Chapter 12: Why Am I Not a Hero?

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"...Ah."

Yes, only such an exclamation could barely break the silence.

The building.

As if it never existed in the first place, the massive building disappeared without a trace, leaving only its foundation.

"Aaaahhhhh!"

And then, screams erupted amidst it all.

I only realized when I finally came to my senses that only one person, who had just come up from the basement and was outside the range of another inexplicable phenomenon, had barely survived.

"What, what?! What the hell happened?! Where are... where are the others...? Cough!"

But before he could fully grasp the situation, she somehow closed the distance and began to look down on him.

"Person."

The survivor.

Facing the sole survivor of the completely vanished criminal organization, she smiled in front of him.

"Hehe, yes, yes. For now, we need someone to ask."

"What... what are you? Don't... don't come closer... huh?"

Blood spurted from his flailing hand.

His eyes trembled as he saw the empty space, and a dazed breath escaped his mouth.

"My... my hand... where... where did it go?"

As if he couldn't feel the pain despite his hand being gone, he was just staring blankly at the empty space.

"There, you see."

But she gave no quarters.

Even now, seeming unable to control her emotions, she breathed heavily and pointed her finger elsewhere.

"My research, you took it, right? My research, where is it?"

"What... what is...? Aaah!"

"My research, my research..."

With each mention of 'research,' a limb disappeared.

Next, the side, then the shoulder...

"Where is my research?"

And then, the moment her finger pointed at his head.

"Aaah! Stop... stop it! The.. the stolen stuff is in the... underground, so stop now!"

The survivor, left with only his chest and head, screamed in terror.

Is it even appropriate to call him alive now?

With only his mouth remaining open, he's soon to be no different from the corpses in that puddle.

"So, i-it's in the basement?"

She, looking down at the man in such a ghastly state, retracted her interest from the spot with a bitter smile on her lips.

"So if I go there, it's done, so you're useless now?"

"What... what?"

Splash!

As soon as her finger snapped, his head vanished.

The remaining body collapsed with a thud, and soon only silence pervaded the area.

That was the end.

The headquarters of Blood River and all its members...

Failed to even become a river of blood, as their name implied, completely erased from this world.

"...Woah."

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