Volume 7 -A Chapter 17 (1/2)
An enemy need not
Greet you with battle
They can stop by on a whi rain shower
Point Allocation (Refuel)
Naomasa saw the enemy
It slid between the other nations' shi+ps and stopped in the center where everyone was gathered
It was a red on, but it was actually a e weapon piloted by the person riding it
”And just one of theht on the level of a military division or a warshi+p”
They were rare
They had worse fuel efficiency than Gods of war and they were a pain to maintain, so Tres España was the only major nation that used them and they only used them in the New World Some smaller nations used them as a symbol for their nation's weaponry, but they rarely appeared on the front line except as a show of force
Yet here one was right in front of theet me soreat for picking up the sound of its engine, but I can still play the recording while I fall asleep!”
She's got soht Naomasa even as she worked to record the requested data
The red dragon set its four legs on the deck and shook fros on its forelegs and secondary wings on its hind legs
Musashi+: ”Our readings shoas travelling at 82 of our gravitational acceleration Over”
Gold Mar: ”Geh”
Me: ”Eh? Doesn't thatto worry about then”
Mar-Ga: ”The Musashi+ extends its cruising distance by using inertial cruising after accelerating It also helps that we can stay afloat for long periods of time, but if we stay at full speed, we'll run out of fuel in no tion can't stay afloat on its own, so it keeps accelerating its entire time in the air”
Uqui: ”In that case, the Musashi+ can at best ht even be able to catch up to us”
Me: ”You mean we suck!?”
Hori-ko: ”Do not say that, Toori-saet super mad”
Sakai asked ”Musashi+” a question while he viewed the menu for Bonten, a Date mail-order site that had expanded into Kantou
” 'Musashi+'-san? Is that ave hi
”I will not stoop to the level of silly contents of speed This shi+p follows a policy of safety first Besides, I have the greater top speed and power output Over”
”Is that so?” said Sakai while viewing the section for local hero shows on black disk ”But I'd really prefer it if the Musashi+ won”
”Is this a childish gahed, but only for show as she was a doll And then she opened a sign frame
” 'Musashi+no', continue calculations until you arrive at a satisfactory result Over”
Naon frame and then turn her way
”Naomassama, make sure the record says that the Musashi+ does not suck and the on could not catch up”
”Are you sure?”
She was confused, but that was apparently the result However…
…That thing has a very Tres Españan design
Mar-Ga: ”I was expecting an MHRR one, but that's Tres España red, isn't it?”
”It is,” agreed Naoon stood up fro its rew louder as the giant foron continued to shake up and down a little and there were still lights on across its body, but it showed no sign of further movement
…It must really be out of fuel
Then a voice came from an external speaker
”Waiiit, Nabe-sannnn? What do we do?”
”We don't do anything We have the right to do this”
”Ummm,” said the voice from further back
”We're on our way to Edo for the history recreation, but we're short on fuel and would like to refuel We're in a hurry, so only give us enough to reach Edo”
With that, the head of the on slid forward to reveal a cramped cockpit inside Nao up from below, but she sao people stand up into view
The one in the front seat was a tall girl ore an MHRR work uniform and had her hair tied back
”I ae froion Warrior Division!”
The one in the back seat was a long-haired girl who had apparently been asleep
”I aaaa of Hashi+ba's MHRR Hoirls definitely looked younger than Class Pluiven
”Asano of the Seven Generals…and Nabeshi+e, the fierce warrior under Katou Kiyomasa's command”
He knehy they were here
”Those two are going to fight in the Keichou Cae take a deep breath
…Master Muneshi+ge
She did not know if it was tension, hope, or so else that had inspired ee, it appears so is in the works, doesn't it?”
Because…
”According to the Testae attacks our Tachibana territory after Sekigahara There is fierce fighting, but you never meet Nabeshi+ma in battle and the Tachibana territory surrenders”
She had not expected that opponent to be athat both Muneshi+ge and Nabeshi+ Kantou Liberation or Keichou Cae had yet to reclaim his inherited name
It was unknown if those touldthe Kantou Liberation, but…
”We should both be able to see how the other fights”
”Judge,” agreed Gin So
She could also tell that they were the ones causing that change At Novgorod, Sanada, and Houjou, they had interacted with the current age and gotten ahead of it
But it felt e and herself in it
A future enemy stood before theless without his inherited naoal will not wait around for us, Gin Perhaps our goal will come to us and then pass us by …We e Let us keep an eye on the ene the Kantou Liberation to prepare for that”
After Gin agreed, Nabeshi+ma hopped down from the cockpit
…She's nion pilot, there was no real reason to worry about her own agility
But just like the Satohters had to be well-trained even if they piloted a God of war or siirl would be the same
Nabeshi+ma landed on the deck after a drop of nearly 10m She nimbly lowered her hips, but immediately stood back up and rolled her shoulders She ht And she opened a Catholic lernen figur
”Here's e of that here?”
Her behavior was more casual than it was direct And…
”My lady!!”
A hatch on the on's flank opened and some elderly men tumbled out from the interior
They all ork uniforns
…Thee would as well
There were five in all and they ran toward Nabeshi+s of Ryuuzouji?”
Masazus of Ryuuzouji?”
She knehat Ryuuzouji was It was a small nation in Kyushu
…Come to think of it, the Testae there and he more or less hijacked the place
Nabeshi+ Hashi+ba's warriors after strengthening her ties to Hashi+ba
”Why are they called the Four Heavenly Kings when there are five of them?”
”Eh?” Gin frowned and it took a while for her to finally respond ”Tradition”
”Oh,” was all Masazumi could say to that But when the five oldtoward Nabeshi+ether
”Indeed! We are the Four Heavenly Kings of Ryuuzouji!”
”We are five in nus!”
”There're five of us, but we're the Four Heavenly Kings for some reason!”
”You're in the wayyyyyyyyyyyy!”
”The hell I aaaaaaaaaaam!”
The five of them spun in perfect unison to throw counter punches that sent the
”Yes, yes, yes” Nabeshi+ to arrange for soet in the way If you have tis ready on our end C'mon, hop to it!”
”My lady! But this is enemy territory!”
”Leave this to us while you handle the refueling, my lady!”
Nabeshi+ma kicked one of the old men in the butt
”Don't shove all the work onto e back into you!”
The old on
They look like a pain to deal with, thought Masazuht hand and called out to Nabeshi+ht away, so just tell us what you need But…”
She turned her gaze in the direction the Four Heavenly Kings of Ryuuzouji had run and Nabeshi+aze
”Testaeverything …But - how should I put it? - those old geezers wouldn't do any work, so I kept having to bring the work to them and kick their asses until they did it And they eventually ended up like this”
”Work?”
”This The on It's Tres España's-…”
Nabeshi+ behind Masazumi
Masazumi did not even need to look to knoas the Tachibana Couple Nabeshi+on
”Oh!? Is that Tres España's 1st and 3rd Special Duty Officers!?”
”I do not believe we have e, although his inherited name has been revoked”
”Ohh” One of the Four Heavenly Kings pulled his work goggles over his eyes ”That's our enemy!!”
Gin responded to the htly lowered his head and spoke a single word
”Eventually”
…Judge!
That is sufficient, thought Gin in admiration Neither we nor them need any ht as well
It had to do with the on piloted by Nabeshi+ma
Tachibana Wife: ”It is true Tres España built ons in order to settle the New World With the Ar, Tres España did the developn work in the New World while the production and assembly were done by Ryuuzouji since that clan already had ons”
That would have been when Nabeshi+ma moved to Ryuuzouji
She had likely been sent there to bring y back to Hashi+ba She iven Ryuuzouji's own technical prowess and the technology being sent in from Tres España But…
Tachibana Wife: ”Tres España's New World Warriors only had landones like this are a different thing entirely”
To quickly supply ether fuel, pressurized barrels were carried in on a wagon instead of using a pipe Those were hooked up to thea wooden fraine systey
The biggest difference was the prie of ether fuel Tres España did not have the best ether engine technology, so their Gods of war andpower conversion syste syste container is easy and they're quickly swapped out, so those systems are well suited for aerial Gods of war But they have an upper lion would require too e is probably taken froht Gin
This
”Tres España has chosen to cooperate with Hashi+ba instead of opposing them”
Gin looked at Nabeshi+eneration they increasingly had to think about The girl shrugged and opened herto the western Habsburg bloodline, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that they would ith MHRR …And they used the history recreation of the Kyushu Ca their home country”
”Testas, which would have made cooperation between Catholics impossible …I take it this is the price of that decision?”
”Testa those of us in Hashi+ba pretty coldly They do what needs to be done for the history recreation, but they provide no support beyond that …They use their losses in the New World business as an excuse”
”That sounds like the Chancellor's idea”
Gin nearly nodded in response to Muneshi+ge's s coe? You probably should not refer to hiies, Gin We are residents of Musashi+ now, aren't we?”
Muneshi+ge took a breath and reworded his coundo's idea”
”…Spelling it all out is a little long, isn't it?”
”Can you display appropriate respect for our elder while keeping it short, Gin?”
”Sir Segundo”
”Such quick thinking, Gin!”
”I aht Gin as she turned back toward Nabeshi+on She wondered if there was anything she could learn fro her Tres Españan viewpoint
But just as she began her observations, she heard a voice
It caa as still in the cockpit overhead