I quickly check my pocket watch. It’s exactly one minute before the escort vehicle is due to pass through here.
This girl still has an frighteningly precise internal clock, I think to myself, amazed.
I lower my gaze to the street below and let it slide towards where it leads.
And there it is– coming.
“Well, shall we go?”
“Yes.”
We simultaneously throw ourselves off the rooftop and soar through the air.
Falling towards the middle of the road, when we’re just a few meters from the ground–
–I focus my vision.
Suddenly, the scenery begins to flow slowly.
At the moment of touching the ground, I ‘Separate’.
The energy dissipates, and I land safely.
I immediately glance to the side, seeing Kushina on the verge of crashing into the asphalt.
I separate her, who had adjusted her posture mid-air like a cat, from the road surface.
Spreading her robe gently– the executive ‘Setsuna’ lands gracefully on the ground.
“Good work.”
“Thanks.”
The escort vehicle was now about twenty meters from our landing point.
The group is forced to brake suddenly due to our abrupt appearance.
“Attack! Don’t let your guard down for even a moment!!”
one Exia at the front of the escort vehicle, shouts.
Within seconds, her companions move into a defensive formation.
Including the woman who jumped out of the driver’s seat, there are four of them.
This is within our expectations.
Their swift response suggests a high level of training.
The focal point seems to be the woman at the front, likely the leader.
“The pattern is lycoris! The enemy is executive ‘Setsu–“
She quickly identifies the attackers and tries to inform her allies–
“You’re the head, aren’t you?”
Kushina was already standing behind the woman who appeared to be the leader.
“Wha–“
The hand chop, already raised when she appeared, swiftly knocks out the leader’s consciousness.
“It’s the ‘Teleportation’ Natural Talent Lux!”
“Fall back…!”
The remaining three leap back in unison.
“First, one down.”
The executive [Six Apostles] of [Nega-Messiah].
Before ‘Setsuna'(instant), the third seat, neither quickness nor speed holds any meaning.
When we were confirming our strategy on the rooftop earlier, Kushina had complained, “Isn’t this too much of a burden for me?” But that’s nonsense.
If anything, this is too easy for her.
Of course, the enemy isn’t soft either.
Things have gone this well only because it was a surprise attack for the initial strike.
Kushina probably understood this and knocked out the leader figure first.
“Setsuna’s teleportation distance isn’t long! Keep your distance!”
Someone quickly takes over command, and they scatter, backing up against the escort vehicle.
The situation stalemates with the slightly distanced formation.
Kushina and the three glare at each other.
–Now, it’s a battle against time.
Unlike yesterday when we bought time for diversion, this time we need to hurry.
Due to the incident we caused yesterday, strict security measures should be in place everywhere.
That means the enemy’s reinforcements should arrive faster.
We need to wrap this up in two or three minutes.
That’s why Kushina was the first to move.
She dashes towards the nearest opponent.
This time, unlike before, she doesn’t suddenly appear behind the enemy.
“Tch–!”
One of them throws multiple vials of liquid at Kushina.
The moment they reach her vicinity, they burst.
The liquid inside turns white, forming long, needle-like spikes that rush towards Kushina.
–An ice-forming ability.
A Natural Talent Lux suited for waterside areas.
This was one we had anticipated from the escort route along the river.
Just as the ice spikes are about to pierce through her robed figure,
“—-“
Kushina’s form vanishes, and the ice spikes pierce the air.
Reappearing a few steps ahead, Kushina closes in on the one whose Natural Talent Lux has been revealed.
Without missing a beat, another Exia guardian near the sidewalk moves.
As she snaps her fingers, a large clump of earth forms from the planted area.
…A Natural Talent Lux that manipulates earth, huh.
If we had attacked near the forest park nearby, it would have been quite troublesome.
The earth clump flies towards Kushina, who has approached close to the ice ability user.
At the moment it’s about to hit Kushina.
The ice ability user suddenly turns around.
As they turn, they throw a vial towards their own back.
–I see.
They predicted that Kushina would teleport behind them to avoid the earth clump.
But unfortunately.
That prediction is betrayed.
“…Huh?”
Kushina was simply running, without using her Natural Talent Lux.
Naturally, the earth clump hits her directly– and the moment it touches her robe, it loses its propulsive energy and falls.
Because– I am watching Kushina and the earth clump.
‘Separation’.
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They might not have understood the trick, but the enemy’s caution is now directed towards the anomaly in this situation– me, standing still without moving.
And that’s directed towards me.
That instant was enough.
Before the fallen earth clump could hit the ground and break.
“Ugh…”
Kushina knocks out the ice ability user who had left their back unguarded.
“Damn…!”
The remaining two, having lost two allies in barely 30 seconds of combat, retreat further.
There’s no need to deal with both of them.
The target should be the squad member who came out of the escort vehicle– probably the one holding the key to the mobile prison.
Understanding Kushina’s aim without exchanging words, I deliberately swing my arm widely.
Of course, it has no meaning at all.
However, the squad member whose earth was just neutralized becomes wary of me.
Ignoring her who fell for the bluff, Kushina charges towards the remaining one.
The female squad member being approached raises her foot and stomps it on the ground.
Seeing just this action, Kushina shifts a few meters to the side.
Before I can wonder why–
The road where Kushina was originally running splits apart.
Rather than a clean cut, it looks more like destruction from an earthquake.
So… a Natural Talent Lux related to vibrations…?
–Something feels off.
While I fail to grasp its true nature, Kushina once again kicks off the ground.
As I’m about to interfere with the other one– That enters my field of vision.
The leader-type squad member that Kushina first knocked unconscious.
The weapon she carries on her back is a spear.
Realizing this, my thoughts from before the attack flash through my mind.
— [Undoubtedly, someone capable of dealing with height differences would have been deployed].
Ice formation, earth manipulation, vibration, close combat with a spear.
At this ideal attack point, a Natural Talent Lux user suited for–
“–is missing.”
At the edge of my vision, Kushina had just teleported behind the vibration user.
The next strike will end it.
That’s precisely why,
“Dodge!! Setsuna!!”
It was just a hunch.
I didn’t know the true nature of the incoming attack, or if there even was an attack.
If my hunch was wrong, I’d just be a fool who missed a perfect opportunity.
Still, Kushina trusted me.
In the blink of an eye, she moves to a point between me and the vibration user.
And then,
–Riiin.
What pierced the spot where she had been standing until just now was a long sword.
Before I could look, Kushina was already gazing up at the sky.
“—-I apologize, I missed.”
The source of the clear, ringing voice.
There, an angel stood.
A cloak billowing in the building wind, a white squad uniform with blue lines.
In her long blue hair, a single lily flower ornament.
What’s distinctive are the blue-silver long swords peeking from her back.
Three in total.
Somehow carried on her back, they spread out like a fan from her right shoulder.
The sight looked as if a one-winged angel had descended.
I knew the girl’s name.
Utsurugi Rui.
The partner of the protagonist-Hinata in [Watayume].
“It’s been a day, Setsuna.”
“Yes. Thank you for chasing me around so much yesterday.”
“You’re welcome.”
So the “yesterday’s…” that Kushina started to mention before the attack was about her.
One in the sky, one on the ground, the two exchange sardonic greetings.
Rui seems even more composed than her age compared to Hinata-chan.
Needless to say, her floating in the air is due to the effect of her Natural Talent Lux.
But it’s not simply ‘Levitation’.
Her Natural Talent Lux is ‘Psychokinesis’.
She can freely manipulate objects that are equal to or less than her own body weight.
Yes, it’s “equal to or less than,” not just “less than.”
In other words, she’s able to float by manipulating her own body with telekinesis.
Despite performing such a reckless act that could potentially cause her body to explode, she was coolly surveying the street with a calm expression.
“…………”
“…………”
Kushina and Rui glared at each other.
The one-winged angel, without taking her eyes off Kushina, slightly raised her index finger.
In sync with her movement, the long sword that had been thrust into the ground made a clanging sound as it was pulled out, floating up to surround Rui.
Then, as she waved her hand sideways, the three long swords on her back made a series of chiming sounds as they exposed their blades.
Her sapphire-like eyes glowed coldly as the four long swords danced around her.
People who witnessed this scene praised her as such:
The ‘Beautiful Conductor’ who could make anything happen with just the tip of her finger.
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