Chapter 9: Boy With A Heart
"As I expected...upside down landing" Chuuta muttered as he manage to avoid landing headfirst as usual, Nao and Chips weren't so fortunate like him so they hit the ground with their head pretty hard, however, the latter two was on a good mood so they let it go for now, the group were actually transferred on the thick green forest with no one around
"So, where's the Division 5, Chuuta? They're here, right?" Nao asked after getting up and dusting himself off, Chuuta look around but he can see no one
"Who knows, but..."
Then after looking around for some time, Chuuta immediately felt two presence behind them and his instincts react, quickly balling his right hand and turn to the direction where he felt the presence, then he thrust his fist in that direction with tiny amount of power on it
Assistant Inspector Veronica actually decided that she must test their new teammate first if he was worthy to be under her command or not, so she use this escort mission as a opportunity to do so
She ask Ninotchka to help her on her plan and so, the two sneak behind Chuuta and if he react quickly, he pass but if he didn't, he failed and she will sent immediate request that he must be transferred to another division
At that moment, they're not even reaching halfway when they saw Chuuta sharply turn to their direction and thrust his fist towards them and then what happened next was something no one was expecting
A tremendous amount of shockwave blew towards the two girls, it was so strong and powerful to the point that the two were being lifted away from the ground from the intense gale, and the trees (with their roots intact) were actually being pulled out from the ground
"KYAAA!"
"W-What the-"
Ninotchka and Veronica were so lucky that they manage to hold onto something before they were sent flying away, they're clinging on that until the wind stop blowing the two girls and completely disappeared around them
"Assistant Inspector Veronica and Officer Ninotchka...what are you two doing behind us?" Chuuta asked after he retract his fist back and look at his two teammates, they were currently in state of shock after a gale almost swept the two away
The two didn't said anything for some time as Chuuta and the others went to their direction, then the black haired boy apologize to them after realizing what he had done
"Sorry about that, you two, I really don't like anyone sneaking behind me, so I hope this will be the last time you'll do it" Chuuta told them and then he extend both his hands to help them to get back on their feet
"Y-Yeah...I-It's our fault anyway, so...no harm was done...don't worry" Ninotchka was the first one to respond as she took his hands and get up, dusted herself off the dirt that was caught on her clothes, and then, she turn around and tried to help Veronica but to her surprise and worry, she was still in state of shock and not moving an inch, Chuuta just stare at her
"Did I frighten her too much? I hope not..."
Veronica, for the second time, felt something inside her, a feeling that she never thought that she would feel again...fear
"I..."
She manage to mutter but nothing came out of her mouth, the last time she felt like this, it was during the promotion test she partake in
"Veronica, are you okay?! Say something!" she heard Ninotchka ask her worriedly, so she quickly snap herself and look at her
"Eh..oh, I'm okay..." She then get up and look at them especially to Chuuta, what the hell is he? To be able to do something like that was...
"By the way, what's the big idea of sneaking behind us?" Nao asked them, the two girls jerk after hearing that
"Well...Veronica was actually testing Chuuta-kun if he was worthy on our team or not, so...we tried to sneak behind you guys...sorry" Ninotchka apologize to them
"Oh, so you were supposed to scare Chuuta huh, but it seems that you and Veronica-san was the one who got spooked by him instead" Nao said, causing the orange haired woman glare at his direction
Ninotchka just laugh it off, then after collecting herself, Veronica turn to Chuuta
"W-Well, it seems that you did have the qualification that I want on a person who wish to join our team...so you pass" Veronica said before crossing her arms
"Oh, okay..." Chuuta simply replied to her, her personality was somewhat arrogant after hearing that statement
"But still..." Ninotchka added as she pointed at the direction were many trees were scooped from the ground and the soil itself was in no better shape too, it was brutally plowed actually
"T-That was some crazy strength you have there Chuuta-kun, that was incredible!" she said, the boy gasp, is it him or she just praised him on what he accidentally did, nevertheless, Chuuta look at the destruction he unknowingly cause behind the two
"Oh that...I guess I didn't hold back enough...sorry" Chuuta said while scratching his head, shocking everyone
"You're still holding back at that punch! You almost kill us with that, you know!" Veronica mentally yelled
"Anyway, Chief Laine said that Veronica here was the one who was assign to lead us, so can we start the mission? I think we can't afford to waste even more time" Chuuta asked while pointing at the orange haired woman
"T-That's right, so let's go!"
Veronica smirked, having this kind of guy on her team can benefit them for sure
"We're here..." Veronica said as the team were now spying at restaurant far from their current position, it looks like an ordinary place if you are an ordinary people looking at it, but for them...it was something even more
"So, how do we get in?" Chuuta asked the group
"Officer Nada, you go checked it out" Veronica ordered
"What! Why me?"
"Because I told you so! Now move"
Nao then reluctantly ran towards the window of the restaurant, Veronica and the others were closing in behind him, then as Nao was about to peek on one of the windows, Veronica quickly grab his head and slam it on the ground
"OWWWW!"
"What are you doing?! are you trying to reveal yourself too early?!" she yelled at him
"B-But how am I suppose to see the inside if I won't raise my head?" Nao countered
Veronica sigh at that
"As I expected, Misuzu never teach you the basics" she then took out her badge and then from it came a small bug-like object, it flew at the narrow hole of the place and then fly around
"You see, these badges are not just ordinary ones, it contains some cool stuff that you can use...there! all clear, we can get in!" Veronica declared to them
"YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE IT RIGHT FROM THE START!" Nao yelled in disbelief, meanwhile, Chuuta look at Ninotcka and ask her something
"The way she called Sonokata...is she friends with her or something?" he asked the girl
"Oh yes, she was, in fact, we three are friends ever since we join elDLIVE, but the two actually form some sort of rivalry against each other" she answered him, Chuuta nodded in understanding
"Oh, so Sonokata has some friends too huh..."
The group of five teenagers were now inside the restaurant where they were supposed to meet their informant about Dr. Love's whereabouts, Veronica then went towards the waiter with a green hair that was combed behind and a mustache and strangely enough, he also wears sunglasses
"Umm..excuse me, but my grandpa left a hat in here, it's a beige hunting hat with a dark colored in it" Veronica said cutely, Nao wondered what is that suppose to mean while Chuuta just watch her
Maybe it's some sort of hidden message on it, he wouldn't know
"I see, so you're the person he's been waiting for...unfortunately, the person who has been waiting for you was..." then something fell on the ceiling, it was dead body of the real waiter that was hanged by a rope
"...Dead"
Veronica and the others was alarmed at that and took their defensive stance, well except Chuuta, who just look at the green haired guy impassively, who removed his fake mustache and ruffled his green hair, grinning at them menacingly
"Greetings elDLIVE, I knew it...you were coming here sooner or later and that means the real Dr. Love was somewhere around here" he said
"W-Who are you?!"
"Nah, I was just some murderer who killed all of his doubles, nothing special" he said
"So you're the one who kill all of his doubles" Veronica said, Chuuta look at her, she didn't need to repeat what he just told them
"Correct, so let's get straight to the point, where is Dr. Love?" he asked them
"Do you think I'll just tell you that!? You have to make us do it!" Veronica yelled again
"Is that so? Then how about I do this?"
Then he push some button in the air and then suddenly, all of the people inside the restaurant stood up, readied their guns and aimed it to them
"So, everyone was involved too..." Veronica deduced, the green haired guy grinned at them
"So, where is he?"
"I don't know..."
"Playing hard to get huh, well then, let me reveal something from those people" then he flick his finger and then everyone who had guns became confused
"Eh!"
"W-Where am I?"
"W-Why am I holding a gun?"
Chuuta and the others was shocked
"They were hypnotized" Chuuta said
"Correct, and do you know what else they were carrying underneath their shirts?" the criminal asked them and then a ticking sound can be heard around
"W-What!"
"T-There's something on my body" one of the civilians said as he raised his shirt to reveal a bomb, which was strapped on his belly
"B-BOMB!"
"NO! GET IT OFF!"
Veronica and everyone was panicking, the green haired guy smile at them as he asked them once again
"So, where is Dr. Love?"
"Tch..."
"And what would you do after you find out where he is then?" Chuuta asked him as he step up in front of Veronica
"C-Chuuta-kun"
"Well, since you're going to die here, I'll tell you, his brain was actually the 'key' of opening the treasure that I want and I'll stop at nothing to obtain it"
"I see, well then, you have to forget that dream of yours, mister..."
Then Chuuta just disappear in front of them before their brains can even registered it
"W-Where's is he?!"
Then shockwaves appear everywhere, it was strong enough to raise the girls' skirt
"W-What!"
"KYAA!"
Ninotchka has to hold her own skirt to keep it from being blown away and exposing her panties
And then, after just three seconds, Chuuta reappear in the place he used to be (In front of Veronica), holding all of the bombs on his one hand, they were now disarmed
"Here, I believe this belongs to you..." he said, handing the bombs to him
"W-What! H-How are you?!..."
"Now scram..."
Then before even the green haired man can even registered anything, Chuuta already appear behind him and perform a chop on the back of his neck, knocking him on the ground and creating a crater upon impact at the same time
"Well, I guess that will take care of the culprit" he simply said as he look at his comrades, whose eyes were roughly the same size of a dish plates
"What?"
"Y-Y-Y-Y-You just..." Ninotchka was at loss of words
"I knock him out before he can do something very dangerous here, what about it?" Chuuta ask her
Veronica were having a mixed emotion about Chuuta's performance, his power was way out of her league...how on earth is he able to perform all of those feats...it's as if he can do anything on his own
"Assistant Inspector Veronica..." Chuuta called her and at that, she was snapped back to reality
"Huh"
"What should we do next?" he asked
"W-Well in that case, Officer Nada and Chips, take care of the civilians here and tied that guy up, you, me and Ninotchka will meet Dr. Love, let's go!" Veronica said as the entire Division 5 went on the secret basement while the two members of Division 2 were guiding the civilians outside
"So, his lab was actually located below the restaurant"
"Yeah, that's right..."
The Division 5 was now walking on the stairs that will lead them to the underground facility that belongs to this person called Dr. Love
"The stairs were quite long...it seems that he really didn't want anyone interfering with his work" Chuuta commented, 10 minutes have passed and they're still reaching halfway of the stairs
"That's right...that makes me wonder what kind of research is he conducting?" Ninotchka ask
"Sorry, but I'm not a researcher myself so I have no idea whatever it is...maybe you can ask him" Chuuta told her
"N-Not really"
"We'll almost there..." Veronica said
Then another 10 minutes have passed and they finally reach the metal door below
"Well, let's go..."
Veronica then open it up to reveal...
"WHA!-"
"What's this?!"
The three officers look on the middle of the facility to see a corpse of an old man laying in a metal bed with its front ripped open to revealing his ribs, it was a very disturbing sight for them, Ninotchka cover her mouth, Veronica was shock while Chuuta was the only one who's actually unaffected
"He's dead..."
"H-How's this possible?! Chief Laine told me that he was still alive, but..."
"N-No way"
"Mind if you all shut up, I'm busy here..."
Chuuta, Veronica and Ninotchka then saw a figure emerge from the shadow, it was a blue haired teen, roughly the same age as them and he's holding a human heart
