Vol 4 Chapter 1 (2/2)
This was neither the proble unable to join hands nor that of the tea one member This was the collapse of a team combination, a fatal strike at the trust between team members That was the main reason that caused the slip in the performance record of the 10th platoon
In the end, the relationshi+p between Sharnid and Dinn was like fire and water
”I''s happened between the three of them I don't knohat, but if it's better not to know about it, then I'd rather rereed
They didn't knohat had happened, but Layfon felt that Sharnid would tell theh Sharnid was always flippant with an attitude of ignorance, he was able tothat words could convey
Layfon knew just by looking at Sharnid's perforh his Kei, moved to the position where he was needed and fired the fatal shot at the right tiht The perfect sniper was Sharnid's true face That was a part of him that no one was able to feel in his usual daily life
”Really?” It seeot the skill, but his personality is beyond help”
”Not at all I can rest assured with senpai here”
”As I said before”
”SenFelli's Psychokinesis feels different,” Layfon lared at hi is it?”
”As if my senses have been opened”
”Of course, I'm a Psychokinesist”
The ather information in the match and convey that information to their teammates Another duty was to facilitate communication between team members
”A Psychokinesist is their team?”
”Ah, no Nothing”
Felli seeed recently She still hadn't been participating in training enthusiastically, but the atmosphere she exuded that caused people to dislike her wasn't as strong as before
If it had been the Felli before, she wouldn't have said a word about the bet in the training room As a Psychokinesist, she'd never have spoken confidently about her own ability before Nina and Sharnid However, she still hated her own ability, and that was the present Felli
Even so, Felli had changed
(Why?)
Felli had shown her weaker side a few days ago in the destroyed city She was unable to give up being a Psychokinesist, unable to cal her abilities This i a Psychokinesist She looked depressed because of it
Layfon didn't kno to help Felli either He also was experiencing the saive up his identity as a Military Artist, not because of Karian's discovery of his past, but because he couldn't calm himself dohen he didn't use Kei
He didn't knohat to do about it Since he also faced the same problem, he could only accolared at hi”
He wanted to know just exactly how she had changed, but he didn't voice it Perhaps Felli would talk about it when the time came
Layfon decided to end the day like that since he didn't have work tonight He planned to lock the door of his roouard ca him there was a phone call for him
He had no choice but to leave his dormitory once more
The call was from Formed Garen, the Head of City Police, Naruki's boss
”I' a pretty sly expression
The location was the outskirts of Zuellni The City Police were all wearing heavy ar so that looked like an explosive type weapon The other Military Artists were all waiting for so with tense expressions
”This weapon is for suppression purposes,” he lifted the cylinder shaped weapon with a bitter sht if possible”
”What's it today?” Layfon said The tension around Forh This felt unusual
”It seee number of fake students here”
”Fake students?”
”People who came with fake student documentations and pretended to be students of Zuellni”
”There are such people” Layfon's eyes widened, hearing this for the first time
”Sometimes we do have people ant to learn but can't afford the fees, but our student IDs are renewed every year The library has a record of all inco students They keep the record for about a year or so”
”Ha” Layfon didn't know about it at all
”Try i”
”Can't”
”Just cause you don't feel like i It takes lots of money to produce fake identities Isn't it a waste to just pretend to be a student?”
”Then for what?”
”Anything that's outside the purpose of gaining knowledge, such as illegal drugs, buying and selling illegal wines, stealing intelligencethings like that”
”I see”
”This tial wines Have you heard of 'DG'?”
”The drug used to accelerate the production of Kei?”
The discovery that the product of ferenetically modified fruit could cause an unusual reaction to a Kei vein wasmany cities because its use could increase the power of Kei in Military Artists and Psychokinesists exponentially
”If it didn't have side effects, it would be so”
Yes, this wine had its side effects The unusual flow of Kei vein was abnornant tu numerous Military Artists and Psychokinesists to beco the production and i between cities, but it came about because of fear Even so, not all cities had set down such measures, hence the method of production wasn't lost
There were Military Artists who didn't have the confidence to face their current level of strength There were those people ished for such a drug, not willing to face failure in battle There were also people who sold such illegal drugs at a high price
”They want to import it into the Acade Perhaps they think this snificant city has need of it? Maybe our Student President has already sent people over to buy the stuff,” Formed said with a cold smile A joke that wasn't funny at all
Layfon confirn showed the shop sold water guns, a fairly popular sport inin there?”
”Yeah, we've confirmed the presence of ten fake students I'm not sureif there are any htCan you tell?”
Layfon's hand naturally reached out to his weapon harness He wasn't surprised at Fortheir presence The Kei they were releasing covered the entire shop The Kei opposite the opened door swept through Layfon in intense waves Layfon canceled out their Kei with his own
”The movements of Military Artists on our side are slow, so I called you over with that suspicion And you were right where I wanted, which was great”
Even though Formed and his team couldn't see the Kei with their eyes, they could still feel it in the at how relieved Formed was, Layfon once more focused his attention on the shop
They were veterans, Military Artists whose poay beyond the group of thieves Layfon had encountered previously Surrounded on all sides, these guys exhibited the attitude ”just come if you dare” This insolenceprovoked Layfon's Kei and aroused his fighting spirit
”LeaderWe've surrounded the building,” Naruki said
”Good, then”
”They're co,” Layfon interrupted
”Huh?”
A sudden explosionbehind the speechless Naruki
”Uwah!” Formed fell, blown by the waves of Kei The door was blown off its hinges to fly towards them Naruki moved swiftly to defend Foret carried away,” he restored the Dite he had pulled out of his weapon harness The sword cut through the door in the middle
On the other side was
Layfon blocked the attacker's strike with his sword The owner of the assaulting Kei laughed in the air A one-sided sword katana The h Layfon's mindand quickly disappeared
The face beneath the attacker's nose was covered by aup the darkness of the night Male, a young e as Layfon
”Don't think you can escape!”
”dao in! Go in!” came For man The attacker sped on the roads and jumped from rooftop to rooftop without any unnecessary movements He was extre, this athered the Kei at the soles of his feet
Internal Kei variation – Whirl Kei
The nextdoith his sword He aimed for the shoulder of the weapon aruy couldn't use his weapon anymore and surrender
That was his intention at least
”Wha!?”
His target had dodged the attack
The young her than Layfon's current location He seemed to have tiuy escapedbut the price of using Whirl Kei had left Layfon with the only choice of uy would have escaped while Layfon tried to stop his headlong rush
”That was pretty dangerous”
A feeling of so came from above Layfon's head Layfon turned inman readied his pose, also in midair, his body surrounded by Kei As his foot landed on the wall of a building, he suddenly disappeared
At the same time, Layfon was attacked on all sides
Internal type Kei variation – Fleeting Shadows
”What!”
Shocked, he swung at his right The crisp sound ofout, and the heavy impact ran up Layfon's ar rush, the i backward
”As expected, you can readman sparkled with joy
Layfon blocked the consecutive attacks with his sword The youngrush As Layfonman's Each strike from his attacker was heavier than the previous strike As they exchanged blows, Layfon was prevented fro h and Layfon reacted by leaping up As his flying ed to slow himself down He confirmed his location in the air
He was still in the outskirts of the city,Zuellni's outer area This was the practicuht One could say it didn't s here
(Good)
He increased the density of Kei running through his body, and swung doard at the younghim from below
External Kei – Whirl Kei
Kei in the for whirl e man raised his katana in the direction of the air flow and struck down every single Kei bullet In the sound of successive explosions, Layfon charged his opponent
”Too naive!”
The young ether, then rebounded off each other in all directions Sparks flew off the Dites and lit up the young man's face The left side of his face that wasn't masked was carved with a tattoo
”Wolfsteinis only at such a level?”
Words that were like the ru of thunder to Layfon
At the sa with his sword
”Ha!”
Internal type Kei – Fleeting shadow
As the young athered at that one single point against Layfon's Kei Layfon confirht hand The flow of Kei had turned clumsy He watched more closely and saw a number of small dents in the blade
External type Kei – Rot
His sword had been da with his weapon, he had released his Kei to resist his opponent's move, but it was already too late
(At this ratealready)
He couldn't fully release the strength of his Kei at this rate
”Is this your full power? That can't be This was already in the past, but the strength of a Heaven's Blade successor can't be this hopeless”
This guy wasn't lost in the trap
”Are you a Military Artist fro man took down his mask
”I'm Haia Salinvan Laia~”
A tattoo covered his entire left face The same tattoo also covered his left ar”
Because of the tattoo, his face looked even more vicious than it was
”Yes I' sht side of his face
Salinvan Guidance Mercenary Gang It was a anization made up of Military Artists born in Grendan They rode their own roaht filth monsters or participate in intercity wars Sometimes, they would train a city's Military Artists On the contrary, Heaven's Blade successors only existed in a certain city Their poasn't allowed to be leaked to the outside world Hence, the roup of people outside Grendan was the Salinvan Guidance Mercenary Gang
”I never expected you to be involved in the illegal drug trade”
”That doesn't et in here I've no intention of helping them”
”Then why?” Layfon said as he increased the density of his Kei, readying for the next attack
”You shouldn't have to ask that question Only one reason explains my actions besides business purposes – the Haikizoku”
”Haikizoku?” Layfon frowned He hadn't heard of that term before
Haia also frowned ”What? You don't know? AhHas it been that long since you were a Heaven's Blade successor? Oh? No way? Could it be a secret?”
What a vexing guy, Layfon thought Having flowed for so long, the density of Haia's Kei showed no signs of decline
(Speaking of which)
The probleh Who knehether the sword could block the next attack?
”Never mind, whatever Either way, I'm only interested in you and your skills Your eneration leader, brother? Then you and I are like brothers in ter the same skills fro it”
Yes, Layfon's first But, in that case, he now understood why Haia could execute theshadow and also use a katana The skill of Layfon's adopted father was different from others It emphasized more on the way one cut and sliced Because of that, a katana was chosen as the weapon, and the material was of steel alloy The blade needed more delicate adjust The material for the Dite reflected the skill of itsa katanabut never mind”
In one swift moment, Haia resumed his attack Layfon leaped up to avoid it
”Since you aren't using your full strength, I don't plan to fight you seriously”
Haia's attacks intensified
(That's not too seriously!)
Layfon concentrated on avoiding Haia's attacks as he didn't want to receive them on his sword He was iht nu a Heaven's Blade successor, and none of theuy existed outside Grendan? But digging into the core, Haia was also from Grendan Even so, that did not ed by everyone as a genius, but he didn't think he was the strongest in the world There were people within Heaven's Blade successors who had more experience than Layfon, ere harder to beat Layfon didn't think he could win against Queen Alsheyra
”Hey, hey What is it? Show ed to a special group In Grendan, a huge distance existed between Heaven's Blade successors and other Military Artists
”Could it be that Heaven's Blade successors are only of this level?” Haia said, gradually speeding up hisdown his sword at hireen sword clashed against the steel katana The air around thereen sword cracked and broke apart Opposite the debris giving off a green light, Haia smiled happily But Layfon hadn't finished
”Haaaaaa!”
External type Kei, roar Kei, a threatening skill The air shook along the wake of the huge noise, and the scattered debris flew at Haia
”Woah!” Haia bent backward to evade the debris Seizing this opening, Layfon gathered his Kei in his limbs He kicked at Haia's chest and pounded into his opponent's stoed to block that with his ar still in its construction stage Layfon varied his Kei
External type Kei, Nine Bullets
Layfon shot out the Kei bullets forers Kei as tiny as needles chased after Haia to pierce through the building, causing huge explosions
”Did I get him?”
No
He sensed twodust It see)
Layfon readied his fighting stance, but the presenceswere disappearing fast
(Should Ichase after the lost his Dite He decided to give up chasing them as their presence retreated into the far distance
”Just what're they planning?”
Haikizoku The ter of dislike in Layfon