Boom boom boom boom boom—!
Across the pure-white snowfield, orange flames burst forth without warning. Explosions surged like waves in a sea of fire, unleashing shockwaves and heat that melted vast stretches of snow in midair, instantly turning it into vapor that spread through the air.
Aaaahhhhhh—!
Within the explosions' shockwaves, several voices cried out and screamed from inside an armored vehicle.
Looking closely, amid the blooming Explosive Flames, the armored vehicle was like a small boat pressing through a storm. It was tossed wildly about, yet under the control of its astonishingly skilled driver, it swerved through one tight turn after another, dodging direct hits from incoming missiles and weaving along the edge of the explosions.
"Hold on tight!"
Tsuchimikado Motoharu shouted the warning from the driver's seat, then worked the controls with dazzling speed. He drove the armored vehicle like a professional race car, charging wildly across the snowfield, turning left and right, narrowly avoiding every incoming missile as it raced forward amid heatwaves and Explosive Flames.
"Whoaaa! Tsuchimikadooooo!"
In the passenger seat, Kamijo Touma let out a miserable scream under the sheer thrill of the wild ride. His body swayed with the centrifugal force, bouncing up and down like a ball.
"Wah!"
"Eek!"
Misaka Mikoto and Shokuhou Misaki let out short cries as well, falling against Fang Li and instinctively clinging tightly to him.
"Sylvia!"
"Mm!"
Fang Li instinctively reached out, shielding Misaka Mikoto and Shokuhou Misaki in his arms, while Sylvia held onto Sasha, whose entire body had tensed as she nearly got flung away.
Relying on their incredible physical abilities, the two of them ignored the armored vehicle's abnormal movements and kept their footing inside the cabin.
The armored vehicle continued charging forward under those conditions.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...!
The second wave of missiles came