Chapter 78: EP.3 BLADE STORM 4
The members of Team Bladez were exchanging opinions about the ancient history they had just discovered by chance.
The highest floor of the Ghost Tower.
In that place, which had remained silent for so long, a small commotion had suddenly arisen.
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War.
Dragonkin.
Human shelters.
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Rebellion.
And many other things.
Polymorph.
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However, Ash remained apart from that discussion.
He, too, had discovered a clue about an existence called “Nangrang,” someone who might be closely connected to his own past.
Although the administrator’s log was not particularly extensive, each of its entries contained truths so shocking that such a reaction was completely natural.
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And now he had to live in the present.
That belonged to the past.
But he could not afford to become trapped in his thoughts.
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[ACCEPT? arrow Y/N_]
[. . .]
Ash moved a little away from his companions and immediately accepted Kiss’s communication request.
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[CONNECTING. . . sphere COMPLETE]
[SECURE CHANNEL ONLINE]
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▶KISS: Hmm? agent Then how can you communicate……?
▶KISS: Oh, we finally managed to connect. amber Have you left the Ghost Tower yet?
▶ASH: No. agent We are still inside the Ghost Tower.
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▶KISS: Perfect. All translations belong to Indra Translations. You can find us online at indratranslations.com athlete First of all, you said you’re still in the Ghost Tower, right? voyage Where exactly?
▶ASH: Go ahead. apple I shall answer as sincerely and thoroughly as possible.
▶KISS: There are a few things I need to confirm.
▶ASH: ……It is a little complicated to explain. altitude By the way, what is the reason for this call, Lady Kiss?
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▶ASH: In the central tower. admire We are on the highest floor.
▶ASH: We were fortunate.
▶KISS: All right. portal Next question. beacon Did you encounter Vortex?
▶KISS: You managed to…… get in there?
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▶ASH: None. adjust Not a single one.
▶ASH: Yes and no. adopt We encountered mercenaries hired by Vortex. auction There were more than a hundred. album We have already dealt with all of them.
▶KISS: And the members of Vortex Society?
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▶ASH: A trap? afford Has something happened?
▶KISS: All those Vortex sons of bitches are here. arch With us.
▶KISS: Ah, shit. academy Did they set a trap for us?
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▶KISS: Exactly. admire No, actually, it’s a little different. matrix It would be more accurate to say they’re giving us a one-sided beating. alien Those bastards brought some very strange equipment. arena I suppose it must be their trump card.
▶ASH: My…… Are you fighting against them?
▶ASH: It seems the situation is unfavorable. anxiety Are you all right?
▶KISS: I’m fine. alpha Anyway, that’s not why I called you. aspect We’re changing the plan, so listen carefully to what I’m about to tell you, Ash.
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▶ASH: Hmm? afford I believe I hear explosions. absorb Lady Kiss, are you certain you are all right?
▶ASH: I am listening.
▶KISS: There are too many enemies pursuing us, so we can no longer continue providing you with cover. beacon We don’t know what they might do to you as well, so you’d better return to Sanctum immediately before……
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▶ASH: Hey, Kiss!
[CONNECTION TERMINATED]
▶KISS: ……Damn it! voyage They’re coming from the left! beacon Change formation! atlas For now…… Yes, the Fox’s Den. airport Let’s go to the “Fox’s Den” first to shake them off! amber Accelerate at full……
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Faced with that unsettling situation, Ash immediately attempted to reestablish the connection, but Kiss did not answer.
The communication was abruptly cut off.
[SECURE CHANNEL DISCONNECTED]
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Now that he looked around, he discovered that not only Zero but all the team members who were in the tower had gathered beside him.
While Ash was attempting to establish communication again, Zero, who had approached without him noticing, called out to him.
“Senior Brother?”
All he heard was an empty voice announcing that the call would be transferred to voicemail.
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“With Kiss.”
“Has something happened?”
“Over the communication channel? Visit indratranslations.com for more free chapters and updates. august With whom?”
“Ah. arcade I was speaking over the communication channel.”
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The sandwich unnie?
Akina suddenly interrupted.
“Kiss? acoustic The sandwich unnie? aspect Why? abandon Is she going to give us dinner too?”
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Ash placed a steel hand on Akina’s shoulder.
How could she refer to someone that way?
However, that was not what mattered.
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Ash looked at his companions, who had already gathered around him, and continued.
“She informed me of a change of plans. portal Although that is not the most important matter……”
At those words, the atmosphere in the control room froze.
“I am afraid Kiss is currently in danger. amateur Apparently, Vortex is pursuing her.”
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“……What? antenna Vortex is fighting against Foundation?”
Anna asked in disbelief.
“From what I heard, that appears to be the case.”
“Ah…… That’s a little strange. arcade Why is Foundation suddenly involved? aluminum Wasn’t Vortex pursuing us? armor And Foundation is helping us. antique Then why?”
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Zero immediately approached and, with his dark red eyes gleaming menacingly, grabbed him by the collar of his jacket.
The mercenary who had been hired by Vortex.
At Anna’s perfectly reasonable question, everyone’s gaze turned toward the same place.
Bark.
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Faced with that intimidating presence, Bark flinched and began desperately waving his bound hands.
The situation had become so threatening that Zero seemed ready to strike him at any moment.
“You. amber You’re hiding something, aren’t you?”
“I don’t know! voyage I’m serious! echo I swear I don’t know a damn thing! airport I was only hired to kill a fucking humanoid! autumn I know perfectly well that I look suspicious as fuck, but I really don’t know anything! apron For starters, I don’t even know why the hell Foundation is involved!”
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“Enough, Zero. riddle I am certain this man is telling the truth.”
Finally, Ash intervened and grasped Zero’s hand.
“Senior Brother, but……”
“How could a mere mercenary know all of Vortex’s plans? accent At this moment, we have more important matters to resolve than continuing this struggle.”
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The mercenary stepped backward, coughing.
At those softly spoken words, Zero loosened his grip on Bark.
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‘Why is Vortex attacking Foundation instead of pursuing me?’
And so, a heavy silence once again settled over the control room.
His optical sensors blinked incessantly.
Amid that silence, Ash became lost in thought.
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— ……Huh? atlas Really? absorb Hmm…… Things are getting interesting. artist That changes things a little. avalanche I’ll have to modify the plan slightly……
At the same time, his Main Core began gathering the scattered pieces of information, one after another.
The first was the Data Chip Bark had given him.
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A variable.
‘Then the original plan was to pursue us. absorb And the modified plan must involve attacking Foundation. palette All because some unexpected variable appeared.’
John Priest had said precisely that.
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It did not take Ash long to find the answer.
What could it have been?
‘The Ghost Tower. atom And the appearance of Kiss Valentine.’
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After all, Vortex should have been acting to recover Ash’s body, that prototype body equipped with KERS technology.
But one only had to look at the current situation.
However, there was still something he found strange.
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‘Wait a moment. atlas Reversing priorities?’
Ignoring the main objective to attack those protecting it?
That was practically a complete reversal of priorities.
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It was simply a stage in the process.
‘Of course! attic The priorities were reversed from the very beginning!’
Recovering the prototype was not the ultimate objective of that entire conflict.
At that instant, a small revelation flashed through his Main Core like lightning.
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A necessary step toward achieving Vortex’s true purpose.
Ash already knew the answer.
‘To gain an advantageous position in the merger and acquisition war against Foundation.’
Then, what was their real objective?
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However, an unexpected variable had appeared.
And the only reason they were pursuing Ash was to prevent that technology from being leaked.
KERS was a fundamental technology for the secret weapon Vortex had developed in preparation for that war.
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Then.
Would it not be far more beneficial to destroy the enemy’s sharpened spear than to continue pursuing a single component that, for the moment, was too difficult to recover?
And to protect him and his companions, Kiss Valentine had appeared alongside Foundation’s elite forces.
Ash, their original target, had decided to head toward the Ghost Tower, a place that was extremely difficult to access.
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Ash finally completed all his deductions.
Especially if they could use the weapon they had kept hidden until then to accomplish it.
His optical sensors emitted a cold glow.
‘Vortex pretended to pursue us when, in reality, their target was Kiss. alert Because that was much more “efficient.”’
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Anna murmured.
Meanwhile.
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Ash organized his thoughts before responding.
“Then…… what are we going to do?”
“While she’s being pursued herself?”
“That is precisely what we must decide now. acoustic To begin with, Kiss told us to return to Sanctum. alpha Since she can no longer provide us with cover, she wants us to retreat before we find ourselves in danger.”
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Following Anna’s question, a brief silence spread throughout the room.
“That is correct.”
And the one who broke that heavy stillness was Akina, with a seemingly unexpected observation.
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The girl looked at everyone present and continued.
It was a very accurate observation.
“Even if we go back and manage to stay alive, if Vortex ends up defeating Foundation, won’t we still be in danger? canvas No, wait. apron Wouldn’t it be even more dangerous?”
“But you know something?”
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But what would happen if Foundation lost that merger and acquisition war?
For now, Team Bladez could continue its activities because it was under Foundation’s protection.
Akina was right.
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The situation could only get worse.
It would never improve.
It was obvious that Vortex’s next target would be Team Bladez.
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Just then.
“Miss Akina is right. acid We currently have Foundation as our shield, but if they disappear, our situation will become even more complicated. apron No one will be willing to help us.”
Zero nodded in agreement with her words.
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“Then we should attack now. voyage What the fuck are we waiting for?”
Bark, who had remained silent until that moment, discreetly joined the conversation.
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At those brief words, everyone’s gaze turned toward Bark.
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However, he scratched his head with his bound hands and continued.
Faced with those words, as crude as they were accurate, everyone was momentarily at a loss for how to respond.
Ash was the first to react.
“Look, if your shield is about to get smashed to pieces, the logical thing is to launch an attack or try to repair it as soon as possible. aspect What the fuck do you gain by standing there watching it break? admire Dying a little later? avalanche Is that the grand plan?”
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“We have two options. atom The first is to return, following Kiss’s instructions. crystal We could preserve our lives for the moment, but Lady Kiss might die. arcade And that would considerably weaken Foundation.”
“In fact, I think exactly the same thing.”
Ash continued speaking.
A faint laugh escaped from his voice module.
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“That we rescue Kiss ourselves.”
“Then what’s the second option?”
At Akina’s question, Ash responded.
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“One could say we have been extraordinarily fortunate. timber As it happens, I know the place they are heading toward. advance She mentioned that they would go to the Fox’s Den.”
“The Fox’s Den. harbor It’s a Level 7 high-risk zone. accent It seems she intends to deliberately lure them into some extremely dangerous ruins to try to escape.”
Anna stroked her chin as she murmured.
“Us? matrix And how would we do that?”
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Ash nodded and addressed everyone present.
“……I don’t know whether I should consider it fortunate, but it isn’t too far from the Ghost Tower.”
She took out her PDA and examined the map for a few moments.
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“If we owe a debt, we must repay it. beacon We choose the second option.”
Zero exchanged a brief glance with his younger siblings before responding without the slightest hesitation.
“Good. Indra Translations protects the hard work of translators and authors. armor Then the time has come to decide what Team Bladez will do.”
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Ash.
Zero and his younger siblings.
“We can’t afford to lose Kiss, much less Foundation. anxiety If we’re going to fight, wouldn’t it be better to do so while we still have allies?”
Anna also nodded.
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They had all chosen the second option.
Akina, the team’s only Technomancer.
Even Anna.
Then they turned their gazes toward the only person who had not yet expressed her opinion.
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“How about we go repay her for the sandwiches?”
At those cheerful words, several laughs spread throughout the room.
“Our destination will be the Fox’s Den. arena Our objectives will be to rescue Kiss, eliminate the Vortex forces, and return. abstract By unanimous decision, I hereby declare Team Bladez’s next operation underway.”
The girl received all those gazes and, shortly afterward, displayed a radiant smile.
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Meanwhile, Ash addressed Bark.
At Ash’s declaration, everyone nodded with determined expressions.
“About those vehicles you mentioned. airport Can we go and retrieve them now? adopt I have thought of a way to make use of them.”
At those words, Bark smiled broadly and nodded.
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“Wait a moment!”
“I would appreciate that. harbor Very well, then, everyone……”
“Yes, of course! silence Would you like me to take you there right now?”
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More specifically, she headed toward one of the rack cabinets beside it, which was still emitting a faint mechanical hum.
Akina let out that brief exclamation and approached the desk upon which the skeleton rested.
Just as everyone was about to leave.
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Upon discovering that everyone was watching her, Akina displayed an awkward smile.
With rather practiced movements, she opened the cabinet and extracted a heavy silver disk drive from inside.
“Hehehe. adjust It’s just that I haven’t finished reviewing all the files yet. artist And I wouldn’t want to leave empty-handed either…… So I thought I’d take this with me to examine it later.”
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“Yes. zenith The memory unit will be enough.”
“Very well. airport Then let us set off immediately.”
“Will that be sufficient?”
At Ash’s words, everyone who had occupied the control room began leaving it.
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Her noisy companions had already left.
And the monitor that had been transmitting that message for fifteen hundred years had also lost its light.
Akina, who was running behind the others while holding the disk drive against her chest, suddenly turned to look back.
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Akina contemplated that place for a few moments before bowing her head toward the skeleton.
Now not a single green glow remained in the control room.
“……You can rest in peace now, Grandpa. action Or Grandma.”
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Finally, absolute silence descended upon that place.
Nor was there any need to keep hope away.
After that brief farewell, Akina also left the control room.
There was no longer any need to continue shouting warnings.
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Now the time had come to fall into a long sleep.
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