Project: Alternative

Chapter 2: Daily life of an agent (Eru)

"Hello?" I asked.

"Eru-chan, where are you right now?" she asked.

"I'm at home. Was my intel wrong or something?"

"Not really. I just finished taking out the bad guy's base."

Botan sure was amazing. She raided a base all by herself. That's something I could never hope to do.

"So what's the problem?" I asked.

"They released a monster in a warehouse in your area. Can you stall it until I arrive?"

"You want me to fight a monster? Isn't that a bit too much?"

"Just stall it until I arrive. You're capable of that much", she then hung up.

I took out my gun and rode a bicycle towards the area she mailed me. It was an abandoned warehouse so I was glad that there were no witnesses. But still, fighting a monster sounds scary. I hope I can last until Botan arrives.

A square barrier appeared and I wondered what in the world was going on. I touched it and I could phase right through it. There was nothing weird on the part that was inside the barrier so I think I was safe....

An explosion occurred and I ran towards it. Smoke was rising up and I couldn't see anything until the smoke became violet and disappeared.

My eyes couldn't believe what they were seeing. A black-haired boy was facing a white monster. Several violet hologram screens were floating around the boy. It was none other than Jun-kun.

The white monster charged at him and I was about to shoot it until a piece of the ground rose and turned into a wall. It crashed into the wall and Jun-kun smiled.

Twenty swords appeared above him and floated. He then began to touch one of the violet hologram screens and the swords launched like bullets. They pierced the white creature and it groaned. It collapsed to the ground and then disappeared into white rectangles.

"Dump File... Deleted", he muttered and pressed a hologram screen,

The square barrier surrounding the warehouse disappeared. What in the world was going on?

"Now then... I got an evening exercise... I should focus on my...assign...ment", his voice trailed off when his eyes met with mine.

Ah. He saw me... And I was holding a gun.

"Jun-kun?" I asked.

"H-Hey, Eru... Pleasant evening, am I right?"

His face looked troubled. It was as if I saw a secret he was trying to hide.

"By the way, is that a gun?" he asked.

Ah...

"O-Oh? This? It's just a toy", I lied.

"Really? Looks real to me. What are you doing in this place?" he asked.

"I should be asking you that... What's a guy like you doing here in this hour?"

He chuckled and I was on guard. I had no idea what he was but one thing was for sure: he took out the monster. Judging from how he managed to summon swords out of nowhere, he probably has a supernatural ability...

A small violet screen appeared near his hand and he pressed it. Was he hostile? A square barrier surrounded us and I pointed my gun at him. My gun turned into a violet color and when Jun-kun pressed the violet screen, it disappeared.

Tch. He somehow got rid of my weapon. I charged at him. Was his ability something that involved controlling inanimate things? From what I saw earlier, he could summon things and he could make things disappear.