Tokyo: Magical Girl Shatters My Dream of Going Public

Chapter 105 New Vehicles (5/5)

September 24th, 6:30 AM.

The morning light was thin, and a pale blue mist hung over the factory.

Chinatsu and Kaoru had already gotten up and changed into their school uniforms as Kurokawa had asked.

The two stood outside the factory gate, ready to depart.

Chika yawned wildly, her eyes welling up with tears.

"Ah~ I'm so sleepy————"

She rubbed her eyes, her short, honey-brown hair sticking up in a mess from sleep, and her tie hanging crookedly around her neck.

Xun glanced at her sister's collar, stepped forward, reached out and adjusted Qianxia's tie, tying it carefully.

"Thank you, Xun~"

Chika thanked him in a daze, still muttering to herself.

"What is the club president doing? He woke us up so early, but he can't be found anywhere himself!"

Before he could finish speaking...

boom!!!

Deep within the factory, a deep and resonant engine roar suddenly echoed.

Like a sleeping behemoth awakened, the sound pierced through the walls and morning mist, causing the air to tremble slightly.

Chika's drowsiness was instantly shattered, and she suddenly widened her eyes.

"What was that sound?!"

Xun also turned her head to look inside the factory, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes.

Chika had already run towards the sound.

She walked around the factory area and came to the heavy metal sliding door of the vehicle workshop.

Just as she ran to the door.

hum.

Sensing her approach, the sliding doors automatically and silently slid open to both sides.

The lights in the workshop were not yet on, with only a few rays of morning light shining through the skylight.

A car slowly emerged from the darkness.

Chika's breathing stopped.

It was a dark gray armored off-road vehicle.

The car's lines are sharp and angular, and the entire body is covered with matte-textured composite magic armor plates.

The front of the car is thick and heavy, with multiple lens-type sensors embedded above the crash bar.

The tires are a whole size larger than those of ordinary off-road vehicles, with deep treads, giving off a rugged and invincible feel.

The windows are dark one-way glass, making it impossible to see inside. The roof is equipped with a retractable launch platform, which looks like a multi-launch rocket launcher.

Weapon mounting points, in a retracted state, are faintly visible on both sides of the roof.

Every detail exudes a cold yet efficient sense of futuristic technology.

It looks like a steel behemoth that has stepped out of a science fiction movie.

Silent, powerful, and unquestionable!

The morning light fell on its dark gray armor, giving it a faint metallic sheen.

(Military Humvee)

Chika's mouth dropped open.

Her eyes were wide open, unblinking, and her mind went blank for a few seconds.

"Wow—so handsome—"

—！！！！"

Her eyes widened; this kind of thing, which looked extremely professional, was what piqued her interest the most.

The vehicle slowly drove out of the vehicle workshop.

At the rear of the vehicle, a thick alloy tow bar connects to a streamlined, teardrop-shaped box trailer.

The trailer has a smooth, aerodynamic exterior, and its dark-tinted windows make it impossible to see inside.

Kurokawa rolled down the driver's side window and said to the two people outside, "Get in, we'll take this to school today."

"Yay—!"

Chika cheered and rushed to the passenger side, opened the door, and climbed in.

The interior is predominantly dark gray and black, with solid materials and simple lines.

Without any fancy decorations, practicality and durability are clearly the priorities.

And what is most noteworthy is...

In the center console area between the driver's seat and the passenger seat, under a transparent reinforced glass panel, four magical batteries, each shimmering with a faint, iridescent glow, are prominently embedded.

The energy is faintly visible through the glass, like a beating heart.

This is not an ordinary armored vehicle at all.

Instead, they are specialized war chariots modified with magical technology.

Chika's eyes were practically pressed against the glass.

"President! From now on, we'll be riding in this car on all our missions?!"

Kurokawa rested one hand on the steering wheel and patted the solid-feeling control panel upon hearing this.

"Considering the transportation needs of some equipment, I originally wanted to build a heavy truck."

"But those kinds of cars are too inconvenient to move around in the city."

"So, as a compromise, this off-road vehicle was built."

He spoke calmly, as if introducing an ordinary tool.

"At present, it should be able to meet most of our mission requirements."

As he spoke, he bent his knuckles and tapped on the car window and armor plate beside him.

"This vehicle's composite magical armor can withstand the conventional firepower of a D-level vengeful spirit."

Class D vengeful spirit.

The threat level is equivalent to that of a main battle tank.

This means that the vehicle can withstand several direct hits from a tank's main gun without being penetrated.

It is the mobile fortress that the company can currently build that best meets the needs of actual combat.

Of course, the cost is also extremely high.

The material cost of a single tank alone is as high as 80 million yen.

At that moment, Kaoru opened the back door of the car and quietly got in.

Her gaze swept over the car's simple yet technologically advanced interior layout, finally settling on the eye-catching magic battery on the center console.

Kurokawa glanced at her in the rearview mirror.

"In the future, you will gradually experience its performance."

After saying that, he started the vehicle.

The engine emits a deep, smooth hum, with almost no vibration felt.

The car drove smoothly out of the factory and over the bumpy road outside without any vibration.

As if walking on flat ground.

The suspension system filters out all the undulations in the road surface.

Soon, the tanks merged into the morning traffic on the main road.

Chika's face was almost pressed against the car window.

The street scenes rushing past outside blurred into her eyes.

New equipment.

Even the vehicle made her fingertips tingle with excitement.

Just imagine being able to ride in one of these specialized armored vehicles, shuttling between cities and battlefields—

She couldn't help but smile.

There's a strange sense of exhilaration, like a mercenary returning from overseas, donning a school uniform, and stepping back into a regular high school classroom.

"Hmm~ Not bad~"

She muttered to herself, her voice filled with barely suppressed excitement.

Kurokawa glanced at her sideways, wondering what this guy was imagining again.

But in that fleeting glance, he noticed in the rearview mirror that a black and white police car was following behind.

The distance was maintained just right, neither too obvious nor too far off.

Chika noticed it too, and she sat up abruptly, turning her head to look behind her.

"President, there seem to be police officers behind us?" she asked in a low voice, a hint of nervousness in her voice. "Are our tanks registered?"

Kurokawa chuckled: "What do you think? How could a tank I built myself possibly be registered?"

Chika's heart leaped into her throat: "What if we get caught?! We're doomed!"

"That depends on whether they can catch them."

Kurokawa gave a cold laugh.

"Hold on tight."

Before he could finish speaking...

Qianxia frantically pulled on the seatbelt, fastened it with a "click," straightened her body, and instinctively gripped the edge of the seat with both hands.

Kurokawa quickly flicked the buttons on the center console with his right hand.

He clicked precisely with his fingertips.

【Omnidirectional Stealth Mode - Activated】

A low, buzzing sound of energy flow swept through the car.

Through the side window, Chika was shocked to see the scenery on both sides of the car beginning to distort unnaturally.

It's like looking at something through a shimmering heatwave.

The car's outline is fading.

It's stealth technology.

She was familiar with this; it came from the "invisible man" she had previously taken in.

But using it on such a big car is simply insane!

The tank drove into the shadowy area beneath an overpass.

The light suddenly dimmed.

At that very moment—

The entire tank, along with the teardrop-shaped trailer behind it, resembled pencil marks erased by an eraser.

Disappeared completely.

Behind, inside the police car.

The traffic police officer in the driver's seat slammed on the brakes, the tires screeching as they scraped the road.

He stared wide-eyed at the empty road ahead.

He was still holding a police walkie-talkie when a colleague asked from the other end: "Hey? Sugimoto? Where's the target vehicle?"

Report your location!

His lips moved a few times, his voice dry and hoarse.

"—Disappeared."

"What?"

"That car—it suddenly disappeared."

On the same stretch of road out of his sight, inside the invisible chariot, Kurokawa floored the accelerator with his right foot.

Chinatsu and Kaoru were slammed against the back of their chairs by the sudden, enormous inertia.

A tightness in my chest, and my breathing became labored.

However, the anticipated engine roar was completely masked by special technology, and no engine sound could be heard from the outside.

There is only a very faint hum when the tires rub against the ground.

The speedometer on the car's dashboard was jumping wildly.

60-120-180

This seemingly bulky steel behemoth can accelerate from zero to 100 kilometers per hour in just 1.5 seconds.

More ferocious, quieter, and faster than any top-of-the-line supercar!

The ultra-high-speed technology module from [High-Speed ​​Granny] has already been perfectly integrated by Kurokawa into the core drive of this vehicle.

Chika opened her eyes wide, looking at the world outside the window, which had become a blur of streamlined lines.

My heart was pounding in my chest.

Half of it is excitement.

Half of it was a kind of indescribable, exhilarating feeling, as if it were a release from some kind of constraint.

Kurokawa gripped the steering wheel tightly, his gaze calmly sweeping over the road ahead.

Next, it's time to meet those "things" hiding in the shadows.

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