Chapter 843 - See you on the tournament (2/2)
”Because... we're friends, right?” Haru said weirdly.
Houki smiled and said, ”It's not a very fun story, but do you want to listen?”
”Yeah, I'm also curious why you like Ichika that much,” Haru said.
Houki looked at Haru and wasn't sure why she was very comfortable with him. She started to tell him how her life was after her sister had developed IS core until she met him in this academy.
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Rin and Cecilia fought against Laura, but both of them couldn't fight back. Besides their lack of teamwork, Laura's power was also very strong.
Schwarzer Regen.
Schwarzer Regen is a German 3rd-Generation IS, piloted by Laura Bodewig. Designed around the Active Inertia Canceller, which is capable of projecting inertia negating field, the Schwarzer Regen is based around melee combat (where the AIC would be most effective) but is also equipped with several Equalizers which enable ranged combat, making it a fairly stable all-round type.
Active Inertia Canceller, or abbreviated as A.I.C., is a system designed to negate the inertia of a moving mass. In simple terms, it stops the movement of any object the user wishes. It is the special weapon of the Schwarzer Regen IS. Its weakness is that its range of effect depends on the total area its user can concentrate on; in other words, it is weak against multiple foes.
But no one knew about this matter, and obviously both Cecilia and Rin didn't know about this matter since their attack couldn't penetrate Laura's defense.
Their fight caused a lot of attention, and everyone also went to the arena to watch the battle between the three of them.
Charlotte came with Ichika and was very annoyed with Haru who had left her behind. She didn't know where he was, but suddenly she saw Houki who also came to the arena. ”Shinonono-san, do you know where Haru is?”
Hearing Charlotte's question, Houki answered, ”He should be in the dock, right now.”
”Dock?”
Charlotte was wondering why Haru was at the dock.
*BOOOOOM!!!!*
But the explosion at the arena attracted Charlotte's attention.
Cecilia and Rin were on the losing end of this battle. After being thrown to the ground by Laura, Rin shot out her Impact Cannon but was stopped by Laura's A.I.C.
But at that very moment, Cecilia fired a missile right in front of Laura, causing a large explosion in the arena.
Rin and Cecilia moved back waiting for the smoke from the explosion to disappear.
”You're certainly reckless enough to fire a missile from that distance,” Rin said.
”But with this, we should be able to defeat her,” Cecilia said.
Rin nodded and agreed with Cecilia's words.
But when the smoke disappeared, Laura was unscathed.
”What?!”
Rin and Cecilia were surprised.
”Hmph! Your attack is useless to me.”
Laura snorted in disdain and started her counter. She sent out two wires and caught both Rin and Cecilia. She pulled them toward her and was ready to torture them slowly.
”What is this?!”
”Break!”
Rin and Cecilia were about to do something to the wires, but they were being beaten up by Laura without being able to fight back. Their energy was also very low since their battle earlier had caused their energy to be almost depleted.
*Baam!* *Baam!* *Baam!*
Being beaten up, Rin and Cecilia could do nothing, part of their Infinite Stratos was destroyed and they were being tortured by Laura.
”Arrggg!!”
”Ugh...!!!'
Rin and Cecilia showed a painful expression.
Ichika got emotional and kept punching the barrier which separated the audience seat and the arena screaming, telling Laura to stop.
But Laura ignored Ichika and kept beating both girls without mercy.
*Bang!*
Suddenly Laura's back was shot and made her stagger. She turned and saw Haru came toward her while shooting her with a Gatling gun.
*Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!*
Laura's reaction was too late and some of the bullets hit her.
*Bang!*
Some parts of her IS were broken, Laura let go of both Cecilia and Rin and dodged Haru's attack.
Cecilia and Rin who were weak unequipped their Infinite Stratos automatically since the damage of their IS was quite big.
Haru caught both of them while looking at Laura and said, ”Well, everyone is a classmate, right? You don't need to beat them this much.”
”Hmph! It is just, they're too weak!” Laura snorted and said, ”But you seem a bit different. Let's have a duel now.”
”I don't have time to have a duel with you, but if you want to have a fight then let's do it in the tournament,” Haru said.
”Is that so?”
Laura aimed her railgun toward Haru and said, ”Then, I'll force you.”
But suddenly a strange noise came which destroyed Laura's concentration.
”What is this?!”
Laura felt that she almost lost control of her IS, but when the noise disappeared. She saw that Haru had disappeared with both Cecilia and Rin from his spot.
”That IS....”
Laura knew that strange noise was created by Haru. She frowned and clenched her hand thinking that he had played a trick on her which made her angry.
”Then, I'll see you at the tournament.”
Laura knew that she couldn't chase him when he was inside the dock and her only choice for revenge was during a tournament.
”I won't forgive this humiliation...”
Laura went back to the dock and thought of several ways to torture Haru slowly.
If Haru knew what this little girl was thinking then he would only laugh ready to spank her butt telling her to be a good girl.