Vol 3 Chapter 4 (2/2)
And then, we suddenly reach the place where it is connected to another labyrinth
”It's probably there”
Gunjou points
I look in that direction and there is a hole in the wall In the labyrinth made by Gunjou, the surface of the wall is co scenery but on the other side of the hole in the wall, it is a completely different scenery
Grass grows
In the middle of the sea where the horizon can be seen, a hole opens, and what coe scenery encroached by a forest
”Well then, that's the Apocalypse Alice?”
Gunjou shakes her head
”No That's still part of my labyrinth It is the place from where we can infiltrate the Apocalypse Alice By the way, you should know this but this place is”
”76 floors above ground?”
”That's right But Apocalypse Alice is”
I nod Apocalypse Alice is not a tall labyrinth In other words, if this rooht drop 76 floors down to enter Apocalypse Alice
I look at Gunjou and say
”Eh, don't tell me there's a slide here on the 76th floor?”
Gunjou then looks up atme
In other words, there's a slide
”For real? If we slide 76 floors down, can we survive?”
We approach that hole There is indeed a slide there A sharply angled slope The exit is far away and cannot be seen Butthan that, once we descend, on't be able to get back again
I peer down,
” I nohy shi+ro and the rest didn't come back”
It ht be because of this steep slope that they were not able to come back
I say
”If there's a wall en route this”
It will be an instantaneous death from the sudden impact
But Gunjou replies
”The slope will get entle the further we descend”
”Did you make it that way?”
”Yeah, probably I don't know Even now, I don't kno it got connected to Apocalypse Alice”
”You don't remember?”
”Yeah”
But Gunjou probably did that No, it was Kujaku's ht be better to put it in this way
It sees like, invade the heart of labyrinth diseased girls, create and erase labyrinths, invading into other labyrinths and decrease their difficulty
There's really an outrageous ic technology that's deemed possible in the world
And if they are able to do this irls They should have already been able to develop technology to save them
But yet, they have never announced that they have saved soy to save someone is there, there is no one ould attempt to save them
What only exists is aic
More, more, more, more
”damn, I look like a fool when I rejoiced at the completion of the Holy Sword switch”
I hit the wall of the labyrinth made by Gunjou
At that moment, Gunjou looks up at me and says
” but thanks to that, I was saved”
I smirk and reply
”Yeah Somebody like you”
But I can't save my little sister
”Hey, don't say somebody like me, would you?”
Even as she is saying that, Gunjou's face does not appear angry She looks like she's being considerate, and worried
Gunjou looks intently at me and says
”I can understand your anxiety She's family after all Even for me”
”You had a big sister, right? She died during a labyrinth raid I know I've seen your data in class”
Hearing that, Gunjou's eyes waver a little She then says,
” yeah She's my own blood relative”
She said
She said that her big sister was her only blood relative In other words, it seems like she knows that her parents are not her real parents It seems like she knows that she is no lady of the Mitsutomo Group
I look intently at her with half-opened eyes and say
” meh So you knew?”
Gunjou then s herself
” if they find out that I know about it, then I'll be killed So you're the only one I told”
””
”Since you told me about your little sister”
I look hard at Gunjou With golden hair, strong-willed eyes But she's no strong-willed girl She's always afraid of soer The need to answer nized by her parents --- she was so fearful that she would puke in the toilet I finally understand the reason behind that
Because she knew that if she did not answer their expectations, she would be killed
I recall her profile that I learned during class
Her recent actions ritten in it
About how she went to karaoke for the first time with friends and how much fun she had
About how she cried a lot more than before
About how she spentfired up by the rivalry she felt against her classmate Arisu shi+nnosuke
I recall her expression e skipped training and went to the karaoke She was stupidly having fun Maybe that was her first time at the karaoke That was the same for me
I say to Gunjou
” aren't we just licking each other's wounds?”
She then nods readily
”Maybe But I was happy that you came to save me So much so that I almost have tears of joy”
”Then cry”
She ignores ain
”That's why this time this time, I'll be the one to protect yo”
I cut her off and say
”You don't need to force yourself The possibility of dying froh end”
I say as I point to the suicidal sharp slope
But Gunjou pouts a little at that,
”But there's no place for me to return to”
She says a little adorably
”Are you a runaway girl from an abusive home?”
”Ah-haha”
But that is no laughing er has any allies
No, if she has any allies, they would just be the group with everlasting summer in their brain matter, and who had risked their lives to save her
For exaood-natured Hi-breasted Kiri
””
And also, the soft me who's softer than even candy floss
Gunjou looks intently at me with an earnest face and says
” anyway, I'll save your little sister!”
”Who the hell you think you are?”
Gunjou then grins,
”The super elite with the backing of more than 20 corporate sponsors, Mizuiro Gunjou-sama”
”Shut up runaway kid”
”Fuh-fuh-fuh”
She laughs
She's strangely happy Maybe it's thanks to losing a home to return to, her face looks as if she has put down a heavy baggage that she had been carrying all this while
With that, she peers into Apocalypse Alice and says
” we ht be attacked by enemies as we descend But, with the two of us”
”We can do it? What kind of fore attacks, right? Then I should be the vanguard”
But then, how is it going to be?
I visualize
I activate my Demon Sword switch
And behind me, Gunjou will continuously keep her Sea Moon Wheel switch activated and have the ahead of me
I will use et past Sea Moon Wheel switch ---
That will probably be the safest way to descend the slope
However, in order to do that, it's iet separated as we slide down Once we get separated, we'll be defenseless
Thus, while we slide down the 76 floors, we have to advance while sticking close to each other
But our weights are different Obviously, our descending speeds will be different
In other words ---
At that ets onto rabs my hair,
”All right, shi+nnosuke unit, go!”
She says sorab her slender thighs extending from her skirt
Then,
”Kya”
She says, and jumps off my back
With a beet red face, she says
”W-Wh-Wh-Whaaaaaaaat're you trying to do!?”
”Don't act high and hty and ride on my back”
”Even so, there's no need to grab ht!”
”You are too heavy so I just want to check how much fat you have”
”I'm not heavy!”
”You're 35 kg anyway right”
”How did you knoeight!?”
”I heard it in class By the way, if you don't eat properly, your breasts won't”
”Shut up shut up shhuuuuuuuuut uuuuuuup!”
She tries to punch me
I grab her arm
”I'll kill you!”
I reply to the glaring Gunjou
”Whatever, but if we are so boisterous while we're on our way doe'll get separated Once we get separated, the plan's done for We'll abandon each other then Get it?”
Maintaining her glare, Gunjou says
”I'll definitely not get separated from you!”
”I hope so While we're descending, I ht when that happens”
Once again, I turn my back to her
Gunjou then says
”I'll kill you if you touch s”
”Then I'll touch your butt”
”I'll kill you!”
While saying that, she juht as a feather
Beside -willed yet adorable voice
”Sea Moon Wheel switch”
Upon doing that, light blue ball-like objects appear before my eyes They start to spin and turn into discs
The circular discs hover in the air as if protecting me
I look up,
”Don't let them hit me”
”If you touch my butt, I'll have them hit your neck”
”Your butt doesn't look that high-class to h”
While saying that, I start taking a step into that large hole right in the middle of the wall
The hole for us to invade Apocalypse Alice
The bottom of the hole cannot be seen as expected
There is also no sign of the enemy
But, it's not like it's dark Even though the hole should have been surrounded by walls, fro through; like I thought, that resembles the illustrations in the 'Alice in Wonderland' that Saki and I read a long tio
Apocalypse Alice is encroaching into Gunjou's labyrinth
In that case, I don't knohat kind of attack will come
I look hard at the deep bottom of that hole
Gunjou's adjusted breathing reaches the tip of my ear Her breath touches my ear
While feeling that, I say
”Gunjou”
”What?”
”I'et you killed”
” it's fine, we're in it together”
”Then let's go”
”Yeah”
”Make sure you don't let go”
On hearing that, her left arhten on my neck
”Got it”
She says
After ascertaining her hold, we ---
Jump onto the slope that will lead us into Apocalypse Alice