The girl with white hair and red eyes is serious about revenge

His smile was elegant and crazy.

...END...

8) The Last Samurai

"Om-"

In the dark turbulence, Perlis was dragged and moved at high speed. The surroundings gradually became colder, making her limbs a little stiff.

Her mouth and nose were filled with the dark liquid, which was cold yet hot, and put her mind into a state of emptiness and distortion.

Damn... what the hell is this...

Using all her strength, Perlis opened one eye and saw the tentacle wrapped around her ankle at a glance - that was the culprit that pulled her into the darkness.

"Well..."

Perlis fumbled with her hands for a long time before she finally grabbed the sword at her waist. She held the sword backwards, concentrated all her strength on her arm, and then pulled out the sword violently.

"bass--"

The red light came out of its sheath, accurately cutting off the tentacle that was dragging Perlis' ankle. She suddenly broke free from her high-speed movement and flew out in a spin in the dark space.

"Gulu..."

According to the rule book given by Ayane, Perlis fiercely spat out the dark liquid in her mouth, then cut her wrist again, and used her own blood to form a red line——

"bass--"

Before those tentacles caught up with Perlis and wrapped around her again, she got out of the space crack, and the excess momentum catapulted her out fiercely -

"Pfft-"

The oncoming seawater slapped Perlis's face fiercely, but in just an instant, the potential energy of the factor bounced her out of the sea and shot her into the rainstorm.

"【Factor Shield】!"

In mid-air, Perlis turned her bracelet and deployed a shield using the factor she had just absorbed. She then protected her face with both arms, preparing for the impact.

"boom--"

"..."

Beside the reef near the shallows, Perlis sat up, panting, and wiped her eyes that were soaked by the sea water. Her beautiful eyelashes trembled slightly.

It hurts so much... I'm all wet again... Perlis sighed softly, then stood up on her knees. She gently touched her wrist, and a thin red arc of electricity was dancing on it. It quickly healed the wound, and her wrist became smooth and white again.

The situation at the spring isn't quite the same as what Ayane said... The rule book clearly states that one must "drink the spring water" in order to travel through time and space, so why was I forcibly dragged in... Is there some variable that's different from usual?

What are those tentacles? Are they the same as those that appeared in the deep sea rifts? What about the Executioner? Why did he turn into a pile of horrible flesh? Isn't he the Iron Guard of Thebite?

All kinds of doubts kept colliding in Perlis's mind. What made her uneasy was that the connection between those tentacles and the sea seemed to exceed her imagination. Even when standing on the beach, Perlis felt countless gazes coming from the abyss, making her feel very unnatural.

Fortunately, there is an island here, so I didn't end up in the middle of the ocean... I don't like swimming...

Thinking of this, Perlis raised her head and looked into the distance, trying to figure out where she was.

However, when she saw the mountains in the distance, her expression froze.

——On top of the mountains, the spine of a giant snake is coiled resolutely.

This is Dead Serpent Bay, the base camp of [King of the Islands] Bridge and Chord.

......

After realizing her location, Perlis used her portable radio to contact the Dila military, but found that the signal was blocked by some force majeure, exactly the same as the situation in Seagull Harbor.

Looking out from the beach, a thin layer of fog covered the distant horizon. Perlis guessed that it was probably the culprit that blocked the radio.

Seagull Harbor...Ankamouth Town...Serpent Bay...In these three places, fog is equated with blocking radio waves. This power must naturally be related to the power from the [Netherworld].

Is it artificially controlled? Is it related to the [Black Emblem]?

"..."

"Boom——"

Thunder occasionally streaked across the sky, dyeing the outline of the Dead Snake Bay pale. After advancing for a distance on the shallows, Perlis finally found traces of human buildings: at the end of the rainstorm curtain, the outline of a building that looked like a port was flickering faintly, with dots of lights in between.

There might be a way to seek help from the outside world in that place.

So, Perlis disappeared in the rainstorm and approached the port like a ghost.

The port was small, with only one ship moored in the surrounding sea, swaying in the storm and looking about to sink. Perlis soon found a small house on the edge of the port, with orange lights flashing inside, and figures flashing through the windows from time to time.

Perlis used the sound of rain to cover her footsteps and quietly hid by the door. After getting ready, she knocked on the door gently:

"Dong dong."

Not long after, the door opened, and a head looked around and came out, just in time to see Perlis hiding by the door -

"you...!"

Without hesitation, Perlis grabbed the man by the throat, pushed him into the room, and held the butterfly knife to her throat:

"Tell me, where is the bridge chord (in Dila)?"

The man whose throat was being strangled looked to be in his thirties, with dark skin and terrified eyes. He struggled hard for a while, but found that he couldn't even pry open Perlis's thin arms, so he shouted in fear:

"Don't kill me! I was forced to do this! Don't kill me!"

"Keep your voice down," Perlis said coldly, "I'll ask again, where is the bridge chord?"

"He...he's not on the island! Not on the island!"

The man shook his head in panic, his breathing becoming heavier:

"He set sail with his fleet earlier, and no one knows where he went! You have to go to Panshe City to ask! Go to Panshe City!"

"Where is the Serpent City?" Perlis pressed further.

"There is a map on the table over there!" The man pointed at the table next to him. "Please... kind girl, move the knife away, move the knife... ah!"

The boiling energy splashed onto the man's face. The stinging pain made him cry out, and he immediately started to cry:

"I'm really not a pirate. I was captured and I want to go back... I..."

"One last question," Perlis's expression remained calm without any change, "How do we contact the outside world?"

"There's a phone on the table over there! Its signal can penetrate the King's Mist and connect to the outside world!"

The man's eyes were filled with tears and he looked very aggrieved.

"I'm not lying to you, please...I really am not, I really..."

"Boom."

Before the man could finish his words, Perlis punched him in the back of the neck, knocking him unconscious.

"Huh..." Perlis shook her wrist, walked to the table, and spread out the map on the corner of the table.

She was currently in a small port on the edge of the Dead Serpent Bay, and Panshe City was located on the other side of the island, also close to the sea, with several port coordinates marked on it.

The maritime forces of the [King of the Islands] are probably all gathered there... After realizing this, Perlis suddenly had a bold idea:

If she could destroy the entire port, she could leave the Yamata Soul Eater, which is currently at sea, isolated and helpless.

At the same time, as long as she could find out the location of the Soul Eater in Panshe City, she could notify the Dila Navy and ask them to encircle and suppress the isolated and speechless Bridge Harmony.

But even so, the battle was still a huge disparity in strength - the [King of the Islands] destroyed the entire old Dila fleet effortlessly with just one ship. Although Dila's modern navy had already left the port, it might not have much of an advantage in the absence of actual combat exercises.

Besides, I don't know if Bridge and String have any other cards in hand...

It’s better to contact Aoi first and then discuss countermeasures.

Thinking of this, Perlis looked at the old-fashioned telephone on the table. After a moment of silence, she started to fiddle with the dial with her hand.

.......

8) The Last Samurai (Part 2) -Added-

After being hit by the [Kamistriker], the Sea Mist Island is now filled with a faint smoke. The Thebiter's power here is close to being wiped out, and the battle has entered the final mopping-up phase.

At this moment, the "Ice Ocean" has docked at the port around the town of Ankamouth. From time to time, military personnel go up and down between the port and the "Ice Ocean", keeping a high alert to the situation in the surrounding waters.

"call--"

The scorching wind blew, and Aoi flew onto the deck of the "Ice Ocean". She saw Fujita Hideo and Miss Ayane receiving a briefing, so she leaned forward and listened quietly:

"How many people are missing?" Miss Ayane's voice was still dreamy and ethereal. "If it exceeds the estimate, I need to report to the Internal Security."

"Nine people. We have completed the search near the last location. There are no traces. The briefing from Donglin Island said that no flares were found," Fujita Hideo said in a low voice. "Including Corporal Haruto Kitajima, all of them have been confirmed dead."

"No need to be so decisive," Ayane smiled softly, and turned the cherry blossom umbrella on her shoulder with her slender white hands. "The internal guard will try to find them. Before that, please ask the Ice Ocean to anchor at Ankamouth Port and prepare for the subsequent operation to close the net in the Misty Strait."

"Of course," Fujita Hideo nodded, "This is my duty."

Hearing this, Miss Ayane nodded, then turned to Aoi beside her and spoke softly:

"Miss Perlis was swallowed by the fog?"

"Yes," Aoi nodded and looked around the deck, "So, she hasn't come back yet...?"

"Not yet, but for her, that won't be her burial place."

Ayane said, her cherry-colored eyes looking towards the town of Ankamouth, which was no longer shrouded in fog, with a hint of a smile on her lips:

"The inner guards will go find her. Before that, Miss Aoi can stay here for a while."

"Understood," Aoi nodded, "Ms. Ayane, now that it's over, can you tell me the truth about this town? Why did it happen..."

Aoi was only halfway through her words when her pocket on her waist began to ring. She took out her terminal from her pocket with a somewhat surprised look on her face and pressed the answer button:

"Hello? Who is it?"

Aoi spoke tentatively, and the next second, a surprised smile bloomed on her face:

"Little Pure White?! Are you okay? Where have you been? You..."

The look on Fujita Hideo's face suddenly became a little unbelievable. He glanced at Ayane and found that her expression didn't change much.

At this moment, in the small house at the port of Dead Snake Bay, Perlis was staring at the rainstorm outside the window with her bloodshot eyes, and whispered:

"I'm in Dead Serpent Bay."

"Dead Snake Bay!?" Aoi screamed, "But...but...but it's a long way from Donglin Island. How did you get there? You..."

"I roughly know what the spring under Ankamouth is," Perlis said softly, "It is an entrance that connects to the veins that extend to the entire ocean. As long as you have a connection with the [Netherworld], you can travel through it."

Perlis recalled the nautical chart that she first found in the ruins of the shipwreck: starting from the Misty Strait, bypassing Donglin Island and passing through the "Broken Islands" around the Dead Serpent Bay, then passing the edge of the East Ocean, and finally reaching the marked location of the Black Island.

In connection with what the Bridge and the Chord said, "The spring is the gateway to the Black Island", the route to Immotalos has never been a path on the sea surface, but a deep-sea rift under the ocean current.

This also explains why the expedition ship from 17 years ago suddenly appeared on the channel between Xilin Island and Donglin Island: through the deep sea rift, there are countless paths to the open sea behind the storm curtain of Black Island. Perhaps because of some changes after the [Babel Tower Competition], this sunken ship before the Academy War was able to be thrown out along the [Netherworld] channel under the deep sea rift and see the light of day again.

Whether it is the road to the Black Island or the way the [King of the Islands] uses the [Yamata Troll Soul Eater] to move, they are all guided by the rifts under the deep sea. The reason why Perlis appears in the Dead Serpent Bay is because this sea area is the location passed by on the Black Island route, which is just along the way.

What a pity! If I hadn't been dragged by those dark tentacles, I could have gone all the way to Inmotoros... Perlis recalled the experience of being forcibly dragged in the dark space, and the undried seawater on her body felt a little cold.

Aoi seemed to have similar guesses to Perlis. She was silent for a while, then spoke:

"If that's the case, then it means that the space that the [Yakitsu Troll Soul Eater] can move on the sea is actually limited? After all, it's unlikely that the vein really covers the entire ocean."

"Maybe, but we have no evidence," Perlis said softly, "If I can find Panshe City, maybe I can find out his weakness."

"You want to go to Panshe City alone?" Aoi's tone was mixed with some worry, "I definitely can't stop you, but can you wait a few days? If there is enough time, the Dila Navy can cooperate with you from inside and outside, so..."

Having said this, Aoi turned her gaze towards Miss Ayane who was standing beside her. The latter smiled and nodded gently, as if she already knew everything.

So, Aoi swallowed her saliva and continued:

"Maybe we can just kill the Bridge and the Chord and take back control of the archipelago."

"That's what I thought," Perlis said softly. "According to the information I know, Bridge and Chord are not on the island right now. I will try to destroy their port, leaving him isolated and helpless at sea."

"Understood. I will discuss countermeasures with Ms. Ayane and the others." Aoi glanced at Ayane beside her and continued, "How can I contact you later?"

"We can only go with the flow. The communications in this sea area have been disrupted. I can't stay in the port for long." Perlis glanced out the window again. "The environment of the island is unknown. Everything is unknown. Starting from today, at noon on the third day, I will launch the attack on time. The rest is up to you."

"Got it. That's it for now," Aoi said, then changed the subject and became curious again, "By the way, how did you remember my phone number? I don't think I told you."

"..."

To Aoi's surprise, the voice on the other end of the phone suddenly fell silent, leaving only the faint sound of rain.