Chapter 1204 (1/2)

“Is this all you have?” said Baba Yaga after having burnt her second victi on the black, burnt corpse

The victiuy who called himself 'Odin' and had claimed that he could see a few seconds into the future, but he had been defenseless against a heat attack that he couldn't see He had been easily disposed of after his companion, Sylphid

It was comical that a man named after a valiant God of Northern Europe had been burnt to death by a witch

Baba Yaga, who had a sweet appearance for soave a cynical smile that twisted her face as she spoke into her communications device “I've dealt with Sylphid, Odin and those other soldiers as well… about ten people in total”

“Confirmed Ghost has disposed of Super Sense Marionette and Death Scythe are dead as well,” En the successful outcomes of their companions' battles “You don't have to deal with the other soldiers any cornered by Valkyrie's brave soldiers and Izanaift”

“What happened to Murakaa asked

“There are four left, including Muraka up the locations of any of thenals on the Mana sensors, either, so it's likely that sois”

“Tch, so they've escaped”

The re four enemies were the 'Chronos' Murakais' Melissa J Sauto Atlas

The Bravers had made what abilities eachthat infor those four with an ability to conceal their presence

But these four were those who had left the Bravers and killed their own former companions at the request of others It was likely that they had a secret trick or two up their sleeves

There was a woh all kinds of falsehoods a the former companions who had been killed, but there had likely been ways to get past it

In fact, Kaidou Kanata had been concealing his crimes from the eyes of the woman with 'Inspection'

“So, what should we do? Should we kill Venus? Or if Murakami and the others are somewhere in the base, should we blow ourselves up and take the whole base with us while we can?” Baba Yaga suggested

The base was entirely underground except for the entrances via the subway systehth Guidance was death

Naturally, the base had a self-destruct mechanism installed

The reason it hadn't been used up until noas because there had been the chance that Murakami and the others would be able to escape it with their abilities

“No It seeround surface, so if we're going to detonate ourselves, it will be after they enter the base Let us save the rest for when the situation becomes helpless,” said Pluto's voice

Baba Yaga's heart started beating fast upon hearing these words “Wow! Amemiya Hiroto and that woman came here as well! Then we'll have to welcome them, won't we!”

“Exactly Well then, I'll be turning all of the ja equipe words Is there anything you would like to say?” Pluto asked

“Not really Well then, let's be careful to not a

“We love you too You should be careful as well”

Communications suddenly stopped, and after that, only noise could be heard over the cohth Guidance had stolen from the research institutions they had destroyed had been activated

With this, all coical and satellite communications, were cut off, with the exception of cable co sound to distant locations wouldn't go more than ten meters

“With this, I'm helpless and isolated The only ones on the frontlines other than me are Ghost and what remains of my comrade There are still plenty of eneht all on his own” Baba Yaga walked forward, throwing away the now-useless communications device

“As I thought, they beganfor us,” Amemiya Hirotomurmured

Thanks to the sacrifice of the 'Noah' Mao Sed to reach the ground surface unharmed

Hiroto had left Mao's intact remains in a coffin of ice for now so that it wouldn't be eaten by beasts, and he and his coic and abilities to reach the Eighth Guidance's base

It had taken only thirty minutes for them to do this Their speed was incredible

However, during those thirty minutes, the special forces squads ere supposed to be surrounding the base had started round

“shi+t! What is this, there's not a single squad from any nation left! What happened to their words of 'international cooperation!'” Minae

“Minaic That's how much power there is in the death attribute, so… they want it, nohim down

The other Bravers made no attempt to hide their disappointment in the special forces soldiers who had her-ups in each nation who had given them secret orders

Kouya, is this the way you came up with that would create the least amount of sacrifices? Amemiya Hiroto asked his friend silently, but Kouya had already been killed by Shade, who had taken over his body

But intelligence was in a hectic state, so news of Kouya's suicide hadn't reached Hiroto and the others

“Tendou, use Clairvoyance to confirm the situation,” Hiroto ordered

Tendou Tatsuya used Clairvoyance… or to be more precise, siiven hih spirits, gaining a full picture of things in the underground base

“This is a scene fro between his brows “Most of the special forces guys have been killed, and the rest ran We can't rely on theht for us In fact, they're more likely to ask us to rescue them The enemy is twelve ar the that looks like a skinless ape, raa Also, Pluto is deep inside There's a woman and a hth Guidance”

Several of the Bravers grimaced at this miserable situation

“What about Murakai asked Tendou

“… I can't see them except for the 'Venus' Tsuchiya Kanako”

“You can't see them?! Your Clairvoyance is supposed to be able to find even people who are using the latest active caht?! So, they ran?!”

“No, I just can't see them It's not just inside the base; I can see Tsuchiya, but there are four, including Murakami, that I can't see I can see the corpses of Death Scythe, Marionette, Sylphid and Super Sense So, I don't think they ran It's likely that they're using some method to hide from my Clairvoyance”

This was Tendou's deduction Indeed, as he suspected, Murakais's shi+eld to block Tendou's Clairvoyance in order to hide from it

Tendou and Hiroto weren't aware that Aegis had the power to block not only attacks, but detection-type abilities However, they couldn't iine that Murakami and the others had fled

The Bravers still didn't have a clear idea as to why Murakahth Guidance However, they had deduced that they had soious or political one

With that being the case, their objective was likely the capture or collection of the Eighth Guidance members, the only known users in the world of the death attribute The Bravers didn't knohether they were already e to sell thetheir objective, however

… The Bravers were suffering in the absence of Aran's Calculation and Izumi's Inspection

But if these conclusions were correct, it was difficult to iine that Murakami and the others had run away or been allowed to escape

It wasn't certain whether Murakami had a future ahead of him if he failed his mission, and the base had been surrounded by the special forces squads until half an hour ago Since the corpses of the special forces members and Murakami's allies were inside the base, it was safe to assume that Murakami and the others were still inside

“Then why are they showing only Tsuchiya? Did they fail to hide her? Tendou, what kind of situation is she in?” asked the 'Avalon' Rikudou Hijiri

Tendou observed Tsuchiya Kanako's situation in detail However, he couldn't see anything out of the ordinary “Maybe she couldn't regroup with Murakae to try to hide from the Undead and monsters, but…”

“We'll understand the situation if she's willing to talk But right now, she's another ene her, there are still six hth Guidance,” said Hiroto

The reality was that the 'Gazer' Minuma Hitomi had fallen to her death in a faraway location with Jack, and Odin had been burned to death But since Tendou's Clairvoyance ability relied on his vision, there was no way that he would discover Minuma Hitomi's corpse that was far behind the Bravers now It was also inize a pile of scattered ashes as Odin's corpse

But even including those two, there were ten enemies, as well as Undead and s weren't impossible for the Bravers

“Hiroto, I' thei said with a strict expression on his face “Both the Eighth Guidance and Murakahth Guidance in particular aren't going to hesitate to blow theerous to try and capture enemies like that alive It's not like I don't knohat their pasts were like, but you know”

Asagi's coreed with him

“Sorry, but I agree”

“Me too It's not like I don't feel sympathy for them, but yeah”

“I do feel sorry for them, but they're the ones who killed our coht, leader?”

It seei's speech inside Noah, had changed their way of thinking after Mao was killed

“I know that you sympathize with theerous I do feel sorry for theh,” said Narumi

It seeerous trying to capture the Eighth Guidance was, considering that they appeared to have killed the special forces soldiers and Murakami's allies, Death Scythe and Sylphid in particular

“… Alright I don't mind if you only capture theroup as well as the Eighth Guidance” Hiroto had no choice but to say this

This situation had coiven by Kouya's Oracle, but this 'plan that should yield the least casualties' had already produced many

And since no clear instructions had been given for after the plan began, Hiroto had no choice but to make a harsh decision

“Baker, use Hermes to make a map of the base, based on what Tendou has seen Naruel to connect us via telepathy We'll ask for them to surrender, and if they don't respond, we'll isolate everyone except for ourselves and the special forces guys After that, give instructions to the survivors from the special forces Tendou, stay here and support us Baker and four others, stay here and guard Tendou The rest of us will split up into two tea special forces soldiers first The rest of us will deal with the Eighth Guidance”

Naru like telepathy that could connect the consciousnesses of beings that she are of The sensation was so distances, noused, she could communicate to others in real-time at will She also possessed the Joint Sensation ability, which allowed her to share the vision and hearing of those she was connected with

When she was connected with a large nu the senses of all of the power of the human brain, however

There was the li to know the locations of those she wanted to connect with, but it was an effective ability, even in Origin, a world where communications equipment had been developed

In fact, without this ability, they would have become unable to co equipment

Naruel to connect her vision with Tendou's Clairvoyance, and then she could connect to everyone because she knehere they were

Because this ability could only be used on humans, it wouldn't reach the Zombies or the Yomotsushi+kome and Yomotsuikusa spawned from Izanami's flesh

Upon hearing the deot that they had been trying to outwit the Bravers until half an hour ago, and felt relieved as they saw the hope of returning home alive

Pluto reave a scornful laugh and Baba Yaga smirked

“There's no e'll surrender after all of this, is there?” replied Tsuchiya Kanako, and then she activated Venus

While she was still one of the Bravers, she had told Hiroto, Naru ability That she had used this ability to charm fans and succeed as an idol

But the reality was different

“Copy and paste…”

Venus's true poas a brainwashi+ng ability that allowed Kanako to copy and paste memories, experiences and ee in tay communication with

Kanako had used this ability to succeed as an idol She had copied the experience fro and danced better than her onto herself, and pasted favorable ees and television producers to create opportunities for herself

She just needed to s and enthusiasain more

The end result was that she was si people, but because it was an ability that didn't work if she wasn't able to engage in tay coet, she couldn't sell herself to people watching her through their screens, so she had worked hard to make use of her copied experiences

Kanako didn't think that she had cheated Both on Earth and in Origin, the public entertainment industry was a hell where connections and the coreat power Kanako had ranted in that hell

“Hiroto went and put all of that to waste, so you can't complain if I put you all to waste as well, can you?” Kanako murmured

Hiding her ability had been sih by shi+mada Izumi's Inspection, Kanako had simply needed to not lie about it When asked, “What is your ability?” she had simply needed to reply, “I used this ability to put my fans in a trance”

Inspection couldn't see through a lack of words or explanation It seemed that Death Scythe had used a sireater

Over a long period of ti all of the Bravers once, Izumi had only asked her companions unimportant questions It was likely that she had been hurt by seeing through the lies of family members and friends before

“Well then, I'll keep my telepathy connected to only you, Kanako But if you say anything, everyone will find out, so be careful”

“Thank you, Naru at her successful brainwashi+ng of Narumi

She had experienced coel nu so that she could control what she transmitted and didn't transmit, so there weren't any problems

Kanako listened to the conversation being exchanged by Hiroto and the others through Angel as she headed for a place where a wired communications device had been placed beforehand

“The brainwashi+ng doesn't work that well on others with these abilities, but unlike the Eighth Guidance guys who aren't affected by it at all, it'll hold for half an hour to an hour With this, I know exactly what's happening on their side~ ♪ If they e to capture or kill Pluto and the others, I'll snatch them away from the side”

“How pitiful,”special forces members

He looked past the Zombies who moved quickly and fluidly, used firearh their ical media

There was a fehtlybehind her

This as left of Valkyrie To Asagi, it seemed cruel to think it comical that a woman whose codename came from a battleabout as an Undead

“What e do? Should I use my Ifrit to cremate her with the other Zombies?” asked the 'Ifrit' Akaki, who could control flae

“Don't do it; the area you have to burn is too wide We're underground, so we'll collapse froan the 'titan' Iho could control gravity

“If that passageway collapses, it'll take longer to regroup with Hiroto and the others,” said Tendou's voice

Akaki and Iwao clicked their tongues and stepped back However, the Zo enemies to try to defeat with a frontal attack

With the sai stepped out fro as cover “Leave it to e Masher here”

“O-oi, Asagi!”

Ignoring his co towards Valkyrie, as standing beyond the Zombie warriors

Of course, the Zouns towards hian to cast spells

“Mage Masher!”

At thatthe effects of spells, andit impossible to cast any further spells, in an area around him

Because of this, the Zo to use their ical media However, this didn't stop their ordinary firearic Items

But the Zoi with bullet holes They stopped , as if time itself had stopped for them

Asagi ran between the Zo her sluggish footsteps, and pressed the barrel of his trusty handgun to her forehead “Sorry about this”