Returned from Another World, Earth Turned Out to Be Quite the Fantasy Too. Also, Losing Heroines, Stop Looking This Way. - Chapter 07

Chapter 07: “I was caught, but could it be a false accusation?” ②

“Wait, what is this? What’s going on? Hold on, guns are dangerous! Seriously dangerous! No, no, why am I being aimed at with guns!? Who are you guys?”

Natsuki was naturally shaken, surrounded by police officers and having guns pointed at him.

He almost used magic in his agitation but restrained himself. 

He couldn’t understand why he, who hadn’t done anything wrong, was being threatened with guns.

Moreover, he couldn’t understand why an innocent middle school student in peaceful Japan would be surrounded like this by officers with guns.

“Shut up! Put your hands up!” 

“Okay, okay, I got it. But are you really police officers? Show me your badges, like the ones the FBI shows in dramas!” 

“We are not the FBI!” 

“I know that! I mean, verify your identities before threatening someone! And why do I have to go through this?”

Natsuki, now visibly angry and raising his voice, surprisingly made the police officers seem frightened. 

“―What?”

He felt a sense of incongruity. 

It was incomprehensible to him why the adults pointing guns would be the ones to appear scared, rather than the middle school student at gunpoint.

“Hey, are you really police officers?”

“Don’t move! We know that you are a psychic! Don’t think just because we don’t have psychic abilities, we can’t handle you with guns!”

“—Huh?”

Natsuki was stunned by the officer’s words.

(Wait, huh? What did he say? A psychic? If he said a magician, maybe because they saw me using magic… No, there was no one watching. But why a psychic?)

Natsuki tilted his head, pondering a hypothesis. 

“Could it be, there are ability users in this world toooooooooooooo!?”

“What are you talking about! You are one, aren’t you! Despite being young, you must be a rogue psychic!”

“No, you’re mistaken.”

“Normally, we would explain the situation and make them aware of their existence and powers, but you are different!”

“Why!?” 

“Don’t joke! After using such immense power, what else do you expect!”

(Did they sense my magic, even if they didn’t see me?)

Natsuki inwardly clicked his tongue. 

Being labeled as a psychic, he couldn’t help but think of characters from light novels and manga. However, it was surprising that the police were aware of such individuals. 

He had always assumed that if ability users did exist, they would operate secretly, unknown even to the police.

(They’ve seen my face, but if I forcefully break through… But what if it’s caught on camera? Should I just knock everyone out and destroy all electronics to be safe?)

As he pondered these dangerous thoughts, a middle-aged man in uniform, accompanied by a young woman around twenty years old, emerged from behind the police officers in suits and uniforms.

“It seems you’re having some trouble.”

Said the man, who, although not holding a gun, had one equipped on his belt. The woman, unique among the group, was the only one holding a sword in her left hand. 

(Huh? Is that?)

“Chief!”

“―Hmm?” 

Natsuki recognized the man who was called the chief.

It had been six years in his perception, but he looked unchanged from his memory.

A tall, well-built man with graying hair cut short.

―Undoubtedly, he was a friend of his mother and a kind father figure to Natsuki.

“Uncle Aoyama!?”

“Huh? ―Wait, seriously? The rogue psychic is you, Natsuki!?”

Just returned from another world, Natsuki sensed he was about to be recognized by someone he knew.