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The pain never came as I closed my eyes and waited for it. What came instead was Blair’s cry of pain, and I heard the gun clatter to the ground.

I opened my eyes, and a strangled gasp escaped me when I saw the familiar custom-made tanto embedded in her hand, which had been holding the gun earlier.

Blair’s other hand held the hand that was now bleeding profusely as she cried out in pain.

My eyes snapped to the door to find my Oniichan standing there with a glare in his eyes and the sheath of his tanto in his hands.

“What the fuck?” Blair screamed in pain.

Shiro walked over to me and began to search for any signs of injuries.

“I’m fine, Oniichan. Nothing happened. You came on time,” I muttered shakily.

We looked behind me to see the spot where the bullet had been embedded.

“We need to get that out of her hand before she loses too much blood and call the police too,” I told him.

I winced as I looked at Blair again. The floor now had her blood as she cried.

“What? Are you crazy?” Shiro hi