Vol 1 Chapter 24 (1/1)
“Maria!”The 762ht into the skull and lodges itself in the cerebral cortex The cerebrospinal fluid and viscous blood oozes out from the freshly-made bullet holeLike a s cut, the leader of the armed terrorists loses his balance and falls to the floor, dead“W-what the—?!”Before other people can even realize what is happening, the silhouette cuts through the crowd at supersonic speed
Having closed the gap between the three guards, Lily reaches out her hand to one of their necksAs her arms reach out, the hideaway knife sheathed beneath the sleeve of her black trench coat slides outLily stabs the knife between his two anterior jugular veins: one of many vital points of the hu a fatal woundAt the sas the violin case on her opposite shoulder, and with it bashes the other guard in the faceHis jaws break apart and his facial structure beconition— primitive violence at its finestThe violin case undergoes a geometric transformation from the impact at the same time and ejects a semi-automatic pistol from it, like a dispenserIt’s same as the one she used to kill the leader, a Soviet semi-automatic pistol Tokarev TT-33Without even looking, she stretches out her hands and starts sharpshooting the guards beside the hostagesDirect hit with no rooht to the vital pointsIn sequence with her last action, Lily hides behind the violin case she had pulled back to dodge the bullets fired by the ar onBecause of Lily’s uniquely petite figure, hitting her hidden behind the cover was by no means an easy taskAnd it was their mistake to have assumed that it was an ordinary violin case solely based on its exteriorStopping every bullet that was fired point-blank with their M16 assault rifles at close range, the hardness of the violin case’s surface is beyond iination It’s evident that it had been made bullet-proof with a special kind of alloyNow, the armed terrorists that was around 10 men has been cut down by half“G, gahhh!”In a state of panic, the aruard fires indiscriminately without any discretionTo be more exact, that’s what he tried to doBut Lily’s throwing knife dives into his wrist tendon He drops the assault rifle, grabs his wrist with the other hand and, before he can even screa his wayAfter that, Lily kicks off the floor and charges across to the closest guardShe dislocates his arrees, and then moves to his back and drives the newly unsheathed tactical knife into his cervical spine The grisly knife, with its serrated edge to h and cuts the spinal nerves apartHowever, just when the knife seeuard’s cervical spine or Lily’s hand— at blazing speed, it was flying towards the heart of another aruard—Along with a scream the situation comes to an endNow there are only three of them left, disarmed and taken out of actionThe tables have turned◇◆◇Having been tied up by Lily, the re side by side in front of Maria“Onii-sama!”But Maria doesn’t even give the toon the floor“Is your injury okay?! Are you hurt anywhere?! Ahh, I was so afraid for Onii-sa…!”“Ah, ahaha I’ to worry about”To be honest, it’s a bitto say that I’ with pain Even so, I really can’t let Maria get worriedwith tears and she seeenuinely concerned about me“Thank goodness! Aah, really, thank goodness…!”Maria says to herself quietly while caressing my cheek with her soft hand“Uh, yeah…”At any rate, did Maria forget that we’re in front of other people? Well, then again, there wouldn’t have been much difference even if she knewEventually, Maria regains her composure and calms downWiping away her glistening tears and reassuunmenLooking at theh they’re htYet, there is a clear aniree that even the crowd can feel a shi+ver down their backsIt’sMaria like thisEven the time where she had laced into the teacher when she first ca as thisOverfloith an aura of authority like that of a grily calm amidst this brutal bloodbathHer heterochroold seems to emit a brilliance of cold enmity“Like I said before, there is someone more powerful behind the curtains here”“F, fuck you! You Goddamn filthy Blackhazel whore!”One of the guards that was kneeling in the middle spits on her derisively“Oh my, it seems that you are in need of a lesson in proper etiquette”Maria s off the saliva on her evening dress Then she lightly snaps her fingers, as a certain sign to LilyBANG!In synchronization with Maria’s uard’s knee“GYAAAH!”“You are gravelyto hand you over quietly to the police”“W-What?!”“This cruise shi+p was never seajacked You were never here fro; therefore, the police will not come”…Because they have no reason toThebehind her words, all their faces become disconcerted with fearMaria is selBut it’s just her mouthIn contrast, her eyes were cold and dead to the world in their silence That peculiar dissociation evokes a sense of overwhel disparity that one cannot endure“N, No! Please, spare !”One of the guards pathetically bon and starts to beg, out of desperation“Don’t worry Honestly speaking, I never had any kind of expectations for small-fries like you”“Then why…?!”The thoughts reflected on the guards’ expressions are easily understandableMaria takes a light breath and continues her words“I’ the responsibility for the words that I have spoken”“W, what are you talking about?”“I have clearly given you the opportunity to decide”The opportunity to decide?As soon as they question thele scene flashes by in their mind「Right now, you have only two choices to decide from」That was the suggestion that everyone here laughed and brushed aside as a simple bluff“The one you should be resenting is none other than your leader As I have told youfaithful to sThere’s no personal feelings here Maria snaps her fingers again, saying those words indifferentlyThe gunfire tears through the hollow silenceOne shot, two shotsAnd,“Hold it, Lily”Suddenly, Maria extends her hand in front of Lily’s way, stopping herThinking it’s strange that he’s not yet dead, the treht“Oh my, what a curious coincidence”“W, What…?”For a while, Maria stares at hi a wordEventually, the momentary silence comes to an end by her voice“You have inflicted violence upon my Onii-sama, have you not?”“!”That’s right Now that I look carefully, he’s the guard who nailed my stomach with his rifle stock“Then it’s a different story for you”“Di, different?”“Although I’ve saidfaithful to my responsibility, it’s a different story if that person is the one who dared to blemish my Onii-sama’s precious body”Mariasome kind of a commandAs she does, Lily positions herself behind the guard’s back and opens the violin case The object she takes out from the inside is none other than a needle that is about 15 centi“Wh, what are you…?”“It’s your atonement”Realizing the gravity of the situation too late, the guard rocks his body in fear, but it’s a leLily forcibly opens the guard’s hand tied behind his back, then without any sign of hesitation shoves in the needle right below his fingernail, all the way to the end“GYAAAAAAH!”An ear-splitting scream echoed out in pain“My my, you are such a crybaby I have only put the first one in, you know?”“W-ait! I-I’ of you…! Please!”Pale froes to speak with his shi+vering lips But his plea is met with silence as Maria continues to watch him with a twisted smile on her faceIt’s as if she’s enjoying the sight of his agonyMy blood ran coldThis is torture— one that is inhuinationA series of shi+vers raises the hairs on my skin and slithers down my spine like a nest of thousand snakes, then sloines around my whole body“Why did you stop, Lily? Continue hat you were doing”“W-ait… N-n-no… Please, p-please! Please, please, please, please… GYAAAAH!”Foaony and almost blacks outThe pain ht underneath his fingernail and reach all the way down to his wrist Judging froh one of the arteriesThe guard convulses like a madman and incontinently wets himself“Fufu, how dirty Well then… Where e? Ah, yes We were on our third one now, right, Lily?”Stab!“GYAAAAAAAH!”“S, stop it!”Unable to endure her act of cruelty any longer, I shout out with all I got to break free from the paralysis“This is ht now!”“I do not want to, Onii-sama”“?!”But what I get is an unexpected answer that I’ve never thought ofThose words that I had so foolishly believed that Maria would never say to me“W-what did you just say…?”“I said I do not want to, Onii-sama”The words of refusal“I a harm to Onii-sama”This girl, just what is she trying to say?“This human trash crossed the line and inflicted a blemish on my precious Onii-sama’s body…! There is no way this small amount of pain can count as atoneiveness, I shall never forgive him Yes, without a question”A side of Maria that I simply can’t fathom“More, ony beneath by feet!It’s pure insanity“Now, Lily? Do not pay any attention to Onii-sa”“No, stop! Drop that needle right now and stop!”“—As your master, I order you: Do not stop no matter what”And with those words, Lily carried out Maria’s orders until the tenth needleTen timesTen needles Ten trips to the circles of hellThe man was now in an indescribable state; unable to talk, unable to stand He was collapsed on the floor, he was convulsing like an epilepticThe needles were poking out of the holes fro punctured all the wayHe was spraying out blood like a fountain, losing his body te a painful death“J, just kill me…”Having lost his grip on the last straw of hope, the guard waits for a coup de grâceIt’s so that only a person who has been pushed to the utmost limit would wish forThe earnest desire for death“No, that will not do”However, even his final wish for a swift, peaceful death is denied by the《Princess of Pure Darkness》“You’ll be buried at sea with your ars broken”“W, hat…?”“Feel the despair seep into your bones as you drown to your death in solitude”‘That’s the only penance that you’re able to do’The Goddess of death announces her final verdict and strikes the gavel three ti out distant echoesMaria turns around slowly and looks this wayOur eyes meetA bloodcurdling shi+ver races down my spineMy top was drenched in profuse amounts of cold sweatThis girl— who is she?This girl— is she really the Maria that I know?「A genocidal war cri Persephone on earth」「The second coreatest military tactics expert of the century 」“Onii-sama?”Tilting her head as though she’s worried, Maria moves a step closer to meI barely stopa step back instinctivelyJust who are you?My younger half sister Maria? The one with the silly jokes, who’s somehow just a little bit off with her sense of reality?No,That’s not itHer sense of reality isn’t just a little bit offIn every sense of the word, it’s otherworldlyThen just who is that girl?The 《Princess of Pure Darkness》and Maria… Are they really the same person?Giving out co of i ever happened Just who the hell is that 《Princess of Pure Darkness》?And it’s not just MariaI haven’t forgotten about her Despite being only twelve years old, she carries out brutal acts in cold blood that norine— LilyShooting so so a knife into sohtest of hesitationNonchalantly torturing a person who’s pleading for his lifeIt’s not about her sense of reality being a little bit offWar ore movies; I’ve seen them countless timesBut this is differentIt’s like it’s from a different world“I shall formally introduce her to you once more, Onii-sama”In theher in awe, the 《Princess of Pure Darkness》 slowly opens her mouth“This very child is the strongest agent that we Bandersnatch take pride in”Looking this way indifferently fro Devoid of emotion, it was a pool of empty darkness that spiralled down endlesslyShe’s not acting hereIt’s not a practical joke she’s pulling here to intimidate me“With the code na officer of Ladies in Black — a multipurpose special forces under the direct control of the head of Blackhazel I present to you”That’s right“—Major Lily Shupiel”Those girls, so to speak, are residents of another world