Tokyo: Magical Girl Shatters My Dream of Going Public

Chapter 88 The Original Prototype (2/5)

Kurokawa didn't turn around, but simply asked, "What is it?"

The prepared, formulaic negotiation phrases welled up in her mouth, but Sakura suddenly stopped.

She looked down at the water she had just brought.

She held the bottle and asked.

"Would you like some water?"

She heard her own voice soften, sounding less like a question and more like an awkward expression of concern.

Kurokawa was silent for a moment.

Sakura's heart tightened.

Did I say something wrong?

The next second, a tentacle silently emerged from his side, its tip gently catching the water bottle and smoothly returning to his hand.

"Thank you." The voice, processed by static, betrayed no emotion.

But at least there was no hostility.

Even—somewhat too natural a familiarity.

Sakura quietly breathed a sigh of relief, her tense shoulders relaxing slightly.

She composed herself and finally got to the point: "The objective of this mission is a vital strategic resource for the company. Yagi Heavy Industries—we will not allow anyone to take it away."

Kurokawa, with his back to her, unscrewed the bottle cap and took a sip.

The sound of water flowing over the throat was very soft.

He didn't speak until he put his mask back on.

"Of course. But the prerequisite is—that you can do it successfully."

Sakura frowned, not understanding why he was so certain.

Just then—

A very subtle tremor, like a premature heartbeat, came from the ground beneath my feet.

It's very light, yet clear.

Sakurako's body stiffened.

Almost simultaneously, the walkie-talkie on his waist crackled with a piercing electrical noise, accompanied by a near-hysterical scream: "Underground team calling for supervisor—! Those little cocoons—are hatching! They've burst open, requesting backup!"

Repeat, please support!

The sound stopped abruptly halfway through.

Sakura's face turned deathly pale instantly.

She grabbed the walkie-talkie abruptly: "Puppet is on its way to provide support! You all evacuate to the B3 safe zone immediately!"

Before he could finish speaking...

The three-story-high, deep purple cocoon in the central courtyard below suddenly developed countless irregular protrusions on its surface!

It was as if something was frantically pounding against the cocoon wall from the inside, each impact causing the entire cocoon to tremble violently, and rubble and dust fell from the clinging walls.

"Thump, thump, thump—!"

The throbbing sound changed abruptly from slow and heavy to violent and rapid.

The veins on the surface of the cocoon flickered wildly, and the deep purple light flashed on and off, making the entire mall look like a nightmare.

The ones underground are hatching.

The one right in front of us is about to hatch.

The situation is deteriorating rapidly, measured in seconds.

Sakura pointed to the walkie-talkie.

She suddenly looked up at Kurokawa's still-sitting back.

He didn't turn around, but slowly put down the water bottle.

Under his hood, no one saw the fleeting understanding that crossed his eyes.

It's as if I knew all along that it would turn out this way.

Sakura didn't have time to delve into what the other person actually knew.

She braced herself against the broken fence and shouted to the researchers below, who were still in a daze, "All non-combat personnel, evacuate immediately! Combat teams, take your positions! Xiaoying, activate your combat suits immediately!"

The crowd below was suddenly awakened.

The researchers frantically grabbed their laptops and hard drives and rushed towards the designated evacuation route without looking back.

The heavy analytical equipment lay abandoned, its dials still glowing with a faint blue light.

At the same time, the SG fighters behind the railings on each floor quickly set up their weapons, forming a circular formation within seconds, with their dark muzzles all pointing at the frantically throbbing giant cocoon in the atrium.

Kurokawa looked down with his eyes lowered.

His gaze swept over the well-trained armed personnel, finally settling on the white figure slowly walking towards the giant cocoon.

Xiaoying.

She walked very slowly, her footsteps almost silent, like a wandering soul drifting towards the eye of a storm.

Thick bangs covered half of her face, and her coiled pupils peered through the gaps in her hair, silently watching the cocoon-like body twisting and expanding in front of her.

Then she stopped.

He took out a slender syringe from his waist, the tube filled with a fluorescent blue viscous liquid that resembled a frozen aurora in the dim light.

No hesitation.

She held the needle tip against a vein on the side of her neck with her other hand and pressed down on the plunger with her thumb.

Injection of nourishing liquid.

The fluorescent blue light, like a living stream, instantly surged into her blood vessels, spreading upwards along the veins beneath her neck skin, and in the blink of an eye, it covered half of her pale face.

Almost simultaneously, the energy patterns on the surface of her pure white combat suit lit up one after another.

Starting from the core in the chest, it spread rapidly to the limbs like a spider web, finally converging at the back and illuminating the box-shaped energy backpack.

A deep, resonant sound emanated from within her, as if some dormant engine had been forcibly awakened.

The external armor plates automatically locked, and fine cooling steam sprayed from the joints.

[Prototype] Combat Suit, fully activated.

Like a beautiful porcelain piece that is on the verge of being overloaded.

Kurokawa narrowed his eyes.

Is this the original prototype?

In his previous life, he fell far behind because he couldn't start as well as large companies.

In the early stages of the outbreak, large companies like Yagi Heavy Industries had already completed the research on the first generation of combat suits.

He is also researching how to use batteries to connect weapons and damage magical vengeful spirits.

Later, he also developed his own technological path by standing on the shoulders of these large companies.

Yagi Heavy Industries chose to inject the magical energy injection directly into the body through the artery.

His chosen method was to filter and atomize the magical energy, then inhale it into his body through his mouth and nose.

Both techniques utilize magical energy.

the difference is.

The former is more convenient, longer-lasting, and more powerful, equivalent to an overloaded magic battery.

This injection can sustain an average of 40 minutes of high-intensity combat.

However, this technology is extremely damaging to the human body. Studies have shown that combatants who use the injections have an average lifespan reduction of 30 years.

The latter, however, has a safer technology and a higher energy efficiency.

A fully charged magic battery can sustain high-intensity combat for thirty minutes without the use of plugins or other accessories. As long as it's not overloaded, there will be no reduction in its lifespan...

Kurokawa thought of this.

His gaze lingered on the small figure.

"The initial prototype combat suit's combat capabilities were unknown..."

"

In his previous life, he never had the chance to see this work in person.

He couldn't help but lean forward, wanting to see more clearly.

Below, Xiaoying slowly raised her head.

His bangs were slightly blown aside by the surging energy, revealing a pair of non-human pupils that had completely transformed into a fluorescent blue.

She raised her right hand.

The interface of the energy backpack on her back hummed and spun, and two slender energy rifles automatically popped out and landed steadily in her palm.

Inside the transparent guide tube of the gun, the light stream began to accelerate.

And directly in front.

The protrusions on the surface of the giant cocoon have expanded to their limit, and the thin cocoon wall has become translucent due to the internal impact, through which one can vaguely see the countless limb-like shadows wriggling and intertwining.

"Thump! Thump! Thump!!!"

The sounds of impact grew increasingly rapid and intense.

Kurokawa let out a soft breath.

coming soon.

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