The bullets were fired in an instant, and everyone looked nervously at the target, but when the ice mist dispersed, they saw a semicircular ice sphere. Before they could see clearly, cracks appeared on the originally seemingly solid ice sphere, and then —
"Crack~ Crack~ Crack~"
As the ice sphere cracked open, everyone couldn't help but gasp, because they never expected that in the middle of the ice sphere would be a knight clad in armor and holding a long spear.
But as they saw the knight, the opponent also saw them. Everyone only felt a blur in front of their eyes, and then found themselves thrown flying.
"Smack~ Smack~ Smack~"
Accompanied by the sound of landing, painful expressions appeared on the faces of those Investigators, but the reinforcements hidden in the shadows immediately filled the positions. But just at this moment —
"Move aside, I don't want to hurt you. As Investigators belonging to the CCG, your lives should be used in battles to protect ordinary people, not squandered here."
A somewhat muffled voice came from inside the armor, but no one present wavered in the slightest. Then, he heard a sigh.
Following that, they felt a pain in their chest, and then completely lost consciousness.
The attacked Investigators didn't even know how they were defeated, but Ryouko Fueguchi, standing behind Lancer, saw it clearly. The person blocking in front of her stabbed 5 times almost instantly, and those who were hit by him were thrown flying directly. However, the strange thing was that although they looked a bit miserable, there was no blood flowing from the area where they were attacked on their chests.
Undoubtedly, even now, Lancer still did not want to kill.
He was not without the strength and resolve to kill, but just as he said, in his opinion, these people in front of him were just poor souls being exploited. Even if they were to die, they should die on the battlefield fighting Ghouls, not here. Therefore, Lancer merely caused them to faint, rather than killing them.
As for how they fainted? It was very simple — cardiac arrest.
Not by piercing, but simply by hitting, causing the heart to stop supplying blood, and the person naturally fainted.
From a certain perspective, Lancer control over the long spear in his hand was unknowingly becoming stronger, as he was able to control his strength so minutely.
However, when Lancer turned around, he found Ryouko Fueguchi, whose eyes had turned crimson, looking at him vigilantly. After freezing for a moment, Lancer let out a wry smile.
"Ms. Fueguchi, it's me."
When she saw Lancer face with the visor open, Ryouko Fueguchi finally understood what the sense of déjà vu she felt when she saw the opponent was.
But just as she was about to ask something, she was even more surprised to see a figure descending from above using Kagune.
"Hinami? How did you get here too?"
But before Hinami Fueguchi could speak, she was roughly interrupted by Lancer.
"I'll explain the details to you later. You two go first. I'll be right behind you."
Undoubtedly, Lancer had already noticed the commotion outside the alley, but what he didn't expect was that when he said these words, Hinami Fueguchi directly hugged his armor.
This extremely abrupt action made Lancer freeze. After all, in his impression, even though Hinami Fueguchi was no longer as resistant to him as she was back then, she had never made such an intimate gesture as now, but then the opponent's words stunned him.
"No! Father… Father said the same thing back then!"
Looking at Hinami Fueguchi with tears in her eyes, Lancer didn't know what to say for a moment. After all, he hadn't expected that his simple sentence would stab the most vulnerable spot in her heart, and Ryouko Fueguchi, standing next to them, also fell silent.
But unfortunately, time would not wait for anyone. Lancer also leaned down, stroking her head with one hand and wiping the tears from the corner of her eyes with the other.
"Although it might not be suitable, what I want to say is that I am very strong~"
Although the gauntlet on her cheek was cold, she felt an unusual warmth on her cheeks.
After hesitating for a while, she finally extended her pinky finger to Lancer. In response, Lancer smiled and hooked his pinky finger with hers.
"Although I have many flaws, at least I have fulfilled all my promises, so… take your mother and leave."
As Lancer spoke, he pulled down his visor and turned around directly.
And Hinami Fueguchi, looking at Lancer tall figure and the red scarf flying in the wind, nodded. Then, she took Ryouko Fueguchi's hand and rushed forward.
After running frantically for several minutes, Hinami Fueguchi gradually slowed down, and Ryouko Fueguchi also looked nervously behind them. Although she didn't know exactly how long it had been, it was definitely more than three minutes.
Looking at her worried daughter, Ryouko Fueguchi suddenly felt a touch in her heart.
To her, she had done her best to raise her daughter alone for nearly three years. Although she felt she had done very well, apart from some specific aspects she couldn't fulfill due to various reasons, she realized that perhaps she had neglected her inner self because she had been out for too long.
It could be said that she had done her best to meet her daughter's material needs, but she seemed to have neglected her spiritually, but she couldn't be blamed for this, as a single person's energy was limited.
'Maybe I should give Hinami a complete family…'
Ryouko Fueguchi didn't know why she thought of this at this time, but once the thought began, it became unstoppable. And just as Hinami Fueguchi was full of worry and Ryouko Fueguchi was lost in thought, a crisp sound of metal scraping came over. Then, Hinami Fueguchi, who was originally full of worry, immediately smiled and rushed towards the direction the sound came from.
Lancer, who caught Hinami Fueguchi with one hand, looked at the girl in his arms, appearing somewhat at a loss. In the end, he could only choose to rub the opponent's hair again. After all, he considered his cat-petting technique to be first-rate. At least, he had achieved something in hair-stroking, right?
And Ryouko Fueguchi, who saw this scene on the other side, didn't know why her vision started to blur, but fortunately, she finally saw the opponent's appearance clearly.
"Mr. Lancer, have you dealt with the pursuers?"
"Mhm, at least temporarily. However, I can't be sure when the next wave of pursuers will appear, so let's leave first."
Speaking of this, Lancer expression was also somewhat ugly. After all, he didn't know how obsessed the CCG, or rather Nimura Furuta, was with the two of them. At this time, he was only thinking about how to kill that guy. After all, in his opinion, all these troubles should be the result of the opponent deceiving his superiors and subordinates. It was a pity that Lancer did not know at this time that the opponent had not only deceived his superiors and subordinates, but had directly eliminated those above him with 500 ax-wielding assassins…