Chapter 160: Conspiracy and Blades!
"You, what are you trying to do!"
"No, don't, please, no, ah—"
Outside the City Wall on the edge of the farmland area of Shiori Station, three men dressed as Farmers leaned against a Horse harnessed to a Wooden Plow, trembling as they looked at the Samurai wielding Blades who had coerced them here.
But the latter had no intention of Communication. Amidst their desperate Screams, they swung their Blades and killed them, cutting down the Horse as well.
Besides them, two other groups were doing the same thing not far away. They then left the Corpses, which were bleeding profusely like broken bags, on the Ground and quickly ran back Inside the Wall.
All of this was seen by Mata, who was hidden in a corner of the City Wall. She frowned, her gaze shifting back and forth between the Corpses and the numerous Kabane outside the Defensive Pit.
"Something bad is going to happen!"
The next moment, Mata turned and jumped down towards Inside the City, then transformed into an Afterimage and ran with great Speed towards the meeting point agreed upon with Lucci. Upon arriving, she quickly told him what she had seen and thought.
"Hmph, it seems that there's no shortage of despicable people in any World, although I'm not a good person myself." Lucci glanced coldly in the direction of the Governor's Mansion.
He had already heard about Mima Amatori's background from Senior Manager Addison, so he could easily guess that the Conservative Faction was targeting the Hunter Guard.
In this Shiori Station, the biggest representative of the Conservative Faction was likely the Chief Steward here!
"So what should we do?" Mata asked.
Lucci said expressionlessly, "The Base just gave us specific Instructions. Keep an eye on Mima Amatori and that Researcher in the White Robe. If you have spare Ability, also pay attention to the other Kabane Warriors and that Yotsugawa Ayame, as well as the 'Black Smoke' Core inside the Train Engine."
"That's too much, just the two of us..." Mata looked at him with distress.
"The most important targets are the first two. Do your best with the others. Besides, as long as we hold out until the next Station, we'll have enough manpower."
"Especially that Researcher, who clearly has no self-preservation Ability. Just make sure they don't get killed by someone or a Kabane."
[Woo woo woo woo—]
Just as Lucci finished speaking, a sharp Alarm Whistle sounded Inside the City. This caused panic and tension among the numerous Citizens, because it meant the Kabane were attacking the City!
"Let's go!"
Lucci stopped dawdling and quickly headed towards the Black Train where Mima Amatori was located with Mata. But when the two arrived at the City Gate, they found that the Train had already driven out of the City.
Clearly, the Hunter Guard was going out of the City again to meet the Kabane in Combat!
"Tch, troublesome..."
Having no choice, the two could only choose an unoccupied section of the City Wall to climb over, then slowly approach the Black Train while remaining hidden.
At the same time, a large number of Kabane had already passed through the Defensive Pit and were desperately climbing the City Wall, enduring the Bullets constantly being fired from the City Wall. They were like an army of Black Ants, with tiny Gunfire Flashes appearing among them.
"Ah, how can there be so many..."
A Gun-wielding Soldier looked at the dense mass of Kabane below, cold sweat beading on his forehead. They still didn't know why these Kabane had suddenly surged forward.
"Can we really defend against this kind of Situation..."
In a Tall Building somewhere Inside the City, a group of people gathered, watching the tense Situation outside.
"Deliberately luring the Kabane and exposing the Citizens to danger, this kind of Scheme is truly..." One of them looked hesitantly at the Five Continents Security Officer from the Shogun's Family standing before him.
"Please rest assured, the Kabane will be dealt with by the Hunter Guard. Since they are called Liberators, they will surely step forward, and then we can take the opportunity..."
[Clatter clatter, clatter clatter, screech screech—]
The Black Train that had left the City quickly decelerated and came to a steady stop as Mima Amatori drew her Blade. Immediately after, the Armor on one side lifted upwards, revealing the Mortar Squad that had been ready inside.
"Incendiary Shells, fire!"
Following Mima Amatori's command, the Hunter Guard Soldiers loaded the Cannonballs into the Mortars, then quickly dodged to the side, covering their ears at the same time.
The next moment, the sounds of Bombardment rose one after another. Cannonballs flew into the crowd of Kabane with a shriek, exploding into bursts of flame and Shockwaves.
These flames could even continue burning on the dry Ground, constantly scorching the nearby Kabane, truly living up to the name Incendiary Shell.
Immediately after, the scene that Lucci and Mata had seen before reappeared. Motorcycles, seemingly powered by High-Pressure Steam, carried Riders armed with Guns, charging out of the Train carriages aggressively and continuously Shooting at the Kabane. The Infantry who followed behind, through mutual cooperation, shot and killed the charging Kabane at close range.
Such an astonishing scene was an eye-opener for the Soldiers and Samurai of Shiori Station on the City Wall. It was truly the first time they had seen Troops dare to go out and meet the enemy in Combat.
"Lucci, look there!"
On the other side, Mata and Lucci, who had arrived near the Train and were hidden, were also observing the Situation on the Battlefield, but their gaze never left Mima Amatori.
However, the red-clothed little Girl and the gold short-haired Woman, because they emitted the Aura of Kabane and were suspected to be Kabane Warriors, also received considerable attention from the two.
What Mata pointed to was the scene of the two of them advancing side-by-side, facing a Giant Kabane nearly three meters tall, holding a Great Cleaver. The latter also had two Kabane attached to its chest and back, clearly transitioning towards becoming a 'Core'.
"Tch, aren't there people over two and a half meters tall in this World too?" Lucci said unhappily with a cold Expression.
The gold short-haired Woman's Height was clearly one meter seventy, but she only reached the Giant Kabane's thigh when standing in front of it. It was definitely three meters tall by estimation.
"But whether it's the Hunter Guard or in this Shiori Station, we haven't seen anyone over two meters tall. This should be an extremely special case," Mata comforted him from the side.
Next, the two witnessed the Girl and the Woman's spectacular cooperation.
First, the gold short-haired Woman accelerated, then threw the Medium-Short Gun in her hand into the air above the Giant Kabane's Head. She then dodged the latter's Cutlass swing. Even though the Blade split the Ground beside her, causing a Loud Noise and Black Smoke, she showed no fear. With her back to the incredibly thick thighs, she then slightly bent her legs, stacking her hands in front of her.
The red-haired little Girl followed closely behind, performing a leap and a flip. Along the way, the two Guns in her hands pierced the Head of the Kabane on the Giant Kabane's back, then she landed precisely on the gold short-haired Woman's hands.
With a forceful lift from the latter, she leaped up again using that Strength, just in time to catch the Medium-Short Gun that the gold short-haired Woman had thrown into High Altitude and falling. In the air, she shot through the Giant Kabane's Crown at a vertical angle.
This wasn't over yet. The gold short-haired Woman suddenly drew the Long Saber from her back and, taking advantage of the moment the Giant Kabane screamed from the Head injury, pierced its Heart and the Heart of the Kabane on its chest!
The entire sequence of movements flowed smoothly, fully displaying their Superman-like Speed, Strength, Agility, Reaction, and Combat Experience.
However, while these actions amazed the Soldiers and Samurai on the Shiori Station side, they were nothing special to Lucci and Mata. In fact, they found them overly flashy.
"That Blade..."
However, Lucci's sharp gaze noticed the peculiar Blade in the gold short-haired Woman's hand. The Blade was covered in glowing Veins resembling Kabane Blood Vessels and was pitch black.
Especially its Strength, which could pierce the Heart and chest of two Kabane with a single strike, made his eyes light up.
They had tested before that ordinary Samurai Blades in this World were completely useless against the Kabane's Steel Heart Membrane. In a head-on clash, the former would only break.
(End of this chapter)