HP9999999999

Episode 21: Robbery

Then all of a sudden, I heard the fierce sound of the glass breaking from under the stairs and multiple screams. I wondered if something had happened on the ground floor, and me and the shopkeeper rushed down the stairs.

"If you don't want to die, just give me the money!!"

There was a masked pair of men there, and one of them had Mr. Kiel poking a gun at him. Guests fleeing out of the store one after another. It's just a robbery.

"O, robber...!!"

The owner's face turns bright blue. It's called the defect that's gotten me involved, it's called this robbery, what the hell is going on in this village? Besides, is it normal to target such a small grocery store?

"But brother, doesn't this guy look pretty strong...?

"Ha. Look closely, aren't you shivering so much? I'm freaking out. Hey."

As the robber put it, Mr. Kiel was drenching his sweat in a daze and shaking his whole body in a gut.

"Heh, heh. So that's why I told you, this place is a battlefield...!!"

No, this old man is unlikely to count on me. What the hell is that muscular body for? Well, they're sticking a gun at you, aren't they?

"Ooh!! You guys raise your hands and grow up!!"

A robber points a gun at me and the owner. I wouldn't be able to get one scratch from DEF9999 with something like this, except for the owner. If a normal person gets shot with a gun, it's not for free.

"Spell [Absolute Barrier (Absolute Barrier)]!

I let an invincible barrier appear in front of the owner. This ensured the safety of the store owner.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!!"

"What are you!? How long have you been there?"

Then the two robbers looked at me with a look of amazement and despair. What's going on, these guys? I don't care how long you ask me, I've been here since...

"Ah."

I realized I was returning to being the king. [M] Shit, I totally forgot that using other spells [Transformation] can solve it.

"Ba... monster... bukubukubuku..."

When he saw me, the shopkeeper peeled off his white eyes, sprayed a bubble from his mouth and fell. I'm a little shocked you're gonna pass out looking at me, not robbing me.

Ma, look. This look would be more deserving to punish these guys.

"You're unlucky, muggers. If you step into the rest of the world yourself."

I'm slowly approaching the robbers.

"Ku, come ahhhhhhh!!"

The robber pulled the trigger and a bullet was fired at me. But now I see the bullet moving slowly like a chavon ball.

I took the bullet with one hand. Flashy robbers.

"You want to play catch ball with the rest? Then it's our turn."

I threw back a bullet. The bullet plundered the face of the robber and crashed into the ground outside causing a major explosion. Shit, no one got caught up in this, huh?

"Damn, whoa, whoa!!"

A robber shoots a gun indiscriminately. When a bullet hits my body, it falls, and when it hits me, it falls. Naturally, the damage to me is 0.

"It's no use. You can't even entertain the rest with a toy like that."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!!"

"Oh, calm down, brother!!"

You were completely in a state of confusion, and the robber started shooting guns all over the store.

Then I saw one of the bullets fly towards Mr. Kiel. Shit, no, this guy was a normal person too! Oh no, I can't make it!!

!?

A bullet hit Mr. Kiel directly in the forehead. But surprisingly, Mr. Kiel wasn't freaked out and didn't have a scratch on his forehead.

When I wondered what was going on, Mr. Kiel's eyes opened.

"You guys... I'm not doing this crap, why don't you start part-time if you want some money!!"

"Hi-ya-yay!!"

"Sorry ahhhhh!!"

By Mr. Kiel's anger, the two robbers rushed away from the store. Nothing. You can go after him and catch him, but it's a hassle and I'll leave him alone. Those guys would have punished you enough too.

"... I'm surprised. I didn't know you were the king."

Then Mr. Kiel walked up to me.

"Well, you know the rest"

"I only heard the story, but I didn't expect you to see it in this way. Actually, from the moment I first saw you, I felt like you weren't all that bad."

Is it true? I don't feel like I'm following you because I'm talking about this guy.

"But it's a big deal. Most people react as if they ran into a monster when they saw the rest."

"I've been a warrior in this store for fifteen years. I'm not upset about that now."

But you were so upset when the robber put a gun to you, weren't you?

"And I don't know if it's a monster, but we survived this battlefield together."

"... an interesting man"

People have always seen me with fear, so I felt fresh and a little happy at the same time.

"But from what I've seen, apparently you're not the only one either."

"... I don't know"

Mr. Kiel smiles small.

"Hmm. Let's not pry. We'll never see each other again."

"You're not coming here anymore?

"Naturally. I can't keep working in this store more than the owner found out who the rest of us are."

"... well. That's too bad."

But I have one thing to do before that. I go up the stairs and quietly enter the upstairs room where the owner's daughter is sleeping. And I put my right hand around my daughter. [M]

"Spell [Universal Healing (All Might Healing)]!

I cast a spell. Now this child's illness is completely cured. It also frees me from every day of drugging.

Down the stairs, the shopkeeper, still falling on the floor and losing his mind, stopped looking. Once you use [universal healing], you can also recover from stunning...

Ma, can we keep this up? I also think I would have liked to see what her face would look like if I found out that my daughter's illness had healed.

"Farewell, shopkeeper. It was a short period of two hours, but I was taken care of."

Hey, I had another thing to do. I need to get paid for what I've done. But the owner is in that condition. I'll take care of it myself.

I worked for two hours, so I think I'll get 10 copper coins, plus about three copper coins for my daughter's treatment. I took thirteen pieces of copper out of the counter drawer and put them in my pocket.

"Then Kiel. I'll take care of the rest."

"Oh. See you, King."

I used [Moment Move] and disappeared from the store. Though I said I would never see you again, I had a feeling you and Mr. Kiel were going to see each other again somewhere.

And later I realized. [M] "Maybe if you were letting the shopkeeper spread the word that I cured a sick girl, it would have led to a huge increase in the image of the king?".

I regretted it. [M]