Sky Striker Princess, but the swan song of Valkyrie.

Hearing that the two people beside her seemed to understand something, Tachibana Hibiki let out a questioning cry.

"Tachibana... Anyway, let me explain it to you."

Seeing the girl's innocent look, Kazanari pulled her aside to explain, leaving Chris to stay with Elfnein.

"That BAKA, forget it."

Watching the two walk away, Klinsley sighed, then lowered her head and shifted her gaze to the somewhat uneasy Elfnein.

"Elphnein, right? Although, according to what you just said, Zero is like an enemy of humanity."

"However, that's not what I know. Although the specifics are not clear, it seems that you were the ones who provoked her first."

Looking at the girl in front of her, Chris asked with a serious expression.

Prior to this, she had asked Kohinata Mirai and Tachibana Hibiki about various things related to Zero, including the images that Kohinata Mirai had seen.

The information she gathered made her question the girl's claims.

"Um, I'm very sorry, I don't know the specifics either."

Chris's question seemed to touch on a blind spot in Elfnein's knowledge.

"What do you mean? Surely you don't even know why we're framing someone in such a targeted conspiracy!"

Chris said, her voice tinged with anger.

It's fair to say that Zero's current state is partly due to the contributions of those known as alchemists.

P.S. Good evening.

-I'm not mistaken, am I?

Chapter Sixteen: First Contact

"I'm very sorry, but I really don't know the specific reasons for being enemies with Miss Zero. I don't have that kind of knowledge installed in my brain."

Elfne lowered her head and said apologetically.

"Aren't you an alchemist too? How come you don't even know what your organization is up to?"

With an urgent tone, Chris questioned the other person in this somewhat impatient manner.

"I'm sorry, I'm not a traditional human alchemist. I'm just an android created by Carolo for a certain purpose, and I only have the most basic alchemical knowledge installed for my job."

"Before I came out, Carol and Miss Saint-Germain only told me these things, and then said that in order to prevent Miss Zero from finding me, I should not contact them on my own initiative."

In response to Chris's questioning, Elfnein could only apologize in a weak voice and offer this explanation.

"To prevent Lingyi from finding us, ah, that's certainly true. So, this time, we still don't understand what she's trying to do."

Seeing the other person's seemingly genuine behavior and reasonable explanation, Chris felt a little disappointed. She had thought she could get a little closer to the other person.

"What's wrong, Chris? Did you find out anything?"

After explaining to Tachibana Hibiki, Kazanari Tsubasa came over and asked, knowing that Chris had always been very concerned about Zero's affairs.

"No, this girl said she doesn't know anything, but if you ask me, it's best not to believe all the information from such a suspicious organization."

Chris's reply was tinged with prejudice against the other organization and a palpable sense of disappointment.

"I'm so sorry... I'm so sorry."

Faced with the other party's prejudice, Elfnein didn't know how to answer; she really knew nothing about this.

"Well, Chris-chan, don't make things too difficult for Elfnein-chan. We should be able to find out everything by finding Rei-chan."

Hibiki Tachibana came over with a smile to smooth things over.

"Phew... Only an idiot like you would be so naive. But then again, there's no use thinking about it now."

After calming herself down, Chris sighed and said.

"In any case, let's wait for my uncle and the others to find any clues first..."

woohoo

Before Feng Mingyi could finish speaking, a loud alarm sounded, and the temporary headquarters was instantly filled with red light.

"Commander, a clue has been found in area B4. The enemy has deployed noise as a defense, preventing further advance!"

The information was immediately compiled by Section Two and reported to Genjuro Kazanari.

"Tachibana, Yukine, Tsubasa, prepare to attack immediately!"

Without any hesitation, Kazanari Genjuro gave the order, and the three musicians were all ready for battle.

Familiar, eerie creatures piled up inside the abandoned hospital building. Faced with noise of this scale, the Second Division personnel could only fight and retreat with their kinetic weapons.

Although weapons are not very effective against noise, they can still cause some damage if you're lucky, but only if you're lucky.

booming

The roar of engines filled the air as a white, missile-like object plunged into the battlefield, accompanied by steam. It opened its outer shell, revealing three musicians inside.

In order to transport the three musicians to the location where the clues were found as quickly as possible, Section Two used missiles for this transport.

The energetic rhythm began, and the music ignited the entire battlefield.

[It's useless to keep going]

[口三箱行老^D宁又八一以彳一]

[One, Two, Three Blinded Dragons]

The first to take over the battlefield rhythm was Chris, who brought a massive amount of long-range firepower. No one could match her efficiency in clearing out mobs.

【BILLIONMAIDEN】

Machine guns, spitting fire, covered the entire corridor, and most of the noise was torn to shreds by the dense barrage of fire from the South Five Gatling Gun Bodhisattva.

[Lower Evening C Wind Cave Desire LW Set 5]

[Toyochi>Seven-Ping U-Girl Adios]

[One, Two, Three Lost World Stones]

Following the machine guns came a hail of rockets; the cylindrical missiles caused considerable damage in the confined space, and under this barrage, all the less-defended noise was wiped out.

【Azure Flash】

At the same time, in the gap between Chris's attacks, Kazanari also swung his broadsword, the sharp sword energy annihilating the remaining noise.

"What's the point of using these lowly soldiers now?"

The noise in the corridor was cleared almost instantly, and Chris didn't quite understand the use of these grunts.

"Chris-chan!"

Just as Chris was thinking this, she suddenly heard Tachibana Hibiki's voice and the sound of Kintetsu buzzing.

Turning her head, Chris saw Tachibana Hibiki, who had just gone to evacuate people, wrestling with a familiar woman with pink hair and a long spear.

"What? That's... Gungnir, or is it Maria who uses it?"

Kazanari looked at the woman in surprise; it was Maria, whom he had just performed with on stage.

[Don't be so surprised. Maria is an agent of FIS. The previous situation was probably a staged performance by them.]

The voice of Kazanari Genjuro over the communicator timely explained the current situation.

“Miss Maria, the black Gungnir, I don’t understand at all.”

Hibiki Tachibana, who was struggling with Maria, was feeling extremely confused at this moment.

“Death!”

Before Hibiki Tachibana could figure it out, the emerald green scythe-like darts forced her to break free and release Maria.

"Are you alright, Maria?"

Tsukuyomi, dressed in a pink Gear, approached Maria and asked.

"It's alright, Tiao. I just didn't expect the power of the fusion case to be so strong."

"I understand a little better now how powerful the fusion with the relic was, as Zero said before."

Maria steadied her trembling hands, which had been shaking slightly from her struggle with Hibiki Tachibana, and said sullenly. Kira, who had escaped, returned to Maria's side.

"So it's you, the ones who secretly drive noise?"

Upon seeing the three unfamiliar musicians who suddenly appeared, and hearing the noise from before, Kazami immediately realized that they were the organization behind Zero this time, and raised his sword to question them.

“That’s right, we are the organization that has mastered the heretical technology that can drive noise, Finney.”

Stepping forward, Maria waved her cloak behind her, boldly announcing their identities.

“Phineas, that name… Anyway, what exactly is your purpose?”

Even though she heard the name Yin Linqi, which she cared about, Chris still asked this question first.

"We should be the ones asking you that question. Is this the kind of magnanimity your government shows by trespassing on our private property?"

However, when faced with Chris's questioning, Maria did not flinch and instead questioned the three people present.

P.S. Good morning.

Chapter Seventeen: Non-Combatant Clashes

"what?"

Upon hearing Maria's question, Kazami Tsubasa was momentarily taken aback.

“I’ll say it again, we leased this place through legal and compliant means. What reason do you have to investigate this place?”

Maria reiterated their point of view.

"Is that so, Uncle?"

Faced with this statement, Kazunari Tsubasa had no choice but to confirm with the Second Division behind him.

"this…"

This was the first time Kazanari Genjuro had encountered such a situation.

"These are copies of the relevant documents and contracts. If you still have doubts, you can verify the authenticity of the emblems and signatures on them."

Before the group could reach a conclusion, Maria threw the file folder at Kazami Tsubasa and confidently stated this.

"uncle……"

Seeing the other party's confident appearance, Feng Mingyi felt uncertain for a moment.

"...No need, it's already been confirmed. They did indeed legally and compliantly rent this venue for a month, and they also used overseas channels to raise the level of confidentiality here to a very high degree."

However, Kazanari Genjuro's explanation to the three musicians present via communicator quickly dispelled Kazanari Tsubasa's doubts.

"What? How could this happen? What should we do? They're obviously plotting something, there's definitely something wrong with them."

Upon hearing the affirmative words on the communicator, Chris asked in a frustrated tone, completely bewildered.

“Even so, the search was originally permitted because it was believed to be an abandoned public place, but now that the documents have been verified as valid, and there is no evidence, our actions are illegal.”

Seeing Chris's frustration, Kazanari Genjuro helplessly expressed this sentiment to her.

This is the shortcoming of government agencies: although they can mobilize considerable resources to do something, they must also follow certain rules while taking action.

"What about noise? Since there's noise, we should be able to launch an attack, right?"

Hibiki Tachibana asked instinctively.

“Indeed, if there were noise, you musicians would have had a reason to attack, but now the noise has been eliminated, hasn’t it?”

Before Kazanari Genjuro could answer, Maria was the first to reject Tachibana Hibiki's idea of ​​exploiting loopholes.

The musician's attack was to eliminate the noise, but now that the noise has been completely eliminated, there is no reason to continue the action.

"is that so?"

Hibiki Tachibana felt a bit confused.

"That's right, and those noises didn't cause any casualties from the time they appeared until they were eliminated, which means we can't search them under current laws."

Kazanari Genjuro added.

Until legislation related to heretical technologies is enacted, they, existing merely as disaster relief agencies, do not have the right to search the other party's highly classified locations.

"Is there no other way, uncle?"