Anime, Girlfriend Shokuhou Misaki.

Misaki Shokuhou's brows furrowed visibly.

This was because Haramura Makoto's words were somewhat unexpected.

"Well, some people can grasp the essence of it quickly, while others can't do it even in their entire lives."

"I just wonder how quick Misaki Shokuhou is to understand things."

Makoto Haramura's lips curled into a smirk, his provocative expression quite obvious.

"What's the point of learning? It's unnecessary. This superpowered person will die here today."

Chapter 006 The Deadlock Strikes

This is the arrival of an uninvited guest!

The voice did not come from either Misaki Shokuhou or Makoto Haramura.

The source of the sound was a person dressed in full-body bright red knight's attire, but his attire was clearly very different from that of a normal knight.

This person's entire body... from the soles of his feet to his knees, elbows, shoulders, wrists, waist, back, and chest, has at least fifty sets of small wheels that resemble inline skates.

Not only that, but he also has two tiny jet engines on his back, each about 20 centimeters in diameter and 50 centimeters long.

His face was unclear, but the man was already rushing towards them at breakneck speed, like a speed skater.

"Looks like another delinquent group!"

Even as the knight's uniform made its own sound, Misaki Shokuhou, who had already sensed the high-speed intrusion into the area, stood up. She glanced at Makoto Haramura and took the bag out of her hand again, which she had already put away.

The remote control is her weapon; she is only truly safe when she holds it tightly.

“Even among bad groups, there are significant differences. Besides, we were just hanging out together for mutual support; we didn’t do anything malicious.”

Makoto Haramura noticed it slightly later than Misaki Shokuhou, but when Misaki Shokuhou looked at him with that kind of gaze, he couldn't help but purse his lips.

But when his gaze fell upon the knights in their uniforms, who were less than fifty meters away, his brows furrowed immediately.

"A red knight's uniform, this kind of attire..."

As if talking to himself, Makoto Haramura recalled and matched the group of guys in front of him, gradually finding a match with a set of information his underlings had gathered for him.

"You're a 'Deadlock,' aren't you!"

"They actually knew about us?"

The wheels scraped against the ground, making a harsh and annoying 'squeak squeak squeak' sound, in front, behind, to the left, and to the right.

All of the newcomers were dressed in red riding outfits and full-face helmets. Judging from their body shapes, there were both men and women among them, but their height and shoulder width also indicated that the group's age range was quite broad.

Now, this delinquent group called "Dead Knot" has completely surrounded Misaki Shokuhou and Makoto Haramura.

"You do look somewhat familiar."

Of course, you couldn't see the expression on the face of the man in the red riding outfit leading the group through the helmet.

Meanwhile, Makoto Haramura's expression had completely darkened.

"The 'Deadlock' is a powerless armed group formed in the last six months, and its main objective is..."

"Attacking ability users, right? This is the only way these guys can vent their incompetence."

Misaki Shokuhou's cold voice directly interrupted Makoto Haramura's words.

She knew nothing about this powerless armed group, or rather, she didn't take it seriously at all.

After all, these are the dregs of society, a group of useless people who blame their own incompetence on the excellence of others and only know how to complain and lament their own fate.

As for why she knew what these guys were after...

Isn't that because these useless people almost all have the same goal: to attack ability users in order to prove that they are no worse than ability users and to protect their fragile self-esteem?

The atmosphere has changed.

The already heavy atmosphere was further transformed into a chilling one by Misaki Shokuhou's outburst of incompetence.

"It's still different."

Makoto Haramura took half a step forward, subtly shielding Misaki Shokuhou behind him.

"There are about thirty members. Although it is an organization that has been established for about six months, its success rate in attacking people with superpowers is surprisingly high."

"At least fifteen people with strong abilities have been killed by him, three of whom died and twelve were seriously injured. As for whether any highly capable people have been injured, it is still unknown."

"They really know us very well."

The man in the knight's uniform leading the group expressed obvious surprise.

Misaki Shokuhou frowned slightly at Makoto Haramura's words.

Haramura Makoto wouldn't spout useless nonsense to her without reason, and she could understand what Haramura Makoto really meant.

This powerless armed group called "Dead Knot" is very strange.

What exactly is strange about them?

Strangely, their success rate in attacking people with special abilities was extremely high.

As we all know, the nature of an incapable armed group has already been explained.

A group of people without abilities who hate those with abilities would certainly not allow those with abilities to join their gang, let alone LV2. Some even stricter organizations would not tolerate LV1.

Only completely ordinary people can become one of them.

The power gap between an ordinary person and a highly capable individual seems to be so obvious that it doesn't even need much explanation.

In terms of combat power, a person with strong abilities can easily take down an ordinary person who outnumbers them by thirty times.

Therefore, those who are able to successfully attack incapable armed groups are almost 95% capable of being LV2 users.

The few powerful individuals who were attacked were mostly girls with poor mental fortitude. When they were surrounded by a large group of men, their mental and physical abilities malfunctioned due to tension and fear, and their powers subsequently failed.

Moreover, armed groups without the ability to fight usually stay in abandoned areas on the outskirts of Academy City.

Good kids in Academy City generally don't venture here easily, so those with high-level abilities are even less likely to be attacked.

Therefore, the attack rate of this organization called "Dead Knot" is absolutely abnormal.

"However, your information is still a bit outdated."

"The number of attacks by strong ability users is about the same, and we've already attacked three of the great ability users."

"However, they were lucky because the disciplinary committee members arrived in time, and they were fortunate enough to escape with their lives."

As the knight in uniform finished speaking, all the members simultaneously activated their explosives and pile drivers, creating a deafening roar.

"And now, our goal is to eradicate this cancer in the city."

Although it was unclear whether the helmet worn by the leader knight had the ability to "resist mental attacks," he provocatively started his pile driver and aimed it at Misaki Shokuhou and Makoto Haramura.

"Killed the superpowered person."

The torrent of blaring weapons shattered the tranquility of the summer night.

A cage woven from human malice envelops Misaki Shokuhou and Makoto Haramura, as if some kind of cult ritual were taking place.

"Kill the superpowered people who took everything from us."

Chapter 007 The Magician of Guns

—Deadlock!

To put it simply, the name is derived from the English words for being at one's wits' end and helpless.

To put it more simply, they are a group of students who have "left a bottleneck for some reason".

Different schools and academic years.

In terms of identity, they range from pampered young ladies to delinquent teenagers.

Now, these people are gathered here, their weapons roaring, their eyes fixed on Misaki Shokuhou and Makoto Haramura.

"What a bunch of stupid guys."

The girl beside him had a voice as clear and melodious as a nightingale's, and his slender, delicate thumb pressed the red button in response to her voice.

"Damn it."

"ah!"

Makoto Haramura cursed aloud, and a second before the red lightning struck Misaki Shokuhou's delicate body, he grabbed her collar and pulled her into his arms.

At the same instant, Haramura Makoto's free left wrist flicked slightly, and a hook-like claw shot out from his sleeve and firmly embedded itself in the tree canopy not far away.

"It seems your efforts were unsuccessful."

With one arm around Misaki Shokuhou's slender waist, her body, along with the tightening of the grappling hook, propelled Misaki Shokuhou rapidly toward the treetop.

"They were too fast to aim."

Misaki Shokuhou also had a gloomy face, surrounded by extremely low air pressure.

Her abilities are incredibly powerful, even bordering on omnipotent, but she still has a weakness.

In order to make her overwhelming power of "mental control" easier to manipulate, she set "self-rules" to weaken the power. Her "self-rules" require that the remote control be pointed at the target she wants to control.

"No, still not."

The two stood on a thick branch, and Misaki Shokuhou continued to try to aim her remote control at the target throughout the process.

Even if you manage to aim the remote control at the target by chance, the target will accelerate and break free from Misaki Shokuhou's lock in an instant.

"A perfect response, and a good understanding of your abilities."

"This is not a spur-of-the-moment decision, but a targeted assassination attempt against you."

Makoto Haramura's tone was solemn.

The Dead Knot he knew didn't have such strange equipment. According to previous reports, they used abilities and attacked with normal weapons; that was their method of attack.

And this gear-like, gear-like acceleration outfit was clearly just put on.

As for the effect?

The fact that Misaki Shokuhou's Level 5 power was completely negated already demonstrates the power of this outfit.

It's likely that the helmet wasn't an ordinary helmet.

It's probably the kind of smart program that takes action to avoid something if it detects abnormal brainwaves.

After all, even the 'Mental Control' that stands at the pinnacle of the mental system has absolutely no way of working on purely mechanical or non-human animals.

“I know, that’s why I never trust anyone.”

anger?

That's not quite right. It's just that the strange feelings that had been stirring in my heart because of what Makoto Haramura said have completely subsided.

"There's no need to generalize; it's more likely that your enemy leaked the information."

Makoto Haramura stared intently at the leader of the "Dead Knot," who had stopped under the tree and was no longer moving at high speed with the other members.

"It's a grappling hook? You're not an ability user?"

Before Haramura Makoto could speak first, it was the one with the knotted head who took the lead and asked Haramura Makoto about his doubts.

Users with special abilities do not use modern weapons.

Unless this capability requires modern weapons as a medium, although there is no such regulation, it has become a common practice.

Moreover, even when using weapons, no one would carry a grappling hook with them.

"Who exactly are you, Anbu?"

They are not ability users, but rather special operations personnel trained by Academy City.

"The Anbu."

"Om-"

It sounded like the roar of a motorcycle.

"Buzz-"

It was like a red lightning bolt that shot directly from Haramura Makoto's back.