Chapter 182

Several members of the Knights of the Round Table were also present to guard these people.

By a narrow margin, this should be considered the Knights of the Round Table's temporary command base.

"I see. There are no problems inside the concert hall so far, and no traces of explosives have been found. Should I continue searching inside?"

After understanding the situation, Shirou was relieved and reported the results of his search to Swire, asking him what they should do next.

Shirou actually preferred to go outside. Blacksteel and everyone from Penguin Logistics were inside, and he had already checked on the people inside several times, so there shouldn't be any major problems.

"Shirou, you're free to act on your own. Don't worry about our plans. Just go in the direction your gut feeling is wrong!"

Swire was waiting for this moment, and immediately gave Shirou the greatest freedom.

To her shame, this was the first time she had been able to assign tasks to someone in all the time that Shirou had been with the Knights of the Round Table.

Then Swire discovered that her understanding of Shirou was limited to written materials, and when she actually faced him, she realized that she had no way of assigning him any tasks.

After a brief consideration, Swire decided to let the other party act freely. Shirou was not bad in strength and had good judgment, so she thought this arrangement was the most reasonable.

As for how Bratty Dragon and Fried Ghost usually command, that's none of her business.

It's perfectly normal for commanders to have different command styles, isn't it?

"... Freedom of movement?"

Upon hearing this unfamiliar term, Shirou began searching through all his memories related to the Knights of the Round Table.

However, Shirou couldn't recall any information about this.

"It means exactly what it says. You can handle the rest yourself. I'm giving you the maximum authority to do things. Just let me know if anything happens. I have faith in you."

Hearing Shirou's questioning voice, Swire offered a brief explanation.

"That's incredibly irresponsible! Hey!"

Shirou couldn't help but mutter a complaint.

"There's no other way! This is the first time I've received command of your ultimate weapon! And besides my own area, I also have to take command of the group led by 'Bratty Dragon'! You have to be strong! You have to keep going! Report anything immediately if anything happens, this communicator was specially set up for you! Good luck!"

After saying that, Swire hung up the communicator.

"Hello? Hello! Hello! Seriously!"

Upon hearing the communicator disconnect, Shirou called out a few times.

But the communicator in his hand did not respond to him at all; there was not a sound.

After silently criticizing Swire's command style, Shirou could only accept reality.

However, he did not blame the other party. After all, he could imagine that Swire was currently under the command of two or three people, and he was usually commanded by Chen and Hoshiguma. Even if Swire found an opportunity to intervene, it would just be a matter of whoever he pointed at would be attacked.

However, despite his understanding, the other party's last few words of encouragement and support made Shirou realize why Chen called the other party "Chashu Cat".

There are no wrong nicknames, only wrong names.

Both Chen and Swire are problematic, and we have to rely on Hoshiguma when things get tough.

A-Xing is right. If something happens, we should trust that Sister Xiong can handle it.

"Let's not think about that anymore. Since we're on our own, let's go out and take a look."

After resting for a while, Shirou hurriedly banished all the strange thoughts from his mind.

The situation is very bad now, and there's no time for him to overthink things.

Shirou stood up and walked straight out.

First, he found a place with water and washed off the still obvious bloodstains on his clothes before continuing Shirou work.

This time, of course, they have to keep going in circles. Although it would be better to go up to a tall tree or building nearby for a better view, Shirou still needs to use his analysis skills to find out if there are any Originium Bomb here.

However, the Analysis Magic must be used in close proximity.

If there hadn't been any explosives, Shirou would probably have had Swire gather people in his blind spot and then he would have stood guard from a high building.

After circling around for a while, at intervals, Shirou would crouch down and pretend to tie his shoelaces, followed by analyzing a small part of the surrounding environment.

Since it wasn't investigated beforehand, even with extensive analysis, Shirou would have a hard time finding out if there were any problems.

So it will have to be a little more strenuous.

"There isn't one here."

Feeling the feedback sent back, Shirou found no trace related to Originium.

Encountering feedback related to Originium does not necessarily mean it is Originium Bomb. Most technologies in Terra use Originium as an energy source, so it is normal to encounter some Originium in daily life.

Of course, this is all under the premise of safe use.

Shirou, of course, hoped that nothing would happen on the other side. Rather than catching those people, Shirou hoped that everyone here could be safe and sound.

If the Originium Bomb were to detonate in such a situation...

Thinking of this, the image of that fire flashed through Shirou's mind.

"It's alright, nothing has been found yet, so there's definitely no problem."

"Quickly shifting the target," Shirou muttered to himself.

He was trying to distract himself.

He couldn't, and dared not, imagine how terrible it would be if the same disaster happened here.

It's best to nip such a disaster in the bud and prevent it from happening.

"Beep..."

Shirou felt a vibration in his pocket, but it wasn't from the communicator on his chest, but from his cell phone in his pocket.

This kind of action involves carrying a mobile phone as a backup communication device, which is why Shirou specifically kept the phone on but switched to vibrate mode.

He glanced at it and saw it was a call from Exusiai. For a moment, Shirou wanted to hang up immediately.

But after thinking about it, maybe something went wrong inside?

With that thought in mind, Shirou let out a breath and answered the phone.

"Exusiai, what's wrong?"

"Hey~! Is this Shirou? There seems to be a bit of a situation backstage, outside the row. Do you want to come and take a look?"

Although he could only hear the voice, Shirou felt as if he could see Exusiai right in front of him, saying those words with an exaggerated expression.

It can only be said that he was deeply influenced by Exusiai.

"Shouldn't they have thought of reporting to the Knights of the Round Table first? Why are they calling me?"

Shirou rubbed his forehead, feeling a slight headache.

"Sigh, I didn't realize it at first, but Shirou, you're working for the Knights of the Round Table now, so it's okay to tell you, right?"

Upon hearing Shirou's words, Exusiai was backstage with Sora, Croissant, and Texas, realized that they should indeed have informed the Knights of the Round Table beforehand.

Unfortunately, her damned occupational habit made her think of explaining the situation to the other people at Penguin Logistics first, rather than informing the Knights of the Round Table.

"Alright then, I'll go take a look."

Even without Exusiai's explanation, Shirou could figure out why.

Given Penguin Logistics' tendency to start a fight with the Knights of the Round Table every time they meet, it's really difficult to get them to file a police report.

I heard they were very cooperative before, so why do they start arguing every time they see each other lately?

What exactly went wrong?

Could it be that he made a mistake by distributing the Fried Winged Beast Chunk to the Knights of the Round Table earlier?

"I don't want to think about it anymore, I have important business to attend to."

Heading towards the back door of the stage, Shirou casually mentioned it to Swire, telling her to keep an eye on things.

He even kept his communicator constantly running so that Swire could receive his messages immediately.

"Shirou! Over here!"

Upon seeing Shirou's arrival, Croissant called out to him loudly.

There were quite a lot of people at the back door of the stage, but most of them were holding a camera or video camera. Shirou guessed that these people were probably reporters.

These people were eager to interview Shirou, Penguin Logistics, the fully armed group standing nearby, or the Ursus people lying on the ground looking peaceful. Unfortunately, Ms. Vayf from Rhine Lab International and Ms. Lupo from Penguin Logistics kept looking at them with kind eyes, which made them hesitate to act despite having the idea.

"What happened?"

Although there were quite a few people around, Shirou was already used to being stared at, so he ignored it and went up to ask about the situation.

"We just came out to get some fresh air and rest after the performance, and then we saw that this Ursus man was being suppressed by the people from Rhine Lab International, so we notified you."

Exusiai briefly explained what had happened.

"I understand... Are you from Rhine Lab International?"

After roughly understanding what had happened, Shirou immediately asked the two people beside him.

"Shouldn't you explain your identity before that?"

Vayf, holding a shield, did not answer Shirou's question directly. Judging from Shirou's attire, she did not think he was a respectable person.

The people standing nearby were the same; they wouldn't have let them pass so easily if they weren't friends protecting the target.

"Oh, sorry, this is my ID."

Upon hearing the other person's words, Shirou realized that he hadn't introduced himself, which was his oversight.

Shirou took out his Knights of the Round Table identification and the credentials for this operation from his pocket, holding the two documents by the edges with both hands, and handed them to the other person.

"... I understand, please take it back."

Faced with Shirou's show of sincerity, the Vayf clearly a little unaccustomed to it. After confirming that there were no problems, he asked Shirou to take the things back.

Before collaborating with the Knights of the Round Table, they had familiarized themselves with the Knights of the Round Table's identification badge designs, and the badges they were shown to them were fine, with the operation number E5 matching.

"This guy is really funny!"

Seeing his partner's embarrassed expression, Vulpo smiled faintly and said.

How should I put it... that smile feels incredibly provocative?

"Ahem... Let's go inside and talk."

After glancing at the reporters behind him who seemed eager to cause trouble, Shirou gestured for everyone to go inside first.

Ignoring the disappointed looks from the reporters, the group walked in without objection, while Shirou carried the Ursus man inside and then closed the door.

He didn't want these reporters to find out about the Originium Bomb, otherwise the Knights of the Round Table would be under considerable pressure.

In particular, the three main leaders of this operation, Chen, Hoshiguma, and Swire, will undoubtedly bear the heaviest pressure.

"Let me go first. The person we were protecting wanted to come out for some fresh air, so I followed her. Then we found an Ursus trying to sneak in through the door, so I stunned him with electricity. FrostNova came to help after that. Now the rest of our teammates are on the stage providing protection."

Vayf from Rhine Lab International, or rather Rhine Lab International, briefly explained what had happened on their end.

Her teammate, FrostNova, arrived later.

"I understand. Didn't those reporters stop him?"

After listening to what the other party said, Shirou crouched down and began to use his analysis, while also feeling somewhat curious.

There were so many people crouching behind him, didn't anyone try to stop him?

"Reporters are forbidden from opening the door. Forget opening the door, just getting too close and being discovered will get you kicked out. Those people would love for someone to open the door so they can have a story to tell!"

Croissant gave a brief explanation.

"This is truly appalling..."

Upon hearing Croissant's words, Shirou felt a headache coming on.

Meanwhile, the analysis feedback also came back, confirming that the Ursus man lying there was indeed an infected person, and that he had two Originium Bomb in his body.

This person was one of the accomplices.

176 Rhine Lab International, FrostNova

"This is E5. Please send someone over. We've spotted the target's accomplice. They're carrying dangerous items. Please bring something that can isolate Originium Arts... Also, there are a lot of reporters here. We need to be careful."

After confirming the identity of the person lying down, Shirou immediately used a communicator to report the situation.