newbobooks Chapter 137 This is neither a game nor a war, but a hunt!
Chapter 137 This is neither a game nor a war, but a hunt!
"If there are only ten people to make the arrests, it'll be difficult to find many people in such a large encirclement in the back mountains, won't it?"
"Of course, even if it's surrounded by a fence, two hours is definitely not enough for ten people to conduct an investigation."
"How about we find a place to rest for a while? I secretly brought some playing cards."
"Ah, Toyosaki, you've really thought of everything. Let's find a place and get started. It'll probably take them a while to find us."
The three boys from Shuchiin stopped and sat around a large rock, taking out a deck of cards.
...
Uchiha Ryo: "Found them... to the southwest, about 90 meters away—there should be three of them!"
The three students, who had just sat down to set up the deck of cards, suddenly heard a rustling sound coming from the nearby woods.
"The wind?"
"Wait! Someone's coming! Let's get out of here!"
Toyosaki Saburo stood up, forgetting to put away his playing cards, and the two of them ran into the depths of the forest.
"This place is so difficult to navigate!"
"Damn it, so many big rocks and broken logs, but the pursuers probably won't be able to move much either."
At the front, Hongo Hayato let out a long sigh of relief. "Have we shaken them off? Should we head east and rejoin the main group of the second-year students?"
Uchiha Ryo: "Is that so? The main group of second-year students is to the east..."
Hongo Hayato: "Huh?!"
The rubber kunai, stained with red dye, grazed the back of the three people's necks, and Uchiha Rin quickly overtook several people to stand at the front.
"You lot... are under arrest."
Erika Konase: [Oh!! Let's turn our attention to the big screen! The exchange student from Shuchiin, representing Toyonosaki, Uchiha-kun, has already apprehended three people within the first five minutes of the police operation! And they did it at close range!]
Ji Karen: [We can see that after capturing three people, Uchiha continued running towards the direction of the other hiders. Let's take a look at the hiders' perspective from that direction.]
About four or five hundred meters away from Uchiha Ryo, a classmate sitting under a tree was still making a phone call.
Saburo Toyosaki: [I'm not kidding you, we were already out of the game and heading towards the entrance. We were caught in an instant.]
Tsubasa Tanuma: "Huh? Toyosaki, you're not kidding, are you? I didn't even have time to react before I was instantly killed. This isn't a movie."
The voice on the phone sounded urgent. "Never mind that, run! He seemed to have gone in your direction! He might already be near you!"
Tanuma Tsubasa stood up. "Fine, fine, really... Ughhhh!"
【Tanuma? Tanuma! 】
The main group of hiders, with Shirogane Miyuki standing at the very front, surrounded by more than thirty students from Class 1A and 1D who were also participating in the game.
Miyuki Shirogane: "Listen carefully, scatter immediately if you encounter the police. We have an overwhelming numerical advantage. As long as we all disperse, they will only target one or two people, and the rest will find another opportunity to meet up."
Fujiwara Chika: "Shirogane-kun, this is so boring. It feels like a picnic, there's no sense of urgency at all."
Miyuki Shirogane's expression was serious. "Fujiwara-kun, this game is not that simple. You've already seen it on your phone. Four people have been eliminated in just six minutes. The elimination speed will only get faster from here on out."
This is no longer a game; Shirogane Miyuki takes every... battle seriously! Whether it's studying or the sports meet, since I can't beat you in studying, then let's settle this at the sports meet, Uchiha Ryo!
Shirogane Miyuki took out his phone and opened the [Thief]'s communication group. "This is the Shirogane Squad, located due north. What's the situation with the other teams?"
Kojima Souji: "On the small island to the northeast, my forty men are resting. They haven't found any trace of the police. Heh, with my counter-surveillance capabilities, they won't be able to find me."
The young master of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department smirked. He was confident he could hide even from real police officers, let alone students.
Kondo Sawa: "The Kondo squad in the northwest is unaffected and occupies the highest point of the encirclement around the back mountain, so they can serve as an observation group."
Hayato Hayama: "...Huff huff—This is the Hayama squad in the central region. We encountered the advance team of the police, a total of six people! The Hayama group has been scattered, but only five people were killed, and the remaining 35 people escaped successfully."
Miyuki Shirogane: "What about Kazunari-senpai, who's in his second year? I think there are about 100 second-year students, right?"
After a long time, there was finally some movement from the second-year students.
Kazunari: "The second-year 100-strong unit was scattered by Uchiha Ryo alone. They are now all dispersed, and currently... 29 have already perished!"
In the dense forest, Uchiha Ryo's figure moved constantly, occasionally slashing someone's neck with a dagger. If he saw three or more people running away separately, he would quickly throw kunai to kill them from a distance.
Unfortunately, this is modern times, and it's being broadcast live, so Uchiha Ryo can't use ninjutsu, otherwise these guys would die even faster.
However, he remembered that the live broadcast on the school's big screen was a random switching between hundreds of drones, and the people watching him were probably Aunt Fujiwara, Ai Hayasaka, and Kotori.
Uchiha Ryo turned his head to look at the drone that was closely following him. Little did he know that thousands of spectators on the Shuchiin Academy playground were watching Uchiha Ryo's hunting adventure.
Ten minutes into the game, Uchiha Rin had 33 hunters.
Yukino Yukinoshita gently touched her forehead. "He...is that strong? I'm sorry, I underestimated him."
Kaguya Shinomiya couldn't believe it. "Is this guy really human?!"
Hayasaka Ai: "Hmph~"
Chitanda Eru knew she was wrong, but she was still very happy watching it.
"Wow, that's amazing—just like watching a movie! Uchiha-kun, let's continue!"
Amakusa Shino: "Well, his position is Toyonosaki... But Uchiha-kun's fighting power is terrifying. If he finds a girlfriend in the future, he'll probably have a really tough time..."
Hayasaka Ai: "!!!"
On the other side, the Bond Band is cheering for Uchiha Ryo with all their might. Although he was from the Shuchiin, he is now a member of the Toyonosaki team!
Goto Ichiri: "Absolutely...absolutely must not mess with them, they'll be killed..."
In the northern part of the encirclement behind the mountain, Shirogane Miyuki slammed his fist into a tree trunk, then clutched his hand in pain.
"Damn it, the Uchiha are like monsters. No, we can't just sit here and wait to die. At their speed, they'll find us sooner or later."
The phone suddenly rang a few times, and Hayama Hayato's last message came through.
"The first-year Hayama group has picked up the second-year students, and the main force is retreating. I'll hold off Uchiha-kun for now!"
The sound was interrupted, and Shirogane Miyuki didn't know what happened next, but stopping Uchiha Ryo was not something an ordinary person could do.
The ever-changing scenery on the big screen finally stopped, because Uchiha Ryo had finally halted his hunt.
Uchiha Ryo: "Hayama...Hayato? What are you doing here all alone? Trying to turn yourself in?"