Sky Striker Ace, but Symphogear

After all, she had always trained under Raye alongside Akatsuki Kirika and Maria. It took all three of them just to barely hold out against Raye's attacks from every direction.

[Watch out, another attack is coming! Above you!]

Fine, who shared Tsukuyomi Shirabe's senses, barely had time to give that urgent warning. With no other choice, Shirabe once again cast aside her distracting thoughts and focused on the fight.

"What's going on? Has Shirabe really been manipulated by Fine, death?"

Meanwhile, Akatsuki Kirika, who had been left to her own devices once the battle began, found somewhere safe and watched the fight she knew nothing about, utterly bewildered.

"I don't get it at all. Shirabe's so smart, so what did Fine say to her? And who am I supposed to believe now? What should I do, death?!"

After watching for a while, Kirika felt that her brain simply couldn't keep up.

She wanted to believe her friend was smart, that she had her own reasons for everything she did and wouldn't let someone manipulate her.

But the scene before her—Shirabe turning against Raye, who had always taken such good care of them, and choosing to work with Fine—seemed to prove that things were exactly as Raye had said.

"Shirabe, what are you thinking? Why won't you tell me, death?"

Unable to figure it out, Kirika watched the heated battle, already filled with gunfire and billowing dust despite having lasted barely more than a minute, feeling rather miserable.

"After this fight, I'm definitely asking her... Huh? What's that? A missile, death?"

While the bored Kirika was mulling things over, she suddenly noticed a white flying object rapidly approaching from the distant sky.

Boom!

At the same time, the brief battle between Raye and Tsukuyomi Shirabe reached its conclusion. Shirabe's armor had