Armory Mi

(Miluno)

Even if I accelerate my own flow of time, my perception of time remains unchanged. Moreover, I can't accelerate it when I'm carrying two people. Walking more than ten kilometers is still quite a long journey; it must take at least an hour, right?

Thinking of this, I glanced at Betelgeuse again.

[5.14km]

Tsk, so you've only gone halfway?

"I'm so tired, I should have known better than to bring the Base Body!"

They hadn't walked far when the impatient Mono started complaining.

"Miluno, carry me on your back!"

They even started acting unreasonably, putting their arms around my shoulders and trying to climb onto my back.

But I wasn't going to let her get away with it, so I pulled her down from behind with one hand.

"Go away, go away! This is supposed to be the Base Body of Magical Girl Soldiers, how can you complain about being tired just because of this short distance?"

"You have the best physical strength, can't you put in more effort?"

"Cannot."

Knowing that acting cute wouldn't work on me, she walked towards Betelgeuse with her hands behind her back.

"Hey, Koshin."

They even give people random nicknames.

"Your magic can conjure all sorts of weapons, right? Could you send an infantry fighting vehicle... or even an armored soldier? Let's get Past quickly!"

Hey! We're going to sneak in, aren't tanks and such too much noise?

I habitually express my true feelings through venting.

But the complaints in my head won't reach Betelgeuse.

She raised her hand and slapped it in front of her, and a cool camouflage-painted military jeep appeared out of thin air, with a heavy machine gun covered by camouflage cloth mounted on it.

Hmm, he has a rather terrorist-like aura.

She lowered the back of the driver's seat to fold up the split wings and got in, then honked the horn at me to signal me to get in.

Knowing I can't drive, she even acted as my driver. Aside from refusing to use her microphone to communicate, she was a reliable teammate.

Mono leaned out of the back seat after getting into the passenger seat.

"Miluno, what are the arrangements after this?"

She was asking about the bomb disposal plan.

"If you don't have a plan, would you like to hear my opinion?"

"What's the point of thinking about these things when we can't even see the Armory? We need to know the building structure, the security layout, and the location of the Annihilation Bomb before we sit down and discuss these matters."

"That makes sense. What I was thinking was... regarding the disposal of Annihilation Bomb, wouldn't it be better to take them back and turn them into our deterrent weapons instead of detonating them directly? We have the capability to drop things on their heads through wormholes, which would make the Supreme Council more cautious when making decisions... After all, they know the power of Annihilation Bomb better than anyone else."

She even wants to steal this?!

But I object.

"It is indeed useful as a deterrent, but this kind of thing is an unstable factor by itself. It is not safe to put anywhere. You are always worried about it being detonated. This is a Natives relic that even the technology on the 'The Other Side' cannot reproduce. What makes you think that humans have a way to properly protect it?"

If it gets out of control, it will be a natural disaster, and it's not worth the risk.

It would be better to destroy it on the spot and solve the problem once and for all.

"Hmm..."

I rejected the little thing's proposal.

The remaining journey only took a few minutes by car, but Betelgeuse was quite careful and picked up the jeep two blocks away.

"Miluno! Look over there!"

The top of the giant pyramid I saw in my dream...

That pyramid is the "Center of the World".

"That's where the Annihilation Bomb are stored?"

Betelgeuse's eyepiece: [✓].

"If I'm not mistaken, that's also the command center of the 'Supreme Council'?"

Eyepiece: [✓].

Am I talking to the eyepiece?

Since the Annihilation Bomb is stored here, and the "Supreme Council" is also formulating its invasion plan against Earth here, it means...

If the remaining Annihilation Bomb could be detonated here, the war might end.

The little thing reminded me:

"But it's dangerous! That's the enemy's headquarters!"

"Then you all go back to the prison first, I'll go in alone to spy."

"No way! You know how huge the area beneath this pyramid is. Without Betelgeuse, you'll be lucky to even avoid getting lost, let alone find the Annihilation Bomb!"

Yes, indeed.

How can I sneak in?

"How about we go inside?"

Mono pointed to Betelgeuse.

"The robot clone is a relic of Betelgeuse."

He then pointed to himself.

"Magical Girl Soldiers" is Aldebaran's latest masterpiece.

Finally, he pointed at me.

"Witch."

Um, does that mean I have to transform into a witch?

"Hmm, don't be so resistant. Nothing bad happened after Witchification last time, right? Power is just power; it has no good or evil distinction. The idea that witches are the minions of evil is just human subjective conjecture!"

Some witches are capable of communicating with others;

SpiCa did not defect even after becoming a witch.

"I see."

Lend me that dangerous power once more!

HazardON!

Yabeei!

We entered the pyramid directly through the main gate. The Monster guards at the entrance scanned us with some kind of instrument before we went through security before boarding the plane.

"What kind of instrument is that?"

I only asked after I had sneaked in.

Mono replied, "Ha, it's an instrument for measuring Dark Energy. Not everyone can sense darkness as clearly as I can."

So, does the "Supreme Council" implicitly acknowledge that those with darkness within them are allies?

The inside of the pyramids was quite lively; you wouldn't see so many "people" anywhere else in the world.

Various henchmen, Monster, witches, and Modified Witch come and go like they're going to work, and they're even quite orderly.

Mono continued:

"It's just going to work, right? Even the Supreme Council can't just hold a meeting and execute an operation; someone has to do the work!"

The number of Modified Witch is still small, and the behavior of these witches created by the council's Monster is always somewhat embarrassing...

Like that blue-haired witch at the elevator entrance, she was quite pretty, but she was wearing a white school swimsuit, squatting on the ground with her legs spread apart. Her pupils were moving in different directions, and she kept sticking out her tongue.

"Her Simulacrum Factor... is probably that of a frog."

Are frogs like that?

Mono and I observed our surroundings without any inhibitions. Betelgeuse, draped in a black Betelgeuse, was keeping a low profile; she was at the self-service kiosk in front of the elevator...

Search for the location of the "Annihilation Bomb storage room".

I don't know why I could understand it, but that's definitely what she searched for.

"So you didn't know either?"

My questioning of its abilities caused Betelgeuse eyepiece.

After all, she's a shut-in witch who's always been holed up in the fortress, feeling completely insecure. It's unrealistic to expect her to know all the information.

However, can such confidential locations be found using self-service kiosks?

Beep--

The information kiosk displays a map and helpful directional arrows.

You actually found it?!

I thought about it for a moment, and then said:

"Betelgeuse, find out where Fomalhaut is being held."