[So slow, where did you run off to slack off, Yutsuki!]
On the command room screen, Arusu Marina looked at Yutsuki with dissatisfaction and complained.
"Sorry, this airship is a bit different from what I know, so it took quite a while to deal with the other invading Wizards."
Yutsuki scratched her hair with a bitter smile.
"Yutsuki-san, on behalf of all Fraxinus EX mbers, I thank you for your tily rescue. But... how did you find your way here?"
After locking up the subdued Wizards in another compartnt and calming down, Kannazuki bowed slightly to express his gratitude. Subsequently, he raised a natural question.
After all, when they left Tengu City, they all thought Yutsuki had locked herself in her room at the Spirit apartnt.
"I ca over with you guys." Yutsuki shrugged and said, "I tampered with the caras in the apartnt. When you decided to co here, I sent a ssage to the helicopter pilot disguised as Kotori's order, giving him a short break and taking over the piloting duties myself."
"Hah... In other words, the helicopter we took to get here was actually piloted by you?"
"That's right."
Yutsuki nodded. Then, perhaps thinking they were worried about safety, she added.
"Ah, you don't need to worry about safety. Marina and the others basically handled the helicopter the entire way."
"..."
Everyone fell into silence for a mont. Although Yutsuki's words seed quite absurd, thinking carefully, if she wanted to, this Spirit could even command Ratatoskr's secret satellite weapon. Sothing of this level wasn't much to be surprised about.
"Then why did you hide it and not tell us?"
Shiizaki Hinako was sowhat puzzled. If she wanted to co to this base, Yutsuki only needed to tell Kotori, and Kotori would definitely have agreed. There was no need to go to such lengths to follow them in secret.
"Could it be because you were afraid it would be awkward to see Shido?"
"Of course not!"
Hearing this, Yutsuki rolled her eyes in exasperation.
"The reason I did this was simply to deceive Westcott."
Looking at everyone's confused expressions, Yutsuki sighed and briefly explained her intentions.
Beelzebub—the omniscient Demon King capable of investigating all information in the world. Although its full functions couldn't be utilized due to Nia's interference, as long as that thing remained in DEM's possession, every move Ratatoskr made was highly likely under their surveillance. For Kotori and the others, who were already in a passive defensive position, this was undoubtedly a fatal threat.
How to deal with this problem? Yutsuki recalled the situation when Nia used her Angel to search for her information.
Although the specific principle was unclear, Nia's Rasiel couldn't search for the individual "Ryougi Yutsuki." Therefore, Westcott, possessing Beelzebub, might be facing the sa situation.
However, although he couldn't directly query information about Ryougi Yutsuki, with a bit of effort, Westcott could glean relevant information about Yutsuki from the data of other people, thereby tracking her whereabouts. To Westcott, Shido and the others were the best tools for monitoring Yutsuki's movents.
Therefore, Yutsuki kept her actions a secret from everyone, misleading Westcott into thinking she was still in Tengu City.
"I see!"
Hearing Yutsuki's explanation, everyone imdiately realized.
"So, the reason you pretended to argue with Shido back then was to act alone without arousing Westcott's suspicion?"
"No, I wasn't pretending. Regarding that matter, I haven't planned to forgive Shido yet."
It would have been fine not to ntion it, but upon hearing this, Yutsuki pursed her lips, looking displeased.
"However, business is business. If there's a possibility of my family encountering danger, I naturally won't just sit back and watch."
After saying that, Yutsuki slowly exhaled and solemnly instructed the crew mbers of the Fraxinus.
"Next, I'm going to bring Shido and the others back. Until everyone returns, please make sure you hold this airship."
"Yutsuki-san..."
Hearing Yutsuki's words, everyone nodded firmly and answered with high spirits.
"Rest assured, until the Commander and the others return, we will absolutely not let the enemy damage a single hair on this airship!"
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Leaving the airship, Yutsuki arrived at the place where Shido and the others had been swallowed by the book earlier.
Observing carefully, Westcott was nowhere to be seen. Evidently, he had gone after Woodman and the others.
"Mhm... the residual Spirit power level is very high... it should be here."
After a mont, Yutsuki stopped, slowly squatted down, and stroked the smooth alloy plate.
(No reaction?)
Yutsuki's expression was sowhat grave.
Seeing this, Yutsuki deployed her Astral Dress, placed her hands on the sa spot again, and slowly injected her Spirit power into it.
Instantly, as if sensing Yutsuki's action, a dim gray light shone from the ground. Lines of light crisscrossed, forming the crest of a giant book.
Quickly stepping out of the crest's coverage area, Yutsuki looked thoughtful.
(The appearance of this book... I've never seen Nia use an ability like this. Is it a new ability after Rasiel inverted?)
"Ratziel."
[Task received — Analysis comncing —]
Following Yutsuki's call, the dark blue chanical bow appeared in her hand. The bowstring split into several transparent threads of Spirit power, carefully touching the edge of the crest.
Her reliable partner did not betray Yutsuki's trust. Soon, this ability of Westcott's called "Phantom Library" was analyzed.
Simply put, between the real world inhabited by humans and the neighboring world where Spirits reside—in the gap between these two different areas, a temporary space is created, making it operate according to the unique rules of Beelzebul.
And according to the information fed back by Ratziel, this rule is quite simple, and also quite troubleso.
"The World of Books".
It randomly projects and blends the worldviews of well-known stories, forcing the captured people to play the roles of the story's protagonists and continue according to the story's script. (Author:This setting reminds of a Doraemon movie I watched a long ti ago = =.)(TL:Might be the three knight one or the journey to the west one or the arab one)
"Tch... this is a bit troubleso."
Yutsuki couldn't help but click her tongue. This situation was sowhat similar to when Shido was trapped in cyberspace. But the difference was that back then, Yutsuki had the ability to forcefully pull everyone out of the computer world. This ti it wouldn't work. Ratziel, with only partial authority, was clearly insufficient to invade a world constructed by a complete Demon King.
Moreover, entering the Phantom Library this ti wasn't just consciousness, but also the physical body. Once inside the story, except for abilities conforming to the story's setting, everything else was unusable. Whether it was a Spirit's Angel or a Wizard's Realizer, they were all useless.
To leave, the only way was for Shido and the others to find the exit to escape within the Phantom Library themselves. And Westcott would obviously not let Shido and the others escape so easily.
Of course, this didn't an Yutsuki would just sit back and wait for death.
"Whatever... nothing ventured, nothing gained."
Sighing helplessly, after making up her mind in her heart, Yutsuki issued a command to her Angel.
Several faint sparks of lightning flowed along the threads of Spirit power into the crest on the ground. Then, as if coming alive, the crest on the ground, the closed book slowly opened. The lines drawn by Spirit power turned into real paper pages, erging from the ground.
Having opened the entrance, Yutsuki leaped up and entered the Phantom Library.
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