Bronya saw Yae Sakura standing extremely close to the shell. A flash of blade light swept out, and then Bronya saw the shell split down the middle before flying off to either side.
"Cutting a shell apart? Something like that..."
Bronya froze.
The shells she fired had been developed by Anti-Entropy scientists...
Yet Yae Sakura had just split one in two with an ordinary sword...?
Though shocked, Bronya reacted quickly, retreating together with Assault Rabbit.
The severed shell then exploded violently behind Yae Sakura as she passed through its wreckage.
Using the blast wave from the explosion, Yae Sakura charged toward Bronya. Sakura Blizzard, which had just cut apart the shell, was sheathed once more. Because Yae Sakura was leaning low as she rushed at Bronya, the scabbard nearly scraped against the ground.
Bronya's mind was highly focused, her gaze fixed on the hilt Yae Sakura held, trying to see exactly when Yae Sakura would draw her blade.
But the instant Bronya saw Yae Sakura's hand move, pain shot through her shoulders.
The pain came from both shoulders at once. Moreover, Bronya quickly realized that both her arms had lost their ability to move.
"Assault Rabbit!"
Bronya controlled Assault Rabbit and had it shield her.
Bronya had not even noticed how Yae Sakura had wounded her.
Logically... even if she could not catch sight of the blade coming, she should at least have seen Yae Sakura draw her sword, right?
Her experience as a mercenary from childhood to adulthood was not fake.
But when exactly had Yae Sakura injured her? And both shoulders had been wounded almost simultaneously...
Bronya could not understand it.
Xu Yanwu explained to Bronya within her consciousness, "The others before you faced Little Sakura while she was controlled by Higu Maru... but what you are fighting