Neither side understood Anonymous’ intentions, but it was clear who he saw as an enemy.
He just crushed a member of Zero Division, and stood next to Qualia and Ace with his blood on him. Anonymous’ intentions to fight Zero Division along with Qualia and Ace was evident.
“Go.”
Qualia started learning the situation, when Anonymous spoke to him without turning towards him.
“She’s still alive. Her heart is moving. That much means there’s still hope.”
Ina was weak, and could not breath properly, as she spasmed in Qualia’s arms. She needed immediate action to deal with her anaphylactic shock.
But Anonymous’ intentions were unclear.
“Request explanation. You…”
“Shut up and turn around. Just assume I’m here to help.”
He said it in a rough manner, but there was no lie to be detected in it.
“You can decide for yourself whether you believe it or not. It’s probably just a whim.”
Qualia took into account the risk of the one known as Anonymous.
Anonymous had designated his ‘dream’ as Eden, and there was a lot that was incomprehensible and unclear about it. He might be a giant threat in the future.
“But I need strange people who earnestly order flowers for the dead in my Eden.”
Qualia added that to his thoughts as he made his decision, and brought out the result of his calculations.
“Anonymous. Your request has been accepted.”
In the end, he was designated an ally in protecting Ina’s ‘tasty’, so Qualia opted to temporarily join forces with Anonymous.
All to protect Ina, who with each passing moment, approached her death.
“Thank, you.”
He said as he left with Ace, and Ina in his arms.
Anonymous said nothing and did not turn around, as he faced Zero Division.
“So you’re that Anonymous…”
Cackling echoed. It was an exasperated laugh towards Anonymous’ rashness and Qualia and Ace’s escape route.
“What a pointless turn-off… We have people where they are running too… They are all going to be sadly assassinated.”
“You mean these?”
Anonymous snapped his fingers, and several heads were thrown in front of Zero Division. The mood among Zero Division took a turn, and they looked irritated as they saw what happened to their assassins.
“Damn you…”
At this point, they also realized it. It was magic dolls who threw those heads. Zero Division tried to encircle their targets, but found themselves encircled. Boys and girls were positioned all around them, not too close.
Legion.
The magic dolls with wills of their own that Anonymous took from Ddos.
“Rest easy. I’m the only one who will step up and fight. Legion are here to assure that you don’t run.”
“Dolls that can only do what they’re told… What can freshly hatched things like you even do!?”
One of the members of Zero Division disappeared into the speed of light.
“Shukuchi?”
There were only intense footsteps to be heard. The body that had left sound was no longer visible to the human eye.
And he seemed quite proficient at it.
“I heard the third princess that people have been calling the best swordsman in the kingdom has been using it too, but she fatally lacks experience! Our polished shukuchi and assassination…”
The black outfit and hat returned from the speed of sound.
Shukuchi stopped, he stopped, and his breathing stopped. Anonymous got above him with speed that surpassed his shukuchi, grabbed his head, and crushed him like a watermelon with his grip strength alone.
“Next.”
It was impossible to see the face under the fox mask, but it was clear as day he was unconcerned with the brain matter clinging to his right hand.
“What… Speed that surpasses… Our shukuchi…!?”
“You people brought back bad memories… A certain girl died here half a year ago. I don’t want to see that tragedy again.”
For a moment, dragon wings appeared on Anonymous’ back.
His whole body was still painted crimson from Zero Division’s blood, and the draft created by him flapping the tips of his coat sounded to everyone like a screaming child.
“You’re wrong from an existence point of view. My Eden doesn’t need you.”
“…Then I’ll do you a favor. You won’t have to see anything anymore.”
All attacked at once.
It was an all out attack from Zero Division. From all sides, and with lightning speed.
Several invisible scythes flew with hyper dimensional speed.
A normal human would lose their head without ever noticing they died.
But this was Anonymous, who had turned into a true monster.
“You’re all wrong. You can only spread tragedy. Then let’s go to hell.”
The curtain was raised for a second on a truly destructive play that surpassed the most abominable slaughter.
“Magic stone, Dragon. Deepest output of skill, Blood Cast Storm.”
One tornado destroyed everything.
■ ■
Qualia was in a backyard. He could not remember how long he had been there anymore.
There was a bouquet at his feet, and a cross stood in this backyard. The presence of the bouquet was not a contradiction.
Qualia picked it up, and approached the cross.
“Analyzing, situation.”
He learned the cross, taking in its visual information.
“Analyzing… Situation… There is a name input on this cross.”
Learning complete.
Ina’s name was carved into that cross.
“…!!”
The cross was gone from his sight.
He was lying not on grass, but on a sofa, and covered with bad sweat that was not there before.
He gradually reined in the breathing that was making his shoulders shake, and with his cooling thought circuits, sorted things out.
“Analyzing situation… Anomaly detected through fabrication created during sleep.”
“…You recover fast. Are you awake?”
Spirito was next to him.
She was sitting on a chair with her legs crossed, and looking at Qualia that whole time.
“Two hours… That’s how long you were out due to exhaustion. I’m sure neither your body or your brain are at a hundred percent yet.”
“Analyzing situation… Qualia was performing Infinity Recovery on Ina. Qualia was performing Infinity Recovery on Ina. Qualia was performing Infinity Recovery on Ina….”
Qualia kept repeating his records, as he was unable to remember what came next.
After he continuously mumbled like a broken machine, he suddenly jumped up and grabbed Spirito’s shoulders.
She was quite surprised, but also looked at Qualia’s face as it approached.
Qualia’s face looked as though his heart was being crushed by anxiety due to the nightmare with the cross, and he vocalized that anxiety directly.
“Request explanation. Request explanation of Ina’s current condition.”
He brought Ina to the stable environment that was this mansion along with Ace, and intently continued to calculate optimal solutions.
He hit Ina’s entire body with the 5D printer. Saw her entire bare skin directly. Felt the cloud hanging over her consciousness. Heard her heartbeat. Touched her breathing.
He learned Ina’s condition as she came and went between life and death.
But he could not confirm the result of Ina’s consciousness fully returning. He had yet to see the smile he was after all that time.
“Request explanation. Request explanation.”
“I’ll explain, so come here, Qualia.”
His voice was interrupted by Lobelia’s.
Qualia turned to look as he approached Spirito, and saw Lobelia along with a middle-aged man clad in white. He had previously learned the occupation known as doctor, so he knew this man was classified as such.
“I’ll tell you what happened with Ina after that.”
And then Qualia was led… To the result of the tragedy.
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