2-21: The Three Who Met 3 (1/2)

2-21: The Three Who Met 3 (1/2)

While the world still did not know that the hostage incident at the department store had already come to a close

While a certain girl revealed her identity at the temporary HQ of the countermeasure department

While a certain boy was depressed and was planning for the future with a certain fox

At a place about 10km away from the department store, within the premises of a shrine unknown to the country but familiar to the locals, past an entrance underground that only those affiliated with the shrine office knew, in a hall where many rooms were lined up, each of which shrouded with a silence unlike the solemn aura of the shrine grounds, was a room from which bellows could be heard.

The main- and sub-systems are both down! We cant reactivate them!

Its not accepting signals from outside! The program is a complete mess!

Its not responding to any of our calls!

No response from the life support system either. Only the bare minimum vital signs can be confirmed!

Wheres the manual for equipping the armor from outside!?

The operator yelled while slamming the console in front of him.

Mechanics dressed in coveralls moved about restlessly around the steel chair.

At the center of the room with many cables of different sizes was an unmoving figure fixed to position.

It was none other than Crimson.

It looked as if someone had externally equipped the exoskeleton on Crimson while Crimson had nothing but the Basic Frame equipped.

This was the headquarters of the Japanese branch of the terrorist support organization, Nameless.

No one would ever have expected that something like this could be found under a shrine.

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The outer parts arent even that broken, so why is the system a complete mess!?

Crimson has been in this state since returning.

It was hard to remove the exoskeleton from outside once its functions have completely stopped.

All the recording mediums have been damaged beyond repair. Ms. Doneju shouldnt have been able to move from Kutoria.

A completely unknown enemy. This will be difficult, the old man muttered as he walked toward Crimson.

The way Crimson was laid down on the service chair (chair) looked just like a critically-ill patient.

The mechanics restlessly tried to remove the armor from Crimson, but there has been no progress.

Y-Your Excellency!

Theres no need to greet me. Feel free to destroy the armor. Just be quick about retrieving my spear.

Yes, Sir!

All this time, the mechanics have been trying to remove the armor according to the manual, but after receiving that order, they stopped caring about whether or not they would damage the exoskeleton in their attempt to remove it.

u, a A Y-Your Excellency?

Was it because of the change in the movements of the mechanics? Or was it because of the sound of a voice of someone Crimson respected? Either way, Crimson was somehow able to wake up and speak.

Already, Crimsons voice was barely being masked by the voice alteration program.

Based on the damage to the internals, the visual sensors and monitors shouldnt have even been working anymore.

Its me. What happened?

Huh? Did something happen? I Went to clean up after Ryubin, and then!? a, NOOooo!! Stay away from me! Stay away from me, monster! No, NOOO!!

The question of the man they referred to as excellency was a given, and he himself also thought that it should be easy to answer considering the state Crimson was in, so when Crimson started hallucinating and screaming out in fear, everyone in the room was stupefied.

The monster is coming! Its coming! AHH! Its going to eat me!!?? UWAH, AHHh No, NOOO, SAVE ME!!

Meanwhile, the hallucinations of the evil god (Monster) continued to haunt Crimson.

Screams resounded throughout the room.

They were but mere hallucinations, but the traces of the divine ki made it impossible to realize that.

No one here could understand the fear Crimson felt toward the invisible monster.