Sky Striker Princess, but the swan song of Valkyrie.

"Kaze no Genjuro said, and seemingly confirming that this attack could not interfere with him, Zero's voice disappeared, replaced by various sharp noises coming from all directions of the space.

"Commander, be careful that they don't escape or go to 'Durandal's' room."

With a group of men in black suits hiding in a corner, Ogawa Shinji, gun in hand, warily looked around and loudly warned them.

He hadn't forgotten that their goal from the beginning wasn't to defeat them, and after he spoke up to remind them, he seemed to vaguely hear a 'tsk' amidst the noise.

"Ah, I know, I'll keep a close eye on her and won't let her get away."

Kazanari Genjuro responded in this way, and at the same time became more proactive, constantly moving and chasing after Rei, who was also constantly moving.

Then, an eerie silence fell over the battlefield. Rei tried to shake off Genjuro's pursuit in the darkness, while Genjuro stayed close to Rei, just a few meters away.

The Tiger Shark Cannon was knocked away by him, the Widow Anchor was instantly torn off, and the Bumblebee Floating Unit could only be used to hold off for a moment. After entering a tense duel, Zero realized how troublesome this man was. He was just like a normal monster with a very high attack power.

"This can't go on; we need to find a way to change things..."

Just as Lingyi was thinking this, things changed, though not in the way she had expected.

"Hey, the genius Ms. Sakurai Ryoko has brought you a spare light bulb."

With this broadcast, light from some relatively intact corners illuminated the entire corridor, turning the entire battlefield from darkness into light.

"...You've really been a great help, Sakurai."

Once the light was on, Genjuro stopped his relentless, high-pressure fighting style, giving himself a moment to catch his breath. While that high-pressure fighting style could effectively pressure his opponent, it also took a significant toll on his own energy.

"..."

Lingyi also stopped, seemingly to rest.

"There's light now."

Seizing the opportunity, Ogawa rushed to the battlefield and used Shadow Stitch on the shadow that Rei had created due to the light. Although there was a possibility that it could be dodged when the information was exposed, it could still cause some interference.

Then………

Ogawa's dart struck Zero's shadow, and indeed, it pinned the shadow down perfectly. The blonde girl made no effective resistance whatsoever.

......

Zero tried to move her fingers, seemingly wondering why she couldn't move, while Genjuro and Ogawa were also wondering why they had captured each other so easily.

Thud! Thud!

A gunshot rang out as some black-suited replicants, seeing the darkness recede, began firing at the noisy floating units around them. As one floating unit was destroyed, the blonde girl seemed to realize something.

"Has it gotten brighter...? When...?"

Lingyi muttered to herself, but then stopped talking as if she realized something.

"You can't see... no, it should be that you can't see with your left eye, and... you also have hearing problems."

Looking at the white armor that completely covered Zero's right eye, Kazanari Genjuro concluded that if the other party could see, they would be aware of the change in the environment; if the other party could hear, they would hear Sakurai Ryoko's broadcast.

"Is that so? That's why I didn't realize my shadow gap."

Ogawa thought to himself.

.....

Despite what Kazanari Genjuro said, Rei still didn't react, as if this unexpected situation had caused her some confusion.

"Bumblebee Floating Unit, Smoke!"

But the chaos didn't last long. Lingyi immediately issued the order, and the next moment, some small aircraft suddenly exploded. Thick smoke obscured the lights and temporarily concealed the shadows.

"Phew, thank goodness there was a record. By the way, why would any place have a spare light bulb installed?"

After regaining the ability to move, Zero immediately removed the armor covering her right eye.

"Oh dear, it's foggy, but no problem, watch my Sakurai Ryoko's Great Breathing Technique, I'll press."

The smoke didn't last long before it was mostly cleared away by the small ventilation ducts distributed around it, rendering it no longer effective as a barrier.

"Surrender, Zero, you really have no chance of winning this time."

As the smoke cleared, Kazanari Genjuro stood not far from Rei, a distance from which he was confident he could subdue Rei no matter what she did.

"Chance of winning? What are you talking about? I've already won."

However, in response to Kazanari Genjuro's attempt to persuade her to surrender, Rei said something quite different.

Chapter 5: The Girl Gradually Enters the Extraordinary

"What's the meaning?"

Looking at Zero, who was calm and showed no sign of panic, Kazanari Genjuro subconsciously asked.

"Literally, just a heads-up, do you guys want to double-check 'Durandal's' location?"

The blonde girl uttered a single word expressionlessly, her emerald green right eye remaining calm and still.

Upon hearing this name, Kazanari Genjuro and the others instinctively felt a sense of unease and looked behind them. It was the room where they had analyzed and confirmed that the girl in front of them was the target.

Then, following the broken gate, they saw their target: a shattered sword. They also saw a polygonal white portal that had appeared on the sword at some unknown time.

"The multi-tasking combat knife system can connect to space not only through me, but also through some specially made Bumblebee floating units. Although it is not as efficient as me, it is still... I've caught up with it."

Lingyi's voice explained it this way.

As the blonde girl explained, several small yellow-white aircraft that everyone was already familiar with appeared beside the broken sword.

These small flying vehicles, as if they had practiced many times, attached themselves to the broken sword and moved it into the portal very quickly, taking only about 3 seconds in total, before anyone could react.

"Durandal, he was just taken away like that?"

A man in a black suit said this unconsciously.

"But as long as we have you under control, we have not yet been defeated."

Kazanari Genjuro quickly realized that he still had a chance to salvage the situation. If he could defeat and imprison the blonde girl in front of him, they would be able to extract the whereabouts of the lost items from her.

"I'm sorry, you don't have that opportunity. I'm not interested in playing with you anymore. The fight just now was also partly intended to attract your attention."

After some text flowed across the screen above her right eye, Lingyi said this, and at the same time, a red, glowing pattern like a magic circle appeared at her feet, and there were some crystal-like fragments at her feet.

"What?!"

Kazanari Genjuro realized the other party's intentions. Now that the 'Durandal', the one that had taken the broken sword, was gone, she clearly had no reason to stay any longer.

In other words, she's going to run away.

"You guys gave me a lot of surprises this time. I'm looking forward to playing against you again. Well, this is really goodbye."

With those words, the blonde girl, who had only been there for a few minutes, vanished into thin air.

"Commander, what's the next step?"

Seeing this scene, the young man named Shinji Ogawa asked with some helplessness.

bang——

"Let's go back to the observation room. We still need to go to the support wing to eliminate those sudden noises, and we also need to meet the girl who showed the relic awakening waveform."

After slamming his fist into the surrounding wall, Kazanari Genjuro regained his spirits and said this.

......

On the other side, in a black luxury car.

"Ugh, I guess I'm cursed after all."

Hibiki Tachibana, who previously emphasized that she was just an ordinary high school girl, is now in a state that is neither ordinary nor a high school girl.

So, why is that?

Tachibana Hibiki sighed.

She simply wanted to buy Ms. Zhang Yi's bonus CD, but then she encountered a particularly disastrous noise.

After she finally managed to escape that wave of noise with the little girl she met on the road, she encountered a large group of new noise.

Just when she thought she was about to die, armor inexplicably appeared inside her body, covering her body.

Just when she thought she could escape danger with her armor, a huge noise far exceeding her expectations, along with a huge number of surrounding grunt noises, shattered her illusions.

Fortunately, in her panic, the tall, blue-haired songstress Kazanari Tsubasa, whom she had always admired, suddenly arrived on the battlefield on a motorcycle and swiftly wiped out all the noise, leaving Tachibana Hibiki flustered but also somewhat relieved.

However, just when all the monsters were eliminated and Hibiki Tachibana felt she could leave, Tsubasa Kazanari, who had just helped her defeat the noise, appeared before her with an icy expression.

"You can't go."

With these words, Tachibana Hibiki, who was already somewhat out of the loop, was handcuffed with magnetic gloves and led to a black luxury car that appeared out of nowhere.

"Is this a curse? I just told others that I was just an ordinary high school girl, but I immediately encountered something that was neither ordinary nor like a high school girl. This must be a curse."

Hibiki Tachibana muttered to herself, making a self-deprecating remark.

"get off."

Just as Tachibana Hibiki was feeling uneasy, the car door opened, and Kazaki Tsubasa stood in the doorway, saying this.

"Yes!"

Startled by the inexplicably powerful aura of the wind-blown wing, Tachibana Hibiki immediately... tumbled and scrambled out of the car, landing face-first.

"Hehe, sorry..."

Somewhat embarrassed, Hibiki Tachibana lifted her head from the ground and smiled shyly.

"call"

Seeing Tachibana Hibiki like this, Kazanari Tsubasa sighed and helped her up because she was handcuffed and couldn't get up easily.

"Thank you. Wait, why is it a school? And isn't this the central building where the teachers live?"

After thanking the blue-haired girl who helped her up, Tachibana Hibiki realized that she was in the central building where her teachers at the private Lydian Music Academy, where she had just enrolled, were located.

"Don't ask too many questions, you'll know when you get there."

Seemingly unwilling to say too much, Kazanari Tsubasa led Tachibana Hibiki into the central building.

"Why... Ah, I'm sorry."

Hibiki Tachibana instinctively wanted to ask a question, but was quickly silenced by the other person's sharp gaze, and could only follow Tsubasa Kazanari reluctantly.

So why on earth did Kanade's gear end up on such an idiot?

Looking at the reserved girl in front of him, Feng Mingyi couldn't help but think this.

[Never mind, we should know by the time we get to the second lesson.]

Kazunari thought to herself, and then began to look for the elevator leading to Section 2. Since Ogawa hadn't come along for some reason, she had no choice but to take Tachibana Hibiki to Section 2 herself.

Thinking this, she arrived at the elevator she remembered, intending to use her identification card to take Tachibana Hibiki down to Section 2, and then she saw...

"Um, Miss Tsubasa, we're not... going to jump down this hole, are we... Miss Tsubasa?"

Hibiki Tachibana looked at the now empty elevator shaft with some trepidation and asked this question.

Chapter Six: The Girl Who Came to Section Two

"Why was the elevator to Section Two damaged? Did something happen to Section Two while I was out on a mission?"

Fengmingyi muttered to himself somewhat uneasily, then reflexively tried to confirm the situation via communication.

"Hey, what happened? Why was elevator number 001 damaged?"

Feng Mingyi said this after taking out what looked like a black box.

【Um, sorry, there was a slight mishap; elevator number 001 is out of service. So, Yi, could you please take the child down via elevator number 004?】

Not long after, the following reply came from the communicator.

"Um, Miss Yi, were we originally going to take the elevator somewhere?"

Hibiki Tachibana realized that the current scene seemed to be beyond Tsubasa Kazanari's expectations.

"What exactly happened?"

I'll explain this to you when you come down, Yi.

Kazanari Tsubasa did not answer Tachibana Hibiki's question, but continued talking to the communicator.

"Um, Miss Tsubasa?"

Hibiki Tachibana felt somewhat uneasy about this kind of protection.