're going to kill. But I do remember the names of people I have to protect. Shinoa, Kimizuki, Mitsuba, Yoichi... " Yuu looked down for a moment before continuing, " Narumi Makoto, Endo Yayoi, Inoue Rika, Kagiyama Taro, Iwasaki Shusaku. "
Narumi's squad was shocked that Yuu remembered their names.
" I won't let my comrades die. Like Guren said, we'll come back with victory. "
" I apologise for my subordinate's arrogant attitude, Sergeant Narumi. However, our squad feels the same way as Special Private Hyakuya. "
Narumi glanced at Shihou and Mitsuba who nodded.
" We may be newbies but we will do our best to not drag everyone down. "
" Fine. " Narumi took out a pocket watch, " We have six minutes until the mission. Yayoi, where's our target? "
" He should come out soon. According to the intel, he shows up at the square park every day at the same time. " Yayoi answered.
" Ah, hearing about it suddenly made me nervous. " Rika sighed.
" Calm down. This is a fight we can win. They're unaware of our movement. We, the Narumi squad and,... " Narumi trailed off.
" ...the Shinoa squad will calmly execute our mission without losing anyone. Right? " Shinoa finished.
" That's right. "
~With Yoichi~
Yoichi breathes heavily as he clutched his weapon tightly.
" Alright, Yoichi. Calm down. We have five minutes until the mission. " Shinya said.
" H-Hai. But every time I think about failing— "
" We won't fail. We, the sniper team, are going to finish off everything. " Shinya cut Yoichi off as he got ready with his rifle, already laying on the floor and peering through the scope.
Yoichi clutched his weapon tighter.
" You're setting yourself up for failure. This is your first sniper mission, right? Guren asked me to teach you things. So first, calm down. " Shinya advised.
" Hai. "
" Besides, even if we fail, there's still the combat team. Let's take it easy. The most important quality for a sniper is lightheartedness. "
" Right... "
" Snipers need to keep our cool to kill enemies, backup comrades, and kill our own before they're captured and tortured if they fall behind. "
Yoichi gasped.
" Kill your own comrades? " Yoichi asked shakily.
" If needed. As long as you don't forget to relax and don't get too nervous, we're ok. So, take a deep breath. "
Yoichi did as asked.
" Loosen up. Slowly take control over your space. Once you're breathing steadily, try calling for your demon. "
Yoichi breathes several times before getting up and walked forward to where Shinya is.
" Come, Gekkouin. " Yoichi muttered and closed his eyes for a moment.
" I'm sorry. I'm calm now. " Yoichi apologised.
" Good boy. Any time now, our target will show. Go check your snipe point. "
" Hai. " Yoichi then crouched down and got ready.
Looking through his snipe point, he saw a lot of normal vampires.
" There are a lot of normal vampires. "
" Ignore them. Just focus on the noble. "
" Hai. "
" There he is. " Shinya said as Yoichi zoomed into two vampires appeared, walking.
" The one with the hat is Lucal Wesker. " Shinya pointed out.
Yoichi felt a drop of sweat trickle down the side of his head.
" Don't get bloodthirsty until the mission starts. They will pick up on that. "
" Hai. "
~With Lucal Wesker~
" Hm, not bad today. Where's it from? " Lucal Wesker held a wine glass of blood in his hands after taking a sip.
Lucal Wesker has no eyebrows and seems to wear extremely dark makeup around his eyes. He has straight shoulder length hair and bangs down the left side of his face with his scalp shaved on the right.
He wears a top hat with a band around it. He wears a white shawl with a popped up collar. He has numerous thick dark ruffles trailing down from his neck piece. He wears a lengthy white shirt that reaches his thighs. His shirt has large black cuffs that covers most of his forearm. He has a second cape at his waist that trails down to his mid-calf and wore thigh high black boots.
" Blood collection area in Naka Ward. Number 58, female, age four. " the man behind Lucal was Esther Lee who answered his question.
Esther Lee has greying hair pulled back with a full beard which is pointed on the chin and wore dark, round glasses. He also wears a trench coat with a belt at the waist and purple square knot scarf.
" Hmm. The mellow taste of a little girl's blood is delicious indeed. Why don't you join, Esther? " Lucal looked towards Esther.
" No, thank you. I've already had plenty thanks to you, Lord Lucal. " Esther denied.
" But this is a rare, grade AAA quality. You should drink it while it is still fresh. " Lucal tried to persuade Esther.
" Thank you very much. Then I shall try it afterwards. " Esther agreed.
" You should. " Lucal commented a he swirled the blood inside the wine glass and stared at it.
" Anyways, what do you think about the letter from Krul Tepes? " Lucal asked.
" The plan to annihilate the human organisation, the Japanese Imperial Demon Army? " Esther confirmed.
" Yes. Telling us to take care of some measly humans. Arrogantly giving orders from Kyoto. I don't like it. " Lucal stated as he took another sip of the blood.
He then look up and wondered, " Since when did I start to work for her? "
" We belong to a different political faction. There's no need to act until we've received orders from the Progenitor Council. " Esther answered, " However, it seems that Lord Krul herself is coming to Nagoya this time. "
" Oh, is that right? " Lucal asked, surprised as Esther nodded.
" Hm, then I guess I should comply. "
" That's a difficult question. We belong to the Lest Karr's faction who is in a power struggle with Lord Krul. "
" Hm, then I will face sanctions if I comply. What shall I— " Lucal abruptly stopped talking and his eyes widened.
Taking notice of Lucal's behaviour, " Lord Lucal? What's wrong? AGH— " Esther was suddenly grabbed by Lucal and pulled him in front of him.
Yoichi's arrows and Shinya's tiger collided with the vampires, causing smoke to appear.
Narumi who saw the smoke, immediately shouted to the others, " Everyone! Take your curse enhancement pills! We're starting the mission. "
" What is this? " Lucal said as he threw Esther's remaining arm, which he grabbed, who was now dead from being hit dead on by Yoichi's and Shinya's attack.
" Drink my blood, sword. " Lucal muttered and immediately swung his sword, aiming the strike towards where Yoichi and Shinya were positioned at.
" We missed! " Yoichi said, scared as the tower shook from the attack Lucal sent.
" We're going to move after killing as many normal vampires as we can. " Shinya said as he got ready to fire again.
" Hai! "
~With Narumi's and Shinoa's squad~
Both squads were heading towards Lucal's location when Yuu ran up to the front with Narumi.
" Narumi, I'll take the lead. I'll find out about the target's strength. Cover me! "
" Alright, you have my permission. Go! "
Yuu then ran ahead and saw some normal vampires running towards him. That's when he saw Yoichi's arrows hitting the ones closest to Yuu then several more followed, aiming towards to the other normal vampires.
Yuu grinned, " Great help, Yoichi! "
He then saw Lucal on the other side of the bridge and abruptly stopped running.
Lucal stopped walking and looked up to see Yuu.
" This is surprising. Humans? "
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Woohoo, another update!!!! Happy to be able to update again right after updating the previous day but I'm not done with my literature homework sadly :( I can't be bothered to do it cause my lit cher is super boring and I'm dying of boredom in her classes but still gotta do it. Anyways, not much to say today just that I'm very tired today for some reason. Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter! Sayonara, minna!*EDITED*