Sky Striker Princess, but the swan song of Valkyrie.

Well, it seems no matter how much I say, I can't change you now. Oh well, this isn't something I'm good at anyway.

Seeing Lingyi's remarkably calm expression, Finney pondered for a moment, but ultimately decided against explaining her story here.

Since that's the case, I'll tell this story to those who need it at the appropriate time. For now, I'll do what I should be doing.

Shifting his gaze to the sky, watching the resolute upward-flying shooting star, Finney's expression softened with determination.

"What are you planning to do now, to take revenge on those musicians who thwarted your dreams?"

Noticing Finney's gaze, Lingyi silently inquired about the other's purpose.

[Revenge—no, it should be protection. If anyone could pull you back from your current rampage of fear and cowardice, those lovely children would be one of them.]

Finni's phantom turned around, its slender pupils meeting Zero's gaze, and those words struck Zero's eyes.

"Was this your usual persona? Besides, weren't you the one who pulled down those shards?"

Lingyi was speechless at Finni's performance.

In short, just like that child said, we must protect the present for the sake of the future. And so that you, Lingyi, can find solace in the future, I too must protect the hope of the present.

Ignoring Lingyi's complaints, Finni uttered those words to himself before his phantom disappeared from Lingyi's sight.

"Phew... I really don't understand what she and Tachibana Hibiki talked about."

Sensing that Finni's will had left the area, Lingyi sighed softly.

"But since Finney is going to make a move, I might be able to save some effort, at least I won't have to expend any energy to power this."

Thinking this, Lingyi looked at the Staff of Solomon that she had taken from her without her noticing, and felt a little relieved.

If Hibiki Tachibana fails to destroy the lunar fragment, Rei will have no choice but to step in and try to use the Staff of Solomon to store the fragment in the Babylonian Treasury.

After all, she couldn't actually let the fragment fall. If that thing really landed on Earth, then all of humanity would probably have to go and fight a resurrection contest with the dinosaurs.

"Let's leave after we confirm that the lunar debris has been destroyed. Then we'll go and take over Phine's legacy and continue to prepare the technology and materials needed for the project."

After a brief planning of the action, Lingyi focused her attention on the outcome of the battle between the meteor and the fragments.

Then, under her gaze, the rather large fragment scattered into countless pieces and meteors amidst the immense light and heat.

P.S. Good morning.

Chapter 170 End and Beginning

The moon's fragments were successfully shattered, and the remaining fragments, due to friction in the atmosphere, all turned into burning meteors, causing no casualties whatsoever.

Time flowed slowly. Two weeks had passed since the moon set, and the returning musician's injuries had mostly healed. He was waiting for the restrictions on movement to be lifted at the Second Division's temporary base.

"Hmm, it's been so long since we've heard from her. Where did Zero-chan go?"

Lying on the sofa in her room, after waiting for two weeks, Hibiki Tachibana finally couldn't help but ask this question.

“Auntie, who knows? She can go wherever she wants. Honestly, she didn’t even see me when she left.”

Hearing Tachibana Hibiki's complaint, Chris, who was sitting on a chair nearby, complained while showing off the fruit and snacks provided by the second class.

"Chris-chan doesn't know either? I remember Chris-chan and Zero-chan were both helping Miss Koko with her work before, right?"

Sitting up, Tachibana Hibiki asked with some confusion.

"Ha, that doesn't mean I knew. In fact, I only found out a few months ago that she was also working for Finney."

Chris replied curtly, and it was unclear what she was sulking about.

"I have a feeling that Tachibana has been very concerned about Rei ever since she came back."

Fengmingyi, whose meditation was interrupted by the noise, spoke up as a matter of course.

"Because I promised Miss Zi that I would help Rei-chan. If Rei-chan disappears after leaving this time, I won't be able to keep my promise."

Tachibana Hibiki said, sobbing.

"Is there such a thing? Tachibana didn't mention it before."

Feng Mingyi had never heard of such a thing before.

"Oh, didn't I say that? Oh, I think I only told Mirai about this."

Upon hearing Kazanari Tsubasa's question, Tachibana Hibiki suddenly realized and said...

"You idiot, shouldn't you have told me about something this important beforehand?!"

Holding her forehead, Chris couldn't help but exclaim loudly that Finic had never mentioned anything like this to her.

"Haha, because I was so focused on stopping the moon fragments that I completely forgot about this."

Hibiki Tachibana said with a somewhat naive smile.

"So, what does 'help' mean? Does it have anything to do with Lingyi's visual and hearing impairments?"

Hearing this, Feng Mingyi asked instinctively.

"Wait, wait a minute! I know Lingyi has always had vision problems in her left eye, but what about hearing impairment?!"

Chris noticed something significant from Kazunari Tsubasa's unconscious revelation and immediately stood up to ask him about it.

"Oh, Chris-chan, don't you know? I heard from Master and Mirai that Rei-chan not only has vision problems in her left eye, but her hearing also seems to be very bad."

"It's strange. Even though we live together, Chris seems to know very little about Rei-chan."

In response to Chris's question, Hibiki Tachibana sat on the sofa and explained to Chris, puzzled, that she was surprised that Chris didn't know about this.

"This subtle sense of frustration is awful."

Chris felt deeply defeated, but she couldn't refute it; she truly knew nothing about Zero's experiences over the years.

Although she had tried to investigate and explore, before she could achieve any results, a series of events led the situation to its current state.

"I had absolutely no idea. She never mentioned anything to me about what she had been through, and I never realized she had a hearing problem."

"Damn it, what have I been doing all this time? Why didn't I notice the facts that I should have been able to sense?"

Squatting down, realizing she knew nothing, Chris fell into a state of self-pity and despair.

She thought she knew everything about Lingyi, but she discovered that Lingyi had done so many things that she didn't know about, which made her feel really uncomfortable.

"Huh, Chris-chan, does that mean she's the kind of person who's not very bright, kind of a bit of a simpleton?"

Looking at Chris with the mushroom-like growth, Hibiki Tachibana asked this question in a serious but innocent tone.

"Go to hell! I don't want to be called that by an idiot like you!"

"Ouch—that hurts, waaaah, I'm sorry, Chris-chan."

Chris delivered a powerful punch to Hibiki Tachibana's head, and Hibiki apologized with tears in her eyes.

"You two... Anyway, Chris, you don't seem to know much about Zero either?"

Kazami stepped forward and separated the two who were bickering, bringing the conversation back on track.

"Not really. Actually, I did live with her for a period of time when I was young, but I don't know what she has been through in recent years."

Chris said.

"I'm so curious about what Rei-chan was like when she was little. Tell me, tell me, Chris-chan."

Upon hearing Chris's words, Tachibana Hibiki, who had recovered at lightning speed, forgot her mistake and stepped forward to press Chris for answers.

"I see. Then how about we exchange information? That way we might be able to understand her better."

Upon seeing this, Kazami made the following suggestion.

“I have no objection to the exchange, after all, it’s not a big deal.”

Pushing aside the curious child who had come up to her, Chris said without any hesitation.

"Hmm, are we having a women's club? I want to come too."

The cheerful Hibiki Tachibana would also not refuse such an activity.

And so, in this room where only the three of them were temporarily, a discussion about Zero Clothes began.

......

"Ah"

In a certain room, Rei, who was fiddling with various tattered relics on the table, suddenly sneezed for no apparent reason.

"Have we been working for too long? It seems we should take a break before studying these fragments again."

Then, Lingyi pinched the bridge of her nose to relieve the soreness.

Ding Dong

The doorbell rang, interrupting Lingyi's thoughts. She turned on the monitor and saw the figure of an older woman in a wheelchair.

“Nastasya, how did she find this place? Did the information revealed by those alchemists instigate a new pawn?”

"No, if that's the case, then she should bring Maria and the others with her... Never mind, there's no point in guessing here, let's just ask her directly."

Recognizing the woman's identity, Lingyi felt a little suspicious, but she still opened the security door of the base and let her in alone.

"Thank you for allowing me to enter. Please forgive me for learning of your location through the Bavarian Light Society; otherwise, I would not have been able to find you."

"My purpose in coming here is to make a deal with you in order to save the world."

Professor Nastasya politely and directly stated her purpose when she approached the woman in Lingyi.

P.S. Good afternoon.

P.S. Phew, the original series is finally over. Next up is G!

Volume 2, Chapter G (75 chapters in total)

Chapter One: Before the Concert

After the incident of shooting the moon subsided, the noise gradually disappeared.

Although there are still many unresolved issues, such as the Staff of Solomon and the Cloak of Zero, which have been missing since the Moon Shooting Incident.

But after so long without any news, the three people who were pretending to be in the act gradually reduced their attention to the matter and returned to their own lives.

"Ah, I finally made it. I would have really regretted it if I had missed Ms. Tsubasa's concert."

As summer vacation was drawing to a close, Tachibana Hibiki got off a bus and said with a sigh of relief.

In order to soothe the public's pain caused by incidents such as noise, Kazanari Tsubasa, a famous singer, is arranged by the organization to perform a concert with a famous singer from the United States.

Her comrades-in-arms and friends, Hibiki Tachibana, Chris Yukine, and Mirai Kohinata, were also invited to come here to watch her concert.

"Phew... If Hibiki hadn't forgotten his routine physical exam before leaving the house, we wouldn't have been in such a rush."

Kohinata Mirai caught her breath and looked reproachfully at her somewhat dazed best friend.

"I'm sorry, I was so excited about Ms. Tsubasa's concert today that I completely forgot about my physical exam."

Hibiki Tachibana apologized to Mirai Kohinata beside her. (The remaining text appears to be gibberish and unrelated.)

Thanks to a medical examination report left behind by someone, she was placed under the close monitoring of Section Two due to her condition as a case of bio-relic fusion syndrome.

To prevent the fragments of Gungnir from worsening within Hibiki Tachibana's body, the Second Division's medical facilities conduct regular physical examinations of Hibiki's body. They also analyze the remaining samples of the fusion-dissolving reagents in an attempt to create a replica that can achieve the same effect.

However, there hasn't been much progress so far.

"Okay, but you should still set a reminder on your phone for when it rings."

Knowing her best friend's personality, Kohinata Mirai didn't ask many questions, but simply offered this reminder.

"Of course, I will never forget this. Ah, Chris-chan, over here!"

As Tachibana Hibiki made her assurance, she saw Yukine Chris waiting in the shade of the stadium and waved to her.

"Idiot, don't you need to work on your sense of time? You've made me wait here for an hour."

Chris came up and said to Yi Linyiqi, "I am Wu Jiu Si Jiu Shi Tachibana Hibiki, in a bad mood."

"Private Marseille, wait, why does Chris know it's because of me?"

As Tachibana Hibiki apologized, she realized something was wrong.

"Yeah, why is that? You idiot, you should reflect on your usual behavior."

Chris complained.

"Haha, anyway, let's go see Ms. Tsubasa's concert first."

Abruptly skipping over the topic, Tachibana Hibiki smiled, grabbed her ticket, and ran into the concert venue entrance.