"Understood! Big brother!"
Having already activated the Mantis-type Gastrea factor power, Kohina's pupils turned into what looked like crimson gemstones. She gave a crisp reply, her entire body simultaneously turning into a phantom as she rushed towards Kaname Kuzuryu.
"You brat, die!!!"
Having just lost his companion named Mirika, Kaname Kuzuryu, who was also part of the Mechanical Soldier Project, was filled with a crazy desire to kill and vent his anger. Watching Kohina and Morin's indifferent conversation, and then Kohina charging towards him, he roared and raised the 7.62mm light machine gun in his hand, directly pulling the trigger to fire.
Da-da-da!!!
The light machine gun spat fire, and the 7.62mm machine gun bullets directly swept across the area where Kohina was charging, but they didn't actually hit Kohina. The bullets, mixed with some Varanium, only rained down on the distant ground and bushes.
Kohina herself wasn't yet at the point where she could ignore the power of machine gun bullets. Moreover, the ammunition used by the light machine gun that Kaname Kuzuryu was using also had special bullets mixed with some refined Varanium. For Gastrea or Kohina, who had Gastrea factors, that destructive power was definitely not to be underestimated.
However, Kohina's speed far exceeded Kaname Kuzuryu's speed. The sweeping light machine gun fire didn't actually hit the fast-moving Kohina at all!
Clack!
Suddenly, a slight clicking sound came from the light machine gun in Kaname Kuzuryu's hands.
The light machine gun's ammunition belt was empty! The hundred-round drum magazine wasn't small for a trained light machine gunner, but it was clearly not enough to support Kaname Kuzuryu's unrestrained sweeping fire!
Kohina wouldn't let this opportunity slip by. Before Kaname Kuzuryu could reload the light machine gun drum or switch to another weapon, she had already rushed in front of him. The two small Tendo-style swords made of Varanium alloy flashed with two streaks of cold light, splitting a few raindrops as they headed straight for Kaname Kuzuryu's vital points.
Facing the incoming cold light, Kaname Kuzuryu was fearless. His entire body suddenly turned transparent, and at the same time, he lifted the light machine gun with the empty drum with one hand. The light machine gun, weighing over ten kilograms including the bipod, swung out like an ancient mace. The sharp whistling sound it made as it cut through the air proved the terrifying consequences of being hit by this strike.
Having been taught by Morin and participating in multiple battles against Type II and Type III Gastrea in the past three months, Kohina had no intention of directly blocking. Her body swayed, and she retracted her swords, leaping back far away!
"You brat! Don't you run away from me!!!"
Seeing Kohina jump away from his attack, Kaname Kuzuryu's face became even more ferocious and terrifying. His figure, slightly distorted in the air, moved with the momentum of a hungry tiger descending a mountain, wildly swinging the empty light machine gun as he frantically chased after Kohina. Even when Kohina prepared to attack, this guy adopted a desperate stance of "you cut me N times, and I'll give you one hit," making Kohina somewhat troubled and forcing her to draw her swords and retreat. As a result, Kaname Kuzuryu's arrogance grew, and he wildly pursued her, swinging the empty light machine gun.
Of course, Kohina herself had no problem protecting herself, deliberately leading the enraged Kaname Kuzuryu away from the battlefield where Morin and Mutsuki Yuga were!
...
While Kaname Kuzuryu and Kohina began fighting, Morin and Mutsuki Yuga sized each other up!
Looking at Morin, the red light in Mutsuki Yuga's eyes that had just rushed over flickered. His specially modified mechanical eyes transmitted Morin's Civil Security IP ranking of 176th and some information. Moreover, a sudden feeling of danger rising in his heart made Mutsuki Yuga suddenly stop, not solving the group of Civil Security officers led by Iiguma Shoukan as quickly as he had just encountered them.
Similarly, Morin, who had already raised the extended Tendo-style sword in his hand, didn't immediately swing it at Mutsuki Yuga. Instead, he sized up Mutsuki Yuga, who gave him a strangely familiar feeling.
That's right!
The feeling Mutsuki Yuga gave Morin was like seeing someone very familiar!
After carefully recalling the "Black Bullet" anime and novel storylines, Morin suddenly understood why Mutsuki Yuga felt familiar to him. The other party was the mechanically modified soldier from the Five Wings Society in the novel version, a successful prototype of the initial mechanically modified soldiers, whose eyes and most of his body were modified to the standard of "being able to easily kill Rentaro Satomi."
In other words, Mutsuki Yuga himself was designed with the male protagonist Rentaro Satomi as his combat target, a mechanically modified individual who was an enhanced version of Rentaro Satomi!
"The Black Specter, ranked 176th in the World Civil Security IP..."
After only a few seconds of mutual staring, the unarmed Mutsuki Yuga slowly opened his arms, looking at the red glow of Morin's electronic eyes, like the gaze of a legendary demon from hell, his words sounding exceptionally calm, "It seems your Civil Security career will end here!"
Mutsuki Yuga's words were indifferent, but they carried his absolute confidence.
The relevant rankings of the World Civil Security, while representing the combat power and level of Civil Security officer pairs, mostly referred to the combat power of the Initiator lolis in the pair, not the combat power of the Promoter Civil Security officer themselves.
Strictly speaking, among Civil Security officer pairs, when executing missions against Gastrea or other tasks, ninety-nine percent of the time it was the loli Initiators who served as the main attacking force, while the Civil Security officers called Promoters mostly just paddled along their Initiators. Therefore, most insiders estimated the combat power of those Initiator lolis for the World Civil Security IP rankings, and didn't pay much attention to the Civil Security officers who were Promoters.
The Five Wings Society was no exception. They mostly estimated the combat power of his Initiator, Kohina, for Morin, the newly promoted Civil Security officer in the Tokyo Area ranked 176th in IP.
As for Morin?
Sorry, in the "Black Bullet" world, most of the people who had witnessed Morin's own strength had already been killed as enemies. Kohina, Kisara Tendo, Sumire Muroto, and other insiders had no intention of publicizing it.
The Five Wings Society had of course made the most detailed understanding possible of the high-ranking figures in the Tokyo Area and the groups with powerful armed forces (army, special police, or security departments similar to Sima Heavy Industries). However, limited by personnel and intelligence department limitations, they didn't have a very deep understanding of the scattered Civil Security companies in the Tokyo Area. It was already quite good that they had relevant information on well-known Civil Security officers like Morin and Iiguma Shoukan.
For example, Iiguma Shoukan, who was more public and had even carried out missions within the gathering area multiple times, was easier to understand. Morin, on the other hand, had never taken action in the gathering area. When dealing with Type I or Type II Gastrea, it was entirely Kohina who took action as a way to pass the time, which instead confirmed the "intelligence" that Morin's own combat power wasn't too strong.
Morin didn't feel angry at Mutsuki Yuga's underestimation. Instead, he was very happy that his opponent dared to underestimate him. The extended Tendo-style sword in his hand was raised vertically and then suddenly thrust forward in a slashing attack!
"How could it be..."
Mutsuki Yuga, who hadn't paid much attention at first, changed his expression after seeing the sharp cold light coming towards him.
Morin certainly wouldn't be polite to his enemy. The suddenly slashed-out Tendo-style sword was like snow-white light. Even those watching from afar felt a stinging sensation. Mutsuki Yuga, who was locked on, felt a dangerous sensation like his skin was being pricked by needles.
Sensing that things weren't good, Mutsuki Yuga didn't relax at all. Instead of retreating, he advanced and threw a punch. The long sleeve of his casual suit suddenly tore open, revealing a black Varanium arm that let out a slight hum. Then, the momentum of the punch was like a cannon firing!
Boom
The suffocating punch accurately struck the direction where Morin swung his sword, but it didn't actually hit the sword. Instead, when it was still ten centimeters away from the sword, a semi-transparent wall directly blocked the punch. Immediately, the repulsion wall deployed by the ?Repulsion Generator? directly burst open. The momentum and power of the punch, which had been reduced by a notch, suddenly missed.
Morin had no intention of confronting him head-on. Seeing Mutsuki Yuga activate the cartridges (special devices installed in the metal limbs that used explosions to generate huge power for attack and movement), the power of which was comparable to the bombardment of a small-caliber artillery, the ?Repulsion Generator? instantly deployed an invisible defense. Then, as he swung his sword to decapitate Mutsuki Yuga, the other party seemed to have predicted Morin's attack direction in advance, forcibly twisted his attack direction, and then flipped over, avoiding Morin's subsequent attack.
Even so, Mutsuki Yuga's casual suit had already been split in two down the front, and the deep wound from his shoulder to his waist, almost revealing his internal organs, proved the loss Mutsuki Yuga had just suffered!
"Mechanically modified soldier?!"
Flipping over to look at Morin, Mutsuki Yuga nonchalantly wiped the blood from his wound, not even caring about the four-winged insignia revealed on his chest. Instead, he looked at Morin with a face full of caution.
"Take a guess! A four-winged cadre of the Five Wings Society!"
Morin didn't directly answer Mutsuki Yuga's words. Instead, he reached out and gripped his sword, saying.
As for why the other party would mistake him for a mechanically modified soldier? Well, the Hiruko Kagetane that Morin replaced was indeed a mechanically modified soldier. He should say that Mutsuki Yuga wasn't wrong!
"...Once I capture you, I'll know everything!"
Hearing Morin directly reveal his identity, Mutsuki Yuga's pupils slightly constricted, but his expression didn't change. His feet, however, suddenly activated the cartridges.
In the next moment, Mutsuki Yuga, whose speed almost turned into teleportation, directly rushed in front of Morin. His modified electronic eyes, however, allowed him to maintain his vision of the surrounding environment even at this high speed. Mutsuki Yuga had even perfected the power of his leg cartridges, locking onto Morin, the suspected mechanically modified soldier, and then threw a punch directly head-on.
Morin could even feel the sharp wind coming towards him. Looking at that punch, it was as if the air in front of him had been sucked away, a terrifying punch that made people feel suppressed and even suffocated. His mental state, however, instantly entered the ?Super Perception? state that he hadn't fully mastered before!
This feeling... I can cut through it!!!?
Feeling as if time around him had slowed down, like a movie frame by frame in slow motion, various thoughts flashed through Morin's mind. Then, he aimed at Mutsuki Yuga and also "slowly" drew his sword to slash.
However, in Mutsuki Yuga's eyes, he also clearly saw Morin's entire response. Even the special microcomputer in his electronic eyes had already determined that Morin's long sword was aimed at his shoulder, and then even estimated that he could use one metal arm as a shield. At most, he would damage one metal arm, but he could take the opportunity to directly kill this "mechanically modified soldier" Morin.
Without the slightest hesitation, Mutsuki Yuga unhesitatingly activated the cartridges installed inside his metal hand, blasting towards Morin with full force!
"Clang!!!"
Amidst the sharp sound of metal twisting, the extended Tendo-style sword in Morin's hand made direct contact with Mutsuki Yuga's blocking metal arm. The sword, with its blade adjusted to a three-edged armor-piercing shape, forcibly cut through Mutsuki Yuga's Varanium alloy arm.
However, Mutsuki Yuga's metal arm was also made of Varanium. Even though the extended Tendo-style sword was sharp and Morin's strength was great, it still slightly slowed down after cutting into the metal shell and didn't directly sever Mutsuki Yuga's arm like a sharp blade cutting through wood. However, this barely perceptible amount of time was enough for Mutsuki Yuga, whose artificial eyes could even reach a precision of one two-thousandth of a second, to land a punch on this enemy Morin.
Mutsuki Yuga believed that after using the full capacity of three cartridges, the power of this punch, if it hit its mark, would not be inferior to the impact of a large-caliber artillery shell and would definitely not disappoint him!
However, just as Mutsuki Yuga was watching his punch about to hit Morin, his artificial eyes suddenly saw a hint of a smile on Morin's face?
A smile that looked like seeing prey step into a trap???
"Boom!!!"
In the next instant, Mutsuki Yuga felt a powerful force coming head-on. The terrifying repulsive force collided with Mutsuki Yuga's full-strength punch, erupting in a thunderous explosion.
The shockwave, as if from an exploding shell, instantly blasted both Morin and Mutsuki Yuga away. The ground where they stood was even ravaged by the surging air currents, and even the topsoil was scraped away. Even the rain threads were instantly repelled by the air currents, forming a spacious environment with a diameter of over a hundred meters in an instant.
Having been prepared, Morin directly leaped up like a piece of paper propelled by the repulsive field of the ?Repulsion Generator? at its maximum power. The blasting air currents, besides causing a tightness in Morin's chest, didn't cause any damage. He easily turned around in mid-air and then landed steadily on the ground.
Only after Morin steadied himself did he see Mutsuki Yuga, swaying and regaining his footing, in the center of the sweeping air currents.
Well, the caught-off-guard Mutsuki Yuga was now in a rather miserable state!
Both sides had delivered a full-power blow head-on. Morin had been mentally prepared and the Jet-Black Midnight Coat and his combat suit had greatly reduced the damage from the shockwave. With the help of the Repulsion Generator, he hadn't suffered much injury. However, the somewhat simple-minded Mutsuki Yuga hadn't made any preparations and had taken the full force of the shockwave at close range.
Although he was still standing, Mutsuki Yuga was in a terrible state. Splashed mud made him look like a mud monkey that had rolled around in the mud several times. One of his metal arms was completely twisted and broken from the elbow, and the countless tiny wounds all over his body were too many to count.
Just one look was enough to know that Mutsuki Yuga had suffered serious injuries. Mutsuki Yuga himself knew that his internal organs, which hadn't undergone complete mechanical soldier modification, had been severely damaged by the blow just now. The breaking of one metal arm had directly reduced his combat power by at least ten percent, and his brain seemed to be filled with endless buzzing. He was completely relying on his tenacious willpower and his modified body to avoid collapsing.
However, even in this state, Mutsuki Yuga still stood ramrod straight, his feet planted on the two deep furrows he had dug out while being blasted backward, his scarlet electronic eyes staring intently at Morin!
"What a durable guy..."
Seeing that Mutsuki Yuga was still standing and even maintaining most of his combat power, Morin's eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at the other party, his vigilance rising even higher.
Whether it was his own intuition or the common saying that "a wounded beast is more dangerous," Morin didn't dare to underestimate Mutsuki Yuga, who could be considered the protagonist's enemy in the novel if he hadn't had the Repulsion Generator just now, even with the double protection of the Jet-Black Midnight Coat and his protective suit, Morin was certain that his situation would have been dire if he had allowed Mutsuki Yuga's punch to land on him!
Not to mention, Morin vaguely remembered that Mutsuki Yuga seemed to have a close-range destructive move...
"I! Want! You! To! Die!"
In response to Morin's words, the scarlet electronic eyes of Mutsuki Yuga became even brighter, filled with endless killing intent as he stared at Morin.
Mutsuki Yuga knew that his injuries were definitely not light. Facing Morin, a powerful enemy whose combat power far exceeded expectations, the original plan to lead the team to retreat had failed. Even if he defeated Morin, he would have to pay an extremely heavy price.
Could he still face the Civil Security officers who would be tracking them after hearing the sounds, or the powerful Gastrea they might encounter? Even if Mutsuki Yuga was arrogant, he understood the power of human wave tactics.
Knowing that he and his other two companions were very likely to perish here, Mutsuki Yuga had no illusions. The gaze he directed at Morin was filled with endless killing intent!
"Who knows which one of us will die?"
Seeing Mutsuki Yuga's expression, the vigilance in Morin's heart reached its peak. The slightly nicked Tendo-style sword in his hand was also raised, and looking at Mutsuki Yuga, who was exuding an unusually dangerous aura, his words carried a provocative tone.
Mutsuki Yuga wasn't angry. Knowing that he probably wouldn't be able to reach the designated gathering area, his only thought now was to drag this enemy Morin down to hell with him!
In the next moment, the battlefield was once again filled with intense roaring sounds!
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