Mecha-Kai Species in Dimensional Travel

Leaving Miku here, other than the floor being a bit dirty, she wouldn't encounter any danger.

Furthermore, Xiu Er now had a new matter to attend to.

Thus, leaving the unconscious Miku alone, Xiu Er opened a Space Gate once again and stepped inside.

Today was the day Shido felt he was at his unluckiest.

But at this moment, Shido was experiencing the taste of a Shura Field for the first time.

He looked at Tohka, who was radiating black mist before him, and for some reason, his heart began to tense up.

But now was not the time to retreat; he had to explain things clearly to her immediately.

What happened just now was truly an accident!

Originally, after making contact with Yoshino, Shido discovered that this child was unexpectedly shy. That day, when he saw the AST chasing and trying to kill her, she had been passively taking hits the entire time, completely unable to use her own power to harm them.

Although he hadn't met her before, he had seen her behavior in the footage. Seeing such a kind child being treated this way, Shido's heart had solidified the resolve to save her.

Today, he had successfully approached her and learned her name, Yoshino, as well as her friend, the sharp-tongued Yoshino's rabbit puppet, a rabbit doll with an eyepatch worn on her hand.

Afterward, he successfully got her to agree to a date, and then she had brought him to this deserted shopping mall at night.

The mannequins standing motionless in the darkness made Shido feel a chill down his spine, as if someone were watching him.

Everything had been going smoothly, but an accident occurred.

Due to some mishap, while Yoshino was playing at a height, she accidentally slipped and fell.

Shido had thrillingly caught her.

Because of this, for reasons unknown, Yoshino fell onto him, and due to momentum, she pinned Shido underneath her, their lips pressing together.

This was originally an accident, but what was terrifying was that Tohka had appeared behind him at some point, and judging by that expression, she had witnessed the entire process.

Feeling the killing intent, Shido racked his brain, desperate to explain it clearly to her.

To make matters worse, Yoshino's rabbit puppet, Yoshino's rabbit puppet, deliberately mocked Tohka, inciting the latter's fury!

Just as Shido and the two Spirit girls were staging a Shura Field in the building.

Outside the building, new guests had arrived.

Several AST members, fully equipped with Realizers and ready for action, had also arrived here.

Because they knew that Hermit was currently inside this building.

Origami Tobiichi.

She, who in the original work was an extreme Shido-supporter, was currently a member of this squad.

Extremely hostile toward Spirits, she wished to kill every Spirit in the world.

At this moment, she and her teammates were just about to launch a surprise attack on the building when, the next second, an anomaly occurred.

For some reason, a large amount of frost condensed into ice suddenly appeared on the floor where Hermit was located.

Immediately following that, a giant white rabbit-like monster rushed out from the building.

Origami and her group didn't know what was happening, but there was one thing they were very clear about: that giant white rabbit was summoned by Hermit.

Thus, the group immediately launched an attack on it.

Shido immediately rushed to the gap Yoshino had broken open. He saw the scene of the AST attacking Yoshino, and he was extremely anxious now.

Tohka was holding the rabbit doll she had snatched from Yoshino's hand in a fit of anger just moments ago, and now she also looked flustered, not knowing what to do.

But just then, new intelligence from Kotori, who was far away on the Fraxinus, reached Shido's earpiece.

"Shido! Get out of there! There is a high-energy Reiryoku reaction appearing in the sky above you!"

"Wha...?"

Just as Kotori finished speaking, before Shido could even process the situation.

BOOM!!!!

Something crashed into the base of the building, accompanied by a violent gale.

A massive tremor came from the bottom of the building, and the entire structure began to sway precariously due to the impact below.

"Kotori, what happened!?"

"Tohka, watch out!"

Watching the ceiling begin to collapse above, Shido didn't have time to think and rushed toward Tohka, who hadn't reacted yet.

He lunged forward, tackling her to the ground, and then braced his body to shield Tohka underneath him.

At this moment, the building finally could no longer support itself and began to collapse, burying Shido and Tohka beneath the rubble...

"Shido! Shido!"

Aboard the Fraxinus in the sky, Kotori watched the display, anxiously calling out to her brother over the channel.

But no matter how many times she called, there was never a response from the channel.

Although she knew that Shido would not be killed by this level of destruction, that did not stop Kotori, as his younger sister, from worrying about him.

However, what responded to Kotori was not Shido's voice.

Instead, it was a piece of music she had never heard before.

Abruptly.

A powerful melody began to play.

"Who is it? Who has the mood to play music at a time like this!"

Kotori, already anxious because Shido was buried under the ruins, felt her heart fill with instant rage upon hearing someone playing music at such a moment.

"Um... Commander, it wasn't us..."

At this, it was Kotori's turn to be stunned, because if she listened carefully, she would realize the sound was indeed not coming from the ship.

It was coming from the scene on the screen?!

"Not you, then who is it...?"

She subconsciously looked back at the screen.

As the dust from the collapsed building cleared, the source of the music that had abruptly appeared on the scene revealed its true form.

It was the existence that had previously attacked four Spirits in half a month as a lone soldier, drawing the attention of all major factions.

The unknown faction's anti-Spirit weapon, the Spirit Hunter, had appeared before everyone's eyes once again!

Chapter 20: New Abilities

Xiu Er made a powerful entrance accompanied by intense music.

As for the source of the music, it came from the mechanical device flashing frequently above his head.

As mentioned before.

Xiu Er had modified the device on his head, adding various functions beyond the Dimensional Device.

Naturally, this included a music player module.

The reason Xiu Er chose to play music here was that he had modified and integrated the functions of the copied Pseudo-Canon: War Song Diva into that small device.

Through the specific usage methods he learned when he analyzed Miku's Angel, he could inject energy into the sound he produced and broadcast it.

Therefore, the device on his head now functioned equivalent to the War Song Diva.

This time, the results he calculated after completing the analysis were gratifying; the War Song Diva, which assisted in positioning, did not have abilities as metaphysical as the Codex of the Whispers.

Thus, he had managed to acquire every one of the War Song Diva's abilities. Although he could not exert 100% of their effectiveness due to them being [Pseudo-Canon], he could force the intensity up with his own energy.

And what he was currently using was one of the War Song Diva's abilities, [March].

It could buff those who heard the music; of course, this ability allowed Xiu Er to subjectively choose the target.

Right now, it was naturally a buff for himself.

The activation condition for the War Song Diva's ability required the user to sing different songs to utilize different powers.

But for Xiu Er, who was of the Mecha-Kai species, this was not a difficult task.

The music playing overhead now was the manifestation of him using [March].

He looked down at the ruins beneath his feet, staring fixedly at a certain abnormal protrusion.

That was the target he had struck earlier using [Pseudo-Canon: Sky Dasher]—Yoshino, who had been trying to escape.

Accompanied by a gale, the Piercer, acting as an arrow, had struck the giant white rabbit directly, carrying it back to the base of the building where they had first emerged.

Long before Shido and Yoshino were circling inside the shopping mall, he had already been lying in wait on some high ground nearby.

It wasn't that he knew the exact timing of this plot; after all, when he watched the show, he had no idea about this specific time, and after becoming a Mecha-Kai, his internal database naturally had no records of this.

It was through the [Pseudo-Canon: Codex of the Whispers] and its precognition of the next day that he had learned what would happen tonight.

Yes, a day had passed since Xiu Er obtained Miku's War Song Diva.

And the modification to integrate the Angel's abilities into the components of his body had also been completed within this day.

By the way, this round of modifications had also integrated the [Fake Demoness] and the [Codex of the Whispers] into his body, all installed within the device on his head.

Xiu Er himself certainly couldn't compose music, and the song he was playing now was not something that existed in this world.

It was a BGM he had found in his database—converted from the memories of his past life—from games, anime, or various music platforms he had listened to back then.

Right now, he was replicating that music from his memories.

(Please imagine the background music for this scene yourselves, dear readers.)

At this moment, movement stirred within the ruins below.

A massive white rabbit crawled out from beneath the rubble, a giant spear protruding from its body.

The giant rabbit swatted the spear away and roared at Xiu Er in the sky.

As a member of the Mecha-Kai species, Xiu Er possessed incredibly keen eyesight; the scene below was laid out clearly before him, and he easily spotted the figure on the rabbit's nape.

Yoshino's terrified eyes and trembling body made it clear just how much fear she was feeling at this moment.

Recognizing the person in the sky who had attacked her, Yoshino immediately recalled the terrifying robot that had assaulted her like a ghost that day.

Because of her personality, Yoshino had no will to fight, and coupled with her fear of Xiu Er, her only thought now was to escape.

Thus, the giant white rabbit—the Rigel—could only bark wildly at Xiu Er before attempting to carry Yoshino away from this place.

But Xiu Er would not let her have her way.

Hmph! Trying to run!?

"-[Codex Opening]-[Pseudo-Codex]-[Binder]-"

Golden energy condensed and took shape on his arm, and a chain with golden trim manifested.

Under Xiu Er's control, the Binder instantly shot toward Yoshino, who was already attempting to flee.

The chain tore through the air, emitting a piercing shriek.

In the blink of an eye, it reached the Rigel, coiling around its body like a snake.

It plunged repeatedly into the ground, burst back out from the earth on the other side, and wrapped around the giant rabbit once more.

In the end, unable to bear the strain, the Rigel was dragged firmly toward the ground by the chains and pinned in place.