On second thought, a healing knight was indeed well suited to rescuing hostages.
At the very least, the hostages would not die.
Though she would need to be paired with a psychotherapist. Getting whacked with a healing knight's hammer and then healed back up would definitely leave a profound psychological scar.
The enormous robot drifted down and flew circles around the little girl suspended in midair. She clashed completely with the atmosphere of the shrine, yet somehow blended into it perfectly, making the shrine seem all the more inclusive.
The shrine embraced all things.
Ch'en's doubts had now been answered, but an even more difficult question remained.
"Kidnappings are rare in Lungmen, because its most infamous kidnapper paid such a terrible price that merely thinking of it makes people shudder."
Ch'en spoke very evasively.
"Oh?"
Bronya, played by Hoshino, tilted her head and looked at her from a bizarre forty-five-degree angle.
"Something like that happened?"
Ch'en said even more evasively, "It had something to do with Constable Swire. Don't dig too deeply into it. In any case, kidnappings in Lungmen are extremely rare—rare to an unbelievable degree."
"..."
Hoshino fell silent for a while, feeling that it was time to return to her old line of work.
Nearl carried a shield and hammer, and the more Hoshino looked at her, the more familiar she seemed. Hoshino guessed she definitely knew how to parry, seeing as she was a knight.
A parry.
Hoshino could not miss this opportunity.
"A rational request and a timely sense of crisis. You are a qualified commander."
Not only did Hoshino want to act, she intended to drag the Guard Department into it as well. "There is still a way. Have Bronya play the kidnapped victim, and have Bronya's Heavy Bunny play the kidnapper."
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