AntiMagic Academy “The 35th Test Platoon” Vol 3 Chapter 4
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"Heretic gentlemen, I will allow you to choose. For you guys who are not witches, what kind of judgement is your favourite?" His lips curled up revealing his sharp teeth that seemed like a crescent moon. "A lenient sentence? Be burned at stake? Or maybe chopped to pieces?" In response to Sougetsu's words, the gun was filled with magical flint and the hammer automatically rose up. Together with it, his Ches.h.i.+re cat grin reached its peak. "Now, grant them their wishes——Innocentius." And the worst Relic Eater, the original witch hunter Innocentius laughed fiercely. Takeru was stunned seeing the street occupied by friendly Dragoons. Why did Inquisition intervene in this place? As he wondered about that, 《"Don't s.p.a.ce out! Behind you!"》 He heard Ouka's voice being transmitted again. After he turned around in a hurry, he saw an enemy Dragoon holding a blade above him. Takeru immediately readied himself to fight back, but before he could, something that looked like a stake pierced through the Dragoon. An attack? From where? Just as he thought that, *tap*, along with a light sound Ouka fell right beside him. "That was dangerous. Kusanagi, are you alright?" Takeru's looked at her with both a serious and questioning look on his face, Ouka proudly put a hand on her hip and grimaced. "That's my line. Why didn't you respond to us? We've been calling out for you this entire time." "Sorry, the intercom broke." "...seriously. I thought it was like that so I used Relic Eater resonance." She said that and threw Takeru a spare intercom. Takeru caught the intercom and then started telling Ouka everything that happened to him and Ikaruga. "...so it's like that after all. It's more or less the same as what Saionji said." About what he said of Ikaruga exchanging them for Ajin CrystalLost Matrix, she seemed to intuitively know it already. The next transmission that came through the intercom was from Usagi. 《"Kusanagi... you're alright? That's really good."》 With a voice that seemed a bit relieved Takeru asked where was she. 《"I'm on the outer wall. I'll safeguard you guys as a sniper from here. I don't know if I'll be useful but, even I..."》 "I'm counting on you, Usagi." When he said that, she gasped and lively responded with a yes. "Oh right, what about Mari?" "She's useless so we left her together with the Chairman. She can't use magic so she has no fighting force. There is no use for her." Hmph, she snorted and looked away. Even though she said it like that, probably she didn't want to involve Mari when she couldn't use her magic. "We need to hurry. If Inquisition knows that Suginami was involved in experiments on elves, she will most likely be arrested. Before that, I want to hear the truth from her.' "............" "Leave the full story for later. First, we need to rescue Suginami..." He didn't know where did they learn it from , but Ouka and the others seemed to know that Suginami was a Artificial Genius『Designs Child』. Ouka said she won't arrest Suginami until she knows the truth, and will first ascertain the truth. If it was at the time when she first enlisted in the platoon, she would have captured Ikaruga without asking any questions. "...why are you looking at me like that." Ouka gave Takeru a questioning look. Takeru looked away with a slightly happy smile on his face. "It's nothing." "...for some reason that expression annoys me. Stop that." "I told you it's nothing." Ootori's edges also seemed to have slightly dulled, while smiling secretly he shouldered his sword, turned around and pointed at the tower. "Usagi, are you ready? We leave the support to you." 《"Y-yes, any time!"》 As expected, she was nervous like always, but she responded clearly. "I'll cut the garrison. Ouka will intercept enemy from behind me, I leave the ones I miss to you." "Leave it to me." Ouka poised with two handguns, the Vlad in her hands and squinted. Takeru also prepared for combat, breathed in deeply and stopped. "——35th Test Platoon, sortie!" Together with that declaration, Takeru started to run towards the tower with his comrade. Part 4 Fifth laboratory, the top floor of the tower, level 6 barrier walls. In an open s.p.a.ce covered with white walls, Ikaruga and Isuka looked at the incubator. "Seems like the battle has started outside... seems like hard work." On one of the monitors the incubator was equipped with, the image from outside was displayed. Multiple Dragoons were engaged in battle, and as far as it could be seen, Inquisition was the one who dominated the battlefield. "How nostalgic, Ikaruga." Isuka looked up at the incubator and asked. "I don't feel any nostalgia from this." Ikaruga shook her head writing it off as ridiculous. Isuka expected that response, and didn't mention it anymore. "I feel it. Those four years, when I look up at this guy. I still remember the hatred from back then." "............?" "Four years, Ikaruga. I waited impatiently for this... if you didn't escape with Ajin CrystalLost Matrix I would have been able to proceed further." "............" "Together with you." Isuka who didn't possess any feelings of decency, stared at Ikaruga with face full of hatred. Ikaruga as well, turned towards Isuka. "Why did you betray me?" "I didn't intend to betray you. I just wanted to go out." Ikaruga made a bitter smile and looked at Isuka with sympathy. "Thanks to that picture book, it became boring. I got tired of being only used to develop weapons for killing people." "............" "I thought there are a lot more interesting things outside. Things I don't know, interesting things I didn't experience yet... a lot of them." "...did you find them?" Isuka asked Ikaruga. Ikaruga relaxed her face, and narrowed her eyes before she clearly said. "Yeah. It was a world more s.h.i.+tty than I thought it would be... but I found one. Something very fun." "Question. What was that?" "Well, that's... it's hard to describe it, but if you really want to know." Ikaruga scowled as if she was in front of a very difficult problem, then hit her hand and immediately raised her index finger. "Youth, or something like that." And the atmosphere froze. "——Ridiculous. For something so silly, I have lost a lot of things." Contrary to her speech, Isuka's face convulsed, she didn't move. No, to be exact, she didn't move to the point only her cheek convulsed. As Artificial Geniuses『Designs Children』 originally didn't have many emotions, and were dedicated to study, even so, they never restricted their facial expressions. Ikaruga looked at Isuka's behaviour suspiciously. "You wouldn't know. What kind of treatment I have received because of you." "............?" "After you left, I was subjected to re-education by the higher-ups. It wasn't just my body... even the way of thinking as an Artificial Genius『Designs Child』 has been forced on me." "...Isuka..." "Thanks to that, I'm in this plight. My facial expressions were limited... and severe pain runs through my brain when I embrace an useless emotion." As Isuka's cheek convulsed, she gently placed a hand on her forehead. Re-education. It was education only in name, it was a kind of torture. They caused her pain by executing a special brain treatment. They planted nanomachines in sites in charge of emotions, unbearable pain ran through her the moment she harbored inappropriate emotions. This so-called re-education was inhuman treatment. Probably, Alchemist didn't want to let go of Isuka's excellence, and forced her into submission by re-educating her. The uncomfortable feeling Ikaruga had for a while now, was caused by this. "It's your fault, Ikaruga." "...wait, this is weird. It was my fault that experiment failed. It wasn't your fault. Even though Alchemist is horrible, however they're reasonable, they wouldn't do something unnecessary like that. You were excellent... and you were obedient as well... so why re-education?" It was as Ikaruga said, Alchemist only carried out re-education with those who tried to get out like Ikaruga. A procedure that only people who awakened useless intense emotions and ego was performed on. Ikaruga looked at the state of Isuka who was peeking out from behind her fingers, and noticed. "You... you didn't..." For a moment, Isuka staggered and put her hand on the incubator, and she took out something from the pocket of her red lab coat. "——It was your fault!" Isuka threw the item she took out to Ikaruga. It was, a beaten up old book. 『Canary's house』 It was from the time she was still in the lab, the book Ikaruga read, and learned morality from. Isuka covered her face with her hand, and her body shook. "If you... if you didn't pick up something like this... I...!!" Ikaruga sighed with guilt and compa.s.sion. She made a mistake when it came to Isuka. Thinking that she would remain a Artificial Genius『Designs Child』 she was back then. But it was wrong. She picked up the book Ikaruga left behind. Because of that her ego sprouted, her feelings awakened, and longing for outside world was born. When the higher-ups noticed that. Originally she would have been killed, but higher-ups didn't want to lose Isuka's talent, and subjected her to re-education. Same to Ikaruga, if she didn't run away, she would have been subjected to the same treatment. "If I didn't read that thing... If I didn't learn unnecessary emotions... I would have continued to live happily like back then...! I was satisfied just by aiming ahead with you...! Despite that... because of you... all of it..." "............" "Because you... you have... changed me...!" Her expression didn't change, the feelings of hatred welled up, and severe pain ran through Isuka's head. Definitely she couldn't suppress it in front of Ikaruga who was the main cause, they were unstoppable emotions. Sweat appeared on Isuka's body, and her breath became rough. ...it wasn't just Kanaria, I pushed Isuka down the abyss as well. Ikaruga hung her head, and regret lodged itself in her chest. Isuka looked at Ikaruga who was tormented by guilt, and the spasms on her face stopped. "...however I don't care about that, I'm fine with it. I didn't succ.u.mb to those guys' oppression. I will leave this place in my own way. Just like you did..." "............" "If I succeed with restoration of the elves, Fantasy CultValhalla will release the equipment in my brain with magic and accept me. Finally, with this my h.e.l.l will end. I will be released from this cage." Isuka regained her original calmness, and extended both of her hands to Ikaruga. "Now, give the Ajin CrystalLost Matrix to me... I don't know what are you plotting, but it's already too late. Resistance is useless, the sentry guns are already aimed at you." After looking, she found multiple automatic guns equipped on the edges of the s.p.a.ce. Ikaruga closed her eyes, and took out a small safe containing the Ajin CrystalLost Matrix from the bag. The same material as used in this s.p.a.ce, it was something made out of a first cla.s.s anti-magic material. Ikaruga pa.s.sed that to Isuka. "The pa.s.sword is... kanaria." That was, the one whom she made in exchange for her freedom, a name of an elf half breed. "A sentiment. It was too late to embrace such a thing... it's a sin that can no longer be wiped off." Ikaruga said that, and Isuka entered the pa.s.sword. After an electronic sound, the sound of lock being released rang out. Isuka put her hand inside the safe, and then——she spat out a sigh. "............what are you intending, this is..." Isuka convulsed while having a headache, she lightly tossed the safe aside, and it dropped down on the ground. The safe that rolled on the ground was empty. "You're hiding it even this late into the game. Tell me where have you hidden the Ajin CrystalLost Matrix." "............" "So it's still in the academy?" "............" "If you're not going to say it. I can just extract the memory by dismantling your brain. In any case, you're going to be killed by my hands anyway." Isuka took out something that seemed like a needle from the sleeve of her red lab coat. The needle sticking out was separated, the way it was made reminded of a female insect's leg. At the same time, the sentry guns deployed on the edge of the s.p.a.ce turned there muzzle at Ikaruga. Ikaruga closed her eyes unfazed. "Ajin CrystalLost Matrix... the cells of the elf, are here." Hearing the truth being said indifferently, Isuka tilted her head. Ikaruga narrowed her eyes as she looked at Isuka who didn't understand the meaning of her words. "Hey, Isuka. Do you know why did I come back here?" "As you can see, I have no idea." "There are two reasons. First, is to prevent the restoration of the elves by destroying this place." Hearing Ikaruga's words, Isuka who was worried, suddenly laughed while continuing to remain expressionless. "Ahhahahahaha! After all this you're still going to take things away from me! You're so greedy! But this facility, but this s.p.a.ce is covered with ultra-hard anti-magic material, the needles in the incubator, and the experimental facilities are the same. It was originally made in the case of having a successful restoration, measures to prevent the elf from running away, it can't be so destroyed normally." Even with Isuka's provocation, Ikaruga wasn't shaken. Isuka warned and glared at her. "The other reason was to... take you away from this place." Ikaruga said that while staring at Isuka. Isuka wasn't sure herself what were those feelings that exploded in her, was it frustration, sadness, or anger, but she withstood the immeasurable pain. "...this late...what are you...!" "At that time, when I ran away from this place... the fact that I didn't take you with me, I regret that even now. If I took you away the restoration of elves would have surely derailed as well." "......you...who the h.e.l.l......" "That's right. It might be greedy. But if you were on this side, you would understand." "............" "Even without the Ajin CrystalLost Matrix, as long as you are there, the experiment would continue." It was her opinion as a scientist, as a researcher, and as an inquisitor. With such a reason, even Isuka would be convinced. It was indeed reasonable. She could understand that not doing that before would cause her to regret it, she could understand. However, "But that's not all." Ikaruga added more to it. Not as a researcher, but as a human, a person. "When I was here, just like your place was together with me, my place was to be together with you. And I ran away leaving it, it's definitely the worst. Even now, I regret it." "............" "So I, once again——" "Don't f.u.c.k with meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!" She clenched her fist, and roared into the heavens because of the pain. "I..! I don't need you anymore! You're my enemy! Now I'm going to break out to the world as an alchemist of Fantasy CultValhalla! As far as I'm concerned the outside world can eat s.h.i.+t! It's because of the outside world I ended up like this! I will, for the sake of saving myself, destroy the world! I don't need you to save me!" She had a red, hollow face. It was too late, no matter what she says, Isuka's hatred won't disappear. Ikaruga couldn't wash it away. "...I see. A shame." Ikaruga told that to Isuka who resented her, and put a hand on her chest. "I, I will not allow you to take away the place I belong to. If you destroy the world, the place I belong to will perish as well. If you don't come with me, you are my enemy." "...the place...you belong to?" "That's right. There is one in that school, a gathering of clumsy people. That's currently the place I belong to. It's very, very precious, and a more interesting place than anywhere else." "...in that case——just like you did with mine, I will destroy that place of yours!!" The moment Isuka shook her arm, a sentry gun fired a bullet which pierced through Ikaruga's thigh. Ikaruga staggered slightly, and she raised her leg up without letting out a scream. *clank*, a sound rang out as she thrust the high-heels into the floor. The blood, stained the pure white. Even so, Ikaruga kept standing. Disorderly bangs that looked like silk ran down her cheeks, and black eyes peeped from behind. "Now! If you still have any more sense of guilt, hand it over! There's no other way you can atone for it!!" "...you have knotholes for eyes. Can't you see? For a while now, the elven cells were in front of you." "...?! What are you talking about?" "Just as I said. Aren't they in front of you? You can't see? ...see." Ikaruga reached out to her chest again. And she unb.u.t.toned her blouse, exposing her b.r.e.a.s.t.s slightly.
She placed her finger on the centre, in part of the valley, and said. "The cells of an elf——are here." While touching her chest with her fingertips, she licked her bewitching lips. "...wha......?......——!!" Isuka, immediately after raising a questioning voice, understood the meaning of Ikaruga's words. Looking closely, her b.r.e.a.s.t.s... the central portion of it was of a different colour. Ikaruga's skin was horribly white, on the other hand, the colour of the skin there was brown. The skin there, as if it was transplanted in or eroded, merged with Ikaruga's own. "...as a scientist... you probably know about Philosopher's Stone『Nanomachines』 right." Isuka stepped back in awe. As for Ikaruga, she closed on Isuka with open arms. "What ancient alchemists tried to create in the past, cu thelmination of the magic and science. Minerals, organisms, a ridiculous idea to redesign an object from the very foundation and to create something completely different out if it, the research was tried several times, but even so, it was just an unreachable pipe dream none were able to create." As Ikaruga walked while extending her arm, an abnormality occurred. *biribiri*, suddenly her wavy black hair released electricity. "What if it was realized by using modern science...?" "Impossible! Absurd!" "Oh, Isuka... you are disqualified as a scientist." The brown skin on Ikaruga's chest resonated with her heartbeat. "——From the moment impossible left your mouth, the road 'ahead' closed for you." That moment, when it seemed like the brown skin was wriggling, it expanded as if attacking Ikaruga's entire body. The pure white skin turned brown, the eye colour was inverted, whites turned black, and black pupils turned white. Beautiful black hair, turned into stunning silver hair. And Ikaruga's small ears, extended and became so visible they were obvious. That appearance, truly——was just like the weapons that plunged humanity into despair once, the dark elves themselves. Isuka, in response to Ikaruga's appearance, took a step back in awe. "I-impossible...! Based on elven cells, using Philosopher's Stone『Nanomachines』 to rewrite your genes?!" "That's how it is. It's more efficient than trying to control the elves. There's no need to bother with something so annoying." "...that's impossible!" "Rather doing something like that, I turned myself into an elf." Ikaruga said so, and her mouth distorted Impossible. Isuka tried to deny Ikaruga's words many times in her head. Philosopher's Stone『Nanomachines』 It was just like Ikaruga said, a theme anyone dreamed of, scientists and researchers. It was true that there were many alchemists who repeated fruitless research in pursuit of it. However, if it there was a proposal to attempt at making it in modern times, everyone would laugh at it. It was just SF. Just a pipe dream. Everyone believe it to be so. And such a thing, Ikaruga has—— "—...——......ha, hahaha, ahahahahaha." Isuka looked at Ikaruga and cast a gaze full of awe while hiding her face behind her fingers. "You——you are crazy! No matter how much you struggle you are a Suginami! You're insane! It's not a concept that can be understood by an ordinary human!" "............" "You are the same as back then! You tried to mingle with normal people, it was being unreasonable right from the start!" Isuka pointed at Ikaruga, and showered her with praises as a model mad scientist. Ikaruga, had a slightly sad expression on her face. "That may be so. Perhaps I have no right to live an ordinary life." But you know, Ikaruga made a slight smile as she added that. "I found a normal place that would accept someone like me. That's why——" Ikaruga sharply narrowed her eyes. That moment, under her feet, a white magical circle appeared. "——Absolutely, I won't let it be destroyed. If you want to destroy it, I'll destroy you before that happens." Magic overflowed from Ikaruga's body. Elves use magic as easily as they breathe. That saying wasn't a lie. The amount of magic generated by elves, was approximately 200 times the maximum value a witch cla.s.sified as S-rank risk possessed. It was a top cla.s.s magic among the fantastical organisms. Elves had no attributes. It could be adapted to any ancient attribute, the strongest was the『Lack』 of attribute. "I'm not interested in magic. I'm not interested in studying operative procedures either, I don't know how to use advanced magic. As expected after refraining from adapting my brain to elves, using magic as easily as I were to breathe is impossible." "...what... do you intend?!" "That's why, I have developed my original magic." As she laughed, her teeth resembled a crescent moon. 【"Constructing a process——formula based on required material magic subst.i.tute, the manifested target is 『Sky』 『Magnetism』 fixing the attribute with magical barrier, a.s.suming harmful radiation 『Seal』 permanently sealed the attribute——collapsing cooperative procedure execution——6"demolish→2"menace+e*+Ve+0.78FmeV——"】 After high-speed chanting with a voice that seemed like it was fast forwarded, Ikaruga held it in both of her hands, and made a gesture as if she was scooping water. That moment, in Ikaruga's hands, a mysterious brilliant light appeared. It was fierce and intimidating, and caused Isuka to feel cosmic fear. "Made an antimatter." With a devilish smile, Ikaruga brought the light in her hands to Isuka and asked her, "Magic is amazing. The saying that it can be used for anything isn't just for show. With a non-standard magical capacity, even something like this can be made." "——......!! Stop it! If I come into contact with such a substance——" "What are you saying. Wasn't Isuka the one who said it can't be destroyed normally. A weapon of ma.s.s destruction like a nuke would destroy it? You love these things don't you, Isuka." Acting like its nothing, Ikaruga said while flickering the matter generated by magic. Isuka was covered with cold sweat, and headed towards the incubator that was made to restore the elves. "—...! Do you know how hard was it for me to build this facility?! Even so, you want to take me out of here?! Or do you want to confine me here?!" Revealing impatience, Isuka tried to block Ikaruga's magic somehow. "Wrong. I will destroy this place, take you and return to the place I belong to." "......—" "I decided to take you by force. What you think, and what do you want to do doesn't matter. I'll take you. I won't commit the same mistake again." Straight on, Ikaruga stabbed Isuka with her determination. "I will destroy this rotten place." "...no." "I will save you." "No... It's too late... why." Isuka faced down, and clenched her fist. She closed her lips tightly, and gritted her teeth to withstand. But there, it was no longer the Artificial Genius『Designs Child』 Suginami Isuka. "Stop this...already...my head...hurts." "It's alright. Such a thing, I'll remove it." "...even though you're the culprit... even though you ran away." "............that's right." "...even though... you left..." "...that's right." "...even though you took away... the place I belong to...." "That's right." Even though Ikaruga took a form of a variant, she gently smiled. "That's why I——I'll be the place you belong to again." That was Ikaruga's wish. It wasn't redemption nor mercy. It was Ikaruga's selfish wish, a honest conclusion. "...uuu...guu......" Isuka shook her head trying to withstand the pain, and slowly looked up. Twitching and distorted, but Isuka had a very human expression, it was there. She absolutely couldn't admit it. The fact that she wanted to go out together, it wouldn't come out of her mouth. Even so, because of a wave of emotions that couldn't be suppressed, tears flowed out of her eyes. She no longer had any energy to shake her head. Don't look at me with such a gentle face. If this goes on, I will nod. Her body will surrender. "I...Ikaruga...I-I." Like a young child begging its mother with tears in its eyes, it was a timid and faint voice. "...I—" "——AaaAAAAAAaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAaauu I can no longer bear it! It's impossible to watch in silence any longer! Isuka-saaan! Why did you hide such a wonderful pa.s.sion!" All of a sudden. A distorted voice sounded in the pure white s.p.a.ce. It was a harbinger of tragedy. The moment Ikaruga and Isuka raised their faces, a black swamp appeared on the ceiling, and flapping black clothes that looked like devil's, Despair——fell. *zashyuu*... A dull, tinged with moisture sound echoed. The despair that was falling from the ceiling, swung down a karate chop tinged with magic from Isuka's left shoulder to her chest. "——Ika...ru...ga." Immediately after she raised a painful voice, blood overflowed from the wound. But that blood wasn't spilled on the floor, but was sucked into Haunted's hands. It seemed like he sucked something out. Isuka's body lost its colour in no time, and cracked. Ikaruga stared dumbfounded with eyes wide open, she could only stare as Isuka's light was stolen. "Yahoo! It was an inspiring sisterly affectio
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