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Just trying to reconfirm a line quickly, regarding what seemed to be Venom deflecting Gumillia's bullets.

その刀身で閃光を受け止め、 弾き飛ばしてしまった

The key verb I see is 受け止める meaning to "catch (a blow)" or to "react to", so it definitely sounds like Venom caught/deflected it in a flash and "ended the gunfire".

And here's that transition scene in Chapter 2 (it's pretty much all narration):


 * Hanne stays about two days but doesn't find anyone else with blue hair; the town is mostly Elphes.


 * Caspar's Father, Karl, is already dead (Wonder if Caspar's somehow responsible for that).


 * Hanne's thought process is that if the librarian said he met with a blue-haired man who was the "leader of Pere Noel" then Caspar may have been murdered. The dilemma is Dr. Felix claims he died of natural causes (disease).


 * The World Police and Constable Ein will be investigating Caspar's cause of death and are examining him. Hanne's question is, if someone did murder Caspar, who could it be.


 * She considers in-fighting with Pere Noel from potentially Caspar's subordinates; she then notices that Dr. Felix also was acting oddly and that his surname indicated he may have been related to the Earls that ruled before the Blankenheims, making him a suspect.


 * She also remembers the Marquis' wife, Marx's daughter; when she tried meeting her, she wasn't allowed in the manor by the world police (likely due to their investigation) and didn't allow similar visitors.


 * She was also unexpectedly unable to meet with Constable Ein during this investigation.


 * Hanne got a letter from Shuburke to return, given how long she's been staying with little results; so she decided to return to Aceid so that [her boss] wouldn't worry (I believe it's the "president-dono" but I'm not sure).


 * Toragay and Aceid weren't a large distance apart so Hanne was certain she'd be able to return for a formal interview soon.


 * However, when she returned to her boss' office, she was given more unexpected instructions: She was summoned to the Freesis Foundation headquarters.


 * The summons was handed to her by the president on a single sheet of paper (very short).


 * President seemed both angry and frightened when he gave this to her and (when she asked) explained to her what it said and pointed out how it was signed by [Shaw] at the bottom.


 * There was a non-chalant "yeah... seems like it" answer from Hanne. She has no sense of urgency here. Her bose gets even angrier and points out her attitude could cause some damage, especially jeopordize his position.


 * The president is only the second generation, inheriting the seat from his father; he's worried, especially given how Hanne can act with her mouth. He warns her about people losing her job and it ends with her respectfully bowing and leaving his office.


 * A guy working there "Mortiz" (モルッツ) is putting articles on a desk; he asks if she's heading out and she says to Marlon, to which he says to be careful, warning her about her hair (and that it smells a little).


 * While Hanne thought if that was really so, she scratched her hair. Although she could head home and take a shower for once, it'd be troublesome for her to bathe and then choose something to dress in so she immediately heads to the port.

And that's chapter 2. I'll look a bit more at the scene after with Shaw to get a better idea of what Shaw wanted from this meaning, since I was under the impression it was Hanne's idea to go. Either way, this scene added a lot for us.

It may also help if I look a bit at the scene with Marx again, see if I pick up any of this "odd behavior" the narration mentions.