Sky Striker Princess, but the swan song of Valkyrie.

"How can we do that? We must bring Mr. Ogawa back with us; he's so badly injured!"

Seeing Ogawa Shinji's pitiful state, Tachibana Hibiki instinctively wanted to rush forward to help.

"You have quite the tenacious will, Ogawa Shinji. As a warrior, you are indeed very strong."

A sound interrupted Tachibana Hibiki's actions.

Hibiki Tachibana looked toward the source of the sound and saw the culprit behind it all: a girl with long platinum blonde hair, Rei, emerging from the thick fog that had plunged back into darkness.

"Why, why do such a thing? Aren't we all human beings?!"

Seeing the calm expression on Rei's face, Hibiki Tachibana, unable to accept reality, questioned her.

However, Rei did not respond to Tachibana Hibiki's questioning. Instead, she raised the black and red blade in her hand and faced Ogawa Shinji, who was struggling to stand.

"Wait, what are you going to do to Mr. Ogawa!"

Seeing Rei's movement, Tachibana Hibiki immediately stepped in front of Rei, angrily adopting a fighting stance, and then...

Without even glancing at him, Lingyi casually used the back of her blade to fling him aside, smashing a wall in the process.

"..…what you up to?"

On the other side, looking at Zero who was approaching him, Shinji Ogawa stood and asked.

"You're asking me? I'm just offering my respect to a warrior as tenacious as you. Just as a stubborn disease should be eradicated as soon as possible, I will ensure that you will never be a threat to me again. That's what I always do."

Lingyi said this, and then raised the Flash Blade in her hand.

P.S. Goodnight.

Chapter Sixty-One Rampage

Pain was felt in various nerves throughout the body.

My thoughts are fragmented and I can't clear my head.

A strong sense of dizziness, as if I had been thrown into a washing machine, echoed in my mind.

What's wrong with me?

A question arose in my mind.

I was defeated because I was too weak.

The answer was in my heart.

"Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer!" "Help! Someone, please help me!"

[I heard an unfamiliar voice calling for help.]

"I'm an official, everyone, calm down." "There's no noise in that direction, it's safe. Everyone, leave from there in an orderly fashion!"

[I heard familiar voices calling for rescue.]

Boom—Boom—

The sounds of battle, the earth cracking open, pierced the air from afar.

"Tachibana-san, stand up and run away! I'll hold her off, uh-"

I caught a faint, weak voice of encouragement from nearby.

[...

I understand completely now.

[What happened during the moonlit night? / Ripples - Weeping Umbrella Spirit {Sizzling Wine? Chess? Umbrella? What did she do to settle things privately?}

A fire of anger ignited within him, and a destructive desire surged ever higher.

Why destroy our ordinary daily lives? Why do something so tragic?

Unforgivable, unforgivable.

Those who destroy all of this with struggle, those who destroy the ordinary days of life.

[They must be destroyed. The culprits who caused all this cannot be tolerated in the world, not even for a moment.]

"Ah—ah—you bastard!!"

Rising from the construction debris, Tachibana Hibiki roared loudly at the sky, and intense energy soared into the sky with her roar, forming a pillar of light that almost pierced through the heavens.

Then, her already furious gaze locked onto Rei, who was looking at her with surprise, and Ogawa Shinji, who was kneeling on the ground clutching one arm.

"Unforgivable!"

Without a moment's hesitation, without a moment's pause.

With multiple red dots gleaming in her eyes, Tachibana Hibiki, after regaining her senses, used speed and power far exceeding her previous strength to rush between Rei and Ogawa Shinji in an instant, throwing a powerful punch straight at Rei.

"Tachibana, what's wrong with you... no, wait, this is... a berserk state!?"

Despite his severe injuries, Ogawa Shinji was initially surprised by Tachibana Hibiki's immense power, but then he noticed her obviously abnormal state and understood what had happened.

砰-

Fist clashed with blade, producing a metallic clang. Tachibana Hibiki's all-out punch was steadily caught by Rei's dagger held horizontally in front of her.

"Going berserk? Things are getting complicated at this time."

Despite successfully blocking Hibiki Tachibana's attack, Zero's expression visibly turned ugly as she observed the situation in her field of vision.

"It's all because of you, it's all because of you!"

Realizing that her attack had been caught, Tachibana Hibiki roared angrily at Rei.

The next moment, her other fist also attacked Lingyi with tremendous force and without any pattern.

"This is really..."

With a grim expression, Lingyi turned and shifted the direction of her flash blade, diverting Tachibana Hibiki's attack to her side. She then leaped out of the combat zone, creating a distance of more than ten meters between herself and Tachibana Hibiki.

"So, I hate surprises. Sigh, it seems I won't be able to achieve the main objective this time."

After creating some distance, Rei noticed the situation in her field of vision and Hibiki Tachibana's condition, and sighed with a mixture of surprise and helplessness.

Hibiki Tachibana's outburst at this moment, and the energy she unleashed during that outburst, caused several of her plans to spiral out of control in many ways.

"In that case, we can only consider the secondary objective for now. We can talk about the primary objective when the opportunity arises."

Lingyi raised her hand and rubbed her forehead to ease her bad mood, and then she had another plan in mind.

The water-dead ball "Weeping 4 Ba'IV" roar

Maintaining her lock on Zero, the berserk Hibiki Tachibana stomped the ground, raised her fist, and charged toward the platinum-colored figure reflected in her eyes, quickly engaging in a fierce battle with the figure.

"Tachibana..."

Shinji Ogawa looked at Hibiki Tachibana with concern, noticing that something was wrong with her. Great power often comes with a price, and he wondered what kind of price Hibiki had paid for obtaining such great power.

"His power has roughly doubled, he has developed a strong destructive urge, and his thinking has been greatly affected. Then there are various physical indicators... Relic waveform analysis..."

While enduring Hibiki Tachibana's attacks, Zero, using the airspace system on his body, began to analyze Hibiki's physical condition.

She has only temporarily abandoned her main objective and has no intention of abandoning her mission. If Tachibana Hibiki suffers any health problems due to her rampage, or even if it affects her life, it will seriously affect her mission.

"Disrupting the ordinary daily life and endangering everyone's lives."

As if venting her anger, Hibiki Tachibana clenched her fists and slammed them down heavily on Rei.

"Are you kidding me? It's just a tiny fragment of a relic. After fusing with a human body, it can not only unleash such great power, but its power is also increasing as the fusion progresses."

Dodging the violent attack, and looking at the concrete ground shattered by it, Zero gained a new understanding of the potential within the relic.

"Now I understand why she wanted to study your body. This kind of power, if you could control it, would be truly tempting."

Lingyi sighed, and before Tachibana Hibiki could launch her next attack, she kicked him from behind, breaking his balance and causing him to fall. She then pressed forward and pinned Tachibana Hibiki to the ground with a standard pinning stance.

"Uh-"

"Alright, although you have indeed become much stronger, this level is not enough."

Although Hibiki Tachibana's power increased after her rampage, for Rei, it was merely a change from a helpless child to an adult with some ability to resist.

Furthermore, because the attack had lost its structure and was reduced to mere instinctive resistance, Zero was still able to suppress the attacker without expending too much effort, thanks to her superior fighting skills.

"Tachibana!"

Seeing Tachibana Hibiki's defeat, Ogawa Shinji realized what was happening and wanted to take action to help her break free.

“I haven’t forgotten you, Shinji Ogawa.”

Rei, who was suppressing Tachibana Hibiki, said that at the same time, seven or eight teleportation portals opened in the air, centered on Ogawa Shinji, and several types of Sky Blade Machines that had appeared before emerged from them.

With the target changed, the weapons that were originally intended for use on the return trip no longer need to be conserved.

P.S. Good afternoon.

Chapter Sixty-Two Gathering

After using the multi-tasking sword to keep Ogawa Shinji occupied, Rei placed the flash sword against Tachibana Hibiki's back and began to focus on collecting data from her body.

"%￥#@…"

Of course, at this point, Hibiki Tachibana would not give up easily. With her language function damaged, her growing strength was like a fish jumping around on a chopping board.

Crunch crunch -

At this moment, perhaps because the energy within her body could not be released for a long time, Hibiki Tachibana, who was pinned to the ground, suddenly experienced a surge in strength.

Then, using this increased strength, she forcefully pressed her arm down to the ground.

"Um?"

Rei, who was focused on analyzing Hibiki Tachibana's physical condition, noticed Hibiki's actions and immediately understood her plan.

&&……%￥…

With an unintelligible roar, Tachibana Hibiki violently plunged her arm into the hard concrete, twisting her body violently to break free from Rei's restraints and sending her fist upwards towards Rei.

bang-

The black and red blade blocked the yellow and white armor. Rei, who had noticed Tachibana Hibiki's movements, blocked the attack. The black and red blade trembled slightly, but it was ultimately not broken through by Tachibana Hibiki's heavy punch.

"The rate at which this power is growing is truly terrifying."

Zero thought, bracing herself against the fist of the rampaging Tachibana Hibiki.

It's important to understand that what's inside the other person's body is just a fragment of a holy relic. Regardless of the reason, it's terrifying that it has grown to this level.

"However, it's time for this game to end."

Lingyi said that at the same time, on the screen in her right eye, something that looked like a progress bar came to an end.

"Analysis complete. Phew, now I roughly understand how to suppress this rampage in the early stages of fusion."

With a casual flick of her knife, she deflected Hibiki Tachibana's fist, and with a light leap, she broke free from the entanglement with Hibiki. At the same time, thick smoke, as usual, burst forth behind her, temporarily obscuring Hibiki's vision.

"*&………￥%"

With her vision obscured by the smoke, Hibiki Tachibana frantically waved her fists, trying to find Rei's location, unaware that a portal of light had already opened behind her.

"Next, load the parsed data into the Black Widow Anchor and design a new suppression waveform. Hmm, okay, loading complete. Now, stop, Hibiki Tachibana."

Zero's voice rang out from in front of Tachibana Hibiki. Immediately afterward, Tachibana Hibiki, whose attention was drawn to the voice, was tightly entangled by the black grappling hook that shot out from the portal behind her.

“*&%%￥#…”

Hibiki Tachibana tried to break free, but as energy of a specific waveform burst forth from the anchor, focusing on her entire body, especially her chest, the scarlet light in her eyes melted away like spring snow, and reason returned to her mind.

thump-

Not long after, under the not-so-stable air currents of the spring night, the smoke that Rei had just released was quickly blown away, leaving only Tachibana Hibiki lying on the ground, tightly entangled by the anchor, and Rei standing beside her.

"Now that's settled, it really took a lot of effort... Hmm?"

Just as "Zero" was talking to herself, a violent cracking sound suddenly erupted, and the highway, which had already been ravaged by the battle between Tachibana Hibiki and Zero, instantly turned into construction debris that could make the road administration's blood pressure soar.

"That was so dangerous! Luckily, I dodged it."

"Lingyi" said with lingering fear. In that instant, her body had moved more than ten meters away, dodging the heavy blow.

"...Give up, you can't take Tachibana Hibiki away anymore."

In the center of the ruins, Kazanari Genjuro assumed a fighting stance in front of "Zero."

“That won’t do. Since I’ve already received the payment, I have to fulfill their request. That’s one of my principles. Besides, although Mr. Fengming, you are indeed superior to me in close combat, but…”