However there must not have been time for proper maintenance The speed dropped and Ange Machina and Lucia were dropped to the ground before arriving back at the headquarters
Ow That was a hell of a way of sending us back
It was a very Miss A thing to do But more importantly
Where are we Oh is that the mall over there
They had apparently made it back to the city They had fallen near SeeD WalK the shopping mall that the angels like Ange often used
It had been closed for a while after the destruction from Black Cat’s attack but it had reopened before summer break It was once more a place for countless families to make nice memories
Or it should have been
The outdoors hall was large enough to hold a small concert and the center was connected to the food court a floor below It was still warm for fall so the outdoors hall had been remade into a beer garden during the evening hours and it should have been full of office workers on the way home from work But it was empty
The three exchanged a glance wondering if it was closed today
Ange and Machina only looked puzzled but Lucia’s expression was darker He looked down at the floor where the tile was engraved with a grid of small grooves to let rainwater drain off
His face stiffened further when he saw the black stains there
This is odd said Ange There’s no one down here either
They descended the stairs to find the food court deserted
No customers would be one thing but there were no workers in the restaurants either Yet the lights were on and the grills were still active
Was everyone evacuated because our ride was mistaken for a missile
Negative the government is unaware of any of this and there would be more of a commotion outside if that were the case
The mall was quiet Eerily quiet
There was an arcade near the food court and the game cabinets there were all still powered on The mall’s speakers were playing ambient music based on a forest or the waterside which only increased the eeriness of the deserted building Ange did not know much about the human world and Machina did but they both thought of the same name the Mary Celeste
But for warriors like those three learning they were in an emergency situation actually helped them avoid panicking
They calmly calmly observed their surroundings and noticed a few odd things within the food court Some chairs were toppled and a few people’s worth of underwear and other clothing was lying on the floor There were also black stains dotting the chairs and floor
What is this black stuff Succubi
Negative The ratio of materials is similar but there is no life activity in these
They investigated in their own unique ways Machina analyzed the materials and Ange produced fire from her back to heat them enough to burn a demon
The materials analysis told them nothing and there was no response to the fire so these did not seem to be demons However
These are human bodies said Lucia after scooping some up on a finger and licking it Just with the Fruit of Knowledge removed
H-human bodies All of these were people
Ange was shocked at the identity of what she had been investigating and she gasped when she looked again at how many stains were scattered throughout the mall
Those were all people It did make the most sense given the odd state of the mall though
Ah ahh ahh yess That’sthat’s so good
When they focused their ears they heard someone’s voice All three of them moved toward the voice and peeked into the arcade adjacent to the food court
Ah Nikki shouted Lucia
A girl who looked somewhat young for her flashy clothing was half naked and down on all fours
This was Niki Hozumi a classmate of those three and a member of the rock band Lucia had performed with at the cultural festival a few days ago
His voice did not seem to reach her and she was wiggling her hips side to side while on all fours
The three of them gasped when they saw the man firmly holding those hips
It was that young man The one who resembled Mutsuki and that Micha had called Avalon
Sob wahh Papaa mamaa
They had not noticed before due to all the noise from the arcade cabinets but there were still a few people in the arcade
A boy of about 5 was crying in front of the bathrooms on one side of the arcade Ange and Machina hurried over to help him but then they realized there were still two adults in the diaper changing room next to the bathrooms Ahh what what I’ve never felt anything like thiss
Ahh I-I’m so close Ahh I’m cumming
A different man and woman were in there with them for a total of four people
A young woman was having sex with the young man named Avalon and a somewhat older man in his thirties was having sex with a woman who had long platinum blonde hair
That shockingly beautiful face was Lilith’s Ange and the others had only seen her for a moment but they could tell right away
The boy was crying papa and mama at what those two were doing They must have been his parents
Ah ah ah ahh I’m cummiing
Hozumi let out a cry while her slender body arched backwards
At that very moment her body burst into a black liquid
There was no blood She was transformed into a black stain on the carpet before Lucia’s eyes like she had been a water balloon all along
Then a glowing speck floated up from the stain Was it an apple seed The man having sex with her grabbed the tiny speck of light with a satisfied look
The man and woman in front of Ange and Machina also achieved climax and collapsed into a black liquid The boy gave a quiet shriek at seeing his parents burst into nothingness
After retrieving the specks of light from those two as well the two Avalons and the one Lilith smiled in satisfaction They vanished like mist without even glancing over at dumbfounded Ange and the others The only people left were Ange Machina Lucia and
Does it sadden you boy
The boy had nearly fainted after seeing his parents disappear but another Lilith appeared right behind him
Papamama
The boy could not find the words to express the tragedy that had befallen him so Lilith gently smiled and rubbed his cheek
There is no need for sadness for I shall love you I can love you more than your father or your mother ever could so you need only love me in return
The boy finally remembered how to cry and clung to her blonde hair with tears spilling form his eyes
Wait Get away from her
Ange realized what was coming so she shouted in anger
But the boy showed no interest in her words and indulged in the arms embracing him
A moment later there was a splatting sound and he became a black stain
The human world has this idea known as a brain in a vat
After confirming no one else was around the thought of staying in the mall made them sick so they left The pleasant evening breeze of early autumn helped them forget the reality around them
The first to speak was Lucia
The idea is that you are nothing more than a brain in a vat and the world you know is no more than electrical stimuli given to that brain Of course it’s not meant to claim this is true It’s more of a joke showing that thoughts are a subjective thing and all scientific theories can be explained away as only existing in that vat if you remove that subjective element It was quiet outside as well
This city was not a metropolis and there was not a full shopping district around the mall so the only sounds would be the people passing by So when there were no people passing by everything was so quiet the autumn wind sounded far too loud in their ears There are sometimes science fiction stories based on that joke They present humanity as existing in a vat where they are shown a false reality instead of the real one The person who develops a way to place themselves in the vat could just enjoy the perfect world they have created for themselves but for some reason they decide they want to share that happiness with everyone else and work in secret to turn all of humanity into brains in vats and they attack as a giant robot brain for the final battle Are you saying that’s what Mutsuki is doing