Vol 3 Chapter 3 (2/2)
”For a person like me who doesn't need to deceive others, I don't need the and I don't feel the need to be cynical”
”Uwah, that stings Is that the kind of thing to say to a friend who is hurting and crying fro her comrades?”
” who's your friend? Please don't get too close to et too close, I'll kill you”
””
With that, Kujaku gathered her subordinates
The guys from Kansai's Valor Team The other subordinates should be from the five transport choppers If everyone had survived and arrived here, there were probably a hundred people there
And they probably were all people gathered by Mitsuto 《Apocalypse Alice》 Carrying large a, they were here for raiding an eternal labyrinth
After talking for a while, Kujaku looked up and said
”My, you're still here? Kiryuu Kiri You should get going and stand in the front line”
” huh? Aht at the front by myself with no team?”
Kujaku smiled
”Rest assured As your comrades, we'll watch your back Ah, but, since you just stabbed your Hero Teaht?”
” hey”
”Just kidding We'll protect you to some extent Since we have a contract with the Kowloon Devils So, can you stop ?”
Kiri then said
”I'ht?”
”Whatever I have no interest in you At any rate, our relationshi+p with you, with the Kowloon Devils Group, will end after this labyrinth raid Now, hurry up We'll retrieve the overnment and Taikou Pharmaceuticals notice this”
She then raised her hand Upon doing that, each of the Kansai Valor Team members started to form up at that lead Kujaku retreated to the back
Different from Gunjou, the true lady of Mitsutomo Group retreated to the safest place behind that wall of flesh and then said
”But then again, it's because you are strong that I'h”
Kiri then turned around,
”I'm left with no choice huh ~”
While saying that, she turned towards shi+ro
And met his eyes for an instant
Kiri was e to him
At that irl with an abnormally short skirt and twin tails juic if he remembered correctly
Her name should be Makoto
Makoto said
”So that looks like a rabbit has come!”
He could not turn to take a look There was a need to let them think that they were dead
What had appeared was probably a monster conjured by the labyrinth There were not any rabbit-like creatures a the monsters conjured by Gunjou
Then, based on the conversation between Kujaku and Kiri, there was a possibility that the monster was from the Apocalypse Alice
And if it was a monster from a rank 666 labyrinth, then, the people here would probably be killed in an instant
The huht now could not even last three minutes inside a rank 100 labyrinth
But Apocalypse Alice was rank 666
They could not survive in it for a second
But yet, Makoto jumped out
A suy from the Valor Team by the name of Zakkii if he remembered correctly also jumped out
Kiri also jumped out
He heard the noises of a battle
He heard the noises ofinvoked
And finally, he heard the voice of Makoto
”Wooooaaooorhhh, we did it! Kujaku-sama, Apocalypse Alice is probably already weakened!”
Kujaku said
”Then, let's begin We shall now commence the raid on the world's most difficult labyrinth, Apocalypse Alice If we succeed, then the world will be ours Are you all ready?”
””Yes!””
”Then, let's go!”
And the Kansai tea
Everyone had a nervous look
That was natural given that they were about to raid Apocalypse Alice
Gunjou did not move
shi+nnosuke did not move
No one looked in the direction of shi+ro, Himi, and Yousuke
They all had Apocalypse Alice on their hands right now
The Valor Team disappeared from the room
But still, shi+ro did not move for a while
Screams could be heard far away
The sounds of battle
The sounds of battle faded away The screams also faded away
But he did not move
He did not move
Withoutuntil it was quiet, and then,
”Thousand Deities Flash of Light switch!”
He raised his voice
Instantly, his ic activated
Behind hiantic drill-like tip appeared The drill entwined itself with Kiri's sword And pulled it out
”Guh”
While he felt a strange sense of discomfort when the sas pulled out, there was no pain As expected, the ic was not the type that would wound an opponent
The sword got blasted away, and fell onto the floor
The ic was undone
His body could ain
He stood up
shi+ro pressed his hand against his chest and breathed in deeply,
”Fuuuuhh”
After breathing out once, he looked around him
The floor was completely red fro in that sea of blood, Yousuke and Himi were pinned doith swords
He had to save them
shi+ro approached them, and pulled out the swords The pulled out swords disappeared The sword he had pulled out from himself had also disappeared from the floor Since its role had ended
Yousuke stood up immediately,
”dauys!”
He said in a slightly angry voice Contrary to his bespectacled look, he was surprisingly sore at losing
Indeed, they had lost They had insufficient intel and too small a force
But that could not be helped Since they had to remain covert in this school
Himi then stood up and said
” ere saved by Kiri-san, right”
shi+ro nodded He then looked at the two of them and said
”Both of you heard what they said? This is a colomerate Mitsutomo Group and the Kowloon Devils Group”
”Yeah This is bad”
shi+ro nodded
”Really bad”
This was soanization as soon as possible This was a big incident that e the balance of the military powers in the world
But, well,
”We'll talk about that later Let's save our comrade first”
shi+ro turned around
He looked at the shi+nnosuke who had lost consciousness fro Gunjou beside him
If he pulled out the sword, shi+nnosuke should be able to move
Once he did that, then there was a possibility that shi+nnosuke ic
In other words, their original objective of 『saving Gunjou』 ht be fulfilled
”It's Kiri's complete win huh”
shi+ro muttered, to which Himi said from behind him
”But, Kiri-san is really in a bad position”
”Ho save Kiri next? I'm already kind of tired”
shi+ro said with a wry s towards shi+nnosuke
Yousuke said while following behind
”But there are still things about Kiri that I do not trust”
”Like what?”
”Why did she not restrain our brains and heads like what she did to shi+nnosuke? If she wanted to protect us, it would be safer to just make us look co? Does that mean”
shi+ro turned around and said to Yousuke
”To show herself to us as a tragic heroine, so as to make use of us?”
”It's a possibility, right?”
Of course it was possible
Anything was possible in this world
But Himi said from the side
”But Kiri-san cried, right?”
Yousuke said
”You're really a naive one A woman can easily shed tears just to draw attention to herself, isn't it ~”
”I don't!”
Hirily, but well, he did not know s However, at the very least,
” those tears looked genuine to me”
Said shi+ro
He could tell that those tears were real and were triggered by the heartfelt words from shi+nnosuke
Yousuke then said
” yeah I could see that too But someone had to play the devil's advocate”
He was right about that too
”Well then, I'll leave that part to you”
Afterthe request to Yousuke, shi+nnosuke looked intently at Gunjou before getting closer to shi+nnosuke
He looked at the Mizuiro Gunjou who had became an eternal labyrinth
Gunjou did not move
She did not attack him
Looking intently at that Gunjou, shi+ro said
”Hey Gunjou”
””
”Shrimp”
””
”Flat-chest”
””
”All right, there's no danger”
shi+ro then approached shi+nnosuke
Gunjou still did not move Maybe she was restrained by the knife that Kujaku used to stab her
He ht next to the fallen shi+nnosuke
He grabbed the sword pierced into his back and pulled it out
The ht then
”All right, get up shi+nnosuke Let's save Gunjou”
””
But, shi+nnosuke still did not move His consciousness did not return He did not even flinch
”Ah? Hey, shi+nnosuke?”
He called him but he did not move
He shook his shoulder But he did not open his eyes
”Hey”
He slapped his cheeks But he did not open his eyes
”Hey, stop playing! Wake up shi+nnosuke”
He grabbed his hair and twisted them,
”Hey you, stop joking around I'et up”
But, shi+nnosuke still did not open his eyes It was not like he died He was still breathing He had a pulse as well However, his consciousness did not return
shi+ro turned to his comrades behind, and said
”Hey, this guy isn't waking up”
Himi came over anxiously and said
”I-I'll try using ic!”
And she started invoking her ic
shi+ro stood up
Yousuke then said
”Can I said so that's dreadful and rational?”
shi+ro knehat Yousuke was going to say but he still nodded
”Say it”
”This is one thing that adds on to the possibility of Kiriuse of us”
shi+ro scowled
He was right
If the reason as to why shi+nnosuke would not wake up was attributed to Kiri's ic (and it would be 99 because of that), then they would have to go after her Since they could not save Gunjou if shi+nnosuke did not wake up Only shi+nnosuke had the ic to save Gunjou
In other words, if they were to Escape here, then they would have gone back empty-handed, abandoned their comrades and escaped
”And the Mitsutoet their hands on Apocalypse Alice too”
Yousuke then said
”But there's also an advantage on our side The Kansai guys think that we are dead”
”That's part of Kiri's plan right?”
”But if we are actually Kiri's coht? We would be able to raid Apocalypse Alice to our benefit”
shi+ro looked at Yousuke on hearing that
He then considered
He pondered about their current situation
When Yousuke was talking about the advantages and disadvantages, he was not referring to the labyrinth raid
He was referring to the people ---
Indeed, when it cae this time
But he did not have too much time to think
Since there was a voice co from the entrance to the hall
”Yaah yaah yaah yaah”
He looked in that direction
There, stood a rabbit A rabbit holding a pocket watch
That rabbit said
”Yaah yaah Mr Human, it's time to die”
”Everyone, be prepared for battle!”
shi+ro hollered, and then ---
The raid on 《Apocalypse Alice》 started