Chapter 126
"This is Group Five! Target spotted!"
"Injured personnel! Requesting backup!"
"I saw her!"
At the end of the street, a hooded figure appeared in Ayse's sight. It was a girl whose face was half covered by the hood. The girl simply raised her hand, and countless sparks exploded in front of her. It was the Special Operations Team of the Special Disaster Division launching an attack on her, but it seemed that they could not hurt her at all, as they were all blocked by the dim blue light screen in front of her.
Even the machine guns on the armored vehicle couldn't break through the curtain of water in front of her.
This scene made Ayse frown.
"What is that... a shield? How did it even do that...?"
The azure light curtain was like the sky during the day, transparent, like coated glass. Without a doubt, it was a substance with some kind of physical form, and bullets could not penetrate that azure shield at all.
The girl maintained the water-like shield with one hand, slowly moving forward step by step. Then she raised her other hand and waved it, and a special forces soldier and the ground beneath his feet were instantly lifted up and slammed heavily into the armored vehicle behind him.
The armored vehicle's firepower came to an abrupt halt, and the girl sprinted forward, breaking through the special forces' Defense Line in an instant.
"This is Ayse. Target Codename H detected, but target Karina not detected. Imminent contact. Prepare for battle."
"Don't let her go to the residential area."
"Grab her here!"
"Miss Elincia, could you please help me with the right side?"
"Um."
Elincia nodded expressionlessly, a silver glint flashing as a straight sword and silver shield appeared in her hands.
"Subdue her first! Now it's time to get her!"
Ayse gripped her straight sword and, along with Elincia, leaped to the hooded girl's side, one on the left and one on the right. The straight sword rose upwards like moonlight, while Elincia simultaneously thrust out her sword.
The hooded girl stopped in her tracks as the two men surrounded her from the left and right.
Then, she simply raised her hand, and a curtain of light, like a water curtain, rose simultaneously on both sides of her body. A crisp sound of hard objects colliding rang out, and under the solemn gazes of Ayse and Elincia, she completely blocked their attacks.
181. Long Time No See [Seventh Update]
The agent's single strike contains power comparable to that of a firearm, and the Order Weapon can amplify this power even further. Even thick concrete fortifications will Fracture under the agent's blow.
But that eerie azure light barrier effortlessly blocked all of Ayse and Elincia's attacks.
The hooded girl didn't even flinch.
Elincia's face remained expressionless, while Ayse frowned slightly, quickly drew her sword, turned around, and unleashed three swift slashes like a whirlwind.
However, her attacks were equally ineffective against the hooded girl's eerie light barrier.
Elincia is in the same situation.
"I don't have time to play with you guys, but you're all so annoying."
Suddenly, the girl spoke, pushing out with one hand. A dull thud echoed through the night. Before Ayse could understand what was happening, a tremendous force struck her head-on.
A sense of crisis suddenly descended.
Like being hit head-on by a speeding car, Ayse's body flew backward, crashing straight through the wall behind her, and disappearing into the roller shutter door on the other side of the road.
The piercing alarm sirens mingled with gunshots.
"Ayse!"
Elincia's gaze sharpened slightly. She had no idea what had happened, but her alertness made her quickly take a step back. The next instant, the spot where she was standing suddenly exploded, dust rose up, and the girl's eyes followed closely behind.
The hooded girl raised her hand once more.
A tremendous force was applied to Elincia's arm.
Before she could even raise her shield, the immense force sent her flying.
The world spun around her, and she shattered large sections of the ground before finally regaining her balance.
A metallic taste of blood filled her mouth. When she looked up again, she found that the hooded girl in front of her had vanished, and the gunshots had completely stopped. All that remained were several special forces soldiers lying on the ground and an armored vehicle that had been overturned along with the ground.
"Ayse!"
She gazed into the darkness beyond the gaping hole in the roller shutter, calling out the names of her comrades who had fought alongside her. She tried to stand up, but found herself unable to muster any strength.
His whole body felt like it was falling apart; his straight sword had long since slipped from his hand and disappeared, leaving only the shield that he had been tightly gripping in his left hand.
Blood trickled from the corner of her mouth, and Elincia looked down at her arm.
Her arm, struck with tremendous force, was numb as if electrocuted, bending backward at an odd angle, with pale broken bone protruding from beneath her skin, and blood staining her dress.
She stared blankly at her blood-stained arm, clenching her teeth tightly.
The hooded girl Codename H is too dangerous.
This is a power far exceeding that of Apostle, and it's impossible to see how the attack is launched.
She and Ayse alone were no match for the enemy.
"We need to contact Bushiyuan Plains and the Commander as soon as possible..."
With her right hand broken, Elincia bit her lower lip and raised her left hand, her white knuckles trembling, as she prepared to press the communicator button.
At that moment, the sirens blared.
"All squads! Erosion Entity have appeared! Please maintain distance!"
"This is Agent Furan, requesting permission to fight!"
"Furan, you're in charge of the Erosion Entity! The rest of you, maintain the perimeter! Don't let Karina escape!"
Gunshots rang out in the distant night sky.
In a secluded, dark alley, a hooded girl leaned against the wall, coughing softly.
With each cough, fresh blood would spill from the corner of her mouth.
Crimson petals bloomed on the ground like tiny flowers.
She gently wiped her mouth, silently staring at the blood on her sleeve, her gaze indifferent.
My body... seems to be breaking down...
At the same time--
Karina ran frantically through the dark, narrow alley, a huge, dark shadow rapidly expanding in the distance behind her.
That's Erosion Entity.
Gunshots rang out incessantly. Karina, in a panic, hid behind a pile of garbage. Only when she saw that no one was chasing her did she get up and run away again.
She no longer had her communicator or her original weapons; all she had was a pistol she had acquired from the black market and some ammunition. Besides that, her only weapon was the "Crystal."
"Crystal" is a relic of the Ruins, capable of breaking the seal of the Order Force in a space, thereby randomly forming an Erosion Entity.
But she has very little of her "Crystal" left.
In the black market, she traded one Crystal for intelligence, weapons, and a safe haven for her mobile base. Just now, to distract the pursuers behind her, she had no choice but to use another one of her already scarce Crystal.
But to save her life, she had no other choice.
She had no idea when she had been targeted by the Special Disaster Division.
After finally finding "that person," she thought she could use her help to rescue Sakurai Sachi and leave the city, but the other person completely ignored her.
Just then, the Special Disaster Division appeared. She had been abandoned by "that person" and was forced to flee alone.
Then they were surrounded by layers of nets.
Now, besides "Crystal," she has no other tricks up her sleeve.
"That damned guy..."
Karina cursed the hooded girl in her heart, but she was powerless to do anything about what was happening before her.
The other party indeed had no reason to insist on taking her with them.
Thinking about this, she became even more hesitant.
"I'm sorry... Sachi..."
She came here because of Sakurai Sachi. But now it seems they may never be able to leave this place again.
"No... we can't give up like this..."
If she is also arrested, then Sakurai Sachi will truly have no chance of being saved.
She must survive and find a chance to rescue Sakurai Sachi.
She still has the "Crystal," and if she can make good use of it, Sakurai Sachi still be saved.
Karina jumped over a low wall and ran deeper into the alley, but she stopped after only a few steps.
Before her appeared a figure, dressed in a long black robe and wearing a hood.
She cautiously drew her gun.
"Who!?"
There was only one person on the other side.
The loud gunshot would inevitably attract the attention of the special forces searching for her, and she didn't want to fire if she could.
Only then did the other person slowly turn around, and Karina finally saw the girl's face clearly.
"Long time no see, Karina."
"Uzuki Saori!?"
Karina was utterly stunned, and the hand holding the gun trembled slightly.
Uzuki Saori was chosen by their organization to replace Sakurai Sachi on missions, and was also one of the culprits behind the mission's failure.
Karina has always disliked Uzuki Saori.
It wasn't because the two had different stances, but because "Uzuki Saori replaced Sakurai Sachi."
For Karina, luck is irreplaceable.
Upon seeing Saori's sudden appearance, Karina gradually felt suspicious and wary.
"You... weren't you arrested? Why are you here?"
"Oh? You know I've been arrested?"
"What do you mean?"
"Nothing special... You know my purpose; I cooperated with you for Rin's sake, but as you know, neither of us got what we wanted."
Uzuki Saori smiled enigmatically, while Karina frowned.
"At this point, I have no expectations of you, so I won't be your enemy. I'm only here to gather some information. Tell me, and I'll let you go."
"Let me go?"
"I'll take you away from their encirclement—you don't need to doubt my abilities."
182. Just kidding [Eighth update]
At this point, Karina had no further options regarding Uzuki Saori's proposal.
Special operations teams from the Special Disaster Division were pursuing them from behind.
In front of her was her agent, Lily.