Vol 6 Chapter 1 (1/2)

Chapter 1 – Powerful Enemy Reunion

Part 1

“Kei, could you confirm the result of Kizuna and Gertrude’s Climax Hybrid?”

Inside the Nayuta Lab’s center control roo in the air After the Climax Hybrid inside the fully packed train succeeded, the ability experiura was carried out at Nayuta Lab’s experiment facility Just now all the experi analyzed

{We obtained the result that is alura’s particle cannon has increased by 50 Each of Eros’s specs are also upped to be equal with Sigura The creation of the particle cannon by Eros also succeeded The destructive power of that creation is also equal with Sigura}

“I see If that’s the case we can feel relieved for now then”

In contrast with her words, Reiri looked unsatisfied somewhere

‘――If it’s about the Core aptitude and the compatibility with Kizuna, then this me is……!!’

{What’s wrong Reiri?}

“No……I think that coirls of Aap of spec here”

{That cannot be helped Compared to Ros-series, the Core’s specs is different in the first place}

“If I had the Core of Ros-series installed in me……ould happen?”

Kei htly shocked eyes and stared hard at Reiri

“……It’s just a jest Forget it”

Reiri averted her eyes and stared at the Core storage case that looked like a safe which was left alone at the corner of the room It was the case where Taros’s Core was once stored Taros’s Core was installed inside Sylvia’s body and now the inside of the case was empty

There was no more reserve Core in Ataraxia Their only lifeline was just Kizuna and Gertrude Right nohat did they need to do to ith just these two Heart Hybrid Gears They had to focus at just that She understood that Even so she unconsciously thought of this

‘――Even though if we just have ht’

At that time, the door of the center control room opened, Kizuna and Gertrude had returned from the experiment room

“Nee-chan, shi+kina-san What is the experiment result?”

The two of them entered the roo s floating in the air looking for the one that ht displayed their data

Kei typed on her keyboard in order to display her text at thethey looked up at

{We obtained the result that roughly as we hypothesized With this we can carry out the next operation}

Kizuna unconsciously clenched his fist

“I see……with this I can go there one more time!”

‘――To the AU’

“Just wait, everyone……also, Aine”

Gertrude looked up at Kizuna as like that anxiously

“But boss No matter how you look at it, isn’t it too reckless to come to bloith theot cold feet after all this though”

“I told you not to worry We are not going to sell a fight right to their face This operation is properly thought out”

Kizuna smiled to Gertrude When she looked at that smile, her anxiety mysteriously vanished, it made Gertrude surprised about herself as like that

“It seeed aren’t you?”

“Hed anywhere”

Somehow, the atmosphere Kizuna had when she first met him and was different compared to now

After he returned froh the battle with Clayda and Elma of the Quartum, the air clad on his body was different It felt like he was extremely reliable, or he orth to be relied on

There was no basis to it

It was just, that was how it felt like For that reason, she didn’t feel like resisting even in the Clih she couldn’t say this out loud by any means

“……Soet carried away okay”

“? What’s the matter? You are odd since just now”

“Boss is the odd one here After this we are going to AU with the objective of recovering Masters and A”

Faster than Kizuna could answer, Reiri interjected into the talk

“Eventually it will become like that But, first there is the need to know the enemy”

Reiri brushed her hair and flicked the touch panel of the console Thereupon, the landscape of Zeltis, the imperial capital of Vatlantis that Eros recorder automatically was projected

“Even if we rush into the Entrance of London, we also want to grasp of what happen at the other side The information that we currently acquire all comes from the observation of Kizuna when he becaeneral map of Zeltis and the place where A held In other word the next mission is to sneak from the Entrance and scout the enemy’s capital”

{According to Kizuna’s information, the members of Amaterasu and Masters seem to be locked in the prison of the castle However with Kizuna’s escape, there is also the possibility that their i those information, the route from the Entrance until the rescue location, the place where enemy security is strict, and reversely the place where security is lax We need to obtain the information for our infiltration path and withdrawal path}

Kizuna didn’t have objection about that operation But there were still factors he was uneasy about

“It’s fine to do scouting mission, but what should I do? There is no et find out as ene that is needed”

{No problem}

Kei’s letters were displayed in an extre that the font size was double from the usual

“Eh? Aah, do you have some kind of idea?”

This tiety look

“Yo, you can say that……regarding this h it will take a little time”

“What’s thefun”

“Don’t say stupid thing There is no such thing”

Reiri averted her face

‘――That’s absolutely a lie’

Reiri’s face broke into a grin and she wasn’t co about……?

“Then, I have oneI’m uneasy about It’s the lack of combat power Gertrude has recovered and it’s possible to do Climax Hybrid with her, even so the level is different compared to Ros-series If eneht not be able to repel them like before Besides……”

Kizuna’s look becarim

“If Aine really becomes our enemy and appears here……in front of Zeros’s [Code Breaker], no less”

“Certainly that’s true Especially regarding Aine, currently we have no method to deal with her The onlydirect confrontation with her as much as possible We can do only that”

The photo of the situation at London which was taken by unures of people leading a life that was the same like before the Another Universe Conflict was projected

{Siic power plant The only different with Tokyo is that there is no deploye there are a great nuic weapons deployed are the powerless sic weapon}

“There is nothing to fear fro huh”

Reiri murmured in annoyance

{It’s easy to reach London However if you go there, the e number is troublesome With the current Kizuna and Gertrude, the two of you will not be defeated by soic weapon, but it’s also difficult to scatter theo And if reinforce that time, it will become hard to deal with them The problem is how to send Kizuna and Gertrude to the Entrance without the ene}

Kizuna raised his hand as if he was struck by an idea

“There is a little so reinforceuys’ strength? Though it’s necessary for the research departht with us together”

{Reinforcement? Who do you mean?}

“I too only got to know theht, Gertrude?”

Even though the talk was suddenly directed at her, Gertrude co about

“Haa? ……What are you planning to do? Boss Kizuna is……”

Part 2

London elcoentle day of Autumn

The people were leading their usual life In London that was also a sight-seeing city,even today, the people visited faham Palace, and so on which ell known in the world, raising cheers with sparkling eyes They did that today, and yesterday too, and then from now on forever

Thethat reflected the experiment result in Tokyo In Tokyo the planta physical barrier, but here in London that was unnecessary An unseen barrier was surrounding the whole London area, restraining the hearts of the people They could leave if they wanted But the people under the brainwashi+ng had the very conception of leaving this city stolen from them

And theninfiltration to London

The tourists visiting by chances couldn’t go home to their country for the second ti into this city

But, today was different

New visitor were trying to enter into the prison without cage

The city outside the ic power plant was destroyed, there was only ruin continuing without end It was a wasteland with bricks and concrete mixed with rebar that had becoic weapons [Albatrosses] were standing The ruins and the green hill area far ahead of it, and then the cloudy sky that continued for far away The Albatrosses that were like gigantic statues without a singlewhile

There was an object drawing a parabola fro at them It was a rocket or possibly a ic power plant of London froed like that

They readied their bayonets and sniped at the soaring object

Together with dazzling flashes and intense blast sounds, bullets were fired from the bayonet

The bullets hit the flying object and caused large explosion Black s into London city

――Shot down Albatrosses who judged so overlooked the falling frag out black s at the park in front of Buckinghaht before crashi+ng

That capsule, the e ballisticposture control with its reverse thrust and landed levelly

“Boss! We landed safely!”

“Yosh, operation start! Gertrude!”

“Roger! Now, let’s go flashi+ly!”

The hatch of the Love Rooun metallic and yellow arh the park with speed equal of short range sprinter and cae street

“How is it Gertrude?”

“There is no probleo at full speed until the Entrance!”

The Entrance was at the other side of London Tower and Tower Bridge With their current speed they could arrive in enough time

But, the Albatrosses that noticed the abnor fro in thecity and the huic power plant would also get bloay together if they used their weapon here

In exchange of the Albatrosses that couldn’t get the targets, the s inside the city Their height was around two ic weapons their combat ability was inferior, so to speak they were existences like infantry However, for public order maintenance and combat versus human, there was a way to use their size In order to catch the intruders, those Brigands were running at the street whereup

“They caught up!”

“Yeah, it’s inside the range of prediction!”

The two intruders crossed an alley and caar plaza What left to reach until Tower Bridge was ht line

They further accelerated to raise their running pace――at that instant, suddenly a figure of a Brigand appeared from the road corner It headed to the intruders and struck its steel arm like a counter That stout arm directly hit the throat of the intruder, the body that was hit rotated like a circling ely to the air and then crashed on the ground head first

The Brigand’s attack and the falling impact torn off the head

The head was rolling on the ground It hit the curbstone of the street and the head stoppedand picked up the head

It was not a human head

The Brigand stared alternately at the collapsed body and the head onderment Anyway they had cleaned up the intruders with this And so they returned to their normal duties The moh from beside

The new intruder turned on the corner and this time the intruder headed to a different direction fro toward the direction of the Great Britain Museum When it tried to pursue, another different intruder arrived, this ti Ben

The Brigands inside the city began to ht now inside London ten-odd intruders were rushi+ng about everywhere

“All of you extra du into chaos nicely now, boss!”

The true identity of the intruders was the experiment dummies which were used for the practical experiment of weapon in Ataraxia

They were the extras which were used at Kizuna and Gertrude’s Climax Hybrid

“Yosh!+ We too are also going!”

The water surface of Thaure of a bizarre existence that didn’t suit the flowing river of the metropolis showed its appearance It split the river surface, and half of a shi+p’s long hull that had black luster was rising

――A submarine

The small submarine that launched from Ataraxia went upstream the river and arrived until here The du Love Rooic weapons

That operation succeeded, now the Entrance was already right before their eyes

Manifested at the other side of the Tower Bridge, its length and width even reached several kilole with dim luminescence That was the point of contact with AU, an Entrance

The sube and the hatch at its deck opened, Kizuna and Gertrude showed their appearance from inside

“There is only a little under two hundred o, Eros!”

Kizuna who stood at the deck rapped in pink radiance Light particles converged and clung on Kizuna’s body, it increased in density and crystallized into armor with black luster The black armor with beautiful luster was circulated with pink luic power It was the manifestation of Kizuna’s Heart Hybrid Gear [Eros]

“Roger! Sigura!”

Gertrude also called the naura] Headset that looked like cat ear Gunon it, particle cannons were dangling down at her left and right thighs Then there were the unit at the back that was like senerator equipped her waist with shape like a tube that was set horizontally

The two Heart Hybrid Gears that were standing in front of the London’s Entrance eht particles from their thrusters and flew up froears that had been applied with Climax Hybrid accelerated with instantaneous force that was far higher than noro

And then their figures vanished from earth

{Kizuna, Gertrude, the existences of the two are ter into the Entrance}

At the sea several kilo the two

Reading Kei’s report, Reiri crossed her arms

“What’s left is only to wait believing in those two……”

The destination of Reiri’s gaze was the screen where the ie of London’s Entrance was projected

Kizuna and Gertrude were currently e tunnel Inside the tunnel were lights in various shape and color coy that was cohts rushed about inside the tunnel, soeometrical patterns or three diht

It was a very beautiful, unrealistic, and mysterious corridor

Before long, a strong light fro

――The exit

“S……so this is, the AU”

The tho came out from the Entrance hid their body at a rocky cliff of a wasteland Gertrude was looking around restlessly at the surrounding with deep interest from the shadow of the rock

“It’s comparatively cold here……London is also in autumn, so it feels similar”

“I guess When I came here before too, it also felt like this Perhaps the season doesn’t really different”

“Bo-, boss What’s with that sky!?”

When he looked up, there was crack at the slightly cloudy sky That was a very bizarre sight The sky was cracked, just like crack that entered a wall Jet black darkness peeked out froap of the crack

“So this is the afore about that right now Rather than that……”

Kizuna stared hard at the black castle wall ahead of the wasteland The gigantic wall that had the height of around three hundredendlessly The imperial capital Zeltis was inside that

“I heard the story but, that’s really a big wall isn’t it……”

“Yeah, first we need to soet in――”

At that tih above Kizuna and Gertrude one after another The battleshi+ps were scra into the Entrance where the two of them just came out from

“It seems, they heard about the commotion in London and set out aren’t they?”

“Yeah In exchange the defense here is getting thinner It’s a huge success”

Looking at Kizuna who burst out into a broad smile, Gertrude informed him with a severe expression

“But, fro for us ahead”

“Yeah……seems so”

Gertrude lowered down the backpack she shouldered and took out tube and bottle from inside

“Perhaps this will leave a scar that cannot disappear from boss’s life forever”

Gertrude faced Kizuna with a serious gaze Those eyes glealy

“Have you resolved yourself, boss?”

Kizuna’s throat gulped audibly

“……Yeah Since this operation was decided, ot!”

Part 3

The three layers of castle wall protecting Zeltis The outermost as left open

At that gate, a large nuh

“Refugees, advance slowly! Running or rushi+ng is strictly prohibited! It’s safe already, so there is no need to panic!”

The guards standing at both side of the gate were raising their voice It was unclear whether their voices were heard or not The people with tired face dragging their feet were processing forward through the tunnel dug in the castle wall

A lot of baggage was piled up on luggage carrier which was pulled by people joining strength There were people crowding together in confined carrier of a ragged vehicle Each of their birthplace and status were different However as the saard face and dirty appearance, and then their reason that they had to abandon their home town

The cataclysm caused by the malfunction of Genesis

Earthquake and drought, desertification and tsunami, and so forth, various cataclys place and they crossed the wasteland to arrive here

It was an eround of every single refugee who arrived in large nu for help were ee camp, and while they waited for the deliberation whether they could enter inside or not, they followed the course where the case of people passing their li The erieved for this situation and opened the outermost third castle wall for them

“Boss, in the end we can enter inside the castle wall easier than expected”

Gertrude earing uished fro her face to the degree that was not frankly suspicious The short mantel that reached until her waist to hide her body on the other hand, the exposure rate under her face was conversely high With a top that was like a band wrapped around her flat chest and low-rise hot pants These clothes were created in Ataraxia before the start of the operation This appearance would inevitably become conspicuous if they were at earth, but froht home fro with abnorh exposure rate was preferred here The researcher tallied the virtually recorded clothes, selected the n, and created the clothes for use in infiltration

“It seeees……however, the world over here is also really chaotic huh……”

What Aine said, that Vatlantis was in the verge of danger, it seemed that it was true Furthermore the situation was quiet dire

Kizuna recalled the appearance of the people walking beside hied clothes with thin body froirl around the age younger than elementary school student, her hand pulled by a person that seemed to be her mother It seemed that she had criedon her dirty face But right even her e out froirl’s blank eyes

Thanks to this chaos Kizuna and Gertrude succeeded in infiltrating the capital Zeltis However, along with the nervousness of infiltrating, a disconsolate feeling ruled inside his heart Although this is ene the appearances of their citizens suffering this ood The reality of AU that Aine told hi that it was all real

“……Nevertheless, this is…”

Gertrude stared fixedly at Kizuna and grinned widely

“What’s with you, grinning like that”

“No―, even if I say so ht the raw ”

There was nothing but female in AU That hy, it was iate by himself When they considered this operation, this was the point Kizuna felt the anxious about the very first

However, until this current situation where they had slipped through the castle wall and walking inside Zeltis, there was no one that suspected Kizuna

The reason was――,

“Reallyy~ Boss is really cute you know? That I even feel offended looking at it”

“……Shut up Don’t mention about this matter more than this”

The tall beautiful wo black hair and sharp look werea h the exposure rate of her body was not high, the line of her body was firmly drawn due to the jumpsuit she wore

“It will be bad to be suspected because we are talking carelessly”

Beautiful pink lips However, the voice that came out from there was Kizuna’s voice

“Wai-, boss! This is bad!”

Gertrude took out a spray in panic froirl’s face

“Geho-, oi, don’t spray me so suddenly like that!”

The throat that inhaled the spray once irl voice

“Haa……the voice is properly female now Boss yourself, pay attention at yourself No one will care of the conversation of soh, but that voice is bad news”

“Ku……I got it already”

Kizuna whose voice was changed into a different person started to walk side by side with Gertrude once more

Thanks to Gertrude’ssuit that Ataraxia’s research department developed, Kizuna was splendidly tailored into a female

In a nutshell, he was cross dressing He was a girl No, he was a boy girl

Kizuna sighed deeply

“……This kind of appearance, et shown to the members of Amaterasu”

Gertrude easily replied toward that troubled murmur

“Is that so? I think they will be happy though”

“I don’t understand that feeling Why do you think so?”

“No, because, the cohted wasn’t she?”

A deep crease formed on Kizuna’s forehead

Before the operation started, a rehearsal was carried out at Ataraxia At that time he putAnd then the liquid for changing voice cord was sprayed in his throat and they confired into feuise suit that the research depart activity was also retailored for Kizuna’s personal use The tight places like waist were tightened, and the places where it should swell like hips and breast were filled with silicon jelly inside

When everything was over, as reflected inside the irl that anyone would accept if she was called as Reiri’s little sister

The splendid disguise using the latest equipment made even Kizuna himself surprised

And then it was the first tihted

“Both of theht out caraphy exhibition that time Well, even I took boss’s photo that I think I can publish a photo albuet troubled with spending money for a while”

“Wait a second Didn’t you just say so I cannot overlook just now?”

“Really―, your face is really similar isn’t it? If boss is lined up with the commander, you till look completely like sisters”

“Oi”

“Look, the commemorative photo is also like this”

Gertrude showed a glance of her information terminal in the shape of smartphone from the corner of herKizuna in it was fully set as the wallpaper

“Erase it right now!”

Dodging Kizuna’s extending hand smoothly, Gertrude stored back her smartphone inside her mantel

“No, let’s quickly finish our work First is to create a et”

Saying that, she began to walk briskly as if she was going inside a city she kneell already

“shi+t……just reuy, all of them are really”

While his clenched fist was shaking, Kizuna chased behind Gertrude

“First we should go look at the castle”

Kizuna looked up at the gigantic pillar and the castle that was under it The castle was supposed to be considerable big, but the hugeness of the pillar made it looked contrastively small

Both of the at the main street with the Genesis as the landmark This was the street that Kizuna passed inside the prisoner transport when he was first taken away to the AU Right now there was no hu decorations, so he could understand well the situation of the city Clothing shop and restaurant, general store that looked like superetables he had never seen before, fish dealer lining up fishes with strange shape, and so forth, the view of shops lining up in a roas truly nificent There was a lot of commodity he was not fa district wasn’t that different with earth

Of course, with how s he didn’t understand, like items that seemed to be suspicious sorcery tool, shop that sold sword and shi+eld, all those made him felt the difference with the earth

If there was aspect of living here that was close to earth, there was also part thatcould be said about this very city of Zeltis itself about that

The townscape resembled Europe, but because the whole city was created from black hts, the ireatly different with Europe

“If I reate if we follow this path straight And there will be the castle after we passed two gates like that”

Kizuna recalled the path when he was taken away here

“This kind of city will still continue ahead of here?”

“No The nearer we get to the castle, the city will feel even more polished and luxurious Perhaps, there is difference in livelihood level or status here”

After walking for a while, they caate was different with the third castle gate located at the outerate was firmly closed and they couldn’t easily enter inside

“The nulance

“There are three people wearing the iic armor……how troublesome”

When they got nearer, there werethe castle wall, around thirty of them

Kizuna and Gertrude observed the situation of the checking station built in front of the castle gate froate was enclosed by fence and there was only one place of entry Around that place, the guards’ eyes were sharp as if to say that they wouldn’t let a single bug got through However, it seeuard so station Since the two of theroups already entered inside the fence And then the groups passing went until before the castle gate and standing by there There, several dozen of citizens, and several dozens of platfor up

Before long the gate slowly opened It only opened a little gap that a vehicle could pass through, the people and vehicles standing by were entering through that gap

“This place looks tough isn’t it……”