259 What the Hell Is That!? (2/2)
They began implementing Seiji’s idea.
Mika walked back to the practice field and walked over to the spot that Natsuya indicated.
Natsuya manipulated something on her computer and controlled a human-shaped target to move towards Mika.
As Mika saw the human-shaped target approach, she pretended to be afraid and started shivering.
”Don’t... don’t come over here!” she shouted out in (fake) terror.
”Chirp!?” The silver-winged loli who was currently flying around in midair saw this, and her eyes widened in shock.
The human-shaped target approached closer and closer.
”Don’t come over!!” Mika pretended to be terrified; she was now screaming.
Natsuya increased the speed of the human target at the perfect time, making it seem like it was about to crash into Mika.
”Ahh!!” Mika continued acting.
”Chirp!!!”
Something instantly changed in the atmosphere. For just an instant, Seiji felt a deep chill as he watched Mashiro.
It was as if he had plunged into a freezing river!
He saw the silver-winged loli’s hair suddenly turn blood-red, her wings changed to pitch-black, and a large amount of dark red mist suddenly materialized before her and began condensing into the form of a ball.
In just an instant, the dark red ball shot out, leaving a colorful trail behind that seemed almost like a streak of blood.
*Boom!!* A low and deep explosion reverberated throughout the underground facility.
The human-shaped target that was struck by the dark red ball vanished.
It didn’t explode and it wasn’t destroyed; it vanished entirely!
Mika, Natsuya, and Seiji were all stunned.
After a few seconds of dead silence—”Chirp!”
The silver-winged loli had already returned to her original colors and flew towards the double pigtailed girl.
Mika reflexively caught Mashiro.
”Chirp~” Mashiro once again displayed a cute expression. It seemed like she wanted praise for having done a good job.
Mika, blank-faced, could only pat Mashiro listlessly. Seiji felt that it was incredible how she hadn’t shown any expressions of fear from that.
He himself definitely had an expression of shock. Natsuya, standing beside him, had the exact same expression.
That just now... what the hell was that!?
It seemed like some technique from an anime, but the target that was hit just instantly vanished, without leaving a single shard or trace behind... Was it a dimensional transfer bomb or black hole bomb or what!?
Frightening.
This attack’s effect was frightening, and the change in Mashiro was frightening and overall... terrifying!
Seiji was inwardly patting himself on the back for having successfully avoided a clash between Shika and Mashiro last night, otherwise... he definitely would have needed to load.
Mashiro was actually able to use such a powerful attack... just what was she?
”Her power... is immeasurable,” Natsuya muttered to herself after she regained her senses. She looked at her computer monitor, shaking her head in disbelief.
On the screen was a warning displaying that the measuring equipment had undergone an error.
If the target had been destroyed, and the numbers were off the charts, that would have been astonishing but still understandable.
But what was with the measuring equipment displaying nothing but errors?
What exactly was that ball-shaped attack? It was impossible to know.
The target disappeared after being struck, but did it transform into something too microscopically small to see, or was it transported elsewhere? If it were instantly vaporized, then its destructive power was insanely strong! And if it were transported elsewhere, where did it go?
This was definitely unimaginable.
After all this, this Spiritual Creature—no, the mysterious creature who'd been given the name of Mashiro—seemed likely to have a nature which was far more frightening than what it appeared like.
Cute chirping sounds echoed throughout this quiet, empty space.
Mika looked towards Seiji. Seiji and Natsuya exchanged glances.
The two of them nonverbally communicated and came to an unspoken agreement.
”Let’s stop the test.”