>>5795455>>5795471>>5795472>>5795490>>5795499>>5795507>>5795508"Naoki, get him." You say, authoritatively.
He was just the only option. He's the only one who could legitimately pause and take the time needed to handle this problem and still make it in time. You briefly check over your shoulder to see what Naoki does.
Naoki immediately moves to handle it without pausing, jabbing his prosthetic arm towards the thief boy. His hand flies out of its socket with a loud pop towards the kid, easily managing to grab the boy by his waistband. Naoki starts reeling him in without even slowing down, pretty nice, you knew Naoki was the right man for-
Naoki turns to look back in front of him only to see that he's about to collide with some woman's corgi that's meandering in the street wagging its tail at him. Naoki's eyebrows shoot up in surprise as he immediately executes a leap to get over the dog without punting it in the face, but he's now rocketing towards a telephone pole at full running speed without being able to shift directions because he's airborne.
You stop looking at him because you need to watch where you're going and don't want to meet the same fate. A catastrophic WHACK meets your ears from behind as Naoki slams into the sturdy wooden pole with force, probably tanking it with his face as you continue running. Hopefully Naoki would recover from that in time, you couldn't stop for him. A thought occurs to you.
"Masami, can your crabs help him, us, in any way?"
"My crabs are slower than you are, they're not super beings!" She responds, still running as well.
You wince. Well... Damn. You can't help but feel responsible since you bulldozed your way into taking temporary leadership and told him to do it.
