Sky Striker Princess, but the swan song of Valkyrie.

As for the others, I vaguely remember someone wanting to mention them to me, but after learning that they were useless information unrelated to how to defeat Zero, I brushed them off with the excuse that I still needed to train and rest.

"...I'm sorry, Hinata, it's probably because I didn't bother to understand Rei's past consciousness at all, I really can't remember anything related to it."

After thinking for a long time, Kazami gave up on finding any related memories in her daily routine, which consisted only of training, eating, fighting, working, and sleeping.

“Miss Tsubasa… Hmph, alright, since you really don’t understand at all, does that mean I should start explaining from the very beginning?”

Seeing that Kazanari Tsubasa truly knew nothing, Kohinata Mirai gained a slightly deeper understanding of Kazanari Tsubasa, while her expression showed a hint of helplessness.

"Perhaps, we really should."

Listening to Kohinata Mirai's words, Kazanari Tsubasa felt slightly embarrassed. The surprise on her face from the somewhat shocking truth was replaced by embarrassment.

Ah, I should take some time later to check what records my uncle keeps. Otherwise, if this happens again, I might be too focused on the battle and not pay enough attention to other aspects.

Feng Mingyi thought to himself.

Despite being a key ace in Section Two, she was less informed about certain information than an outsider who was learning about Section Two for the first time, a fact that made her feel genuinely ashamed.

"Is that so? Okay then, let me think about where to begin..."

Seeing the troubled look on the person in front of her, Kohinata Mirai had no choice but to temporarily immerse herself in her memories in order to find the memories buried by time.

As reflection unfolds, the wheel of time turns backward in memory. With the permeation of thought, the information clusters constructed from past impressions rise from the depths of the heart like soap bubbles, and are then strung together by lines called logic to form a complete reproduction existing in words.

......

It was a similar dusk to now. I was still in elementary school then, and as usual, I was walking home with my friend, Hibiki Tachibana, after school.

"Cough cough, I'm so unwilling to accept this. I even begged my mom to take us to karaoke, but when we got there my throat hurt, cough cough."

The girl, still quite young with flaxen hair, was wearing a white mask and coughing painfully as she spoke.

At this moment, Hibiki Tachibana was very sad. She had finally managed to persuade her mother to take her and Mirai to sing karaoke, a song she had been looking forward to for so long.

However, when it came time to go to karaoke, she caught a cold because she was too excited to sleep well the night before. Even though she managed to stay awake until the karaoke session, she was unable to sing a duet with Wei Lai because of her hoarse voice.

As a result, despite initiating the event, she could only watch helplessly as her friends and mother sang, which was extremely painful.

"Say less, Hibiki. Take good care of yourself. If it doesn't happen this time, there will be next time. We'll have plenty of opportunities to go together again."

The young Hinata Mirai offered this comfort to her friend.

She could understand Tachibana Hibiki's pain. After all, Tachibana Hibiki was no longer as energetic as usual. Her throat was hoarse, she looked sickly, and she was visibly weak.

"Yes, we must go together next time. I promise I won't catch a cold like I did yesterday then."

Hibiki Tachibana clenched her fist and looked at Mirai Kohinata with a determined gaze.

"Okay, I'll definitely do it next time. Also, Hibiki, remember to take care of yourself and don't eat too much ice cream like you used to."

Kohinata Mirai said this with a gentle smile on her face.

"Ah, almost home. See you tomorrow, Future."

"Okay, see you tomorrow."

Soon, as time passed, the two, who were walking home from school together as usual, parted ways temporarily in a familiar place, just like always.

This was a beautiful and peaceful daily life. At the time, Kohinata Mirai did not realize how precious this daily life was, and always believed that this kind of life would continue smoothly.

Until that incident happened.

I hope Xiang's cold will get better by tomorrow. Honestly, even if you're healthy, you still need to learn to take care of yourself.

After parting ways with Hibiki Tachibana, Mirai Kohinata walked home on her familiar route, just like any other day.

Tu Tu Tu

Just then, the sound of a vehicle driving suddenly came from behind him.

[The sound of a vehicle, is a car coming? I need to pull over to the side of the road... Ah!?]

Just as Kohinata Mirai was about to pull over to the side of the road to let someone pass, as she usually did, the car she heard suddenly stopped right next to her.

"What's wrong... Ahh, ugh!!!"

Then, before she could react, a stranger opened the car door, covered her mouth and nose, and forcibly pulled her into the car.

Without a doubt, this was a premeditated kidnapping, the reason for which is unknown. But now that the kidnapping has already occurred, finding out the reason is meaningless to the kidnapped.

Why is that...?

Kohinata Mirai couldn't understand why it had to be her, why she had to suffer such an undeserved misfortune.

"Open the door, open the door, we've got today's 'goods'."

The sound of a car starting and then stopping was heard by Kohinata Mirai.

"Hey kid, hurry up and don't waste my time!"

The car door was opened, and a stranger roughly dragged her out of the car.

恍当

After descending a rather long flight of stairs, we were led into a space where all the windows were welded shut.

The first impression she got of the environment was the bustling noise, the dirty and messy floors and walls that hadn't been cleaned in a long time, and the slightly stuffy atmosphere caused by the crowd.

Are these other people also arrested?

In the basement, Kohinata Mirai saw a girl who had the same experience as her and seemed to have been captured for some time.

"You bunch of brats, stay put, or don't blame me if you end up missing limbs."

They were threatened like this by a man with a fierce expression.

"Wow wow wow..."

I heard the sound of a child who seemed to be about my age crying.

Snapped!

I witnessed the scene of being beaten and having the mute button pressed.

Why is this happening?

As time passed, Kohinata Mirai gradually came to her senses, and fear and anxiety gradually took over her mind.

What will I be treated like? Will I be sold to some squalid place? Or will it be even worse? Will I die?

Such thoughts and fears permeated everything Kohinata Mirai thought at that time.

Then, time began to flow.

The management was completely enclosed, like a prison, with a harsh sleeping environment where there were no beds, almost no ventilation because the windows were welded shut, and compressed food that only guaranteed energy supply.

This is what Kohinata Mirai remembers as she lived in that environment with about a dozen other like-minded companions.

"Where are we going to send these guys next?"

"Who knows? I heard they're going to be sent to some war zone as recruits."

"Ha, what use is a little girl like this?"

"This is the buyer's (5) request, and I don't know why that guy would make such a strange request."

But even this alone would have been bearable. However, what accompanied this tense atmosphere was the despair she learned from their guards that, without a miracle, their future was destined to be hopeless.

What will happen to me?

Along with this fear, Kohinata Mirai forgot how much time had passed. The absence of natural light had long since shattered her biological clock, making her unable to distinguish between day and night.

How much time has passed? Three days, a week, or a month? Are Mom and Dad worried about me? What should I do?

Thoughts like these kept growing in my mind at the time... until another milestone arrived.

"Another one arrived. Hey, when are we finally going to get rid of these noisy brats? I'm going to have a nervous breakdown from watching these bastards every day."

As usual, people who had experienced the same thing were brought in, and after the terrified child was thrown in, the guards began to talk to the person who brought him in.

"Who knows? Last week, the higher-ups wanted to find someone to deliver the goods, but they didn't see anyone come to pick them up for half a day. The day before yesterday, they sent people to find the buyers, but the first batch disappeared for some reason."

"He's disappeared. Could it be that the buyer didn't want to pay and killed him?"

"How could that be? Let me tell you, yesterday the higher-ups sent two more people to check the situation, and do you know what happened there?"

"What happened? Did the cops raid your place?"

"Even more bizarre is that the place has become ruins, and it's said to look just like what you see in movies, like it's been torn apart by a giant beast."

"Ha, people who look at things have watched too many movies. What kind of beast can break concrete? Even dinosaurs couldn't do that."

"That's right, haha. Anyway, the higher-ups are discussing how to resolve this, and they'll try to find a new 'buyer.' In any case, it's unlikely that they'll be stuck with this batch of goods."

"That means these brats will be able to leave in a few days. That's great! I've had enough of these guys."

Such conversations, interspersed with some words that Kohinata Mirai couldn't understand, reached her ears in the room as if it were an everyday occurrence, making her realize the fact that the long-overdue misfortune was about to befall her.

"Ugh, kid, how can there be a kid in a place like this?! Ugh!!"

"Ya Lu, Caesar? Ahhh!"

Then, this thought was interrupted by two loud screams that rang out one after the other.

What happened?

Exhausted and lacking energy, Kohinata Mirai wanted to see what had happened.

"No, it's not a kid, it's a monster, a monster... don't come near me!" "I'm sorry, I was wrong, please let me go." "I'll fight you to the death!"

After a series of screams, more screams followed, some familiar and some unfamiliar, one after another, one after another.

Finally, after the sound of a body falling, all fell silent.

Thud, thud -

The sound of something breaking the door lock rang out, and then a strand of platinum blonde hair peeked out from behind the door.

Someone is coming.

Kohinata Mirai realized this.

Then, as the door that had been blocking their freedom was opened, a girl who looked to be about their age, with long platinum blonde hair and emerald green eyes, and a white eyepatch over her left eye, appeared before them.

"Yes, found it, this is the place."

After the girl entered, she first straightened her body, patted her clothes, and then looked around the room as if confirming something.

"Okay, everyone's here. Hello, my name is Lingyi."

"Well, how should I put it? You can think of me as a magical girl or a Kamen Rider superhero, or you can think of me as an agent or a police officer or other official person."

"In short, trust me, you can trust me. I'm here to help you get home. I hope you can cooperate with me as much as possible."

"If you cooperate with me, I promise I can take you home."

After confirming, the girl with platinum blonde hair made no unnecessary movements. With a confident and cheerful smile, she introduced herself directly and firmly to everyone in the room, including Kohinata Mirai.

P.S. Goodnight.

Chapter 114 Continues to Recount Past Images

【well?】

When the girl who called herself Zero said these words, Kohinata Mirai was not able to react immediately.

She considered the possible ways she could be rescued: perhaps through the chaos of a gang fight, or perhaps through a police raid to rescue them.

However, she never imagined that she would be saved by a girl who looked to be about the same age as them.

Gili gulu

A commotion arose from the crowd; clearly, many others shared similar thoughts with Kohinata Mirai.

Ultimately, most of the people here are children who are not very old, so it is a little difficult to expect them to understand the situation and cooperate quietly like adults.

"Ah, so it turns out that words alone can't quickly build trust."

Looking at the current situation, Lingyi seemed to have anticipated it, but still felt it was very troublesome.

"We can only cheat a little bit and turn the power down as much as possible. That way, it shouldn't have too much of an impact on their minds."

As Lingyi spoke, she took the black and red blade from her waist, held it horizontally in front of her chest, and placed the fingers of her other hand to her lips.

"Shh, quiet, listen to me. Please believe me, I will get you out of here. Please cooperate, okay?" 59

The words, seemingly possessing a magical power, instantly permeated Kohinata Mirai's heart, and her mind calmed down involuntarily.