Chapter 299
"..."
Indeed... the atmosphere around Luo Mio had become somewhat subtle before they parted ways.
Has something happened...?
It was at this moment that Chizuru Kaseyo stepped forward.
"I'll go ask."
Chizuru Kaseyo watched Rentaro's retreating figure, lost in thought.
"By the way, Satomi."
"Um?"
"Didn't you say you were going to find the other team members? Where are they?"
"Ah! I had forgotten if you hadn't mentioned it."
——
Meanwhile, in the Strategy Meeting Room beneath "Seijou" in the Tokyo Area, on the other side...
The girl watched the army of Gastrea moving across the main screen.
After a moment of silence, the girl took out a cell phone, searched for a number, and dialed it.
The call was answered shortly afterward.
"Oh dear, honey, why did you think of calling Mommy at such a crucial moment?"
All that could be heard from the other end of the phone was Luo Mio's mother's mature voice.
"Mother, may some of the people seek refuge at the 'Divine Residence'?"
The girl went straight to the point and asked her mother.
"..."
After the girl spoke, there was a sudden silence on the other end of the phone.
"It's possible, but honey, you know the rules of the 'Divine Residence.'"
"..."
The girl fell silent after hearing this.
The girl was silent for a moment before speaking to her mother.
"Mother, how did you get through that desperate situation back then?"
Upon hearing the girl's question, Luo Mio's mother did not speak immediately, but turned around to look at the three hibernation pods behind her.
Of course, it's thanks to your brother.
"To be honest, I don't know how to tell you."
"Huh?"
"But..."
Luo Mio's mother walked up to the hibernation pod, looked at the girl inside, and gently stroked her.
"No matter what happens, you must always, always... believe in your brother."
The girl was stunned for a moment upon hearing her mother's words.
"What's the meaning?"
But the call ended before the girl could ask the question.
The girl was left staring blankly at her phone, which had already been disconnected; clearly, she hadn't understood what her mother meant.
"Trust your brother..."
A look of confusion crossed the girl's eyes as she murmured to herself.
——
And finally, four days later...
Luo Mio looked up at the gray sky.
At this moment, Chizuru Kaseyo stepped forward and spoke to Luo Mio.
"It is said that the sky over the entire Osaka Area is even worse now than it is now."
"Yeah..."
Chizuru Kaseyo looked at Luo Mio with a blank expression and said softly.
"Brother Dongtang..."
Upon hearing Chizuru Kaseyo's voice, Luo Mio turned her head and smiled gently.
However, after Luo Mio smiled, she squatted down and gently embraced Chizuru Kaseyo.
"I'm sorry, Xia Shi."
Hearing Luo Mio's apologetic voice in his ear, Chizuru Kaseyo shook his head without caring.
"No, Brother Dongtang, you are not wrong."
Chizuru Kaseyo reached out her soft hands and touched Luo Mio's cheeks.
"On the contrary, we should thank you, Brother Dongtang."
A very happy smile appeared on Chizuru Kaseyo's expressionless face.
Seeing the smile on Chizuru Kaseyo's face, Luo Mio was also taken aback, and then gently hugged Chizuru Kaseyo.
And just then!
The battle whistle began to sound.
"It seems they've already arrived."
"Um."
Luo Mio nodded, but this time Luo Mio eyes became dark and deep.
A wisp of gold emanated from his fingertips.
——
In the Strategy Meeting Room.
"Libra has now ceased its activity outside the monolith, but the viral cysts on its abdomen have begun to activate!"
The messenger reported to the girl.
"How many days until the viral capsule becomes active?"
"Report: There are approximately two more days until activation!"
"Two days..."
The girl stared at the enormous body of "Libra" on the screen.
"Time..."
The current situation is that if they cannot hold out for two more days, the Tokyo Area will fall and be destroyed! If they can hold out, and the "The Stairway" is repaired, it will be their victory!
"The Gastrea army is about to approach the magnetic field of the megalith!"
Upon hearing this, the girl's eyes turned to the army of 100,000 Gastrea advancing towards the magnetic field of the giant stone monument on the main screen.
"..."
A heavy atmosphere hung in the silent Strategy Meeting Room, everyone's eyes fixed on the main screen.
"This..."
Just then, the communications officer's surprised voice rang out.
"What happened?"
The communications officer looked at the girl with disbelief.
"All the scattered Gastrea are now converging into one point and advancing toward the Number 31 and Number 32 megaliths!"
Upon hearing this, the girl felt a chill run down her spine.
Tendou Kikunojou nearby, also quickly asked.
"Find out the reason! Why is the Gastrea army heading towards these two megaliths?"
"It's been determined!" the communications officer reported hurriedly. "The reason is that the magnetic field of the Number 31 and Number 32 megaliths has failed!"
"What!" The girl's expression changed drastically, and she hurriedly said with a serious look.
"Send a message to immediately send people from other areas to provide support to District 39! Then inform the Self-Defense Forces and all auxiliary units in District 39!"
——
Hoshikage Hisomi was also taken aback when he heard the news coming from the Strategy Meeting Room.
Just as Hoshikage Hisomi was relaying orders to the outside, a surprised and astonished discussion arose from outside.
Hoshikage Hisomi went out to take a look.
In people's view, the sky, which was originally full of dust caused by the Gastrea army, was slowly covered with a crimson color like the sunset.
"Um?"
Just then, in their eyes, something that shimmered with a faint light like raindrops slowly fell from the crimson sky.
Upon closer inspection, they saw that they were red and white feathers shimmering with a red light.
As Red and White Feather fell from the crimson sky, a Self-Defense Forces soldier in the crowd curiously reached out and caught one of the feathers.
"What's this?"
The moment the question was uttered, the Red and White Feather instantly ignited into a small ball of crimson flame.
The soldier who came into contact with the Red and White Feather also collapsed to the ground instantly, as if he had lost consciousness.
The moment Hoshikage Hisomi noticed something was wrong with the red and white feathers, he immediately spoke into his earpiece.
"Everyone, take cover under the building! Stay away from those feathers!"
But Hoshikage Hisomi's voice came a step too late.
A second before he spoke, many Self-Defense Forces soldiers, police officers, and Initiators touched the feathers or had them fall on their bodies.
Without exception, all of these people lost consciousness and collapsed to the ground in an instant.
Even Kirimaki Tamaki was curious and wanted to touch it, but in an instant, Chizuru Kaseyo, who had sensed something was wrong, pulled back his hand that was reaching out to touch the feather.
After seeing what it was like for people around them to touch the feathers or to be touched by the feathers, Rentaro and the others broke out in a cold sweat.
Mizuhara Ki Hachi also said.
"What the hell is this?!"
Rentaro quickly added.
"Let's move to the basement of the building quickly."
Then Rentaro led everyone to run towards the base of a building not far away.
Rentaro casually glanced behind him.
But this glance also allowed him to see a figure that caught his eye.
Inside the "Holy Residence" Strategy Meeting Room.
The girl also looked pale and pale as she watched the red and white rain (feathers) slowly fall.
Standing next to the girl Tendou Kikunojou clenched his fist and spoke in a deep voice.
"Could these feathers be... a special ability of some special attack-type mutated Gastrea within the Gastrea army?"
The war had not even fully begun when we found ourselves in such a precarious situation.
The girl stared at the soldiers, police officers, and Initiators who were losing consciousness and collapsing one after another on the main screen, her face grim.
Just then, a sound came from the main screen.