November 26, Saturday.
"Dear passengers, we have arrived at our final stop—Izu."
Along with the electronic announcent, the train slowly stopped at the platform.
After the doors opened, several girls got off the train. They had different appearances and different personalities, but all of them were extrely cute. No matter who their boyfriends were, anyone would feel those boyfriends deserved to be burned.
"Oh! So this is Izu? I didn't expect there to be such a beautiful place!"
"I want… to soak in a hot spring…"
"Oh my, oh my. Could it be you want to have a mixed bath with Shido-kun? My! How bold… mgh… mgh…"
"Kukuku. Since we, the children of the typhoon, have descended upon this land, no matter what enemy appears, they shall be buried in darkness!"
"Support. Let us go help Shido."
"That idiot Shido really has the kind of body that runs into trouble wherever he goes."
The girl with red twin-tails took a Chupa Chups from the strap on her thigh, bit it in her mouth, and said:
"Then, let our —date (war)—begin!"
anwhile, the large theater in Izu City welcod countless guests today.
The popular idol Izayoi Miku was holding her concert here. Not only locals from Izu, even fans from other cities had co running over.
"Speaking of which, are we really all right like this?"
In the seats, Doma looked at Miku on the stage and asked uneasily. At this mont, he, Shido, Origami, Natsumi, and Mikoto were sitting in special seats, watching Miku's performance.
If he could forget the fact that he was currently being hunted, Doma felt this would have been quite a nice experience. The problem was—he really was being hunted, and the person trying to kill him was his own daughter.
"Well, there's no helping it."
Mikoto smiled wryly.
"Miku's concert is today, and it cannot be changed. Besides, since our goal is to draw Hina out, there is no point in only hiding, right?"
The stage had been decided long ago. If Miku canceled it on her own, her agency would face a large penalty fee. They could take Doma sowhere else, but then they would lose Miku, a precious fighting force. And no one could guarantee that DEM would not take the chance to capture Miku while she was alone.
"I was just thinking, what if those people rush in without caring about the concert audience?"
Doma said helplessly. He also understood that if he only found a place to hide, it would be very safe. But that was not his goal.
"That isn't a 'what if,' Doma-san. DEM will definitely not care about sothing like that."
Mikoto shook her head helplessly. Judging from how DEM acted during the Tenou Festival, they did not care about the safety of ordinary people at all.
"But it's fine. We already discussed a plan. Even if…"
Boom!
Before Mikoto could finish speaking, a huge roar suddenly rang out. A large hole was blown open in the ceiling, and countless pieces of rubble fell toward the people below. Along with them ca countless lasers.
"Tsukuyomi!"
However, everyone had already prepared. Mikoto opened a barrier, protecting Doma from being killed by the lasers.
"Haniel!"
Natsumi stood up and used her Angel to turn the falling rubble into candy and cakes.
"Gabriel!"
On the stage, Miku used her voice to control the fans and ordered them to leave the place.
Although this kind of forced brainwashing was sowhat questionable from a humanitarian point of view, it was still much better than letting the crowd trample each other in panic. Because she also used March afterward, the evacuation was unbelievably efficient. Before long, only Shido and the others were left in the whole venue.
[I'll leave the rest to you!]
Shido took out his phone and dialed an unfamiliar number. It was the contact information given to him yesterday at Hie Shrine by a "certain person." In other words, aside from the people present, they also had one mysterious ally. (TL:Kurumiemon right?)
Woooooo—!
As Shido sent the ssage, the sound of the spacequake alarm rang throughout Izu City. The fans controlled by Miku, as well as the confused passersby, all began to move in an orderly manner toward the shelters.
"All right. Now it's our turn."
Shido raised Sandalphon and looked at Hina, who was floating in the sky.
"Ara, ara. It has begun."
On top of a tall building in Izu City, a girl dressed in a red and black Astral Dress was looking toward the distant theater.
Bzz—bzz!
Suddenly, the phone in her hand vibrated.
"Then, it is ti to work."
She raised her hand and lightly clenched it toward the sky. The next instant, space began to twist. It was the sign that a spacequake was about to form.
"Well then, I wish you good fortune in battle, Shido-san."
Hearing the alarm ring out, the girl canceled the spacequake. She lifted the hem of her skirt and gave an elegant bow toward the theater, then slowly sank into the shadows.
Although she had not expected Shido and the others to have co to Izu as well, for her, who had co to Izu in search of Material A, that was not a bad thing.
Just yesterday, she had found Shido and Mikoto and proposed forming an alliance, just like during the Tenou Festival.
Shido and the others would protect Doma.
anwhile, she would use the chance to launch a surprise attack on the research institute.
The idea behind the tactic was simple—in plain terms, it's equivalent exchange.
Right now, Shido and the others had successfully drawn out a large number of Wizards and Bandersnatch. That ant the research institute's defenses would naturally drop greatly. And once she attacked the research institute, the enemies at the theater would also be affected.
According to their agreent, after helping them trigger the spacequake alarm, she began moving toward the place where Material A was located—to fulfill her long held wish.
anwhile…
"Hina! It's ! Hina!"
Doma stood inside the barrier, shouting desperately. However, perhaps because the phrase "a father's love is like a mountain" had sohow beco stranger and stranger in aning over ti, his words had no effect at all. The only response he received was magical cannon fire, one shot after another.
"What do we do now? Seal Hina?"
Shido asked. Although they had drawn Hina out according to plan, what to do next was another matter.
"Leaving aside the fact that Hina probably has no affection for Shido at all, I'm not sure whether an Artificial Spirit falls within the range of sealing."
Mikoto said with a troubled expression.
"Remove the Realizer. That man Kojima said that the core of the simulated Sephira Crystal is the Realizer."
Origami said while piercing through several Bandersnatch.
"Can you do it?"
Mikoto asked. Among everyone here, only Origami was a Wizard.
"No problem. But the condition is that she has to lose the ability to resist first."
Origami nodded. She could try to remove Hina's Realizer, but right now, the other girl would not just obediently let herself be captured.
"I understand."
Mikoto raised her head and looked toward Hina in the sky.
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