Vol 3 Chapter 5 (1/1)

Adolescent Adam 3: Chapter 5 - Surprise Attack“I’ll see you in thirty minutes then”“Okay”Mutsuki’s , so the school had already grown quite emptyAs his bodyguard, Ange had to wait for hireed to meet up once he was doneShe had been acting odd today (or since the previous evening?), but she took her work seriously She had found a place where they could quickly meet back upMutsuki did not feel et anymore, so he cheerfully started toward the classroom But as they parted…“Mutsuki”“Yeah?”“…Sorry”Ange gave him a quiet look as she said that, but it did not catch his attentionA lot had happened with Lucia on top of being sleep-deprived, so he suppressed a yawn as he stepped inside the classroomHe sat in the seat across from Katsue-sensei who looked a little tired herself since this was her twelfthtoday“Now, Student 12, Fujita Mutsuki Let’s discuss your plans for the future”“Yes, ma’am”

After Mutsuki left, Ange quickly checked on her surroundingsMost of the classroos, so the school was nearly empty She saw no one in the hallith the red of the sunsetBut when she looked out to the , she saw so on theMutsuki’s actionsThat was convenient, so Ange pulled out her cellphoneShe still could not figure out what that demon was up to, but based on his recent actions, he was not showing any sign of abducting Mutsuki right awayShe was pretty sure she could use himShe would have hilected her bodyguard duties With him there, FeTUS would be unable to touch the boy“hello, Nii-san? Yes He’s on top of the clock tower, so take care of that”She contacted Rapha who she had called to the schoolWith someone to keep an eye on Lucia, she could ensure Mutsuki’s safety for the tiThe three-way staleels, humans, and demons was normally an annoyance, but it came in handy hereShe had soap that opened upShe had been planning to do this for teeks now, but her bodyguard duties had prevented her froerous And more importantly, he was too kindSeeing her turn her blade on a classmate would be a shockShe left the school building and walked out onto the schoolyard The different sports tea up at this timeAnge arrived at the club building The large acadeh school, so it had a lot of club activities and thus needed a lot of club rooed like a labyrinthThat created a perfect blind spot“Ange-chan? What’re you doing here?”She had planned to call this girl here, but she had conveniently found Ange instead Barely anyone ever caetherShe was alone with Kurikara Saya, her classmate“You aren’t part of a club, right? Are you here to see someone? Oh, could it be me?”She laughed and gave her usual bright smile Her sporty softball practice uniform made her look all the more cheerful“It’s about the volleyball, isn’t it? I am worried since we haven’t been able to practice ht if we can”She talked on and on even though Ange said nothingKurikara Saya was always like this She was a natural eternal optis She had even approached the unsociable Ange and made friends with herAnge hated huirl’s personalityBut…“Shut up”The bright smile froze over at that cold phraseAnge’s threateningly chilly ath to wipe that look from that eternal optimist of a classmate’s face“There’s so I want to ask you Do you remember this email?”“Eh? Y-yes”Ange pulled out her cellphone and displayed the chain email sent to the entire class a little over a month before“I spotted Fujita-kun and Jiyuuni Ange-chan on a date! So smells fishy about them”A few random emoji were thrown in and it was sent by SayaA little over aat the arcadeShe had immediately told everyone else and the class had started teasing them over their relationshi+p“Oh, that Ah ha ha Sorry I’ve already apologized a ton, haven’t I? It was just a little joke, so I never thought it would get that serious”“That isn’t what I want to ask about”She pointed to the “on a date” part“This doesn’t say where the date was, so only you knohere you saw us”“Y-yeah It was at the SeeDWalK arcade, right? Although it’s closed now after that gas explosion”“Did you tell anyone else?”“No The eot way out of hand Our teacher was really mad too”“Yes, that’s right You told me that before”She put away the phoneInstead, she pulled out her pendant and ree’s weapon It manifested into Proel’s flames“In other words, only you could have set a trap at that arcade”She took a step forwardOverpowered by the defender of the holy law, Saya took a step back“It’s a shame, Kurikara Saya I actually liked you better than Stupid Mutsuki at least”

“…”“I will fulfill el”Bluish-white flas and she took another step forward Saya was frozen in place by the sudden development“Reveal yourself, Black Cat!”“…”When the flames enveloped her, the thread of tension seemed to snapHer widened eyes softenedAl“…?”Mutsuki suddenly raised his head“Fujita? What is it?”“Oh, nothing”When his teacher spoke up, he looked back to the desk She was giving hi for the entrance exa yearHe thought he had heard Ange’s voice, so he smiled bitterlyHe had been a little worried about what she was doing He was pretty sure she would be fine if an enemy showed up, but still“Now, Fujita There are no problerades or your records, so I think you should stay at the acadeh school”“Yes, I intend to My parents suggested the sa”“Very good Oh, but ith that last test? You scored far below your average I know you’re living with Jiyuuni now, but is that why?”“U some difficulties and couldn’t focus Sorry I’ll work harder next time”He had been a little worried, but it looked like the“This shouldn’t be much of a problem, but if it interferes with your schoolwork, let me know The school will do what it can to support you”“Yes, ma’am”Katsue Subaru was not the friendliest person, but she took her work seriously She le student for these sHer long black hair orn up and she had a cold, businesslike appearance The girls often said she wore too much makeup, but that was clearly out of jealousy She was beautiful enough to setMutsuki’s heart racing if he focused on her looksHe liked having her for a teacher She did not show her feelings ood person“…Mh”Suddenly, her expression stiffenedShe turned in a seely random direction and placed a hand to her ear It was a lot like so so a receiver, but she was definitely listening to so“Sensei? What is it?”“…Nothing”After briefly see, she turned back to MutsukiHe was shocked when he saw her faceShe was s He realized it was the first time he had seen that clever and militarily strict teacher smileJust like Ibekusa Machina, she had been the type to keep her emotions hidden“Fnyah”“Eh?”Meanwhile, Ange was confusedShe had confronted Kurikara Saya alone so they could clash The girl had been confused at first, but the look of confusion had vanished once she saw the proof that Ange was an angelBut instead of growing tense, she had grown utterly relaxedShe had collapsed Ange was briefly dumbfounded, but she quickly ran over“Eh? Eh? Wait Saya?”The girl was lying defenselessly on her back and it did not see at her cheek, but she only muttered incoherentlyShe seeel’s flas had caused her to faintThat was the natural reaction for a normal person, but it was unthinkable for a FeTUS memberWas it an act? She was far too defenseless for that“Wh-what does this mean?”Was that girl not with FeTUS? Was she not Black Cat?Given the location and the situation, it had to have been her But then…“Our teacher was really mad too”She recalled what the girl had said“I hadn’t actually planned this out, but I got lucky”Katsue-sensei stood up and reached for her hair“I had Kurikara Saya tell me where you were likely to visit and then laid a trap I failed then, but it seeirl was ht this would happen?”She laughed in delight Her lips were covered in thick lipstick and bent into a char crescent moonShe let down her knee-length hairA few golden threads were led around to split her hair into three strands that braided togetherIt was an iht and it left Mutsuki speechlessHe recognized that thick black braid that swayed like a tail“Leaving you until the end today, though? That was planned”She reached for her suit and it beganlike a fluid as its ed It transformed into a dark suit perfectly fit to her bodyShe straightened her spine and her swollen chest visibly bounced through the outfit and the large bell at her neck rangMutsuki recognized the outfit, including the out-of-place fancy cat helmet“Knowing Jiyuuni’s personality, I knew she would question Kurikara before long And I knew she would do it away froloaded on Kurikara It seems the trap worked”She scratched at the area between her throat and chin to peel off a thin film It looked like some thick makeup, but when she removed it, her true skin was revealed belowHer skin was a deep milk color This was the skin of a white person, not an Asian“I can finally say goodbye to this disguise I had no choice but to hideon my face This is such a relief”“Hyah…”The true identity below that thin filetHe saw sadistic eyes and a face too young to call a teacher Her dress accentuated the curves of her body, she emitted a steel-like aura of intimidation, and she was surrounded by the exotic sexuality of a wild animalMutsuki’s hips gave out and he fell from his chairFeTUS Witches Miss C, aka Black Cat, smiled thinly“I have recorded Jiyuuni Ange’s attack I may be on standby, but I have determined she intends to attackFujita Mutsuki”“Ange! Help-…gh!”The boy tried to run for the exit, but she appeared before his eyesNot even he knehy he was unable to get out the word “er moveHe felt a sticky heat in his stomach and realized he had a hole there“Auf jeden Regen folgt auch Sonnenschein These were two very long weeks, but they were necessary to bring about this perfect moment”Black Cat laughed deep in her throat A claw had grown froer and it had stabbed through the boy’s stomach and out his back The color red soaked the beautiful silver“Gh…”He had been exposed to danger for a month and a half now, but he realized this was the first real injury he had receivedWho would have thought the first one would sole and his face stiffened His groans tasted of rusty ironLucia had been slowed down by the sudden turn of events, but he kicked through theand into the classroom“I’ll kill you”He attacked with his voice treined he was capable ofBlack Cat had likely known he was on the clock tower The corners of her rin and she pulled the claw froht in front of herShe swayed back fro reaction speedHowever, it was impossible for a human to match a deleRed rown from the blackboard behind her It wrapped around her neck and tightened in the form of a scytheBlack Cut quickly used her steel claws as a shi+eld to escape decapitation, but she was still sla, so she was unable to moveAfter dealing with his opponent in an instant, the boy lost interest and ran over to Mutsuki“Yeah, I can deal with a wound like this right away”He must have really been worried He was usually full of eive a simple statement and open Mutsuki’s uniformThere would not have been h of relief and placed a hand over the holeHis hand iar sculpture in water and it fused with Mutsuki’s sto stopped He pressed deeper, reached the boy’s back, and filled that hole as wellJust as FeTUS had trouble with dehty when it came to the human body He used his hand to supplement Mutsuki’s flesh and bloodBlack Cat of course knew he could do this“Heh heh heh…”She s into her throat“The power of demons is the miracle of the Fruit of Life It sounds lovely, doesn’t it? I always have to wonder how many lives you could save if you used that power to serve the world of man”“Keep your dirty ht”“At the saest fear these past teeks I hate to admit it, but I have yet to find a simulation where I defeat you”She kicked at the wall behind her The blackboard bent, creating a gap between the scythe and wall She used that to escapeLucia did not even look back Even with a hand dealing with Mutsuki, he was confident he could kill the woman with his other hand if she approached“? What is this?”Butabout Mutsuki required his attentionSoht The boy was unconscious, but he was too calm He did not react in pain when Lucia touched the wound Even his breathing was perfectly calmLucia’s eyebroitched fro and then his face paled“You…! What did you do!?”The skin of the arm on the wound tore like paper and blood spirted out Mutsuki’s sto apart as if it were“That’s a neuro-contaram based on cobra venom Once it spreads to his entire body, he will die”“Dammit!”The skin necrosis was visibly spreading One hand was not going to be enough, so he also placed his other hand on the boy Both ar“Gh…”But that was suicidal He had sealed off use of both hands in front of the eneeneration quickly enough to fight the toxin Sweat poured from his entire body“Heh heh… Ha ha ha… Ka ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! The trick was getting that inside him That hy I drew Jiyuuni away froh time for you to show up!”Black Cut could not suppress her laughter and her vertical-pupil eyes opened as wide as possible“But it’s over now Once you’re suppressed, I have nothing to fear! I can-…”The door opposite the previous as opened and a new intruder cut her off“…”This tiue, so Lucia grimacedBut Machina understood the situation, so she ran over to Mutsuki and looked down at the stomach fused with Lucia’s arms“A chain-reaction ion channel interference program Miss C Use of this on humans was banned as inhumane”“It was necessary as a counterainst a demon”“Tell me the cancelation key The burden on his ress of our plans”“The prograe his DNA …It h”Black Cat laughed sadistically in her throatHe would not die, but he would constantly experience the pain of his organsaway A normal mind could never endure that He had only lost consciousness for the ti, but that would not last foreverMachina’s expression was cloudy for once She quietly muttered “I’Then she turned a sharp look in Black Cat’s direction“Tell me the cancelation key”“I don’t think so”“Tell me the cancelation key”“I Don’t Think So”“…”

Silence fellNext, a golden circle raced out frohed in her throatAfter that, the school building’s roof was bloith a deafening roar“Keh heh heh Kee hee hee hee hee hee! Let me be honest, Miss E!”It was 5:30 PM at fiftywhich was lit by the red setting sun of h to look down at the clock tower“I planned for this as well! I’d wanted to do this with you for a long, long tith your wayyyyyyyyyy! Zaaaaaaahhhh!!”Machina turned her body around to sidestep Black Cat’s claws, but the following headbutt struck her head and knocked her awayShe slammed into the clock tower and then fell onto the spherical planetarium roof below itBlack Cat landed on the “12” of the large clock face She was curled up just like a kitten that loved cli trees“Nyahaaaahhh♡ Where’s Miss D? Call her here I want to do it with her too I’m even up for both of you at once”She unsteadily rose to her feet“Let me enjoy this even more!”Then she juet She spread her arms wide and fell toward defenseless MachinaThe girl looked quietly up and dodged by leaping back up to the clock tower The cat flipped around in midair to bend the direction of her fall“There are still quite a few people in the school A battle would violate our obligation to secrecy That would negatively affect your inquiry, so you should avoid it”“Enough nonsense!”They both dropped down from the tower into the courtyard“Tell me the cancelation key Do it now and I will not report this”“By this point, I’!”Machina tried to keep soed straight in Their speeds were the same, but Black Cat’s lack of hesitation allowed her to win out The girl avoided the sharp cat claws by a hair’s breadth and continued trying to persuade her opponent“Then I will recommend she keep quiet about this incident Tell me the cancelation key”“Why are you so insistent on the key!? We can secure Fujita Mutsuki for ourselves like this You can spend as ain by re the toxin!?”“…”Machina fell silent and Black Cat grabbed herShe grabbed the girl’s collar and kept her forward“Be honest! Why do you really want the cancelation key!?”Her slender body slah force to shake the entire tower“…”Her expression bent a little fro to speakAfter a few seconds of hesitation, the ends of her eyebrows rose sharply and she glared at Black Cat“Don’t be cruel to Fujita-kun”“Kh…ah…”Black Cat’s face twisted even worseMachina had grabbed her collar as wellWhile the iainst the wall had been distributed across Machina’s entire back, the saainst Black Cat’s chestThe woently placed her feet on the ground“Miss C – Personal Naed hostile”“Gh…”“Extracting co phase variable field up to layer 32 and opening within Euclidean space”The glowing h to encompass the entire courtyardMachina reer filled her eyes that were as transparent as the surface of a clear lakeShe was overwheleShe lowed like firefly light danced froic circle moved at the same timeThe entire ground swelled up and attacked Black Cat – Schwarze Katze – in the shape of an arm“Tch!”The wo from the impact to her chest, but she just barely shi+fted her body out of the way The h empty airBut as soon as she dodged it, the stone stripped off the yellowish-green clothing wrapped around its surface The grass scattered and assaulted Schwarze It filled the lenses of her glasses, robbing her of her visionBlack Cat realized her opponent had control of the ground She had no chance of victory on the surface, so she jumped twenty meters into the airBut as soon as she cleared the grass frolasses, she realized this was exactly what Machina had wantedThe girl had run up the wall ahead of her, faced her froe clock“Why you-…!”In midair, Machina pinned Black Cat’s arms behind her back“Applying molecular distortion to spatial co all y”Black Cat was only thinking of freeing herself, so she could only fall defenselessly when Machina herself let goShe fell toward the top of the planetariuA golden circle was drawn on the spherical roof, so Machina must have set this up earlier“Beginning reaction”Machina held her hand out toward the circle An identical circle appeared in the air It was curved in the opposite direction of the domeBlack Cat was falling in the center spot where the dual ether“Annihilation”Without a sound, the hill dyed by the sunset grew as bright as midday for just a moment“…!”A cylinder of sun-like light appeared in only the shoulder-width space where Schwarze was There was nothing the woman could do“Complete”An annihilation reaction filled that li the center of the sun was sealed in that round spaceIn order to coels, Black Cat was equipped with a Kühler Kralle tool to diffuse heat, but the daardlessOnce the cylinder filled with enough brightness, the curved circles reversed direction They drew an ellipse and closed together to match the speed of Machina’s fallThe sealed light vanished as if it were being crushed into nonexistence, but…“Compleeeete?”“!”

“Do you nyot kno to finish what you’ve started♡?”Before it could fully close, sohtA black for from its entire bodyIt rushed straight toward the girl in freefall and thrust up its burned fist since the metal claws had melted“Hh…”Even without the claws, the blow sank into her solar plexus and nearly broke into her stomachBy the ti despite her injuries and she held Machina’s nearly unconscious form by the neck“What good is it if you’re not trying to kill me, hmm? This is what happens when you hold back because you only want to hurt me a little”Black Cat laughed in delight as her body gave off the smell of a well-done steak“Gh…”“But you did pretty good Keh heh It definitely hurt It hurt like hell I thought I was gonna cry Nyee hee♡ Hee hee hee Nya ha ha ha heh heh heh hee hee hee!”Her facethe pain and she clenched her fist onceafter the blow to the gut“Here’s some advice, so make sure to thank me Beat down your enemy until they’re utterly defeated If you don’t, you nyever knohat they’ll do when you lose For example…”“Uuh…”“So like this!!”Machina’s cloudy roundShe quickly got up, but so She did not feel any pain besides the punch to the stomachAfter that, she noticed as going on around herIt was dark The setting sun had vanished at some point and she was surrounded by starsShe looked up and saw the red sky Only then did she realize a hole had opened in the roof and she had fallen into the planetariumShe quickly realized why: just before being punched, soiant hunk of metal on her back stood there“What’s this, infighting? If I could have found Black Cat’s identity this easily, I feel like an idiot trying to figure it out my way”Ange pouted her lips, but her expression was otherwise composedSchwarze had been hit with enough force to break through the roof, so she was a little dazed“Heh I forgot there was another one of you left”“I , but it’s all the same in the end Prepare yourself, Black Cat I’ll pay you back for that humiliation”“You guessed wrong, did you? What happened to Kurikara?”“I carried her to the infirmary The place stank, so I made sure to air it out …Wait, you know about Saya!?”Ange blushed and shouted in anger that someone knew about her mistaken deductionMachina sighed and stepped up alongside her“Fujita-kun is in a dangerous situation after being infected with a neurotoxin program”“Mutsuki is? What happened to Satowa? Wasn’t he there?”“He is having trouble returning to the fight, so the two of us raether”“Work together? Are you stupid?”“Then I request mutual noninterference”“…Hmph”Mutual noninterference referred to the proree toThey would both take on Black Cat, but they would not attack each other That was the saether“Well, it is true I don’t think I would have it in me to deal with you at the same time”Ange clearly did not like it, but she turned her sword toward Black Cat as a sign of acceptanceSchwarze brushed the dust off of herself with a delighted grin that showed off her canine teeth“Shaaaaaahhhhhhhh!”“Loop!!”She charged in while covered in wounds and Ange intercepted her with her double divine swordIt was an equal exchange of swords and fistsBlack Cat had the greater speed, but Ange’s weapon gave her more reach, she had incredible reflexes, and Black Cat’s movements were not too fast for her to see Plus…“Corona!”“Like that’ll work on-…gh!?”The blue flae’s back struck the wo distanceSchwarze tried to defend, but her melted clothes only released white sparks A rees struck her and blew her awayMachina narrowed her eyes“Her Kühler Kralle is broken Use your flames I will support you”“What!? Wh-what are you talking about?”Ange did not understand, but she scattered Helios, small balls of heat that pursued her opponent beyond sword range They becaeted the woman collapsed in the planetarium seats“Prepare heat-bending fibers Sine boost”Machina’sspheres bent into an ellipse as if being squeezed from above and below“Gwah!”They becaot upShe was knocked away again and broke through the wall that had grown as weak as tofu from the heat Machina immediately followed“What was that!?”Black Cat was supposed to be a forht thanks to all her previous dae did not like that or how Machina see her, so she too pursued with a lopsided frown on her faceThey jurass had been torn upBlack Cat was collapsed by the shrubbery surrounding the courtyardHer breathing was stable and she seeet up if she wanted to, but she was badly darass“Miss C Let me reiterate: you should tell me the cancelation key”“I don’t think so”Her throat must have been burned because her voice was scratchy“In fact, I don’t know it The prograe of 128 exabytes per second and the cancelation key is included in that The only way to cancel it is to calculate out the fluctuating number field in less than a second, but the only supercomputer currently capable of that is the O’clock at FeTUS headquarters The only way to cancel it is to take him there”“Taking hiels”“Most likely But that isn’t a problem”Black Cat got upMachina’s eyes widened when she saw her and Ange grew pale“At the very least, Fujita’s guardian angel will die here and now”Her cat hels had stabbed into her templesThey extended further and further, invading her brain“Release final safety device Abandon avoidance recommendation code Y Device: activate”“Oh, no”“Eh?”Machina raised her defenses, but Ange ide open as she griht“Gah!?”“Gah!?”The result was the same either way By the time they felt fear towards the bloodshot bestial eyes, they both had a fist sinking into their gutThey were both sent flying through the library’s wall“Cough… Wh-as that?”They even broke through the bookshelf on the other side of the wallAnge shoved the fallen books aside to get up and she searched for Machina The studying students were duirls were hidden from their viewThe two of therabbed their necks, and pulled them upIt was like the difference between adult and child Black Cat’s arreater than before and the tere helpless as they dangled from her hands Machina had taken two blows to the solar plexus now, so even breathing caused her body to ache“Corona! …Huh? C’mon, burn! I said Corona!”“Keh heh heh heh heh… What’s this? Are you trying to do so”Ange had lost her sword, but she still fought back with her wings of flaether Not even her hair burned froree fireNo led, she could not re into her carotid artery At this rate, she would suffocate without acco at all“Stop this, Miss C… You should…cancel this… You will…never return…to being human…”“Was ebrockt hat, Das reat Such an abnorrim reaper is so close and it feels wonderful”The woman’s slender arms remained motionless as if they were machines built for this task“Nyagh!? Pkh”When they finally relaxed, it was at the woman’s own convenienceShe thought she was going to vo her head Once they could breathe, the two girls coughed violentlyAnge was confused, but Machina took action ian running up the clock tower“Cough, cough Wait, wait, Ibekusa What was that!?”“The Y Device It is the ultiendary witch who constructed the Springloaded systeiven one”“Springloaded? You loaded device in her own body?”“Technically, she let it invade her body …Knowing that the process is irreversible”Machina kicked off the wall to leap out below the darkening sky She landed in the classrooh the hole in the roofMutsuki was still unconscious and Lucia see sapped by using his body as a catalystMachina faced Ange again“Take those two and hide With her brain mechanized, Miss C will not even be able to play around with us She will prioritize her mission to secure Adam above all else, so-…”Machina was trying to get Ange and the others to escape, but the two of the was hitHalf the building vanished and the two girls were buried in the rubbleLucia was dumbfounded as a black form landed in front of him“Capture of Fujita Mutsuki…positive”Black Cat approached without her usual battle-crazed smile and her voice sounded mechanically flatTheir work s had removed themselves from her temples The cat-shaped helmet fell away and her head was exposedTwo isosceles triangle-shaped devices were embedded directly into her skull like cat ears“Kh… What the hell is this!?”Lucia had no idea as going on, but he knew this was no norht back But the toxin was too powerful and Mutsuki’s skin beganas soon as he diverted his attention away froht like thisSchwarze would no longer listen to anything beyond the absolutely necessary and she mechanically reached out her hand