Vol 3 Chapter 4 (2/2)
The three Dragoons got wrecked by the allies' attacks
Three reoons that betrayed their allies now stopped running, and pointed muzzles at their own chests
《”——The hammer of witches”》
《”——Judges the heretics”》
《”——Bringing a rain of death upon the suspects”》
Si The armours withstood the first few shots, however the bullets started breaching the insides before the oons fell down on their knees, with blood flowing out from the bullet holes
Thethem from behind showed consternation
That gun eird Even though it looked like a musket, and as such it should be unable to fire at such a fast rate, and yet Sougetsu shot three shots in a row
No, are those things fired really bullets?
The eneun after zoo in
『The Malleus Maleficarum Proto-Type ”Innocentius”』
That's what the etsu held had carved on it
《”RelicEater!”》
The captain's unit trembled in fear
Stepping towards the treetsu aimed the musket's muzzle at them
As if wrapped in the darkness, hite hair, a grin like that of a cheshi+re's cat on his face, glowing like a moon
His appearance looked as if he was a grim reaper on a hunt for souls
”Today, because of a talk I had with a certain female fox, I'm in a really bad mood”
Fear, overflowed
”Heretic gentleuys who are not witches, what kind of judgement is your favourite?”
His lips curled up revealing his sharp teeth that seemed like a crescent moon
”A lenient sentence? Be burned at stake? Or maybe chopped to pieces?”
In response to Sougetsu's words, the gun was filled with ical flint and the hammer automatically rose up
Together with it, his Cheshi+re cat grin reached its peak
”Now, grant them their wishes——Innocentius”
And the worst Relic Eater, the original witch hunter Innocentius laughed fiercely
Takeru was stunned seeing the street occupied by friendly Dragoons
Why did Inquisition intervene in this place?
As he wondered about that,
《”Don't space out! Behind you!”》
He heard Ouka's voice being transain
After he turned around in a hurry, he saw an ene a blade above him
Takeru iht back, but before he could, sooon
An attack? From where?
Just as he thought that, tap, along with a light sound Ouka fell right beside him
”That was dangerous Kusanagi, are you alright?”
Takeru's looked at her with both a serious and questioning look on his face, Ouka proudly put a hand on her hip and grimaced
”That's my line Why didn't you respond to us? We've been calling out for you this entire time”
”Sorry, the intercom broke”
”seriously I thought it was like that so I used Relic Eater resonance”
She said that and threw Takeru a spare intercom
Takeru caught the interco that happened to hia
”so it's like that after all It's more or less the same as what Saionji said”
About what he said of Ikaruga exchanging them for Ajin CrystalLost Matrix, she seemed to intuitively know it already
The next transi
《”Kusanagi you're alright? That's really good”》
With a voice that seemed a bit relieved Takeru asked where was she
《”I'uys as a sniper from here I don't know if I'll be useful but, even I”》
”I'i”
When he said that, she gasped and lively responded with a yes
”Oh right, what about Mari?”
”She's useless so we left her together with the Chair force There is no use for her”
Hmph, she snorted and looked away
Even though she said it like that, probably she didn't want to involve Mari when she couldn't use her ic
”We need to hurry If Inquisition knows that Suginami was involved in experiments on elves, she will most likely be arrested Before that, I want to hear the truth from her'
””
”Leave the full story for later First, we need to rescue Suginami”
He didn't knohere did they learn it froinans Child』
Ouka said she won't arrest Suginami until she knows the truth, and will first ascertain the truth
If it was at the time when she first enlisted in the platoon, she would have captured Ikaruga without asking any questions
”why are you looking at me like that”
Ouka gave Takeru a questioning look
Takeru looked aith a slightly happy smile on his face
”It's nothing”
”for some reason that expression annoys me Stop that”
”I told you it's nothing”
Ootori's edges also see secretly he shouldered his sword, turned around and pointed at the tower
”Usagi, are you ready? We leave the support to you”
《”Y-yes, any time!”》
As expected, she was nervous like always, but she responded clearly
”I'll cut the garrison Ouka will intercept enemy from behind me, I leave the ones I miss to you”
”Leave it to me”
Ouka poised with two handguns, the Vlad in her hands and squinted
Takeru also prepared for combat, breathed in deeply and stopped
”——35th Test Platoon, sortie!”
Together with that declaration, Takeru started to run towards the toith his comrade
Part 4
Fifth laboratory, the top floor of the tower, level 6 barrier walls
In an open space covered hite walls, Ikaruga and Isuka looked at the incubator
”Seems like the battle has started outside seems like hard work”
On one of the e froed in battle, and as far as it could be seen, Inquisition was the one who dominated the battlefield
”How nostalgic, Ikaruga”
Isuka looked up at the incubator and asked
”I don't feel any nostalgia from this”
Ikaruga shook her head writing it off as ridiculous
Isuka expected that response, and didn't mention it anymore
”I feel it Those four years, when I look up at this guy I still remember the hatred from back then”
”?”
”Four years, Ikaruga I waited impatiently for this if you didn't escape with Ajin CrystalLost Matrix I would have been able to proceed further”
””
”Together with you”
Isuka who didn't possess any feelings of decency, stared at Ikaruga with face full of hatred
Ikaruga as well, turned towards Isuka
”Why did you betray me?”
”I didn't intend to betray you I just wanted to go out”
Ikaruga made a bitter smile and looked at Isuka with sympathy
”Thanks to that picture book, it beca only used to develop weapons for killing people”
””
”I thought there are a lot s I don't know, interesting things I didn't experience yet a lot of them”
”did you find them?”
Isuka asked Ikaruga
Ikaruga relaxed her face, and narrowed her eyes before she clearly said
”Yeah It was a world ht it would be but I found one So very fun”
”Question What was that?”
”Well, that's it's hard to describe it, but if you really want to know”
Ikaruga scowled as if she was in front of a very difficult probleer
”Youth, or so like that”
And the atmosphere froze
”——Ridiculous For sos”
Contrary to her speech, Isuka's face convulsed, she didn't move
No, to be exact, she didn't move to the point only her cheek convulsed
As Artificial Geniuses『Designs Children』 originally didn't have many emotions, and were dedicated to study, even so, they never restricted their facial expressions
Ikaruga looked at Isuka's behaviour suspiciously
”You wouldn't know What kind of treatment I have received because of you”
”?”
”After you left, I was subjected to re-education by the higher-ups It wasn't justas an Artificial Genius『Designs Child』 has been forced on me”
”Isuka”
”Thanks to that, I'ht My facial expressions were lih my brain when I embrace an useless emotion”
As Isuka's cheek convulsed, she gently placed a hand on her forehead
Re-education It was education only in name, it was a kind of torture
They caused her pain by executing a special brain treate of eh her the moment she harbored inappropriate emotions This so-called re-education was inhuman treatment
Probably, Alcheo of Isuka's excellence, and forced her into sub her
The uncoa had for a while noas caused by this
”It's your fault, Ikaruga”
”wait, this is weird It was my fault that experih Alchemist is horrible, however they're reasonable, they wouldn't do so unnecessary like that You were excellent and you were obedient as well so why re-education?”
It was as Ikaruga said, Alcheet out like Ikaruga
A procedure that only people akened useless intense eo was performed on
Ikaruga looked at the state of Isuka as peeking out froers, and noticed
”You you didn't”
For a ered and put her hand on the incubator, and she took out so from the pocket of her red lab coat
”——It was your fault!”
Isuka threw the itea
It was, a beaten up old book
『Canary's house』
It was froa read, and learned morality from
Isuka covered her face with her hand, and her body shook
”If you if you didn't pick up so like this I!!”
Ikaruga sighed with guilt and compassion
She made a mistake when it came to Isuka
Thinking that she would rens Child』 she was back then
But it rong She picked up the book Ikaruga left behind
Because of that her ego sprouted, her feelings awakened, and longing for outside world was born
When the higher-ups noticed that
Originally she would have been killed, but higher-ups didn't want to lose Isuka's talent, and subjected her to re-education
Saa, if she didn't run away, she would have been subjected to the same treatment
”If I didn't read that thing If I didn't learn unnecessary emotions I would have continued to live happily like back then! I was satisfied just by ai ahead with you! Despite that because of you all of it”
””
”Because you you have changed me!”
Her expression didn't change, the feelings of hatred welled up, and severe pain ran through Isuka's head
Definitely she couldn't suppress it in front of Ikaruga as the main cause, they were unstoppable emotions Sweat appeared on Isuka's body, and her breath becah
it wasn't just Kanaria, I pushed Isuka down the abyss as well
Ikaruga hung her head, and regret lodged itself in her chest
Isuka looked at Ikaruga as toruilt, and the spasms on her face stopped
”however I don't care about that, I'uys' oppression I will leave this place in my oay Just like you did”
””
”If I succeed with restoration of the elves, Fantasy CultValhalla will release the equipic and accept me Finally, with this e”
Isuka regained her original cala
”Now, give the Ajin CrystalLost Matrix to , but it's already too late Resistance is useless, the sentry guns are already aimed at you”
After looking, she found es of the space
Ikaruga closed her eyes, and took out a s
The sa ic material
Ikaruga passed that to Isuka
”The password is kanaria”
That was, the one whoe for her freedom, a name of an elf half breed
”A senti it's a sin that can no longer be wiped off”
Ikaruga said that, and Isuka entered the password
After an electronic sound, the sound of lock being released rang out
Isuka put her hand inside the safe, and then——she spat out a sigh
”what are you intending, this is”
Isuka convulsed while having a headache, she lightly tossed the safe aside, and it dropped down on the ground
The safe that rolled on the ground was empty
”You're hiding it even this late into the game Tell me where have you hidden the Ajin CrystalLost Matrix”
””
”So it's still in the academy?”
””
”If you're not going to say it I can just extract the oing to be killed by my hands anyway”
Isuka took out so that seemed like a needle from the sleeve of her red lab coat
The needle sticking out was separated, the way it was
At the sae of the space turned there a
Ikaruga closed her eyes unfazed
”Ajin CrystalLost Matrix the cells of the elf, are here”
Hearing the truth being said indifferently, Isuka tilted her head
Ikaruga narrowed her eyes as she looked at Isuka who didn't understand theof her words
”Hey, Isuka Do you knohy did I come back here?”
”As you can see, I have no idea”
”There are two reasons First, is to prevent the restoration of the elves by destroying this place”
Hearing Ikaruga's words, Isuka orried, suddenly laughed while continuing to remain expressionless
”Ahhahahahaha! After all this you're still going to take things away froreedy! But this facility, but this space is covered with ultra-hard anti-ic material, the needles in the incubator, and the experiinallya successful restoration,away, it can't be so destroyed normally”
Even with Isuka's provocation, Ikaruga wasn't shaken
Isuka warned and glared at her
”The other reason was to take you away from this place”
Ikaruga said that while staring at Isuka
Isuka wasn't sure herself ere those feelings that exploded in her, was it frustration, sadness, or anger, but she withstood the immeasurable pain
”this latewhat are you!”
”At that time, when I ran away from this place the fact that I didn't take you with ret that even now If I took you away the restoration of elves would have surely derailed as well”
”youwho the hell”
”That's right It reedy But if you were on this side, you would understand”
””
”Even without the Ajin CrystalLost Matrix, as long as you are there, the experiment would continue”
It was her opinion as a scientist, as a researcher, and as an inquisitor
With such a reason, even Isuka would be convinced It was indeed reasonable She could understand that not doing that before would cause her to regret it, she could understand
However,
”But that's not all”
Ikaruga added more to it
Not as a researcher, but as a human, a person
”When I was here, just like your place was together with ether with you And I ran away leaving it, it's definitely the worst Even now, I regret it”
””
”So I, once again——”
”Don't fuck with meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!”
She clenched her fist, and roared into the heavens because of the pain
”I! I don't need you any to break out to the world as an alchemist of Fantasy CultValhalla! As far as I'm concerned the outside world can eat shi+t! It's because of the outside world I ended up like this! I will, for the sake of saving myself, destroy the world! I don't need you to save me!”
She had a red, hollow face
It was too late, no matter what she says, Isuka's hatred won't disappear Ikaruga couldn't wash it away
”I see A shame”
Ikaruga told that to Isuka who resented her, and put a hand on her chest
”I, I will not allow you to take away the place I belong to If you destroy the world, the place I belong to will perish as well If you don't come with me, you are my enemy”
”the placeyou belong to?”
”That's right There is one in that school, a gathering of clu to It's very, very precious, and aplace than anywhere else”
”in that case——just like you did with mine, I will destroy that place of yours!!”
The un fired a bullet which pierced through Ikaruga's thigh
Ikaruga staggered slightly, and she raised her leg up without letting out a scream
clank, a sound rang out as she thrust the high-heels into the floor
The blood, stained the pure white
Even so, Ikaruga kept standing
Disorderly bangs that looked like silk ran down her cheeks, and black eyes peeped from behind
”Now! If you still have any uilt, hand it over! There's no other way you can atone for it!!”
”you have knotholes for eyes Can't you see? For a while now, the elven cells were in front of you”
”?! What are you talking about?”
”Just as I said Aren't they in front of you? You can't see? see”
Ikaruga reached out to her chest again
And she unbuttoned her blouse, exposing her breasts slightly
She placed her finger on the centre, in part of the valley, and said
”The cells of an elf——are here”
While touching her chest with her fingertips, she licked her bewitching lips
”wha?——!!”
Isuka, i voice, understood the a's words
Looking closely, her breasts the central portion of it was of a different colour
Ikaruga's skin was horribly white, on the other hand, the colour of the skin there was brown
The skin there, as if it was transplanted in or eroded, a's own
”as a scientist you probably know about Philosopher's Stone『Nanoht”
Isuka stepped back in awe
As for Ikaruga, she closed on Isuka with open arms
”What ancient alcheic and science Minerals, organisn an object fro completely different out if it, the research was tried several times, but even so, it was just an unreachable pipe dream none were able to create”
As Ikaruga walked while extending her arm, an abnormality occurred
biribiri, suddenly her wavy black hair released electricity
”What if it was realized by using modern science?”
”Impossible! Absurd!”
”Oh, Isuka you are disqualified as a scientist”
The brown skin on Ikaruga's chest resonated with her heartbeat
”——From the moment impossible left your mouth, the road 'ahead' closed for you”
That , it expanded as if attacking Ikaruga's entire body
The pure white skin turned brown, the eye colour was inverted, whites turned black, and black pupils turned white Beautiful black hair, turned into stunning silver hair And Ikaruga's small ears, extended and became so visible they were obvious
That appearance, truly——was just like the weapons that plunged humanity into despair once, the dark elves themselves
Isuka, in response to Ikaruga's appearance, took a step back in awe
”I-i Philosopher's Stone『Nanoenes?!”
”That's how it is It'sto control the elves There's no need to bother with so”
”that's impossible!”
”Rather doing so like that, I turned myself into an elf”
Ikaruga said so, and her mouth distorted
Ia's words many times in her head
Philosopher's Stone『Nanomachines』
It was just like Ikaruga said, a theme anyone dreamed of, scientists and researchers It was true that there were many alchemists who repeated fruitless research in pursuit of it
However, if it there was a proposal to atteh at it
It was just SF Just a pipe dream Everyone believe it to be so
And such a thing, Ikaruga has——
”———ha, hahaha, ahahahahaha”
Isuka looked at Ikaruga and cast a gaze full of ahile hiding her face behind her fingers
”You——you are crazy! No inami! You're insane! It's not a concept that can be understood by an ordinary human!”
””
”You are the sale with norht from the start!”
Isuka pointed at Ikaruga, and showered her with praises as a model mad scientist
Ikaruga, had a slightly sad expression on her face
”That ht to live an ordinary life”
But you know, Ikaruga ht smile as she added that
”I found a normal place that would accept someone like me That's why——”
Ikaruga sharply narrowed her eyes
That ical circle appeared
”——Absolutely, I won't let it be destroyed If you want to destroy it, I'll destroy you before that happens”
Magic overflowed froa's body
Elves use ic as easily as they breathe
That saying wasn't a lie The aenerated by elves, was approximately 200 times the maximum value a witch classified as S-rank risk possessed It was a top class anisms
Elves had no attributes
It could be adapted to any ancient attribute, the strongest was the『Lack』 of attribute
”I' operative procedures either, I don't kno to use advancedic as easily as I were to breathe is impossible”
”what do you intend?!”
”That's why, I have developed ic”
As she laughed, her teeth resembled a crescent moon
【”Constructing a process——foric substitute, thethe attribute withharmful radiation 『Seal』 per cooperative procedure execution——6”demolish→2”menace+e+Ve+078FmeV——”】
After high-speed chanting with a voice that seea held it in both of her hands, andwater
That ht appeared
It was fierce and inti, and caused Isuka to feel cosmic fear
”Made an antimatter”
With a devilish sht in her hands to Isuka and asked her,
”Magic is a isn't just for show With a non-standardlike this can be made”
”——!! Stop it! If I come into contact with such a substance——”
”What are you saying Wasn't Isuka the one who said it can't be destroyed normally A weapon of mass destruction like a nuke would destroy it? You love these things don't you, Isuka”
Acting like its nothing, Ikaruga said while flickering the ic
Isuka was covered with cold sweat, and headed towards the incubator that was made to restore the elves
”—! Do you kno hard was it for me to build this facility?! Even so, you want to take me out of here?! Or do you want to confine me here?!”
Revealing iic somehow
”Wrong I will destroy this place, take you and return to the place I belong to”
”—”
”I decided to take you by force What you think, and what do you want to do doesn't matter I'll take you I won't coain”
Straight on, Ikaruga stabbed Isuka with her determination
”I will destroy this rotten place”
”no”
”I will save you”
”No It's too late why”
Isuka faced down, and clenched her fist
She closed her lips tightly, and gritted her teeth to withstand
But there, it was no longer the Artificial Genius『Designs Child』 Suginami Isuka
”Stop thisalreadymy headhurts”
”It's alright Such a thing, I'll remove it”
”even though you're the culprit even though you ran away”
”that's right”
”even though you left”
”that's right”
”even though you took away the place I belong to”
”That's right”
Even though Ikaruga took a forently smiled
”That's why I——I'll be the place you belong to again”
That was Ikaruga's wish
It wasn't redemption nor mercy
It was Ikaruga's selfish wish, a honest conclusion
”uuuguu”
Isuka shook her head trying to withstand the pain, and slowly looked up
Twitching and distorted, but Isuka had a very human expression, it was there
She absolutely couldn't adether, it wouldn't come out of her mouth
Even so, because of a wave of emotions that couldn't be suppressed, tears flowed out of her eyes
She no longer had any energy to shake her head
Don't look at entle face
If this goes on, I will nod
Her body will surrender
”IIkarugaI-I”
Like a young child begging its mother with tears in its eyes, it was a timid and faint voice
”I—”
”——AaaAAAAAAaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAaauu I can no longer bear it! It's ier! Isuka-saaan! Why did you hide such a wonderful passion!”
All of a sudden
A distorted voice sounded in the pure white space It was a harbinger of tragedy
The a and Isuka raised their faces, a black swa black clothes that looked like devil's,
Despair——fell
zashyuu
A dull, tinged with moisture sound echoed
The despair that was falling froic from Isuka's left shoulder to her chest
”——Ikaruga”
Immediately after she raised a painful voice, blood overflowed from the wound
But that blood wasn't spilled on the floor, but was sucked into Haunted's hands
It see out
Isuka's body lost its colour in no time, and cracked
Ikaruga stared dumbfounded with eyes wide open, she could only stare as Isuka's light was stolen
”Yahoo! It was an inspiring sisterly affectio