Academy City's Puppet Master

Frenda only felt a heat on her back, and then her body seemed to lose strength suddenly, and she couldn't help falling forward.

Hot blood sprayed out from his body.

As a member of Anbu, Frenda realized immediately - she was shot!

—Assassination?But no gunfire was heard.Could it be a sniper?

She plucked up her strength and stepped on her footsteps hard, not letting herself fall down.

——Is it the reinforcements of those people just now?Why didn't she attack Saten Ruiko directly, instead of targeting me first?

"Could it be... that the real target is me!" Frenda suddenly turned her head to look at Saten Ruiko, "Is she being targeted because she got too close to me?"

"Saten Reniko, you run away first..."

Before he finished speaking, Saten Leiko grabbed her hand and ran forward.

"Is the injury serious? Can you still move?" Saten Ruiko was extremely calm and decisive, "I can't stand here, run!"

Frenda was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Go to a place with a lot of people... go to that shopping mall!"

Using the crowd as cover is a good way to avoid snipers.

Saten Saten hesitated a little, but quickly made a decision and ran towards the shopping mall with Frenda.

"Tear, why do you..."

After rushing into the shopping mall, the two hid behind the pillars. Frenda saw Saten Saten watching the entrance vigilantly, and felt that she was completely different from the ordinary girl before.

"Don't worry," Saten Ruiko comforted her, "I am no longer that useless and incapable person. Now, I am Master Xingye's chief disciple!"

"what?"

Saten Leizi said confidently: "Don't worry, I have already told Master, someone will come to rescue us soon!"

"Alas..." Frenda sighed, "It's a pity that I still think you are amazing for a moment."

Saten Reniko scratched her head: "I just think it's more convincing to mention Master Xingye's name... You must also know Master Xingye, right?"

Flanda used emergency ointment to treat the wound on her body, and said at the same time: "It's okay to say that we know each other. But I think we can only rely on ourselves now."

After saying that, Frenda's left leg was hit.

"Damn it, my feeling is right!" Frenda pushed Saten Ruiko into the crowd, "That guy is already here!"

"But, I didn't see any suspicious people coming in!"

"Don't stop, run!" Frenda urged, but this time, she was also shot in the right leg. "Damn it, where is the shooter hiding?"

The enemy seemed to be playing tricks on her. They could kill her completely with just one shot, but they deliberately avoided the vital points, even the bones and meridians of the legs, so that she retained the ability to escape.

"What a vicious hunter!" Frenda said through gritted teeth, her delicate and beautiful face became distorted, revealing a hideous and terrifying smile, "...I am the same kind!"

===Chapter 37 Saten Ruiko's plan===

Flanda took out two rag dolls with weird styles from under her skirt, and ran to the emergency passage beside her.

"Hey, what are you going to do!" Saten Ruiko hurriedly followed.

"Of course it's a counterattack. I'm not the kind of character who obediently takes a beating but doesn't fight back."

Frenda glanced back, and the bustling customers in the store still didn't notice anything unusual. Occasionally, a clerk noticed the picture of Frenda being injured, and before she could take measures, she lost track of her.

"Since you can't hide from his sniper attack even if you hide in the crowd, you might as well go to a place where no one is around to meet you." Frenda said, "By the way, you should run away first, the enemy seems to be targeting me only. .”

"How could this be?" Saten Renko stepped forward to support Flanda, "You saved me just now, how could I just leave you like this?"

"Don't be willful," Frenda shook off her hand. "This is a real fight and battle. I'm a professional. It's not something ordinary people like you can get involved in."

"But," Saten Reniko followed up regardless, "I don't want to run away anymore!"

"...every time I run away, every time I'm left behind...it's the same when I'm with Misaka-san and Shirai-san, even Uiharu Shiri is active in the front line of various incidents. It's just me, every time Every time I can only watch them from behind..." Saten Leizi said loudly, "It is true that I am not a disciplinary committee member, nor am I a person with superpowers, but... I don't want to continue to stay out of it!"

"Even if it's just a powerless person, I will fight in my own way!" Saten Ruiko clenched his fists, "And, I'm no longer the useless guy I used to be!"

She looked at a silver-white bracelet on her left wrist.

Frenda no longer refused, and the two ran into the emergency exit and climbed up the stairs.

While climbing the stairs, Saten Leiko used the method Ling Xingye taught her to untie the bracelet and restore it to a slender silk thread.

She made up her mind and prepared to unleash the power of the flying blades and lay dangerous traps in the stairwell.

But Frenda stopped her.

"The enemy is not fooled, he will not take the stairs."

Because the bomb she placed has never been detonated.

"Huh? Then what should we do?"

"Get out quickly. You don't know the number of enemies. If you stay here, you may be surrounded." Frenda said immediately.

Since the enemy did not catch up, it means that there are more than one of them. You can adopt the method of encirclement, take the elevator directly, and go to the emergency exits on each floor to surround them!

The two rushed out of the emergency passage and returned to the mall.

At this time, they were in the daily necessities area on the third floor.

"There!" Saten Ruiko glanced at a toy store opposite, which was full of all kinds of plush toys.

It seems that a new store is opening or something is going on, and there is an arch made of balloons at the door, which is very popular.

"I have a solution!" Saten Saten said, pulling Flanda to the toy store.

Five minutes later, Frenda took off her beret, revealing her blonde hair.

"Are you sure this is really okay?"

Saten Ruiko took the hat and put it on the head of the puppet in front of her: "It's no problem...it's perfect, you can't see it if you don't get close!"

Saten Ruiko made a Frenda replica doll out of the dolls and balloons in the store, and at this time, she was in the final step of tying the doll's silk thread to the doll's body.

"I can't directly manipulate a large puppet like Master, so I can only go out with it, just to confuse the enemy." Saten Ruiko pulled up the collar of the doll to cover its cat face.

"This is very dangerous!"

Saten Saten was full of confidence and said optimistically: "Don't worry, the enemy's target is you, so they shouldn't attack me. You just need to observe carefully and find the person who made the attack!"

After finishing speaking, Saten Ruiko patted her cheek vigorously: "I'm leaving!"

She stretched her arms, tightening the thread.

"Flanda" made up of balloons and dolls stood up unsteadily, and walked out with her.

Fortunately, Frenda herself had already been injured a lot, and her unsteady walking was not considered a flaw.

Saten Ruiko was so absorbed in manipulating the doll that she quickly forgot about the enemy.

It was the first time for her to manipulate a large puppet without stage equipment, so she was very cautious in every move.

And this scene fell into the eyes of the attacker in the crowd, she was taking care of her seriously injured companion.

"So... it's about time for the final blow, right?" A girl in the crowd licked her lips, raised her right hand, extended her index finger and thumb, and made a shooting gesture to aim at the target.

——Fix one first, let the other fall into despair...

"Crack!" she said softly.

The projectile propelled by the high-pressure gas shoots out from the cuff, along the direction of the finger, and penetrates into the target's body.

When the attack happened, Saten Saten was stunned and hadn't reacted yet.

All I saw was that the puppet's body exploded suddenly, making a series of balloon explosion sounds.

Confetti flying in balloons.

Even the attacker froze.

Knowing that the situation was wrong, the assailant—Bow and Arrow Hunter subconsciously raised his hand again to aim at Saten Ruiko.

But Saten Saten was very alert, and under the cover of falling confetti, she quickly bent down and fled to the distance.

Bow and Arrow Tiger's first shot was dodged like this, which made her extremely displeased, so she immediately adjusted the "gun muzzle" and aimed at Saten Renko again.

"Finally found you!" Suddenly, another voice sounded beside him.

Bow and Arrow Hunter turned his head to look, and saw a doll crossing a parabola and falling towards him.

It can be seen from the encounter with the van just now that one of the targets is a bomb expert.

Therefore, Bow and Arrow Hunter Tiger did not dare to underestimate this doll.

Sure enough, the doll exploded in the air, and the crowd around was shocked.

At the same time, Frenda herself also committed suicide and kicked Fei away.

During the fierce battle between the two, Saten Renko took advantage of the chaos and ran downstairs with other customers.

According to the plan she made just now, after she found out where the enemy was, she would immediately retreat and hand over the rest of the battle to Frenda.

This time Saten Ruiko did not continue to insist, but obediently obeyed the other party's arrangement.

——Saten Saten is very clear that she really can't help when it comes to the stage of close combat, so it's better to just leave and not cause trouble to her companions.

She was already very satisfied with being able to do this.

"It's up to you, Frenda!" Saten Saten silently prayed in her heart, "I hope you are safe and well."

While running, Saten Leizi did not forget to continue to call Ling Xingye for help.

===Chapter 38 Big Brother===

Saten Leizi ran downstairs and called Ling Xingye, but there was no response, and she didn't know if it was because she hadn't finished school yet.

So Saten Ruiko didn't run far, but found a corner outside the shopping mall and squatted down, watching the battle above while continuing to seek support.

Since Ling Xingye couldn't get in touch, Misaka Mikoto was naturally the next first choice.

And Misaka Mikoto is also a junior high school student, so she should have already finished school by this time.