(Thank you very much to 'Kaede no Chōrei' for the reward!)
Heaven and earth seemed to have fallen silent at this very moment...
Kotori, Kurumi, Tohka, Miku, Yoshino, and the other girls stared at the scene in midair, their expressions frozen.
Origami held the heavy cannon transformed into a Laser Saber. Drops of blood still ran down the blade, but she paid them no heed, instead staring solemnly ahead.
There, Xie Ming lowered his head and stretched out a hand, gripping the trembling blade of the Laser Saber. Ignoring the blood constantly flowing from his hand, he slowly raised his head, revealing a pair of eyes so calm they were oppressive before the girls.
Yet what was even more oppressive were the words Xie Ming spoke the next second.
"You... are dead..."
The moment those words entered the girls' ears, every one of their hearts trembled fiercely.
Whoosh—!
In the next instant, a black shadow suddenly launched a sneak attack, lashing viciously toward Origami's back.
It was Xie Ming's tail, tipped with a barbed hook!
"—!" Origami's pupils contracted. The engines of the thrusters on her back suddenly roared to life, propelling her rapidly backward. As she retreated, she fiercely swung the Laser Saber in her hand, slashing heavily at the incoming black shadow.
Clang—!
A deafening crash like steel striking steel echoed through the sky as the Laser Saber in Origami's hand struck Xie Ming's whipping tail.
Unfortunately, although Origami had put all her strength into the seemingly fierce strike, it merely produced a collision. The hideous barbed tail paused slightly before its momentum not only failed to diminish, but increased instead. Its speed surged by two or three levels, and in a flash, it lashed toward Origami's chest.
"—!" Even though Origami's reactions ranked among the best of