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3 - Capture

The moment I looked behind me, a pair of shoes entered my field of vision. Slowly and quietly my gaze drifted upwards. 

 

“Uh…. oh….”

Just like the other combatant, I felt an arm-twisting pressure.  

But it was different. The truth was, when his form entered my vision, I grew so terrified I couldn’t even think. 

Akkad was right there, close enough to touch with my hand.

 

This was bad. Really bad…

Even though I participate in battles, I’ve only seen him from a distance. It was mostly the main force of Kaijin that did the attacking. 

But with this man right before me, I was assailed by such despair that I could not even think.

 

  Akkad released his transformation, and carrying his sword in his right hand, he stood up quite naturally. He had flowing black hair, and stared down at me with eyes that looked as though they were shining.

What a sense of presence. This must be that pressure. Just by standing there, I was struck by his “strength”, and my entire body was filled with terror. 

 

I’m going to be killed…

Shaking violently1, I lowered my face, and my eyes dropped to the cracks in the floor. I felt one second stretch into an eternity, as I waited for my extermination.

 

But.

Woosh. I felt a draft, and at the same time, my body was lifted up.

“Uhg.”

Even as I let out a groan, I looked up uncomprehendingly, and found Akkad’s face within close proximity. 

When our eyes met, I again felt as though I would die. Except, perhaps, is he holding me in his arms?

Eh? Why?

Akkad’s gaze poured over me intensely. 

“I do not intend to kill you. I am taking you back to my home. I’ll get you fixed up,” he informed me concisely, and calmly began to walk forward. Eh? Why?

 

After he lifted me up, he kept my face in his line of sight, unblinkingly, and being unable to endure it, I quickly lowered my eyes. 

I tried to calm down a little, but he seems to have me in a princess-carry? Akkad’s feverish body and the feel of his unyielding arms tightly holding on to me were absurdly terrifying. 

 

“It will get a little jarring, so please hold on.”

Akkad spoke to me in a slow voice, but even if he said to hold on, it’s impossible. My heart will die. 

Perhaps because I didn’t even twitch, Akkad adjusted his hold to carry me more intimately2, gathered the power in his body, and bounded into the night sky. 

 

The city at night is beautiful, even the shapes of the desiccated ruins of the last century that were visible in the daylight. The verdure has completely withered away, animals have disappeared, and charred buildings cover the world, but they just barely managed to scrape together enough electricity to be used for after-dark activities, so you can still enjoy the nightscape of highly-populated cities. 

 

Akkad hurdled from building to building. I’m also a somewhat high-level android, so I could do the same stunt, but to hold someone in your arms without them feeling any of the shock from leaping and landing over and over would be quite difficult. To keep me balanced in his hands and travel a good distance, he’d have to land with his whole body like a spring to act as a cushion.

Akkad must excel not only in power but also body control.

 

We came to the tail end of the buildings with lights, and finding that they were drifting to the outskirts, Akkad landed on the roof of one building, and entered inside through an external staircase. 

At first glance it looked no different from the other shabby buildings, and scanning 3 it, it appeared to be missing most security measures, but maybe it was a high-tech facility on the inside. Akkad, still holding me, proceeded through the residential-looking place and entered one of the units. 

Just looking around briefly inside the unit, it was about the side of a 3DK, a simple space that did not seem appropriate for a “hero of justice” to live in. 

Akkad ordered the AI to prepare drinks and a medical kit and entered the bedroom. Akkad set me softly on top of the bed and leaned over me, peering down at my face.

 

Now, as per the plan, I have successfully been escorted into his bedroom. Despite this success, when it comes to the shameful things to come, my mind is still utterly blank. 

Footnotes

ガタガタ: lit. rattling, wobbling, etc.. It’s a bit mechanical, like a rattling old car. Because they’re androids 深く: lit. deeply. Could also be intensely or strongly 全体スキャン: lit. full-body scan