Chapter 6 (2/2)

Lavinia and Augusta, each accoiant of flaht in the air that repeatedly foric squares, froside lighting strikes! It would seeic’

During his three days of intensive training, Tobio had been inforreat technique users froht forth by ‘Gods’, deinal theories on supernatural phenoh formulas All phenomenon have fixed lahich can be h ‘ that could solve the calculations for the sake of releasing unusual power They were each using their own formulas to reproduce supernatural phenomenon

Fire, wind, water, ice, lightning……with every type of phenoic circles of those two, one person, a young girl was cheerfully watching——Walburga

“Wow♪ Oshi+-sah spirits! Well then, should I observe this as well?”

She then took a brooic square, floated in the air at a low elevation, and lounged there

The princess of ice, swinging her arms horizontally, caused pillars of ice to successively appear fro the crucifix in a seeping motion, completely mowed down those pillars of ice

While their ical battle on the side, the ice princess and the blazing giant were engaged in a severe fight

With the supernatural phenoicians had already surpassed Tobio’s iht he to attack, he had co honestly, it was clear that charging in carelessly would have him either turned into an ice sculpture, or reduced to cinders

Lavinia said as much to Tobio

“Toby, leave this place toand destroying those witches was inal task”

“B-but!”

Lavinia smiled sweetly

“I feel like doing a favor in consideration for the kind-hearted Toby ould not raise a hand against a hu However, a day will certainly come when, to protect someone important to you, you will be confronted with a scene where you cannot help but to wound so her, surely it is that sort of situation, right?”

Lavinia pointed towards the gate

“Hurry up, you need to go”

Re in this place under Lavinia’s protection……this was clearly not the usta could also use iant, it was just too powerful, to the point that the situation exceeded reality For the current Tobio and Jin they cannot possibly face this opponent To face that old wo on the level of Lavinia That was hoas——

Tobio ether with Jin he dashed for the door

“……Sorry, Lavinia-san!”

While leaving a deep felt apology, Tobio decided to pursue Hi that he himself was presently able to do This was the most important reason he had come here

Susta nor the girl called Walburga chased after Tobio Since she was gazing at Lavinia in a daze he was lucky that she likely didn’t notice him

His destination——this facilities upper levels

——From here, I will unconditionally rescue Sae

Possessing unshakable will, Tobio advanced together with Jin

Part 2

Natsu escaped fro several Utsuseed to escape from the residential area and arrived at the site of a discontinued factory

Having hidden themselves under the cover of the factory’s interior, Natsu Tobio by telephone However, what entered her ear was only a nal area~” The coic that had been placed in their ears had died out before anyone had noticed Either the distance between thereat, or else——

Perhaps, those two have been taken so some kind of transference technique of the enemy hat Natsurowing up until now, and Lavinia, in the case that she released her full poithout considering the circu theover the place, they should be able to cause serious injury even to the enemy leaders When Natsume and Samejima met Lavinia they immediately witnessed her power——‘Ice Princess’, which could be called nothing other than a masterpiece

However, that poas so far beyond excessive, forget indoors, to make use of it doouldn’t be simple This is because it would be almost certain to involve numerous other people

Be that as it may, as for whether or not that poas manifested at Sae’s house……it would not have been utilized Because they had been Tobio’s neighbors Without a doubt, using that power there, not just the opponent, Tobio and Toujou Sae would have been dragged in as well

Being unable to get in contact with those two, Natsu that Samejima struck the earth with his fist in vexation

“……Not only was it a trap, but for soht, what kind of mess is this? My own naivety makes me want to puke”

Sa his oer in order to overcome the defeat he suffered at the department store, had headed to Toujou Sae’s house this time filled with confidence But noith the members separated after the enemy tripped them up so easily——

However, the sarown, Lavinia, and Vali were all co her with unshakable confidence In this last investigation, it had been her expectation to have obtained so the enemy attack

That——had been shattered

……Nevertheless, Samejima was the kind of person capable of self-reflection and was able to see the bright side of the situation Returning to his wild appearance, in fact, Saet along with the younger Vali without incident Bearing this in enerosity was vast when coe

“……Either way, once again, we have to decide, whether to go back to that house or to return to the condominium……”

Natsu over their next course of action

Sounds were heard froe, devoting the their presence as much as possible

For a brief ure appeared in the entrance to the factory It was a young girl of about nine or ten with her hair in braids Having no memory of her Natsuirl would co the day?

In the midst of this suspicious atmosphere, Samejima alone showed an expression of surprise Sairl

“……It can’t be”

Standing before the girl Sailance and asked

“You, why are you here?”

Was she an acquaintance? As Natsume reluctantly revealed herself, she formally inquired of Samejima

“……Who?”

“It’s nobu——Maeda’s little sister” (TN: Just to clarify, nobu is Maeda’s nickna because nobu can also be a girls name)

Maeda nobushi+ge——Samejima’s close friend He was the important friend that he desired to rescue His little sister……she was the girl standing there?

“But, ould you——“

Then, as Sa that——a blade was thrust into his abdomen! With a particularly think sound, the blade passed all the way through his back …………Froirl’s hand, there was a distorted blade Just like, those tentacles carried by the Utsusemi——

“…………!!!”

Froh the abdo sound

“SAMEJIMA-KUN!”

Rushi+ng over, Natsume looked at Samejima’s affliction——she perceived that the heart was intact despite the wound It was a situation where it could not be said that the wound would certainly prove fatal

Furtherure of sohim, Samejima’s eyes widened

“……nobu……”

While losing blood, Sa e His eyes were hollow, indicating that he was as yet under the influence of brainwashi+ng

“Kukuku……”

The laugh of a third party echoed through the factory The new appearance——was aa business suit The audy smile

“Yo, it’s been a couple of days Samejima Kouki of the ‘Four Fiends’ It’s nice to awa Natsume”

Natsu him, despite the fatal wound, Samejima’s face instantly distorted with fury

“……Doumon”

This ency’……

Seeing Samejima’s present condition, Doumon’s smiled all the more broadly He spoke cheerfully

“Why? For what reason? To be e should be together with a irl, she’s an Utsuseer sister”

Positioned beside Maeda nobushi+ge, there was the girl who appeared to be his younger sister She was……an Utsusemi!?

“An Utsuseer sister The original japanese sounded better)? Such a thing is possible!?”

Natsume raised an astonished voice It was a natural response Up until now, they had only ever been attacked by variations of existing plants and aniht here, unexpectedly, was an Utsuse a for that was beyond their iinations

Seeing Natsuht

“Fufufu, did you believe that such a technique for s was nonexistent? Such ideas would be conceived by ants ——This is my hobby”

“……Fiend”

Feeling displeasure from the depths of her heart, Natsume spat out as much That which Dou like creating Utsusemi imitations of the relatives of their classmates, that was a far too excessive deviation fro, there was no point at this late hour of doubting whether the people responsible for this event were capable of it

Douh his nose with a fun

“Well, I won’t deny that ——Noith that wound it won’t be long for Samejima Kouki The remains, that corpse cannot be left alone The demon kept within that Sacred Gear, if the owner dies, it will disappear automatically until it is reborn inside of a new host That’s what our corappled with the creator of that syste out the Sacred Gear dwelling within his body”

……In actuality, their vulgarity knew no bounds They were nothing more than accessories to the Sacred Gears to the aside from the power possessed by Natsu that, whatever the sacrifice, whatever thean eyelid For thee upon the Clans, their eyes and spirit being clouded by it, they had crossed over the final line for which they could still be considered human

“……I won’t let you”

Natsu a shi+eld for Saround

……Looking over, Sa its tail to touch its master’s abdomen Touched by the tail, it proceeded to cover the affected area that had been daed ……This, while it was uncertain if it medical treatment or such, it was certain that the independent avatar type was operating in some manner or other on its master It was unknohat kind of outcome would be produced, but even if it was an unskilled operation, being bound to hi, so the white cat had no choice but to cling to him In that case, what Natsume was currently capable of——was to avert Doumon’s attention until Byakusa’s action could be completed

Seeing Natsuhed

“Either you are ignorant, or you’re just reckless…… I don’t hate things like that though”

From his pocket, Doumon produced several talismans, which he released into the air as he spoke words of power Thereupon, the talisra from the earth’s surface, a shape was formed

Before Natsu beside the clay dolls, s fearlessly

“……Given that I have a fondness for co such brave dispositions”

Dou his hand horizontally, and with that the two front most clay dolls rushed forwards

“Do it, GRIFFON!”

Receiving Natsu about the factory’s ceiling at high speed, flew at one of the clay dolls

However, with that attack, the best it was able to do was to shave a s to destroy its gigantic body

Dou that outcome

“Weak! Soree, my doll won’t crumble from that!”

Nevertheless Natsu a word, Natsume had mastered the ability to issue orders to her partner with hand gestures This wordless approach, it was for the sake of her tactics not being read Otherwise, it also has the guarantee of working in situations where one cannot speak

After the falcon displayed nu maneuvers in the air, it swooped down all at once After putting on speed, and changing the sturdiness of both wings, it h the shoulder of the opponent’s arm

A direct hit——just as that happened, the clay doll let loose with the areted and severed! Fro off to the side after taking the blow fro been blown off into the factory’s interior, plunged into a pile of abandoned scrap material

“GRIFFON!”

Natsume raised a shriek! The clay doll picked up the falcon from the pile of scrapher to realize hoerful that surprise hit had been

Seeing the falcon caught in the hand of the clay doll, Douuffaw

“Heera, it was caught In that condition——“

The guy gestured with his finger Acting in concert the clay doll put force into its hand; the hand holding the falcon……

Gushari

Together with Doumon’s words, from the factory interior the echo of a thick sound was heard Froushi+ng out and dripping onto the floor

Seeing that spectacle, Natsume’s whole body trembled

“GRIFOoooooOON!!!”

At Natsu voice Doumon, whose facial expression was like of sohed

“FUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Both the Sacred Gear you rely upon and the boy who is your partner are in tatters Co to fight me with your own body!? Whether it’s you or him over there! Isn’t it the case that without the Sacred Gears you’re just ordinary humans?!”

The clay dolls were steadily closing the distance Having lost the falcon that was her partner, for Natsuether inside her while her tears flowed, as she continued to stand there guarding her companion Samejima

“……Es……cape……”

Sa voice, but she could not proceed as advised Natsume had decided To achieve victory for the, her mind chose to demolish the present state of affairs Therefore, Samejima cannot be abandoned Nor Tobio, nor Lavinia, not even Griffon……not one of them could be abandoned! For everyone who had survived, to aid all of their class, these were her truest feelings, and this was also what she alone had decided

……To succumb to this Or to be killed by this……!!

Even if she was the alone, this was not her destiny……!! Her own close friend, as well as her class all of them from this absurd situation!

“……I shall not be defeated by the likes of you guys!! Since ithout a single one of us perishi+ng, will safely recover all of our fellow classmates!! I’ll defeat you nosuch a group————!!”

Her tears still falling, Natsume let out a screale loud “dokun” sound was produced——

The pleasantly s over behind Natsume, his eyes widened in astonishment

Prolance behind her Thereupon——there, an electrical pheno released fro sparks While releasing a BACHI, BACHI, sound, electricity was running throughout the body of Byakusa Moreover, as though acting in concert, the chest of Sah that that a dokun dokun sound could be heard

“……Byakusa-chan?”

Natsu a quizzical look, but yet anotherthroughout the inside of the factory This gradually strengthened, for the body of one of the clay dolls Indeed, surrounding the clay doll that had crushed Griffon, a powerful as born

“……Griffon?”

In front of Natsu happened!

From Byakusa and from Griffon, as in the hand of the clay doll, an intense brilliance was released, i! Natsuht, and after the light ceased the appearance of the things that she saw left her at a loss for words

Standing in front of Sae white beast—— By the clay doll, half of which’s body had been bloay, a four-leggedin the air——

Regarding the white beast, in spite having the form of a cat the size it was at least threetusks like those of a sabre tooth tiger Moreover, it had nu from it, all of which included a sharp tip in the shape of a round cone The whole body was e sparks

As for the huge four-legged beast floating in the air, its size exceeded two s on its back, and its head that resembled that of a falconhad horns on it However, the form of a beast had been riffon that appears in fantasy productions——the upper half of the body was that of a falcon, and the lower half of the body was that of a monstrous lion Its whole body was clad in wind

Byakusa and Griffon transformed into these……? Other than this, no other phenomenon was likely

Seeing this condition, Doumon became extremely flustered

“……What, this is……!! These are……the ‘Four Fiends’!? Their original forms!?”

A wind cut through and a HYU sound was heard Passing by Natsuh speeds Looking about, it was the numerous tails of the white beast, which were continuouslydown upon a clay doll! The clay doll took a guard stance by crossing both arhout the whole body the white tails——the lances pierced through it! Instantly, releasing a seee electrical phenomenon, the clay doll was fried fro, the clay doll collapsed worn out and powerless

Seeing that sequence of moves, Doumon shrieked

“——Toukotsu! Truly, this is Samejima Kouki’s……!!”

Before he could finish speaking, a sudden gust enveloped the inside of the factory! The large winged anis on the spot! The pile of scrap material was lifted up, and even the factory roof was blown off by its vigor Other than Natsu that was not tied doas also launched up into the sky As for Samejima, one of the white beast’s tails rapped around hi him down

The instant Natsume confirmed Sas attacked a clay doll In no more than a second, the clay doll’s entire body was covered with h it had been slashed Shortly thereafter, the clay doll cruments all over the floor

“This is Kyuuki!!? How unpleasant! That it would even be both at the same time——“

Seeing the body of the transfor as much, only to then raise a shriek as he becae in himself

“GUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! M-my arm is GAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!”

Indeed, fro that arround nearby In all likelihood, it had been hit by the wind blades Griffon had just released Because of that, the arm had been cut off

Dou in shock due to the pain of losing his arm

“……These are Griffon and Byakusa-chan’s true forms……?”

Natsu but astonished at the transformations of her own falcon and Byakusa Truly, that this falcon and cat, that they would becoe animals…… To borrow Douinal for this, they had sensed that as well They were in a completely different di that even those clay dolls produced by Doumon——a special ability user, were massacred so easily, that demonstrated hoerful they were

The transformed Griffon descended doards towards Natsume’s position Griffon, who since before had behaved like a spoiled child drew close to Natsu that, “Ahh, this child truly is Griffon,” Natsued, the mind was the same Naturally, she was able to turn and accept this new appearance

Surely, Byakusa and Griffon, due to the predica with their coly increased their power in an instant

“What’s this, you’re still alive? It would have been settled without Azazel getting mad at me”

Suddenly the voice of a fa in that direction——a silver haired youth was standing there

“VALI!?”

Natsume spoke the youth’s name The silver haired youth in a , waved and spoke to Natsume

“Yo, Minagawa Natsume I was late Given that there were tasks to finish I’ve come to meet up with you”

In spite of seeing the circuh he had previous experience with carnage of this level To have had such experience at his age had an eerie significance……she was grateful for his help as of present Whether with regards to the wounded Saht to look into the well-being of Tobio and Lavinia

——Vali then looked over at Douan running towards the entrance He was planning to escape Sensing that, Vali stood in his way

“MOVE! YOU damn BRAT!”

Doumon verbally abused the youth Vali twitched an eyebrow

“……Move? About that——“

The next s sprouted froht—— Fros, there was an unknown pressure that was see present Even for Natsume and the transformed Griffon and Byakusa, it was certain that they as of the present would fall before this This small built youth, apparently he was an enormous monster

Even Dou when confronted by the excessive pressure the youth was releasing, to the point he dropped the a

“Are you talking to me? A lowly human special ability user like you”

While s fearlessly, Vali held out a hand——it was at that moment

“……Wait”

It was Sa towards it, his affliction wrapped in Byakusa’s tail as an eency treatment, Samejima had stood up Due to the a However, eagerly standing despite the intense tre in his knees, the delinquent took first one step, then another, as he slowly approached Doumon one step at a time

“……That guy, he’s mine to beat up”

Sae who had lost consciousness during the recent battle, clenched his fist after letting out a single breath

The afore all over from Vali’s pressure, had dropped to the floor unable to move from the spot Samejima seized Doumon by the nape of his neck and forced him to his feet

“Hiiiiiiii!! Forgive me pleeeeAaaase!!”

Douhtly screa——punched him with his clenched fist! Dou prostrate upon the ground After releasing that single blow, looking over towards Maeda, Samejima let out a feords

“…………nobu, for the moment, I’ll let him off with this one blow”

Saying no more than that, Saht him skillfully

Held within the s contently despite suffering frohed pleasantly

“Heh, he revived to such an extent How a”

“Vali Samejima-kun is……?”

Natsume enquired of Samejima’s condition Vali examined Samejima’s wound, and said

“The independent avatar type Sacred Gear, it see itshas stopped Well, that’s not to say the lost blood won’t need to be replenished……”

“…………The bleeding has stopped? Even though there’s an open wound in his chest?”

“Yeah, look at his back The white cat’s tail has plugged it The ‘Four Fiend’ isthe body of its master”

Just as Vali had said, the fatal wound that reached froed by Byakusa’s tail Indeed, the tail had dissolved and been assimilated into Samejima

Vali continued speaking

“Originally, the Sacred Gear was so that the body of the independent avatar type is compatible with the master

……The abilities of these children, they were capable of such things……?

Regarding the ability she herself had acquired——Natsuain amazed at the yet unknown variations of it

While supporting Saic square at his feet This skillful silver-haired youth had even learned to use ic

“I aic square, which will transfer Saori research institute If it’s there, I expect he can be saved from this wound”

Vali was pro with the aftermath Indeed, this child was unexpectedly kind

Sae beast, followed by the captured Doumon Kazuhisa, were transferred to the institute of the ‘Governor General’s’ organization by Vali Presumably, the latest classe, by ic square, had vanished without a trace

However, the young girl-type Utsuse its power it dissolved into syrup For the sake of investigating this mass of syrup, Vali had filled a sic square

——Then, Vali spoke to Natsu that Natsume was very much astonished

“……The Five Principal Clans are !?”

Vali nodded to Natsume’s words

“Yeah, everything regarding the location chosen for the Utsuseency’s hidden facility was leaked to their side It see there sooner or later”

“Then, Vali the task you received from the ‘Governor General’, was that to inform the Five Principal Clans of the believed location of their hideout?”

The youth nodded in response to Natsume’s inquiry

“……Azazel is always like that He uses me