Ha!
Susanna smashed the last Mechanical Puppet with a powerful punch, then let out a long breath.
Hmph! Bet you know how amazing I am now!
Susanna spoke with a touch of pride, then turned around, preparing to say to Catherine, "Miss Catherine, the enemies have been cleared out! You're safe now..."
"...aren't you?" When Susanna turned to Catherine and said that, she found a dark gun barrel pointed directly at her forehead.
"...Miss Catherine?"
"I'm sorry, Susanna."
As Catherine spoke, she pulled the trigger.
The gunshot rang out, and Susanna fell to the ground.
"I won't be able to make it to Schicksal after all."
ROAR! ROAR!!!!
Chaos let out an enraged howl. At that moment, it beat its wings and flew high into the sky.
Even so, several aircraft carrying specialized weapons pursued Chaos closely from behind.
Though Chaos was furious, its instincts told it that the weapons behind it posed an immense threat.
The people aboard those aircraft were targeting it.
They wanted to capture it... The aircraft chasing after it were hunting dogs and hawks, while those weapons... were the hunting rifles they had prepared long ago.
When Chaos had rushed out of the hotel with Sora, it had accidentally taken a hit. Because of that attack, Chaos could no longer directly slip into Imaginary Space and escape.
Though only in trace amounts, Chaos could clearly sense that those weapons contained energy from the same source as itself.
Energy from Xu Yanwu.
That energy was like poison, suppressing its power and leaving Chaos somewhat weakened.
Roar!
Chaos opened its fang-filled jaws and bit apart an aircraft blocking its path, then continued speeding forward.
During that brief delay, several aircraft attacked Chaos, but... just as those attacks were about to hit it, Sora, who had transformed