While pressing his broken right hand, a man in black thanked Na Yue. That moon opened the black lace fan and shook her head elegantly,

"You're welcome. It wasn't me anyway."

After speaking, he snorted as if bored. Although it's a very arrogant tone, it doesn't give people a nasty feeling because of its childlike immature voice and natural noble temperament. Her coldness seemed to make the people in black feel very happy. That's the leadership of that month.

Natsuki was staring at a few photos scattered on Uemura's desk.

It is a photograph of a stone slab excavated from an ancient ruins out of nowhere.

Engraved on the slate are unintelligible words like the screens in the research room. However, just looking at the arrangement of the text intuitively makes sense something.

The content above hides a huge and terrifying power.

"Is this the mysterious item that the Black Death Emperor sent from the Western Regions, it seems that it is not a simple antique, where is it now?"

"-Subject cannot be identified, it can be determined that it has been removed from the laboratory"

Astarut answered that month's question flatly. The artificial lifeform refers to a metal transport box in the corner of the room.

Although it was a special object that had been sealed by layers of magic, the seal had been broken and there was nothing inside. The slate that was supposed to be inside was taken by someone.

"It's late, isn't it?"

Nayue asked herself unhappily, and then looked up at the electronic screen.

It seems that Uemura used his company's research equipment to analyze the contents of the slate. However, the progress of the interpretation is still incomplete, and only a very small number of words have been deciphered. When that month saw the term "Narakwara", a sinister expression appeared on her face.

"What the hell are you thinking, Christophe Gardesius"

Uemura, who heard their conversation, just lay on the ground and laughed loudly. It was the frantic laughter of terrorists who longed to destroy the world.

……

"That's too short, isn't it?"

Shallot pointed to the nylon bag on his lap, which contained a sports towel and a set of sportswear for golf tournament practice.

"When you look at it, you know it's a uniform, and it's used in badminton games. Specially prepared for the shallots race, is it not the right size? Wouldn't you, tell me that some parts are too well developed to wear anything, right? ”

Len asked as if he was genuinely worried. "It's going to be dressed." , shallots couldn't help but tell the truth.

"It's just, even if it's like this, it's just a school event, why do you have to dress up like this."

A fluttery skirt paired with a short sleeveless shirt – in the face of this unusually much exposed tracksuit, the shallots were genuinely embarrassed. Regardless of the players who are going to the official tournament, it is quite shy to wear this kind of costume to the court for the practice of the tournament.

But Len ignored shallot's reaction and laughed mischievously.

"Because of you, aren't your legs very beautiful?"

"—hah, Hay?"

For the unexpected words of a friend who usually doesn't joke much, shallots can't make any reaction and can only hang over there. But Lun still had a calm tone.

“…… Eh, Yase said it, it's no less than the rumored middle school transfer student. ”

"Why are you here to get involved with that kid named Ji Hiiragi?"

Shallot deliberately lowered his voice, pretending to be calm, but he still couldn't control the unexpected impact and mixed an unpleasant cry into his words.

A transfer student in the middle school.,Hiiragi Yukina.。 It's a beautiful girl who can't be jealous.。 And I don't know why, before I transferred to the school, I had a wonderful relationship with the ancient city. According to the rumors of some students, she seems to be considered the girlfriend of the ancient city. Although I don't really want to admit it, the pace of shallots has been disrupted recently, no doubt because of the reason for her existence.

"As for the reason, I think I should know better than I should be right......"

Lun's expression remained unchanged, but his gaze was in the direction of the middle school building.

"It's cute, that kid, I heard that he's still in the same class as Xiao's sister, right?"

"Well, I guess so."

Looking at the shallot, who could no longer completely hide his faltering, Lun smiled softly.

"This uniform, although I specially prepared it, will not force you. Or are you going to wear the sweaty gymnastics uniform you wore in the morning class to practice with Xiao? ”

"Well, there is no smell of sweat. I've used antiodorants well. ”

Shallot made a dissenting statement in a weak voice, and Lun didn't say anything, just waved his hand and walked out of the classroom.

"So, I'm going to the table tennis court, shallots, come on."

Lun followed the students of the billiards club out of the classroom, and now there was only Shallot left in the classroom.

Looking at the sportswear spread out on the table, the shallots gasped anxiously.

"Really...... Why do I have to worry about this? Ancient city, this idiot! ”

……

I don't understand it at all, this is the most direct feeling of the ancient city now. Of course, the same is true for shallots.

Because of the conspiracy of Yase and Ryon, he was forced to form a team with the ancient city.

She was haggard from being teased in the morning, but she adjusted her mood during her lunch break, and there was nothing unusual about chatting with Yase and them. The relationship between Shallot and the ancient city has been a daily topic of conversation among the other students in the class, and Shallot probably won't just start caring about it now.

But what is incomprehensible is her current attitude towards the ancient city.

I always feel very cold when I talk to her, although I always look at the ancient city a few times, in short, it looks very unnatural. But it doesn't look like he's in a bad mood.

During this time, shallots have always been like that, doing some strange actions that are not commensurate with her everywhere.

Speaking of which, Gucheng suddenly thought

The attitude of the shallots became so strange, it happened to be the end of the summer vacation-

That was also the time when the ancient city and Yukina met.

"—huh? Senior Xiao, is it alone? What about Lan Yu? ”

Uchida, who was in the same class, saw Gurujo coming to the gymnasium alone and asked him. Uchida is a beautiful boy with a thin body who is often mistaken for a girl even when he wears a uniform.

Uchida stood next to him with Tanahara Yubu. Although he is tall and usually competitive, he becomes as cute and obedient as a different person around Uchida. It's a typical girl in love.

The two are now hanging the shuttlecocks in boxes stored on the floor of the gymnasium with nets. That was it, but they were surrounded by a sweet air that no one else could tread. It can also be said that it is a two-person world, in short, people don't want to get close.

It's not just their couple who exudes this strong couple atmosphere around, but also the other couples in the gymnasium. While practicing the serve, the two of them were still shoulder-to-shoulder, looking at each other for a very short moment or something - although for them they probably didn't have the awareness that they were making out.

However, it's really uncomfortable for the single Gucheng, and Yukina is his girlfriend is just a lie that he deliberately misunderstood.

It's really funny to say.,The school grass of a colorful sea school.,There's no girlfriend.,It seems that I have to attack Yukina as soon as possible.。

Although Yukina does have a love for herself now. But she didn't realize it herself, and that was the crux of the matter.

Forget it, it doesn't matter how these things are good.

Searching for a place that could be a little cooler, he lay down on the bench and looked into the distance.

That's when —

The bench where the ancient city had been sitting suddenly bounced out like a balloon that had inflated to its head.

"Huh?"

Scattered pieces of wood grazed the ancient city's cheeks and flew past.

Fragments of the bursting bench slowly fell to the ground. Although in human form, the ancient city instinctively sensed danger, and the sensory cells in his body began to activate. At that moment, the time felt like it was stretched dozens of times.

A beam of silver flash shot towards the feet of the ancient city, which was too stiff to move.

The ancient city, which had already sensed the crisis, instantly rolled around on the ground with the momentum of rushing out, and dodged the flash at the last moment. The true identity of the glitter was a metal arrow. This Western bow and arrow, with its sharp tip and neat feathers, pierced deep into the ground at the foot of the ancient city.

"What man!?"

However, no one answered, but the bow and arrow, which can fire without making a sound, can even surpass the threat of firearms in street battles with poor line of sight.

Corridor. Emergency staircase. Schoolhouse. Roof. Under the shade of the memorial tree. Just by looking around hastily, there are countless places where the shooter is hiding. Although Gu Gu didn't know who was eyeing him, at this moment, the blood in his whole body was activated, and he began to feel excited.

It's the excitement of a battle maniac when he's fighting, and that's the case in the ancient city today.

Although the enemy, not strong.

The arrows buried in the ground suddenly and slowly dissolved and deformed. Like a curtain that has lost its bracket, it turns into a sheet of metal and stretches out, then deforms again.

The metal plates, which have swelled and been bent into sharp angles, are changing into the form of complex beasts.

It looked like an invisible giant hand playing an origami game with an iron plate.

"Is it a lion? Interesting, I'll play with you. ”

The metal plate, which had been infused with false life, became like a wild beast and stood on the ground with a roar. Wild action like a real beast. There is no doubt that this is a monster created by spells.

The steel behemoth jumped to its feet and lunged at the ancient city.

The claws of the monster, which had no thickness, were sharpened as sharp as the blades of a knife. If you touch it casually, I'm afraid that even the bones will be torn.

"Are you aiming at me!? Who the hell is it-"

The ancient city asked in a panic. Naturally, the beast would not answer. A low, deterrent roar came from the steel throat.

At this time, another monster appeared on the side. Stepping on the fragments of the bench appeared, and sure enough, it was also a wolf made of metal plates. I think it was a variation of the arrow that came from the first shot.

"It's annoying!"

Caught between the steel lion and the wolf, the ancient city gritted its teeth.

Although it is a false object created by spells, the agility of monsters is no different from that of real beasts. The fact that its entire body is made up of blades may be more dangerous than that of a beast.

Of course, as long as the ancient city liberates its own "dependent beasts", monsters of this level can be eliminated in an instant. (Markne)