Rattus then looked at the direction of the creature made to stone by Shiro's perhaps inhuman skills of throwing objects. Its silhouette indicated to him that it was something human-like, unlike what could be imagined when talking about supernatural creatures. But then again, Rattus didn't notice it sneaking into the church until the church-keeper did. "By the way you talk about No Man's Land..." he said to him. "...it does seem like something I have seen before, only worse. But to say that strength alone matters in such a place would be ignoring that you just turned this creature into a mass of hard matter using only your speed." He then turned to Shiro himself and continued. "We should never forget that in warfare, speed and mobility matters the most."
Shiro took the cigarette out of his mouth, before he used his thumb as a bottle opener. The bottle cap spinning into the air before landing in a small trash basket that already had multiple bottles and caps.
“You seem to misunderstand by what I meant by ‘strength’, I meant strength in the meaning of the sum of one’s capabilities, physical, magical, skill, and etcetera.” Shiro took a sip while dropping his almost finished cigarette before stomping on it. “And my speed isn’t what turn it to stone, don’t be ridiculous” he started chuckling at the thought.
"But it is very worrying, Shiro-san." Yukina said. "If these kinds of people and monsters could claim land in this city, what is stopping them from trying to claim more?"
"And what's stopping the authorities from retaking this area and restoring order to it?" he asked some more. "That is, if there's any semblance of legal authority in this city. But even if there isn't, it seems that even the protectors themselves cannot be bothered to organize and lay out an overall strategic plan to recapture No Man's Land."
“Honestly? I do not know why or why not to any of those questions. Perhaps there are far too powerful entities in this region that I know of. Perhaps there is someone preventing it from spreading. I simply don’t care much, I focus on simply what I need to do, no reason to worry about too much more.”
Shiro then took another drink of his beer while contemplating the answers to the rest of their questions.
Yukina then walked towards the humanoid statue to examine it closely. "...Is it a vampire?" she curiously asked.
"If Yukina is right about her observation, then our normal weapons are useless." Rattus postulated. "And therefore, I should procure something that can stand a match against these creatures. Do you have any recommendations for us, Mister Shiro?
He looked at Yukina and gave her a smile, "Good eye, ya, it's a vampire. I angered a rather large group a while ago, been trying ever since."
“And as for your weapons… really it depends. Vampire territory is more to the south west. If you stay away from there you should not have to deal with them much. There is too much variety within the groups of them to say anything specific would be effective, best bet would be blessed tool but even then it is not always the case.”
Thinking back to the gun he was told about and the blade he was shown Shiro continued, “Well, that gun is well made, a few good bullet shots will put down a lot of things. Not for long, but it might help you escape.” He then looked at Yukina’s blade, “But the blade will not do you much good against something that can be in its range faster than you can blink.”
He gulped down the remainder of his beer. “Honestly I would say get bodyguards of some kind, especially if you plan on going to vampire territory or deeper into the no-man’s land, if not then just stay away. I won’t be able to help myself sadly. Have my hands full keeping the Church safe you see.” He then tossed the bottle over his shoulder. It spun in the air for a moment before it landed in the basket perfectly.
