Chapter 1202 (2/2)
Mao's head was filled with questions, but she had no ti the o of the joystick She couldn't use her proficient wind-attribute ic inside the tiny cockpit, and she couldn't raise her voice to recite any incantations anyway
“Does this make Jack the first to arrive, Hitomi-chan?” said Jack
“Not yet, Jack You have to thrust that knife in ic iteency, so if you don't kill them, they have a chance to survive!”
“I see! Thanks, Hitomi-chan”
Obeying the Gazer's instructions, Jack gripped his knife forcefully to sever Mao's head
Fortunately for Mao, Jack wasn't accustoth However, at this rate, she wouldn't last more than ten seconds
What do I do?! Gazer can just use o of the joystick and resist, in the worst-case scenario, sheherself! I can't die yet!
The reason was that her co ould happen to them
If Noah's user died, its effects would likely be undone Amemiya Hiroto and the others ere inside would likely be thrown out
And this was an aircraft flying above the clouds at the speed of sound Of course, even if the Bravers were thrown out here, they were all first-rate users of ht survive
But what if they crashed into this stealth aircraft that was traveling at the speed of sound the moment they were thrown out? What if they ie in atmospheric pressure?
Even with their Magic Items, the situation was not very optiic Items was only to buy a little time before death when their users were fatally wounded
To think that I was the passionate type ould give her life to save her allies!
“Jack, hurry and kill that woman –!”
“Hitomi-chan, you'll hurt your face”
The moment Gazer and Jack spoke, the cockpit flew open as if exploding And then the seat that Mao was sitting in was ejected
Escape successful It looks like I was able to avenge myself, too
Mao had activated the aircraft's escape an falling In her field of vision, she could see her aircraft that wasrapidlytowards the ground
The moment Mao ejected, Jack had protected Gazer Because of this, there was a large dent in his swollen head He had likely died instantly
Gazer was falling, e the dead Jack
She went and found a single ot someone she loves…
Mao coughed
Because the knife had co more violently And because she had forcibly activated the escape ht, her bones were broken in several places, too Her organs seemed to be in bad shape as well
With this, even her Magic Item wouldn't knohich fatal wound to heal
At this rate, I won't have time to let everyone out of Noah and save theround, anyway
Perhaps because of the attack that Gazer perfor, Mao's parachute wouldn't open
And I suppose I' consciousness… now…
If you all survive being thrown out, ht as she parted with her consciousness
“I suppose Jack and Gazer should have gone ahead by now,” Endou Kouya said as he worked on his PC “If I do this here, then this… how coh nura has become your crime I've made the reason for your crime, 'because you heard a demon's voice,' and all of the Oracle's predictions were the predictions of a deh”
Kouya was in a roo to himself in the mirror Of course, the mirror's reflection of him was also alone
However, his face was unusually stiff The , and his mouth and cheeks were crooked
“Don't be so angry, Oracle Endou Kouya It's your fault for being so focused on finding Muraka your own protection That's why your body was taken over by an evil spirit… by 'Shade'”
The one hth Guidance's ained the ability to possess corpses
Normally, he could only possess dead bodies, but he could actually possess a living hu over their body Murakami and the others had been used as bait, and then Shade had used this power to take over Endou Kouya's body
And then he had set a trap for A that these were the instructions of the Oracle He had ordered for a box containing an alhter's cockpit, so that Jack could be sent in, as he was able to teleport near any almost-dead person… or to be more precise, any almost-dead creature
“It's easy, isn't it? If I just say that it's the result given by the Oracle, everyoneways Everyone carries out your orders, no e they are Like, 'Pretend to show no hostility towards the Undead'”
The moment Shade spoke these words, his face's convulsions stopped
“Surprised? Murakami heard from Gazer, so he knows it That's why I've decided that I' up a hand grenade that he had acquired beforehand by saying that it was needed for the Oracle's orders “Even if I take your body, it's not like I can use your abilities ora method that will definitely kill you Ah, if you don't have a body of your own, killing yourself takes some time, too”
The reason Shade could only take over a living human's body once was because once he did so, he would fuse with that body and never be able to leave it
In other words, if Endou Kouya died, Shade would die as well
He could die He didn't have a physical body, but he could die just like everyone else!
“I could wait three hours for the false infor Endou Kouya's body to spread across the world, but… I don't want to be the only one left alive when everyone else has died”
Shade pulled the pin frorenade, held it in his mouth and closed his eyes
“Goo' naah…”
“Jack, Gazer, Mao Sone,” Enma announced to his companions
He was a boy whose entire eyes were black, even the parts that were supposed to be white
The Eighth Guidance's base… or to be more precise, the battlefield that Pluto and the others had prepared for the decisive battle, was a ruin in Northern Europe
It was a historical ruin in the middle of what had been turned into a barren wasteland filled with rocks by an ultireat war
The infrastructure and everything else was dead, and staying here for extended periods of time would nor the subway system beneath this desert as their base
The ree table that they had found in the ruins, all directed their gazes towards Pluto simultaneously
“So, have the others died?” Pluto asked, not azes of her companions
Enma, who possessed an ability that told him the names and faces of those who had died, closed his eyes in concentration for a few“No, the names of Amemiya Hirotoand the others aren't there The others aren't there, either, so they're all still alive”
“Maybe they're fatally wounded but just haven't died yet,” said Isis, a black woman
But Enic of all attributes, and are the users of ic Items, too If a few of them are unharmed, the rest of them will recover Only instant death is certain”
“I see, then I suppose they'll be headed this way right about now,” said Valkyrie, crossing her arms
She was a tall, beautiful wo, platinum-blonde hair
The Bravers couldn't turn back just because one of their allies had been killed The special forces of every nation were already spreading out around this area
More ie their companions The leader, Ahth Guidance, which e the plan
Even if Amemiya Hiroto stopped the plan now, the special forces were alreadyIf they ran into Murakami and the others, they would be annihilated That would mean that the Bravers had canceled the plan that they the the special forces to die
Of course, even if that didn't happen, Shade's handiould cause the Bravers' reputation to pluardless
Causing the Bravers' reputation to plu in particular to Pluto and the others Either way, they would be dying soon, and they didn't care about what happened after they died
However, they thought that it would be good if, after they died, the surviving Bravers suffered But that was all they thought about it
“Well then, Muraka us soon,” said Izanami, a barely human-shaped creature whose sex couldn't be deter all over its body
But nobody denied those words They had already established that Murakami and the others, who had betrayed the Bravers, would betray them as well
“So, what are we going to do, Pluto?” asked the sweet-looking Baba Yaga, who had her hair in braids
“Let's see For now, let's finish eating,” said Pluto, pointing at the nuiri on the plates lined up on the table
They were in the middle of a meal
They were upholding the Eighth Guidance's rule of all sharing a ether at least once a day
However, as Shade had no physical body, he had always just passed soh the stoo, he had gone off to act separately frohter had departed earlier than expected today, Jack and Gazer had disappeared partway through the meal
“Good night, Jack, Shade, Gazer Let us meet on the other side,” Pluto said
“I wonder about that, ht, he always complained that he couldn't sleep because he didn't have a physical body”
“I wonder what Jack and Gazer are doing? Do you think they ed to say hello to the Undead?”
“H those two, I'”
“Well then, Shade won't have any time to sleep, either He'll have to introduce those two to the Undead”
The iri that contained various different ingredients as they shared this conversation
The onigiri made with the rice that the Undead had apparently said that he wanted to eat while he was alive
And once they finished eating, they stood up and left the table
“Well then, ain on the other side”
The final ether had ended Now, their lives in this world would come to an end
“…”
Pluto, as the last to finish eating her onigiri, turned her gaze to the seat in which Hito Hitomi's final prediction bothered her
“Pluto You will turn a blind eye to two of them,” Hitomi had said
“I'll turn a blind eye to two of them… not spare them, but turn a blind eye to theht? It's definitely the latter, isn't it?” Pluto murmured
Pluto would probably turn a blind eye to two soldiers ould say that they had a fiancé in their honant aiting for them to return, or simply cry pathetically for their mothers
Pluto having a long-lost sibling a the special forces… such a situation wouldn't happen
But it would certainly not be the Bravers
“Because I would never turn a blind eye to those guys,” Pluto said
Bravers: Endou Kouya, Mao Smith, deceased Two casualties
Eighth Guidance: Jack o' Lantern, Shade, Minuma Hitomi the Gazer, deceased Three casualties
The anti-Bravers led by Murakami: All nine members still alive