novelRaid Night (2)
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Kaguya senpai will arrest me...?
"I have to...I have to bear this duty! There is no one else other than me!!"
Kaguya-senpai informed Kazuki with a tormented expression filled with a sense of duty.
{Leme! Is Asmodeus' magic going to be effective against me too!?}
{A contract is a contract. Since she was contracted, the contracted Diva will lend the power the contractor requested without question regardless of the contractor's purpose. Though if they use the power granted to them in the most foolish manner, the Solomon 72 Pillar will stop forming contract with any Japanese people. }
A tone of obvious disappointment colored Leme's voice.
The Solomon 72 Pillar was still in the stage of making sure if there was any worth in cooperating with this country. Now was still nothing more than a [testing] stage.
"Senpai! This is a misunderstanding!! How could this turn into such messed up situation!?"
"Kazuki! ...Get arrested obediently! That is the best you can do!!"
Torazou-senpai attacked Kazuki with an enraged yell.
Kazuki redirected the attacking sword with Instant Positioning―there he felt the presence of the shadow monster from his back opening its big mouth.
...Damn! He couldn't avoid it!
Half of Kazuki's body―its left side was bitten by the monster, Kazuki's magic power that was exhausted in the fight with Beatrix was smashed.
There was no other way than to make Senpai powerless!
Kazuki turned to senpai and dashed, he drew out his Iai.
"Oi...the current you facing against a magician that could use Asmodeus skillfully...it's pretty bad news!"
Leme's warning voice felt so far away. It didn't enter his mind.
"Without hesitation of getting hurt myself when cursing thy...the mutual pain is my pleasure! Cry and scream in the mirror reflection! Jet Black Self MutilationSuicide Black!"
The moment Kazuki cut Kaguya-senpai, Kaguya-senpai's body was covered with black mist―a defense magic of some kind. The moment the tip of the sword gouged the inside of the black mist, a burning pain ran through Kazuki's chest up to his whole body. The pain felt like his own body was cut up by a katana!
"GUAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
He was cut!? When he looked down on his own body, there was not a single wound happened.
...Phantom pain? The damage was zero, however this defense magic was...a defense magic that reflected only the pain as it was to the opponent!?
In the pause when Kazuki was stopped by the pain, Kaguya-senpai slid away and chanted more spells. Fast chant. Kazuki tried to chase her, but Torazou-senpai forced his way through between them.
"Barrett!"
Mio's Barrett blew away Torazou-senpai once again. However because of Torazou-senpai's obstruction, Kazuki couldn't reach Kaguya-senpai―her summoning magic was already invoked.
"Oh the whisper of the god of death that awaited the visitor impatiently, echo widely and deeply, dyed the whole dream with pain! The evil sound of sadism resounded! Double Sense of PainUltra Violence!!"
The moment that magic was invoked, something like a sound wave was produced from Kaguya-senpai, a siren-like voice was echoing inside Kazuki's head.
That voice doubled the [pain] Kazuki is experiencing.
"―!!"
He raised a scream where even the voice couldn't come out, it was not only Kazuki that was feeling the pain of being shredded from [Suicide Black], Lotte who was attacked with illusionary pain from [Feel Pain] also suffered and writhed on the ground.
So senpai was...specializing in this kind of magic...!
"...Kazuki-oniisan...! TranceSeize your own mind using telepathy, this pain could be reduced by tightening your wall of heart!"
Lotte shouted such to Kazuki even while bearing her own suffering.
However...Kazuki didn't excel in telepathy to the level of Lotte. It was a field that he was rather poor at.
"The desire lurking inside the sea of the heart, stretch that hand pass the sinful flesh! Oh avatar of violation, entangle your desire! Desire Tentacles!"
The ground was ripped by Kaguya-senpai's magic, gigantic tentacles rose up from the inside. The tentacles bounded the hands and feet of the bewildered Mio, Lotte and Kazuki who were writhing in pain. Senpai chanted a spell further while staring coldly at Kazuki and the others who couldn't move anymore.
This was senpai's...the Nightmare Bringer's fighting style...
If they, who couldn't release themselves quickly from this tentacles, received the brutal high level Summoning Magic from Kaguya Senpai like the sure kill magic, [Hell Imaginary }FireGernica]...!
"The five star that shine in the interstice of life and death, spin, spin, pillaged by the whim of the god of death, turn into a silent miserable clay doll! ...Great Circle of Neighboring DeathNear Death Roulette!!"
The magic that was invoked in the end of the long chant was not an attack magic.
Weapon creation magic―In both of Kaguya-senpai's hands, she held a scythe with blade spreading to both sides.
But that was not supposed to be a normal scythe!
Kaguya-senpai drew near unnoticed like a god of death, she cut Lotte and Mio with a rotation of the scythe. The second they were cut―changes happened to both of them.
"What, what is this!? The body's sense, this is like anaesthesia...!"
"!? My eyes cannot see! Kazuki-oniisan!! Where are you!?"
Mio and Lotte screamed because of the mysterious effects.
Kaguya-senpai also pointed the scythe to Kazuki.
"Self Burning!"
Just barely in time, Kazuki burned away the tentacles that bind him with the flame armor that covered his body.
...But his magic power was dried up using this level 3 magic, his consciousness blurred and almost got carried to Astrum.
Kazuki barely stopped it at his limit, he then cut away the tentacles that tied up Mio and Lotte.
However, Lotte's eyes couldn't see anything anymore, she was already in a condition that was unfit to continue fighting. Mio too, her body was wrapped with a sense of discomfort.
"The thing that was stolen from Mio-chan was her sense of touch. Only that much won't stop her resistance, so I will keep cutting her until she can't fight anymore...!"
Kaguya-senpai cut Mio with scythe even further.
"Kazu-nii...I can't see anything...I can't feel...!"
This time Mio's sight was also locked inside the darkness, she cowered down in fright.
"STOP!"
"Ototou-kun...this scythe will rob one of human's five senses randomly with each strike, the sixth strike will disconnect their magic power. Even if Otouto-kun is the opponent, if I have the resolution to hit you at the cost of getting hit myself, won't this scythe reach you?"
Kaguya-senpai explained her ability intentionally like she was trying to threaten Kazuki.
There was no mistake that her word was filled with implication to restrain him. That scythe and the black mist was senpai's deterrence against close-quarter combat.
But there would be no chance of victory against senpai if he tried to trade Summoning Magic from long distance, so...the only way left for survival lies in close-quarter combat!
Kazuki stepped into Kaguya-senpai's range with all his strength and slashed his katana. Kaguya-senpai didn't even attempt to dodge and received the attack stoically like a scarecrow. His hand confirmed the feedback of the smashed magic on her.
But similar with Beatrix, senpai also reduced the damage by controlling her magic power.
―And then separated from that, the pain was reflected back to Kazuki.
"GUUUUU!"
Without a moment's delay, the scythe that senpai boasted with would be able to hit him as long she was resolved to receive hit on her own self, swung at Kazuki.
Kazuki was barely able to Foresight the trajectory of the scythe. While his head felt like it was ripped open by the illusionary pain, he managed to evade by tumbling over. Kaguya-senpai looked down with a cold gaze at Kazuki who was rolling on the ground.
"...Ultra Violence."
The evil sound that doubled the agony reverberated once again, Kazuki escaped from Kaguya-senpai's close range while feeling like he would go crazy from the agony. With this, he let go the means of survival and the chance to discover the opportunity, from his own hand.
"...I want to play around more with Otouto-kun, raising the positivity level higher, then when you become even stronger I want to fight you. Since defeating Hikaru-chan, it has been a long time that someone appeared that could become my rival...yet why did it end up like this?"
Kaguya-senpai approached slowly with the scythe in one hand like a god of death.
If he was cut by that scythe...its over.
"...Stop the approach of resentful enemy, hasten the step of the chosen one... Oh divine protection of mermaid, grant me the blade to dance on the ice! Moves in the Field!"
Suddenly a cool and clear voice like transparent ice rang out.
The magic that was invoked―froze Kaguya-senpai's step, her move was sealed.
And then Koyuki who came sliding in the ground picked up Lotte, who had fallen to the state unfit for battle.
"Kazuki, please pick up Amasaki-san!"
When Koyuki shouted that, ice boots fixed with ice edge similar with Koyuki also generated at Kazuki's feet.
"...Hiakari-san!? You come to help us!?"
"Kazuki, let's escape! ...We absolutely cannot win against this person!!"
Koyuki dashed to the entrance of the shopping mall, nimbly like an ice-skater, from Kaguya-senpai and Torazou-san who couldn't run easily on top of the ice.
Kazuki asked her while following along.
"What in the world is going on?"
"There is suspicion regarding Kazuki's action in the quest, so it was decided that you will be treated as an illegal magician. Because doubt has arisen once more toward your unidentified Diva...a transplanting operation will be conducted to your stigmata, then you will be transferred to the Sword Division where your progress will be observed for a while. Kaguya-senpai was handed the quest for that."
The stigmata would be removed...! Does that mean the contract with Leme would be snatched away!?
"However rather than a transfer to the Sword Division, Kaguya-senpai just came suddenly and attacked us."
Even though if she just said to them upfront that this is the academy's decision...Kazuki could have consented peacefully from the beginning.
"The quest that was handed to Kaguya-senpai is to [arrest Hayashizaki Kazuki and Charlotte]."
"!"
...To catch Lotte and hand her over to Germany means that her life would be in danger.
"That's why Kaguya-senpai probably thought to report something like this, [because of Hayashizaki Kazuki's resistance, Hayashizaki Kazuki was arrested but Charlotte had escaped]. That was why she suddenly attacked Kazuki to make you resist. That's the script that senpai chased after."
"Koyuki-chan...as I thought, you had eavesdropped the quest that I received. But I never thought that Koyuki-chan of all people will do something this reckless..."
Even though she was supposed to be unable to chase them because of the frozen surface―but Kaguya-senpai's voice came from their back.
"Even though I intended to finish this without pulling over Hikaru-chan and Koyuki-chan and Kana-chan."
When they looked over their shoulders to the voice that was dyed with fierce determination, Kaguya-senpai and Torazou-san were riding on top of tentacles and came chasing them. From the tip of the tentacle that had stretched to their limit on top of the ice, Kaguya-senpai immediately chanted [Desire Tentacles], and then she leaped to the next tentacles that grew out from the ice-covered surface, this chase looked like a baton relay.
"After all isn't this the best solution? If we take care of it as an internal problem of the academy, everything will end with just Otouto-kun losing his stigmata and transferring to the Sword Division! If I don't do this...Otouto-kun will really be treated as a criminal!!"
But if they were caught like this―Lotte would be alone once more!
It would also affect the decision of the Solomon 72 Pillar that was evaluating Japan!
However even if they kept running like this with Hiakari-san...where in the world were they going to run?
"I refuse! There should be some other solution than this...Ice Buster!"
While sliding, Koyuki invoked Vepar's level 6 magic.
The ice mountain directly hit the tentacles that Kaguya-senpai was riding in to pursue Kazuki and the others fiercely. There was no mercy. All those pain―was reflected back to Koyuki.
"Kuu...! ...I refuse...I already, don't want to part with...! Even if everyone betrayed me...even though I'm a monster, I won't start the betrayal from my own side!!"
Even while enduring the pain, Koyuki kept crashing the ice mountains one after another to Kaguya-senpai.
"...Koyuki-chan...if you cherished Otouto-kun that much...it would be nice if you had become honest earlier. Running away aimlessly, struggling unsightly in the ground...isn't Koyuki-chan supposed to hate things like that the most?"
Kaguya-senpai's voice could be heard from the other side of the black mist and the defensive magic power.
"Senpai as well...weren't you crying when you received the quest from the phone! Don't just act composed by yourself!!"
Kaguya-senpai's expression that appeared from the other side of the black mist was distorted in sorrow.
"...Ultra Violence!"
"aAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!"
Koyuki who couldn't maintain her skating was tumbling over on the ice surface. Lotte too was dropped from her arm and tumbled around."Hiakari-san!" Watching that, Kazuki couldn't continue to run away alone and stopped in place.
Kaguya-senpai who was struck by all the ice mountain approached them leisurely while riding on the tentacles.
"I am not that na?ve you know? The sweet dream is already over. Otouto-kun, give up your game of raising positivity level with that Diva."
...Although I also want to be captured by you.
Such a small whisper was carried in by the night breeze and could be heard faintly.
{Isn't this quite a terrible situation, don't make such pitiful face hey, Kaguya. Because of the contract, I'll lend you power if you ask for it, but...you know that your desire won't come true with this kind of conclusion, isn't that right?}
Suddenly Asmodeus materialized in Kaguya-senpai's side even without getting called.
"Be silent....The truth is I'm always not in the position of needing any desire."
{Hee, is this what you call human?} Asmodeus' form vanished leaving behind a spitting voice.
"Sorry...Otouto-kun."
"Wait, you evil Magica Stigma! As long as this one exist, one's self won't permit this kind of atrocity!!"
...A voice that was totally unable read the atmosphere at all.
From the back alley of the arcade, the figure of an unexpected character appeared.
"...Kohaku? Hikita Kohaku!? How can you be here with this timing!?"
"Kazuki...this one come to save you! Torazou over there, don't make any suspicious moves!!"
"Kohaku...you bastard!" Torazou-senpai shouted angrily.
"...Who are you? I won't go easy on an unknown person making fun of this and being a hindrance just so you know."
In front of Kaguya-senpai who was angry at Kohaku's frivolous manner―Kohaku drew out her katana.
"Drive and fro and lock, ~Murasame~! Battoukaikon―Drizzle in White NightKirisame Byakuya!!"
Drip, Drops of water were hanging from the katana in Kohaku's hand. Immediately after, that water spread on the whole surface of the surroundings in the blink of eye, transforming into thick mist.
Sacred Treasure!? ...Could it be that the seven katana Kohaku owned, all of them!"
Soon he couldn't see Kaguya-senpai's surprised expression anymore behind the thick mist. Kohaku pulled Kazuki's sleeve tightly.
"Come on, let's run Kazuki! Uwah, this ground is so slippery! Whose deed is this, wawawah!"
"Hiakari-san, give her the ice boots too!"
"...Who, who is this person?"
Koyuki who recovered from the agony formed the ice boots for Kohaku too.
"Muu...this is ...fun!"
Kohaku said so without any hint of nervousness.
With the enthusiastic Kohaku at the lead, Kazuki and the others were sliding with the skating boots. They were following the roads winding left and right in the back shopping mall to conceal their whereabouts from Kaguya-senpai, and went to escape.
"However...where could we escape to?"
"That is of course...to this one's Sword Division!"
"Otouto-kun..."
Alone inside the cloudy mist, when she felt that there was no one looking at her,
Kaguya kept standing stock still in that place, and cried while leaking sobbing voices.
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