gunshot guts

Looking at the entrance of the alley, Haratani saw a figure striking a pose.
The five or six boys turned towards the figure and remained silent for a second.
Before anyone knew who the figure was, one of the delinquents suddenly pulled out a
handgun and fired it.
The mysterious figure collapsed to the ground. The delinquent clicked his tongue in
disinterest. Haratani’s dissatisfaction with God leaked out from his heart.
(What kind of ridiculous turn of events was that!?)
“Frwaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!”
The mysterious figure stood right back up. The whole thing took only around three
seconds. Unsurprisingly, the figure standing right back up like a self-righting doll
messed up the delinquents’ pace.
Despite having clearly taken a shot right to his heart, he had the tension of someone who
had stayed up all night and approached with heavy steps.
“You truly lack guts if you’re willing to just shoot someone without warning. Or is it
restraint? Is it restraint you lack? Well, overall I’d say you’re just a kid that throws a
tantrum too easily!! Don’t you think it’s sad that it’s gotten so bad that you’re in a
position where the media can just say whatever it wants about you!?”
The delinquent didn’t understand what was going on at all, so he decided to shoot again.
He continued to pull the trigger, but the figure only shook a bit instead of falling to the
ground.
Unsurprisingly, the boy was getting rather angry and he lowered his gaze to the gun in
his hand once.
“Why won’t you die...?”
“Guts! It’s about guts!!”

- Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume SS2, Chapter 4