Sayuki: This is...!
Encountering the familiar feeling of the world deteriorating around them, Kirisaki and the others realize that their enemy has made their move and attacked.
When they arrive, Sayuki finds that it is the same location she was brought to in the past.
Momiji: So we've been drawn into another strange-looking space. Well, at least we know that they've finally decided to attack.
Kirisaki: So this is a different Robotics;Notes... These guys sure love to use their tricks to isolate us Magi.
Sayuki: It looks like we've been taken to the same world I was brought to several days ago. If the enemy is the same person that it was before, it should be that rifle-user.
Kirisaki: (Sis......?)
He doesn't know why, but the image of Yuria's face jumps to the front of his mind.
He doesn't know her battle style, but still, he can't help but have a mysterious sense of foreboding.
Kirisaki: Anyway, it looks like we've got the ideal group of people here for that kind of battle.
Momiji: Hm, maybe. I got paired up with this annoyance called Kurobane Sayuki... But I guess I should have expected this to happen.
Sayuki: I don't expect someone with poor mobility like you to understand this, but I do think the possibility of a long-distance battle is high.
Momiji: I'll take out any enemy that gets in your way, so don't worry, you can leave the job of guarding your back to me~
Sayuki: ...Alright, I guess having to deal with your 'misfires' is a good enough handicap.
Sayuki: Satomura Momiji. No matter how much you try to mess with me, if you start being a problem for my brother, I'll dispose of you myself...
Kirisaki: ...I may have been wrong. Perhaps this is the ideal group of people for our enemy...
Although they had planned out their strategy beforehand, Kirisaki can't help but sigh as he watches the two heavily incompatible girls throw insults at each other.
Because of the nature of their opponent, members that were capable of long-distance attacks were a necessity,
but Kirisaki is already slightly regretting the fact that they had all decided to pair Sayuki and Momiji together in the same battle group.
However, now that events have come to this, all that he can do is hope that they can repel their opponent with the members that are here.
Kirisaki: First off, you two... Nngh?!
Kirisaki: W-What the?!
Momiji: What kind of attack was that?!
Sayuki: This is...!
Although she is easily the most experienced of the three of them in magical combat, that kind of attack is something Sayuki never expected; an unprecedented blow.
Weaving between the dense clusters of buildings, emanating from a complete blind spot, all that they were able to see of the unexpected attack was a sharp flash of blue light.
Momiji: Although we could dodge it easily enough, that attack just now was really dangerous...!
Kirisaki: And we were just saying that we thought we'd be in for a long-distance fight...
Sayuki: No, this attack is coming from a much greater distance than expected...!
Based on her previous battle with the rifle-toting Holy Knight, she had anticipated her range to be in the tens of meters at most... Or a firefight from a distance where she would be able to see her opponent.
But, her assumption of her opponents' combat style is obviously off; she didn't expect that their opponent would be able to strike from such a great distance.
Yuria's original combat style must be that of a...!
Sayuki: Sniper...! She's sniping at us from an extremely long distance away!
Momiji: Tch! This isn't any sniping I've ever heard of...! These shots are moving about every direction and taking ridiculous paths to surround us!!
Normally, a veteran sniper has the needs to eliminate a target in a single kill shot by aiming for the head.
But at the same time, if such a shot misses and the target is warned and finds a place to hide, the snipers' location can be read from the trajectory that their shot took.
...But this female sniper, overturning such common sense as if ridiculing it, is a completely different issue.
She is defying what is accepted knowledge for snipers and is firing precisely aimed shots from unpredictable blind spots that are taking seemingly random paths through the air to reach her targets...
A large group of buildings crowded together would have been disadvantageous for a normal sniper, but such a difficulty is no issue thanks to her tactics.
On the other hand, none of the Magi has ever experienced a kind of attack like this where they are constantly under siege.
Momiji: So then, this means that our opponent must be...
Sayuki: There's no doubt about it. It's the rifle-user I fought previously.
Kirisaki: Neheheh. Even though we planned for this kind of fight, it seems that our opponent was well-prepared themselves.
Momiji: This battle style is completely different from how you told us she fought! What the hell is going on, you stupid cat?!
Sayuki: ...Tch...
Being shot at from an extremely long-distance and from unpredictable angles, Sayuki and the others are at the mercy of a completely different set of tactics than the ones she encountered previously.
However, this is definitely the same Robotics;Notes that Sayuki and Ryuichi had been forcibly invited to previously...
None of the information that the Magi pooled together about their opponents mentioned anything about one of them being able to attack from such a long distance, so they had no idea that this was this Holy Knight's primary battle style.
Momiji: Jeez! If you made an error this big, than we can't rely on your information at all!
Sayuki: ...Battlefield conditions can change at any time. Sometimes, it becomes necessary to adapt.
Momiji: Of course you'd say something like that. But, oh well.
Momiji: I wasn't going to rely on your information from the beginning anyway.
Momiji: Long-distance shooting is fine by me! I'll pull that reclusive rifle-user out of hiding soon enough!
Sayuki: Don't stick out so much, or you're likely to get shot in the back.
Momiji: Wha?!
Sayuki: If you don't like it, you can just stick to the shadows. This requires someone who can shoot in all directions.
Someone like you with little to no mobility isn't needed.
Sayuki: I'll somehow deal with this.
Kirisaki: Hey, hey wait a minute you two! This isn't the time to be fighting!!
Kirisaki: ...Hey. How about a temporary ceasefire between you two until we defeat this rifle-user, okay?
Momiji: Of course we're going to beat up our enemy!
Sayuki: But I have no intention of cooperating with her.
Kirisaki: *Sighs* We might have made a huge mistake with this kind of strategy.
With tensions between Sayuki and Momiji apparently on the verge of blowing up around him, he has no choice but to try and hold their hands through this battle.
Kirisaki: So I guess I've got to control these two somehow. Where's Yoshi-yan when I need him, this is his specialty.
While he may complain about the two young women, this isn't the time to be pessimistic.
Even at this moment, numerous more gunshots are weaving in and out between the buildings around them, approaching them like an oncoming summer storm.
Kirisaki: Alright, time to shut up and get down to business.
He can feel a sense of nostalgia from the magical bullets flying through the air.
Perhaps... It truly is...
Kirisaki: So, that rifle-user... I wonder if it's my sister?
Momiji: Wha?! Your... sister? You said her name was Yuria, right?
Sayuki: How do you know that? Based on what evidence?
Kirisaki: I don't have any evidence. It's just my intuition.
...But, I think... that I might be right.
Kirisaki: I'm right, aren't I sis?!
Yuria: Kengo......
Yuria pulls her weapon up and briefly stops attacking.
From the highest place in this world, her expression barely changes... but the hint of a smile comes to her lips as she thinks of her new Target.
Is it from the joy of knowing that she is facing her grown-up little brother, or is it because she has the strength to hide the tinge of sadness deep within her......
Yuria: I'm glad that you are my opponent.
Unlike the neon lights illuminating the world below, up here there is nothing but darkness surrounding her.
Her will returns to the magical energy drifting around her, causing her long, bright hair to wave around in the darkness as if being stroked by a light breeze.
Holding her weapon like any other rifle, she looks with a sharp gaze through the scope at Kirisaki's Irregular presence.
It is a few kilometers between her and her targets.
For Yuria and her beloved rifle... for Fora Kairos, it doesn't matter how far the distance is between them.
Yuria: Including you, that makes three Magi as my opponents. I can't afford to go easy on you in that case.
Yuria: That's why I've prepared more than enough strategies to fall back on in case something should go awry.
Throwing away her usual position as a sniper and choosing to fight by firing an infinite barrage of bullets might prove to be her folly, but she chose this method because of how cautious she is of the Magi.
She recognizes ability naturally, and looks only for victory without letting her pride drag her down. That is why she can boast of her undefeated battlefield record.
Yuria: Regardless of how many of you there are, I will not let you tarnish my undefeated record. That is my proof of loyalty to my comrades who accepted me.
Yuria: Even if one of my opponents... is you, Kengo.
Yuria: Surround them... AION CHRONOMETER!!
The space-time gate opens.
In the last battle, she used only the bare minimum of what she had to during their brief meeting. But now, her ultimate Mythic art... is released.
She pulls the trigger, firing a magic bullet from the muzzle of her rifle.
Yuria: These infinite bullets will continue to rain on you until your spirits are broken. That will be the moment of your defeat...
Yuria: How long will you manage to last in this endless game of mine?
The bullet that she fires is replicated by several dozen magic circles that have been set up across the surrounding buildings, each one changing its trajectory several times during its flight...
And the next moment...
Kirisaki: It's coming again!
Kirisaki: With these shots moving about the way they are, it's going to be difficult to narrow down our opponent's position since we can't follow their trajectory.
Momiji: If we don't keep moving, we're going to full of holes in seconds!
Sayuki: There's no need to look for our enemy in a wide open space like this!
Sayuki: Nngh!
Matching black and white bullets fly forward from the barrels of her pistols.
Twisting her body around as she pulls the triggers, she shoots down all of the magic bullets that were aiming for her.
The ease with which she wields her dual handguns and her graceful movements make it seem like her guns are dancing as they weave all around her body.
After she stops all of the bullets coming her way, she creates a moment of opportunity for herself.
The next bullets that leave her gun are not mere magic bullets, but ones backed by one of her most trusted abilities.
Sayuki: You'll have to forgive me, Satomura Momiji. You won't be getting a turn...
I'll be taking care of that rifle-user with this.
Sayuki: Weiss Schwarz!!
Utamaru and Archimedes can fire bullets with a special ability tagged onto them.
The ability to track a target by sensing the 'sound' that they make.
While Sayuki herself cannot see her opponent, she doesn't have to with bullets that automatically seek out their target for her by following their 'sound'.
It is an absolute tracking shot that transcends sniping completely.
Kirisaki: Alright, that'll do it!
Kirisaki: With this, it doesn't matter how far away the enemy is!
But their expectations are disappointingly betrayed.
Sayuki: Eh...?
The black and white bullets of Weiss Schwarz are sucked straight up like a rocket into the sky and explode.
Kirisaki: W-What? Did it misfire? Maybe if you shoot it again...
Sayuki: No... It's not that they lost sight of the target.
Kirisaki: W-What the? You mean... Are you saying that the enemy's Barrier Jacket is nullifying your ability to track sound?
Sayuki: That's not it.
While the enemy's Barrier Jackets certainly can nullify a magical weapon's unique abilities, it only does so to ones that target them directly.
Weiss Schwarz' tracking ability is only applied to the bullets that she fires from her guns.
She is not trying to 'gift' this kind of ability to the Holy Knight.
Sayuki: It doesn't seem possible, but...... Perhaps the enemy is not emitting any sound for me to track?
Kirisaki: T-That's ridiculous! Wouldn't they have to be a zombie or something to stop their heartbeat?!
Kirisaki: ...Damn, they won't even let me talk! Sa-tsun (Sayuki), Momiji-chan, let's fall back for now!
The three Magi dodge away from the mass of gunfire approaching them from all directions and dive into an alley between two of the larger buildings.
Sayuki: There's no way that I shouldn't be able to track someone's heartbeat. It's more like 'they don't exist' or something...
Sayuki: This might be an ability of our opponent's.
Once their position has been determined, a sniper becomes unable to fulfill their role.
Although a first-class sniper is able to consciously control their breathing and their heartbeat and make them disappear almost entirely.
Kirisaki: If so, then it's only going to make it more troublesome to figure out her location...
Momiji: Oh my~ Didn't you say I wasn't going to get a turn, Kurobane Sayuki? What do you have to say for yourself now?
Sayuki: ......
Momiji: Our enemy is a tricky one. If she went to the trouble of preparing something like this, of course it wouldn't be that easy to find her hiding spot.
Kirisaki: Furthermore, her attacks are deadly as well.
Kirisaki: Tch. Even though we're well hidden, it seems she can still track us!
Sayuki: Khuh!
Kirisaki: Hiding in the shadows like this only narrows our ability to escape.
Kirisaki: Although we'll be easily visible, our chances are better out in the open.
Sayuki: I agree.
As if waiting for them, a massive wave of bullets strikes at them from all sides the instant they exit the alley.
Kirisaki: Geh! Is it just me, or are their numbers steadily increasing?!
Momiji: You've noticed that as well?
The unending storm of gunfire continues to batter at them from all sides, each bullet aimed with deadly precision at the three Magi as they do their best to avoid them.
Kirisaki: T-That was close.
Momiji: We need to find a way to fight back. We're doomed to fail if we just rely on Kurobane Sayuki.
Sayuki: I don't want to hear that from someone who hasn't even done anything yet.
Kirisaki's shoulders slump as he watches Momiji and Sayuki glare at each other even while they're all avoiding the enemy's attacks.
Kirisaki: ...I guess I should try and get them to cooperate somehow. Although it might be a bit ambitious for someone like me to reach them...
Momiji and Sayuki are perhaps more conscious of not wanting to lose to each other as rivals rather than focusing on the rifle-user trying to kill them.
If he wants to get them on the same page, he'll have to do his best to find some way to resolve their differences.
Rather than force them to cooperate, he decides that it would be wiser to force them to play to their strengths by making them compete against each other.
Kirisaki: Although I have been able to somewhat freely operate my Stream Field as of late, I still can't compare to Momiji-chan or Sa-tsun.
Kirisaki: Rather than get in their way, it would be better if I tried to support them instead.
Kirisaki: Even in this setup I'm playing the complementary role. I guess this is my lot in life after all.
The Free Finish Orchestra Battle System has been unlocked!
Free Finish: Weiss Schwarz
Sayuki's ability Weiss Schwarz is a pair of magical bullets that use sound to track enemies before detonating explosively when they reach their target.
Free Finish: Judgment
Momiji's Mythic-class ability can be considered both her strongest or weakest attack, depending on how many previous attacks and their accompanying 'sins' she has afflicted the target with from her Grimoire.
Although Judgment is merely a blinding aurora of light for opponents who have not been stricken by any sins, if the target has been afflicted by all seven, its destructive power is on par with Sakura's Laevateinn.
However, as the Holy Knights cannot be affected by her Grimoire's sins it is difficult to demonstrate its true power, so paying attention is mandatory.
Free Finish: Nero Apocalypse
Kirisaki's Mythic-class attack, Nero Apocalypse, is formed by combining all of his 666 knives into one massively powerful knife and launches it forward.
While its trajectory is linear, the destructive power of this knife is on par with many other Mythic-class attacks.
EXS System: Select Character's Fate to Control
With Kirisaki ascertaining the current battlefield situation, it becomes possible to select which person's perspective to follow as they make their assault and take the fight to the enemy.
In order to defeat Yuria's strategies, you must decide whose perspective you wsh to follow at the appropriate time, or suffer a devastating defeat!
Sayuki: Haaaaahhh!!
Momiji: Damn you!!
Kirisaki: Teyaaahhhh!!
Momiji: Ku... We're not getting anywhere like this! What should we do?
Kirisaki: There's only one thing to do, we keep moving until we find where she's firing from and stop her!
Sayuki: So independent action. Got it, leave it to me.
Momiji: I'm not letting you go on ahead after that you made that stupid mistake earlier!
Sayuki and Momiji jump ahead, leaping in opposite directions.
Although their goal appears to be unified in their real enemy, Kirisaki can't help be feel uneasy about the two who mix as well together as cats and dogs.
Kirisaki: However... All I can do for now is believe in both of them.
Momiji: Haa, Haa...Huh? What the hell are you doing here?!
Sayuki: That's what I was about to ask you. You're already short of breath because you run about so desperately. How pathetic.
Momiji: Grrr. Don't talk to me like that, Kurobane Sayuki. You haven't done anything right yet anyway, have you? You really are useless here.
Sayuki: Tch...!
Sayuki: In that case...
Sayuki: I'll change the flow of battle right now!
Sayuki: Weiss Schwarz!!
The black and white bullets, once again unable to track their 'enemy', disappear into empty space.
Sayuki: That settles it then, that rifle-user is not emitting any 'sound'.
Momiji: Just give it up already! The result is going to the same every time, and you're just wasting energy at this point!
Sayuki: ......It's not a waste.
Momiji: Hmph. Struggle with your bravado as much as you like then. As I thought, we'll just have to move out and find her through legwork!
Sayuki: I already knew that, I don't need to hear it from you!
Momiji: ......Geh! Kurobane Sayuki, get back!!
Sayuki: Wha?!
Sayuki: Haaaaahhh!!
Momiji: Damn you!!
Kirisaki: Teyaaahhhh!!
Momiji: Ku... We're not getting anywhere like this! What should we do?
Sayuki: Even if I keep running around, I'll never find our enemy like this.
Sayuki: I need to find some kind of hint in order to determine where she's shooting from...
...Although it's a little dangerous, I have no choice but to do this.
The trajectory of the magical bullets keeps changing, but she knows that they all share a point of origin, and that is where the shooter will be hiding.
Since the enemy is human, there has to be some sort of trick that's allowing her to continue to fire such accurate shots at them from wherever she is.
There's only one way that she'll be able to identify that location.
Sayuki: ......
Lowering her pistols, she places herself directly in the line of fire in an attempt to direct her enemy's focus to her.
The location she has chosen is a wide open square. There is no cover here, a perfect location for the enemy sniper to focus her fire on.
Sayuki: I'm not going to run or hide. If you're going to fire, than do it.
Yuria could be anywhere as far as Sayuki is concerned, but she smiles daringly as she says those words.
Instead of words, the reply comes in another shot made with unmatched precision.
The sound of the rifle firing is too far away to be heard, but that does not matter as the bullets' path continuously changes each time it reaches a magic circle, aiming straight for Sayuki's chest...
Just before it hits...!
Sayuki: Found you...!
Her heart pounds strongly in her chest.
At the same time, she condenses and explodes the magical energy throughout her body, gaining 'hyper acceleration' that is enough to distort even space-time.
Sayuki: Flugel Blitz!
She kicks off of the ground and flies through the air, moving to the top of a building several kilometers away in a single step.
Here... is where the shot was fired!
Sayuki: There!
Holding her dual pistols in front of her, she aims at the section of the roof where her enemy should be firing from.
However.
Sayuki: There's nobody here...?
Yuria: Even though it was just a diffused reflection, to be able to see the path of my shot and make it this far... As I expected of you.
Yuria's expression does not change as she speaks indifferently while surveying the battlefield below her. There is no hint of surprise in her voice at all.
Yuria: I confirmed your battle sense and mobility in the last battle. I believed that you would find me...!
Yuria: Sleeping Kairos!!
Sayuki: Impossible. What is this technique?
An enormous magic circle appears right before her eyes.
But this isn't a reflective magical circle, this is the same spatial movement ability that plagued her in the last battle...!
Sayuki: Nngh... a trap?!
The bullet erupts from the magic circle and is nearly upon her in the space of half a second.
_For Sayuki who had already accelerated to get to this point, avoiding this attack is impossible.
But she realizes this fact, and her mind immediately shifts from an 'offensive' perspective to a 'defensive' one.
Sayuki: Gate Open!!
Sayuki: Repeating the same trick won't continue to work!
Leg guards materialize on her legs, erupting with magical energy and forcing her body to slide sideways.
The blue bullet zips past her by just a few centimeters.
Sayuki had not jumped into the same trap that caught her off-guard in the last battle without making preparations to escape from it this time.
Skoll and Hati
Sayuki's twin pistols Utamaru and Archimedes are the basis for her long-range fighting style.
But when she equips the twin leg guards Skoll and Hati, it becomes possible for her to shift to a very effective close combat fighting style.
Having jumped straight into the line of fire on purpose, in order to change her trajectory in mid-air she had to rely on the mobility granted to her by Skoll and Hati.
However, reversing her fortune and emerging from the dire situation has presented her with a golden opportunity.
Sayuki: That attack just now was different from the others. That powerful magic shot was aimed to kill me outright.
Sayuki: In that case... Her firing position should be at the end of its path!
After avoiding the deadly shot by a razor-thin margin, she begins to follow its path back to its point of origin while avoiding the other shots that have since come around to assault her.
Sayuki: Please! Skoll, Hati!
As if complying with their Master's wishes, the leg guards' thrusters erupt with more magical energy to carry her forward toward her target.
And.
Sayuki: This time I've got you!
On the roof of the building ahead of her is the silhouette of the rifle-user that she fought in the last battle... Yuria!
Yuria: ......
Despite the situation turning against her in an instant, she patiently stands her ground.
Sayuki: I don't know what you're attempting to do, but this ends here!
After going to all the trouble to maintain a continuous barrage of fire from an extremely long range and creating several clever traps, close combat should be the last thing that Yuria would wish for.
In that case, the one who takes immediate action instead of the wait-and-see approach will have the overwhelming advantage.
Sayuki boosts forward, intending to end the battle immediately.
Slipping past building after building, leaving sound itself behind in her wake, she races toward Yuria in a straight line at supersonic speed.
Yuria: I've kept you waiting. Fora Chronos... It's your turn now!
Yuria takes a strong step forward, and a magical circle appears beneath her feet.
...At the same time, all of her other attacks freeze in mid-air, and sound itself disappears from the world for several seconds...
It is the result of her temporarily suspending all of her prior techniques.
Once the dispersed magical energy returns to her body, she releases all of it at once in one massive thrust!
Yuria: SLEEPING CHRONOS!!!!
As Sayuki rushes in convinced of her victory, Yuria releases a gigantic spear of magical energy to intercept her.
Furthermore, as her trump card, the Mythic-class spear is her strongest attack as it weaves her original battle style together with the bullets she fires...
Fora Chronos is Fora Kairos' original form, and she changes to it in order to pierce her enemies with a spear of concentrated magical energy gathered from throughout her whole body.
Its main point is simply 'to pierce'.
It discards all complex notions and strategies, refining everything into one single point to 'penetrate' the very heavens, and grind even the gods themselves into dust!!
Sayuki: ?!!
Sayuki: Nngh, Haa, Haa... What the hell was that just now?
......She managed to dodge it at the last possible moment.
The spear was fired with exquisite timing, and Sayuki was only able to evade it by breaking her charge and boosting to the side immediately.
But the gale-force wind that was left in the wake of the spear still tore into her body regardless.
Although she was able to avoid any lethal damage, she has cuts and bruises all along her limbs after crash-landing on top of a nearby building.
Yuria: So you were able to dodge that blow. Perhaps I've been cheating on my gun for so long that I've forgotten how to wield it properly.
The weapon held in her hand with wind wrapped around it no longer resembles a rifle, but a spear.
Laying on her side on top of a building like this with blood seeping from the cuts on her body, it sure doesn't feel to Sayuki that her opponents' skill in wielding her 'spear' has dropped.
Sayuki: ...I thought that it was strange that you had stayed like that for so long. I had a feeling that you had set another trap...
Yuria: I had expected that managing to slip through the trap of Sleeping Kairos would have caused you to drop you guard, but on the contrary, it seems only to have made you more vigilant.
Sayuki: Still, I never expected you to wield something like a spear.
Yuria: There are few people who have seen my spear and lived. Fewer still are those that know my true fighting style.
Yuria: Since most of my targets never see me, they often mistake me for a sniper.
Yuria: It's comical, actually. To think that I can only fight with a gun.
There isn't the slightest hint of exaggeration in her words. All Sayuki has to do to confirm them is recall that last blow.
It is just pure speed and destructive power. But even if she knows that, it is still not that easy to defeat it.
If she jumps in carelessly again, she'll definitely get pierced by it. In other words, the range of Yuria's spear covers her entire territory.
Sayuki: I thought that I had finally cornered you...
But the one who was cornered was Sayuki, having been caught in a double-trap.
Sayuki: Even though I can continue fighting like this, I can't win now.
Accepting that her enemy's tactics have completely defeated her, she elects to withdraw immediately.
Once she leaves, she knows that her enemy will return to firing at her from a distance, trying to tire her out with the continuous barrage of sniper fire.
No matter where she goes, there is no escape from it. The only way to defeat Yuria is to find a way back to her and jump in towards that deadly spear once again.
Sayuki: However, if I jump in again without a plan, the result will just be the same as before...
Sayuki: A monotonous attack isn't going to be enough to defeat her. She is fighting just as I would, with a strategy that the opponent does not yet understand how to overcome...
The current battle situation will remain disadvantageous for her and the others. She returns to where Momiji and Kirisaki are while trying to think of some way to turn the situation around.
Momiji: Haa, Haa...Huh? What the hell are you doing here?!
Sayuki: That's what I was about to ask you. You're already short of breath because you run about so desperately. How pathetic.
Momiji: Grrr. Don't talk to me like that, Kurobane Sayuki. You haven't done anything right yet anyway, have you? You really are useless here.
Sayuki: Tch...!
Sayuki: In that case...
Sayuki: I'll change the flow of battle right now!
She fires a barrage of bullets into the air at random, but they of course disappear into the air without hitting anything because there was no target in range.
Momiji: Are you an idiot? What did you think would happen, firing randomly like that?
Sayuki: Shut up. Why don't you run something other than your mouth and try something yourself?
Momiji: Fine! Then I'll move my head closer, what about that?!
Kirisaki: Hey, you guys can't be quarreling amongst yourself like this!
Sayuki: !
Momiji: !
Kirisaki: Nero Apocalypse!!
Kirisaki's magical weapon is a collection of 666 knives. The base strength of each one of them is very low, at least compared to the rest of the Magi's weapons.
But by bringing all 666 together and combining them into one massive knife, its attack power scales tremendously, and could also be called his trump card.
Momiji: Wha?!!
Kirisaki fires his large knife made up of 666 smaller ones straight into the ground in front of them in order to halt the latest barrage of bullets.
Momiji: T-That was dangerous, damnit! Don't do something like that so suddenly! Besides, firing blindly like that isn't going to solve anything!
Kirisaki: You'll never know until you try though, right?
Sayuki: In that case, do you understand now? In the current situation, you can't reach the rifle-user even with your best move.
Kirisaki: It seems like it... I figured as much...Nngh?!
A mass of magical bullets pierces through the dust cloud that Nero Apocalypse made when it impacted the ground, and quickly encircles them!
Momiji: Ahhhh, damn they're persistent!!
Sayuki: Haaaaahhh!!
Momiji: Damn you!!
Kirisaki: Teyaaahhhh!!
Momiji: Ku... We're not getting anywhere like this! What should we do?
Momiji skillfully manipulates the seven crystals of her Grimoire to shoot down several different bullets aiming for her.
But since she has to stop every time she has to intercept a shot at the last second and cannot see 360 degrees around her, she cannot advance.
Momiji: It's true that I'm not nearly as athletic as Kurobane Sayuki is. However, that's not going to be enough to stop me!
Before the countless lights of death dancing in the air around her, she continues to run fearlessly through the streets beneath the tall buildings.
Momiji: There!
Behind, to the sides, and above, she continues to shoot down the approaching death bullets beyond her line of sight just in the nick of time.
Momiji: ......
She does not hesitate for even a second, and keeps her feet moving as she runs toward a location she has set as her goal.
Of course, she has no idea where the enemy's location actually is.
She can't afford to take the time to think about where the sniper's nest is while dodging all of the deadly accurate bullets.
She is relying purely on her intuition.
Momiji: I'll never find anything unless I continue to press forward. Just you wait, rifle-user!
Momiji: Grimoire: Full Throttle!!
Momiji: I can't afford to stop in a place like this!
Momiji: It's a waste of time to think about unnecessary things anyway! The only thing I have to do is believe in myself and keep moving!
Thinking about her current situation won't change anything; only acting will.
In that case, all she has to do is remove unnecessary things like nerves and anxiety from her mind and focus all of her energy on pushing forward.
She dashes through the large buildings, leaving her fate up to her intuition.
A number of brilliant lights dance out between the shadows of the buildings with even more beginning to emerge from several magic circles in the area, drawing seemingly random paths as they converge on her location.
The countless barrage of magical gunshots dance like small spears of light as they continue to twist randomly and close in from seemingly every possible angle.
Momiji: Grimoire: Full Throttle!!
Momiji: Perfect condition! I didn't feel a thing~
She is no longer reacting to the bullets of light closing in on her; she knew their trajectory before they even got close this time.
Not just because of her attacking full throttle with Grimoire, but because her intuition has sharpened to such an extent that she is able to guess the bullets' path with near 100% accuracy and then shoot them down.
Her strong mind and will of steel have drawn out the rare and latent potential within her to find the enemies closing in around her.
There are only a few people who can reach this kind of level where their instincts override their conscious mind.
There are no more blind spots in Momiji's current state of mind now that she possesses a 360 degree field of vision thanks to her sixth sense.
Momiji: Get out of my way!!
Believing in such well-honed instincts when wild beasts would have turned and fled, she forces her way through the relentless storm of magic bullets.
Momiji: I'll find you in no time, you damn rifle-user! I can already instinctively feel where you're firing from!
Who can doubt her intuition when she is in this state?
Momiji: Eh? What's that?
Far away on top of the building in front of her, she sees a brief flash of light like a shooting star erupt and race away from the building.
And the next moment...
A group of magic circles surrounding her expands, and the one bullet that was shot from the roof of that building suddenly turns to encircle her as several more burst from the magic circles to do the same.
But.
Momiji: There!
Momiji: Huhu~ Found you at last, rifle-user.
Although she is still a great distance away, she has finally gotten close enough to where she can catch a glimpse of the Holy Knight.
Momiji: However, if I go any further than she'll surely see me coming, and she may just escape right out from under me.
For an enemy whose tactics consist of sniper fire from a distance, they're likely to be good at a long-distance battle but poor in close combat.
Once she moves closer, the enemy will likely attempt to escape.
Momiji: I hate this game of tag. Sorry, but I have no intention of keeping you company like this any longer.
Momiji: ...That woman might catch on if I don't hurry though, and I'll have no choice to retreat all the way back to where I came at that point.
Momiji: Besides, I don't want to have to give up and not get any credit after I went to all this trouble.
Momiji: The enemy doesn't seem to have noticed me yet... This might be my first and only opportunity to take her out.
The enemy continues to fire, showing no signs of retreating.
It's now or never. She has to strike now while she can.
Momiji: Judgment!!!
She can't afford to miss this chance with the enemy in her sights. That is why Momiji decides to use her last resort here.
Grimoire's seven crystals come together and fire forth an aurora of light toward the rifle-user's nest on the roof of the building.
Contrary to its divine appearance, Judgment is actually completely useless against the rifle-user in its current state, and will deal no damage even if she hits her target.
Grimoire's unique ability is to convey a sin to whatever target is hit by its corresponding crystal.
Judgment's power coincides with how many of the seven sins a target has. If the number is high, its power rises.
Comparatively, if the number is low, its power drops.
The amount of sins imposed on the rifle-user is currently zero.
To begin with, her power does not work on the Holy Knights.
In other words...... her attack is merely a bluff.
Momiji: Tch. She got away.
She can't defeat the enemy by herself, not with Judgment having zero attack power.
That means that the reason the enemy 'fled' was more of a reaction to her being there rather than the fact that she dealt no damage.
Momiji: But, she seems to be wary of my attacks... Therefore, I'm sure that was actually her.
Momiji: There's nothing else I can do for now though, and now I'm at her mercy again.
Momiji: Khu...!
Yuria's sniper fire continues to fall on her. If the battle continues to draw out, she'll eventually fall victim to this kind of shot.
This isn't the time to be standing still and waiting for something to happen.
Momiji: Once I leave here though, I'll have no choice but to brave that gauntlet again.
Having completely lost sight of her enemy, the chances of her reappearing in this same location are infinitely low.
Momiji retreats back to where Sayuki and Kirisaki are located while fending off the encroaching bulletstorm once more.
Momiji: The next time I find you, we'll have a real fight.
Momiji: I'll show you just what my most valued treasure can do!
Momiji: Haa, Haa...Huh? What the hell are you doing here?!
(We'll be running through Sayuki's section again real fast; didn't make a quicksave there on purpose because than Momiji's section wouldn't be saved. Please skip ahead to *53:20*)
Yuria: ......
Sayuki: Nngh... Razen!!
The instant she says the word acts as the trigger...
Yuria: ...Tch!
A tremendously large amount of magic bullets appear like stars dotting the night sky.
Sayuki: There's no need to let the match flow at your pace again. Just as you had something prepared to use against me, I prepared something for you as well.
---Einhart---
For someone adept at handling her own magical energy, she has a specific ability that can be used to 'fixate' the shots she fires in the air and keep them invisible.
The magic bullets that she fired into the air only appeared to have vanished into the night sky, but they were instead lurking in the heavens, ready to bear their fangs once again when called upon.
Everything has been prepared...... all for this one moment!!
Sayuki: STURM KREUZ!!
The magic bullets in the sky all fall down upon Yuria simultaneously, giving her no chance to counterattack or escape.
The torrential downpour of magic bullets presses incessantly, exploding continuously and changing the roof she is on into a hellish landscape.
Sayuki: It's my victory. If you decide to resist further, I won't be so forgiving. Now, return us to the real world.
After the bombardment is over, she slowly descends to the roof... and holds her breath as she waits to see Yuria's sprawled out form.
As the smoke and magical ether clears, there is...
...No sign of Yuria.
Sayuki: ?!
Perceiving the sign of an attack coming from behind her, she jumps back immediately off the rooftop.
Sayuki: In the end, I wasn't able to take her out.
Sayuki: Did she escape...? But how could she in that situation...
With a barrage falling on her at lightning speed where she should have been hit several times, Yuria easily surpassed Sayuki's magic bullets and escaped unharmed.
It's too strange. But while Sayuki tries to figure out just what went wrong...
Sayuki: Khu...
The enemy resumes her long-distance snipe attacks, surprising Sayuki and not giving her any time to think about the current situation.
The quality and quantity of the endless attacks is the same as always. There is no sign that her enemy suffered any damage whatsoever and vanished without a trace.
Sayuki: What's going on?
Confused as she is, she can't take the time to stand around and think about it, and quickly retreats back to where the Momiji and Kirisaki are gathered.
*END PART ONE*
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