Ryuutaro looked up, startled by the shots as well as the extreme change in Souichi's behaviour.
That made no sense at all anymore, but since Ryuutaro had given up on making sense out of things a while ago it wasn't that bad for him.

"...what is this about?"

Were they dying now? Didn't seem like it, not yet, and that wasn't so bad.
Souchi seemed merely pathetic right now...