Vol 7 Chapter 4 (1/2)
Chapter 9: De
Part 1
Mana's vision was full of small missiles
Needless to say, launching such a large amount of et hit, but the DEM Wizards and〈Bandersnatch〉were also hit, falling to the ground
”you, actually hit your own comrades!”
”Hahaha! There's no way you can dodge that!”
Ignoring what Mana said, Jessica as carrying a huge airfra loudly
”It seems like she doesn't even have the normal ability to analyse”
Mana continued flying, frowning in disgust
Strong un bullets and laser swords ca continuously Every attack she received was severe If she let her guard down, her protective barrier could be broken
Most likely, Jessica's brain had been ic
——similar to what Mana underwent for years, except it was done within such a short period of time
”Kuh——”
Mana didn't knoas done to er to such an extent within a day But she clearly knew that this kind of action would inflict a fearful ae to the body
In fact, Jessica started showing signs of her body being dahts were obstructed as she wanted to defeat Mana desperately, hence ignoring her co randomly Furthermore, she destroyed the DEM facilities around her as well
”Kuh——”
”Mana! We will cover you! Move it!”
Kotori's voice could be heard through the speakers
Then, Mana opened a s after her exploded in mid-air
It seed folium=””> in mine mode and blocked the missiles for her
”Thank you, it's a great help----”
After giving a short thanks-------however, Mana stopped talking and turned around
Next, a torrent of cold air crossed the space Mana was at
”This is…!”
For a ht that Jessica had fired the Maryoku cannon again without learning fro Mana looked doards
Over there, there was a girl in a iant rabbit doll
”<hermit>……no, Yoshi+no-san…!?”
”It's an order…froet rid, of……the Wizard-san!”
”So close, that's the way Yo-shi+no! Ushaaa! Freeze that girl!”
”Un……!”
Yoshi+no talked with the giant rabbit-<zadkiel> while creating several ice pillars in the sky and shooting them towards Mana
”Wai………”
After Mana twisted her body in panic, she flehile dodging and striking down the approaching ice pillar bullets with the laser blade in her right hand
But, to interrupt her, a tre from above this time Mana frowned her face, turned her Territory into defensive h the wall of wind
”Kuku, oh well, not bad at all You're different fro around there”
”Alert Kaguya, please be careful That's shi+dou's sister I heard she's strong”
The twin girls holding a lance and pendulu at Mana
”That's the…Yamai sisters, huh”
Mana said that and licked her lips It tasted like sweat
Now that she thought about it, they were being controlled by the Spirit- too She heard that <fraxinus> radars picked up winds thought to belong to the Ya; it see Yoshi+no
She had no idea why the girls were here But, there was no ti that, a red silhouette was heading towards Mana after it charged through the missiles' explosion
”You're kidding me……!”
It was still okay if it was a normal opponent but, Jessica's brain had been tempered till it was messed up and her Maryoku had been increased to Mana's level With 3 Spirits added into the equation, it was going to be tough, even for Mana
”Kuh----Losing Jessica is………iirls' attention somewhere else……!”
At that roup of Wizard in the air zone in front
There was a group of Wizards wearing different wiring suits compared to the DEM Wizards Most likely, everyone from the JSDF AST was called as back-up
”Ah----!”
Mana opened her eyes wide in reflex when she found a familiar face
”-----Captain!”
”Eh………? Huh, you're----Mana!?”
The AST captain Kusakabe Ryoko replied back with a surprised face
”Why are you in a place like-----”
”Talk later! Tag!”
”Huh?”
”I'irls to you!”
After saying that, she activated her thrusters and passed through the space between the AST members The ot stirred up from the wind pressure
But, so happened a beat after they were taken back That was only natural That was because <her at the same time
”U-uwah!? Everyone, retaliate! Teaet <berserk>!”
”U-understood!”
But as expected from Captain, she dealt with the sudden situation and fired back at the 3 of them
Maybe they felt they were going to get attacked as Yoshi+no, Kaguya and Yuzuru changed their targets fro with the edge of her eye, Mana left that air zone
But, there was no time to take a breather in the first place All she had done was change the status quo of the situation that had turned into the worst scenario
Not batting an eye to the Spirit and ASTMana froiant Maryoku cannons at her
”MaaaaaaaaaaaaaaNaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!”
”How persistent……!”
She ue again
But at thattraced with a cold finger attacked Mana
”------!?”
For a ht Yoshi+no and the Yamai sisters attacked her But-----she wasonly appeared when a Wizard with radial Territory was getting closer, causing both of their Territory's to clash with each other
”Kuh………!”
The same time she noticed that, Mana quickly twisted her body and took evasion measures
Next, a laser blade around Mana's height, passed through the space Mana was at a o
”----Oh ed it huh Nice reaction”
With that said, the girl that appeared behind Mana out of nowhere cal that
She had blonde hair which was fluttering in the sky and blue eyes A white CR-unit was being worn over her pale skin
Mana gasped-----
that was because, DEM industries' prided strongest Wizard- Ellen M Mathers -was there
”Ellen…!”
”I heard that there was a big rat within the assailants but……it was you huh, Mana”
After saying that, Ellen looked down on Mana
”How disappointing I acknowledged you as the 2nd skilled personal before me, inside DEM”
”Hah… Stop with your joke You guys mess with one's body as you please”
After Mana said it like puking, Ellen twitched her eyebrows
”………I see You found out to that extent It seems it's true that <ratatoskr> picked you up”
”Fuun, judging by your unsurprised look, it seems you're an accomplice huh An idealistic scenario would have you joinout the truth”
”Sorry but I will not betray Ike”
”……Like I thought huh”
Mana distorted her eyebrohilein detest-----Honestly, a woman she didn't want to have as an opponent had appeared The suest Wizard both acknowledged by herself and others Even though Mana earing <ratatoskr>'s CR-unit--<vánargandr>, there was no guarantee that Mana could win
What was more, currently-----
”Disappear! <blastark>!”
Mana looked behind when Jessica shouted and a tremendous torrent of Maryoku was shot out from the 2 Maryoku cannons
”Guh……!”
Even if it was Mana's Territory, there was no way there would be no dae if she took a direct hit fro her body, Manaon the Maryoku cannon's attack with the surface of her Territory before flying backwards to have both Ellen and Jessica fall into her view
On her right hand, there was the strongest Wizard in white armor
On her left hand, there was the craziest Wizard with a crimson tank behind her
”It doesn't feel right to have a 2 vs 1 fight but----well, I can't help it if it's Ike's intentions Let's end this quickly”
”A-ha-hahaha Mana, Mana, I finally caught up MaaaaaaaNaaaaaaaaa?”
”Tsk……”
Being glared by the two of theue in detest
Part 2
”-----So, where is Tohka-san? It's a waste of ti”
”Iyaa, err”
Miku asked hi in the corridor However, it was not like he knew the specific location shi+dou spoke auously in aardness
”Haaa? Did you intend to infiltrate without investigating that? Eh? Is that cluster of ugliness riding on your shoulders filled with over boiled udon, just like a clay doll?”
”Muguh………”
Actually, it was bulls-eye He hesitated to talk
”B-but there's no way I can easily investigate that, right…!”
”Heee……You think so?”
At thata noticeably loud footstep and the group of DEM wizard aligned to the wall looked at Miku when they heard her song
Within theers
”Hey you over there Come over here for a bit!”
”Ye-yes, Onee-sama!”
The female Wizard walked over to Miku with a nervous face When she reached there, Miku lifted her face with bewitching hand movements
”Neee………Please tellconfined in?”
”Th-that's……classified information…………”
”I will hate you if you don't tell me, you know?”
”N-no way! Onee-sama!”
After Mikuonto Miku with a face as if she was going to cry any moment
”She's at the quarantine area on the 18 floor! I-if you use this ID, you can enter! S-so please Onee-sama! Show mercy……show mercy!”
”Ufufu, I like honest girls”
After Miku accepted the ID the girl offered to her, she erected her index finger and touched her own lips before touching the girl's lips
”Ah, aah…………!?”
The girl made an ecstatic voice as if she ascended to heaven and collapsed powerlessly It see at the surroundings were looking at her in jealousy andtheir handkerchiefs Thethe same actions so it was a little uncomfortable
However, Miku did not stop to worry about the worshi+pers' reaction and looked down at shi+dou as if she won
”How about it? There areit you know?”
”………ed”
Originally, he should be rebuking at Miku for toying with others unreasonably like what she did in the Tennou festival, but the current situation called for it shi+dou scratched his cheeks with a very complex mood
But thanks to that, he was able to find Tohka's location and at the saet to her He nodded a little while clenching his fist and looked upwards at the next floor
”Okay, let's go Miku”
”Like I said, will you stop thinking I a you? Do you understand? I am here to add Tohka-san into my army We are enemies!”
”I-I get it”
There was a lot of stuff he could think of but, it was a fact that shi+dou would not know of Tohka's location if not for Miku's presence shi+dou quietly started walking and followed after Miku
After that, they went to the next floor and after walking for so suits equipped with small firearms and close combat weapons in front
They were probably inforraded their equipment compared to when shi+dou was alone and the Wizards had expressions filled with nervousness
”Shoot! Don't go easy on them!”
Together with the captain's order, countless bullets spew out fro But at that moment, Miku took a deep breath and,
”WAH!!”
She released a sound wave in front of her
The bullets approaching them bounced off an invisible wall and sunk into the walls and floor The Wizards leaked their disht have directed the wall properly, but the at too and it made him cover his ears in reflex
”Ahaha, you seriously think you can stop me with that attack? I sure am underestimated huh”
After Miku laughed, the faces of all the Wizards distorted with fear and gasped
But at that moment, 2 more Wizards appeared from the back corridor and pointed their pistol at Miku's back
”Miku!”
After shouting, shi+dou swung <sandalphon> with both his hands Light was shot as if it traced along the blade and blasted away the Wizards' Territory Several bullets shot fro
”Guah-----”
However, the moment he released <sandalphon>'s slash, his whole body hurt starting with the hand holding the sword shi+dou fell on his knees in reflex
”Gua………”
”Wa-wait!?”
After clearing the Wizards at front, Miku raised her eyebrohile shouting But, shi+dou did not have the leisure to respond to her now
The price for swinging the Spirit sword-----Angel <sandalphon> which contained power too excessive for a huh toll on shi+dou's body
But, it see in shi+dou's body had not forsaken hihted deep inside his heart, the heat slowly spread out to the edges of his body He could feel the flaes, muscles and bones which could not be seen fro method came with the heat of hell fire
”Uu-guh………”
Nevertheless, he could not coh to blow his consciousness away and stood up before dragging <sandalphon>'s tip on the corridor while so
Miku snorted in detest when she saw shi+dou in that state
”…How pathetic Why do you go that far?”
”I told you already…………I have to save Tohka As long as I have no idea what is happening to Tohka, if I waste any time……I don't have the time to stand still-----”
shi+dou said that before clenching his fist------the pain when he did that distorted his face
”Kuh………”
Miku twitched her eyebrows and purposely ust
”Aaah-aaah-aaah- How cold What's with that? Did you get drunk with the thought of saving your tragic heroine? You aren't in the age to be looking up to heroes of justice”
Miku shrugged her shoulders as if to ridicule him and continued
”Ahaha, is it perhaps that? You can't retreat because you already told me that Tohka-san's life is usting huo so I won't be disappointed”
”………………”
But, shi+dou did not show any reaction and continued walking in the corridor silently
”Wait! Don't ignore me!”
Maybe because Miku did not like that, her voice turned wild before she overtook shi+dou----and, Pon hit her hand as if she thought of so
”-----Aah, I know Then let's do this Go ahead and tell ive up on Tohka-san, here and now If you do that, I will use irls as you like into your slaves How about it? All of the for you? Ufufu, not a bad deal right?”
Miku gave him a deal shi+dou twitched his eyebrows
Unpleasantness spread out inside his chest It was not a good idea to make Miku ive her for that sentence He glared at Miku and opened his mouth
”……Don't screith me! There is no replacement for Tohka!”
”…………uh”
When shi+dou ht twitch with her shoulders before increasing her tone as if she lost her temper
”Fu-fuun, stop pretending already! Your [Like] or [Precious] is just at that level right? I a I will prepare a replaceo that far for her…!”
Miku said it in a forceful tone Even if this was to tempt shi+dou, there was no composure in her tone It was as if she felt that her existence was being denied unless shi+dou agreed with her
”You're mistaken Not all humans are-----”
”Shu-tt u-uppppp! Humans are my toys! Males are my slaves! Females are my cute dolls! All humans only have that value!”
Miku shouted to reject him
”Miku, you…………”
shi+dou raised his eyebrows The words that he missed to hear when he was inside Kurumi's shadow scratched his mind
”Why-------why do you hate males that much! Why do you treat females like objects! Why do you see humans in that perspective……!”
”Huh, that's obvious right? Humans are worth just that much----”
”-----Even though you're human yourself too…!”
He said it to interrupt Miku's voice
Miku stopped her words and gasped
”-----!?”
Miku opened her eyes in surprise and looked at shi+dou shi+dou looked back at her and continued
”When you were still hu] that has the appearance of a noise, gave you the power of the Spirits………a!?”
”…………!”
Miku twitched her shoulders But-----she did not show any signs of denial
That hat Kuru here
That was the information she read fro Miku with a ht to be her parents they found in Miku's house
Just like Kotori----Miku was a human turned into a Spirit by someone
And also, she had a past of being active as an idol with a different name
”………How do you know that?”
Miku glared at him with sharp eyes That reply was proof
”I had a well-informed friend”
There was no need to explain Kuruuously to play it off
Nonetheless, it's not like shi+dou actually knew everything Kuru CD and photos, and there were s still left in the unknown
Yes…………If Miku really was originally human---
---then ould she treat her fellow humans as objects?
Not only she hatedto, just as antique dolls She didn't treat hue
At first shi+dou thought that her value systeifted with the [Voice] to make anyone listen to her
But-----if Miku was human before then
If Miku was active in human society for 10 years then
Just what on earth could cause her to harbor such robotic emotions to humans?
”You're…a human too Then you should----”
When shi+dou was about to finish his sentence, Miku glared right at him
”Don't joke………Just, just what do you know about me?!”
Miku shouted hatefully shi+dou slowly opened his mouth
”Miku…what happened to you?”
”………Fuun, why should I-”
”Miku”
When shi+dou pressed on with his words, Miku sighed in annoyance
”How persistent Fuun……”
After she said that-----Miku started talking in a vo manner
Part 3
---Singing was the only thing I had
That hat Miku already felt when she was 9 years old
It was much faster to count her studies and sports results froood in art and crafts There was only one [Not bad] in her report card during her elee even when she was in middle school
But Miku had her singing She was better than anyone in her class, and could sing songs beautifully
Whatin the first place?……yes, it was because she got praised by her teacher for being good at singing during her kindergarten ga
To the young Miku, it made her very happy and she felt very proud as if she received a shi+ning medal that no one else had
Itand dancing idols on television
The young Miku was engrossed at the girls singing with their cute voice while dancing on a dazzling stage Of course for lyrics, she could perfectly remember even their style and it surprised both her parents
And once Miku reached 15, she got the attention of the judges in the audition and was able to debut as her desired Idol with the name Yoimachi Tsukino
That was the happiest time of her life She could stand on the place she had been aspiring for a long ti, her voice could be heard byof that made her tears fall naturally
Although her work could not be co smoothly without any problems Her CD slowly entered the charts and the audience started to increase in her lives
The male audience crossed 90 percent of the total audience and although now that she thought about it, this was enough to give her the willies…………but to Miku at that time, all of them were the precious audience that would tell her that they loved her singing
She liked recording for her CDs and radio but Live shoere the most fun for her
It was the best way to actually feel her song reaching everyone
Everyone would praise Miku's singing
They would say that they loved Miku
Thebeautifully even more
She thought that dreamlike time would always continue
---But, demise easily came
It happened around 1 year after Miku's debut Around the time she was quite popular, she was told that a producer fro to her fro with hiular or so like that
Although it was not specified clearly; it was basically that
Of course, Miku refused politely
The reason why Miku became an Idol was not because she wanted to appear in TV; it was because she wanted everyone to hear her songs
But, after a while from that
A scandal she had no idea about was published on the weekly photo azine
What were the contents?although she did not read it in details because of the shock she received, she could re stuff like her past relationshi+ps, abortion experience, how she frequently attended drug parties, etc
She found this out later and it seeot involved in this He seeood terms with the president of Miku's office and-----Miku easily lost her place in the company
But thewas the reaction of her fans……no, the people she thought were her fans
The people that would line up with the [I like], [I love you], [I would die for you], suddenly started changing their attitude like flipping the palm to the opposite side
It was tough knowing that people would believe rumors spread by some unknown person and not Miku's words
(------hey, how many times did you have sex with your previous boyfriend?)
(Abortion? That's basically killing a baby right? What are you doing even though you're a killer?)
Each ti
Each tin events with fewer customers
Miku's heart gradually exhausted away
But Miku did not give up
Yes Miku had her singing She had her songs She only had her singing from the start
Noto spread rus
My songs have that power
Somewhere in her heart, that confidence with no basis at all was still there
And thus, Miku stood on the live stage again
But, it was no use
Her body was controlled by nervousness and another kind of palpitation, when she saw the people crowding the arena, as some kind of scary monster
However, she had to sing Nothing would start if she didn't sing
The BGM started She brought the mike closer to her mouth She shook her throat
But----
(………! ………!)
---HyuuHyuu Air only came out from Miku's throat
She was diagnosed with Aphonia due to a psychological problem
Like that, the life of Yoiing
Once a girl who only had singing in her life lost her voice, that girl no longer had any value in life
She knew that froo She understood that when she was only 9 years old
That's why, Miku started thinking of suicide, and it was only natural for her to do so
Anyherself Orpills It was also okay to ju a razor at her hand With just those actions, it was possible to easily dispose of a girl with no value
But, just when Miku was about to take those actions,
A [God] appeared in front of Miku
(----You're disappointed of humans You think this world is hopeless Neee, do you want power? A power big enough to change the world?)
Part 4
”I------Lost it Once Because of those ugly ical disorder-----the voice……the voice more important than my life………!”
Miku spoke to herself as if to show her e
”I thought of suicide ave me this [Voice]! The best [Voice] that will !”
Most likely, that [God] was the unidentified Spirit called
”…………Is that so”
shi+dou felt extremely weird of Miku who didn't treat someone else as a person
He felt her value system, and life/death perspective was far off froht feel hatred to her
When he realized that Miku ht have a human past when he found the photo and CD in her house, that weird feeling expanded even more
But----he rong
Of course, he had no intentions to accept Miku's way of dealing with hu so her [Voice] covered with Reiryoku, and act like a queen
However, it was different It was not like Miku thought of hu lesser than her-----
She was just very very scared to treat them equally
She would definitely be betrayed if she believed them