Vol 3 Chapter 10 (1/2)
Chapter 10
SECT.19 - This Last Battle of Mine
On the screens showing a video feed in the bar──
A pink chibi stood up while tearing off her disguise and showed off her gallant, pink figure.
”It's timeee! The previous champion!”
”So that's where she was!”
”Nice; go at them!”
Cheers,
”Idiooot! Why did you come out at a place like that!”
”You took off your camouflage poncho too soon!”
”Ah, she's done for……”
And voices of despair came out at the exact same moment.
As if responding to both sides, the pink chibi began sprinting with all of her well-trained agility.
”Huh?”
Directly northwest.
In other words, she was running away from the log house.
”There she isssssssssssss!”
Pitohui was pleasantly surprised.
Through her scope, demagnified in order to look for enemies, she saw something pink standing up from the gra.s.s at the top of her view.
”I saw it too. It's LLENN.”
Having set up his M14 EBR on a window frame, M reported,
”She's mine, you hear me! If you arbitrarily decide to kill her, I'm gonna kill you, got it?”
While Pitohui gave him a warning in advance. And then,
”Now then! Come at me!”
She gazed through her scope with an expression that looked like a cl.u.s.ter of fighting spirit,
”Huh?”
And saw LLENN, fleeing at the speed of a rabbit.
Her small back was getting even smaller.
”Hey! Wha! She f.u.c.kin' ran away! Unbelieveable! Unbelieveable!”
Due to her terrifyingly high speed, LLENN had already used the opening to disappear, thus Pitohui moved the Savage 110BA away from her body and rose up.
She grabbed the KTR-09 a.s.sault rifle, the beloved gun that was actually hers, placed beside her,
”We're going after her! Come!”
And gave a forceful order to M, who was, naturally, flabbergasted.
”Y-yeah, okay…… What're we going to do about her partner?”
”We'll handle her later!”
”However, if she recovers her limbs, her grenades will be a pain in the a.s.s, you know?”
”Oh shut it!”
Pitohui used her black boots to kick M's nether region with all her might.
”Fugurih!”
As M fell on the spot knees-first, along with a strange scream,
”I said! We're going!”
She sent him these extremely rash words.
”Guuuh── H-however……”
It was unclear whether M was suffering or enjoying himself, but with his knees and elbows on the floor,
”If LLENN's seriously running away…… even if we pursue…… we can't even catch her……”
He concluded calmly.
”I know that. 'Cause LLENN-chan runs car-like fast.”
With his pain or pleasure seemingly having lessened, M suddenly raised his head,
”In that case?”
”We're obviously going after her in a car!”
LLENN beginning her grand escape at full speed before the final, decisive battle was, of course, broadcast──
The cameras in the air caught sight of LLENN's back and the meadow flowing by at extreme speeds beside her.
”Bhahahahahahahahahahaha!”
In a waiting area, where only a monitor floated in a dim s.p.a.ce with no sky or walls, Boss burst into laughter.
Beside her,
”Way to go!”
Tanya,
”LLENN! Do your best!”
Tohma,
”We're counting on you!”
And Rosa, finis.h.i.+ng the group of the dead, their bottoms on the black floor as they cheerfully watched on.
Boss turned her tough-looking expression into a smile and muttered.
”Oh, yes. That's the LLENN I wanted to beat.”
Having run through the meadows at full speed, LLENN suddenly stopped and turned around.
Keeping the P90 held by its sling in her left hand, she brought the monocle she had been grasping in her right hand the entire time to her eyes.
Just like that, she distanced herself from the log house by about 1 km. At its western edge, she caught sight of three four-wheelers. There were two figures embarking on one of them. And it began to move.
”Hehehehe.”
With a broad, fiendish grin, LLENN,
”C'mon, come at me!”
She changed her course.
Her goal was the east.
”There! She's running east!”
Shouted M, while grasping a thin handle in the driver's seat of a Humvee that was trampling the gra.s.s in the meadow.
”I see heeeeeer!”
Pitohui was standing at the middle of the four seats with her head stuck out from the roof that was surrounded by a bulletproof plate.
”Hold on!”
With M's voice, the Humvee turned to the right. Through centrifugal force, Pitohui's body was pressed onto the side of the roof,
”Kyahahahahahahaha!”
And she seemed awfully cheerful.
”Taaaaaaah!”
LLENN ran and ran, and ran to no end.
She ran at full speed, to the utmost of her abilities.
Since this was a meadow, she could not see what she was stepping on. If there were a slightly big stone there, she would undoubtedly tumble immediately and roll a long way on the ground.
Yet, she did not slow down at all. While running, she glanced back and, seeing a brown car coming towards her,
”Not yet, still not yet!”
Continued running earnestly.
She ran eastward, while the log house to her right had already disappeared from sight, left behind to her right.
Stretching out ahead of her was a valley, located in-between the snowy and rocky mountains, ── meadows, ponds, and rivers.
Chasing the pink chibi das.h.i.+ng through the meadow like a swift horse was a single Humvee about 400 metres away.
”C'mon M! Step on the accelerator moreeee! I can't target her like this!”
LLENN's dash lost to the automobile in speed. The distance was gradually diminis.h.i.+ng for a while now, but no matter how good Pitohui was, the distance was not suitable for successfully shooting any target with one hand in a violently shaking car.
M objected from the driver's seat.
”I can step on it, but if the frame gets even more stressed, the car might end up flipping, you know? I have no idea how rough the ground will be beyond here.”
”Like I care! Do it!”
With her left foot, Pitohui kicked M's head hard as he drove.
”Gafuh! ──This is on you!”
M's big leg stepped on the accelerator even further.
The V6 diesel turbo engine with a displacement of 6500 cc roared up and, after a pause, the Humvee accelerated with a jerk. In addition, Pitohui's body was taken aback by the jerk, while her strong arms supported her.
”Hi-yo! Silveeeeer!”(1)
Pitohui shouted like a certain protagonist──
With her pony tail blown by the wind, her eyes glittered atop the Humvee.
”Now, LLENN-chan! Show me how you will fight!
Watching as LLENN ran and the car pursued it,
”I wonder what LLENN-chan is planning!”
”She can't possibly be going without a plan. I'm looking forward to it!”
The bar spectators' chests pounded with excitement,
”LLENN, you have nothing in mind, huh.”
”Yeah. She's going in super-blind.”
In the waiting area, Tanya and Boss had such a conversational exchange.
”Yet, that's the best option.”
On the north side of the log house, waiting for her limbs to recover, f.u.kaziroh somehow succeeded in applying a first aid kit with just her arms and mouth.
As her hit points recovered bit by bit──
And looking at LLENN's bar that was still completely full and green,
'Do your best do your best.'
She wished in her mind.
'If you do your best, you can do anything.'
'What do I do what do I do what do I do what do I do?'
While running, that was all that LLENN thought about.
She jumped out due to succ.u.mbing to anger, but that did not mean she had some sort of plan. She just avoided an impossigame of having to break into a building encamped by skilled snipersfor the time being.
Once again, she glanced behind her,
'Ugeh.'
The rectangular car was far closer than it was just a few moments ago, around 250-300 metresaway.
She was able to discern the smile on Pitohui's face as the top half of her body protruded from the roof. In her right hand was a long, black rod. She did not know what that was, but it was obvious that it was not a carpet beater.
's.h.i.+tt!'
After spitting out a dirty word for the umpteenth time today, LLENN thought.
'After starting GGO, I sure have turned foul-mouthed.'
That aside, she thought of a plan.
'Should I turn around and intercept them with my P90?'
'I've been able to hit a target at 200 metres distance before, so should I hope for a fluke hit?'
”No way! At such a distance, they'll also be shooting us, y'know? The moment we stop, we'll be shot.”
P-chan rejected the idea.
That would actually be the case, seeing as Pitohui's gun would probably be an a.s.sault rifle. She would undoubtedly lose the shoot-out.
LLENN continued running and noticed.
To the left of her course, at a place about 100 metres away she saw something that looked like a pond.
It was a round puddle several tens of metres in diameter; its surface only reflected the lead-coloured sky, while it was impossible to tell how deep it was.
”…………”
LLENN slightly changed her trajectory towards it.
The spectators in the bar, seeing LLENN change course on the screen,
”Oi oi! That's a pond!”
”Don't tell me she's going to jump in it and swim away?”
”That's not so bad of a plan. No matter how great a Humvee is, it'll become unable to move if it plunges into a pond.”
”And what if it's shallow? It could just be a simple puddle in the wetland, y'know? If the water is only about 50 cm deep, it could be easily crossed, right?”
”Though, you need to get very close to it to be able to tell, right?”
Said whatever came to their minds in excitement.
LLENN continued running towards the pond.
'Please don't let Pito-san shoot me!'
With just this wish in mind.
Glimpsing behind herself, she saw that her distance from the car was 200 metres.
Facing forward, the distance to the pond was 30 metres.
'Alright! Let's doooo it!'
LLENN sent a command from her brain to stop. Her legs, having been moving as if they were automated, instantly came to a sudden halt.
LLENN's soles slid through the meadow while kicking up the dirt, lowering her speed.
It was an unbelievably sudden brake, but LLENN endured the deceleration burden that forced her body backwards, and, flawlessly maintaining her balance with her legs, she successfully stopped without tumbling down.
Her stopping distance was merely around 5 metres.
”Now that was something!”
”That move was awesome.”
Spectators voiced out in the bar,
”Uhyaa! What the how the!
”Хорошo! If LLENN took up virtual rhythmic gymnastics, she'd definitely be great at it!”
In the waiting area, Tanya and Tohma shared their impressions.
Having suddenly stopped and speedily turned around, LLENN,
”Gotcha, we'll shoot them down here, I see!”
As if ignoring P-chan's voice, she took the gun hanging by the sling and moved it behind her.
”Huh? You're not going to shoot with me? You're not? You're not?”
Ignoring her annoying, beloved gun, LLENN brought her right hand to the back of her waist,
”Fuh!”
And pulled out the combat knife with black l.u.s.ter which was located there in a backhand grip.
Bringing it in front of her, she held it in a pugilist's stance,
”Come at me! Pitohui!”
”Fuheh?”
Pitohui raised her voice hysterically.
The pink chibi she had been chasing this long stopped like a plane that landed on an aircraft carrier, turned around right at that instant, and pointed its knife towards her, riding on a car that was chasing it.
Her wide-open eyes instantly gave way to a smile of a pleasant surprise,
”Hyaaah! How wonderfuuuuuul!”
Pitohui exclaimed atop her Humvee.
She nonchalantly threw the KTR-09 she had been trying to lock onto her target with her right hand onto the Humvee's rear seat. A dull metallic sound could be heard.
150 metres remaining.
”Horseey! Continue onwards! It's single combat time!”
Pitohui gave an order to M and tightly grasped a different weapon with her right hand,
”Hyahou!”
From there, a bluish-white light came forth.
Holding her Muramasa F9 photon sword horizontally, Pitohui quickly turned around on the spot. The sword of light completely cut off the bulletproof plates installed around the Humvee's roof. The disconnected bulletproof plates fell to the sides and behind the car, one after another.
Now, there was nothing on the Humvee's roof, aside from Pitohui's figure from the waist up, with a sword in hand.
Holding up the sword in her right hand imposingly,
”ISessha shall serve as your opponent in battle!”
Pitohui cried out like a samurai.
M did not let go of the accelerator.
'Aww yeah!'
LLENN chuckled.
The Humvee was just 100 metres away; Pitohui was riding on it while holding a sword of light and charging straight at her.
”Hey hey! Can't you just shoot that woman on the car right now! It's your super chance, LLENN-chan! Hurry up and lift me up to fire!”
'Shut up keep quiet I'll sell you.'
LLENN yelled at her beloved gun in her mind, and glared at the enemy knight coming at her on a huge horse beyond the black blade held in front of her.
”Single combat! The chibi is planning to attack her with a jump!”
”How's it gonna turn out!”
The voices from the bar,
”How cool!”
”Get 'er!”
”Stab 'er!”
And the voices from the waiting area did not reach LLENN, of course.
On the video feed screen.
The distance between the pink chibi standing in wait and the Humvee drawing near her with a roaring engine was──
50 metres.
40 metres.