Chapter 179

Eri and Miwako into his arms! Play a 3-person game!

There were no calluses on his left or right shoulders either.

From this point of view

The murderer hadn't practiced any shooting techniques before.

This was even more interesting.

It turned out that this mysterious drug could also develop people's talent skills...

“Thump!”

Hoshino Ki kicked the gun in the murderer's hand away with one foot.

Then he raised his leg and kicked the murderer's head!

The murderer's eyes rolled back instantly after receiving the blow from Hoshino Ki's leg.

“A reaction?”

Hoshino Ki used a little force to pin the murderer's head into the dirt directly.

The murderer had no reaction after receiving this heavy blow from Hoshino Ki.

From this point of view...

Besides the heart, the head was also a very important part for them.

Hoshino Ki took out a brand-new syringe from his pants pocket.

He stepped on the murderer who was already deep in the ground.

“Ahhhhh!”

At this time, the murderer had a reaction again.

He saw him struggling to pull himself out.

But unfortunately, he was no match for Hoshino Ki.

“Mmm mmm mmm!”

The murderer's head was smashed into the ground.

So he couldn't hear clearly what he was saying.

Hoshino Ki used force under his feet to pin the murderer's body down so he wouldn't move around.

Then he bent down and stuck the syringe in his hand directly into the back of the murderer's head.

“Mmm mmm mmm!”

When the syringe started working, the murderer struggled even more violently.

This was the death throes of a defeated person.

After getting what he wanted, Hoshino Ki wrapped the syringe well and stuffed it back into his pants pocket.

The murderer also stopped struggling at this time.

He saw a map and a key slide out of his upper pocket.

“Hoshino Ki!?”

At this moment!

An anxious female voice came from behind him.

Hoshino Ki turned back...

The other party was actually an old acquaintance, Kisaki Eri?

He saw her looking at Hoshino Ki with a shocked expression.

“？？？”

How could Kisaki Eri be in a place like this?

He saw Kisaki Eri wearing adventure clothing.

Wearing a jungle hat on her head.

And carrying an adventure backpack on her back.

Did she come to the jungle for an adventure all by herself?

What a self-disciplined woman!

Hoshino Ki picked up the map and key calmly and stuffed them into his arms.

“Did you just hide something?”

Kisaki Eri looked puzzled.

He didn't know if it was because she had too many dreams.

Now, after seeing such a brutal scene of Hoshino Ki, she didn't feel strange at all.

And after witnessing Hoshino's real ability before.

She even automatically assumed that Hoshino Ki was eliminating evil and promoting good.

“......”

Hoshino Ki didn't answer the other party directly.

He stood up and jumped down from under the murderer.

Then he walked toward Kisaki Eri with ease.

At this moment, Hoshino Ki's clothes and cheeks were stained with drops of blood.

Plus the murderous aura in his pitch-black, cold eyes.

He looked more like a murderer than the murderer himself...

“！！！”

Kisaki Eri couldn't help but take half a step back.

Hoshino Ki's cheeks actually overlapped with the him in her dreams.

He had the same appearance and figure.

Even his expressions and demeanor were exactly the same.

Kisaki Eri looked past Hoshino Ki's body toward the “person” planted in the pit.

His head was in the dirt pit.

Only his body was exposed outside.

His limbs were motionless.

Looking closely, the other party was about to stop breathing...

Kisaki Eri crossed her arms and looked at Hoshino Ki again.

A pair of questions revealed in her eyes:

“Did you beat him to death?”

Hoshino Ki shook his head at Kisaki Eri.

Indicating that the person was not dead.

Beating the murderer to death now would be very disadvantageous for Hoshino Ki.

He must have the police present, otherwise how could he prove that Hoshino Ki was acting in self-defense?

At this time, the sound of a siren came from nearby.

“Screech!”

A police car stopped in front of the two.

Sato Miwako got out of the car.

A pair of beautiful eyes stared directly at Hoshino Ki.

Completely ignoring Kisaki Eri on the side.

“Did you catch the murderer?”

Sato Miwako grabbed Hoshino Ki's arm.

She looked very anxious.

Her pupils were full of anticipation for Hoshino Ki's answer.

“Yeah!”

Hoshino Ki nodded slightly.

Then he turned his head to look at the murderer's side.

But who would have thought...

The murderer who had been firmly pinned in the dirt was nowhere to be seen.

Hoshino Ki turned his head again.

The murderer suddenly appeared between Sato Miwako and Kisaki Eri.

He saw the murderer showing a terrifying smile.

The blood in his mouth had completely stained his mouth red.

He was holding two handguns in his hands, pointing at the two women respectively.

“Bang! Bang!”

He pulled the triggers of both guns at the same time.

The bullets were fired in an instant.

It happened in the blink of an eye.

Hoshino Ki raised his hands, grabbed the two women by their arms, and yanked them inward.

Then, he lifted his leg and kicked the murderer in the chest.

"Bang!"

The murderer flew out like a missile and slammed directly into a large tree.

"Ahhh!"

The impact caused leaves to shower down from the tree.

With a final roar, the murderer ceased to breathe...

Damn it!

Used too much force by accident.

"......"

The two women were still in shock.

The murderer’s speed had been too fast.

He had been able to pull himself out of the pit in an instant.

And then, silently, he had approached them to launch an attack.

At that moment, the bullet had been only 0.1 millimeters from their temples.

It had essentially grazed their heads as it passed.

If not for Hoshino Ki.

Both of them would have surely died on the spot.

This was not the first time Kisaki Eri had been in close contact with a gun.

A long time had passed since the last time a gun was held against her.

Back then, she had been used as a hostage by a killer to threaten Mouri Kogoro.

From a police officer's perspective.

Mouri Kogoro’s method of protecting the hostage had been sufficient.

But as a wife.

She would inevitably feel heartbroken.

The danger she had just faced was a thousand times greater than before.

Hoshino Ki...

This boy who had appeared in her dreams countless times!

He was far stronger than Mouri Kogoro!

Kisaki Eri’s heart was pounding incessantly.

As if it were about to leap out...

Sato Miwako stood frozen in place.

She looked at the murderer pinned to the tree with a panicked expression.

Her heart was beating violently.

Sato Miwako slowly raised her head to look at Hoshino Ki.

Even though he was just a 17-year-old high school student.

He possessed such formidable ability.

Compared to the Hoshino Ki in her dreams.

He was kind, gentle, and full of justice.

He had been silently searching for his missing classmate.

He had never been doing it for the sake of glory or merit.

Upon discovering his classmate had been murdered, he had rushed over immediately.

He hadn't chosen to call the police first...

Because he knew the murderer was an extremely dangerous character.

He intended to protect them all!

Otherwise, he wouldn't have come to the murderer's lair alone.

Both women wore expressions of lingering fear.

The gunshot had left their ears ringing.

Both shook their heads simultaneously to clear the sound.

Once they recovered, they were both stunned.

They realized they were currently being held in Hoshino Ki’s arms.

In her panic, Kisaki Eri had placed her hand directly on Hoshino Ki’s chest.

Sato Miwako, meanwhile, was practically hanging off him.

"!!!"

Their cheeks turned bright red in that instant.

They both jumped away to the side.

Kisaki Eri lowered her head, hiding her hand behind her back and pretending nothing had happened.

Sato Miwako ran toward the murderer.

Looking closely, her cheeks were redder than apples.

"Is he dead?"

Kisaki Eri glanced at Hoshino Ki and walked over as well.

"Yeah! He's dead! But he deserved it..."

The murder case was perfectly resolved.

Because he had killed eight people and opened fire on the police while resisting arrest at the crime scene.

The murderer was executed on the spot.

After contacting Inspector Megure, Sato Miwako reported the full truth to him.

The police arrived and immediately sealed off the entire crime scene.

They found the bodies of other girls at the scene.

Those girls had been discarded in the warehouse basement by the murderer because their bodies were deemed "unsuitable."

Their lungs had all been cut open.

The organs inside were all missing.

Inspector Megure arrived as well.

After learning the details, he did not blame Hoshino Ki for killing the murderer.

On the contrary, he was very worried about whether the three of them were injured.

"Are you all uninjured?"

Inspector Megure’s expression was very serious.

"We're fine. This time, we owe it all to Hoshino-kun! If not for him, I think Ms. Kisaki Eri and I would be rotting by now..."

Sato Miwako lowered her head and muttered.

A trace of terror seeped into her eyes.

The situation back then had been truly perilous.

It made even a professional criminal investigator like her feel a chill down her spine.

"Indeed! We really must thank Hoshino-kun properly this time!"

Kisaki Eri raised a hand to stroke her other arm.

That was the spot where Hoshino Ki had just grabbed her.

Only now did a slight ache begin to surface.

"Hahaha, truly worthy of Hoshino-kun!"

"Hoshino-kun is really impressive; I’m tempted to invite him to work at the police station!"

Inspector Megure looked at Hoshino Ki with full admiration.