Vol 2 Chapter 4 (1/2)
HxH Vol 2 Chapter 4
Chapter 4 – Peerless Rupture
Part 1
“Himekawa is in the enemy’s captive!?”
Kizuna doubted his ear
However, Reiri’s face was really serious and in no as telling a joke
“Himekaas captured by enee”
He didn’t understand theof this
“……Hostage, you say?”
Kizuna repeated that word dumbfoundedly
Yurishi+a leaned her body forward, e breast shook
“Wait a second, Commander? What kind of metaphor is that?”
“Theis exactly as you heard Above Gua restrained on the enemy’s aircraft carrier”
All members lost their word
{Look at this}
A floating as opened, Kei’s text and a video was played there
It was the aircraft carrier of AU
Perhaps the picture was shot from air, the blur of the picture was considerable It was quiet a far off ie, but they could confirm about the one thousand ht of the aircraft carrier was supposed to be several dozenidth, it looked like a
The ca that, the i clearer
“This picture was taken by the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft that was sent to patrol Guam”
On the wide and flat deck, floating patterns and letters that seeht In the center of those radiances, Aldea earing Zeel was sitting on a chair
And then, in a slightly separate place, the category-Ultra Tri-Head was standing by The large body leisurely lying doas like a living being with life
――And then, there was one more person
In front of Aldea, there was a figure floating on the air
Red Heart Hybrid Gear
There was no mistake, that was Himekawa Hayuru’s Neros
At Hiht, below and above, front and back, X-shaped shi+elds were floating Flat surfaces of light with those shi+elds as the center were ular hexahedron, Hi in air as if drifting weightlessly was as though she was being restrained by invisible chains
Above the video, Kei’s inputted text was strea
{Even though the unuys didn’t shot it down Most likely their objective is to show us Hiure}
Looking at Himekawa that was restrained by a mysterious power, Yurishi+a knitted her eyebrows
“I see……she really feels like a hostage”
Reiri also nodded with a grim face
“There is no approach at all frouys’ objective, but we can guess that their objective perhaps is to lure us”
“But Nee-chan Normally ill think so, but the opponent this time is the AU person you know?”
“Thinking about the precedent of first contact the other day, it’s only natural to think that they have extremely similar behavioral pattern and sense of values with us And exactly as they aimed――”
Reiri looked over the members of Amaterasu
“No o rescue Himekawa”
He coreed with that
Yurishi+a showed a daring smile
“So we are going to dare to accept the ene like that”
“Then, what should we do?”
Aine asked while her eyes were still staring at Aldea on the screen
“First, I have so for Aine and Kizuna to do”
“Me and Aine?”
Reiri raised the corner of her mouth
“This time it’s our turn to surprise them”
Part 2
On the wide sprawling deck of the aircraft carrier, there was Aldea staying there alone
The wind blowing on the sky was fluttering up her long hair
Her purple eyes were shi+ning bewitchingly, she was staring with all her attention at the sky that was nearing dawn
Suddenly her lips was
“This is completely contrary to my expectation……this is really different froht that child in white ic armor is surely the one”
She turned back at the Tri-Head standing by behind her
“If it’s just collecting the Core, then I’ll leave that to you I think it’s about ti the bait”
Several ere opened around thatface
The displayed content and letters were different, but the technology itself couldn’t be told apart from Heart Hybrid Gear
Those s underwent coe into deep red alert display
“――!?”
Froht approaching
It was boination
――Corruption Armament [Pulverizer]
The light of destruction crossed the sky instantly
“Multiple shi+eld(Anti Battleshi+p Use Multiple Defense)!”
Aldea yelled sharply
As if to respond toward that instruction in panic, the aircraft carrier deployed defense shi+eld ofup in preparation for the Pulverizer’s bombardment
Even a single one was a shi+eld that could block the main cannon of AU’s battleshi+p
But with a single attack of the Pulverizer, those shi+elds were crushed really easily And then, all of the shi+elds were antic hole alht at the center of the shi+p hull, then it pierced through at the other side
The shi+p’s body greatly tilted, the surface of the deck was turned into a giant slide
“――-“
Aldea and Hian to slide down on the deck
‘This bo, it’s from that time!?
This destructive power is as if it coht class battleshi+p’s main cannon――no, it’s even more than that It’s not like I cannot block it if I use my Labyrinth Cube(Cube Dimension Maze), but――,’
Aldea stared at the Labyrinth Cube that began to slide down and knitted her eyebrows
Even now those shi+elds were used to imprison Neros
The bombardment of Pulverizer e, Aldea also fell into confusion As if charging at that opening, there was a shadow suddenly approaching with tremendous speed
Trailing golden trail behind it, a Heart Hybrid Gear was soaring on the sky
It was Yurishi+a’s Cross
Cross that flew by fully opening Differential Frame’s propulsive power easily broke the sound barrier
On Yurishi+a’s body, Kizuna was clinging there closely
“It will be soon, Kizuna!”
“Yeah!”
If it was in a straight line, Cross was faster than anything
It carried Eros until above the aircraft carrier from beyond the horizon in a blink of eye
“Now!”
Kizuna separated from Yurishi+a’s body and danced that body above the sky
Under his eyes the aircraft carrier which was cru even noas visible
At the center of the hull which had gigantic hole opened, the hull arping The one thousand an to fall toward Guam’s sea
Yurishi+a that passed through in an instant turned back at the falling aircraft carrier In the end of her sight, there was the Tri-Head that spread its wings to fly fro deck
“I don’t think I can defeat it but……”
She converted the Differential Frame’s ability from propulsive power to attack power
“Fire!!”
From Yurishi+a’s whole body, particle cannons spouted fire all at once The golden lights stretching out straightforwardly iht, an explosion spread
Aldea clicked her tongue while sliding down the deck
“I’ll leave that long range battery to you! It’s fine for you to break it”
Tri-Head reached out its neck from inside the flas shi+ned red and it lightly took off to the sky
“Please try to catch me!”
Yurishi+a confir her and raised the output of the Differential Frame once more
Confirhed between the captured Neros and that whitewhich one should she prioritized to deal with?
Letters of AU were floating in thefloating in front of Aldea’s eyes, a warning was addressed to her once more
‘She is preparing a boain!?
As expected, it will be bad if I’ht now’
Aldea undid the restrain on Hi her away The six shi+elds once nited her thruster and headed toward the direction from where the Pulverizer came with full speed
Hiether with the debris of the aircraft carrier
Confir away, Kizuna yelled
“Mode Zeros!!”
The radiance of Eros that orn on Kizuna’s body changed The pink lu from below into the same blue color like Zeros
The first instruction that he got fro was to do Climax Hybrid with Aine And then, they obtained the Corruption Armament [Pulverizer] for Aine, and the same ability with Zeros for him
Chasing after Hi debris of the aircraft carrier
Eros that was supposed to be useless exhibited equalthe hundreds of debris falling on him with beautiful movement
“Himekawa――!!”
While evading the obstacles, Kizuna opened his sensor
“Where!?”
Theshi+ned brightly, pulling Kizuna’s attention on it
A three di shi+ning red dot
‘――That’s Neros!’
It displayed the dot falling to the sea diagonally below at the right of Kizuna’s position
He ignited the thrusters throughout his body with light particles and pursued after Himekaith speed far faster than natural drop He soared with tremendous speed amidst the scattered debris
The torn off deck fro in front of Kizuna becoantic wall
“Chih!”
Eros’s figure vanished in an instant At the nextdeck in evasion
“Himekawa――! Where are youuuu-!?”
The internal ic mechanisms were expelled out to the sky one after another froe parts were endlessly floating in the air, obstructing his path
Even while Eros was h speed, it didn’t come into contact with those debris and avoided them all
If it was the nore daht now the result of the Climax Hybrid with Zeros was in effect Even the storm of debris looked like they all were in slow motion
But, no less if he couldn’t save Himekawa
The sea surface was rapidly approaching
I into Kizuna’s heart
It was the end if Himekawa fell to the sea He had to save her no matter what before that
Where?
Kizuna mobilized all of his sensors and searched for Himekawa’s location
However there was no reaction
‘Why damn it! There is reaction until just now! shi+t-!’
Kizuna’s heart was ringing like alarm bell
Sweat flowed down his forehead
‘Where!?’
He turned his head, aze to all direction,
At that ti black hair was reflected at the corner of his eyes
“Himekawa!”
Neros was already terht noas only in her pilot suit Like this it was only natural that there was no reaction from Neros
If she fell to the sea froht in her flesh, she would certainly die
Before she fell to the sea――,
At that time, the prow of the aircraft carrier ie of the broken aircraft carrier didn’t i tall like two spires from the sea
‘This is bad!!’
Hi toward that spire At this rate, Himekawa’s body would hit the aircraft carrier faster than falling into the sea
Igniting his thruster, Kizuna headed to that direction with all his speed
In front of Kizuna, a protective wall torn of from the hull flew into his way
Kizuna twisted his body and pulled his fist
“HAAA!”
The fist struck out from his shoulder drove into the thick steel plate Shockwave like an explosion opened a hole on the steel plate
“HIMEKAWAAAAA-!”
Kizuna flew out from amidst the explosion and e in the air
“Hiet a hold of yourself, Himekawa!”
Kizuna ignited his thruster and slipped through between the two spires just barely
And then he raised his output in full throttle and increased his speed While being showered by the gigantic water pillar heaved up by the debris of the aircraft carrier, Kizuna was flying horizontally, distancing himself away from the aircraft carrier
{This is Kizuna! Himekawa has been safely rescued! We will immediately withdraw from the front line!}
The transmission from Kizuna was delivered to Aine
Ten kilo the Pulverizer on the sky, she was charging the energy for the second shot
“Next is the Tri-head Yurishi+a, lead the prey here quickly――!?”
Her sensor reflected the shadow of soreat speed
{Aine! Aldea is heading there! Be careful!}
The moment she heard Reiri’s voice, Aine readied her Pulverizer once more
“To dare challenging thisconceited”
Aine ai Aldea
“This time I’ll pulverize her for sure”
And then, she pulled the trigger without hesitation
The wave of destruction bloay the cloud and terrific explosion sound roared above the sea And then, the radiance that destroyed space and tiht toward Aldea
It was the boantic battleshi+p in one shot If it hit directly, then the likes of ic weapons would be terminated without the least bit of difficulty
Aldea stopped in the sky Her armor detached from her body
Aldea glossy lips opened
“Labyrinth Cube”
Six shi+elds transformed and linked up, the cube that restrained Hi its appearance once more
The next moment, the merciless bombardment of Pulverizer hit
An explosion of light occurred
Fierce lightning spread to the sky and sea, shockwave indented the sea
Itin the air were pulverized in one breath
――However,
The light of Pulverizer lost its target inside the Labyrinth Cube
The boh losing its path, its direction was changed and then it was flying away froap of the Labyrinth Cube
Several streaks of light that arped into different directions, one flew to the outer space annihilating the cloud, one opened a large hole at the sea ter the sea water
Aine was staring it happening fro to end with shock
‘――It’s blocked again
Not just once, but twice
My Pulverizer doesn’t work’
Aldea’s figure avering standing still at the other side of the heat haze
Labyrinth Cube distorted the power of Pulverizer It was blocked, but it didn’t mean that it was repelled easily
‘――Can I attack one more time?’
Aine tried to ready her Pulverizer However, Aldea was already
She was heading to Aine with her full speed
There was no leeway for Aine to charge a third shot
Aine swiftly threay her Corruption Ar into bead and belt of light
In exchange she clutched her fist and charged at the approaching enemy
The two Heart Hybrid Gears collided
Sharp light and fierce sparks scattered
The Labyrinth Cube returned into six shi+elds and lined up in front of Zeros
With her fist stopped, Aine glared at the enee
Looking at Aldea like this, she was really indistinguishable from human
Her hair and the color of her eyes were a little different, but such thing was still within the range of fashi+on It could be changed trivially
In order to shake off her surprise and hesitation, Aine let out caustic words
“I don’t care whether you are human or person of AU”
The elbow thruster increased in brightness, the shi+eld was pushed back
“What is without doubt, is that you are the fool who is challenging this e battle!”
The instance Aine alht ran on Aldea’s shi+eld and Aine’s arm distorted
“!?”
The distorted space flicked off Aine’s right fist However in that rasped the shi+eld
“Eh……?”
Aldea was taken by surprise
Aine’s upper body that was al the shi+eld
“Ha-!!”
And then like that the shi+eld was raised, and the body that became defenseless was punched The elbow thruster produced a punch in the speed that was normally impossible, and in the instant of impact, shockas fired from the end of the arm
“――-!!”
The ic circle floated for an instant on her body
It see substantial like the Life Saver of Heart Hybrid Gear However, it was like a uard that didn’t have that much defensive power
Aldea’s body was truly easily bloay, Aine kicked the air in order to add pursuing attack
In order to stop the approaching Aine, Aldea lined up the shi+elds in front of Aine, but Zeros astounding mobility was in full display, all the shi+elds were evaded
“That……-!”
That movement shocked Aldea
“HAAA!”
The leg thruster eht That propulsion was stuck into Aldea’s body as a fierce spinning kick
“Gah……ha!”
Aldea’s body bended for h she had pilot suit and safeguard, she was mostly defenseless like this
Aine once again kicked with her leg, the blade on her shi+n aimed at Aldea’s abdomen
“……Kuh!”
Aldea i
Aine’s kick changed trajectory in theflew passed the shi+eld and sunk into Aldea’s chest
“Gu, AAA-!”
Aldea ignited her thruster and so her body in place
“The next will be the last”
Aine put her right hand forward and took a stance
Aldea raised her face and gazed at Aine
“How a……you are”
Her face didn’t have anger or killing intent A smile that was happy from the bottom of her heart was shown there
“For such an anature……hey, what is the naic armor? Please tell me by any means”
Aine tightened her lips inshape for a while, but then she reluctantly opened her mouth
“――Zeros”
In that instanat, Aldea’s smile froze
“Ze……ros?”
Aldea muttered deliriously
“You, Chidori……so I think? You, who are you?”
It was a strange question
Aine couldn’t catch her
“Fine then, I’ll teach you I aafuchi Aine”
Aldea’s eyes opened wide in shock, heropen
“Chidori……Aine……Aine, Zeros”
She clapped her hands in front of her face
“Ha……hahaha, is that so, as I thought, so that’s how is it! Ahaha, how spending!”
Aine made a dubious face
“I wonder if I hit your head when I kicked you before? Aah, but if I punch you, perhaps you will return back to usual?”
Aine grasped her fist tightly
“Yes, yes, the current you don’t get theabout isn’t it! Aah, but there is no need to worry! Yes, leave everything to me! I will save you for sure!”
Aldea kept talking in excitement That aroused e her
“What are you prattling about I wonder? Your head really got broken isn’t it?”
“Fufufu, now, I’ll capture, imprison, and kidnap you With……”
Aldea smiled cheerfully
“This Labyrinth Cube!”
Six shi+elds was approaching in order to surround Aine
Part 3
Kizuna was carrying Hi to Ataraxia
“This is Kizuna Ataraxia, respond”
A floatingprojected Reiri
“Nee-chan,back to Atraxia――”
{Kizuna, change of plan We planned to destroy Tri-Head with Pulverizer, but Aldea interrupted and now she is in theTri-Head alone}
“What do you say!?”
That Heart Hybrid Gear of Aldea, Zeel possessed a mysterious power In addition, Tri-Head was an opponent that couldn’t be defeated even with the four of them
Kizuna’s forehead was having cold sweat
{The only silver lining is you and Himekawa Head over there for reinforcement immediately!}
Kizuna looked at Himekawa in his arms
“Putting me aside, Himekawa’s Hybrid Count is already in red zone, she is in a state that cannot even put Neros here!”
Kizuna yelled at Reiri inside the
{I’ht at it like that}
“The thing?”
Just when he was speaking so to the coht
Fro before suspended below a helicopter was approaching
“Nn……”
“Himekawa?”
“U, n……Hi, Hida, kun?”
Hihtly
“E, eh? This place? Somehow, it feels pleasantly fluffy…nyaa!?”
Noticing herself as sleeping on a bed with tattered pilot suit and Kizuna as sitting beside her, Hie voice
“Hii!”
Being alert toward Kizuna as in his pilot suit, Hied her body and backed off until the corner of the bed Certainly pilot suit was made from a thin material that fitted the body It was understandable for her to want to be on guard Moreover, Himekawa’s pilot suit had holes opened here and there, the pilot suit that had already high exposure rate at the best of ti even more risqué, so it further scared her
“Whe, where is this place, besides my appearance, yo, yo, you, what did you do to me!?”
“I, I didn’t do anything-! Nothing at all!”
Hilared at Kizuna while her nose was huffing roughly
‘――Eh, now that I think back?’
Hi around the room restlessly with an axious face
“I, if I reht……”
‘That’s right, I should have lose toward that enemy Aldea’
“This is above the sea The new equip on the sea Noe are inside it, that’s how it is”
“New equip?”
The bed she was sleeping on was a queen-sized pure white bed
Inside the room, there was table and sofa, dresser,bathrooh to be used by two people with enough room left over
“I, was fighting with that enemy named Aldea……I was pushed into the enemy’s shi+elds, became unable to move, I remember the event until that time, but after that……”
Hi desperately to remember
“I guess you don’t remember what happened after you fainted, but Himekawa, you became enemy captive then”
“Eh!”
Himekawa made a face that was shocked from the bottom of her heart
“But……I, I don’t, re……”
She shook her head in disbelief
“But, if that happened then how did I――”
Saying until that far, Hied
“We carried out an operation to rescue Himekawa Aine’s Corruption Armament shot down the enemy’s aircraft carrier, me and Yurishi+a’s combination rescued Himekawa But, the operation hasn’t ended yet”
“That’s……what do, you mean?”
“The ene strong”
Hearing that name, Himekawa’s shoulder twitched
“Aldea is fighting Aine, the Tri-Head is taking on Yurishi+a, I want to reinforce them immediately That’s why――Himekawa?”
Hi in shi+vers
“Oi, what’s wrong?”
“I, I, what did I……”
Kizuna leaned on the bed and peeked into Himekawa’s face
“Are you okay? Your complexion is bad”
“I……I’m a useless human……I’m, already useless”
Her trehtly
“Taking arbitrary action byself-i to correct other people’s conduct, while in the end I’m the one who troubled other people the er……uu-“
Tears spilled out from Himekawa’s eyes
“Hi that about you”
“Even if no one thinking that about ive myself!”
When she raised her face and yelled, tears scattered from her eyes
“Himekawa……in the first place, why are you, that obsessed with the Tri-Head?”
Hi her head down, she stayed quiet for a while
However, she opened her mouth then determinedly
“……Before, I had fought that category-Ultra once”
‘Eh!?’
Wasn’t the previous battle the first attack of that ic weapon?
“It was in the middle of a chaotic situation, so I didn’t make an official report about it, but on the occasion of the 2nd Another Universe Conflict……right before the Megafloat activated, that Tri-Head appeared in japan”
Hiaze
“Entrances also appeared in japan at the 2nd Another Universe Conflict……however, Yurishi+a-san participated in the operation of the seventh fleet of Auard Ataraxia and Megafloat japan The protection of mainland japan was entrusted to me alone”
“Just alone!?”
“Yes”
“That’s absurd!”
It was absurd nothat duty to her is really hateful
It see Himekawa showed a sad smile
“But, at that tiht that I can protect japan to the end by myself alone I can do it withthere is in this Heart Hybrid Gear I persuaded myself like that”
Hi
“I flew around all over japan, defeating ic weapons one after another If it’s like this then I’ll be fine, I can protect japan, that hat I felt”
Certainly, if it was Hiory-A But……
“However, that was only until the ene in full tilt, it was only for a short ti by myself alone”
Himekawa’s forehead was etched with crease of distress
“Just what should I do to deal with the ic weapons that appeared in the whole country si, each territory of japan fell into enemy’s hand one after another I don’t understand what happened with the land that was invaded Was the people living there died, or are they alive……”
Tears gathered in Himekawa’s eyes