"Ellen!"
Shido looked up and saw that Ellen had broken through the blockade and was now stopping them from above.
"This is bad…"
On the other side, Mikoto turned back and saw Hina, equipped with Mordred, chasing after them as well. With the large number of Bandersnatch added in, the situation was very serious.
If it were only Ellen, we could still manage sohow…
Mikoto thought with a troubled expression. But now Hina, who was also a serious threat, had joined in, and they also had Doma, an ordinary person, on their side. Things were looking quite dangerous.
For a mont, everyone fell into a deadlock.
Drip—drip—drip…
A liquid thicker than water was slowly dripping down.
"Eek…"
A researcher sat trembling on the hallway floor. His legs kept shaking, his teeth were chattering, and his eyes had almost lost focus. It was the look of soone completely swallowed by fear.
But he could not really be blad. After all, this hallway was now covered in blood. The ceiling, the walls, the floor—it almost looked as if soone had filled buckets with free red paint and splashed it everywhere.
Only the scattered limbs and organs on the ground told the truth of what terrible scene had happened here.
"Ara, ara. You don't know where 'Material A' is either?" (TL:Help us!! Kurumiemon!!!!)
The girl wore a red and black Astral Dress, a mad smile hanging on her lips as she looked at the man before her and asked.
"I don't know! How could I possibly know sothing like that?!"
Perhaps he was so terrified that he did not even think of lying. The man shook his head again and again.
"I see. In that case, you are useless too."
She smiled and said.
"Heeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheehee."
From sowhere, an eerie laugh rang out. It was insane, and it sent chills down one's spine.
"Huh?"
The man lowered his head and found that his body was sinking. Countless pale arms reached out from within, grabbed him, and then…
"Save !"
That was the last cry he could make.
"Ara, ara. How troubleso. It was such a good chance, too…"
She turned her head and looked out the window. Not far away, an intense battle was taking place.
The research institute she had been watching all this ti had suddenly fallen into chaos today. She had thought it would be a good opportunity, but things did not seem to be going the way she had expected.
"Well, I did manage to gather quite a lot of useful information. Although I could not et her directly, I suppose I shall wait patiently a little longer."
She moved slowly, stepping in rhythm as if dancing.
"Zafkiel…"
A giant clock shaped Angel appeared behind her. The girl raised her long and short guns, aid them toward the battlefield outside the window, and smiled.
"Co now, co now, Zafkiel. We must make those Wizards understand who Shido-san truly belongs to… Bet! (Second Bullet)"
Shadows flowed out from the symbol marked with the number two on the clock face and poured into both guns.
"Are you ready, Shido-san? Ti waits for no one."
She smiled and pulled the triggers.
On the other side, Shido and the others were fighting a hard battle. Thanks to the divine realm created by Tsukuyomi, they were not in any imdiate danger.
However, that did not change the fact that they were surrounded.
What should I do?
Mikoto thought about a way to break through the current situation.
Should I take the gamble?
If she used Yata no Kagami, perhaps she could turn the situation around in one shot. The problem was that if it was dodged, she would waste spiritual power for nothing.
After all, she was only in a partial Astral Dress state. Her spiritual power reserves were not exactly plentiful.
No choice.
If they did not do this now, they might not be able to escape. Just as she thought that, two bullets filled with strong spiritual power shot out from a blind spot in the nearby research institute.
"What is that?"
Mikoto's eyes widened in surprise. Ellen and Hina, who were hit without warning, slowed down as if they had entered a slow-motion movie.
"Now!"
Mikoto reached out, trapped Ellen and Hina inside a barrier, and sealed them. Natsumi even kicked them while they were down by creating a huge iron cage around the two.
Miku used her song to create a wall of sound, while Origami summoned her wings and fired countless lasers forward. In less than a breath, they tore open a path through the Bandersnatch.
"Let's go!"
Mikoto and Miku took Shido's hands, while Natsumi and Origami took Doma's hands. The girls quickly carried the two n, who could not fly, away from that dangerous place.
"Damn it!"
By the ti Ellen broke free from that slowed state, escaped the seal, and destroyed the iron cage, the enemies had already disappeared.
Everyone shook off DEM's pursuit and returned to the inn. After such a fierce battle, everyone was completely exhausted.
"Sorry. I caused trouble for all of you."
After a long silence, Doma spoke with guilt. If not for his impulsive action, everyone could have escaped without too much danger.
"Please don't worry about it. If I were in that situation, I probably would not have been able to hold myself back either."
Shido shook his head. Although he could not fully understand Doma's feelings as a father, if he put himself in Doma's place, and the enemy wanted to control one of the Spirits and make her kill him, then Shido would probably want to punch that person in the face too.
"That's right. Please don't bla yourself."
Mikoto also nodded. After all, he was Hina's father. Right now, the person suffering the most was probably Doma.
"The important question is—how do we save Hina?"
Origami said.
"That's true. Since we've been discovered, their defenses will probably be even tighter now."
Natsumi said.
"What about… attacking them head on?"
Miku asked.
"With just us, that would be too difficult."
Mikoto shook her head. Leaving Ellen aside, since their goal was to save Hina, they naturally could not use harsh attacks against the girl. The enemy might use that fact to attack without holding back, which would make things even worse.
"Then is there really nothing we can do?"
Doma lowered his head in despair. If even these Spirits, who had powers far beyond humans, had no way to save Hina, then he had no chance at all.
"No. There is still a way."
At that mont, Mikoto said that.
"That man nad Kojima said it before, didn't he? To make Hina fall into despair, he wanted to order her to kill Doma-san."
In fact, during the previous battle, Hina had also kept treating Doma as her first target. Because Doma had no way to protect himself, that had placed a heavy burden on Mikoto, so she rembered it clearly.
"Then we might as well use that against them. We don't need to go to that research institute. As long as we protect Doma-san, Hina will probably co to us herself—to kill her own father."
Finally, Mikoto said that.
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