Sky Striker Princess, but the swan song of Valkyrie.

"Hmm, what's wrong, Chris?"

Finney, who seemed to be in a good mood, turned around on the wooden bridge when she heard Chris calling out.

"Um, I heard from Lingyi that your plan, Finn, is almost complete. Does that mean that if things continue like this, the world will soon be free of war?"

Chris asked with a mixture of anticipation and joy.

This was a promise Finney had made to Chris; her goal was to eliminate all conflict in the world, and everything she did was for that purpose.

"Oh, really? Lingyi told you about this... Haha, hahahahaha."

In response to Chris's question, Finney's lips curled up, and for some reason, she suddenly burst into laughter.

"What's wrong?"

Chris didn't understand why Finney would suddenly laugh at this moment. Had she said something funny?

"Ah, it's nothing, I was just thinking that you're really cute, Chris, to have such a cute thought."

As Finney spoke, the joy still lingered in the corners of her eyes, and she picked up a white and purple object in her hand without anyone noticing.

"Phineas?"

Chris couldn't understand what Finney was doing.

“Let me think. I remember I made you believe that ‘as long as we use force to extinguish the flames of war, we can stop all wars,’ right, Chris?”

With a half-smile, Finney asked Chris for confirmation.

"What's the meaning?"

For some reason, even though the person had nurtured her, Chris sensed malice from them.

"Hmm, it seems you've already realized it. Yes, that's all a lie. That method can only break a single flame into two or three flames; it can't eradicate it at all."

Faced with a wary Chris, Finney casually uttered words that, to Chris, were tantamount to a declaration of betrayal.

"You know what, Chris, the only thing about you that makes me feel happy is your naivety."

Finney's smile remained, but it was the most malicious smile directed at Chris.

P.S. Good morning.

Chapter 145 Breakup

“!!?”

At first, Chris didn't understand what Finney wanted to do, but when the other party raised the Staff of Solomon, she finally realized the malice the other party harbored towards her.

"Chris, you will forgive me, won't you? Because you know too much, I have to end your life here."

Finney said leisurely

"It was all a lie! You've been using me all along?!"

Unable to accept the feeling of falling from heaven to hell, Chris loudly questioned Finney.

“Use… Yes, that’s right. After all, children who can adapt well to relics are rare. I’m very grateful to you for helping me activate the Staff of Solomon.”

"So, let this relic, which you activated with your own hands, end your life."

As Finney spoke, he raised the Staff of Solomon. The next moment, it emitted a green light, and nearly a hundred noises of various shapes appeared around Chris.

"...I completely don't understand why things turned out this way, I just don't get it!"

Looking at the weapons around her that exuded a murderous intent, Chris's mind was in complete chaos, and she couldn't understand why things had suddenly turned out this way.

However, noise ignored Chris's confusion and moved towards the girl in the center according to the pre-arranged instructions.

[Killter Ichaival tron]

Symphogear's power erupted instantly, temporarily repelling the noise that was about to touch Chris.

Then, she donned the armor of the magic bow, drew ten energy arrows to their full length, and unleashed a barrage of fire in all directions, destroying any noise that approached her.

"Did I survive using my Symphogear? But that toy is a joke in the face of the power of a complete relic."

Seeing Chris's actions, Finney remained calm. Holding two complete relics and having perfectly fused with one of them, she couldn't let Chris escape.

"Why... if this approach isn't working, then what exactly have you been using me for all this time, Finney!?"

Having temporarily escaped her predicament, Chris stared intently at the woman in black and questioned her.

"Of course I have my reasons for doing what I'm doing, but why should I tell you, Chris?"

"Moreover, there's no way to bring back Tachibana Hibiki for me, no way to activate the relic, and no way to become Rei's weakness."

"You can't do anything, you have no value whatsoever, you have no right to talk to me."

With a gleeful expression, Finney mocked Chris's powerlessness to her heart's content.

For her, the sight of others struggling in pain and helplessness is an excellent source of mental comfort.

"Zero's...weakness?"

Despite feeling deeply pained by what Finney said, Chris keenly grasped the key words amidst this pain.

"Yes, that's right. In this world, if there's anyone who can stop my plans, it's probably only her."

"That's why I tested your relationship with Lingyi, to see if I could control her through your connection with her."

"But unfortunately, I didn't see a single trace of tenderness or longing for you in her eyes, so Chris, you are truly useless."

"Whether in your career or in your relationships, you have no noteworthy value."

Finney casually confided in Chris about the plans she had previously considered.

"..."

Chris's face darkened. If she had been somewhat flustered just now, she calmed down after Finney's taunts.

[Could it be that Rei adopted such an unapproachable attitude to prevent this from happening...? If I maintain a close relationship with her, I will become her weakness.]

What calmed Chris down was this thought that came to her mind.

Of course, this could also be just wishful thinking on my part. Perhaps Zero is really as Finn said... But if I'm killed here, I'll never get the answer.

After this thought process, Chris gradually made up her mind.

If Lingyi really thinks that way, it means there are still people in this world who expect her to live, and she is not alone.

Furthermore, I still don't understand why Lingyi has become like this, and I don't know what she has been through.

A multitude of thoughts and emotions accumulated in Chris's mind. In an instant, she raised her hands, transforming them into twin machine guns, and aimed them at the direction where Finney was.

"What the hell?! How could it possibly be like this?!"

Then, as if provoked by Finney's words, Chris directly activated the firepower of the magic bow, with machine gun bullets and missiles flying towards the opponent one after another.

boom!

Countless machine guns and missiles bombarded the wooden bridge where Finney was, creating towering waves of explosions in the lake.

"How cute, Chris. You don't actually think that this kind of toy can hurt me now that I'm perfectly fused with the armor, do you?"

As the waves subsided, Finnie's form was revealed. She was now clad in the Bronze Serpent Armor, and Chris's attack had not even left a scratch on the armor.

"So, your attack is complete, right? Now it's my turn. Don't worry, Chris, I will make you die in the pain I inflict."

As Finney said this, the surrounding noise then spiraled out of control and shot towards Chris in the center like spears.

"Ugh-"

Although Chris skillfully avoided vital points, the sheer number of noises was overwhelming, and she was eventually hit by several of them, sending her flying a distance.

But quickly, thanks to her previous training, Chris adjusted her posture the moment she was knocked to the ground and immediately activated her armor to fire, blasting several pursuing noises to pieces.

"Heh, don't underestimate me."

Chris coughed up a mouthful of saliva tinged with blood as she spoke.

"What good does it do to underestimate you? In the end, it's nothing but a death throes."

At this moment, Phineas still felt completely at ease, considering it was just a loss of a few noises, while the Babylonian Treasury contained hundreds of millions of noises.

Soon, as Phine continued to activate the Staff of Solomon, the noise gradually filled the courtyard, and these noises launched attacks on Chris one after another.

"A death throes? That's not it! I've already figured out a way to defeat you, Finney!"

Despite the countless noises flying towards her, and despite her inability to completely defend against them, it didn't matter; her previous warning had already been delivered.

"Haa!!"

Suddenly, a blow that split mountains and shattered rocks struck the courtyard, instantly shattering most of the dense noise within.

P.S. Good evening.

Chapter 146 The Reversal of Despair and Hope

The orange and white armor revealed the identity of the visitor: Tachibana Hibiki, who had just gone to retrieve something.

"What exactly happened? Why are Miss Finney and Chris fighting? And why is there so much noise?"

Hibiki Tachibana asked, puzzled.

While she was searching through her room, a missile suddenly flew in from nowhere and smashed her window.

Therefore, upon discovering that such a major event had occurred outside, she transformed and rushed here without a moment's hesitation.

"You're too slow, you idiot."

By shielding Tachibana Hibiki in front of her, Chris finally got a little time to catch her breath.

"Um, Chris-chan, so what exactly happened?"

Hibiki Tachibana subconsciously asked the person behind her.

“I was deceived by Finney, and now Finney wants to kill me to silence me. Can you help me defeat her, Tachibana Hibiki?”

Chris explained the current situation to Hibiki Tachibana in extremely concise terms.

"Deception...silencing her, Miss Finney, you want to kill Chris-chan?"

Chris's words instantly burned out Tachibana Hibiki's CPU.

Having lived here for so long, she was naturally not completely unaware of the situation, and she understood the relationship between Chris and Finney.

"Wait a minute, Miss Finney, isn't there some misunderstanding here? Can't we all talk this out?"

Adhering to the principle of trying to communicate beforehand, Tachibana Hibiki asked Finney, who was wearing the Bronze Serpent Armor.

"The first case of fusion syndrome? Fine, whether it's one or two, I'll deal with them all the same way. After all, one new human who has perfectly fused with the relic is enough."

However, Finney had no intention of killing Tachibana Hibiki at all. Her killing intent extended from Chris to Tachibana Hibiki, and dozens of spears formed by spiraling noise flew towards Tachibana Hibiki.

“噫

Hibiki Tachibana was caught off guard by Finney's sudden attack and reflexively raised her arms in front of her to defend herself, but she did not feel any impact.

"You can't reason with her, you idiot. Stop daydreaming. Don't think about anything else right now. Just figure out how to defeat her. You go hold her off, and I'll support you from behind."

A burst of machine gun fire rang out; Chris had shot down all the noise, and she shouted this to Tachibana Hibiki.

"I... I understand. So, the important thing is to defeat Miss Finney first, right?"

Even Hibiki Tachibana now understands that this is not the time for a proper conversation, as Finney is clearly launching an attack with murderous intent.

"It's just a fusion of artifact fragments and an armored user relying on the power of artifact fragments. No matter how many come, they won't be a match for a complete artifact."

Seeing the two forming an alliance at lightning speed, Phine's mood dropped slightly. He raised the Staff of Solomon, and this time, thousands of noises appeared out of thin air.

"With this number, there's no way we can win!"

Looking at the dense, overwhelming noise that blanketed the sky, Tachibana Hibiki's expression showed some lack of confidence.

"Ha, these are just a bunch of sitting ducks. Hey idiots, protect my surroundings, I'll let them taste the firepower of my magic bow!"

Chris said this without hesitation, and at the same time, the armor on her body extended a support frame and entered the fixed turret mode. This mode can maximize the firepower of the magic bow, but it will sacrifice agility.

"Okay, okay!"

Unable to make up her mind for the time being, Tachibana Hibiki followed Chris's instructions and got into a fighting stance to block the waves of noise falling from the sky for her.

"Blast them all away!"

Extending its firepower to the maximum, Chris's armor transformed into various weaponry.

Countless missiles, trailing white plumes of steam, hurtled into the air. Then, in mid-air, these missiles opened up to their sides, launching even more smaller missiles in the surrounding area.