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Chapter 490 The Unpredictable Stage of Fate Begins

Tens of minutes ago.

An alarm sounded at the Second Division of the parallel world, which is the headquarters of FIS.

"Noise has appeared! It's an entity with energy levels different from normal!! Image, here it comes!"

The footage obtained by seizing access to civilian surveillance cameras revealed a huge, dark, humanoid noise.

"Begin guiding residents to evacuate immediately! Yi, rush to the scene!!"

Genjuro put on his headphones, began on-site control, and sent out the only Symphoger user.

That's right. In this world, the only one with the ability to defeat Noise is Kazanari Tsubasa. There is no Chris, Maria, or anyone else.

But only a few minutes later.

“A new awakening waveform was detected and confirmed as Gungnir after matching… There is also an unconfirmed waveform.”

"It's Gungnir?!"

If it were just Gungnir, it wouldn't be too strange, since there's a child named "Tachibana Hibiki" who seems to have inherited the relic of Hanazono from that day and is active outside the Second Department as an [unconfirmed] Symphoger user.

She always appears without a word, then defeats the noise, but—

Genjuro stood frozen in place, staring at the two identical artifact waveforms on the screen. Before anyone present could react, the two pillars began to surge upwards at a terrifying speed, even reaching the level of a swan song.

I've never seen a Phonic Gain of this magnitude before.

Even more unbelievable, footage from the surrounding surveillance cameras showed that their own stunner was knocked down by a special noise as soon as he appeared, while the two "Tachibana Hibiki" who actually resolved the crisis started fighting each other without saying a word.

Their destructive power increased exponentially. Their violent brawls easily destroyed the surrounding buildings, as if a natural disaster had struck, eventually turning the ruins into drifting dust and melting the ground into flowing liquid.

Not long after the cataclysmic battle subsided, Kazanari Tsubasa and the unfamiliar costumed character each grabbed a Tachibana Hibiki and headed towards the Second Division.

"Hurry, hurry..."

When Chris saw the two Hibiki Tachibana lying on the ground one after the other, their eyes closed and their bodies covered in blood, she knew that something terrible had happened. How could they not pay the price for using that level of power?

Upon noticing the somewhat dazed Windwing beside her, Chris, who was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, suddenly knew what to do.

Go find the FIS organization in this world. Although I don't know what changes have occurred, since they were able to come up with a solution to the noise monster, they should be able to rely on them.

Chris finally breathed a sigh of relief after taking Tachibana Hibiki and the others to the medical room.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

"Wait, wait... Uncle, why are you here for a medical appointment? Where is Ms. Liaozi?"

Chris looked at the burly man in the red shirt who was adjusting the equipment and said incredulously.

In their world, Kazanari Genjuro is a true martial arts expert; even if they all fought together, they might not be able to defeat him in hand-to-hand combat. While he's not completely clueless about scientific research, he's certainly at the level of merely knowing how to use it. And this guy…

"I've always been the one who debugged Wing's Symphoger system... Martial arts? I've dabbled in it a little, but only to the level of self-defense."

It's confirmed. In this world, Kazanari Genjuro is a weirdo who loves watching science fiction movies.

Naturally, the information exchange had already taken place, including their origins from a parallel world and their use of the Galar Horn to resolve the crisis.

"Let's not talk about this... Are Hibiki and the others alright?"

"Although I don't know which child Chris is referring to, but..." Holding the medical report, Kazanari Genjuro frowned, his expression serious, and his tone quite heavy: "The stronger child recovered very quickly, with a vitality stronger than anyone I've ever seen, while the other one, Hibiki, who was somewhat malnourished..."

Then, he revealed the cruel truth—

"He will die soon."

Hibiki (Case No. 1 of Fusion Syndrome), after fusing with a fragment of the relic "Gungnir", caused various abnormal phenomena as the depth of fusion increased.

The most obvious example is spontaneous human combustion—an abnormally high temperature phenomenon of heat generation and release.

The collected material, generated within their bodies and expelled from the body, was found by the research team to be extremely similar in composition to the human body, but its phase was determined to be fixed at an imaginary number. Ultimately, it was temporarily identified as an unknown substance that differed from the human body in all aspects.

According to the report, Hibiki Tachibana, who came from a parallel world, has a life force in her cells that far exceeds that of ordinary people, and she is barely able to withstand the erosion.

However, even in their own world, Hibiki Tachibana's heart was being gradually eroded by crystals of varying sizes. The high concentration of string energy condensed into a physical form, and the Symphoger, wrapped around her entire body, repeatedly underwent energy transformation and reconstruction, indirectly accelerating the erosion within her body...

Finally, Hibiki Tachibana's entire body, including flesh, cells, and nervous system, will be transformed into an unidentified crystalline substance.

"Only an idiot would disregard their health and produce something like this... Let's just call it the Fool's Stone..."

Chris was furious, her eyes filled with worry.

Because in their world, Noise doesn't appear frequently, and even if it does, it's taken down by super martial artists and ninjas equipped with the "FG-style Resurrection Special Machine Suit".

The intensity of these warriors' combat was limited to daily sparring, so the degree of fusion with the sound remained at a rather subtle level, neither high nor low.

However, in this battle, in order to push her power to a point where she could suppress the bad Hibiki, Tachibana Hibiki completely exposed the problems that existed within them.

If turning the "unfit" into the "fit," and the "weak" into the "strong," simply requires implanting fragments of relics without paying any price, wouldn't that be too wonderful?

The more one fights, the more one craves power, the harder it is to turn back towards death.

"With current technology, forcibly separating them could very well lead to Hibiki's..."

"no--!"

With a bang, Tachibana Hibiki, dressed in a hospital gown, suddenly appeared in front of everyone, stepping through the metal wall that had a hole as tall as a person, and said resolutely and forcefully.

"unarmed?!"

Kazanari Genjuro was astonished. This girl had fought her way out of the hospital room without even transforming; she was simply a monster.

"I won't let that happen! I absolutely won't let her die like this!"

Her gaze was piercing, filled with an unstoppable determination.

[Hibiki Tachibana: Master, save me!]

The "I" that needs saving is not herself, but actually refers to the critically ill Tachibana Hibiki.

However, just as she was about to call for backup, several messages appeared all at once, as if they had planned it together.

Kurumi Tokisaki: This is terrible!

[Yukari Yakumo: Oh no... this is terrible!]

[Aihara Enju: ■■■■, ■■ya!]

(End of this chapter)