Sky Striker Princess, but the swan song of Valkyrie.

"...Hmm? Why did the artifact-related detection module react...? Hmm, I see. It's because there are artifact fragments in the body, and the waves they emit interfere with the working principle of the disguised floating unit... So this was just an accident?"

The blonde girl ignored Tachibana Hibiki's complaints and continued to scan and analyze her strange machine.

"A relic? What's that?"

Hibiki Tachibana was curious to know what the result was of the other person examining her for so long with that strange machine.

When Hibiki Tachibana asked her question, the blonde girl did not answer immediately. Instead, she tapped the device with a screen hanging above her right eye a few times with her free hand.

"First, I do not have a penchant for taking other people's lives at will, and stopping your life would be an unnecessary act for me."

Second, even if you perceive yourself as an ordinary female high school student, this does not prevent you from having some secret identities at the same time.

Third, a relic is a relic. If you want to understand the specific details, I suggest you ask the higher-ups at your school, and don't forget to have them give you a physical examination.

After tapping the instrument a few times and waiting a few seconds, the blonde girl answered all the questions that Tachibana Hibiki had just asked in one go.

"Um, well, why did you say all your answers at the end, and what's your name...?"

Hibiki Tachibana asked, somewhat puzzled.

"...It's nothing, it's just that I prefer to focus on finishing one thing before moving on to another. Also, I personally suggest that when you apply for your physical exam, you should also apply for a psychiatric evaluation. I don't understand why you would ask about the name of a 'dangerous stranger who just pointed a weapon at you'."

"Thoughts."

The blonde girl answered, her expression remaining calm, though her tone betrayed a hint of incomprehension.

"Hehe, actually, although I don't quite understand, I always feel that you're not a bad person, so I just asked without thinking."

Upon hearing the blonde girl's question, Tachibana Hibiki reached behind her head and smiled somewhat embarrassedly.

"...

Faced with Hibiki Tachibana's reaction, the blonde girl paused for a moment, then hung the black and red blade at her waist, put away the device she had used to probe Hibiki's body, and spoke:

"Zero Clothes".

"Huh? What?"

Hibiki Tachibana hadn't reacted yet.

"My name, and goodbye."

The blonde girl continued to explain, then ignored Tachibana Hibiki and turned to continue walking in the direction she had started.

"Wait a minute, um, Zero-chan, I have a few more questions... Did you disappear?"

Seeing that the other party wanted to leave, Tachibana Hibiki instinctively wanted to say a few more words to the girl who called herself Zero, but at that moment, the girl who was just in front of her disappeared into thin air as if she had never existed.

.....

"Am I out of touch with the times? Are high school girls these days so careless?"

The blonde girl, Zero, who had disappeared from Hibiki Tachibana's sight, muttered to herself as she walked.

She was an ordinary transmigrator who simply won a championship in a tournament using the Sky Striker deck. Then, she was accidentally hit by a dump truck while crossing the street because she was not paying attention to the red light due to excessive mental exertion. When she opened her eyes, she found herself in the form of Zero and had come to this world.

After some deliberation, she chose 'Zero Clothes,' a character she had always liked and whose name was also the name of her current body, as her name in this world.

Although she didn't know exactly where this world was, she finally managed to have a decent life and a job that she considered meaningful, thanks to her own efforts and a little bit of good luck.

At this moment, she is on her way to complete that somewhat meaningful job. Although there was a small mishap along the way, she still believes that she can definitely finish the job.

"Okay, let's not think about it too much. Let's just work harder to finish the work. If we finish it sooner, we can go to rest sooner."

No longer dwelling on the little incident, Lingyi adjusted the device around her right eye to make it more comfortable and turned her gaze toward her destination.

"Special Disaster Mobile Response Section 2... Ah, no, it's the Response Mobile Section. Never mind, the name doesn't matter."

This is Zero's current mission objective: to establish a special operations department, under the guise of the private Lydian Conservatory of Music, in the basement of its central building, specifically to deal with a disaster called "noise."

Upon reaching the central building and arriving at an elevator door, Lingyi stopped and silently raised the black and red blade she had always carried with her.

"Activate Flash Blade, Flash."

As these words were spoken, Zero's attire changed. His original long-sleeved, black and white military uniform with black stockings disappeared, replaced by a very tight-fitting black combat suit with white external armor.

This is the ability of the blade in her hand called Flashblade, which, according to her collaborator, seems to be something called a Complete Relic.

Once activated, it replaces her clothing with this armor, grants her immense strength, and allows her to wield a variety of versatile flash blade weapons.

However, for Zero now, titles and such don't matter; all she needs to know is that the Flash Blade works very well for her.

[Image: Zero Clothes]

P.S. Ah, Sky Striker is getting a new card again. Hopefully, the new Link 4 will be useful.

P.S. It would be great if the summoning condition was to return Link Monsters from the Graveyard to the Deck (just wishful thinking).

Chapter 3 Infiltration.jpg

Deep underground, in a base whose depths are unknown, a black and red blade emerges from the crack of an elevator door.

Then, starting from this point, the metal door was gradually separated by some force, revealing the figure of Zero, who was wearing a combat suit inside.

When the door was wide enough for her to pass through, Zero emerged from it.

"Armour request, Flashblade - Bumblebee Floating Unit."

After landing smoothly, Lingyi immediately issued a command. Soon, a polygonal white portal about the size of a person appeared beside her, from which yellowish-white aircraft about the size of an arm flew out one after another.

"Is nobody here? Then..."

After completing this task, Lingyi closed the portal, then immediately accelerated, proceeding smoothly along the wide, flat, octagonal corridor that followed the elevator, heading straight for an iron door at the end.

"...I won't stand on ceremony."

Reaching the doorway, Lingyi drew her Flash Blade and swung it across the iron door. The next moment, the security door, meant to prevent intrusion, was sliced ​​open, offering no protection whatsoever. And then…

"Hmm? I see. So this is where you welcome me. I thought you two hadn't made any progress in the past two years."

Lingyi said with a sudden realization.

Behind the security door, cut open by Zero, stood a burly man in a red shirt with golden eyes, assuming a fighting stance, followed by a group of black-suited clones holding pistols.

"Of course, after all, we lost face last time you were able to come and go from this place so easily."

At the same time, a young man with short brown hair, wearing a black suit, appeared behind Zero with seven or eight armed black-suited clones. Upon his appearance, he threw a dart-like object at the shadow in front of Zero.

"Commander of Section Two, Genjuro Kazanari, and Acting Director of Section Two, Shinji Ogawa, I am truly flattered to receive such high regard from you two. By the way, what about Ms. Tsubasa Kazanari? Is she not participating in this arrest?"

As Lingyi said this, she tried to move her body, but failed. It was clear that the darts shot by Ogawa Shinji had a movement-restricting effect.

“Windwing has other missions, and more importantly, you should worry about yourself first. If you don’t want to suffer, quickly tell us the whereabouts of the Bronze Serpent Armor that you took away two years ago.”

Kazanari Genjuro pressed him with this question, his body radiating a powerful aura.

"I regret to inform you that I refuse. After all, I have received some favors from that person, so I will let go of the matter of betraying my employer."

Faced with the other party's questioning, Lingyi refused without the slightest hesitation.

"In that case, although I really don't want to throw punches at women and children, if you insist on not talking, then I'll have no choice but to knock you down and ask you."

As he spoke, Kazanari Genjuro's fist, carrying intense wind pressure, hurtled towards Zero. Its ferocity was such that taking this blow head-on would undoubtedly be very painful.

“Very powerful, but…”

Faced with this seemingly powerful attack, Lingyi had an idea. The next moment, several bumblebee floating units rushed out from the side and barely blocked the heavy punch with their bodies.

"...It's pointless if you can't hit it. And now that I know that Miss Kazanari Tsubasa isn't here, I have no more worries... First, let's remove the physical restrictions."

As Zero said this, the flying units that were struggling to withstand Genjuro Kazanari's heavy punches suddenly burst into a fierce flash of light, and the shadow that was originally in front of Zero suddenly ran behind Zero with the strong light.

"Oh no, the Shadow Stitch has been broken!"

Upon seeing the sudden burst of light, Shinji Ogawa reflexively wanted to step forward and deliver another Shadow Stitch, but a sudden sense of danger made him stop and instead retreat rapidly.

"Armed request, Black Widow, anchor."

The next moment, he saw a black, spider-like anchor appear where he had just been.

"Unfortunately, it was dodged. Well then, there's no other way. Armament request: Tiger Shark Cannon."

At the same moment he witnessed the spider-like grasping of the anchor, Zero's voice came from beside him.

"What?"

Shinji Ogawa sensed something hot approaching his body, and instinctively twisted his body, but still felt a strong impact on his side.

"Ogawa!"

Kazanari Genjuro roared, instantly breaking free from the steel cable that had somehow bound him, and caught Ogawa Shinji, who was being sent flying and spinning in the air.

Everything happened in the instant of the burst of intense light. When the intense light from the floating unit dissipated, the blonde girl who had just been surrounded by them disappeared. In her place were Ogawa Shinji, who had burns on his side abdomen, and the black-suited clone who was covered in bullets.

Goodbye, I'll come again sometime.

By the time Kazanari Genjuro noticed Rei's presence, the culprit who had caused all of this was already running into the elevator shaft she had descended from.

Clearly, the other side had no intention of engaging them in direct combat; they were only focused on escaping and were on the verge of success.

"I will be better prepared next time I come."

As she said this, Lingyi pushed off the ground with one foot and was about to flip into the elevator shaft with a very smooth movement.

"That won't do, little Lingyi. It's a rare treat for you to visit our base. How can you not take a good look around?"

Just then, a broadcast came from somewhere, followed by the sound of something falling through the air.

"What... Hey, is it really that serious?"

Lingyi, who had climbed into the elevator shaft, subconsciously raised her head, and then stepped out of the elevator without hesitation.

Just seconds after Lingyi stepped out of the elevator, the elevator that Lingyi had pressed to the upper floor earlier plummeted in front of her without slowing down at all. If she had stepped out a few seconds later and been hit squarely, Lingyi would have been dizzy for a while.

"Well done, that's it!"

Kazanari Genjuro's somewhat excited shouts revealed the source of the current situation.

"Surrender, Miss Zero. This time we won't let you escape."

Shinji Ogawa raised his pistol and pointed it at Rei, who was silently facing the wreckage of the elevator.

"...Things are getting a bit complicated, but it's not a big problem."

Turning around, looking at the group of hostile people in front of her, Zero calmly adjusted the device hanging over her right eye, and then raised the black and red blade in her hand.

"If I defeat you all, I can get out of here, right? Although I don't like pointless battles, if it really comes down to it, I might not necessarily lose... Tiger Shark Cannon!"

As she spoke, Lingyi suddenly released the flash sword in her hand, picked up a strange cannon that appeared beside her at some unknown time and was half a person tall, and started firing.

Chapter Four: Battle and Victory

"Gentlemen, watch out for cannon fire!"

Faced with Zero's sudden shift from a close-combat stance to a burst of firepower, Kazanari Genjuro immediately stomped his foot hard on the floor, using the rubble that rose up from the impact to block the attack.

However, although all personnel were shielded by cover, the artillery fire did not stop, but instead spread in other directions.

"Their target is the light!"

Ogawa quickly realized the target of the enemy's shooting, but it was too late. Soon, all the lights were completely extinguished by the Tiger Shark Cannon, and the entire underground room was plunged into darkness. The only light source was the faint light emitted from the screen in Zero's right eye, but this light soon disappeared as if it had been covered by something.

"Well, after all, Mr. Ogawa, your ninjutsu can be a bit disgusting at times, so to avoid you casting a control spell on me in the upcoming battle, let's leave it at that for now."

Zero's voice came from the darkness in the distance, and Kazanari Genjuro, who was standing behind the rubble, turned around instantly and blocked the black and red blade that came from behind with his arm.

"It's blocked. What a pity. I was hoping to try and fool them."

Sheathed the blade and said with some regret, "The sound just now was made by the Bumblebee floating unit that I left behind. I wanted to try and trick you into using it."

"Is this all the little tricks you know?"

Having somewhat adapted to the dark environment, Kazanari Genjuro used the sound of the wind and footsteps to deliver another punch to Rei.

"After all, Mr. Fengming, you are very strong. If I were to fight you head-on, I'm afraid I wouldn't last a minute."

Such a sound came from Zero, who had blocked Kazanari Genjuro's heavy punch with his Flash Blade.

"That's really... thank you for the compliment!"

As he spoke, Kazanari Genjuro reached out his arm, trying to grab Rei, who was trying to use his fist to break away from him, but his actions were once again stopped by a small aircraft that suddenly appeared from the side.

"That's so dangerous, so dangerous. If I get caught, I'll be in big trouble."

Zero's voice came again from in front of Kazanari Genjuro. In response, he simply kicked away the black and red blade that was trying to attack him from the side.

"Don't use the same trick twice."