Vol 3 Chapter 3 (1/2)
Chapter 3 - shi+ro's Resolve
Going back in time a little
dauard down ---
Thought Hishi+ro shi+ro as he lay fallen on the ground, with a sword pierced through his back
Looking behind him, both Yousuke and Himi too had swords impaled into them He could not ic embedded into the sword
Aothers
”Kiri, you bitch”
By the time shi+ro had uttered that, she was already onto her next prey With beautiful long hair fluttering in the air, her body advanced lightly A new japanese sas ht hand She readied it
Her prey was a fool as desperately trying to save his comrade The fool's back was completely defenseless He was totally unaware of Kiri behind him
shi+ro attempted to shout ”shi+nnosuke!” to that fool, but it was already too late Kiri's sword stabbed into the back of shi+nnosuke
shi+nnosuke did not react at all It seeined that his comrade Kiri, would attack him from behind
And with that, it ended
They lost
Kiri was a traitor
Gunjou could not be saved
Then, what should he do?
What was the correct thing that he should do?
How could he protect his comrades?
The only obvious choice was to Escape but, he couldn'tslots He couldbelow his neck
Thus, right now, the only cursed song that was playing in his head was the Thousand Deities Flash Of Light switch
【Open the foolish sky ♪
Open the foolish land ♪
The foolish us open Nirvana ♪】
shi+ro looked at Hiain He tried to query them with his eyes, but it was futile But since he couldn't ers, he couldn't Escape
Then how could they get out?
” be on standby”
He mouthed the order with only his lips Himi and Yousuke's eyes responded to that
shi+ro turned to face his front And pondered
He probably could Escape Since he had the cursed song, Thousand Deities Flash Of Light switch, playing
Additionally, he could freely bring out Thousand Deities Flash Of Light from anywhere that his hands could reach If he invoked the boring-like ht switch into the sword that was impaled into his chest, he could probably wrench the sword out
Of course, that carried soht switch carried too ht fail to properly bore into the sword and end up shaving off part of his body instead If that happened, he probably would have less than half of his body left
Besides, once he invoked thatWhen that happened, the Valor Team probably wouldn't just sit around and watch
Therefore, he only had one chance
To pull out the sith Thousand Deities Flash Of Light switch
And save his comrades
But which of his comrades should he save?
Gunjou? Or shi+nnosuke?
Or, save Hiroup, then proceed to save shi+nnosuke and Gunjou with them?
Which one would it be? Which one had a better chance of succeeding?
At any rate, he only had one chance
Just one
While shi+ro was seeking for that one chance, this hat shi+nnosuke and Kiri said to each other
” Kiri, pull out your sword”
”No way”
”No, you'll pull it out I believe in you”
”Ah-haha You can't do that You can't trust someone like me”
”No way I trust you”
”You can't”
”I trust you”
”I said you can't”
”Shut up! Didn't you talk about being comrades earlier! Therefore, you are our comrade!”
Bellowed shi+nnosuke
Comrade
That twisted Arisu shi+nnosuke with a shi+tty personality hollered 'comrade'
” hey hey, are you for real?”
shi+ro ser
It see Gunjou In that case, he couldn't just bail out like that
It was decided He would pull out Kiri's sword and run towards shi+nnosuke And he would leave everything to that rarely worked-up, desperate fool If he was that serious, heGunjou
Thus,
” Thousand Deities”
However, shi+ro's words stopped halfway
Because the situation suddenly changed
Kiri's back quivered He could hear her voice that was hoarse with tears
” I, I really I thought I saw a dream in which I could really become your comrade”
It see
”Kiri! Forget that and just pull out the sword!”
”I can't I I”
It see
”I don't knohat kind of a hold they have on you but, but I, we'll protect you so please, pull out your sword!”
shi+nnosuke yelled His fervent voice sees
But the world would not forgive that
Because Kiri was someone who lived in the darkness It was not an uncommon story Humans kept by military corporations and dictatorial countries; they weren't really uncommon
And, she was probably so for the Valor Team
A traitor
But, it wasn't really an uncommon story It was really not unco her co an eyelid
Since, in the world of labyrinths where the rewards that could be reaped were great, those who beca were all like that Born in that darkness, raised in that darkness, but yet, they searched for a light somewhere
Kiri had probably already given up on searching for that light That was the kind of face she had That was the kind of girl, with a plastered smile on her face, she was
Everything was an act; a fake beauty
The world was dark
Miracles did not happen in this world
”Most of the time, that is”
Murmured shi+ro
But right now, a miracle was about to happen
Because Kiri had ended up crying
Thrown off by shi+nnosuke's passion, Kiri's heart eventually moved
After that shi+nnosuke with a horrible personality hollered loudly about her being a comrade, Kiri's heart eventually moved
There are tih it is an occasional thing, miracles do occur when someone hollers
Of course, right now, it had yet to happen But, probably, it was not shi+ro as creating the miracle here shi+ro stopped his invocation of Thousand Deities Flash Of Light switch for now
Kiri's tears continued to flow, but she did not pull her sword out
” I'm sorry, shi+nnosuke-kun”
”Don't screith me!”
”Sorry sorry”
Kiri continued to apologize in a quavering voice
shi+ro looked intently at both Kiri and shi+nnosuke Staring at them with his red eyes
Then, he started analyzing the situation calmly
It was enough for just one person to holler up athat
In that case, shi+ro would gather in all the information calmly This was teamwork Since they only careement to trust one another In that case, he would believe in the as they win in the end
””
Kiri was crying
But this was not a place where she should be crying If she cried, she would not be able to fulfill her role as a traitor In other words, there was a possibility that she was not a traitor
shi+ro looked at the sword pierced into his chest
The sas impaled into his heart
But yet, he did not die
Kiri should possess severalinto oblivion in just an instant Reason being, the ic she had used was at a level that was able to deal with the irl
Then, why did they not die?
The effect of Kiri'stype In order to make shi+ro unable to move But yet, his head andSo that he could speak Perhaps, this was actually a et's head and et before his very eyes, and interrogate him
But why did Kiri choose such a ic?
If she did not want shi+ro to interfere, then it would be better to just quickly kill him off
”Why”
Murmured shi+ro
”Why on earth”
shi+ro glared at shi+nnosuke and Kiri
”What kind of visual e am I supposed to see here? Is there a hint to where the miracle will occur?”
At that moment, the leader of the Valor Team, by the name Kujaku, raised her knife
”Stop!”
shi+nnosuke hollered
”Stop please! I I have a ic that can save Gunjou”
But nobody waited for him
Kujaku swung her knife down at Gunjou's chest
””
shi+ro grimaced
If Kiri was a traitor, an ene harm on them, then if he were to survive, he would probably later blame himself, who had been unable to move at this place
But, shi+ro chose to believe Kiri He chose to believe the feelings of Kiri who responded to shi+nnosuke's cries with tears
Kujaku's knife pierced into Gunjou's chest
Gunjou, for soah-hah escaped frohed out blood
At that moment, the time limit displayed in the 《Headphone Fuzz》 became 0
But the Valor Team did not panic
Kiri too did not panic
It see to 0 ithin their expectations
”Ah, ah, ah, ah”
Gunjou started crying out
《Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, aaaaah, ah, aaaah, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh》
She turned into an eternal labyrinth
Once she got sed up by it, it would be the end
They would no longer be able to save Gunjou
They should Escape Lying here and believing in the tears of Kiri and the passion of shi+nnosuke was never a sane thing
However,
””
shi+ro still did not use his ic He searched for a chance He believed in his co else but to believe in his comrades
Gunjou hollered for a while, then went linaled to end of the eternal labyrinth transformation
Kujaku then said,
”All right, this should be fine If the ic has succeeded, then this labyrinth is now connected to the 《Apocalypse Alice》”
She then pulled out the knife from Gunjou's chest The knife disappeared It seeic
” Apocalypse Alice”
Murmured shi+ro
In other words, that was their --- no, that was the lomerate Mitsutomo Group's objective Gunjou was just a throay pawn This was a plan to use Gunjou to connect to 《Apocalypse Alice》
Gunjou could no longerthat, Kujaku looked in the direction of Kiri, and said
”But well, your acting earlier was pretty a those tears?”
Kiri looked at Kujaku and answered
”Nothing ~ It's because I'ets into the role”
”The role of --- a comrade of the Hero Team?”
Kiri wiped off tears, and a dark smile then surfaced on her,
”Yeah The peeps of the Hero Teas like comrades, friendshi+p they're really stupid But since I'ood person, when I betray my comrades, for some reason, my chest hurts a little you see ~ Here”
She said while pressing on her large chest
Kujaku looked hard at her in disgust and said,
” to kill your co your tears, you are a pretty horrible person”
That confirmed it
Kiri did not betray them
Kujaku thought that shi+nnosuke, shi+ro, Yousuke, Himi were all dead Of course Kiri could kill theic to do that
But they did not die They were merely restrained
Then, what Kiri was doing right now ---
”Jeez, shi+nnosuke-kun was just too worked-up At the very last part, I could barely containout loud What the hell's with 『We'll protect you』, gawd the brat doesn't even know a thing ~”
What Kiri was doing right noas an act to protect her comrades from the Mitsutomo Group
Half sround shi+nnosuke remained liic that affected even the head, different from them
His body appeared lifeless
Kujaku then looked at Kiri with sousted eyes and said
”I just can't bear looking at that you're really horrible It's good that you aren't our co an eyelid”
Kiri wiped off her tears, and a dark smile then surfaced on her
Kiri looked up and smiled
”Are you being cynical?”
”No, I was praising you”
”Oh really Well, you should get going right? You don't have tiet the rights to Apocalypse Alice”
But Kujaku looked hard at Kiri and said
”No no, we can't have that According to the agreement with the Kowloon Devils Group, we can use your life freely up till the very end”
””
Kowloon Devils Group --- that hat Kujaku said
It was the na Kong
It seemed like Kiri was a member of the Kowloon Devils Group
An assassin raised by a mafia
Or soe by the mafia
He did not know the details of her situation
But whichever way it was, right now, she had also betrayed that et punished
Calling the theseher life
Why did she go as far as to risk her life? He did not know He did not knohat she was feeling neither her situations But, he knew that she could be trusted And also, her life was already just short of getting snuffed out
Their eneantic mafia
Kujaku said
”Now Kiri, please be our vanguard Even though ere told that the difficulty level of the 《Apocalypse Alice》 would be lowered after getting connected to Gunjou's labyrinth it's hard to s that A rank 666 sure is scary So it's better to have a thick wall of flesh With your pointlessly large breasts, it's the perfect role for you, right?”
Kiri then looked hard at Kujaku and said
”Ah-ha, sounds like it's real cynicism this time, isn't it? From someone with no breasts”
Kujaku replied