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starlady!!! page 01
War will never vanish from this world, as long as humans are here.
Chapter 18: Assault
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!!! page 02
Dash: Wake up.
Wake up, Top Rope.
FX: Swaying slowly
TopRope: …Dash.
What are you doing at this hour…?
Dash: …
TopRope: …Why haven't you turned on a light?
Dash: Something doesn't seem right. It's too quiet.
It's the same time as always for security patrols, but even those are gone.
TopRope: They're sleeping, aren't they?
Dash: I have a bad feeling about this.
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TopRope: A bad feeling, huh…
It's not rational…
But…
Your gut's usually on the money.
Let's hurry up and get out of here.
Dash: …
FX: Heavy running
FX: Running footsteps
Dash: Wait
Both: !!?
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!!! page 04
FX: Boom
TopRope: Augh!
FX: Ka-chink
Dash: Oof.
FX: Flash
Dash: Tsk.
FX: Appearing out of the blue
TopRope: Contractors?
FX: Flash
FX: Snaking movement
FX: Whirl
Dash: No, they're not.
These guys…
FX: Gunfire
FX: Flash
FX: Whistling
FX: Sharp crack
FX: Whoosh
Dash: Are human.
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FX: Ping
Ping
Dash: !?
Dash: In the usual time…
Dash: Augh…
FX: Ka-bang
TopRope: !?
Dash--
FX: Quick movement
FX: Rattling
TopRope: Shi--
FX: Gunfire
FX: Snaking movement
FX: Pyu pyu pyu [bullets deflecting]
FX: Gunfire
TopRope: It's pointless, pointless.
FX: Whining
FX: Snaking movement
TopRope: When I'm serious, my rope will fight everything.
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Soldier: ……
FX: Rattling
TopRope: You think you can cut me with a knife like that?
FX: Whining
TopRope: There's a unique fiber used in this ro--
Pe--
FX: Rattling
FX: Thud
Soldier: Mission complete.
Though the order was to take him down if he used his ability.
He didn't need to use it.
General.
General: Hmph. You're reliable, Corporal Barry.
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General: Your awakened feelings?
Barry: Exceeded expectations.
I can't wait for the next hunt.
General: Ha ha ha. Soon, Corporal.
Soon.
'Stache: Ha ha ha.
Abigail: ……
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!!! page 08
Hei: How about it, Yin?
Did you find Harvest?
Yin: ……
FX: Shaking head no
Hei: Parcel.
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!!! page 09
Hei: He might not be near water right now.
Can you find him with Champ?
Parcel: I'm making him try, but he's not finding him.
Champ: ……
FX: Pouring
Parcel: Champ's catalyst is grass,
And there's not much of it outside, is there?
Look,
There's a leaf stuck to his chest, right?
That's so he can always use surveillance spectres.
Hei: …What's that riding on his shoulder?
Parcel: That?
It's a supply of methanol.
FX: Pouring
Parcel: Champ's body moves on a fuel battery.
For that matter, the electricity here is the same.
If he finds anything, he'll let us know immediately.
Hei: …
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Parcel: There's nothing to be done even if you're impatient.
We'll wait leisurely.
Hei: Impatient, huh…?
Yin: …
FX: Setting down the cup
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Mina: …Thank you very much.
FX: Beep beep
Yin: Found it.
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!!! page 12
Hei: !
Where is he?
Yin: No,
Not that person.
Stolen black flowers.
FX: Whoosh
FX: Collapse
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!!! page 13
FX: Whoosh
FX: Gentle motion
FX: Ominous high-pitched hum
Vectrof: Flowers?
Are they withered?
Yin: They're alive.
Hei: Where?
Yin: Twenty-five kilometers west.
A large building…
They're inside a capsule.
Vectrof: Twenty-five kilometers west…
I see. The Nishijima building is over there.
Mina: You're sure it's there?
Parcel: That's unexpectedly close.
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!!! page 14
Mina: …What's around that capsule?
A small…um…Is there a transparent purple liquid?
Yin: …
FX: Slow motion
Yin: There is.
Mina: !
…The color…Is it becoming dark and muddy?
Yin: It's not muddy.
Mina: ……!
I knew it…
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!!! page 15
MIna: That it's stable even outside the Gate means that they've succeeded in purifying the awakening substance.
In other words, this…
Champ: Warning.
Mina: Huh?
Parcel: Hmm?
Champ: Armed intruders on an ocean firefly.
Hei: !!
FX: Ghost movement
FX: Crunch
FX: Grinding
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!!! page 16-17
FX: Thump
Barry: We're going in.
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Hei: How many?
Champ: Two squads. Ten people.
Hei: Ten people…!
Soldiers: We've landed too.
We'll charge in from here.
FX: Quick glare
FX: Sla-boom
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!!! page 19
FX: Thump
FX: Helicopter blades thrumming
General: Ha ha ha.
The first three have attained awakening level four.
The rest are still at 1 and 2, but that's more than enough to take them.
I'll let them know that the era of contractors is delayed.
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!!! page 20
'Stache: It's started.
Abigail: Why are those guys here?
'Stache: It's an unmanned plane.
Several weeks ago, an unmanned automatic plane sensitive to contractors' Ranselnopt synchotron radiation launched at night.
If they've used their abilities on the ground, that's their bad luck.
Since they shouldn't be in a place like with any goal but to disappear.
FX: Cha-click cha-click cha-click
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!!! page 21
'Stache: And of course Harvest's present location is also within our grasp.
Another squad apprehending and eliminating him is only a matter of time.
This time he really will die.
FX: Whirring
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!!! page 22
Abigail: …
'Stache: What's wrong? You're not satisfied, Abigail?
Abigail: …They have nowhere to run.
I just thought that the same is true of me,
Professor Nishijima.
Nishijima: Hmph.
Soldier: We have to eliminate him while he's paying.
Soldier: An excellent time.
Nishijima: Just watch what happens
When you betray me.
War will never vanish from this world, as long as humans are here.
Chapter 18: Assault
-------------
!!! page 02
Dash: Wake up.
Wake up, Top Rope.
FX: Swaying slowly
TopRope: …Dash.
What are you doing at this hour…?
Dash: …
TopRope: …Why haven't you turned on a light?
Dash: Something doesn't seem right. It's too quiet.
It's the same time as always for security patrols, but even those are gone.
TopRope: They're sleeping, aren't they?
Dash: I have a bad feeling about this.
-------------
!!! page 03
TopRope: A bad feeling, huh…
It's not rational…
But…
Your gut's usually on the money.
Let's hurry up and get out of here.
Dash: …
FX: Heavy running
FX: Running footsteps
Dash: Wait
Both: !!?
-------------
!!! page 04
FX: Boom
TopRope: Augh!
FX: Ka-chink
Dash: Oof.
FX: Flash
Dash: Tsk.
FX: Appearing out of the blue
TopRope: Contractors?
FX: Flash
FX: Snaking movement
FX: Whirl
Dash: No, they're not.
These guys…
FX: Gunfire
FX: Flash
FX: Whistling
FX: Sharp crack
FX: Whoosh
Dash: Are human.
-------------
!!! page 05
FX: Ping
Ping
Dash: !?
Dash: In the usual time…
Dash: Augh…
FX: Ka-bang
TopRope: !?
Dash--
FX: Quick movement
FX: Rattling
TopRope: Shi--
FX: Gunfire
FX: Snaking movement
FX: Pyu pyu pyu [bullets deflecting]
FX: Gunfire
TopRope: It's pointless, pointless.
FX: Whining
FX: Snaking movement
TopRope: When I'm serious, my rope will fight everything.
-------------
!!! page 06
Soldier: ……
FX: Rattling
TopRope: You think you can cut me with a knife like that?
FX: Whining
TopRope: There's a unique fiber used in this ro--
Pe--
FX: Rattling
FX: Thud
Soldier: Mission complete.
Though the order was to take him down if he used his ability.
He didn't need to use it.
General.
General: Hmph. You're reliable, Corporal Barry.
-------------
!!! page 07
General: Your awakened feelings?
Barry: Exceeded expectations.
I can't wait for the next hunt.
General: Ha ha ha. Soon, Corporal.
Soon.
'Stache: Ha ha ha.
Abigail: ……
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!!! page 08
Hei: How about it, Yin?
Did you find Harvest?
Yin: ……
FX: Shaking head no
Hei: Parcel.
-------------
!!! page 09
Hei: He might not be near water right now.
Can you find him with Champ?
Parcel: I'm making him try, but he's not finding him.
Champ: ……
FX: Pouring
Parcel: Champ's catalyst is grass,
And there's not much of it outside, is there?
Look,
There's a leaf stuck to his chest, right?
That's so he can always use surveillance spectres.
Hei: …What's that riding on his shoulder?
Parcel: That?
It's a supply of methanol.
FX: Pouring
Parcel: Champ's body moves on a fuel battery.
For that matter, the electricity here is the same.
If he finds anything, he'll let us know immediately.
Hei: …
-------------
!!! page 10
Parcel: There's nothing to be done even if you're impatient.
We'll wait leisurely.
Hei: Impatient, huh…?
Yin: …
FX: Setting down the cup
-------------
!!! page 11
Mina: …Thank you very much.
FX: Beep beep
Yin: Found it.
-------------
!!! page 12
Hei: !
Where is he?
Yin: No,
Not that person.
Stolen black flowers.
FX: Whoosh
FX: Collapse
-------------
!!! page 13
FX: Whoosh
FX: Gentle motion
FX: Ominous high-pitched hum
Vectrof: Flowers?
Are they withered?
Yin: They're alive.
Hei: Where?
Yin: Twenty-five kilometers west.
A large building…
They're inside a capsule.
Vectrof: Twenty-five kilometers west…
I see. The Nishijima building is over there.
Mina: You're sure it's there?
Parcel: That's unexpectedly close.
-------------
!!! page 14
Mina: …What's around that capsule?
A small…um…Is there a transparent purple liquid?
Yin: …
FX: Slow motion
Yin: There is.
Mina: !
…The color…Is it becoming dark and muddy?
Yin: It's not muddy.
Mina: ……!
I knew it…
-------------
!!! page 15
MIna: That it's stable even outside the Gate means that they've succeeded in purifying the awakening substance.
In other words, this…
Champ: Warning.
Mina: Huh?
Parcel: Hmm?
Champ: Armed intruders on an ocean firefly.
Hei: !!
FX: Ghost movement
FX: Crunch
FX: Grinding
-------------
!!! page 16-17
FX: Thump
Barry: We're going in.
-------------
!!! page 18
Hei: How many?
Champ: Two squads. Ten people.
Hei: Ten people…!
Soldiers: We've landed too.
We'll charge in from here.
FX: Quick glare
FX: Sla-boom
-------------
!!! page 19
FX: Thump
FX: Helicopter blades thrumming
General: Ha ha ha.
The first three have attained awakening level four.
The rest are still at 1 and 2, but that's more than enough to take them.
I'll let them know that the era of contractors is delayed.
-------------
!!! page 20
'Stache: It's started.
Abigail: Why are those guys here?
'Stache: It's an unmanned plane.
Several weeks ago, an unmanned automatic plane sensitive to contractors' Ranselnopt synchotron radiation launched at night.
If they've used their abilities on the ground, that's their bad luck.
Since they shouldn't be in a place like with any goal but to disappear.
FX: Cha-click cha-click cha-click
-------------
!!! page 21
'Stache: And of course Harvest's present location is also within our grasp.
Another squad apprehending and eliminating him is only a matter of time.
This time he really will die.
FX: Whirring
-------------
!!! page 22
Abigail: …
'Stache: What's wrong? You're not satisfied, Abigail?
Abigail: …They have nowhere to run.
I just thought that the same is true of me,
Professor Nishijima.
Nishijima: Hmph.
Soldier: We have to eliminate him while he's paying.
Soldier: An excellent time.
Nishijima: Just watch what happens
When you betray me.
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