Vol 23 Chapter 4 (2/2)
Clara K expressed her refusal, her face red
”H-H-H-H-HHow could we do that kind of thing!”
”Why? A sleeping drug, Layfon, feeling depressed even though she realized the fight of her drea all those factors, this is the only answer you can come up with”
”How”
”After the battle between Military Artists ends, next is the battle between men and women!”
The reactions of the other mental Claras had varied differences compared to Clara H's passionate speech
Some were red-faced like Clara K, and some showed excited expressions Co at the two sides bicker
Though there were also other subtle differences, most reactions could be separated into those three types
”In other words, approval, opposition, and neutrality
And as for Clara A--
”Ah, I see”
She was very impressed
To her, the current problem was how to overcome this difficulty At this critical junction, it didn't oal
After all, Clara only had the determination to 'absolutely resolve this probleive it up, then let's just use it If we're going to use it, let's make it effective”
Clara A loudly approved of Clara H's opinion
”How about it, everyone?”
Then, she asked her coht now, the 'final shon between ins!”
In that instant, details of the battle plan were conveyed to the hearts of her other compatriots
After all, they were all the sa and pondering
”Urrghhh”
Clara finally opened the door
”Yo, Clara Where are you going after covering yourself in the fragrant aroma of the bathroo immediately teased by shi+n's cheerful tone
”It's a joke Are you alright?”
”I I', or your sto”
”Hah?”
”Since you're not crying, your sto You at too much, huh”
”Wha I didn't!”
shi+n s at hi”
Clara muttered as she looked around
The noisiness froht now a roups of people here included Nina's seventeenth platoon members and shi+n's fourteenth platoon members, as well as Meishen and her friends, and one other person - a resident of this apartment
None of the with those they were close with
Ninaat Nina with a smile, Nina showed a relieved expression
The hand she waved at Nina as covered in sweat
(Um)
Clara murmured to herself
(Where's Layfon)
This place was e Zuellni aparte, so it still felt very craated here
Clara i with his platoon's Dite technician
His name was
(Huh?)
”Uh”
What the heck, she couldn't think of it
They lived in the same apartment, but for some reason she couldn't think of his na altogether about who the overall-clad guy was and started thinking about her battle plan
What should she do to put Layfon to sleep?
That here the problem lied
There were two kinds of ways
Take Layfon away fro
Or put everyone else to sleep, and then bring him back to her place
If she did the former, she would have to take him away from here At the least, she would have to leave this room first
If she did the latter, she would have to put everyone to sleep, which wouldsuspicious
No one could help her She tried thinking about who could help as she thought about how best to knock Layfon out (pharmaceutically)
”Um But What should I do?”
She still hadn't thought of a way
Since she couldn't think of a way to take Layfon away from here alone, she should think about how to put everyone to sleep in an instant That was more appropriate
However, that wasn't easy to do
Clara walked towards the place the fourteenth platoon was gathered as she thought about this ood way at all
”Will this work?”
Just as Clara ondering how to solve this difficult puzzle, she noticed it
It seemed that the Gods of fortune hadn't forsaken Clara
It was a small machine placed in a corner of the room
An air purifier
Had it been taken out because there were ? Or had it always been there? Clara walked over to check, and saw a run light blinking as it continuously discharged air
It also had hu light signaling a lack of water, Clara realized that the Gods of fortune were seriously supporting her
”Meishen-san”
”What is it?”
Clara called out to Meishen as passing by She looked over, holding new food
Clara reflexively ords while feeling so food
But her tone was very calm and not impatient
”There's no water left, should I add so to carry out an act of goodwill she had just thought up
”Ah, that would be a great help”
”No proble, Clara took out the water container and walked to the sink
She added the water in a place no one could see
Of course, she didn't forget to add a drop of the drug to the water
”I forgot soet it”
After saying that, Clara waited outside for an entire hour, then returned
She covered herthe door open
The roo had been effective
Not knohat the situation was, Clara crept into the rooround as if they had collapsed
Though this was for own benefit, Claribel felt as if her heartbeat had stopped Meishen's journalist friend was the closest to her After putting her hand near her , Clara let out a relieved breath
But she still couldn't be careless Clara held her breath and approached the air filter, rapidly taking out its water container
After checking that the kitchen exhaust fan was still running, Clara finally felt like it was time to move on
”And now”
Sheherof her heart beating painfully hard made Clara dizzy She found Layfon, ready to pick him up
She prepared to pick him up
She reached her arms out to pick him up
Those araze was staring at her
Her face felt paralyzed This was the sensation of being stared at by someone Clara slowly looked over
Meishen was there, and her other friend was also there, along with one other person
That person looked at Clara
Vati Len looked at Clara
She was lying down next to Meishen, her face pointed this way
Her eyes ide open
In that instant, Clara's thoughts stopped
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The ain
”Why doesn't the drug work on that person!”
Clara H cried angrily
”Coht?”
”Ah”
”Now that you mention it--”
”Indeed”
After Clara H calmly said that, everyone instantly realized
”Come to think of it, she's really scary”
”She doesn't blink either”
”She doesn't breathe, is she really alive?”
”Honestly, does she even need to breathe?”
”Selina-senpai said this was effective on filth ht?”
”Maybe it's not effective because it was diluted?”
”Then what is she doing?”
”Hmm!”
After Clara Cnoises
The person nairl Nina was the only one in Zuellni other than Clara who knew that she was the enemy of the world, and the difference between the powers of the two sides was overwhele
The moment she told her secret to someone else, Zuellni would be destroyed
She had announced this, and Clara understood that such a thing was possible with her power
So Clara had always been very careful not to bother Vati
So Nina and Clara could only resign the what Vati did
Fortunately, she hadn't brought forth any visible destruction But they couldn't assert that nothing had happened just because they couldn't see anything
So the two of thele day
That Vati was looking at Clara
To think she had focused her otten about the existence of Vati
”What a grave h
”No, there's still hope!”
It was Clara H who proclaimed this
”Why do you think so?”
”Because she hasn't done anything until now”
Clara H stated
”Though she hasn't done anything visible, who knows about e haven't seen But that justto cause any direct destruction Isn't that how things are?”
”Well, probably”
Maybe
Maybe not
She was this fretful because things were unclear
”Yeah, it's really nerve-wracking”
Clara H nodded strongly
”But it's only because it's nerve-wracking that orried and unable toIsn't this foolish?”
”Ohh!”
Why?
Why could Clara H , powerful declaration?
After Clara H said this, Clara A and the other ained their reason
Clara H had that th
How inexplicable
What exactly was the character trait that Clara H possessed?
As she thought about such things, Clara A asked:
”Then what do we do now?”
”Need I say it!?”
As expected, Clara H was at no loss
”Of course, we continue the plan!”
With her attitude, it wasn't hard to i like that
But it certainly brought courage to others when she proclaimed this with an unshakeable attitude
”I believe that she won't round like everyone and pretended to sleep in order to show that she wouldn't ure as she raised a fist high ht noe achieve our goals!”
Clara H's declaration united the wills of the mental Claras
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Click!
Claraa sound, but after a shout from inside her heart instead
Vati ake She was clearly pretending to sleep, gazing over from behind the eyelids that she had closed
Even if she realized that, she couldn't stop at this point
”I've come this far!”
Clara reaffirmed her determination with a hushed voice as she put Layfon on her back, then surreptitiously left the room
She couldn't look down upon a Military Artist's self-defense instinct even if they were drugged The body could feel that it was in a crisis and then detoxify itself Such a thing ht happen with a Military Artist's body
Vati see
Clara moved her attention from behind her to Layfon's body as she stealthily moved to her room
Clara anxiously drew out the key to open the door to her rooet stuck in her pocket at this ti a tear in the cloth
The unusual sound of the ripping cloth increased her sense of anxiety,her brain almost boil
She couldn't make a sound, even to curse Clara expelled her irritated feelings from her mind
In reality, she acted extre the door, she headed directly to the bedroohtly on the bed
The scene of Layfon sleeping on her bed made Clara's head spin, and she alet a grip
In any case, she first closed the open door, then locked it and put up the chain Then, Clara finally returned to her bedroom with a sense of accoht?'
She sneakily peeked into the bedroo reached her ears
He was still sleeping Claribel let out a relieved breath, then muttered
”Then”
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”Next is the rematch!”
Clara H was very excited
The other mental Claras were also infected by her excitement
But for some reason, Clara A was very calm at this moment
Why was that?
TheLayfon, she had a kind of 'huh?' feeling
”It see?”
That murmur didn't reach the ears of her co in her chest like a suspicion exclusive to Clara A
Could she ignore that doubt? Clara A felt anxious
She had to do so
What Clara A represented was that kind of straightforward reed, she had to think of some way to deal with that doubt
”What am I concerned about?”
She had beco Layfon, so the reason was definitely with him
But in the current kind of situation, the opinions of the mental Claras were probably united
No
A united opinion - that phrase was inaccurate The mental Claras were the manifestations of Claribel's countless personality traits Though their origins were similar, they couldn't fully form a unanimous opinion
In the end, they used majority vote like the real world did
Majority vote -votes
Clara A was one of the first to be influenced by Clara H and becootten about that
”It couldn't be”
After thinking of that, Clara A looked around
The athered by the screen, but as she looked around, there were also scattered ones eren't doing that
Clara A approached one of the?”
Surprised, Clara G looked at the approaching Clara A
”Do you oppose this?”
Clara A asked frankly
”Rather than opposing it, it's more like I dislike it”
Clara G also replied frankly
”Dislike it?”
”You don't know?”
Clara A was speechless for a mo?
”Do you knoe came here to do?”
”Huh?”
This
Clara G's words
She unconsciously looked back
Thethe original slowly shortening the distance between her and Layfon as they raised fists and prayed to the Gods of fortune
Incidentally, their thuers
For some reason, Clara A's eyes looked towards Clara H
Why was she here?
Any mental Clara would be able to think of that ansith a bit of thinking
But Clara H had proclai
Of course, Claribel had that sort of desire It was because she had that kind of desire that supporters aathered over there
Even Clara A had once been a
”Hmm?”
She was able to realize the key because she had once been a supporter and had then left the group
Clara A narrowed her eyes and looked at Clara H's back
”Ah”
She saw soht not to exist
”A zipper?”
There was a zipper on Clara H's back
She could understand if it were on her clothes, as the zipper could be explained as being part of the clothing
But that zipper was on the back of her head
Clara A silently and stealthily approached Clara H's back Clara H and the others were focused on watching the screen and didn't notice Clara A approaching
Clara A silently reached a hand to Clara H's zipper
She pulled it down in a flash
The Clara figure that was the same as everyone else's instantly parted in two and dropped softly to the ground
Then, what showed up there was
”Ah, Sensei!”
After Clara A called out, Clara H - no, her teacher Troyatte - turned his head around
”Why!?”
Why was Troyatte here?
But after she cried out, Clara A immediately realized the reason
”Ah, you're the part of the personality that was influenced toohis disciple, Claribel had immediately looked forward to Troyatte's way of life, but her teacher's countless woth and inized that the mental Claras who responsibly looked up to her teacher's personality had already beco on to life here!”
To think she had ed to hold on to life and had wielded influence in such an important juncture
”Ahahahahahahaha! Since I've been revealed, there's no helping it!”
Troyatte laughed as he leaped away
”To think ould be !”
”Drive him away! Hurry up and drive him away!”
”Stop!”
”Ahahahahahahahaha!”
After noticing that they had been instigated, theintent Troyatte fled, and the difference in strength between master and pupil preordained in the mental Claras made it so that they were unable to capture Troyatte
”I won't disappear! I won't disappearrrrrrrrr!”
”Disappearrrrrrrrr!”
Troyatte roared in a draether to respond This was the strength of influence between ood or bad, it seen themselves to his actions
Maybe because she had seen through his true identity, Clara A was free of her teacher's influence and stayed in front of the screen alone
She alone looked at the screen
The i with the ceiling visible through the gaps between her fingers[4]
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