Re:START/If {Book 1.0}
Chapter 26: Those who are called leaders 2 of 3 (Part 02)

Darting rapidly through the air, Odo began to electrify his sword and began to slow down his speed to focus on detecting the footsteps of the two who had previously shot him.

“Already expected, sonar can not detect them .... Were those people wearing the same robes that Nanra was wearing?”

Odo landed on one of the roofs of the warehouse, then for a moment thought of another way because chasing them was not his choice because he really lost track. Smirking as if he had found an idea, the boy quickly extended his left hand forward and made a magic circle throw in a layer.

“If they don't show up, stay fishing rod them!”

Odo immediately jumped onto the magic circle, and his body immediately shot extremely high into the air quickly. The height reached made the child until he could see almost to the corner of the city, a strong gust of wind hit his face.

“If they intend to kill me, surely they will not miss this opportunity? Hows it? Quickly shoot and tell me where you are!!”

Odo increased his magic pressure, then amplified the electromagnetic waves on the chain armor. He also used gravity magic and slowed his fall, waiting for the people he was looking for to fire a weapon at him.

From a distance, the two women who ran between the alley of the building noticed Odo's arrival in the air that emitted a powerful magic aura. Their footsteps came to a halt and immediately jumped into the shadow of the building's alley, putting on anxious faces fearing their whereabouts were known.

“Look down, the robe we wear really disguises our existence,” said the brown-haired woman hiding behind the shadow of the building.

“But ..., why does he emit such powerful magic in the air? After all, why could he jump that high!!?” said the panicked short blonde girl next to him.

The two people were wearing robes whose colors could change according to the conditions for camouflage. The robe, which was once white, now turned gray, disguising the color of the foundations of the buildings and the walls of the buildings in which they hid, and lowering the level of existence of its users due to the Ether particles attached to the cloak.

“Chairman, isn't he in soft target while in the air like that? If we shoot him in the head again, maybe we can finish him off,” said the blonde girl. He put on finger binoculars, then saw the figure of Odo who seemed completely unaware of their existence.

“You saw that the boy didn't die even though he got shot in the head, didn't you? We'll just back off!”

“But after the funds issued by the government for this mission, most likely the Development and Research will also be affected. We cannot trouble you for this failure ...”

The words of the blonde girl made the chairman of the PTP Secret Unit (Technology Development and Research) began to doubt the decision. Fully agreeing with the girl's opinion, he prepared his weapon and immediately aimed at Odo who was hovering in midair.

“Coordinates!”

“Hmm!”

They began to aim, completely aiming for Odo's head with the end of the barrel of the Springfield-type rifle. When the black spot on the aim was directly on the target's head, the brown-haired woman pulled the trigger and the 30-inch bullet shot at a speed of about 800 meters per second. That speed did not let anyone react despite having heard the sound of firing, what more if it shot at a distance of more than 400 meters from the target.

The bullet aimed at Odo's head with great accuracy. But before hitting the target, suddenly the electric flash from the armour emits strong electromagnetic waves and makes the bullet rate change at a distance of about 100 meters from the target. Just like what Odo had planned, the bullet was attracted and led to the chain armor he was wearing.

“Meleset?!” The woman below was shocked, the bullet fired did not hit the head of the black hairdo.

Odo's body floated around in the air quickly and chaotically, the momentum from the firing that hit his body making the gravity magic go awry. Blood splattered from his right shoulder, the fragile armor of the ring could not withstand the darting bullet at all and left the boy's right shoulder shattered and rendered his hand unable to move. The sword that was clasped came apart and fell first from him.

“Meet you!!” yelled the boy. He immediately removed the armour hook, then threw it into the air with his left hand. Focusing lightning on his right foot and utilizing the momentum of his body swirling through the air, the boy kicked the armour of the ring and made it a projectile that shot out like a low-power Railgun.

The armor shattered and pieces of chains that shot out at high speed spread out, giving the impact of wider damage brutally. Destroyed the barn roofs, the ground level, and the attack hit the two men who shot Odo. Their rifles were destroyed by the rain of the projectile, the weapon fell and fragments of its components scattered on the ground.

The woman's right hand fingers were twisted with brown hair due to being hit by a projectile by the throat, while the girl's nearby silver hair was precisely hit by a projectile on her right thigh and made her unable to stand. Odo fell on one of the barn roofs. He immediately picked up the fallen sword with his left hand, and without wasting time the boy immediately got up and jumped down to chase the two men.

“Ra’an!! Mine, Set!!” yells woman brunette.

The blonde girl next to him immediately picked up the explosive wrapped in a rubber box from the belt on his waist, then threw it towards Odo who was coming towards them. Realizing something was awkward about it, Odo immediately jumped back. However, the lightning that enveloped his body unwittingly struck forward and hit the small rubber box.

The duarkk!!

The box exploded strongly, what Odo's instincts said was just right. The box thrown at him was an explosive, an instant mine that should have been able to explode when activated and stepped on by someone.

They both bounced into the alley, while Odo bounced until he hit the warehouse wall in the opposite direction to the two men. Some of Odo's ribs were fractured due to a fall in the wrong position, asphyxiation made him unable to stand up.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the two people who had been preparing to detonate and only got blisters immediately fled through the alley. They go towards the sea, on the bay area with the seabed deep enough when compared to the lines of other port areas in that place. Leaning against the wooden barrier, the brown-haired woman who had her partner pick up the flare gun from the belt.

Duars!!

The purple beacon was shot into the air as a signal to his companion who was still unseen. Before their help came, Odo who finished recuperating came towards them. He jumped from the roof of the building, then immediately landed a kick right into the face of the brown hair woman.

The woman's body slammed onto the surface of the road, knocking down her injured partner. Upon landing, Odo stomps on the thigh of the injured blonde girl and makes sure she can't walk again. Cractak! The sound of broken bones clearly sounded.

“AKKKKH!”

The brown-haired woman immediately woke up in a panic hearing the sound of screams, then quickly took the iron tube from her belt and scattered it into the air immediately. Underlying that the powder was gunpowder, Odo immediately turned off the lightning magic that enveloped the body and jumped backwards to keep his distance.

“Tch! Are you crazy, yes! If it explodes you also get hit!” snapped Odo.

“Heeh, so you have no intention of killing us, huh? Do you want to be interrogated? Tortured?” reply the brown hair woman. He took off some of the coiled belts on his black tight clothes, and took out some tubes containing gunpowder and other explosives.

Seeing what he was doing, Odo upheld his standing position and stopped putting up the horses about to crashing. He completely turned off his magic, walking towards the girl who was cowering in pain due to her injured thigh being stepped on by Odo earlier.

Without any compassion or hesitation, the black-haired boy kicked the blonde girl in the face. His two teeth were loose and his body was instantly sprawled. Stepping on the girl's face with his left foot, Odo said, “Just do it, scatter all the gunpowder and we'll see who's alive after the blast!”

What Odo said was not a bluff, given the child's regenerative ability to make the brown-haired woman tremble and run out of options. As the woman before him thought about the collision between spreading gunpowder or not, Odo began to regenerate his right shoulder which had been crushed by the previous fire and without waiting any longer he jumped straight at her.

The sword swing with the left hand was directed at the woman's neck. But with quick reflexes and close combat experience, the brown-haired woman locked Odo's arm and dropped her body into the street. The tubes containing the falling gunpowder rolled, the atmosphere of silence felt.

Whether Odo or the woman, they were both shocked at what happened. Odo had not expected it to be locked down so easily, and the woman had not expected it to be able to knock the child out so easily.

“You ..., can't martial techniques, yes?”

Odo shifted the locked joints of his left hand and released the lock, then immediately swung his hand like a whip into the woman's face. It was easily avoided, and the woman jumped back keeping her distance. Odo immediately picked up the sword, then fixed the location of his left shoulder joint.

“What happened? Is he so powerful, or ... My brain function is still wrong? Why was my attack not on target? Though earlier I should have beaten the woman twice,” Odo's mind with a pale face. The existing situation had completely changed from her superior self, to being depressed.

Before Odo understood what had happened to his body and thought of his next move, a devastating explosion that destroyed the warehouse near them left all his thoughts in disarray. The blast was huge, even more so than the explosion Odo had previously made near the pier from gunpowder.

Reflexively the boy did not look at the source of the explosion, but toward the sea where the cannon that made the place came from. His face immediately widened, full of fear and instantly trembled. Just outside the frozen expanse of the sea, from the water began to come out a giant chunk of iron with several cannons and machine guns on its deck.

Odo was well aware of what it was, a giant chunk of iron coming out of the water was a cruise-class submarine. Thinking there was such a thing in the world that he thought was full of fantasy and had the level of medieval civilization, the child immediately grinned like a child who found a new toy.

“Oi, yes .... What is the balance of civilization in this world? The technology in the Moloia Kingdom is already that advanced? Damn, if it's like this ..”

Rather than being happy to see his comrade coming, the brown-haired woman in front of Odo trembled in fear when she saw the child grinning darkly. His body and mind paused for a moment, falling in fear which gave him goosebumps. As Odo turned his head and stared intently, the woman actually grew even more sagging. The boy's gaze was as if a monster had actually found its prey.

“The ship is your friend, isn't it? If so, can we stop this useless fight? Looks like you guys have something more interesting than I thought ..”

The boy faced the brown-haired woman. The cannons were fired back and destroyed one of the other warehouses near them. From this, Odo ensured that the submarine that was outside the frozen sea did not see the two people.

“They're just after a spot near the flare you fired, aren't they? Is that all right? If you do not signal again, you may be hit by bombardment ...”

The woman was wide-eyed, the boy said as if he understood the secret code used in the military of the Moloia Kingdom. Trying to get up and grit her teeth, the woman replied, “If it can kill you, it doesn't matter if we die!”

Hearing that from the woman who couldn't even stand up properly due to her shaking, Odo just stared flatly and said, “That won't kill me. Even if my body is destroyed, it will not kill me .... If you want to kill me, it is better to bring along someone who can manipulate souls or inflict direct damage to the Magic Core.”

Odo stepped closer to the woman, then kicked the back of her right knee and made her kneel to make her height fit. Strangling his neck, the black-haired boy stared very closely with an aura of intimidation.

“We made an agreement, Miss. Stop the attack of the ship and bring me in there, after that your life will be forgiven.”

“You think a —!”

“Of course you won't, will you? Of course you have strong loyalty, ‘kan? But!! If the girl who was there how, yes?”

Odo grabbed the woman's hair, then forced her to see the girl lying curled up holding her injured thigh. Looking back at the two women's eyes up close, Odo asked, “He must not be able to walk normally anymore. I could've killed you right now and discussed with him .... Roughly how long can he hold on to his loyal taste, huh?”

“He-Stop ..., don't touch Raan!”

“I won't touch it, if you want to cooperate of course .... You understand the situation now, don't you? Don't you dare fight .... Just so you know, life is easy to drift like cotton dried in the sun ...”

Re-boosting occurred, one of the warehouse buildings was destroyed again by firing cannons. The woman's body trembled even more, she was completely filled with fear. He had indeed been trained not to show fear of death in front of the enemy, but when in front of Odo the training seemed free.

“How? Agree?”

Under a sense of helplessness, the woman nodded and entered in Odo's offer. Rather than being called an offer, it is more likely to be like a threat. Releasing the woman, the boy immediately walked towards the girl who was cowering in pain on the road.

Odo pulls out the projectile from his thigh using electromagnetic force. Tearing off the sleeves of the shirt, Odo stopped the bleeding on the blonde girl's wound for a while. The boy took the Potion from inside the Dimensional Bracelet, then forced the girl to drink it.

“What did you do to him!” tanya panic chick brunette.

“Don't worry, it's just Potion. You quickly fire the flare, otherwise this place will be flat on the ground because of the lump of iron ..”

The girl stopped cowering in pain, but the limp was still clearly visible on her face. “Why did you help me? We want to kill you .... When the flare was fired, we were ready to die. The flare was a sign that the plan failed and we changed the mission to just be a target marker cannon,” said the blonde girl limply.

Odo did not answer the question, he just stared flat as if he saw a pest. The sound of a flare being fired was heard, the boy turned his head to look at the red smoke that was starting to soar. At that second, the mooring of the submarine stopped.

Odo stood up, then turned his head and looked flat at the brown-haired woman with a smug smile clearly visible on her face. Stretching both hands to the side, he said, “Alright, now take me there .... Take it easy, it does not mean I want to finish you all for daring to riot in my area .... I just want to meet your leader ..., isn't there? Of course there are people who are your commanders.”

The two of them trembled to hear that, the child they were facing seemed to know everything about the secrets possessed by the Moloia Kingdom. Reluctantly filling her chest, the brown-haired woman grabbed her companion and guided Odo to the submarine seen at the end of the frozen sea.

They walk above freezing sea level, skirting slippery ice floors for several kilometers from the port line. When he arrived in front of the chunk of iron floating on the water, while Odo's face beamed as if to ascertain what he expected. On board were cannons, machine guns, periscopes, and something like antennas and sonar transmitters.

Seeing all that, Odo turned around and asked, “Do you guys have anything like this again in your hometown?” The two women who guided him did not answer directly, they turned their eyes in guilt for instead helping their target to his own headquarters.

“Look down, I've lost your killing intent. Anyway ..., I also finished off the people I wanted to finish off earlier in the dock, you guys didn't get into that.”

The blonde-haired girl raised her right hand as a sign for her partner inside the submarine. But it was not a signal to let them in, but rather to finish off the boy who was standing on his back to the submarine.

The movement of the cannon muzzle on the deck of the ship easily Odo noticed, the vibrations telling him very clearly that it began to aim at him. Before the cannon was fired, it had disappeared from its place and was standing right on the deck of the ship.

He sat down hanging his legs casually, then crossed his legs while putting on an arrogant face. Smiling like a ruler, he said, “You, you gave the signal to kill me, didn't you? Though I told you not to do unnecessary things ..”

Odo touched the surface of the iron deck, then flowed electricity and made all the radar and sonar functions of the submarine disrupted. Using electromagnetism, the cannons and machine guns that were on the deck were controlled and aimed at the two people who were still at the bottom.

They immediately shivered, really did not expect the child could do such a thing. “Ke-Why can you understand the mechanism of our Mobile Headquarters? Who are you exactly?!” ask the brown hair girl.

“I ... Odo Luke, you've been investigating information about me, haven't you?” Slightly turning his eyes and observing the deck of the submarine where he was, the boy only realized that the submarine was only a cruiser class.

“This class of explorers Mobile Headquarters, yes ....? Means you don't have anything like this anymore .... Ah, leg. If you have these objects in mass, surely any country will not win against you,” continued Odo while staring flatly at the two of them who are still below.

The two of them stared in annoyance, while Odo only had a flat expression. As they fell silent, suddenly the door to the hull of the ship opened by itself. Gas was coming in and out quickly, a faint hissing sound was heard. Looking at that, Odo said, “It looks like ... the person inside asked us to go in.”