The Magician Of Sound Chapter 23
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Kai and Ayaka started running. It was a pretty normal run until Kai felt something wrong. He was someone who didn't want to have much exposure, and that trained his skills to feel others' gazes on him. And at this time, he felt as though someone was watching him.
Kai suddenly took his headphones off.
"Kai?" Ayaka was confused by his action. It was abnormal to have Kai remove his headphones. She didn't know why, but she also felt something wrong when Kai took his headphones off.
Kai didn't answer her as he tried to focus on listening to his surroundings while running. And not long after, he suddenly picked up something.
"I see. So that is the guy I need to cripple. He doesn't seem like it, but he surely feels dangerous. I can't act now since the girl beside him is the Kudo Group's princess. I'll blow up his leg with this sniper after he finishes school," A guy on top of a huge tower said while using his binoculars to observe Kai and Ayaka.
Beside him was a huge sniper rifle powered by magic power. It also had a suppressor. It was a well-known weapon for assassination.
Kai immediately frowned when he heard that. Of course, he didn't notice the sniper rifle as the weapon didn't make a sound.
"Kai? For you to frown like this, did something happen?" Ayaka asked worriedly.
Kai shook his head. It seemed that this guy wasn't going to do something when Kai was completing the task from Shirotsuka Sanae. So until school was over, he would be fine. But he wouldn't put his headphones back.
"It's fine," Kai assured her while contemplating. He had no idea as to who wanted to cripple him. He was thinking about calling his sister, Tasha Carter, for help. He would request her to take him to that building with her space magic.
He was sure that Tasha would immediately be enraged if she heard this. But for safety reasons, he would still need her help. So, he was thinking about how to calm her down later.
Ayaka was looking at him with a worried expression this entire time. Looking at him, she knew there must be something wrong. After all, Kai didn't put his headphones back on.
They continued running with their magic power. Kai and Ayaka were running at 40 km/h. As a magician, they could run faster than that, but it still wouldn't exceed 60 km/h. But that alone made them pretty powerful compared to normal people.
They chose not to run that fast because they wanted to conserve energy. And around two hours later, they finally finished their long run. Some students finished earlier, but they were tired as hell.
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They thought they could rest longer if they finished as soon as possible. But it was actually a bad idea, as they became like this after they finished. They were not sure whether they could fully recover before the time limit.
On the other hand, Kai and Ayaka just used their optimal speed to conserve their energy. When they arrived, Ayaka pulled him to the side.
"Kai, tell me honestly. There's something wrong, isn't there?" Ayaka asked.
"It's fine. You don't need to worry about it." Kai tried to assure her, but to no avail. Ayaka kept pressing him, and eventually, he sighed.
"There's a guy that seems to want to blow up my legs. I don't know who he is and why he wants to do this," Kai finally told her.
Ayaka was startled when she heard that. She never expected something like this as she asked, "Why? Do you have someone who wants your life or something?"
"Well, he just wants to cripple me, and not take my life. I don't know what he's planning, but I'm going to find out," Kai said.
"I'll ask my grandfather for help," Ayaka said. At first, she wanted to help him, but she knew that if there were to be even a single misstep, their lives would be in danger. She wasn't foolish enough to let Kai or herself die, even if it meant that she needed to rely on her grandfather. After all, it was more logical to ask for help in this situation.
But it was different for Kai. He didn't want to receive help from that geezer. Not because he was a fool, but because he couldn't afford to owe him a favor. After all, he knew Kai was Tasha Carter's younger brother. That alone made him think twice before owing someone a favor.
After all, they might use it for something unexpected. Of course, they could also ignore it, but if they did, they might also be targeted by those people. After all, with such a reputation, they would only get scorn from other people.
So, the best solution to this problem was to ask his sister for help. She could teleport them to that person and ambush him.
"But-!" Ayaka wanted to protest, but to no avail. She thought about calling her grandfather in secret, but she was afraid that Kai would hate her for that. After all, no matter what secret conversation they would have, Kai would be able to hear it since he took off his headphones.
She shook her head helplessly. She chose to believe in him. "Fine. I'll believe in you. But you can't get injured, all right? After all, we're part… partners," Ayaka voiced, blushing when she said the word 'partner'. She didn't know why, but it felt weird when she said that.
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"Thanks." Kai nodded his head.
And finally, the time limit for the run had ended. They would need to do some more exercise. First, push-ups… The guys in the class started looking right and left, trying to behold a 'glorious' sight.
When they moved to the sit-ups, the guys who had a female partner looked at them with perverted eyes. After all, it came up and down right in front of them as they needed to hold their legs to help them.
When Ayaka looked at them, especially their perverted eyes, she twitched her eyebrows. She looked at Kai, whose eyes didn't have any trace of perverted thoughts. She also twitched her eyebrows at this.
She didn't know if she should be happy or not about Kai not having perverted thoughts on her. She was wondering if she didn't have a good figure or wasn't beautiful enough. But with her 82-58-79 body, she thought it wasn't that bad.
She somewhat hurt when Kai treated her like this. Even when she was helping him stretch, there was a lot of 'skinship,' but Kai just acted as he usually did.
"Kai, do you think I'm bea-" She suddenly stopped before she finished her words. She almost blurted out her thoughts.
No matter what other people said, she almost asked him whether she was beautiful or not. From others' perspectives, it was the same as flirting. She suddenly became too embarrassed to speak as her face suddenly became as red as a tomato.
Kai didn't understand her. But when he asked her, she glared at him. Once again, he couldn't understand her.
They finished their exercises and finally moved into the run with weight. It was a hard run. Surprisingly, Kai didn't break a sweat despite having that twenty-kilogram weight on him while running. He even asked her if she wanted him to take the weight.
Ayaka only rebuked him by asking, "Are you a monster?"
Kai then didn't ask her anymore and continued running. And after the session of two hours of continuously using magic, they were utterly exhausted.
Even though they were exhausted, Kai moved his body to find his sister, leaving Ayaka alone. He thought that if they delayed it even a little bit, they would be in a dangerous position.
Not long after, he found his sister. Well, they usually went back together, so they would meet sooner or later. But to see Kai suddenly come to her on his initiative, she was overwhelmed by emotions. After all, Kai had never done anything like this.
"Kai finally knows my efforts, and he's coming to me on his own initiative." She jumped toward him, trying to hug him. Unfortunately, Kai avoided her as usual, letting her pass him and fall to the ground.
"This isn't the time for that. I heard someone say he wants to blow up my legs," he said.
"What?" Tasha was baffled. But Kai wasn't someone who liked to joke with something like that, so she immediately became furious. "Who is he?"
"I need your help." Kai asked her to follow him. They were completely covered by the building, so the sniper wouldn't be able to spot them. He pointed his finger toward one of the tallest buildings. "You see that building? He is at the top of that building."
"Then it'll be easy. Let's go immediately." Tasha said.
Kai nodded, and they teleported to their target.
The sniper was trying to search for Kai's position since they should have finished the class and would leave the school at this time. But then, he suddenly felt killing intent from behind him.
"!!!"
He turned around, but it was too late.
"Argh!"
Kai cut his two legs while Tasha immediately destroyed his sniper.
"You, how did you come to this place?" the sniper asked with great difficulty as he was trying to hold back the pain.
"And why do you want to blow up my leg?" Kai asked with killing intent.
He was surprised to see killing intent like this from a student. He immediately recognized this particular killing intent as he felt that this Kai must have killed someone.
"How do you know?"
"If you don't even know how I know about it, then you're not qualified to ask me. Just answer my question," Kai asked casually.
"You won't be able to get anything from me."
Kai looked at his sister. She nodded her head and put her hand on the man's head.
"Argh!" the sniper suddenly screamed.
Tasha was using her lightning magic to torture him a little bit, but it seemed that her effort was futile.
The sniper only smiled and said, "You won't be able to get anything from me. ACTIVATE!"
When he said that, a magic circle appeared on the position of his heart. He suddenly spat out some blood and died.
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