Tiangong City, above.

Inside the air ship Fraxinus.

His long flaming red hair was tied in a double ponytail with a black ribbon, and he held a treasure bead in his mouth, and he looked at the report boredly in the piano with the red military uniform draped over his shoulder.

"Well, the elves' reports have been going on pretty well! Congratulations, congratulations. ”

"Da, da, da......"

There was the sound of high heels on the ground.

You don't have to look back, you can tell who is coming by listening to the footsteps.

Ratatoskr's analyst, Murayu Reiyin.

With thick dark circles under his eyes, Ling Yin, who seemed to fall to the ground at any time, came to the command platform and handed over a stack of report sheets.

"Lingyin, is it another boring daily report?"

"No, Commander, this is an investigative report on the recent DEM anomalies."

The spirit of Jean immediately came.

"Hah! What's going to happen to those guys who are like rotting toxic industrial waste? ”

"It's not clear, it's just that traces of DEM's personnel have been found in a place called Nelilu Island."

Nelilu Island?

The name of this island is also heard in Jean, and it seems to be a small island in the Pacific Ocean that belongs to DEM.

There seems to be a research center for DEM up there.

Taking the report, Kotori began to look at it carefully.

"Huh? Found her there? ”

Pointing to the report card, Qinli's face was strange.

"Yes, Commander, we found traces of Kurumi Tokizaki there."

Rubbing her eyebrows, Kotori couldn't figure out what was going on for a while.

"Well, all in all, send this report to Yakumo! Didn't we promise him? ”

"Okay, Commander!"

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"Lord Westcott. A qiē on Nelilu Island is ready! ”

Elaine stood respectfully in front of Viscott.

'Oh?' Is the research progress of Item A' already 70%? ”

"Overdone, Lord Westcott, it's actually 75 percent."

Westcot's sharp eyes gave a look of satisfaction.

Glass of red wine, Westcott walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked out at the view.

"Then, let's arrange for someone who can fly it to Japan."

"Okay. Lord Westcott! I'll arrange for Shina Chongnomiya to take care of this! ”

"Is Chonggong really that?"

Hearing the name, Viscott nodded.

Shina Chongmiya is a magician who belongs to the DEM, and his skills in controlling the manifestation device are among the top five in the world.

The actual combat ability is extremely strong, and it is said that he also killed Nightmare (Nightmare), also known as Kurumi Tokisaki.

While it's puzzling as to why Nightmare reappears some time after being killed, there's no denying Shina Chongmiya's abilities.

"If it were her, she would be up to the task."

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Deep in the Pacific Ocean, Nelilu Island.

Today. The island has a rare hustle and bustle.

Twenty years ago, after the island was acquired by DEM, the construction of a large-scale real yàn base beneath the uninhabited island began.

However, the island's existence has not been made public, and the exact location is not even found on the map.

It was only the Round Table, which had always been at odds with the AST, and more accurately with the DEM, that it became clear about the island's existence after years of investigation.

By this time, the island had gathered nearly a hundred magicians.

Everyone is equipped with a WiringSuit and CR-Unit and is ready for battle.

In addition, there are more than 300 remotely operated Bandersnatch units around the island.

“…… I say. Is it necessary to make it look like this? ”

Looking out from the cockpit of a transport plane docked on the runway on a small island, the pilot, Knox, had a wry smile on his face.

"It's like a world war."

"I can't help it. After all, it's 'Material A'!! ”

The co-pilot next to him, Barton, shrugged his shoulders.

Looking at the back of the transport plane, the tightly sealed 'Material A' was loaded onto the plane, and Patton had a cigar in his mouth and a smile on his face.

"Those people up there, but they take this thing very seriously, and the hell knows what it is."

"Even so. So many magicians are terrifying, right? Could it be that we are going to fight the Seventh Fleet? ”

"I think it's right that the situation is a little stricter, I heard that a very powerful ace magician was sent to escort it, the top five in the world!"

"Oh oh! So powerful? ”

With that, Knox's eyes suddenly widened and he looked at the end of the take-off runway.

There, at some point, a small figure appeared.

"Huh? ...... that!? ”

It's like a long dress made of black shadows and blood. Black hair tied in two bundles unevenly on the left and right.

and a golden left eye like the face of a clock at the same time.

It was a suffocatingly beautiful girl.

The sensitivity of the soldier allowed Knox to judge the identity of the girl for the first time - the enemy!

At the same time, the magicians who were on guard around also noticed the girl's existence.

"What people! How did you get in! ”

The magicians formed a formation and began to surround the girl.

The girl, Kurumi Tokizaki, looked at the magicians who surrounded her, and there was no fear in her eyes.

"Hee-hee-hee-hee...... Finally found it! Miss 2nd Elf. ”

With Kurumi's laughter, the shadow beneath his feet began to distort and spread.

Soon, countless jade-white arms stretched out from the shadows, dragging the magicians into the shadows.

Seeing this iconic attack, the magicians immediately burst into applause.

"All hands on note!! It's Nightmare!! ”

Kurumi smiled gracefully, looked at the flustered magicians, and gently raised the twin guns in his hands.

"If there are more people, we will never lose!"

Then, in the shadows that spread out like a velvet carpet, countless mad three drilled out.

"Protect 'Material A' with all your might! The transport plane takes off immediately!! ”

An order came from the tower, causing the pilots, Knox and Patton, to spat hard.

"Soul light! How can you fly in such a situation! ”

"Leave it alone! Fly first!! ”

The transport aircraft began to accelerate on the runway.

"Ahh We'...... Let's go! ”

Countless Kurums suppressed the magicians, and then another group of Kurumi began to try to prevent the transport planes from taking off.

However,

“Nightmare！！ Suffer death!! ”

The voice of the girl who was extremely familiar to Kurumi sounded.

Then, a whirlwind of sharp blades blew across the field.

None of the doppelgangers of the Crazy Three are enemies.

"Ah, we're meeting again......"

When he saw the girl, Shina Chongnomiya, Kurumi had a happy smile on his face.

"It's really fateful! What a fate! ”

"Humph!"

In response to the crazy three, it was the cold snort of Shina Chongmiya.

Shina's body slashed through the afterimage and quickly came to Kurumi.

Before all the magicians could react -

Kurumi spurted a large amount of blood from his chest and collapsed on the runway, looking up at the cloudless blue sky.

"Hee-hee-hee...... Hee-hee-hee-hee......"

Hurt so badly, Kurumi was still smiling.

With one foot on Kurumi's chest, Shina raised the laser sword in his hand.

"You're absolutely...... Can't ...... me Completely killed......"

"Miss Second Elf...... I won't let you have it for too long......"

"As long as ...... If there is one...... Yes...... Word of the boss...... Hee-hee-hee-hee...... Hee-hee-hee-hee......"

Ignoring Kurumi's words, the laser sword in Mana's hand swung down.

Mad San's body separated, and blood splattered. (To be continued......)