Vol 5 Chapter 5 (1/2)
Chapter 5: The Light that Splits the Wind
Part 1
The forest that separated the Southern part and the Northern block of Arubi Island was being mowed down by a violent hurricane
Healthy green leaves and branches, that appeared at the sa blown and ripped into bits, and were thrown up into the sky, spinning as if they were thrown into athrown around the surroundings like bullets
This was exactly what the ed berserker means The incarnation of violence without reason, was all one could see with their eyes
Who on earth could iine this outcome
——thefight between two young girls
”——I thought about this before! You burden yourself alone and plan to deal with it!”
As Kaguya was thrusting her giant lance while shouting, the tip of the lance spun with high-speeds like a drill and produced a tremendous tornado
She oing to clean sweep everything with the tornado
”Objection That word, Yuzuru will return it back to Kaguya with a present wrapped in excessive wrappings and have a paper card and ribbon attached on it………!”
But Yuzuru, even though she was being approached with a cluster of destructive wind, was extremely calm and made a complicated move with her left hand
When she did that, the pendulu, squiric circle in front of Yuzuru After it easily blocked the tornado attack whirled up by Kaguya, it once again returned to its string state and then turned into a spiral state wrapping Yuzuru's body surroundings
”You are too kind! Since I a to hand over the seat of the main personality, you should just quietly accept it!”
”Reject From the start, Yuzuru had no intentions to be the main personality”
”……………, howskillfully in our matches until now!”
”Objection That also goes for Yuzuru too Even though Yuzuru uyaback”
”The Ya of hurricane that knocks down all creation! Aren't you the only one suitable to be that!”
”Deny That is a uya”
”uh, even though you can fly faster than me!”
”Kaguya is the one that has more power than Yuzuru”
”Even though you have better style than me!”
”Kaguya has prettier skin”
”Even though you are cuter!”
”Objection Yuzuru cannot yield to that It is obvious Kaguya is much cuter than Yuzuru”
While exchanging words that sounded like a quarrel or not, Kaguya's lance, that was spinning in high revolution, and Yuzuru's string, that was coether The poas completely equal The s turned wild and attacked shi+dou
”Kuh…………………!”
shi+dou curved his body while supporting Tohka, and soed to resist it
If his body did not have the protection of a Spirit then shi+dou would have probably been bloay by the wind by now He was very confident of that because, the fight between these two——to put it correctly, the byproducts in the sidelines that were dragged into it would suffer terrible dae
Each tiusts would spread around and surrounding objects nearby would be plucked out from their roots and bloay
But shi+dou shook his head as if to shake away these thoughts, and glared at both of them as he somehow resisted the wind and raised his body
”Why………………”
Kaguya wants Yuzuru to live, Yuzuru wants Kaguya to live
Both of thehly about each other
That is——for the sake of the other, one would throay even her own life
But even so, why
”Why——did things turned out this way…………!!”
shi+dou raised shouts that would only crush his throat
”Stop! Both of you! You guys, don't you love each other very much!”
He shouted but, there was no reaction co from those two
Whether it was because of the sound of the wind that shi+dou's voice vanished or, they could only hear each other's offences and defenses inside their dreauish which one it was but, it was certain Kaguya and Yuzuru were still going to continue their intense fight
”Guh……………”
He was too powerless shi+dou covered his face with his hands while grinding his teeth
And then——
”shi+dou! Be careful! There is so here!”
Co from his side, Tohka's voice echoed and made shi+dou twitch his shoulders
He then looked around at his surroundings——and raised his eyebrows
”Wha……………”
During the few seconds shi+dou was chasing Kaguya and Yuzuru with his sights
As if to surround shi+dou and Tohka, around 10 hu in a row
No——wrong Their bodies had limbs and a head just like a normal human body but, their shape was obviously different than those of a human's
They had a slender body and a ss with joints facing the opposite direction coround Opposed to that, their arave an i unbalanced
Putting all of that in place was a glassy and smooth polished metal armor
And also, he saw CR-unit looking parts on their bodies
”Wha,what…………are these guys!”
In a hunchback-looking posture, he felt a roup of dolls that were gradually closing their distances, shi+dou released a voice that sounded like a groan
”DD-007 <bandersnatch>………………even if I say that, you still would not understand”
When he said that, in response to the screaround of the dolls
——it was the attendant cameraman, Ellen Mathers
”Ellen……san?”
”Nu, you are……………”
When Tohka and shi+dou let out their voices at the saerated nod
”You finally came to a place with no people, Tohka-san It looks like there is one unnecessary person here but——well, if that is all then it is still okay, I guess”
She said that and took a glance at shi+dou, she then snorted uninterested
”However, I am surprised To think those tere Spirits ——and what's et, the <berserk> It seeood compensation for all that piled up misfortune”
”Wha…………”
He unintentionally frowned ——just now this girl called Kaguya and Yuzuru <berserk>
”You………who on earth are you Don't tell me you're from the AST…………!?”
”!, houu…………”
When shi+dou shouted full of detest, Ellen moved her eyebrows as if it were the first ti
”You know of the Anti-Spirit team of the JGSDF huh ——but, sadly that is off”
She hung out her hand after saying that and as if folloith that, the dolls called <bandersnatch> lowered their posture all at once and leaped towards shi+dou and Tohka's direction
”Kuh——”
shi+dou iasped instinctively and closed his eyes
But, even after a few seconds, there was no i at his body
He slowly opened his eyes thinking it eird, and over there was,
”Mu…………are you alright, shi+dou”
Manifesting a li a glowing sword <sandalphon> in her hands It looked like, the moment <bandersnatch> leaped over; she released the limiter for her Maryoku, and deflected the attack with <sandalphon>
And, looking at Tohka's state, Ellen, a little excited, opened her eyes wide
”——
It really is the real thing as expected”
”uh, even Tohka's codename…………”
shi+dou brought his eyebrow roots together Even though he had to stop Kaguya and Yuzuru as soon as possible, to think an unknown and mysterious enemy appeared here
But Ellen, as if she wasn't even bothered hat thoughts shi+dou was having, stretched her hands towards Tohka's direction as if she were trying to reach her
”Tohka-san Would you like to coet the best treatment”
”——Don't bullshi+t!”
Together with Tohka yelling that, she pointed the tip of <sandalphon> towards Ellen
”O, oi Tohka, isn't using <sandalphon> towards a normal human a little too——”
”Wrong”
”Eh………?”
After replying to shi+dou's question, Tohka continued talking while glaring at Ellen with a face covered with nervousness
”I noticed this ere facing each other like this for the first ti about her Yeah………it feels like the AST's aura, only that hers is much darker”
And, as ifhat Tohka said, Ellen, for the first tio up
”What an interesting remark”
While saying that, Ellen leisurely spread both her hands as if she was taunting Tohka
When she did that, a pale glow immediately covered Ellen's body, and after asuit and a CR-unit
Her suit had a different form from those of the AST's It covered the important areas of her body and the parts were iant sword-like equipment on her back, which especially drew his attention
”! Wha……………”
”——<bandersnatch> team, don't lay your hands for noant to have a little test to kno strong the
, I have heard about, is”
After saying that, she pulled out the sword equipped on the back of her right hand, and a sword of light manifested from the body of the blade
As if to invite Tohka, Gui, the fingers on her left hand were bent and shown to her
”Don't look down on me……………!”
Shouting, Tohka kicked the ground and headed towards Ellen At the same time, she held up <sandalphon> and hit down at Ellen's head with a speed that couldn't be captured with his eyes
But——Ellen easily stopped that with the sword held by only one hand
”Oh, is that it?”
”Kuh…………!”
Letting out an anguished voice, Tohka swung <sandalphon> continuously
However, all of the attacks were defended, and Ellen's unit did not even have a single scratch on it
”Haaah!”
”……………”
After taking on the sword strikes several tih
”………………Is that all you have,
”
”Wha——What did you say!?”
”I even went as far to equip
but——it looks like it was not needed What a disappointment Let's end this”
After saying that, Ellen swung down the giant laser blade at Tohka
”Kuh——”
Tohka prepared <sandalphon> to atteainst that attack But——
””Eh…………?””
In the next instant, dumbfounded voices were leaked out of shi+dou and Tohka's throat at the same time
But that was only natural That was because, the moment Tohka took on Ellen's sword strike, the body of <sandalphon> that she made a stance as easily smashed into pieces
”What……is——”
After a short anguished moment, Ellen's attack easily blew Tohka's small body backwards
”Kuaah………!”
Tohka's body then grazed the ground several ti with that, delayed in one beat, the sht particles and melted away into the atmosphere
”To,Tohka!”
After shi+dou shouted, he tried to approach towards Tohka But——on the direction towards her, two <bandersnatch> appeared and obstructed shi+dou fro to swarether, at Tohka's direction
”What a kill-joy Pleaseher to the
After saying that, Ellen snapped her finger and the ar her body disappeared in an instant
Afterwards, as if losing interest even on Tohka, she pui turned her face and crossed her arms
But, the predica face-down and not rabbed by two <bandersnatch>, one on the left and the other on the right, and her body was carried up And when he thought that one more doll walked towards the li out of it was closing in onto Tohka's forehead
”Gu——aa………——”
Tohka let out a painful voice and twist her body
”Tohka! What are you doing you bastards! daet lost!”
Even though he shouted, the dolls standing in front of hi the tiuish and shriek ether, echoed out of Tohka's throat
”Tohka——!”
shi+dou raised a scream
An absurd amount of powerlessness and despair overran the inside of his head
In the end, shi+dou could not do anything
Whether it were stopping Kaguya and Yuzuru or saving Tohka from this predicament
The sealing ability that was inside his hands, was currently useless for this situation
The only thing left was the healing ability borrowed froained Spirit protection from Tohka and the others
——At the very least, one more If only he had the power to cut this doll into pieces so and through
For some reason, Kurumi's——the face of the worst Spirit, that kills humans out of her own free will, passed the inside of his head
The feeling he had at that ti In the end………the despair fro around in his brain
——not again, I don't want to go through that again
shi+dou heard so sound inside his head
I don't care if it is a one in a lifetime opportunity I don't care if I only can do it once
Right noith these hands, if I had the power to save Tohka——!
”Tohkaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa——!”
In an instant——shi+dou, naturally, raised his right hand up
And then
”Eh………?”
When he let out his dumbfounded voice
The ht hand that was raised up, the upper body of the <bandersnatch> standing and blocking in front of him, disappeared cleanly
And one more <bandersnatch> that was further front——the head of the unit that was restraining Tohka's hand slid diagonally off its place
When that happened, as if it were being pulled down by force, Tohka's body collapsed onto the ground
”cough………,cough……………”
”This…………is”
shi+dou, in a state where he found the thing he was seeing unbelievable, looked at his own right hand
There was
——a brightly glowing sword, held in his hand
Part 2
”Set a Protect territory area towards 1'o clock, the coordinates 132-50-39 Radius 255-246”
”Ro,roger Protect territory set; coordinates are 132-50-39 Radius 255-246”
Repeating Kannazuki's instruction again, <deep love=””> Minowa quickly hit the console
When she did that, the Territory placed around the <fraxinus> transformed, it condensed into Kannazuki's instructed direction and radius, and an invisible as constructed
The next ht on that spot, the eneht wrapped the e but, there was only a se
””…………””
All of the crew members of <fraxinus> had their breaths taken away all at once
The Protect territory, just as its name describes, is a special type of territory which is placed for the goal of avoiding attacks to the interior area Specifically, the wider the radius of the territory gets, the lower its strength becomes, but if it condenses and wraps just barely around the surface of the target then the strength of it increases remarkably
But, just nohat Kannazuki instructed was one level ahead It was a method where a wall-like territory was condensed only towards a specific spot
Naturally, if that was done then the strength of the Territory would exceedingly increase The result of it was right now experienced by all of the crew members
But, that is an extree sword
This had a simple reason If the territory was deployed on a limited radius, then the other parts would turn into a completely defenseless state
”——next, at the sanate a Protect territory with a radius of 5069”
”Fi,fifty point sixty nine……!?”
”Please hurry, if not ill die ——aah, but it's true that, I alanted to get the feeling of pain from a near death experience, I don't knohat to do anymo…………”
”Protect Territory designated, radius is 5069!”
In the middle of Kannazuki's words, the Territory was deployed on the designated spot Then on the very small set radius Territory, an even more powerful Maryoku cannon was released
Most likely, it was a power that would da was used That is why Kannazuki designated the activation into one with a smaller radius, as if he had foreseen that
What's more, it was not once or twice
Actually after the first cannon hit, the number of Maryoku cannons released was 12 times And all of them were precisely avoided by Kannazuki Kyouhei
It was true that there was only one ene theory, it was probably not impossible But——
”Well then, I sorasp the rhythm In reality I wanted to be tortu………… Attacked a little es be placed on commander Itsuka's world tree”
After Kannazuki suddenly hang out his hands as if to collect everyone's attention, he then glared at the enemy shi+p shown on the main monitor
”——Prepare the convergence Maryoku cannon <mystletainn>”
”Why can't it hit!”
Paddington hit the handrails of the captain seat with his clenched fist together with releasing an angry roar
Even though they were shooting the Maryoku cannon multiple ti in the sky
What's more, when they intercepted them, they didn't take any evasive actions but rather, they were sitting in one spot while accurately defending themselves from the cannon attacks
Yes——it was like they werea fool out of this
”Th,the moment the cannon attack reached them, it seems like a Protect territory was deployed on the estimated place of impact!”
”Don't joke withlike that!”
”Bu,but——”
When the crew e rang and echoed
”! Heat source confir Maryoku on the main cannon located at the tip of the shi+p's body!”
”Kuh………… Turn right at 1-0-4! Transfer all the generated Maryoku to the Protect territory!”
”Roger Turning right at 1-0-4”
Following Paddington's command, the
The next ht appeared on the tip of the enemy shi+p, an intense torrent of Maryoku was released out from it
It pierced through the Territory of the
”damn it——damn it damn it damn ittttttttt!”
After Paddington shook his throat, he then released the next command
”Turn all of the driving force of the
”Ro,roger……………!”
Part 3
”Ahh~ahh~, Origa a vacation on a southern island by now I'm so envious—”
In a hanger part of the JSDF Tenguu garrison, Mily was tapping on a thin tablet while fanning herself andin a slow tone
”Move your hand instead of your mouth”
And, while Ryouko was sighing as if she'd given up, she then pulled on the goggle worn on Mily's forehead and quickly let her hand go sether with that sound, an impact shock ran on Mily's forehead, and she toppled backwards
”Ouch! Wha, as that for!”
”Here, the next one is this I a this later so hurry it up”
After saying that, she showed one of the Combat Realizer units she obtained, the laser knuckles <nut crackers=””> Colove, a single cable extended towards Mily
It was a close-combat specialized equipment which allowed the user to perforenerated by the Realizer but, due to the reach being extremely short, it was a special equipment with not many users even in the team At the very least, Ryouko was probably the only one that took this as a main equipment on her own accord
”Mouu…………Ryouko resorts to violence every single time— Please be careful with a mechanic's head—”
While co, Mily took the cable in her hand and connected it to the tuning cable; she then touched the screen and co the equipment
”What are you saying I aned to the AST, the captain was so dangerous that, even now, just re makes it repulsive”
Like that, Ryouko said that while her face turned pale as if she re scary Mily faced towards her while operating the tablet
”Dangerous……………such a strict person?”
”Rather than strict, how should I put it”
”? What do you mean?”
When Mily asked with a doubtful face, Ryouko continued talking as if she were troubled
”Let's see For exa useless chatter like right now”
”Yeah yeah”
”Also, if someone quietly went near the captain, and pon……………placed their hands on his shoulders If that happened it was an out On that whole day, you had to wear an e cosplay shi+rt chosen by the captain Of course in thetoo, they had to wear it on top of the wiring suits”
”Eehh…………”
Mily raised her eyebrows as ers went into disorder and a nu them in a panic, she talked back to Ryouko
”Yo, you mean costume play”
”Yes …………and what'sThe second out was a penalty with that person while cosplaying and, as an add-on, having to step on the captain”
”Heh? They had to step on the captain-san?”
”Yes The members that received the penalty had to step on the captain”
Mily twitched her cheeks while letting sweat float on her forehead
”Why is that”
”I wonder………but well, everyone becausted”
”Err, then, what happened after the 3rd warning………”
”…………………you want to hear?”
Sensing the seriousness coswing swung her head
”Th, that captain had quite a personality”
”…………well, I guess so There h the filter of beautiful japanese words, probably only a very little a that kind of euphemistic expression”
”Ha,haha………”
Towards Ryouko, as using an unusual black , Mily unintentionally made a wry smile
But, [however] Ryouko continued talking with that word
”It is true that that person was an unthinkable pervert but…………his skills were the real thing Without joking, that person's skills with the Realizer were a level above the other , that person was the AST's ace”
”Ha,haa, is that so …………err, then, why is that person not here? If that person was that strong, then the higher ups should have had their eyes on that person”
When Mily said that, Ryouko raised her eyebrows as if she was bewildered
”That is……………I don't really know Suddenly one day [I, I have to go find a suitable ivelike that and disappeared Just in case, that person see a register…………”
After saying that, she shrugged her shoulders
”Seriously…………I wonder what that person is doing”
Part 4
”<mystletainn>, was avoided………!”
”Oyah, I missed huh Hnn, as expected, it would see”
When Kannazuki said that jokingly, the crew ether made a powerless wry smile
”——! Ene this way!”
”I see, it's co to scrape off our Realizer directly”
A battle between shi+ps equipped with Realizers, if thought carefully, would come to a conclusion if one shi+p were able to tear off the opponent's territory
Kannazuki fu a loud voice
”Set all of the Basic Realizer to parallel drive Please transfer all the generated Maryoku to the Territory At the same time shrink the area Squeeze it until it is 2 meters from the shi+p's surface”
”Roger, AR- 008 from machine 1 to 10, parallel drive activate”
”Aah, and also for the Control Realizer too, please leave one and have the others generate Maryoku”
”Rog——eh?”
The crew member, who faithfully repeated after Kannazuki, stopped his words
But that was probably a natural reaction
<fraxinus> is equipped and largely divided into 2 kinds of Realizers The Basic Realizer with the purpose of generating Maryoku for the use of the cannon and Territory, and the Control Realizer with the purpose of controlling the Basic Territory
As long as the Control Realizer reh it is inefficient, it is possible to generate Maryoku like the Basic Territory It is certain; in order to oppose the approaching enee Maryoku output, this kind of method is probably the only way left
However, by abandoning a large portion of the Control Realizer wouldthe CPU out of a coe Maryoku output becoht be a chance that it would not be even possible to set it to the Territory
After Kannazuki groaned thinking that it was normal for the crew members to feel uneasy, he took a black headset from the back of the captain's seat, and equipped it on his head
”——It's going to be alright If it's about the replacement for the Control Realizer, it's over here”
He said that and pointed his fingers to his head
”Eh?”
”Leave the explanations to later If you don't want the <fraxinus> to fall then, please follow my instructions”
”Uh——Roger…………! Control Realizer——eneration!”
After the crew members operated the console, in an instant, the Territory that wrapped around the <fraxinus> disappeared
——And was immediately restored
”Im,impossible……”