Vol 2 Chapter 2 (1/2)

HxH Vol 2 Chapter 2 – The Beautiful Woman of Country of Ruin

Chapter 2 – The Beautiful Woman of Country of Ruin

Part 1

“Well then, I’ll explain the outline of the operation”

Hida Reiri looked over the A in Nayuta Lab

It was an eency summon

Kizuna, Aine, and Himekawa lent their ears to Reiri’s story with obedient faces

In contrast, it was only Yurishi+a who looked around at the surroundings with a face that looked as if she would break out hu anytime

Reiri was not even much concerned with Yurishi+a’s behavior, she turned to the console in the center of the room and called out

“Kei, I’ll let you explain”

In front of the console that looked like a cockpit, a petite girl was sitting

She was the researcher in charge of this Nayuta Lab, the person in charge of Ataraxia’s research department, shi+kina Kei

Her hair was held back with several pins, her eyes settled behind the glasses didn’t show anything of what she was thinking about

Kei didn’t reply back and onlyspeed Thereupon, in thes appeared

Aeach appeared in front of Kizuna and the others, displaying the text that Kei inputted

{Yesterday, at 210 AM of Megafloat japan’s standard tiht a weak radio wave}

On the floor surface, a afloat japan as the center was displayed Currently, the Megafloat was cruising between Papua New Guinea and Philippines A red blinking line was stretching froafloat japan on the map

{When the radio as analyzed, we understood that it was undoubtedly so used bythe direction from where the radio as sent}

Thethe stretched dotted line

Before long the scrolling of the screen was stopped at the end point of the line which was an island

“……Guam?”

Yurishi+a raised a questioning voice

“Correct The transmission as delivered from around Guam Yurishi+a, have you ever been to the American military base in Guam?”

“Only to the degree of stopping by there It was before the 2nd Another Universe Conflict, so I didn’t have any impression of it other than a normal resort area…… but, naturally that place also has an Entrance right?”

The origin was unclear, but Entrances that occurred due to the collision of world space existed only above land In addition, it only appeared on land with a certain degree of size, it wouldn’t appear in a place like a small island

But, Guam’s land size was e island There was a high chance that an Entrance with AU existed there

{There is a record that an Entrance appeared there in the 2nd Alternate Universe Conflict and it turned into a battle However, after that no one kno it turned out there}

Kei’s words were not generated as sound, but conveyed to them as text on theIt was not like she had a disability that made her unable to speak She was just extre with people

“We don’t know if there is anyone in Gua human facility However, in any case there was supposedly so us a transmission The mission this time is to infiltrate an area under the control of AU, and to make clear of the source of the transmission All of you are to land at Guam Island”

“What!?”

Kizuna reflexively raised his voice

“There is an Entrance there right? That’s too dangerous!”

“The situation won’t change for the better if we keep getting scared of the enemy’s shadow forever and only run around”

Reiri said flatly

“Then, we are going to march into the enemy’s controlled land……and start a full-bloar?”

Even until now they were using the phrase of ith AU, but in reality there was no battle or anything Mankind was only one-sidedly exterminated, their countries stolen, and they escaped above the sea where the hand of the enemy couldn’t reach

And then even now, they were cowering fro from place to place above the sea

Certainly, they defeated the enemy’s battleshi+p with Zeros’ Corruption Ar one battleshi+p after all this time

“Before the war happens, we first need to know about the enee about the AU, is nonexistent”

The an to move once more

Kei manipulated the console and tapped the keyboard

{The main objective of this mission is to collect information of the area that fell under the control of the eneation ofislands, but in the current situation the danger is great Froe of two hundred until three hundred kilo us is high In other words, the er is also increasing In that , the land of Guam which doesn’t have any other Entrance in it’s vicinity is suitable as the first test}

“First Megafloat japan will approach Guam until 300 kilometers from it Aroups, then investigate the center urban area Hagania and Ta of the group and the instruction on the actual scene……Kizuna, you take control”

“Eh! Me?”

Kizuna was shocked from the sudden appointment

“N, no, it’s impossible even if you suddenly told me to do it……”

The shoulder of the panicked Kizuna was lightly tapped

“Fufufu, take care of us Novice captain-san★”

Yurishi+a showed a wink from a close distance

“No, really, there is no way me as a captain…”

“It’s not iht ht place”

Aine unexpectedly talked as if in endorsement of Kizuna

“Aine……no, I never thought that you will say that about me Now I feel a little shy”

“Because, Kizuna usually doesn’t have any co useless That’s why, I think it’s fine for you to be the captain in a place far from the front line So that you won’t be a hindrance to us”

“So you are just getting rid of a nuisance!”

Having said that, what Aine said also made sense Kizuna’s Eros al feature other than its Life Saver

However, even such Eros had a method to obtain a wonderful combat ability

――[Climax Hybrid]

With that phenomenon which was evenresult that was truly miraculous It could power up the partner’s Heart Hybrid Gear, and added a special weapon called the [Corruption Armament] And then at the same time, Eros would copy the ability of the partner Heart Hybrid Gear,it possible for Eros to exhibit similar combat ability

“However, just by getting near, the enemy will quickly find us isn’t it? Besides, if there is an a to fall into a really bad situation……”

As if to flaunt off, Aine brushed off her silver hair that was shi+ning fro

“Well, at that time I will show you how I exterminate the enemy with my Corruption Armament [Pulverizer]”

She was truly s Her face looked like it couldn’t be more triumphant than that

Yurishi+a chuckled ly ‘fufun’ to that

“Myy, aren’t you unable to use Pulverizer anymoree?”

“……u”

Aine’s htly

“It disappeared when time passed correct? That prided Corruption Armament♪”

After that battle, Zeros was tested in Nayuta Lab However, when Aine tried equipping Zeros, Zeros had returned to its default state and Pulverizer was also gone

Kizuna’s Eros was also the saear

“The, then, I just need to do it one more time, the Climax Hybrid”

“My, this tih Hey? How about around tonight? Let’s go on a date, and together to a hotel――”

“Please stop! That’s really shameless!”

Hiht red face

“You all, stop playing around”

With a single sentence from Reiri, the place returned to dead silence

“Well then, breakup The operation will begin toht Until then, study the necessary information like the local map”

Reiri said that and exited from the room

Her head hurt fro to quarrel

Aappeared in front of Kizuna who heaved a deep sigh

{If you find yourself in need of a love hotel, say it anytime I’ll prepare it}

……shi+kina-san

Fro a reserved thumbs up

Part 2

The sunset of southern country was really beautiful, one wouldn’t get tired of seeing it no matter how many times

Standing at the edge of Ataraxia, Kizuna was gazing at the horizon that was dyed by the sunset

The large sun was sinking on the sea, the curtain of night was gradually lowered down above the head That state which kept changing moment by moment was exactly the showtime of mother nature

This spot was the testing ground that was adjacent to Nayuta Lab The width was close to a 400 hundredtrack Since the past, this was the facility used for Heart Hybrid Gear activation experiht in this place when he was a child

At this ti Eros At the same ti their respective Heart Hybrid Gears

In front of Kizuna, Kei’s floatingappeared

{The check of all gears is finished There is no probleo anytime}

Kizuna raised his hand to shi+kina Kei as in a slightly separated place to show his acknowledging thought

“Then, let’s depart soon We will separate into two groups,to the urban area in the center, Hagania and Taate Andersen air force base in the north”

Yurishi+a nodded

“Roger I more or less know about that base”

“After separating on-site, start the investigation Two hours after that, we are going to meet at the airport site in the center of the island The ene, so we basically won’t use our coency situation doesn’t count That’s all, any questions?”

Aine raised her hand

“Why are Kizuna and Hayuru together?”

“Eh? No, it’s better for Yurishi+a who has faht? If Yurishi+a and Hiether, then that ether”

“Is there any probleht break”

“Don’t say anything scary! A group with me who doesn’t have offensive power and you who is a specialist of super close range, the balance is just bad”

“If, if that’s the problem, then it’s fine if we just do Climax Hybrid isn’t it?”

“Certainly Pulverizer has an a it once will e coation right? Even I will only get the ability of Zeros, so it will only become two people with the same ability”

“……What a useless man”

“Next, there is also a choice where I go to the base but……”

Aine compared the face of Yurishi+a and Himekawa

“It can’t be helped then……”

Aine faced aith an irritated face

She looked dissatisfied, but for the ti it seems she understood the situation that Kizuna could be relieved inside his heart

“Yosh, all gears take off!”

Together with Kizuna’s command, the four Heart Hybrid Gears flew to the sky

Light was ignited froht drew lines in the hts separated into two, becoht

After Aress of the operation in Nayuta Lab

Nonetheless, they couldn’t understand the situation detail fro for contact Reiri and Kei separated from the other staff and secluded themselves in the center control room

“Re-ri, want a drink? There is also local beer you know?”

“Aah, that thing created in Ataraxia Where, let’s try drinking it”

Because both of them were best friends since their time as students, the atmosphere between them was amiable They were supposedly in the middle of duty, but the atmosphere was actually relaxed

Reiri took out a beer bottle with Ataraxia label on it froerator and opened the cork with the corkscrew that Kei handed to her

Kei opened a bottle of cola and held it out towards Reiri

“For the success of the operation”

“Cheers”

The bottles raised clanking sound

The two put their mouth directly on the bottle The cold carbonic acid sti the throat

“Fuh, it’s unexpectedly good”

“Right?”

After drinking the bottle dry in the blink of an eye, Reiri opened a second bottle

“Re-ri That radio wave, what do you think of it?”

“Nine out of ten, it’s just a coincidence So……or so”

“I think that’s a sensible judght be human”

“Do you know so?”

“That radio wave is sending data Soraphic file like a map”

Reiri raised her eyebrows

“The detailed content?”

“That’s still unknown But, perhaps it’s related to the Entrance”

“I see……however, the sender ht be an AU person”

Kei nodded briefly

“Re-ri……you don’t think, that it ht be Professor Nayuta?”

Reiri’s hand that was carrying the bottle to her mouth stopped

“……”

She put the bottle on the table and dropped her body heavily on the sofa

“No”

“――I see”

Silence flowed between the two

“Kei, you want to meet that person?”

Kei’s lips looked slightly s

“I don’t know But, perhaps that’s so That person is……a genius after all She is soet of worshi+p”

“Even you are a genius you know?”

Kei shook her head with a wry smile

“The dimension is too different In front of Professor Nayuta, someone like me is a mere ordinary person”

Reiri once again gulped her beer

“……Re-ri yourself, Professor Nayuta……your mother, what do you think about her?”

Reiri put the bottle she finished drinking on the floor

And then, she spoke while looking at so far away

“――My ultimate enemy”

Part 3

Yurishi+a and Aine were standing in front of the US military base at the northern part of Guam Island

The sun had sunk into the sea already There was not a single artificial light, only thewhere the headquarters and office were in, and the hangar of the aircraft jets

“When there is no human presence here, it feels like a different place

Yurishi+a boldly entered inside the grounds from the entrance that was left ajar

Aine too continued after her

“Has nothing changed since the last time you came?”

“Hmmm, it was only two, three days forreally changed That’s what makes it eerie instead”

“Eerie?”

“Because, there is no sign of battle see?”

Aine once again looked around at the entrance they carounds

Certainly there was nothing destroyed here On the contrary there was not even a single bullet e containers without anything inside That was her impression

“Did they escape……or else, they surrendered without resistance I wonder……”

Yurishi+a pondered with a difficult face

Aine manifested several s around her face and searched the surroundings with all sorts of sensors

“There is nothing really standing out Just cos, I wonder if it’s fine to call them so?”

“What happened here, it’s great if we could just find sohh”

Yurishi+a whispered with a carefree tone, but her eyes were vigilantly observing the surroundings

Aine too responded while staring at the sensor

“And, we also want infor a place that had coht?”

“Perhaps At the very least, I have never heard of any story about inforht from this kind of place”

After walking ahead, they found a large steel tower Yurishi+a stopped walking in front of the building without lighting in front of that tower

“There should be a communication facility here First, let’s confirm this place”

After they entered through the door left ajar, there was a pitch dark corridor continuing to the inside

Yurishi+a drew out the gun on her waist It was a [particle gun] that fired particles produced by the Heart Hybrid Gear as bullets

“I’ll go first Aine, please take care of my back”

“Roger”

The dark corridor was dimly illuminated by the luminescence of the Heart Hybrid Gear

The two of the meticulous attention

“Everything……is really spotless”

“……Rather, there is nothing here”

Rather than calling the place clean, there was nothing

Not to mention traps, even equipment and machine was not left behind sufficiently The isolated bookshelves left didn’t have a single book in it The drawer of the desks were ele electronic device like PC or anything could be found

Although this was a overnment office There should be a mountain of books and paperwork here, without PC or monitor here there would be no work that could be done

“Hey, Yurishi+a Is the US army destitute? I wonder if they sold their furniture to the pawnshop”

“There is no way that’s true……”

The dark corridor continued straight A few meters ahead was only darkness That darkness felt like it was continuing towards a different world

“?”

Ahead of the corridor, a diht was visible

“That’s――”

Yurishi+a erected her index finger in front of Aine’s eyes Don’t talk――looking at such sign, Aine nodded silently

Both of them killed the sound of their footsteps and advanced

Little by little the light becaer

‘――A door’

Light was leaking out from the door

Yurishi+a’s heart beat became faster

‘――Is there, someone?’

Yurishi+a prepared her particle gun

She clung beside the door without raising a single sound, with a hand sign she called for Aine

Aine and Yurishi+a nodded at each other, then Aine opened the door slowly Yurishi+a separated herself slightly fro door, she confirmed the inside of the room

“Clear, there is nothing”

When Yurishi+a entered the rooun

Aine who entered from behind asked Yurishi+a

“This is?”

“……Who knows?”

In front of the eyes of the two, there was a communication device that still had electricity

Frohtly

“The light e the wondering face of Aine

“I wonder if it was only this thing that had been connected to electricity all this time? Or else……”

Yurishi+a put the headphone connected to the device on her ear

“So here recently……I think?”

“There is still ti a little bit more”

Yurishi+a nodded to Aine’s words and put back the headphone on the console

Jarring noise was continuing to flow out from the headphone

Part 4

Kizuna and Hi in Guaht

Once it was the main street intended for tourists

However, right now not a trace of it could be seen

“How cruel……”

Himekawa stared at that scenery with blank amazement

What spread in front of the tas a complete ruin

Not a single one of the buildings lining up the two sides of the street were safe From the information before the 2nd Another Universe Conflict that they studied yesterday, there should be shops selling high class brand products lining up this place But right now, it had been turned into a mountain of rubble

There was also buildings that were still standing, but whichever it was, all of theht be the traces of boe fire that happened here Any building had the burned black traces re

Even buildings that had coe had all the doors of the shops broken, any kind of glasses were scattered about everywhere When they peeked inside the store, there were shelves collapsed without any

The shell of burned cars were scattered about all over the places on the street

So this was……a world traic weapons

“What a terrible state……damn it all”

Kizuna’s back teeth was clenched so hard that it made a sound

“Hida-kun Let’s try searching Perhaps there will be so, a clue to know about the AU”

“Perhaps……”

He was about to say that there ht be survivors, but he stopped

There shouldn’t be anyone surviving here

The condition of this place was enough to make him think that

Kizuna and Hih the streets that had become ruins

Broken glass and trash, wreckage was scattered on the ground, sound was created each tihost city

The paveuessed that it was the trace of the ic weapons’ advance The street had caved in all over the place

After progressing forward, there was a collapsed building blocking half the street Circling the wreckage of the building, they stared ahead of the street

There was no presence of living things

“The residents and travelers in this place, where did they all go……”

His

“That’s so isn’t it……besides, not to ures offrom the state of the city, it seems to be a certainty that this place was occupied once……”

It was once occupied, but then it was immediately abandoned?

Just what in the world was going on?

After advancing for a while, there was a wall of concrete and steel fraiant tree Looks like it was the result of a collapsing building

They cut across through that obstruction with bad visibility by using the gaps between

And then, their field of vision suddenly opened

In the middle of the scenery where there were only rubble all over the eyes could see, there was a beautiful woantly on a Victorian-style chair

“……-!!”

In front of the beautiful woman, there was an elaborately decorated round table and afternoon tea set placed on it Alone by herself, she was bathed intea

Her age was probably around twenty years old

With long green hair and slender body, she was a really pretty woman

She earing clothes that fitted tightly on her body line, releasing attractive sex appeal

The clothes that was inserted with deep blue and golden lines had an atmosphere like a military uniform from somewhere However, it had a different quality where the valley of her breasts and her thighs were exposed defenselessly

That beauty was idly staring at the sky, perhaps fro Kizuna and Himekawa yet

The purple pupils inside her narrowed eyes were shi+ning Just what in the world those joyful eyes were seeing? Her glossy lips were gently s anytime

She aiting expectantly for someone to arrive That was how her atmosphere looked like

“Is that a survivor!?”

Himekawa called out to that woman

Kizuna that atching completely in fascination also returned to his senses suddenly

Himekawa approached closer for two, three steps, then she opened her hands with a s the woman

“You are safe already, so please be reassured We have coafloat japan”

The woman slowly faced toward Hi the red Heart Hybrid Gear

“We caate this place Excuse me……are you someone who live in this place? Or else are you a traveler?”

The glossy lips of the woman opened

“My……my, my, my my my myy”

Wha, what?

Her state was strange for someone as happy that help came

The woman stood up from the chair

She was tall, and her legs were long She was like a foreign ure was perfect It was a ht as a skirt was terrifyingly short when she was standing up The body suit on her nether region worn under that skirt was in plain sight

However that wo She joined her hands and sreat happiness

“You are not the one I’s I’m really happy”

――What?

Why, did she know Neros’ name?

Come to think of it, her clothes

――It looked like, a pilot suit

Hi that

“By any chance, are you someone from America’s Heart Hybrid Gear tea out some kind of operation here?”

America?

No

Green hair

That suit

Soed inside Kizuna’s memory

Inside his heart, so near

The woman raised her voice happily

“But this is a good omen Like this, perhaps I can soon meet her”

No way

This woman was?

This woman was!?

From the amorous lips, a cheerful voice resounded

“Zeel”

Froreen particles overflowed

“This, this is-!?”

Himekawa raised a flustered voice

The green light began to solidify The particles of lights beca that body

Together with a conspicuously radiant light, the green radiance was dispelled

Looking at that appearance, Kizuna unconsciously murmured

“Heart Hybrid Gear……”

An austere armor was created as if in protection of the beauty’s slender body Several shi+elds were protecting her, giving the impression like a personal solid fortress, it was undoubtedly a Heart Hybrid Gear However, its atmosphere was different soears

And then he recognized that silhouette

“The one before……”

The mysterious Heart Hybrid Gear that deflected Pulverizer

“Yo……you! Who the hell are you!?”

That woman calmly smiled still the same like before

“I am Aldea Kindly take care of me”

“……!!”

She easily introduced herself

No, but surely that was a fake naation this――

“Which country do you belong to-? And that Heart Hybrid Gear!?”

Himekawa represented Kizuna’s doubt

“I belong to the Vatlantis Empire”

Va……Vatlan……tis, Empire?

Just where did such a country exist?

Most likely she was onlyfools of them

Aldea pressed her finger on her lips and tilted her head as though being troubled

“And so, that……what you called gear, are you talking about ic armor I wonder? If that’s so, I think I had spoken it before, but this is [Zeel] Kindly observe as you see fit”

‘――damn it, just how brazen can you be!’

Kizuna’s head was in chaos

Just how much could he trust what she said?

N, no, if he thought about it cal about it

But……certainly she called out the naear

Besides in the previous battle, this Heart Hybrid Gear……no, this ic armor repelled Aine’s Corruption Armament [Pulverizer], that was an unmistakable fact

Kizuna fell quiet with a gri from his whole body

Himekawa also tensed si open

Aldea earing a gentle smile, as if to say ‘Are you okay?’

Just ith this woman?

Even though she answered all their questions, they couldn’t understand her true identity at all

Inside Kizuna, a feeling of anxiety elling up

‘――damn it-!’

“……Then, that, Vatlantis Empire you said……just what’s with that? I never heard of it”

“It’s a great e over half of the world you kno unfortunate for you to not know of it”

“There is no way soe empire exist!”

Aldea cheerfully sesture

The scenery behind her was like a scenery that floated on a water surface, it was shaking gently

――An Entrance

The point of contact that connected the world of this side with another universe It was a puzzling ith rectangle shape The size was varied, the big one had height of several hundred th could even reach several kilometers It had no thickness, it was transparent, so its existence was hard to notice However when it was looked carefully, the scenery on the other side of the Entrance aying like looking through a distortedbehind Aldea

“It’s on the other side you know Isn’t that obvious Geez, please don’t make fun of me”

She sent the two a lovely, reproaching gaze

This wo that she was an AU person?

Kizuna didn’t knohich hich anymore

Was this a joke,

Was this the truth,

Was she sane,

Was she mistaken,

‘――Nee-chan

If it was Nee-chan, ould she do in this kind of time?’

“Are you questions over already?”

“Wha……n, no! Just wait I cannot believe what you are saying, no rather than that, I cannot understand!”

“My my, that’s unfortunate Then, I wonder if I can ask already? What is the naic armor?”