"Cough, cough, cough! Ugh... As expected, the sll of smoke is really unbearable."
Dashing out of the explosive smoke, Yutsuki took a giant leap, vaulting right over the restaurant's balcony. Her slender body flipped gracefully in the midair a few tis. Then, using electromagnetic force to pull on the steel rebars inside the concrete, she propelled herself directly onto another building.
Looking back at the thick smoke pouring out of the window of the building across from her, Yutsuki didn't show a hint of worry on her face. After all, that was just a tear gas grenade. Forget about hurting Spirits like Miku and the Yamai sisters; it couldn't even hurt normal girls.
"Yutsuki, you were actually a heretic hiding by our side all along. I misjudged you!"
"Indignation. The sin of deceiving Yamai and Onee-sama cannot be forgiven, even for Yutsuki."
Not long after Yutsuki successfully escaped, the thick smoke was blown away by a violent gale. The Spirits known as the 'Children of the Typhoon', Yamai Yuzuru and Yamai Kaguya, manifested their Astral Dresses and Angels. Surrounded by fierce winds, they glared at Yutsuki with hostile eyes.
Subsequently, her surroundings were enveloped by a freezing cold air.
"My, my~, Yutsuki-chan. Yoshinon won't allow you to just run away after doing sothing bad!"
"Won't let you run away..."
"Ara ara~ What a harsh thing to say. I don't rember doing anything weird. If anything, I've been working hard this whole ti~"
As if completely unaware of her current situation of being surrounded, Yutsuki shrugged and smiled. She playfully blinked at Miku, whose face was dark, on the building across from her.
"Right? my~ Onee-sama~"
"Ryougi Yutsuki..."
Miku clenched her fists tightly, staring at Yutsuki with her silver eyes. Her lips were pressed tightly together. On her pretty face, there was a bit of confusion, a bit of unwillingness, and... a bit of pain.
The fragile mont vanished in a flash. The next second, Miku reverted to her original innocent and charming smile. She waved her hand, signaling the Yamai sisters and the others not to attack.
"Ara ara—how unexpected. To actually not be controlled by my singing voice, as expected of Yutsuki-san!"
"Well, after almost falling for it once, how could I not take preventive asures in advance... But even though I say that, all I did was plug my ears with earphones beforehand and rely on lip-reading for the rest."
Taking two black earphones out of her pocket and waving them slightly in front of Miku's eyes, Yutsuki casually tossed them aside.
"My—as expected of Yutsuki-san... It makes want to make you mine even more."
Miku gently narrowed her eyes and said with a light, cheerful laugh.
"In that case, doesn't Shiori-chan also fit Onee-sama's criteria? Why didn't you just take her in while you were at it?"
"Don't joke with ! There is no Itsuka Shiori. In the end, it was just a disgusting, shaless, stinky man."
Hearing Yutsuki bring this up, Miku's face instantly showed extre repulsion.
"Is that so? You seed to care quite a bit just a mont ago."
Yutsuki said with a deeply aningful smile.
"Phew... Let's not bring up such unpleasant things. Although not being controlled really gave a big shock... but this is even better! Yutsuki-chan~ Want to stay with and have a happy and joyful ti?"
The unpleasant expression flashed by, and Miku enthusiastically called out, as if welcoming Yutsuki.
Without responding to Miku's enthusiastic invitation, Yutsuki shrugged and smiled: "Let make it clear first, Miku. I was acting as an undercover agent to help Shido escape your pursuit, and when Kurumi brought Shido in, I was also secretly helping out the whole ti."
Hearing this, Yutsuki could feel that the hostility the Yamai sisters and the others directed at her had thickened by another degree.
"Mhm... That's really an—" In response, Miku just furrowed her brows slightly, and then bead with joy, saying, "But Yutsuki is a very cute girl, so I'll forgive you this ti."
Is your broad mindedness towards won on the sa level as their outward appearance, Miku?
A look of not knowing whether to laugh or cry appeared on her face, but Yutsuki still shook her head and said: "Although being with you, Miku, is quite interesting, unfortunately, I have the life I want for myself, so please excuse as I solemnly decline."
"Eh? What kind of thing does Yutsuki want? I can get anything you want for you."
Not feeling the least bit discouraged by this rejection, Miku said with a face full of confidence.
However, Miku felt that the way Yutsuki looked at her beca very strange... like pity, but also like she was trying to comfort her.
As if she had been seen through, Miku felt a bit uneasy in her heart.
After a mont, Yutsuki spoke slowly.
"Then... Miku, can you give that album by the singer 'Yoimachi Tsukino' that you have at ho?"
"—!"
In that mont, Miku felt as if her heart had stopped beating. The surrounding air felt like a sponge soaked in water, difficult to breathe in. Cracks appeared in her originally innocent smile.
"Ah... honestly, I really didn't expect that Miku actually debuted using a stage na. You've completely erased the information on the internet. If I hadn't known the na, even I wouldn't have been able to find it."
"Shut up..."
As if she didn't hear Miku's low growl, Yutsuki continued talking to herself.
"Kurumi said those were the songs you sang when you were young. Honestly, I'm quite interested... The songs of an idol when you were still human."
"Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up————!"
As if trying to drown out Yutsuki's voice, Miku covered her ears and kept screaming.
Yutsuki did a backflip almost at the exact sa ti. The next mont, unsurprisingly, the spot where Yutsuki had just been standing was pierced through with a large hole by a sharp wind.
"Yutsuki, how dare you bully Onee-sama like this! Unforgivable!"
"Fury. Bullying Onee-sama's existence is sothing that cannot be forgiven even if you kneel and apologize!"
Before Yutsuki could catch her breath, countless ice spikes suddenly thrust up from the ground. Yutsuki hurriedly manipulated the iron sand to crush all the surrounding ice spikes into powder.
"Oh my, Yutsuki-chan. If you keep this up, Yoshinon will get really angry!"
"People who bully Onee-sama... unforgivable!"
Following Miku's rejection reaction, the controlled Spirits also instantly went out of control.
"Ratziel! Predict Kaguya and Yuzuru's flight paths and attack points for , and find the weak points in the reiryouku of Yoshinon's ice walls while you're at it."
[Understood... Wind speed level analysis... Wind flow pattern analysis... Reiryouku detection started... Task completed.]
Faint blue electricity flashed across the surface of the longbow. Almost in the next instant, the tangible miracle in Yutsuki's hand—Ratziel—responded to its master's wish.
Under the sudden assault of fierce winds and surrounded by ice and snow, Yutsuki's figure flickered like a phantom, dodging the attacks of the Yamai sisters and Yoshino.
Based on the information provided by the Sage of Dawn, Yutsuki brushed past the Yamais' god-like speed attacks with only minimal movents, and broke through Yoshino's ice wall encirclent using the minimum amount of reiryouku.
Although it was an overwhelming three-on-one advantage, in reality, the Yamais and Yoshino felt like they were chewing on an extrely tough bone.
Seeing that even this couldn't subdue Yutsuki, Miku gritted her teeth anxiously. Then, as if letting go of sothing, she smiled:
"Forget it... Although it's a bit of a pity not to win Yutsuki-san's heart, even so, I'll ask you to join one more ti~"
Saying so, giant pipe organs slowly rose around Miku. Piano keys that looked like keys of light floated in front of Miku.
"This ti is different from before. This song is sung completely for Yutsuki-san. Even wearing earphones, you absolutely won't be able to resist it."
With a cheerful smile, Miku reached out a hand towards Yutsuki and said once again: "Then, this is the last invitation, Yutsuki-san. Are you willing to be with ?"
"What's the use of asking a question you already know the answer to?" With a light sigh, dodging the fierce attacks of the Yamais and the others, Yutsuki said firmly, "I refuse. Shido has already given a place where I belong."
"Is that so... How unfortunate..." As if giving up on sothing, Miku's eyes changed, and she sang the true na of her Angel loudly.
"Cheer! Sing! Shout—'Gabriel'!"
Subsequently, the sa scene as in Tengu Square played out. After undergoing multiple overlays within the regularly connected silver cylinders, it continuously expanded outward, forming a massive sound capable of shaking space. The difference was that back then, Miku's voice was directed at everyone in Tengu Square, while this ti, the sound was specifically targeted at Yutsuki.
Even wearing earphones would be useless. What's more, Yutsuki had thrown her earphones away earlier.
However, even so, Yutsuki still didn't show any wavering.
[Ah... So it finally ca... Even though I've already made up my mind, when it cos ti to actually do it, I really feel a bit cruel...]
Yutsuki smiled wryly in her heart.
During her conversation with Kurumi, Yutsuki learned of Miku's past information.
Then, taking advantage of the ti she pretended to be weak and rested, Yutsuki used thods that surpassed the "doxxing" prevalent a few years ago in her past life to understand Izayoi Miku's past.
And then, she understood. Miku's mind hadn't been bewitched by the Spirit's power, nor did she view herself as superior to others, or view humans as tools to be manipulated at will.
She was simply afraid.
Afraid that believing would lead to betrayal, afraid that trusting would result in abandonnt, afraid that after choosing to rely on soone and being deceived, she would face unimaginable despair.
So, Miku chose to build an iron shell over her heart and distance herself from humans.
Spirits: existences possessing the strongest power in this world, standing almost at the top of the food chain.
But as if it were a price to pay, every one of them carried a burden of pain behind their backs.
Yutsuki could understand Miku's pain, but what she chose was not to save her.
Everything up until now had been part of Yutsuki's plan.
If she truly intended to remain undercover, there was no way Yutsuki would have let Miku notice her anomaly. If she really wanted to escape, Yutsuki could have completely used optical deflection right at the beginning of the explosion to confuse the Yamai sisters and Yoshino and regroup with Shido and the others.
Yutsuki knew that her current existence had beco a crutch for Miku. No, it should be said it was the perfect ideal utopia to escape from the real world and indulge in her own fantasies.
Ryougi Yutsuki and Itsuka Shiori left a deep impression in Miku's heart. Then, after the illusion of Shiori was shattered, Miku naturally placed more of her thoughts on Yutsuki.
However, the only person in the world who could seal a Spirit's power using that bizarre thod was Shido. At the sa ti, the only one who could risk everything for the sake of saving soone was also Shido.
"If I had known, I should have kept a slightly lower profile back then... Ah, accidentally developing a sense of rivalry after seeing Shiori catch Miku's eye... I really am a failure."
With a complex tone, Yutsuki let out a deep sigh.
What Yutsuki needed to do now was to completely shatter Miku's feelings for her and this world.
"Ratziel!"
[Received. Analysis of reiryouku wavelength, period, and amplitude complete. Initiating inverse calculation... Sound wave formula construction complete.]
Yutsuki's Angel—Ratziel the Sage of Dawn—responded to its master's wish and displayed its unique miracle.
Just as the sound was about to completely envelop Yutsuki, she used all her strength and took a deep breath.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh——————"
Then, a soundless sound wave, different from Miku's but achieving the sa result through different ans, collided with Miku's singing voice.
Ultrasonic waves that humans couldn't hear continuously expanded from the collision. Walls, ceilings, and steel rebars seemingly began to crack and twist abnormally on their own.
"Ugh... this sound, there seems to be a strange sense of dissonance in my mind."
"Confusion. Why do I suddenly find it a bit hard to attack?"
"Ugh... To disobey Onee-sama, but to fight against Yutsuki-chan..."
"Do we really have to fight Yutsuki-san...?"
Then, as the aftereffects of the sound wave carrying targeted reiryouku spread, it also slightly affected Miku's control over the Yamai sisters and Yoshino. Their frantic attacks also beca stiff.
"This is..."
Miku's eyes widened, and her pretty face showed the emotion known as fear.
The weapon she was most confident in, which could be said to be her only reliance, nad "sound," was completely dismantled from the front.
And then, the perfect world that Izayoi Miku had subsequently built began to collapse.
Then, taking advantage of the lax encirclent, Yutsuki instantly increased her reiryouku output and arrived right in front of Miku at a speed that would make the Yamais' eyes shine.
Although close combat was not Yutsuki's strong suit, against a pure support type like Miku, having Yutsuki get close ant only one outco.
"I win, Izayoi Miku."
Looking at the faint, scorching heat radiating from the pincer cannon in front of her, Miku slumped to the ground, powerless.
"Yutsuki, stop this at once!"
"Panic. Let go of Onee-sama."
"Ugh... what should we do next..."
"Yutsuki-san... stop fighting..."
"...Why do I feel like the big villain here..."
Looking slightly embarrassed, Yutsuki rubbed her brow with a headache and smiled wryly.
Well, even though she had been analyzing the principles of Miku's voice while undercover, it seed she still couldn't cancel Miku's domain of control... Forget it. If she completely destroyed it, Miku might fall into absolute despair if things went wrong, which would be a bad thing instead.
"Miku, let's go!"
Yutsuki waved her hand in front of the terrified Miku and said sowhat helplessly.
"Eh?"
Miku, who hadn't quite processed what was happening, let out a questioning sound.
"Do you even need to ask? Co with to find Shido and save Tohka."
"Hah? Are you joking? Why do I have to go help that disgusting creature!?"
Miku shouted almost reflexively.
"Are you going or not?"
"No!"
As if her affection points had suddenly dropped to rock bottom, Miku showed extre rejection towards Yutsuki's words.
"Hah... Forcing to use my ultimate move... I feel like I've gone around in a huge circle. As an otherworldly transmigrator, I'm really a failure... in many ways."
Holding her head in frustration, Yutsuki muttered a few words to herself. Then, pointing her Angel directly at Miku, she said fiercely, "Cut the crap! The loser only has the right to obediently listen. If you dare disobey, believe it or not, I'll fire a railgun... ah, sorry, my gun went off by accident!"
"I got it! I'll go help! I'm going to help right now!"
Miku, who had just felt a yellow beam brush past her ear, declared that she wouldn't believe that was an accident even if it killed her.
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