After a few seconds of hesitation the ends of her eyebrows rose sharply and she glared at Black Cat
Don’t be cruel to Fujita
Khah
Black Cat’s face twisted even worse
Machina had grabbed her collar as well
While the impact against the wall had been distributed across Machina’s entire back the same blow was concentrated on the single fist pressed against Black Cat’s chest
The woman staggered and let go so the girl gently placed her feet on the ground
Miss C – Personal Name Schwarze Katze – has been judged hostile
Extracting combat tools Expanding phase variable field up to layer 32 and opening within Euclidean space
The glowing magic circle that opened at her feet was large enough to encompass the entire courtyard
Machina remained expressionless but deep anger filled her eyes that were as transparent as the surface of a clear lake
She was overwhelmed by intense rage
She moved her neatly lined-up fingers and golden threads that glowed like firefly light danced
from them The ground’s magic circle moved at the same time
The entire ground swelled up and attacked Black Cat – Schwarze Katze – in the shape of an arm
Tch
The woman was still choking from the impact to her chest but she just barely shifted her body out of the way The massive stone fist cut through empty air
But as soon as she dodged it the stone stripped off the yellowish-green clothing wrapped around its surface The grass scattered and assaulted Schwarze It filled the lenses of her glasses robbing her of her vision Black Cat realized her opponent had control of the ground She had no chance of victory on the surface so she jumped twenty meters into the air
But as soon as she cleared the grass from her glasses she realized this was exactly what
Machina had wanted
The girl had run up the wall ahead of her faced her from the same height and kicked off the face of the large clock
Why you-
In midair Machina pinned Black Cat’s arms behind her back
Applying molecular distortion to spatial composition data Antimatter creation complete Converting all mass into heat energy
Black Cat was only thinking of freeing herself so she could only fall defenselessly when Machina herself let go
She fell toward the top of the planetarium roof of the library building
A golden circle was drawn on the spherical roof so Machina must have set this up earlier
Beginning reaction
Machina held her hand out toward the circle An identical circle appeared in the air It was curved
in the opposite direction of the dome
Black Cat was falling in the center spot where the dual magic circles arrived closest together
Annihilation
Without a sound the hill dyed by the sunset grew as bright as midday for just a moment
A cylinder of sun-like light appeared in only the shoulder-width space where Schwarze was
There was nothing the woman could do
Complete
An annihilation reaction filled that limited space Instantly heat energy rivalling the center of the sun was sealed in that round space
In order to combat angels Black Cat was equipped with a Kühler Kralle tool to diffuse heat but the damage had to be unfathomable regardless
Once the cylinder filled with enough brightness the curved circles reversed direction They drew an ellipse and closed together to match the speed of Machina’s fall
The sealed light vanished as if it were being crushed into nonexistence but
Compleete
Do you nyot know how to finish what you’ve started
Before it could fully close something crawled out from the light
A black form charged out with smoke rising from its entire body
It rushed straight toward the girl in freefall and thrust up its burned fist since the metal claws had melted
Even without the claws the blow sank into her solar plexus and nearly broke into her stomach
By the time they landed on the roof Schwarze’s eyes were sparkling despite her injuries and she held Machina’s nearly unconscious form by the neck
What good is it if you’re not trying to kill me hmm This is what happens when you hold back because you only want to hurt me a little
Black Cat laughed in delight as her body gave off the smell of a well-done steak
But you did pretty good Keh heh It definitely hurt It hurt like hell I thought I was gonna cry
Nyee hee
Hee hee hee Nya ha ha ha heh heh heh hee hee hee
Her face melted in madness as if she was enjoying the pain and she clenched her fist once more
She faced Machina whose consciousness was fading after the blow to the gut
Here’s some advice so make sure to thank me Beat down your enemy until they’re utterly defeated If you don’t you nyever know what they’ll do when you lose For example
Something like this
Machina’s cloudy mind cleared up after she fell and hit the ground
She quickly got up but something was wrong She did not feel any pain besides the punch to the stomach
After that she noticed what was going on around her
It was dark The setting sun had vanished at some point and she was surrounded by stars
She looked up and saw the red sky Only then did she realize a hole had opened in the roof and she had fallen into the planetarium
She quickly realized why just before being punched someone had interfered A redheaded girl with a giant hunk of metal on her back stood there
What’s this infighting If I could have found Black Cat’s identity this easily I feel like an idiot trying to figure it out my way
Ange pouted her lips but her expression was otherwise composed
Schwarze had been hit with enough force to break through the roof so she was a little dazed
Heh I forgot there was another one of you left
I may have guessed wrong but it’s all the same in the end Prepare yourself Black Cat I’ll pay you back for that humiliation
You guessed wrong did you What happened to Kurikara
I carried her to the infirmary The place stank so I made sure to air it outWait you know about Saya
Ange blushed and shouted in anger that someone knew about her mistaken deduction
Machina sighed and stepped up alongside her
Fujita is in a dangerous situation after being infected with a neurotoxin program
Mutsuki is What happened to Satowa Wasn’t he there
He is having trouble returning to the fight so the two of us must retrieve the program’s cancellation key code from Miss C I request we work together
Work together Are you stupid
Then I request mutual noninterference
Hmph
Mutual noninterference referred to the promise not to fight that Mutsuki had forcibly made her agree to
They would both take on Black Cat but they would not attack each other That was the same thing as working together
Well it is true I don’t think I would have it in me to deal with you at the same time
Ange clearly did not like it but she turned her sword toward Black Cat as a sign of acceptance
Schwarze brushed the dust off of herself with a delighted grin that showed off her canine teeth
Shaahh
Loop
She charged in while covered in wounds and Ange intercepted her with her double divine sword
It was an equal exchange of swords and fists
Black Cat had the greater speed but Ange’s weapon gave her more reach she had incredible reflexes and Black Cat’s movements were not too fast for her to see Plus
Like that’ll work on-gh
The blue flames emitted from Ange’s back struck the woman as she tried to take up the optimal striking distance
Schwarze tried to defend but her melted clothes only released white sparks A moment later
flames of two thousand degrees struck her and blew her away
Machina narrowed her eyes
Her Kühler Kralle is broken Use your flames I will support you
What Wh-what are you talking about
Ange did not understand but she scattered Helios small balls of heat that pursued her opponent beyond sword range They became bullets and targeted the woman collapsed in the planetarium seats