Vol 4 Chapter 50 (2/2)

He did not want to try his hand at that punishame, but did that h at ht as he heard Ookubo’s voice

“Sanyou-sensei, what is the current topic?”

She tilted her head and spoke to the others

“I a else, so I can join in until then”

A room was lit by a few torch spells

It was a traditional Far Eastern style room and piles of barrels, firewood, and food nearly reached the ceiling

Soaze looked weakly up and realized this was the Blue Thunder

It was Futayo She leaned her head back in her chair and blinked a few ti

“…Nh?”

Strange, she thought

Her surroundings and her position were not what she had expected

After the battle in Mito, she recalled so out there She had been injured, so she had assumed she would be carried to the school’s medical room or some other medical facility However…

…This is…?

“Oh, are you awake, Futayo-chan?”

“Eh?”

She heard a voice to her right, so she turned toward it and found the er there She really does look like Kih But…

…Nh?

Soht Why was she in the Blue Thunder? She had been fighting in Mito She had fought fukushi+ma Masanori, and…

“I was injured when the Tonbo Spare failed to activate…”

She touched her body, but she did not feel the unique stinging pain felt when pressing on an injury

She was not injured

She assumed that meant she was fully healed, but that was due to her clear memories from the day Masazuht alone That allowed her to at least say that battle had been real

How much time had passed since then?

She looked to the clock on the wall and found it was eleven o’clock There was light outside the , but that was likely because it was not the lights out test period It was eleven at night There were a total of two custo a lab coat and one at the entrance wearing a hood

As she watched the hands of the clockand yet the events around her were odd

…What does this mean?

When she looked up to ask the e of the table It was the er’s The woman placed a bamboo bottle and a wrapped piece of bread in front of Futayo, and…

“I just received a data letter from my husband Want to see it?”

“Eh?”

…Her husband?

Futayo was at a loss for words because it was so sudden, but the er used her foot to pull over the divine monitor stand She pulled an envelope from her apron pocket and pulled a charm from that

It was a special charm that contained audiovisual information inside

The surface was al, so it had to contain high density data and prayers The er attached it to the top of the divine n frame that appeared by her hands

“And play I wonder where he is now”

Futayo did not really understand, but she looked at the screen while tilting her head A few confirmation texts scrolled by, and…

“Oh”

As the er leaned forward, the blue sky and the colors white and black appeared on the screen

The ground was a vast hole and a single white bridge crossed it below the floating fog and blue sky

…What is this?

“That idiot had Suga or Nabe head out ahead of him to film him as he crossed, didn’t he?”

A pink arrow and the word “here” appeared above the suspension bridge The black dot er’s husband

The wind could be heard blowing, but a voice spoke over it It was a man’s voice

“Hey, it’s been a while What do you think of this scenery, Toori, Kimi?”

The n frame to the blacked-out monitor

“Your wife is supposed to come first Your wife It was addressed to me”

At that verya delivery bag walked in

“Sorry! This arrived shortly after the previous data letter! It’s labeled a ‘reshoot’!”

“Judge Then I’ll forgive hiht? And can you leave the door open? It helps air the place out and I can tell if they’re still at it out there”

“Judge”

The delivery student placed the envelope on the counter

The er peeled the previous charm from the monitor and spoke with her back turned

“Hey, Futayo-chan? Can you go get that fro you do this”

“Eh? Of course I don’t mind”

“Judge Yes, I really am sorry”

No need to be so apologetic, thought Futayo as she walked to the counter

She honestly had no idea why any of this was happening Also…

…That video

With that e shadow on the ground had to have been a hole Where was there a hole that big? And…

“…?”

She felt like she recognized that video from somewhere Not the scenery Her time on the Musashi+ was her only experience outside of Mikawa If she recognized it, it had to be the layout

A suspension bridge and a deep darkness She thought about that layout

…Oh

It caht before when she had left the Blue Thunder, and…

…On the way to Musashi+no, I crossed the still unbuilt atriueway

No, that was technically not accurate She had tried to cross and been attacked

“…!”

Then too, she had been injured and fallen froeway, but she had co been asleep

“Manager…?”

She turned to ask the er what that was about, but the woman cut her off

“You forgot this”

She tossed Futayo the Tonbo Spare

At the same time, there were two movements

The first was the hooded custo a sword fro in through the open door

“Vice Chancellor!”

It was an unfa her was sharp

As she sensed its strength, a third motion arrived

It ca one side of the Blue Thunder was shattered as three figures juh it

And…

“…!?”

Darkness fell It was not tihts in the Tama district

And in that darkness, a an

Notes

Jump up↑ The kanji usedthe japanese word for “drum”