Chapter 196: Unpredictable (1)

Seiya came behind me and held my gritted hand straight up. The gun was pointed not at Leon, but at the ceiling of the round table room.

「Ah? What are you doing? 」

Leon asked in a puzzled voice. Of course, since it was a gesture that looked like surrender.

「Se…Seiya…? 」

「Just close your eyes. 」

Leon was on the verge of activating his special move. From my past experience, Killer Volt did certainly contain an element of the Chain Destruction that could kill a god. Closing my eyes in this situation would be suicidal. But still…

「Okay. 」

I did as I was told and quietly closed my eyes. I didn’t understand Seiya’s intentions, but if someone I once loved…no, someone I still loved…told me to do so, then I would believe in him, even if it meant dying.

「Lista, just pull the trigger. 」

「Yes. 」

Like a small child who obediently followed their parents’ orders, I pulled the trigger in the pitch darkness. The third gunshot echoed around the room. But the bullet was aimed at the ceiling. There was no way it could’ve hit Leon.

I slowly opened my eyes after having those thoughts.

「Eh…」

I was stunned by the sight that unfolded before my eyes. Leon, who was about to activate Killer Volt from a distance…

「Ugh…! 」

Leon growled and grabbed his stomach! His armor, which boasted a strong defensive power due to Artema’s power, had a crack trespassing it!

Seiya’s special magic bullet was able to break through Leon’s armor. But that wasn’t what surprised me.

「Did…Did I truly hit him…? With the bullet I fired…? 」

「That’s right. 」

Seiya said quietly behind my back.

「The probability that you’ll miss a human target is almost 100%. In other words…if you don’t aim at such target, you will hit it. 」

It was Celseus who spoke before me.

「Wait, wait, wait, what kind of principle is that!? But she didn’t aim straight up!!! How did she hit the enemy like that!? 」

I wanted to know too. But Seiya shook his head meaningfully when I turned around to look at him.

「I don’t know either. It’s just as incomprehensible as the first and second shots. It goes beyond the laws of this world. 」

Seiya spoke with a slightly exasperated look on his face. But the next moment, his eyes became sharp, and he turned towards Leon.

「But that’s why it’s useful. Your unpredictable act surpasses even Leon’s wild instincts and evasive abilities. 」

「No…No way…! A scumbag woman like her…hit me….! 」

Leon glared at me with bloodshot eyes, using the hand that wasn’t holding the Electro Blade to grab his wounded stomach. The aura of lightning still sparkled from his body.

I said to the injured Seiya after seeing that Leon was temporarily unable to move.

「Seiya! I’ll heal your injuries with Healing Magic now! 」

「No. Close your eyes. You have one more shot. 」

「Huh!? But I already fired all the magic bullets…」

「Just do it. 」

I closed my eyes again as I was told. Then, as urged by Seiya, I pulled the trigger again.

「Gyahh! 」

I heard Leon’s voice, louder than before and filled with pain. When I opened my eyes, I saw Leon lying on the floor between the round tables in the room.

「I hit him again!? Eh…Eh!! But how!? 」

It was the fourth shot from a gun that only had three bullets in it. But Seiya explained as if it was obvious.

「I also considered the possibility that you’d miss. There are six bullets in that gun. 」

「…!! Really!? I got nervous because I thought they’d run out!! 」

「That’s why I didn’t tell you. You would let your guard down if you’d known there were six bullets in the gun from the start. 」

「Hmm…! We…Well, now that you mention it, I guess that might be true…! 」

「Anyway! You’re impressive, Listarte! 」

Hearing Celseus’ joyous voice, I turned my attention to the collapsed Leon. The second successful shot hit his chest area. It seemed to have done more damage than the first, and Leon was vomiting blood from his mouth. Furthermore, perhaps because he had lost concentration, the aura from the Killer Volt’s activation had vanished.

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