Vol 2 Chapter 44 (2/2)

So that she could save her So that she could stop his

Besides returning, she would call for help––Koori thought that was the best thing she could do

The sound of her crawling through the ventilation duct should be difficult to hear since the fight was still continuing She couldn’t ignore the robot’s sharp sensors, but she was sure that shi+rley’s shouts would erase the sound

––shi+rley, wait!!

Koori ran away

The unprocessedto peel away and the tips of the bolts were sticking out Her clothes and skin got caught on them

She went back through the ventilation duct without worrying about herself Her skin was split and she was bleeding

She descended the shaft From the ninth floor

As expected, she couldn’t just fall like that She would si to her own death in that case On the other hand, if she went down at a slow pace she ate

Using her hands and feet as supports, she had no choice but to fall at a speed that wouldn’t kill her

The ventilation duct was full of sharp h speed… She would practically be plunging through a field of knives

For a ht of cutting up her hands and feet Her fingers and knees were already bleeding Would she suffer even worse pain than this?

She could suffer a serious crippling injury

“Haa, haa……but…”

That’s far better than losing a friend!

Using her hands and feet to shi+ft her body weight onto the wall, Koori dropped down the shaft

It was about 30 meters

She was falling at a speed faster than a bicycle through sharp objects Silently, her skin was torn and her body gouged Blood flew onto her cheeks

Her hands ith blood and herless effective The speed increased beyond her expectations to the point that she was ready to accept her death

She was sure that she wasin the shop It was possible her screah the metal sheets

“Uu, uuu…”

Were her legs broken?

Even if she couldn’t move, it wouldn’t be a problem

The pain was intense enough that she could end up unconscious The Ring Gear detected serious injuries so it was issuing countless warnings

However, she couldn’t request aid here Her whereabouts would be conveyed to Belmondo

Koori kept on crawling through the ventilation duct, her hands slippery with blood She would leave through the place that she first entered Though it was quite a height to drop from

She was just protecting her head but she heard a strange noise fro down it but she could no longer make any sense of where she was hurt

She had gotten out Her consciousness was alht sense of accomplishment

“!! No…not yet!”

If she was found they would get rid of her and shi+rley wouldn’t be saved

She crawled through the back alley and went soainst the wall of so Gear

Her consciousness was hazy The serious injuries that she suffered should have been reported to Breaker fro else to do now…

Koori called “Kusunoki Masaki”

“EMERGENCY”

It took some time for the call to connect

“He-help…”

“Huh!? Koori-san, what happened!?”

“Uuu…shi+rley was caught…I-I hurried and left her behind!”

“Wait a minute, what did shi+rley do!? What on earth happened? Where are you now?”

“Er, erm…we’re…”

She was bri with emotions and couldn’t say it well

Ooi who vo behind shi+rley The feelings of guilt Doing the investigation with only a few people The regret

The figure of Kusunoki-kun asking about the situation with a serious face and the figure of one of the strongest people in the school, Clockheart-san

The feeling of relief

Rather than talk, she cried

Alice ordered in a sharp tone

“Send ht now At once I don’t need your words I don’t need your judgment Now, hurry up!”

“Uu…ah, right…”

Koori operated the hile wiping the tears from her eyes Transmission complete

“Haa, haa…it’s froo”

It seereement on the other side but she didn’t understand well

“Do you knohere we’re supposed to go!? We haven’t checked the data yet”

“We-well…”

“Calether Their destination…”

“Our destination was Café de Mancio…that’s right I…there…shi+rley is also here…”

Koori squeezed out those words

Alice took a deep breath and checked the data again She should be able to view all of it in three minutes if she played it back at 3x speed

If it was those two, shi+rley would definitely be saved

“Haa…haa…after…wards…plea…se……”

With her back pressing against the wall, Koori collapsed on to her side Thick traces of blood were left on the wall of the building

The Ring Gear opened a red arning of excessive bleeding It forcibly called for aid

Her te Her brainwaves were abnormal

Koori slowly closed her eyes while being wrapped up in those warnings

So