Eirun Last Code v1 Chapter 2

 Chapter 2: The Battlefields and the Witch

 

Along the way, Aoi encountered an unexpectedly bad road.

The rain from last night had probably taken its toll, but the mud made it slippery so the speed of the Senkiso was not as fast as it should be. Four Maris were chasing Aoi's Senkiso.

The fifth appeared in front of her.

“One after another!”

Aoi cursed. The Senkiso shot with the Sweet Bee in burst fire.

First, the three Maris in front died in the rhythm of the guns. The distance between her and the remaining two shrinks.

The Aoi's Senkiso switch its hold to its gun, gripping the vertical barrel.

She swung the grip of the gun down on the face of one of the Maris that jumped at her.

It is a blunt weapon attack weighing a ton.

Its head was crushed to the base of the neck, and the Maris died.

While she evades as the last one passed by her, she dropped three mines from his waist. Mines weighing thirteen hundred kilograms were buried in the swampy area.

A few seconds later, Maris behind her stepped on one of the mines. The blast blew away the enemy in the rear.

“I'll have to resupply when I get there. “

Aoi was not impressed with the ways she killed her enemies. For her, the task was easier than standing in the kitchen.

Aoi's piloting skills are among the best of all the Senkiso pilots in the private school. In particular, her speed and accuracy in weapons combat is unrivaled.

Aoi notices something. She immediately sent the Senkiso into a backward roll.

As the flame rises, the surviving Maris sneaks through the flame and jumps up, but Aoi was unfazed.

She made the Maris into a beehive with her sweet bees.

“It’s all over.”

A minced carcass falls on the mud. Immediately afterwards, the radar showed a friendly response.

“Aoi-senpai! Is everything okay?”

“~!”

Aoi shuddered in a double sense. A junior club member probably had followed her. And ...... a shadow moved behind the junior’s Senkiso.

"Idiot! “

Aoi rushed with her Senkiso. In the next moment, A lone Malice crept into view.

 

 

 

Twenty-seven human beast ------ crawling ashore on all fours.

Their hard skin is reminiscent of rock. Their whole body is green. They have no eyes or ears on their faces, only nostrils and a large mouth. These monsters are a different species from the small Maris [Pawn] that landed earlier.

This was the arrival of the large Maris [Rook], which specializes in anti-materials and anti-weapons.

Its total length is no less than 17 meters. To give an idea on how big it was, imagine that the Great Buddha of Kamakura stood up and moved around.

They sniffed the area. The Rooks clicked their tongues, as if they had smelled something. Like beasts that have found their prey, the Rooks started running.

With the paddle of their foot, the earth and sand turned into a tsunami.

The drool that splashed from their tongue made several puddles.

Their goal was the same as the pawns: to get food.

 

 

 

“I'm not sure if it's okay to send Manami alone, but I sent a telegram to the Seito-kai saying that she went to support the chief.”

“I don’t see the problem. I would like to say it's their fault for not answering the comm in the first place……, but there is something strange with the Seitokai today, isn't there? Even when the Chief rushed out, they didn’t say anything.”

The members of the Mobile Division aboard their Senkiso discuss the situation without tension on an open channel.

Point B8 ------ is a hill with a great view with greenery all around.

There, the Senkiso units of the Mobile and Self-Defense Forces were stationed, waiting for Maris.

“She went to help an isolated unit, haven't she? I should have gone with her. This place is boring.”

“Scarecrow duty sucks. Screw you Seito-kai!” 

There was no sign of tension in the Mobile Division. They were overly confident in their own skills.

Hexa has a characteristic called "talent bloom" in addition to "tortured constitution".

The most common one is the improvement of IQ. In addition, there are some people whose specific skills, such as instantaneous memory or spatial comprehension, blossom. There are also times when physical changes occur, and this is the case for many in the Mobile Division.

These changes can vary from improved reflexes to better dynamic vision.

The [Himuro Conglomerate], headed by Raichou Himuro, took notice of this.

The young Hexa who were scouted by Himuro Private School is given priority, and after judging their aptitude, they were trained to become specialists in each department. And then, for the first time in Japan, she dared to put Hexa on the front line.

Despite a few problems, the attempt was a great success. In just a few years, Himuro Private School produced a large number of children who surpassed the elite of their field and established itself as a core institution for the defense of Japan.

The government has no say in the policies of the zaibatsu. No, they can't.

The Zaibatsu has a large network of contacts in the world's major powers, and provides enormous financial support to various influential organizations. There were not many people who could talk to the Himuro, who had grown large on the war.

"Come on. Let's clean up the trash. Let’s go!”

One of the members of the club said vigorously. His Senkiso was the first to jump, and the other Senkis jumped one after another, flattening the ground. The Self-Defense Force's Senkiso lagged behind the Mobile Division.

 

 

 

Aoi's Senkiso was hidden behind the high firing tower armed with an automatic interceptor gun.

Pawns were coming up the hill toward Aoi's Senkiso. There were already dozens of them.

“This is really a bad, huh”

Aoi gulped hard.

The condition monitor to the left of the main monitor shows Senkiso's status. On the monitor, the area below the left knee was flashing red repeatedly.

Aoi had used her Senkiso as a shield to protect her junior. But in return, it seemed that the left knee dynamic bypass has been cut. Aoi immediately issued a command and let her junior separate from her. She then moved to the shade of the high firing tower she had seen and called for help.

As Aoi had expected, within a few seconds Senkiso's lower body became controllable.

"……. Just in time”

Aoi checked the armament monitor on her right side. The armament monitor is lined with [X] marks to indicate that the magazine has been used.

Aoi checked the armament monitor on his right side, which was lined with [X] marks indicating that he had finished using his magazine. She is about to run out of ammunition.

When the ammunition she is firing now is finished, she'll be left with only one Senkiso combat knife, the [Barrel Slicer].

The Pawns were about the size of Senkiso's knee, but there is no way she can fight a hand-to-hand battle in this state. He will be pinned down and immediately became immobile.

The number of remaining bullets on the armament monitor was counting down, and Aoi had long ago switched to single-shot precision fire instead of automatic simultaneous fire.

She did it so hoping it will help, but the number of remaining bullets finally dropped below 20. What Aoi felt at this point was resignation.

“It's not going to be work out.”

She looked at the radar, but the long-awaited blue marker did not appear. Instead, the red markers of soldiers were coming up the hill one after another.

Soon, she would be eaten alive. Aoi thought of this as if it was happening to someone else.

------- I've attracted as many as I can get. I think I'm done.

Aoi looks at the gun holstered into the side of the seat. She wondered if he should take her hand off the control frame.

"No, ......that will be to spoilt”

Aoi smiled to herself. She still has the will to fight in her eyes. Senkiso is still moving. It still has a weapon.

9, 8, 7, …… Aoi killed the Pawns without missing a single shot

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“I'm going to go as far as I can.”

Aoi never misses a shot.

Like a precision instrument, she reduced the number of enemies.  2, 1.......

"Just like that person did.”

0 ------ electronic sound echoed in the air. It became a gong.

 

 

"Forward!”

 

 

Both of Aoi's eyes opened wide.

Senkiso cleaves its knife the first Maris that jumped toward it.

Blood splashed on the head camera. A line of blood was drawn on the main monitor in the cockpit.

The 2^nd and 3^rd were cut down as well. But with only one arm, the limit of the upper body control was soon reached. One by one, the Pawns attached themselves to Aoi's Senkiso.

As her entire body was filled with Pawns, Aoi's Senkiso was unable to move.

"Not yeeeeett!”

The Senkiso's right arm let go of the knife. Then it grabbed the pawn on his left shoulder, grabbing it by the face.

"Let’s Goooooo!”

The motor roared with a strange noise. The pawn's head was crushed with a splash of blood.

The remaining right arm fell off as if it had done its job.

"…… you did your best”

As if responding to Aoi, the main monitor went black. The head camera was finally destroyed.

“I also …… did my best.”

Aoi sank back into her seat, feeling proud. Aoi gropes for his gun and pulls it out.

The sound of destruction and Maris's strange voice filled the cockpit. However, Aoi even smiled and put the muzzle on her temple. She closes her eyes quietly.

Looking back, my life may have been short. But after six years at Himuro Private School, I had a ...... fulfilling life. If I had only one regret, it would be about one girl.

------------everyone…… bai bai.

Aoi squeezed the trigger ...... and that’s when it happened. She could hear sound of the wind cutting. The screeching of the Maris outside and also the sound of steel grinding.

Aoi hurriedly lowered her gun. Maris made strange noise as one by one they die.  

------------Wha! What?

The impact shook the cockpit several times.

The sub-monitors that show the status of the frame continue to glow red. Without a pause, there was a loud vibration. The cockpit went completely dark.

“......?”

What came was silence. Silence that even made her ears ring.

Aoi looked around the darkened cockpit. There was a whirring noise from the communicator, as if it hadn't been broken yet. Then a familiar voice from ...... came on.

"Aoi”

"!?”

Aoi’s thoughts skip a beat. She holds the gun in her hand and without a single thought grabbed the lever to open the hatch. A crack was made by the hatch and a horrible smell hit Aoi’s nose.

Aoi didn't flinch and pulled the lever to open the hatch at once.

She jumps outside. Aoi's vision was filled with pawns that had been transformed into flesh and blood, ...... and [a robot] that floated above Aoi, looking down on her.

The head unit looks like it is wearing a large hat with wide brim at its eyes.

Its limbless body looks like a spine hanging from the head unit, with lungs and ribs attached. Four steel spires extend behind its waist and its entire body was black.

Four vine shaped machine arms drifted from side to side.

This frame houses a scientific power that even Senkiso, with all of its latest technology, cannot match.

Currently, there are 11 of them in the world, and their numbers have been confirmed.

Standard Name: [Neighbor]. Aoi was looking up at one of them. The Neighbor frame specialized for suppression and annihilation warfare has a codename [Destoblum], suggesting the Tarot Card: The Magician.

“Cellen…. Why are you here?”

Aoi was perplexed. Cellen's voice poured out from the external speakers of Destoblum.

“Ao…i”

Hearing the voice, Aoi's mind went blank.

"Save…me...... Save me. ......Aoii.”

Aoi's heart, which had almost accepted death, collapsed with a bang. Cellen was sobbing.

“Kuu~”

Aoi's thoughts were in a mess. The biggest one was anger. The biggest was anger at herself for being so helpless.

But ......Aoi, unable to speak, pointed to one side with a trembling finger.

Where she was pointing at is where point B8 is at ------------ where Cellen must go.

“You still have a job to do…… go”

Aoi said while coughing up blood.

Cellen's astonished voice leaked out from the external speakers of Destoblum.

Aoi’s heart is stirred. Cellen had come here to help her. She could see that because this place was far away from Neighbor's planned route. However, Aoi must not say a word to diminish Cellen's will to fight.

In fact, the damage from this attack had spread this far is due to Cellen.

Aoi let out a cry of resignation.

“You have to go! Because you are the Neighborhood!”

Destoblum's eye camera changes from green to red.

“nnnn!”

Destoblum's tentacles lifted in response to Cellen's angry voice.

“Go”              

        

However ------------- the tentacles did not descend on Aoi.

“U ~eeee~ee~e! Ue ~een~tsu!”

Cellen's cries echoed loudly in the air.

Destoblum slowly begins to move in the direction Aoi pointed.

The silhouette of the robot with the big witch hat is slowly moving away from Aoi. Only Cellen's crying voice echoed vividly in the area.

Aoi grabbed her bangs with both hands. Aoi's chest was tightened by the chains of guilt.

“...... Sorry, Cellen, I'm sorry!”

If she could, she would take over for Cellen. She wants to tell her that she’ll go instead.

However, this is something that only Cellen can do.

But this is something that only Cellen can do. A curse only for Cellen……… branded as a witch and offered to the altar. All Aoi could do was curse at her own helplessness

“How did we ...... end up like this?”

Aoi's words reverberated in the bloody battlefield.

 

 

 

A spherical room ---------- The entire inside have monitors where information from outside flowing in from 360 degrees in all directions. A mechanical pillar stands in the center.

Cellen has her back against the pillar. It looks at it is as if she is attached to a cross.

The fibers of the pilot's suit resembling of rubber hugs her skin.

Cellen's narrow waist was even more pronounced. Her breasts, large and full in spite of her height, stretched tautly the fiber material.

Her neck is literally connected to the protruding part of the pillar. Cellen was unable to move her neck, but through her consciousness, she is able to freely switch the images on the monitor.

This is the cockpit of the Destoblum.

“Special Agent Cellentina, continue to move to point B8. We'll begin surface control after our allies have evacuated. The targets are all of area B and points Cl, C2 and C3.”

A woman voice, who is a full-time operator for Neighbor is heard; Seren doesn’t know the owner of the voice.

“No ...... no more.”  

Cellen has to do so much by herself. Everyone orders her like its was normal. It was so frustrating and sad for Cellen that she------ couldn't take it anymore.

“I don't want to ...... fight. I don't want to ...... hurt, I don't want to do ...... scary things. I don't want to ...... do anything.”

The operator crushed Cellen's heartfelt plead with a flat voice.

“Special Agent Cellentina, Pawns are approaching from the front. Two thousand meters behind us, two Rooks are closing in. Keep moving forward and intercept them.”

Orders are only given in one way direction through the cockpit.

"No………. more. Help me, someone ...... anyone.”

Pawns and Rooks appeared in the monitor.

The monitor showed pawns and rooks. The target cursor that appeared made Cellen's fear grow. Fear induces panic. Cellen's emotions are approaching saturation.

The black witch, who had become one with Cellen, lifted its heavy head.

"Don't come here ......, don't come here ......, don't come heeeeeeeeeeeerree!!!”

Cellen's shout echoed from Destoblum's external speakers.

Destoblum turned Cellen's voice into a shout, announcing its arrival to the entire island.

Behind the hat shaped head ------------ Dozens of hatches on the back of the brim open.

A tremendous number of warheads came out of the hatches; a total of forty-four missile launchers.

“Special Agent! Our allies are still evacuating!”

Explosions ------------ mushrooms of destruction are constantly rising to the heavens.

I'm not sure what to make of it, but I'm sure it's a good idea.

“Uwaaaaahn! Aaaaaaah!”

It's like a sudden rain of missiles.

The nearby enemy returns to the dust. The disaster of the explosion radiated outwards.

Cellen cried like a child that cannot control her emotions and throwing a tantrum.

The black witch, in tune with Cellen's emotions, creates a whirlpool of destruction on the island.

 

 

 

At about the same time, the Mobile Division was preoccupied with hunting and had been ignoring Seito-kai's orders to evacuate for some time now.

"Hey! You're really overdoing it just because the chief isn't here!”

“That's the witch's voice from earlier, right? Seito-kai is also ordering us to withdraw.”

“You can’t blame me for the chief violating the right? We'll be fine.”

Three members of the club spoke through Senkiso's communicator. A warning beep sounded in the cockpit of all three men; it indicates an approaching missile.

“Get back, dam kids!”

The Self-Defense Forces' Senkiso pilot, unable to see what was happening, shouted over the open line. Immediately afterwards, dozens of pillars of fire rose up all over Point B.

 

 

 

“Cellen!”

On the Destoblum's cockpit monitor, Shiki appeared with her face bloodied.

“I'm, sorry. ...... I'm sorry, I'm sorry.”

As soon as he saw Shiki, Cellen became visibly frightened. Cellen's features and lips began to tremble.

“'No, I'm not angry. But why can't you ...... get your act together?”

This is not a condemnation from Shiki; It was a sorrowful request. But Shiki's words did not reach Cellen. Cellen just kept repeating "I'm sorry" as if she was afraid of something.

“I know you're in pain, ......, but ...... we can only rely on you.”

"Kyaaaaaah!

As Shiki continues to speak, Seren suddenly let out a scream. Her small body arch back like a shrimp.  

Cellen was in extreme pain, as if she was being stabbed with needles all over her body. Cellen's unusual scream filled the cockpit, and every time she turned her body, teardrops flew out.

Seeing this, Shiki on the monitor looked at him. Her face flushed with rage.

Shiki spitefully sent a message to another location.

"Why is there [Punishment Pain Sense] in there? Disconnect it immediately!”

The intense pain that had been assaulting Cellen stopped. Cellen's body went limp and she began to cry again, her voice muffled.

“Chief Seitokai Kokonoe, the special agent tried to escaped this time”

“So, you are saying that is why you put the [Punishment Pain Sense]!? This is act is an overreach! You didn't even get the approval of Himuro Private School!”

"With all due respect, ma’am, what the Special Agent just did can't be dismissed as a misfire. If it hadn't been for the [Self-discipline Program], all friendly troops in the third line of defense would have been wiped out.”

The Destoblum, which directly embodies the thoughts of its passengers, inevitably picks up the emotions of its riders due to its structure.

Like Cellen earlier, there is a risk of accidentally attacking even your allies when a person’s emotions explode.

The only thing that can stop a passenger from going out of control is the [Self-discipline Program].

If there are friendly troops in the attack range, the Destoblum will automatically correct the point of impact, regardless of the rider's intentions; that is how it is programmed.

It is also capable of inflicting severe pain on its rider, provided that the program is activated.

That is the [Punishment Pain Sense].

This directly stimulates the human's sense of pain, so the passenger cannot disguise the pain by holding the wound. As the name implies, the function is only to punish and chastise the passenger.

The reason why Cellen was crying and apologizing was because she was afraid of this.

“It's our fault for not taking into account her mental state when she boarded! There is plenty of room to take extenuating circumstances into consideration!”

“Human rights do not apply to Neighborhoods during Special Warfare. Because of the Special Agent abandoning its role, the Self-Defense Forces have already suffered nearly 100 casualties. ...... Pull yourself together, Chief Kokonoe.”

Shiki’s face turned grim to the monitor. Eventually, she cut off communication with a look of reluctance.

“We will now move the battle flow according to the modified eleventh page.”

The voice of the operator is heard and the image on the Destoblum's main monitor expanded.

There it was, 19 kilometers beyond point B8, in the ocean.

“Queen species confirmed…. Please end it, Special Agent Cellentina.”

This is the first time I've ever seen such a thing.

A monster floating on the surface of the ocean.

Its body is twice as large compared to a Rook.

It flaps its wings of flesh. It has eight arms on each side. In exchange it has no legs or neck.

It has a human face on its chest and abdomen.

The face on the chest spat out a number of white orbs. The face on the abdomen spat out similar small black orbs in clumps, which drops into the ocean.

The white orbs and black bead explode in size as they dropped. They transformed into rooks and pawns in a matter of seconds.

It was the Queen species. The master of the enemy was approaching very close to the island.

“……… Fu, gu”

Cellen raises her face, which is wet with tears. If she defeat that thing, she would be released………… The desire to get out of hell made Cellen hold a small blade called the will to fight.

Cellen pointed Destoblum in the direction of the Queen.

The thrusters on the brim of the hat ignited.

Cellen sends the Destoblum flying toward the ocean, moving forward at a speed that is unimaginable given its size. It passes through a hilly area where neither friends nor foes can be seen.

After a while, it reached the coast.

Looking at the monitor, Cellen shuddered. The Pawns and Rooks that the Queen had created were gathering on the beach.

“Black.”

Destoblum responds to Cellen's command.

Its vine shaped machine arms on both sides lifted up.

The tip of the machine arm unfurled as if it were a flower. At the end of it, a black ball of light was formed.

 

 

 

The black ball of light exploded. -------------------- A gloomy dark light moved forward in a straight line.

 

 

 

A ray of light passes through; all the objects in the line of fire disappeared.

The Pawns are gone leaving even no shadow behind. The Rooks who were walking on the sea had large holes in their stomachs and their upper bodies disappeared; soon they were sinking into the sea.  

IME Canon ----------- It is a fierce weapon of annihilation that uses the same destructive principle as the Indiscriminate Material Erasure (IME) attack used only by the Queen species.

The black light makes everything it touches disappear. The sturdiness of the object is irrelevant before this light.

It is a special weapon that only Destoblum possesses by Neighbor’s standard.

Cellen began to prepare for the end with a single-minded desire to escape from this place.

“Black ...... erase everything”

Cellen whispered.

Destoblum deploys the maximum amount of magic to match her wish.

The four steel towers behind its back, solemnly slides to the front, with a connecting sound. The four steel towers transformed into gun barrels. They were large-caliber IME cannons.

The Destoblum begins to create large balls of black light at the four guns’ muzzle.

“This is, the end!”

Destoblum's eye camera goes from green to red.

Black light bloom. The light was held to a critical point and .................. and unleashed with a roar.

The sea was cut in half as four beams of light stretched streaked toward the Queen.

Everyone watching had a feeling that the end was in sight.

The black light that had ended many battles in the past had now been released.

Therefore, who would have expected it?

“Ma~aaa~aaa~aaaaaaaaaaaa~a!!!!”

The faces on the Queen's chest and abdomen screamed like a madman.

Cellen got goosebumps at the scene that unfolded. As if an invisible wall had formed in front of the Queen, black light scattered in the air.

“No……. way”

Cellen whispered in astonishment.

Even after Destoblum finished shooting his magic…………… the queen stood unharmed.

Cellen had ended every assault with this weapon, which is the most powerful magic Destoblum had. This anomaly had given Cellen a vivid premonition of death.

"No, ...... nooooooooooooooooo!"

Destoblum begins to rain missiles down on the Queen.

 

 

 

The command center was in an uproar.

The central monitor showed a satellite image of the coastline. In the Destoblum’s monitor, it shows that the Destoblum’s machine arms were seized by the Queen.

"You're requesting for naval gunfire, aren't you? How long is this going to take?"

Raichou asked to one of the officer students.

“We are recalling the retreating convoy, but it will take at least ten minutes to arrive!"

"What about the Self-Defense Force's Senkiso?"

"The 7th Senkiso Company is engaged at Point C3! The 9th and 10th Senkiso squadrons are bypassing Point C5 due to bomb damage by Destoblum! Currently, three -tank squadrons of the fourth line of defense are each on their way, but have yet to reach the Point C area! The 2nd specialized self-propelled artillery can assist! But they will also hit the Destoblum!"

"Every single one of them."

Raichou swears. She tries to overcome the situation by giving one command after another. However, more and more reports come in, mixed with screams.

“The convoy which were on the way began engaging with the Rooks, who noticed them, at sea! Two destroyers have been sunk!”

“Incoming transmission from Headquarters Control Squadron! The enemy is multiplying rapidly. They can't advance! They can't! They can't go to Point C!"

“Where's the UN's Navigator 18? Have the US forces flown in yet?”

Raichou asks another officer.

“It's not connecting to the California base! It's just an automated voice response that keeps on repeating, “We are in the middle of an operation! May God bless our people!” There's no sign of an operator on the other end! “

Raichou's face turned bitter when she heard the reply.

“They did this at the last minute. ...... Do they want me to use Morning Star that badly?”

Raichou changed her mind and makes another move. The officers followed Raichou's lead.

No one in this room should have the luxury of holding back. However, for some reason, only Shiki Kokonoe did not move.

Her eyes become round as she stares at a dot of light on the radar.

The identification marker was a yellow [?] mark indicating an unidentified aircraft.

"What is this?"

The response was at 2000 meters above 2^nd Fuji.

The yellow marker was shrinking in altitude at breakneck speed and was heading towards the island.

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