"Looks like we could only fight first and talk later."
Watching Babbage raise his magical energy while summoning Chaos Automatons, Shen Fei knew there was no way to persuade him with words alone. Still, he was not surprised. After all, talking someone around required one prerequisite: strength greater than theirs. Sei Shōnagon had not acted earlier not only because Shen Fei's side had explained the whole situation to her, but also because they had strength in numbers.
"Judah's Oath." As Sakata Kintoki moved to meet the Chaos Automatons Babbage had summoned, a golden cross appeared in Shen Fei's hand. Since they could not kill Babbage, Binding him with this was the simplest and fastest approach.
If Sakata Kintoki or Musashi acted, it would be impossible not to hurt Babbage. And if Babbage fought desperately, he might even be sent away.
"Occupying a place with such a leyline, yet not developing your own army of Chaos Automatons... That was really strange."
The golden chains of Judah's Oath smoothly Bound Babbage. Given his size, he naturally found it difficult to evade them. But what puzzled Shen Fei most was that Babbage had hidden here without doing anything. He could clearly have used the leyline to mass-produce Chaos Automatons, just as he had in the City of Death Fog in the Fourth Singularity.
If he had truly produced troops in great numbers, even Watanabe no Tsuna would not have found it so easy to deal with him. Watanabe no Tsuna might have been formidable against aberrations, transformed beings, and oni, and the famed sword Higekiri in his hand was certainly a lethal weapon, but steel robots were an entirely different matter.
"Miss Shoko, don't worry. I won't do anything to him. But now, we could have a proper talk, right?" Seeing Murasaki Shikibu