Chapter 954: Dragon in the Sky
"It's useless, didn't you try it, Senior? The Guard Teachers won't believe us," Miyama Shaei said, shaking his head.
Although the pursuers behind them carried firearms, they were very restrained, not firing a single shot during the pursuit. In crowded places, they would even deliberately maintain a distance to avoid attracting the attention of the Anti-Skill.
Furthermore, it seemed many incidents had occurred today, and the Anti-Skill were severely understaffed. It was difficult for an unproven incident like theirs to gain the Anti-Skill's attention.
More importantly, if they insisted on reporting it through official channels, they worried it might anger the villains and implicate their companions who had been captured at home.
Therefore, the two of them could only rely on their own strength to evade their pursuers; their escape route throughout was designated by Miyama Shaei.
At this moment, the two seized their last chance to hide behind a flower bed. After slightly calming his breathing, Miyama Shaei picked up the instant camera hanging around his neck, placed it against his forehead, and pressed the shutter button, aiming forward.
"Hurry, hurry!" the girl urged repeatedly. "They're catching up!"
The intense running, coupled with continuously activating his ability, made Miyama Shaei's face somewhat pale, but he knew the situation was urgent and gritted his teeth to endure.
Miyama Shaei's ability was Level 1 "Thoughtography." Although his Level was very low, it possessed the effect of "foreseeing the future"—in short, it was "prophecy."
His ability allowed him to see future events.
However, due to his low Level, his ability was greatly restricted.
It wasn't until recently that the Institute Miyama Shaei collaborated with discovered a method of using instant photos in conjunction with "prophecy," which made his ability controllable.
Specifically, by pressing the shutter while activating "Thoughtography," the "thoughtography" portion would be displayed through the camera, greatly reducing the burden on his brain.
Of course, the biggest drawback of doing this was that Miyama Shaei himself could not control what content would be captured.
After a while, the photo ejected by the instant camera gradually became visible, and the girl eagerly leaned over to look.
"What is this?!" Seeing the content displayed in the photo, the girl couldn't help but exclaim, "Does your ability show surreal creatures?"
In the photo, a giant dragon was clearly seen swooping down from the sky, mouth agape, as if ready to bite someone.
It was more akin to a movie poster than a photograph.
"Does this dragon have any symbolic meaning?" the girl asked.
"I don't know..." Miyama Shaei was also very confused. "My photos can only show a certain scene from the future. They shouldn't have the ability to conjure non-existent things out of thin air..."
As the enemy pursuers approached, the girl couldn't worry about too much: "Looking at the background of the photo, it should be the nearby Twenty-first School District—after all, the scenery is so good—so, the prophecy means we can't go to the Twenty-first School District!"
Based on past experience, Miyama Shaei's ability seemed to only predict "unfortunate events." Therefore, to obtain positive guidance, the prophecy had to be interpreted in reverse.
This was how the two of them had made their way to the vicinity of this Twenty-first School District.
And precisely because it required such a detour, the already imprecise prophecy became even more vague.
This was also why the girl doubted the correctness of Miyama Shaei's directions.
"No!" Miyama Shaei grabbed the girl's hem. "This time... we're going there!"
"Hey, hey, Miyama, are you alright?" Noticing the boy's pale face and shaky appearance, the girl also panicked a little.
"I... I'm fine, please don't worry, Senior..." Miyama Shaei said. "I have a premonition that we must go to the Twenty-first School District; we will definitely be saved!"
The pursuers had already arrived, so without much thought, the girl pulled Miyama Shaei and continued to flee.
After running a few steps, realizing the boy's condition was truly poor, the girl had no choice but to carry him on her back and then run wildly.
Two dull thuds sounded behind them.
It wasn't until she saw the ground near her feet suddenly damaged that the girl belatedly realized—the pursuers behind them had opened fire!
She didn't know if the long chase had finally exhausted the enemy's patience, or if this place was deserted, allowing the enemy to finally use their weapons without restraint...
One thing she knew clearly—they were at their wits' end.
"Don't... don't stop, keep running!" Miyama Shaei said from his back.
"...You... you said..."
—You say it so easily!
The girl could no longer even speak. Her physical strength was already exhausted, and now she had to carry someone and continue to run... If this child wasn't Kihara Tamski's good friend, she wouldn't want to meddle in this business.
"Just hold on... a little longer..." Miyama Shaei's condition seemed even worse than the girl's. "Soon, we'll be saved soon..."
—Saved? How is that possible! There's nothing around here, no one but us and the enemy. Who will save us?
The girl sighed in her heart. Unless Kihara Tamski used "Coordinate Movement," such a "descent from the sky" or sudden appearance would be impossible...
Thinking of this, the girl suddenly recalled the photo Miyama Shaei had just taken—a wicked dragon, appearing only in fantasy stories, descending from the sky and pouncing on them.
It seemed that even if something truly descended from the sky, it might be to harm them!
Thinking this, the girl inadvertently glanced up at the sky.
A small black dot appeared in her field of vision, and it was rapidly growing larger...
"What... what is that?" So surprised, the girl even forgot to run for a moment, raising her head to stare blankly at the sky.
A tremor came from behind her, and Miyama Shaei seemed to be laughing: "Senior, we're saved."
"Saved? What kind of salvation is this!" The girl also trembled with fear. "Why are there really dragons in reality?"
A flying dragon, which should only appear in fantasy or mythological stories, spread its wings and swooped down towards them.
It wasn't just the girl who was startled; the pursuers behind them also stopped, practically standing right beside Miyama Shaei and them, shoulder to shoulder.
As ordinary humans from outside Academy City, the impact on their worldview was clearly stronger than that on the natives of Academy City.
After their initial astonishment, their first reaction was to raise their guns and shoot, attempting to bring down the flying dragon with bullets.
Unsurprisingly, their actions failed.
Although its combat record since its birth was pitiful, the flying dragon was ultimately bred as a biological weapon. How could it be harmed by mere small pistols?
The flying dragon landed on the ground, flapping its wings, easily sending the enemies flying. Only the girl remained, frozen in place by terror, unable to move.
