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Chapter 26: Under the Scales

【Aug.1 PM:01】

The dark barrel of the gun was pointed at the girl from the Discipline Committee who came out of the bunker.

Maybe in the next second, this humanoid powered armor equipped with the special equipment of the security force "calculating firearms" will penetrate the target in front of it and the wall behind it.

It's a pity that this level of 'death threat' is not enough to stop someone from restraining himself.

"...Let's make sure, do you know what you are doing?"

Damage to equipment, illegal misappropriation, assaulting people with weapons... If we follow the regulations of "Academy City", we can easily find more than a dozen crimes for this guy.

It's just that the reason why Frenda asked this was not to bluff intimidation, but because she wanted to know whether the other party's situation was as she guessed.

"Destroy...Level 5...!"

A cacophonous roar came from the power armor.

Rather than saying he was replying, it would be more appropriate to say he was roaring.

"I want to... destroy Level 5!!"

"..."

(...The target is Shokuhou Misaki...but that guy's mental state is also very strange...)

Whether it was the previous pursuit or the current confrontation, the attacker would only growl and repeat this sentence.

Eliminate Level5.

This abnormal behavior is like a fanatic who has no thoughts of his own and only exists for this purpose.

(Huh...I guess I won't be able to get anything out of him if I ask again. I'd better let him be honest first...)

Looking at the other party's actions, it was obvious that he could no longer restrain his anger.

Therefore, before the fire from the muzzle spurts out.

Flanda took a deep breath.



*

"Hmm...! So... what's going on?!"

Shokuhou Misaki, who was squatting behind piles of building materials and covering his ears, made an uncomfortable protest.

The astonishing "sound" just now was still stimulating the eardrums, and the invisible shock wave swept through, pressing the powered armor not far away fiercely into the wall.

In her eyes, the senior just walked out, said a few words, and then shouted.

Shokuhou was originally worried about someone, but this 'weird' scene completely exceeded her understanding of 'psychic-type ability users'.

If there is such a method, why are they still being chased around in such an embarrassing manner?!

After calming down and realizing that the attacker was silent, the eldest lady rubbed her head and walked over to Frenda and complained like this.

"...That's not a 'normal' way to use it. If you use it too much, I will get a 'headache', and..."

After taking a breath, Flanda twitched her lips and gestured around.

There were shattered glass shards and blown stone debris everywhere.

"If you use it like this casually on the street, it will cause more harm than that guy, right?"

After giving some half-truths and half-false excuses, Flanda quickly changed the subject.

In fact, it's because she hasn't used the power of "Rondo" for a long time, so her control of strength is a bit rusty.

Naturally, these cannot be said out loud.

"Well...but, this should be the end of it, right?"

After taking a look at the attacker lying on the pile of rocks, Shokuhou Misaki breathed a sigh of relief.

The compatibility between machinery and her is really bad.

And this way, it’s the ‘second time’.

"...Thank you for saving me again."

I didn't express my gratitude properly the time I took her through the 'pool hell', and taking into account today's incident, it would be too rude to express my gratitude if I haven't done so yet.

So this time, it's really sincere.

"..."

"Wha, what! Such a disrespectful look!"

With a slightly red face, the star-eyed girl said angrily.

"Hmm... I was just thinking, it turns out that you can also express your gratitude frankly."

Scratching her face, Flanda couldn't help but joke.

It's really not easy to hear these words from this young lady.

"Really! I am the "psychological control" of Tokiwadai Middle School, Shokuhou Misaki-sama who is perfect in every aspect! Today is just - wow!!"

She corrected the wrong impression of the senior next to her in a very 'high-pressure' way. As a result, Shokuhou-sama was thrown to the ground by someone just in the middle of her words.

The grenade that passed over their heads blew a big hole in the wall behind them.

It seems that the incident is not over yet.

"Tsk..."

Looking up, the figure in the power armor was indeed unconscious in the driver's seat, but the machine was still running.

(…)

(I see, is this an "automatic control program"...there is indeed someone behind this guy.)

However, this should only be used as a back-up to prevent the driver from being mind-controlled. All he needs to do is give this iron lump another try.

Thinking like this, just when Frenda stood up from the ground and opened her mouth slightly.

The uncomfortable ‘noise’ appeared.

"——!"

Using the power armor's loudspeaker as the medium, the harsh sound continued to spread.

Frowning, Flanda's situation was much better than Shokuhou Misaki, who was weak and muttering "What is this?"

(This feeling is...)

Feeling her "simulated AIM diffusion stance" becoming chaotic, the name of a device quickly appeared in her mind when she related it to "noise".

(..."Capacity Don"?!)

This is a device that can incapacitate people with abilities, and can even affect Level 5.

And the origin of this device may not be clear to others, but...

(Talent workshop... usurping gun... psychological control... powered armor... ability reduction device...)

Combined with the information in 'memory', Frenda is definitely not a fool to be able to 'live' to the present.

In this series of events, she had already guessed almost exactly who was behind the scenes.

As for the specific purpose of the person behind him, he had to find a way to catch the 'little tail' in front of him first.

However, the other party seemed to have even taken this into consideration.

Just as Frenda was on guard for the next attack from the power mecha in front of her, the 'noise' suddenly stopped after continuing for a while.

Not only that, the other party seemed to have no intention of continuing the attack.

Immediately afterwards.

With a loud bang, orange-red firelight filled the eyes of the two girls present.

"...!!What on earth...is this...?"

Covering her mouth and looking at the chilling self-destruction scene in front of her, the eldest lady looked a little pale.

Even with great abilities, Shokuhou Misaki is still just a thirteen-year-old junior high school student at this moment.

And the other side.

Flanda's body trembled slightly as if she felt something.

"...!"

(…You really dare to do it!)

(『Kihara』!!!)

As for whether the source of this anger was related to the scene before her, only she knew it.

Deep in his consciousness, a gray flame completely different from the color of the spark flashed away.

…(To be continued)


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