Hogo No Yujin (Protective Friend)
Episode 68– Supermarket (2)

"Well, come on, kill them all!"

Fely deactivated his shield, then Irvan quickly kicked the Oni until it bounced away and hit the fruit spot. After a chance, Fely and Bell leave. Takana is still running around there just to find Dylan. It does not seem easy and what he is worried about, fearing that Dylan has been caught by Oni first.

"Dylan-san, hang on, I'm coming! "

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"Eh? What's up ahead?"

Dylan heard a commotion outside the door. He is currently on the toilet to wash his face. He wanted to calm down there, but instead heard a loud noise from the front. So he decided to go out.

But when he opened the door, Dylan was startled by a large Oni passing by. He thought that the creature did not see him, so he would come out secretly. Before that he turned to the Oni who passed to his right. When checked, the Oni was gone.

Feeling safe, Dylan rushed out of the bathroom. But suddenly a violent collision from the side hit him until Dylan's body hit the food shelf. He quickly opened his eyes, then stood up and ran away aimlessly. It turned out that there was another Oni who saw him and attacked him. Dylan had no idea how many Oni there were in the building. What matters now is that he just runs off and looks for his other friends.

Dylan didn't forget the road. He will return to the cold drink storage because there his friends gathered earlier. If he does not meet, he will immediately get out of the supermarket building without caring about others.

Dylan entered the kitchenware storage. From there, he saw a flash of light like someone was fighting there. Dylan would approach the place for help. Besides, now the Oni chasing him is invisible behind. Maybe it lost track of Dylan.

"Ta–Taka–"

Dylan was sure the light he saw was Mana from Takana. But when he wanted to call his friend, Dylan was surprised by the presence of Oni in front of him who suddenly appeared from above the shelves beside him. It also dropped several items including a knife that almost hit Dylan if the man did not quickly leave his place.

Dylan ran back in the opposite direction. That's certainly not wanting to lose Dylan again. So he dropped a shelf there to stop Dylan. The man sped up before the iron shelves there would hit him.

Oni who was on the shelf jumped up and blocked Dylan's path again. Now that he doesn't have much time, Dylan's stuck. He quickly protected his head and with all his might he would hold the rack that wanted to fall on him. But the shelf is too heavy. Dylan fell to his feet to hold him, while he also had to try to avoid the claws of the Oni who wanted to attack him through the gap.

"Ugh, TA–TAKAAAA!!" Dylan yelling. I hope the person he calls will come. "A–aku is not strong–"

"Khiiik!"

The screams from Oni were heard. Instantly, the long hand with claws that tried to attack Dylan turned to ashes. Then before long, there was someone who lifted the shelf in front of Dylan with ease. That person is Takana himself.

"Dy–Dylan-san is here! I finally found you!"

Dylan slowly stood up again, then touched his left arm. The part there began to hurt because of the first impact earlier, plus he had to withstand a heavy load. "Where are the others?"

"They're fighting the Oni."

"Why did they suddenly appear?" dylan asked, then picked up a pot as a means of self-defense. He also did not want to charge Takana.

"A–I don't know, Dylan. But since I've found you now, let me borrow your powers and fight Oni with Irvan."

"Eh, Irvan is now solo?!"

"I–iya. I hope he's still strong."

"Ah, comeon!" Dylan reached out to Takana. Takana grasped it, then instantly from his chest came a glowing chain that pierced Dylan's chest. At once, Dylan's eyes turned blue like Takana's. Then the two of them went to help Irvan finish off Oni who rioted in that place.

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BUKS! MAAM!!

In his place, Irvan launched a few hard punches with his fist that was already surrounded by the aura of water dew. Make his hand not hurt when hitting, but so damaged when exposed to his opponent. After being hit by the blow, Oni It immediately fell. Then without wasting time, Irvan stepped on the earth and immediately appeared a rushing fountain rod until it could stab the Oni's body and die.

Irvan continued to use the trick to fight the other Oni as well. It seemed like he could handle it alone easily. But because there is a problem in his stomach at this time, Irvan so unable to move freely. He kept complaining in his heart that his stomach hurt. Now there are 5 separate Oni.

Irvan's surrounded there. His breath began to pant. He wiped the sweat off his chin. He'll finish it right now. He began to close his eyes and focus, then he jumped high while spinning and landed both feet and one right hand simultaneously. The stomp of his feet made the floor around him crack and from his right hand it issued a pattern of a circle with a dew symbol that shortly after from there appeared a big wave that made the Oni around him so bounced to the every direction.

All Oni have been disabled. Now it's time for the final assault to be resolved. "Mizu–"

"Let me, Van!" Takana finally showed up. He jumped on top of Irvan, then landed on top of the freezer. There Takana throws several fireballs at his target, the Oni who have fallen. After being hit by the attack, the Oni were turned into ashes.

"Well, I'm sorry I came late, Van."

"You're okay, right?"

Irvan nodded. "Mules squeak."

"That's all, right?" ask Dylan.

"Yes, there's nothing else." Answer Takana. Then he ruffled his waist. "I wonder, why did they suddenly come, anyway?"

"I think they know we're here." Answer Fely who just arrived. Everyone has been evacuated and there have been no fatalities, there have only been a few injured. But all of that was handled by the local police. "Then we go home, huh. Buy it next time."

"Asik~ eat noodles again!" Takana looks happy. But not with Dylan. Actually, he does not really like fruit foods including vegetables. Instead of not eating, he would eat whatever was in the house.

"Why not take it from here? There's no one else." Dylan picked up some undamaged food. Most of the food there is still good, the rest is damaged by the Oni rampage earlier.

"Don't take it if you haven't already paid." Fely snatched the food from Dylan's hand, then put the food into place. Then he pulled Dylan's hand. "Now let's go home."

"OK, okay. Don't pull, I'm not a kid!" Dylan pulled his hand from his brother, then hung his hand. He walked first, and soon turned around. "Sister, I'm going to the bookstore. Anterine, yuk!"

"Oh, you guys are leaving? Then we go first, okay?" Bell waving. They both decided to go home and in the afternoon, they would stop by another store to buy fruit.

After Bell and Irvan left, Dylan, Takana and Fely also left. But they're going to the bookstore first because of Dylan's request.

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When he got there, Dylan went straight to no comic book place. Takana was following him too. While Fely in front of the cashier wants to talk to his old friend who is a cashier there.

"It turns out there are a lot of books today." Dylan muttered while looking for the book he was looking for on one shelf. Not finding it there, Dylan moved the place looking for another shelf.

Then shortly afterwards, Takana who had been looking around from the fifth shelf came to Dylan while showing something. "Dylan-san! This book has pictures that look like I used to. Lookie! I'm getting into the book!"

Dylan looked at the book Takana was holding. Then he took it. It turned out that the book Takana found was the one he had been looking for. "Where did you get this?"

Takana pointed to the fifth shelf where he was looking earlier. "There's a lot there. You want to buy everything, right?"

"Yes, it's not! Make what?"

"Hoo ... But the book looks like it's fun. If Dylan-san likes it, it must be cool, huh? Especially if there's a picture of me?"

Dylan looked at the comic book cover. It turns out that a character similar to Takana in the previous volume has become an important character in the comics. That's why we get into the cover.

"just coincidental. The comic accidentally drew a character that looks like you, kayak."

"But when I saw the comic, I remembered my friend. She ... loves pictures. But now, he's dead from an incident 10 years ago."

Dylan was surprised to hear that. "Eh? Exactly when? Do you Oniroshi have a dark past?"

"Hehe .. That's not it, Dylan-san." Takana shook her head quickly, then smiled slightly. "Ah, forget it. Let's go home. Onee-chan is waiting." Then he went first to the cashier.

Dylan will also leave that place. But suddenly someone hit him from behind until the book Dylan was holding fell down. So was the book of the little girl who hit Dylan.

"Ah, ma–maaf!" said the girl quickly and immediately took the book back, then left.

Dylan took back the fallen book and looked at the little girl who hit him. But as soon as it was seen, the boy disappeared. Dylan looked at the book. "What's wrong with that kid? Fortunately, I didn't knock on the book."

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To be continued–