Surviving in Blue Archive Chapter 421 102: Fall Into the Abyss With Me

The battle between the Make-Up Work Club and Arius raged on fiercely.

Although the four girls of the Make-Up Work Club had developed an extraordinary synergy after spending the past two weeks together, and despite Serina and even the injured Nagisa joining the fight to so degree, the overwhelming nurical advantage of the Arius students ant they could only barely hold their ground.

…And this was all while Mika, from start to finish, had only fired a few symbolic shots at the Perolo doll set up for Hitomi.

Earlier, she had radiated a commanding presence, but now she seed utterly uninterested.

The doubts I had long harbored began to fernt, growing heavier and deeper.

Yet as ti passed, Mika's inaction caused the scales of victory to slowly tip in our favor.

"Sigh…" Mika glanced around at the few remaining Arius students still capable of fighting and let out a long sigh, as if her patience had finally run out.

"What a nuisance. This should have been over quickly. No wonder everyone keeps talking about Schale, Schale… and no wonder Seia-chan trusts you so much… This is what being an adult is, I suppose. Unexpected, yes… but no problem, I might just need a little more ti. The plan is about to start, and I really hope there aren't any more botherso people."

Before she finished speaking, several groups of Arius students entered through the gymnasium doors, reinforcing the battle as fallen comrades were replaced.

"The reinforcents will keep coming endlessly," Mika said with a smile. "Shall we continue?"

At that mont, a clear, crisp voice rang out beside from behind cover:

"Mika-san, may I ask a question?"

Before I could react, Hanako stepped out from behind cover, her expression so serious that only the first ti I had tried to peek past her defenses could compare: "Was it your order to attack Seia-chan!?"

Upon hearing the question, Mika froze for a mont.

But she quickly recovered and replied, hurriedly, "Ahaha, who are you again…? Oh, isn't this Urawa Hanako , the one who got kicked out of the chapel in a swimsuit? I didn't expect to see that look in your eyes."

She nodded, conceding. "Yes, it was my order."

Hearing that, Nagisa bit her lip and turned her gaze to the ground.

I, too, was dumbfounded, and soon speechless.

The attack on Seia… was really Mika's doing…

Then what had given her the audacity a mont ago to bla everything on !?

No, more importantly, did Mika truly intend to put Seia in mortal danger?

As Mika raised her hand, the battle temporarily ceased. The Arius students followed her orders without question.

"Seia-chan always says strange things. Talk of paradise and all that… hard to understand," Mika said, her tone drifting ethereally. "But I never said I intended to destroy her halo. I'm not a murderer. I only wanted to lock her in a cell until graduation. Yet sohow… it ended up like that."

Her confusion quickly gave way to her practiced, businesslike smile. She turned to the white-haired girl standing in the center of the gym, as if in a spotlight, squinting with the sa mocking tone she had used with :

"It's faster to ask the person involved, right? Hey, Shirasu Azusa. They seem to have misunderstood. Can you explain for ? After all, Seia-chan ending up like that was what led things to reach this point… From then on, nothing could be undone."

The more Mika spoke, the brighter her smile beca. "So, what do you think?"

But normally composed Azusa stamred, unable to answer.

The answer was clear.

Azusa had been assigned as the executor of the attack on Seia.

Judging from Seia's current state and Azusa's deanor, Azusa was likely one of the conspirators in Seia's faked death, probably instructed by Seia not to reveal the truth to anyone.

Seeing Azusa flustered and helpless, I couldn't help but feel so sympathy. Using the Shittim Chest, I moved to her side during the ceasefire and placed my hand on her head, soothing her:

"It's okay, Azusa. I know."

"Sensei…"

But from the corner of my eye, I noticed Mika's expression suddenly twist.

"…I see." She murmured, her voice echoing in the empty gym. "So you guessed that Azusa had disobeyed my orders and personally destroyed Seia-chan's halo, yet you still treated her gently… I see. Such a moving character. But really… I can't help feeling it's unfair to Seia-chan."

What is that stubborn pink-haired girl raving about now?

"Sensei. You still owe a favor, don't you?"

Just as I was thinking that, Mika spoke to in a soft, light, almost playful voice:

"If you can even forgive Shirasu Azusa… then if I can't turn back anymore… ah, this world is really terrible…"

She lifted a plain-looking submachine gun, decorated so carefully it seed to shimr with dawn and starlight, and aid the dark muzzle at .

Even with the Shittim Chest and Azusa by my side, locking eyes with Mika sent a chill down my spine.

Those golden eyes were empty, cold, and detached.

"Sensei… then please fall with , into the bottomless abyss."

But as I instinctively reached to release my divine na, an explosion echoed, drawing the attention of everyone present, including Mika, frozen in a fearso state.

She furrowed her brow and looked back. "Hm?"

"So of the Trinity students are heading this way!"

An Arius student reported in a panic.

"…Why? The Justice Task Force returned so quickly? Even with the fake orders holding them back, this speed… could it be Tsurugi-san?"

Mika finally straightened: "Hm… Tsurugi-san's strength is certainly not to be underestimated. But fortunately, I'm not weak either."

Facing the President of the Justice Task Force, the strongest of the Trinity, Mika still carried such confidence?

However, her guess was probably wrong.

"Hehe, Mika-san, did you forget sothing?" Hanako reminded her. "In Trinity, there's still a faction even the Tea Party can't command."

"Confird!" an Arius student reported. "They're coming from the Grand Cathedral! In other words…"

The Sisterhood.