Chapter 55: EP.2 Sea of Corpses and Blood 9
“This never ends!”
Siren shouted as she swung her sword.
Restraining an opponent without hurting them was quite a difficult task.
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“Damn it!”
Shards of glass flew in every direction, and one of them scratched the woman’s cheek.
However, instead of cutting her opponent’s flesh, the blade merely struck the liquor bottle the woman held in her hands.
But the woman with the vacant gaze continued staggering forward, as though she could not even feel pain.
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Zero and his younger brothers and sisters were not faring any better.
It was a battle several times more complicated than simply swinging their swords and cutting down everything in front of them.
Since none of them was accustomed to fighting that way, those women proved to be much more difficult opponents to handle than the mercenaries on the main stage or the organization members they had encountered in the staff corridor.
They used their own bodies to partially block the women slowly approaching them, trying to push them back or knock them down without injuring them.
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Then he turned his gaze toward the far end of the VIP area, where Ash had disappeared.
Zero struck a woman lunging at him with the blunt side of his sword, knocking her unconscious.
‘This is more difficult than I imagined.’
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It was precisely then.
“……Huh?”
However, that endless human wall was gradually beginning to erode his confidence.
He had no doubt that Ash would manage to put an end to all this.
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The women who had been staggering forward stopped simultaneously.
Then, as though they had all suddenly suffered an unbearable headache, they clutched their heads at the same time.
“Ugh…… Ah……!”
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“AAAAAH!”
Groans of agony filled the entire VIP area.
All of them.
And shortly afterward, like puppets whose strings had just been cut, they collapsed helplessly.
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Without exception, and at the same time.
“It looks like Lord Ash succeeded!”
Faced with that scene, as strange as it was expected, Siren and Zero involuntarily looked at each other.
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The other three Ninjas silently followed them.
The two quickly exchanged a few words and broke into a run among the fallen women, heading toward the Room of Contemplation.
At Siren’s delighted exclamation, Zero replied.
“Then let’s go find him!”
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Since there was no longer anyone blocking their path, they soon reached their destination.
They passed through the golden door, which had been crumpled like a sheet of paper, and finally entered the Room of Contemplation.
There they found Aria, severely damaged and unconscious, and an old man who had also lost consciousness.
“It looks like it’s over there, doesn’t it?”
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“Lord Ash.”
And in front of them, a humanoid who stood motionless, lost in thought.
Ash.
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At Zero’s voice, Ash turned his head.
“……You have arrived. timber What happened to the people you were restraining?”
His optical sensors blinked.
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“That is correct.”
“Excellent! alert Then it’s all over!”
“They’ve all been neutralized. arch I suppose the signal amplifier was here, correct?”
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Ash raised his head and gazed at the countless monitors.
“For some reason, I have a bad feeling.”
“I would like to believe that as well, but……”
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At that moment, Siren, who had been looking around, murmured in confusion.
“Huh? atom What do you mean……?”
“That spiral-shaped symbol……”
Her black pupils trembled slightly.
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Ash responded to that murmur.
“It seems my eyes were not deceiving me.”
“Doesn’t it belong to Vortex Energy?”
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A gigantic corporation that supplied most of Sanctum’s electricity.
Vortex Energy.
It could be said that it was a company that literally controlled the veins of Sanctum.
Without its authorization, practically none of the city’s lights or systems could function.
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Why had the spiral-shaped symbol representing that corporation appeared at the headquarters of Memoryphilia, a criminal organization from the miserable back alleys of Underland?
Ash raised his head and gazed at the countless swirling symbols still filling the screens.
Its enormous influence had allowed it to attain a rather peculiar position, to the point that not even the three great corporations known as the Trinity could act recklessly against it.
But then, why?
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At the same time, he activated his Main Core and began gathering the important clues that had until then remained scattered like disconnected fragments.
For example, the incomprehensible confidence Master had displayed.
Now that he thought about it, quite a few things were strange.
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And when Ash finally reached the Room of Contemplation, he had also tried to delay him with a completely unnecessary speech.
He had used mercenaries, members of his organization, and even women who had lost their memories as shields.
Moreover, he had tried to buy time.
Before being tortured, that old man had shown truly bewildering confidence.
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From what Ash had been able to determine, Master, that old man who still lay unconscious, was not someone who possessed such courage.
‘Wait a moment. anxiety Risk his own life?’
However, he had preferred to buy time even at the risk of his own life.
It would have been much better to use that time to escape.
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An even more terrifying enemy.
Then, if he had decided to buy time instead of escaping.
‘No. apron What if he actually couldn’t escape?’
Ash’s optical sensors suddenly flashed.
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What if that fear was what prevented him from fleeing?
What if there was someone who inspired far greater fear than Ash and his companions, who had been laying waste to Club Inferno?
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The fragments of his thoughts, which until then had been spinning chaotically like the Vortex symbol, gradually began fitting together.
However, when he reached that conclusion, another question arose.
‘Could Memoryphilia be a subcontractor of Vortex?’
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Why would a Megacorp like Vortex need to collaborate with a gang from Underland?
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At that instant, Ash remembered something Santa had told him some time ago.
‘After all, they even have their own independent Society……’
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DREAMWEAVER was a technology capable of modifying human memories at will and turning people into obedient puppets.
— Vortex Energy operates the same way. atomic Its fundamental value is “efficiency.” antique They consider emotions and desires to be inefficient elements, so they rigorously eliminate them.
Without a doubt, it should also be possible to use it to eliminate emotions and desires.
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Ash’s optical sensors shone intensely.
Wasn’t that a coincidence far too convenient to be accidental?
The relationship between efficiency and DREAMWEAVER.
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‘……What if it isn’t a subcontractor, but a laboratory? avalanche A laboratory hidden in Underland to conduct experiments on human beings, just like Omni-Cell did!’
Just at that moment, the old man who could confirm that hypothesis regained consciousness.
Of course, all of that was nothing more than Ash’s hypothesis.
“Ughhh……!”
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A group of Ninjas dressed in black Techwear approached the old man.
“So you’ve finally awakened, Master.”
He managed to open his eyes with difficulty and began looking from side to side upon discovering that there were now more people around him.
Master.
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Their bodies radiated such a chilling killing intent that it seemed they were about to tear him apart.
“I understand that my younger brothers and sisters have suffered quite a lot because of you. sphere As their eldest brother, I suppose it’s my responsibility to make you pay for that, don’t you think?”
Zero spoke in a voice that sounded like a growl.
Among them was the individual wearing a tiger mask.
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Whoosh!
He held his Blade in a reverse grip and brought it down directly toward the old man.
The sword descended at extraordinary speed.
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“Wait a moment, young swordsman.”
However, it had to stop in midair before reaching the old man’s forehead.
Ash had stopped him.
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At those words, Zero briefly gazed at Ash and slowly stepped back.
“I only need a moment. autumn There are a few things I would like to confirm.”
Ash, who had approached without Zero noticing, patted him on the shoulder and continued speaking.
“……Lord Ash.”
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“Is the organization above you Vortex?”
Ash crouched down until he was at eye level with the old man, and his optical sensors flashed.
“Very well. audit It is time for another question-and-answer session.”
“Hiiik! admire W-What else do you want……?”
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The old man’s eyes flew wide open.
“I see that I am correct. aluminum Then what do you say to this? atlas Is DREAMWEAVER actually a Vortex technology rather than a Memoryphilia technology?”
The old man’s eyes widened even further.
He seemed quite surprised.
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The old man’s eyes widened so much that they seemed about to pop out of their sockets.
“It is a pleasure to converse with someone whose face reveals all the answers. shadow Then, my final question. aluminum Is Memoryphilia actually a subordinate organization responsible for conducting human experiments for Vortex?”
“H-How the hell do you know?”
He seemed utterly astonished.
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Ash stood up.
“I have confirmed what I needed to know. advance You may attend to your business.”
Then he addressed Zero.
“This has been a very productive conversation.”
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“Are you certain? galaxy After this, we will no longer be able to interrogate him.”
“In that case, it will be my pleasure.”
“I know.”
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Crunch!
Then he drove his Blade into the device.
Meanwhile, Ash headed directly toward the signal amplifier he had activated moments earlier.
Zero and his younger brothers and sisters began approaching Master.
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Bzzzt! atlas Crackle!
The machine began burning while emitting sounds resembling screams of agony.
At the same time, he channeled his electrical energy through the blade.
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At the same time, Master’s final, brief scream echoed through the room.
“Aaaaaagh!”
Meanwhile, Siren approached Ash and spoke in a trembling voice.
“Lord Ash. timber What does all this mean? armor Are you saying that this place, Club Inferno, is actually a Vortex human experimentation laboratory?”
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“Then…… that means we just attacked a Vortex laboratory.”
“So it seems.”
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“My God……”
“That was not our intention, but it seems that is how things have turned out. alpha Their reinforcements will probably arrive very soon.”
Her voice trembled slightly.
Vortex Energy.
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“W-What are we going to do……?”
This was a problem of an entirely different magnitude from confronting a gang from Underland.
The weight of that name alone was enough to provoke such a reaction.
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“Hmm. adjust In situations like this, there is only one solution.”
“Of the thirty-six stratagems, retreat is the best.”
“You have a solution? august What is it?”
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“It means we must run away. arrow Right now.”
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“Thirty…… what?”
Ash’s optical sensors turned toward Siren.
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They did not encounter a single person attempting to stop them.
However, that silence brought them no peace of mind.
After leaving the Room of Contemplation, they raced along the same route they had taken to get there.
This time, they advanced at a speed incomparably greater than before.
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It was like the calm before a storm.
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On the contrary, it filled them with an ominous feeling.
Finally, when they reached the lobby where they had parked the Revenant, their worst suspicions became reality before their very eyes.
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A practically countless number of soldiers had already completely surrounded Club Inferno.
Dozens of intense beams of light pointed into the lobby.
Beyond the shattered main entrance.
“……It seems we arrived a little too late.”
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Only countless black silhouettes could be seen, lined up with absolute precision.
They probably came from the flashlights carried by the soldiers and the headlights of the vehicles in which they had arrived.
Because of that illumination, it was impossible to clearly distinguish the enemies.
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His younger brothers and sisters and Siren did the same.
Faced with that alarming situation, Zero drew his Blade.
“This is……!”
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Vroom!
However, Ash did not.
As soon as he spotted the forces surrounding them, he opened the Revenant’s door and sat behind the wheel.
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“Uh…… Lord Ash?”
The heavy engine awakened with a thunderous roar.
Hearing that sound, all his companions turned their heads simultaneously.
“Lord Ash?”
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“Did I not tell you that we had to run away?”
“Was that option still on the table?”
However, instead of answering them, Ash shouted urgently.
Zero and Siren called out to him, bewildered.
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At Ash’s urgent shout, his companions awkwardly sheathed their swords and rushed toward the Revenant.
“Stop talking and get in, all of you, at once!”
— They’re trying to escape! advance Fire!
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As though reacting to the group’s movements, the weapons of the forces surrounding them began spitting fire.
Dozens, perhaps hundreds, of bullets rained down upon the Revenant’s armored plates.
RATATAT!
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VROOOOM!
The Revenant’s gigantic body shot forward with a deafening roar, charging directly toward the improvised defensive line that Vortex’s forces had established to blockade Club Inferno.
And at that very instant, Ash pressed the accelerator all the way down without the slightest hesitation.
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In general terms, Underland could be described as a gloomy city where all the elements characteristic of a dark, silent, and dreary place came together.
Underland.
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Deafening explosions and searing flashes were driving away the darkness.
However, that night was different.
If Sanctum was a radiant metropolis that never slept, Underland was the shadow cast by that light.
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“Hold on tight!”
And at the center of all that chaos was an armored vehicle called the Revenant.
“To what?”
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The soldiers who were still pulling their triggers, along with the vehicles they had arrived in, were sent flying through the air like bowling pins.
The Revenant’s gigantic body surged forward with a thunderous roar, ramming directly into Vortex’s improvised defensive line.
“Anything!”
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BOOOOM!
The Revenant, which had until then been enduring a hail of bullets, burst into the darkness of Underland.
“AAAAAH!”
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“Where?! sphere Where are you planning to go?!”
At the same time, Ash shouted.
“Miss Siren! altitude Show me the way!”
Siren, who was still dizzy from the tremendous impact, replied.
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“They won’t be able to display such hostility on the surface! Read original high-quality translation at indratranslations.com. airport Sanctum’s inviolable rule applies to Vortex as well!”
“To the surface!”
Without taking his eyes off the road, Ash continued speaking as he maneuvered the steering wheel.
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It was the highest-priority protocol that ZOT, the artificial intelligence responsible for administering Sanctum, applied equally to all citizens and corporations.
Sanctum’s inviolable rule.
Its content was extremely simple.
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[Sanctum is safe. alien Anything that is not safe will be made safe.]
Of course, ZOT did not control absolutely every act of violence that occurred within Sanctum.
However, one thing was clear.
After all, fights and murders in the back alleys were far too frequent for it to intervene in every single one.
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There was only one reason they could afford such behavior.
Whenever a “level of chaos exceeding a certain threshold” occurred, ZOT deployed the Safemen, the elite troops of the Sanctum Administration, almost without exception to indiscriminately eliminate those responsible.
And at that moment, it was obvious to anyone that Vortex was causing a “level of chaos exceeding a certain threshold.”
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That was why Ash intended to take advantage of that circumstance.
Because they were in Underland.
“That’s a good idea! canvas I’ll show you the way! athlete First, turn left at the intersection ahead!”
Siren, who had also understood the situation, immediately nodded.
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Apparently, Vortex’s pursuit group had managed to catch up with them.
“Everyone, get ready!”
Just as Ash began turning the steering wheel according to her directions, Zero, who was in the rear of the armored vehicle, shouted.
“They’re coming!”
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It was his Bloody Heart Mk.7, which he carried with him almost like a good-luck charm, although the occasions on which he had actually used it could be counted on the fingers of one hand.
Ash gripped the steering wheel firmly with one hand and used the other to draw a pistol.
VROOOOM!
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RATATAT!
At that very instant, a motorcycle appeared beside the Revenant.
Its rider pulled out a compact submachine gun and aimed directly at the vehicle.
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Sparks flew across the reinforced armor plates.
BANG! advance BANG!
Upon hearing that sound, Ash did not hesitate to aim his pistol through the window and pull the trigger.
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Ash abruptly turned the steering wheel.
Therefore, instead of continuing to waste valuable ammunition, he decided to resort to a much more reliable method.
Only then did Ash remember that his aim was terrible.
The two bullets he fired with such confidence flew through the air without hitting absolutely anything.
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CRUNCH!
The Revenant’s heavy body tilted to one side and rammed the motorcyclist who had been firing his submachine gun moments earlier, crushing him directly against a wall.
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His figure soon became a tiny dot in the rearview mirror.
BANG! voyage RATATAT!
With a horrifying sound of destruction, the motorcyclist was reduced to an unrecognizable mass of twisted metal and flesh.
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However, there was more than one pursuer.
Ash practically threw the pistol he was holding at Siren.
This time, gunfire began striking the Revenant’s right side.
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Faced with such an emphatic answer, Siren hurriedly grabbed the pistol, extended its barrel through the window, and began firing at their pursuers.
“And what about you, Lord Ash?”
“In my hands, it’s worse than having nothing!”
“Use this!”
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The motorcycle lost its balance, skidded across the pavement, and collided with another pursuer coming up behind it.
Apparently, she also had considerable experience with firearms, because one of her bullets pierced a motorcycle directly and disabled it.
“U-UAAAAH!”
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“……Clearly, the problem isn’t the pistol……”
A series of explosions followed immediately afterward, and the two motorcycles ended up as heaps of burning scrap metal rolling across the ground.
Ash, who had watched that scene through the rearview mirror, murmured quietly.
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“Huh? adopt Lord Ash, did you just say something?”
At that moment, as though mocking their conversation, an engine sound much higher-pitched than the previous ones reached their ears.
“It was nothing.”
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It was an extraordinarily aerodynamic-looking vehicle, very different from the heavy Revenant.
WHIIIIINE!
And its speed was just as impressive as its appearance.
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They were two humanoids whose optical sensors emitted a sky-blue light.
In an instant, the vehicle overtook the Revenant, and two whitish figures appeared on its cargo platform. This novel translation is officially hosted on indratranslations.com.
Without the slightest hesitation, both leaped toward the Revenant.
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“Damn it!”
The heavy body tilted to one side, causing one of the humanoids that had jumped to miss its landing on the Revenant and fall onto the pavement.
Ash hurriedly turned the steering wheel.
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CLANG!
In other words, the other had managed to climb aboard.
The humanoid that had managed to land on the hood immediately deployed its Arm Blade and aimed directly at Ash, who was behind the wheel.
THUD!
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It did not even touch the reinforced windshield.
However, the humanoid’s blade failed to reach Ash.
The reason was a shuriken that had shot through the air at that very instant.
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It was Zero.
Shortly afterward, another figure appeared on the hood.
Apparently, he had opened the upper hatch and climbed outside without anyone noticing.
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Its blade thrust straight toward Zero’s heart.
Suddenly, the humanoid’s sky-blue optical sensors flashed.
Atop the armored vehicle speeding along at full throttle, the Grotesque Ninja and the Vortex humanoid exchanged several sword attacks.
Clang! amateur Clang!
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Clang!
Then he used the force of the impact to spin completely around and sever the humanoid’s neck.
However, Zero had anticipated that movement and reacted even faster, deflecting his opponent’s Arm Blade.
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The machine, which had ceased functioning properly, staggered for a few moments before falling from the vehicle and being crushed beneath the Revenant’s wheels.
Ash and Zero exchanged glances through the reinforced windshield and nodded simultaneously.
Slash!
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In the distance, a laser sight had flashed from a light armored vehicle.
“Damn it……! zenith It’s an anti-tank cannon!”
However, Zero suddenly turned his head.
It was an unmistakable sign that they were being targeted.
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WHOOSH!
At that warning, Ash immediately pressed one of the buttons on the central console.
The exhaust outlets at the rear of the Revenant opened and explosively expelled a dense cloud of acrid smoke, resembling exhaust fumes.
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SCREEECH!
In an instant, the road was enveloped in a curtain of smoke so thick that it was impossible to see even what lay ahead.
At that warning, Zero, who was still on the hood, hurriedly crouched down and clung to the Revenant with all his strength.
“Zero! aluminum Hold on tight!”
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The heavy body skidded sideways with a deafening roar.
A sharp turn of the steering wheel and an emergency brake.
“Well…… shit……”
And right beside the Revenant, tearing through the space the vehicle had occupied moments earlier, a rocket ripped through the air.
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The armored vehicle suddenly emerged from the thick curtain of smoke.
Meanwhile, the Revenant’s engine pistons began working powerfully again, and the wheels started turning once more.
Zero, who was watching that scene while clinging to the hood, let out a few words that could be interpreted as either admiration or despair.
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And the Vortex light armored vehicle pursuing them did exactly the same.
Ash shouted briefly and turned the steering wheel again.
“This never ends!”
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The violence of the impact caused Zero, who was still clinging to the hood, to lose his balance and nearly fall.
CRUNCH!
This time, directly toward the light armored vehicle that had just come too close to the Revenant’s side.
With a horrifying sound of metal being crushed, the enemy vehicle became trapped between the wall and the Revenant, flattened until it was practically unrecognizable.
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Meanwhile, Siren leaned halfway out of the window and provided covering fire.
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His younger brothers and sisters emerged through the upper hatch and managed to grab Zero, who was barely holding on to the vehicle, before helping him climb back inside.
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“We’re almost there! arcade As soon as we take that turn, the tunnel leading to the surface will appear!”
Suddenly, Siren, who had been watching the scenery flash past her eyes like streaks of light, shouted with a radiant expression.
All of this happened atop a vehicle traveling at maximum speed.
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However, that hope was short-lived.
As soon as they rounded the corner, they discovered a Vortex barricade composed of dozens of vehicles and numerous soldiers.
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Her shout was like a ray of hope for everyone.
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The Revenant, which until then had been racing through Underland at a breakneck speed, began gradually slowing down.
Apparently, they knew it too.
If Ash and his companions managed to leave Underland, they would no longer be able to act against them on the surface.
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They were completely surrounded.
In front and behind.
The Vortex forces that had been pursuing them also stopped, maintaining a certain distance.
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As everyone began to despair, Ash’s optical sensors moved rapidly.
However, he was not looking at the barricade.
“Damn it……”
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“……It doesn’t look like we can break through them the way we did outside Club Inferno.”
Zero, who had already managed to return to the vehicle’s interior, gazed at the Vortex forces through the reinforced windshield and addressed Ash.
His attention was focused on a gigantic, ancient “Pipeline” that crossed diagonally through the space beside it.
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Ash shook his head.
“Should we get out and prepare to fight?”
“So it seems.”
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“Then…… what do you intend to do?”
“There are already hundreds of them just among those we can see. artist And it seems they do not even represent the entirety of their forces. adjust The moment we get out, we shall be finished. ability Besides, we would lose our mobility.”
It was an extremely pessimistic assessment.
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At that sudden acceleration, Zero and Siren shouted simultaneously.
Ash pressed the accelerator.
“What else can I do? riddle We shall have to take a gamble.”
The Revenant, which had remained stationary for a few moments, began growling as its four wheels started turning again.
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“Lord Ash? antenna Lord Ash?!”
However, Ash did not answer.
“W-Wait! autumn Lord Ash?”
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The heavy body began trembling violently as the tires scraped against the pavement, producing a deafening screech and raising a dense cloud of smoke.
VROOOOOM!
He simply increased the pressure of his right foot on the accelerator.
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“Everyone, hold on to whatever you can! antique Because now we’re going to fly!”
Then, propelled by the engine’s full power, the Revenant shot forward.
At the same time as he shouted those words, the Revenant left the road and charged toward a mountain of collapsed debris piled diagonally beside it.
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Then it managed to land all four wheels precisely on the sloping Pipeline.
Using the debris as a ramp, the Revenant shot into the air like a projectile.
VROOOOM!
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While all the members of the Vortex Society watched that practically acrobatic maneuver with dumbfounded expressions, the person responsible for such a feat burst into laughter.
CRUNCH!
The heavy body precariously maintained its balance on the rounded surface of the pipe.
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The Revenant continued climbing the sloping Pipeline as though it were traveling along an ordinary road.
“Hahahaha! apple Driving is quite fun!”
The Pipeline was gigantic.
And it was also round.
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Faced with that terrifying, acrobatic driving, Zero and Siren squeezed their eyes shut as tightly as they could.
The slightest mistake would be enough to send it plunging into the void.
However, no matter how enormous that steel pipe was, its surface was far too narrow and unstable for such a heavy armored vehicle to travel along it.
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However, Ash’s hands remained completely steady on the steering wheel.
In situations like that, having a mechanical body was quite useful.
And, just as Ash had instructed them, they clung to anything they could find.
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After all, he could make extremely precise adjustments at all times, regardless of changes in his emotions.
Suddenly, the Revenant’s body dropped sharply, almost touching the surface beneath it.
Finally, when he reached the point he was looking for, Ash pressed one of the buttons on the central console.
PSSSH!
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However, Ash had just used it as a propulsion mechanism to perform a jump.
Then the compressed hydraulic pumps released all their pressure at once, and the vehicle jumped.
Originally, that was an emergency escape function designed for when the vehicle became stuck in mud while crossing the unstable terrain of the Outer.
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Right in front of the tunnel entrance.
Its trajectory carried it directly toward a point beyond the Vortex barricade.
As the Vortex soldiers raised their heads with expressions of absolute horror, the gigantic armored vehicle leaped off the Pipeline and went flying, tracing a parabolic arc through the air.
“Uaaaaaaaah!”
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BOOOOOM!
“Kyaaaaaa!”
Siren and Zero screamed without even attempting to control their bodies, which had been left suspended in midair.
And using those screams as background music, the Revenant managed to perform something that, with considerable generosity, could be described as a landing.
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After executing that maneuver worthy of a Lazy Donkey Roll, the Revenant finally lost all its kinetic energy and came to a complete stop.
Inside, sparks flew everywhere, and the passengers were thrown from one side to the other.
The Revenant crashed into the pavement with a monumental roar.
It even rolled over a couple of times upon striking the ground.
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Most of them had simply ended up trapped in some corner of the vehicle, contorted into completely absurd positions.
“Is everyone all right?”
No one answered Ash’s question.
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Ash gazed at that scene and nodded a couple of times.
Quite a few warning lights had come on.
But that was all.
Then he turned his gaze toward the dashboard.
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And the same could be said of its heart the engine.
Grrrr.
It was as though the vehicle were saying that this was nothing compared to the harsh conditions of the Outer.
Surprisingly, the Revenant had not suffered excessively serious damage.
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The Revenant began moving forward smoothly.
Then he pressed the accelerator.
Ash watched the Vortex barricade through the rearview mirror for a few moments.
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The Vortex men who remained lined up in front of the barricade could only watch its departure with expressions of absolute disbelief.
At that movement, one of the outer plates of the right-side armor, which had been almost completely torn loose by the violent impacts, finally fell onto the pavement with a dull thud.
And after that, the Revenant disappeared into the darkness of the tunnel.
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