Sky Striker Princess, but the swan song of Valkyrie.

"No, no, no! I don't want to witness any more suffering. Even if it hurts you, I will protect you!"

The illogical conversation abruptly ended, and Kohinata Mirai's eyes were covered by armor as she fully entered an attack mode.

"Feel sorry."

Without replying, Lingyi raised the Tiger Shark Cannon in her hand.

The white-hot shells hurtled toward the future of the little sun, only to be neutralized by the firing of cannons that materialized from his sleeves.

But the moment he raised his hand, Zero used the propulsion system to send the Flash Blade to Kohinata Mirai.

Without the slightest panic, Kohinata Mirai used the cannon barrel in her hand to temporarily delay the blade in Zero's hand, while the floating cannons she had prepared beforehand were aimed at Zero in her arms.

Knowing she couldn't be hit by the floating cannons, Zero's thrusters erupted again, propelling her over Kohinata and onto his back.

Just as Zero was about to attack her from behind with her Flash Blade, she discovered that a bright mirror was floating in front of Kohinata Mirai from behind her.

Without time to think, Lingyi twisted her body with all her might, barely dodging the purple light shining from the mirror, but at the cost of some of the armor on her shoulders being melted.

Having dodged a fatal attack, Lingyi was just about to organize a counterattack when she discovered that the floating cannons around Kohinata Mirai were moving from all directions and aiming at her.

"Armour request? Hawk thrusters? Level upgrade? Ievel 2!"

At the fastest speed she could manage, the Level 2 Flash Blade Machine, with its superior defensive capabilities, appeared from inside the portal and was held in her hand. Zero didn't even have time to put on her clothes before she started operating the functions on it with one hand.

Countless mirror-shaped floating cannons fired deadly white-purple rays that struck Zero before disappearing from her body.

The thrusters revved up again, and Zero's body moved from its original position. Only then did the deadly rays belatedly reappear from their original location.

"Ha... that guy Finney, he didn't even input his training data from previous battles, did he?!"

Having escaped the crisis slightly, Lingyi cursed inwardly the culprit behind it all, Finney.

She originally thought that even if Kohinata Mirai went berserk, she would be quickly defeated because she was not good at fighting, but in the exchange just now, she clearly felt that her reaction in combat was quite sharp.

Therefore, Lingyi quickly realized that not only had Finni modified the Divine Beast Mirror, but he might have also entered it with an unknown amount of her and the other three's training data in order to disgust her.

An attack that is absolutely impossible to resist, coupled with combat skills that are stiff but sufficient, and the fact that Zero is unlikely to really hurt the currently very vulnerable Kohinata Mirai.

With a series of buffs, Lingyi felt that this might be the most troublesome opponent she had ever faced.

"...No, run away...it's mine."

Having re-locked onto Zero's location, Kohinata Mirai flew directly towards her, surrounded by deadly mirror-shaped floating cannons that fired at her.

Yes, the Divine Beast Mirror is still the only one of the seven Symphogears with autonomous flight capabilities, which means that Zero's original aerial advantage has been greatly reduced.

"Ha, stopping her rampage in this situation is no easy task, but... no matter how difficult it is, it still has to be done. Whew, I was originally trying to conserve some energy, and I hope that doing this won't affect the activation of the territory later."

Watching Kohinata Mirai approach like an aerial fortress, Rei sighed helplessly, stretched out her hand, snapped her fingers, and thick smoke exploded in the air, obscuring her figure.

But immediately, as Zero made this move, the floating cannons around Kohinata Mirai started operating at full power, and beams of light rained down into the mist without any blind spots.

"What excellent combat awareness! But with just this kind of attack, the dragon can't break through this shield."

As the smoke cleared, what Kohinata Mirai saw was not Zero's body, which she had destroyed with her attack, but a gentle, watery blue light.

Suddenly, a blue armored shield appeared in front of Lingyi, and in front of that shield was a somewhat crumbling energy barrier.

Without saying much, seeing that the attack had failed, Kohinata Mirai's charged cannons flashed purple again, and the purple light screen slammed into the azure armor like a tidal wave.

"Well……"

The dense beams of anti-magic light nearly engulfed the shaky armored shield, but failed to break it. Although the shield itself was pitted and teetering, it remained sturdy.

Kohinata Mirai, unable to break through after a long siege, became somewhat impatient.

Based on the combat guidelines she had entered, she understood that when facing Zero, she couldn't afford to give her too much time to analyze the situation; she had to use her maximum strength to finish the battle quickly in an instant.

Adhering to this philosophy, Kohinata Mirai faced the shield and took out an even larger mirror, just like the one before.

Although that azure armored shield can block small beams of divine beast mirror light, it doesn't mean it can defend against beam attacks over a larger area.

Zero thought so too, so at the same time Kohinata Mirai made this move, she suddenly accelerated forward with her armored shield, and before Kohinata Mirai could react, she had advanced to her side with the shield.

Then, just as she took out the mirror and was preparing an even more powerful anti-magic beam, the azure before her eyes vanished rapidly, replaced by an earth-yellow gauntlet that slammed into her at extremely close range.

Before she could react to the swift attack, the Mirror in Kohinata Mirai's hand was shattered.

After the Mirror was shattered, Kohinata Mirai reacted and aimed the Mirror floating cannons around her at Zero behind her, but just as she was about to do so, the floating cannons around her were also swept away and shattered by the agile mechanical arm.

Following its destruction came the slash of a crimson longsword. The intense heat caused the surrounding air to sway, and with power and speed far exceeding the previous strike, it shattered the remaining mirror, the blade aimed directly at Kohinata Mirai's true form.

Without a doubt, as long as we take advantage of this momentum and destroy the function of the divine beast mirror armor on its body, we can slowly deal with this tiger that has already had its teeth pulled.

Seeing Zero swinging her blade at her, Kohinata Mirai remained silent. The Divine Beast Mirror analyzed the current situation and her memories, and came up with the best solution.

Then, she abandoned all defense and, with the help of the Divine Beast Mirror's ability to move in the air, turned her torso to meet the long sword, which was wielded with raging flames, as it swung towards her.

Chapter Sixty-Four: The Resurgence Completed

"Damn it!"

In this situation, Lingyi had no choice but to forcibly stop the attack. The high-temperature flames wrapped around the blade dissipated, and the slash landed on empty air.

However, the price for doing so was that Rei was caught off guard by Kohinata Mirai, who exploited a huge flaw, extending a ring of four mirror lenses from the armor of the Divine Beast Mirror.

"Hmm... It must be very painful to be like this all the time."

As he watched the opening revealed by the person in front of him, Kohinata Mirai muttered to himself, a slight smile playing on his lips, his armor still moving.

Almost instantly, these lenses extending from the armor, under the cover of the surrounding floating cannon mirror beams, quickly closed, completely framing Zero's entire body.

The flashing blade that Zero held in her hand seemed to be unable to be gripped due to the pain of this restraint, and it was released and fell towards the sea.

"It's over now. I don't need to think about those painful things anymore. I don't need to keep moving forward alone."

Ignoring the falling objects, Kohinata Mirai smiled and stared intently at Rei, who was tightly framed by the ring of her glasses.

He hovered in front of the bound girl, stroked her face, and his joy was evident.

"Ha, it's clearly the weakest of the relics, yet it can produce such a ferocious effect. In some ways, you might actually be a genius, Kohinata."

However, despite this situation, Rei remained calm and analyzed the situation in front of Kohinata Mirai, showing no signs of panic.

Seeing Zero's calm demeanor even after being captured, Kohinata Mirai felt a surge of dissatisfaction.

"Ah, it's always like this... But it's okay, Rei, you just haven't realized it yet... I'll use my method to make you smile genuinely."

Immediately, in front of Lingyi, she first appeared depressed and sad, then became excited and exhilarated.

As her emotions surged, the lenses imprisoning Lingyi flashed with an even more dangerous light. Then, a crimson light burst forth in mid-air, creating a crimson sphere of light.

This light only harms relics. Once fully exposed to this light, everything related to heretical technology on the body will be erased, and the user of heretical technology will become extremely vulnerable.

It can be said that this is the Divine Beast Mirror's response to Hinata's future wish. If this beam of light were to shine completely on Zero, she would probably become weaker and more vulnerable than ever before.

"That way, Lingyi, you can't resist. You'll be obedient and well-behaved, just like before... Dun?"

As the light gradually faded, just as Kohinata Mirai was about to admire her work, an unexpected event occurred: nothing was left inside the lens ring that had trapped Zero.

Confusion grew within her. She couldn't understand how the other party could escape under the light of the divine beast mirror, when she had clearly captured it and even touched its skin.

"Armour request, Bumblebee floating unit? Level 2, well, it's a bit late to say this now."

While Kohinata Mirai was confused, she suddenly felt the wind that had been flowing around her change direction. Then, emerald green armor appeared and disappeared in front of Kohinata Mirai, and Zero's voice came from behind her.

As a second-tier Sky Slasher, the Bumblebee Floating Unit has been greatly enhanced from its original mimicry. It not only possesses the same combat power as the original body, but can also almost perfectly simulate the appearance and feel of the original body.

Combined with the optical stealth layer created by the wind-driving armor and the air disturbance caused by the fire-driving armor, Zero was able to achieve her current goal and approach Kohinata Mirai without arousing her suspicion.

"How could this be!"

Although she didn't understand what was happening, Kohinata Mirai had no intention of surrendering. Her intense desire fueled the Divine Beast Mirror, and several newly generated mirror-shaped floating cannons tried to bombard it.

However, the flashing blade that had just fallen towards the sea surface suddenly appeared to be suspended in mid-air, spinning and shattering the mirrors in mid-air one by one.

At the same time, Black Widow had already grabbed onto Zero's body the moment Zero spoke, and several data cables were precisely inserted into the key parts of her armor. The data flow of intrusion and manipulation had completely severed her control over the Divine Beast Mirror.

Under the combined effect of this series of attacks, Kohinata Mirai was finally unable to make any further resistance, and her resisting hand drooped limply.

"Ha, after all this commotion, it's finally over."

A hint of exhaustion flashed in her eyes. After spending so much effort, she had finally managed to subdue the rampaging Kohinata Mirai.

After completing the most troublesome step, all she had to do was use the intrusion into the armor to sort out and remove the messy data that was affecting the Divine Beast Mirror—a trivial matter that would only take a little time.

"Um... um."

Without the aid of the Divine Beast Mirror, Kohinata Mirai's body could no longer float in the air and fell under the influence of gravity, where she was caught by Zero.

"……Feel sorry."

Looking at the unconscious and quiet Hinata Mirai in her arms, dressed in purple gear, Zero felt a pang of guilt. She had promised that nothing would go wrong, but in the end, such a terrible accident still happened.

The signal kept flowing through the data line, and Lingyi solved one by one the unstable factors and bugs in the Divine Beast Mirror. The originally violent fluctuations were gradually tamed and became docile again.

"After that's all done, I'll have Kohinata control the Divine Beast Mirror... Hmm?"

Just as Lingyi was silently dealing with Kohinata's problems, a new change occurred, attracting her attention and drawing her gaze to the distant horizon where the sea met the sky.

"Although I hoped you wouldn't bother me, things won't go that smoothly after all."

A sense of helplessness welled up in Lingyi's heart.

According to her reconnaissance, the main members of Section Two had already boarded a ship and were heading towards this location.

On the deck of the ship, Kazemikaze and Chris were already dressed and ready, clearly preparing to have some conversation with her.

"It will take some time to clean up the messy data in the Divine Beast Mirror. If it gets delayed, well, let's do this: hopefully, Nafi has enough energy. If not, we'll just have to feed him some more research materials."

After considering the priorities, Lingyi made a decision in her heart. Immediately, a green light appeared in the hexagonal teleportation portal in the air and shot into the distance.

Chapter Sixty-Five: Overwhelming Scale

Under the sunlight, on the calm sea, an American-flagged patrol vessel was speeding towards its designated territory.

"As previously agreed, the price for helping you is that you can help rescue ships trapped at sea, and engage that guy in direct combat. Is that alright?"

Inside the ship, the white-faced ship commander spoke solemnly to Genjuro Kazanari, who was inside the core.

In order to reach the location in the territory as quickly as possible, Section Two contacted the ships that were struggling with how to rescue the lost American ships and reached a cooperation agreement with them.

The other side provides portable transportation, while their musicians provide combat support.

"Ah, it's alright. Fighting her was our goal after all. Our musicians will step in to protect her if she is in danger."

Kazanari Genjuro also responded seriously to the ship commander's question.

"That's good."

The ship's commander said no more and focused on directing the ship that was carrying out the rescue mission.

"Damn it, what kind of monster is that? What kind of being could destroy a fully equipped fleet of patrol ships before it could even send out a distress signal?"

However, when giving orders, the ship commander still carried with him the fear that had gripped him when he received the news.

"...Teng Yao, how's the situation over there?"

After completing the formal negotiations, Kazanari Genjuro asked the Second Section personnel in charge of monitoring matters.

When they boarded the ship, Section Two also brought up some of the still usable equipment that had been repaired from headquarters, thus setting up a temporary headquarters.

At this time, this temporary headquarters was also trying its best to detect information about the rampage that started from the Divine Beast Mirror in the distance.

"Report, Commander, there is currently a fierce battle taking place in the skies above the territory. It is speculated that Zero is trying to suppress the rampaging Divine Beast Mirror."

Teng Yao immediately presented their observations.

"Suppression... How is the battle going?"

After thinking for a moment, Kazanari Genjuro asked further questions.

"Judging from the reaction, it seems that Zero was suppressed by the Divine Beast Mirror... Wait, the Divine Beast Mirror's reaction has disappeared, Zero is the winner."

Just as Teng Yao reported their analysis, they discovered that the battle situation had taken a new turn.

"Ha, as expected of her, even when faced with such a sudden accident, she was able to resolve it so quickly. But now, we don't need to worry about Kohinata's condition anymore. She's the only person who gives us peace of mind in this regard."

Upon hearing the reports about the other person's outrageous daily life, Kazanari Genjuro felt relieved and temporarily put aside his worries about Kohinata.

"Indeed, the only thing we don't need to worry about with Zero is her ability. Although the problem came suddenly, I believe she can definitely handle Kohinata's rampage."

"However, on the other hand, this is also bad news. The stronger her abilities, the more difficult it will be to change her mind."

Finney, who was listening in, first affirmed the situation, but then expressed concern about the upcoming battle.

"This is the direction we should strive for next. As long as we keep moving forward, we will catch up with her sooner or later."