Vol 8 Prologue (2/2)
”I've told you right? That boy Kusanagi Takeru will definitely come back to me”
《”I don't knohat'cha acting all triumphant about, I already know that much”》
”That so? I was sure you wouldn't want hih the same you did and would continue to shelter him in the inner world”
Go through the sa to provoke him
But Orochi strongly warded it off
《”——Don't underestiht just cut your head off The Kusanagi clan won't go dohile being utilized by you”》
”That's not convincing when heard fro Mother Goose knohat is she conspiring? Cooperating with her, is betraying this world Don't you think I'm somewhat better since I try to return this world to hoas supposed to be?”
When Orochi fell silent, Sougetsu grinned
”Even now it's not too late You should come over to this side——”
《”——I' as you die and Mikoto comes back”》
Despite being rejected by Orochi, Sougetsu was unfazed His smile intact, he opened his eyes thinly
”If he heard that don't you think Kusanagi-kun would become your enemy?”
《”It doesn't et in my way, that's where our skills will clash”》
Changing into a wry shed
”Can it be——that you want Kusanagi-kun to stop you?”
Abruptly, the call ended
All that caanic, electronic sounds
Sougetsu raised his hand to his hter of a child bullying someone weaker than thely as he rested his back on the chair
Seeing hi with his back on the wall looked at him with amazed expression
”Chairhter there You act like a vile adult, yet your reactions are like that of an evil brat”
The boyon a guetsu
He was short, and his youthful looks made it seeht brown hair and androgynous features, he looked ic Academy
He was an EXE e was over twenty
His nanolia Scarlet
No matter how one looked at it, it wasn't a man's name In other words, it's not 'he' but 'her' Not 'boy', nor 'girl' but an adult woman
”There's no way I won't laugh at this! Although he discarded a lot of things compared to hoas back then, he's still weak to provocations Pff, kufufu, he got off the phone i?!”
”Yes yes I get it, I heard it Geez, what is this oldin that”
”Mag, you should learn to understand the pleasure of having others panic at what you say Having these pill bugs on the paluts pose with a pale expressions has already turned into a hobby of mine”
”What's with that exeet it, you're a shi+tty bastard aren't ya”
Narrowing her eyes, Magnolia um balloon
At the sa
Resting his chin on his arms, he erased any expressions
”So, did you get a grasp on dissident's current status?”
Asked that, Magnolia shrugged
”I just burnedthe Inquisition's inner circle Oonogi Kanata e confirrasp Hoshi+jiro Nagare e suspect to be the top has been witnessed on the Grey City's battlefield, but we have lost the sight of her Kurogane Hayato is pure white His innocence is a sight to behold”
”As expected”
Seeing hinolia appealed dissatisfied, clicking her tongue
”But well, thanks to disasseuys, we've had some results Most of theenuine Although, there weren't any of them who knew their home's location”
”so they predicted that and didn't tell the, what's the scale?”
His eyes shi+ning with curiosity, Sougetsu leaned towards Magnolia
”Honestly, can a collective this secretive really exist? That's my honest impression, their number is unknown, probably even Hojishi+ro doesn't have a full grasp on theuys, they aren't just dissidents from Inquisition Valhalla, Ethics Coroups, unofficial religious groups, various anizations I've no idea about the overseas, but they must've slipped a few people in there as well, but heck, they have organizations that are at odds with each other cooperating It's not unreasonable to get a grasp on their actual situation with this”
Seeing Magnolia raise her hands in a gesture of giving up, Sougetsu opened his eyes wide
”Was that organization we can't even get a grasp at really gathered by that red-haired girl?”
”If she's the top, that's what it h”
”Of course they have one”
Hearing his words cut in like guillotine, Magnolia shut up The eer nor fear, it was joy
”Probably, there isn't that roup There should be just a few of theanizations that are at odds with each other areused”
”And their objective?”
”They intend to start an 'invisible civil war' at the saanizations By anizations collapse froanization that would replace Inquisition and Valhalla or rather, they want to take over those two organizations from the inside”
”so they're a revolutionary ar with that intention, wouldn't it be more efficient for them to act by the end of the war? Both Inquisition and Valhalla can afford it with their forces, didn't the war barely start?”
Sougetsu narrowed his eyes at Magnolia's question and gloated with a hand on his chin
”they know that it'll be too late by the end of this war”
He rotated on the chair happily and looked at the landscape outside the
”Honestly, I didn't think that girl would be this good I thought she was quite interesting when I saw her take over the student council, but I didn't think she was such an interesting talent”
”So you let her free?”
”It waselse After all, there's a lot of children who overdo it trying to rebel against the adults”
With a happy expression, he took a big breath
”Still, for that girl to be the sa There's finally some fun in this war”
Reetsu scooped up his hair
”Valhalla is not a threat outside of the military force The top priority opponents we should deal with is that dissident bunch Possibly, they hold more information than Valhalla does”
”What shall I do?”
As Magnolia requested orders, Sougetsu snapped with his fingers
”——You are to lead the EXE and chase the 35th test platoon Hojishi+ro is together with them without doubt”
”How to treat her after capture?”
”No need to capture her Crush her at full strength That'll be my courtesy to her who's the same type as me”
”Roooger Nice, I'm lovin' Chairman's orders, they're always so simple”
After receiving orders, Magnolia turned around on her heel and left the Chairman's room
Left behind, Sougetsu indulged hi at the school's scenery
No one kno etsu has dominated the Inquisition, no one except for himself
The time when the systees
Originally, Inquisition had been cracking down on the pagan religion Although there are records of its beginnings as part of Catholic Church, right now, even the Catholic Church was branded as 『Magical』 and its concept was prohibited by law The religions authorized by Inquisition in modern times eak and vulnerable or fake
There were only a feho knew his objective The amount of people who knew his identity was only a handful
And there were only a few people ere questioning this ned as the top of the world's largest organization
In front of the sight that could be said to have been built by hih, instead letting out a deep, deep sigh
”So er than expected”
Heat the cloudless sky
What filled his field of view gave hietsu made was also cloudless
And he said,
”it's a good day to break the world”
As if looking at the empty summer sky, he spilled that happily