Vol 25 Chapter 6 (1/2)
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There was a city in the wilderness
It seemed to be a city that had perished before its foundations were forreenery was visible on the earth around her The dry, cracked ground wasn't suited to the kind of vehicle she was riding
Nina gave up on it, getting off her motorcycle
”How is it?”
(There's no movement)
The Psychokinesis flake sewn into the white fighting gear replied to Nina's question in a dry voice
”How are the inspections of the interior?”
(The interference is very severe, so we can't get any useful inforht now)
”What about the surroundings?”
(Right We noticed ht to have been left behind recently)
”In that case, there's definitely so inside”
(Yes, the teanated location Commander, you)
”I' up”
Nina stopped the Psychokinesist fro and moved forward
The city she could see in the distance was entangled with one out of control, and they had all withered Extensive drycity like a canopy, as if to conceal this corpse
But what if that veil wasn't just hiding the corpse of the city?
”Stupid Searcher”
Nina muttered quietly
A o was the reason she had come here
It was soht the Sky Fell'
The world had started changing greatly since that night they had fought against that violent flame
Soes that happened were the reduction of pollutants and the subsequent reduction in filth monsters
Along with the stoppage of the autonoios)
The wilderness recla Group was affectingthecities
At the same time, problems of territorial ownershi+p occurred between people who lived on the un cities that roa and didn't become serious
Because afterwards, the pheno cities stopped
It was confir, but they didn't end up stopping coanic machinery composed of dense plants rapidly proliferated as if out of control, and roots eroded the land of city and even spread to the surrounding area
Not long afterwards, the cities beca land The various anisround, recreating the cycles of a natural world
The people driven out of the cities by the Budding quickly adapted to their new environeneration and the co Group and other pioneers
And like that, huround
Not long afterwards, the pioneering group formed a nation, and coradually set up appropriately Finally, a common calendar was produced
Year fourteen of the New Earth calendar
That was the current era
The location where they had agreed to meet was a road called Euphter
”Ugh”
A land place was a beautiful fountain statue Nina tilted her head and looked confused in front of it She checked the watch on her wrist and also checked the clock in the statue's arms
The time was the same
And the ti had already passed
”She's usually very timely”
Nina looked at the road afterthis
In the distance was a Regios, an expanding canopy of green
Her chest throbbed when she gazed at the i city transformed into a mother tree
The first to 'Bud' had been Ahasnahart Nina had witnessed her determination first-hand
The mother tree she saw over there wasn't Ahasnahart, but her determination had certainly become the foundations of the current era
”Wethings It's just our form that is different from humans”
After leaving those words, the mother of the Electronic Fairies, Schneibel, had moved to become a mother tree
”Speaking of which”
Nina pulled her consciousness back to reality, as if to escape frohts
”She's not the kind of person to come late”
But the person Nina had planned on finding was a person she had been connected to in the past She wanted to think about their friendshi+p, butlike bubbles
Just when Nina was unsure how to deal with her feelings, reality called out to her
She heard a quiet voice roup of people
It was the voice of a person
A muffled wail
The er where she had been The gust of wind that blew in that instant made the nearby pedestrians stop for a moment But none of them were able to think of the fact that Nina had just been over there, so they continued walking
Though the city center was clean, dirty blemishes became visible when you walked around the city Maze-like alleys, tall buildings that see with one another, smells that accued their liranted infinitely vast land, that ht away People were quick to look away fro new somewhere else
The vast land gave people the illusion that it was infinite The es to society and the expansion into this land led the brain to keep pushi+ng the idea of 'developotten
This place was another area that had forgotten about the maintenance work
Crime occurred readily because it had become hard to see
The wo taken away in front of her was a victim of crime too
Threewas over the woman's face Those people had attacked her fro, and then put her over their backs The way the woman looked made the scene from back then appear in her mind
”Hey!”
Nina took the initiative to circle around in front of them and called out to stop them
Nina's sudden appearancereached her ears
”Do you knoho she is?”
A knife answered Nina's question
Along with fast movements
Military Artists
Judging by how all three of them took out knives, the men were clearly residents of the streets Knives were definitely better than swords as a weapon in this kind of narrow alley
Their h speed in this narrow alley without bu into each other
But Nina didn't even hold a Dite
After confir that the wo through the gaps between the ht the woman
Nina took off the bag
”Guah! Ack, ugh Huh, Nina?”
”Are you alright, Leu?”
”BBarely Uh, what happened?”
”You were kidnapped”
Nina turned around after saying this to the wide-eyed Leu
The three round
”If you were five kilomels[1] farther, even I probably wouldn't have heard your voice”
”Uh, I wouldn't walk that far alone either”
Nina's words put a stunned expression on Leu's face
After that, Leu checked the men herself
”Are they dead?”
”No, I just put them to sleep What should we do? Police?”
”No, they don't know anything anyway”
”Yeah”
Nina reached inside the pockets of one of thethat could verify their identities
”Don't worry about it We're alo”
After fixing her ust, Leu looked at her watch and cried out again
She wore a suit There was no falsity in her words or actions - no expressions of weakness like treers
”You've beco, Leu”
”Don't look down on a negotiator”
Her back honestly looked very reliable as she bravely said that
They made it to the place they had reserved
This store of local Euphter cuisine was one that Leu had discovered, so it was very delicious
”I said I was looking, but it's athering intelligence”
”Ah, I see”
”Right, how come you moved the Third to Nairomiro?”
”Ahh, that's a counterainst Searchers”
”What's your real purpose?”
”It's the truth that there are Searchers”
Nina glanced around
The store had prepared a booth for them This area was deep inside the store, so their voices wouldn't leak outside At least as long as there weren't any Psychokinesis flakes or listening devices
Even if she listened intently, she couldn't hear any strange mechanical noises or the unique sound of Psychokinesis flakes
No, as a wartiotiator for the National Coalition, she wouldn't have made such a blunder
”What a pain I can understand why they want to station troops there beforehand, but that's why the other party's attitude becae time”
”There's no helping it Humans were forced to hold their territorial wars and such for later”
”So you're ad that those are unavoidable”
”So out the Seleniu the city ear for territory But I feel the sa”
”In that case, I hope that you couldthe National Coalition's Third Arh Booster over there is the sauised threat of mutual destruction”
”The other side was the one to otiation deadline”
”Well, whatever Even with this, the ceasefire oals”
”Honestly, that was great”
”Of course If not, it would be iuards”
”You say that, but you're still pretty mad”
”Because I don't like the way it was ended Stubbornly denying other opinions from start to finish can only lead to a short life Nina, if it were you, you'd be able to say soht?”
”I don't want to see them”
Nina frowned at Leu's words
”Why?”
”They're really talkative right now If I as ossip about it”
”Uwah, then do they think dispatching the Third Army until reconciliation occurs is all just Zuellni's show of force?”
”That's actually prettywith”
”Ahh, how annoying!”
”Let's not keep talking about that, it ruins the mood”
”Honestly”
They had finished eating the food during the talk But perhaps their topic hadn't been conducive to the
Leu seemed to be the same
”Ahh, honestly, ht as well order more”
Leu called the waiter over to get a iven up
”How youthful”
Nina s as she looked at Leu
”Hah?”
Leu showed a clearly detestful expression upon hearing this
”What does thatme?”
”No, that's not it”
”It's a bit weird for a high-ranking Military Artist to e”
”My bad, my bad”
Nina knew she had misspoken, so she couldn't muster any opposition She decided to surrender immediately
”Don't be ridiculous, alright? How ure and looks? It's just today that I can indulge eezers make me so mad, to think they would show an expression like 'what, it's you again'! I can't let those other fe Are young girls really that good?”
”I rong! Honestly, I rong!”
Also, it see unrelated
Nina could only apologize continuously as the food was being sent to them
In the end, Nina took care of almost all of the food
”Well, what do you think?”
The location hadn't changed The food on the table had disappeared, and the two of thelasses in their hands
”About what?”
”The guys just now Don't forget about them”
She wasn't drunk, but Leu asked this with a coht face Nina felt stunned at this
”After all, it's been the sa, so I end up getting put through a lot of trouble as the one responsible for negotiations”
”Then was it retaliation by some faction?”
”Hmm, that's very improbable There's a different possibility that's more likely”
”What is it?”
”They planned on using e to make you and the Third Army retreat from Nairomiro”
”What?”
”It's the Searchers Do you knohat those guys are like?”
”I got infor an abandoned city”
”Do you know anything about that abandoned city?”
”No Do you have any clues?”
”I'm not sure either But I said before that I didn't like the way negotiations ended this tiht?”
”Yeah, you did”
”Though the pressure from the Third Army also had an effect, it see our focus on the abandoned city near Nairomiro”
”What?”
”I feel like they were fighting more to occupy that abandoned city than to occupy Nairo territory division negotiations though both sides were trying to hide their focus”
”How did it end up being resolved?”
”It was turned into a buffer region of the National Coalition, isn't that obvious?”
Leu put on a proud smile after she said that
After leaving that inforood friend took an escorted car back
Nina felt like that look suited her very well
Leu had negotiated several conflicts between nations so far, and she was respected byable to maintain her calm
At the same time, she was envied by many
That hy she couldn't even spend a uards
”I really feel sorry for her”
If Nina had been attentive, she could have had the pleasure of walking alone on the road where she had protected Leu from the unfa
Though Nina had never had such a considerate personality, she felt like her awareness of others had faded recently
”I have to be careful”
Afterthis, the Co without any guards by her side
The information Leu had left her was in her mind
As a negotiator, Leu knew detailed inside information about various nations If she didn't even know, it would be i up information with any political means
Then?
(Commander, it's about time)
It was a scheduled contact from a Psychokinesist of the command center
”Yeah, I'”
(Yes?)
”Prepare means for international communication for me”
(Understood How strong should the security be?)
”It doesn't need any, I' for someone”
(What?)
Ignoring the confused voice, Nina vanished into the nighttime road
After returning to the Third Arot the necessary roup, then returned straight to her living quarters
The person she had contacted just noas already standing in front of the rooiven to her
”Fufufufu, I'm from E&E Pizza, thanks for your order”
Nina hadn't interacted much with her in Zuellni In the end, she had just been a friend of Felli
But after graduation, Nina would run into her once in a while, and their relationshi+p had developed to the point where the two of them would now visit each other at a moment's notice
”You're still the same as always”
Eri held a pizza box in front of the door She had a youthfulness completely different froorous youthfulness It was as if time had stopped for her
She see - that kind of description seemed very appropriate
But Nina didn't spend any ti like that She currently realized that was undoubtedly just a waste of time
After inviting Eri into the roo Eri a drink, Nina told her what Leu had said while holding the pizza
”Nairomiro, huh? Uh, that's pretty far”
Eri said leisurely
En - that was a means of movement by Electronic Fairies It seemed like that kind of spatial leap that Nina had experienced before was different from Eri's methods
Well, that was completely irrelevant
The more you know, the ood friend of her had said that
”Well, what do you think about this?”
”Fufufu, well Can you get me a map?”
Eri tilted her head slightly and Nina pulled out a map for her
”Nairomiro is here”
”Ehh Ah, we're here Uh, and Ahh, it's Zuellni Fufufufufu, how nostalgic”
”H independently autonomous as an Academy City over there”
”Nina-senpai, are you supporting them too?”
”I' what I can”
”How incredible”
”So, how about it?”
”Well”
Eri repeated similar words as she looked back and forth across them and chatted about her memories
But this wasn't because her focus was broken Eri was judging exactly Nairomiro was based on the positions she remembered on the map That was how she calculated distance, Nina had realized afterwith her
So Nina stayed as patient as she could with Eri whiletoo far from the topic
”Ahh, I got it”
Then, Eri finally clapped her hands
”I see, I see, itof Searchers”
”What? What did you figure out?”
”Fufufufufu, good news”
After she said this, Eri erased the nor cheerfully
”Those people are co back”
The next , Nina led a team to that abandoned city
And now, Nina was here
(The interference is too strong, so I can't interpret the situation in side at all Commander, keep your distance for now)
”I can't do that, since our time here is limited”
(In that case, please order the other tea happens to you)
”Yourthe city fro, so you don't need to leave your initial positions”
(Understood)
As the conversation ended, Nina reached the legs of the abandoned city
Nina deliberately approached slowly, but no hostile h that point
But Nina confirmed with her own eyes what the Psychokinesists had noticed - traces of largeobjects
Nina's nose also sanisms
”They're here”
That was the only thing she could confirm
Nina leaped up to the top of the city Of course, there was no sensation of an air filter Even in the current era, where air filters were unnecessary, it felt very lonesoht resistance
The outer area ed up by withered vines They fell apart easily as soon as she stepped on them
Internal Kei variant - Levitation
Nina counteracted her body weight with Kei of a special nature and advanced over the vines
Judging by the structures under the vines, it seeners
”This is”
Nina noticed a sign near the entrance Vines had hooked around it during the proliferation of organic n, which still hadn’t rusted, away from the vines
”Sky Spider City Terachda is it?”
A name she hadn't heard of before
But since it had turned into this, it had definitely already been abandoned before its 'Budding'
What exactly had destroyed them? Was it filth monsters, or exhausted Selenium mines? Neither of them was a threat anymore
Nina sped up her steps and advanced into the depths of the city
”So, ill they act?”
She advanced with unguardedthe opponents to act
Just as Nina expected, the opponents finally acted
The quiet air became disturbed
Nina stopped
A disturbance had appeared in the air But the opponents hadn't shown up yet
The vines beneath her feet had been thrown into a mess It see the interior of the city
But the opponents still hadn't shown themselves
What were their plans?
”No”
Nina strode forward again
With every step, the tension in the air beca about how to keep her fro to approach?
Or was it because Nina was in the jaws of death, unwittingly stepping into her enemy's trap?
”Whichever it is”
The situation would progress as long as she strode forward
In that case, all she needed to do was advance
Nina waited for the opponents with that mindset
The situation changed with the next step Nina took
The vines covering the ground below her feet floated up together
No, that rong It wasn't the vines that had moved
The ground had twisted
The abruptly-lowering ground left the vines in the air
Along with Nina
”Ugh!”
Nina was offsetting her weight with Kei to move on the vines, which hy she was able to descend to the ground instead of falling
”Are theyto show up?”
Nina was speaking of the lowered ground
As the disturbed vines withered and tangled together, a wriggling presence appeared in the depths of the dark hole
Was this a trap to make Nina fall down? If that were the case, had the opponent believed they could kill Nina just bysurprised Nina A trap of this level wouldn't even kill a normal Military Artist
Also, the Searchers had already accuainst Military Artists Even if their numbers had decreased, they probably wouldn't use such a simple trap
”So's there”
Nina already sensed that presence close to her
After all, the doardby that, she could confir there
The sound had vanished
The earth that had been the cover cruht to have occurred afterwards vanished partway through
So in the depths of that giant hole
Would that thing whose first strike had failed continue hiding?
”Is it co?”
A new quake shook the abandoned city
So in the city
Nina stopped the hand that was reaching for her Dite
She thought of so
”Fufufufufu, I'll give Nina-senpai a divination”
”What is it?”
Eri had said this when she was about to go back
”Don't destroy the city too severely and you'll get good luck”
Eri hadn't ended up explaining what that meant
Even if it had already beco an autonohly
That being said, considering Nina's current destructive power, she had to be careful here she swung her iron whips
”How irritating!”
After i this, Nina raised her head to look at the thing that appeared
Black aseous object that looked like this appeared froiant hole
However, even if such a thing existed, it was very strange for the large-scale cru noise to have completely vanished
This wasn't an ordinary gas
The black gaseous body ignored the roaring wind and stopped in place, and a change came over it
Countless holes opened in the gaseous body
No, they weren't holes They were eyes that were opening
Eyes appeared
In addition, countless protruding teeth appeared all over the gaseous body The sound of their clashi+ng togetherair ominously shake
”I've confirmed the Searchers”