"Where are we?" As soon as the soldiers who had imprisoned them left, Tatsumi and his two companions opened their eyes. Their pupils contracted at the sight of the people lying packed together all around them.
"These people!" Sayo stared at the emaciated, wounded people lying on the floor, all around their own age. Horror filled her, and she stumbled, nearly losing her footing.
"How could they do this? Are they even human?" Yas demanded, his eyes wide with fury.
"Looks like we came to the right place. Sayo, see if these people can still be saved. Yas, fight with me. Letting scum like this live even one more day is too much," Tatsumi said, his eyes burning with murderous intent.
"Right!" Yas nodded firmly.
The three then divided up the work.
Sayo worked hard, using the Healing Technique to treat one frail patient after another.
Meanwhile, Tatsumi and Yas kicked the doors open.
Boom!
"What's going on? Weren't the people inside unconscious?" the soldiers guarding the entrance exclaimed in alarm.
Tatsumi gave them no chance to get an answer. A crescent of silver light slashed toward the soldier beside him.
"Argh!" The soldier's head was instantly severed, and blood spurted from his neck.
The soldier on the other side realized things had gone terribly wrong. He pulled out his flare gun and aimed it at the sky.
Seeing this, Yas immediately fired two shots at him. Bang, bang! Pain pierced the soldier's chest, but he used the last of his strength to fire the flare gun.
Bang! A red flare burst across the sky, and the faces of Aria and her parents, who were heading in that direction, abruptly changed.
"What's going on?" Aria's father asked grimly.
"Quick, let's go take a look." Aria's mother's expression darkened as she