The Discovered Sniper
At the same time, on the broad avenue, the boy and girl were sprinting toward the upscale residential district.
"Faster, Yuma!"
Kojo shouted at Yuma behind him between ragged breaths.
"I know! Don't rush me so much!"
Yuma was panting just as hard. It was obvious she had expended a great deal of stamina, yet she could only cling tightly to Kojo's pace, a bitter smile on her face.
There was nothing she could do. After receiving Nagisa's call, Kojo had been so worried that he had paced restlessly around the house, unable to stay put. In the end, it was Yuma who suggested that they simply come over and meet up with Nagisa before Kojo finally took action.
But Kojo was so anxious that he had practically rushed there without stopping. Apart from taking the train, he had been running the entire way, forcing Yuma to expend considerable effort just to keep up with him.
If she had not grown up playing with Kojo and understood him well, or if her stamina had not been far better than that of an ordinary girl, Yuma really might not have been able to keep up. Kojo's complete disregard for a girl's stamina would certainly have earned him plenty of complaints and criticism.
However, Yuma also understood why Kojo was in such a hurry.
"Kojo has always been a sister complex, but this situation really isn't simple."
As Sendougi Aya's daughter and a former pure-blooded Witch, Yuma had learned about what Luo Zhen and the others had experienced so far out of necessity when it came to liberating the Prison Barrier.
That included everything surrounding the Feast of Blazing Light.
Therefore, Yuma knew very well that if the incident currently taking place on Kageno Island had anything to do