4-30: -C: A Real Battlefield (4/5)

4-30: -C: A Real Battlefield (4/5)

For crying out loud! Do you really think you can stop us all alone!? The enemy said.

Shut up! I need to stop you, so thats what Ill do! Dont tell me you cant even deal with one little girl! And you call yourselves terrorists? Hah!

As she said those provocative words, she threw away the bazooka that had run out of ammo.

In its place, she took out two one-handed swords, and glared at the enemy.

She didnt really think she could stop 20 former soldiers alone, but all she needed to do was to buy enough time for 2 B to flee to safety.

Thats why she pointed her sword at them.

Fine, lets see what youre made of then! Said the enemy commander.

Although the expression on his face couldnt be seen because of his headgear and visor, his lips were smiling.

Evidently, she was being mocked, but the situation wasnt leisurely enough that she could afford to be riled up.

As the enemy commander held his hand gun with two hands and began shooting, he sent three shadows to attack.

Youko increased the output of her front barrier and left the incoming light bullets to it, then she blocked the blades that attacked her.

Ugu, w-what!?

Three photon blades stretched out from their gauntlets, but despite that, they couldnt push a single girl.

Although her equipment was trash, and theirs, military grade, there was just that big of a gap between a simple exoskeleton and a real one.

Especially, since the strength of the wielder was AA+.

Haa!!

Because of that the three enemies were forced to distance themselves.

They understood that attacking her from in front wasnt going to work, so the three shadows separated and slashed at her from different directions.

Is that all you got!? Youko said.

But it was in vain.

And as though to say that shes had plenty of this during class, she nimbly handled her twin swords to deflect all of their attacks.

Despite that the three enemies didnt stop attacking. They were indeed much more skillful than her classmates.

But that also made reading their next movements easier.

Her exoskeletons AI would predict their movements, and then urge her to move accordingly. She just needed to follow that.

But, if their movements were so predictable, then

Huh? What!?

Wouldnt her response also be predictable?

Suddenly, their pattern changed, and the movement that shouldve been correct became incorrect.

Her defense, her attack, her timing Everything fell apart as she missed, and an unexpected attack entered her left shoulder.

While still shocked, an armored leg was raised from right in front of her.

Gu!?

In the next moment, she was sent flying into the sky by multiple kicks.

But that wasnt the end of it.

Gah!?

The three shadows followed her into the sky and struck her from above with fists and knees.

As the impact penetrated her chest, she choked, and in the netx moment, she was hit from behind and slammed into the ground with her weight.

As a faint anguished voice left her lips, her arms fell listlessly to the ground.

Hmph, in the end, your mouth was bigger, but then again, youre nothing but a brat playing with our technology, the enemy commander said.

Stupid brats. Exoskeletons arent toys for you to play with.

The enemy commander and the other enemies snorted at her pitiful state.

And then as though theyve lost interest, the enemy commander ordered all of his men to pursue the fleeing class, but one of them suddenly fell.

What?

Gaha, *cough I told you, youre not going anywhere!

The girl coughed because of the damage from earlier, but she firmly held onto the leg of a soldier, and then true to her strength she violently swung him.

They tried to attack her as she got up, but she deflected them, and then she threw the man she was swinging to their commander.

Ku, you shouldve stayed asleep like a good girl! The enemy commander said with annoyance as he dodged.

Gah!?

Guah!?

As the soldiers cried out in pain, the visors on their eyes broke, revealing their faces.

For a moment, she flustered in the face of their anguished and hostile glares, but she wasnt so free as to be preoccupied with that now.

Annoying!

And then a fourth shadow yelled and started toward her.

Understandably, four people would be too much for her to resist with her exoskeleton.

If she were to fall here, then they would be free to chase after her classmates.

With their speed, they could still catch up.

And the earlier battle had already made it clear that 2 B couldnt fight them.

All the more so when the opponents were terrorists. Even if they were to surrender, there was no guarantee that they would be safe.

She didnt even want to imagine what kind of treatment her classmates would receive then.

Ill stop them. I have to. With duty brimming within her, power flowed into her arms.

The two entangled with her arms had already fallen, and all that was left now was to sweep them away, so she took her last blade, and drew a horizontal stroke to get them all.

Huh?

But then a strange sensation assaulted her.

It was a sensation felt through her blade, one that was light, and yet heavy.

Although the enemy was only equipped with a simple exoskeleton, it didnt even feel like shed touched an exoskeleton.

The similarity of the sensation to those times when she cut a raybeast caused chills to crawl up her.

And then when she realized that something warm was pouring onto her, shock filled her, and though her eyes beheld what that was, her brain refused to process it.

Ah.

As she let out a voice, she looked down dumbly.

Her heart raced, her mind finally acknowledged the situation, but her heart denied it.

What, is this?

A single color filled her sight, but she muttered those words out as though all colors had left her.

Alas, fooling herself could only go so far.

Within that world of red was a disquieting red that roused anxiety.

She knew what it was. She herself has come in contact with it many times.

Whether it was that characteristic red, or the hair, or that warmth coming and going, she knew it all.

After all, her own dear friend was within that just a month ago.

This, is Blood

When she finally acknowledged that that was blood, the next question begged itself, whose?

It wasnt hers, and she didnt feel any pain.

In fact, her legs felt so distant.

Ah, ah, ahhh

If it wasnt hers, then whose was it?

And didnt she just hit someone with her sword?

If so, then who was responsible for this?

Who was responsible for this thing that once used to be human?

Dont think. Dont understand. Dont acknowledge it. Dont listen to the screams(voices) in your head.

But, why?

As something seemed to shatter, her last sword fell to the ground along with her will, even though there was no one() left moving in front of her.

The only thing there were bodies that had been dismantled limbs were gone, and even the heads were missing.

When her sword had fallen, it just happened to send something rolling toward her.

Those hateful eyes that were looking at her earlier were there.

I-Iyaaaaaaaaaa!!!