Sky Striker Ace, But Symphogear: A Paused Situation

"Apparently, Adam once fought Miss Raye and gained a huge advantage in battle. However, in the end, because of the armor Miss Raye possessed that could perform spatial transfers, he still failed to defeat her completely."

"But during the battle you just described, Miss Tsubasa, I didn't hear anything about armor with functions similar to what Adam described. Even the power Miss Raye displayed at the end was vastly different from his account."

"So I believe it's highly possible that Miss Raye used some method unknown to you all, using the explosion as cover to successfully remove herself from your sight."

Under the hopeful gazes of everyone present, the nervous Elfnein explained her doubts and deductions in as steady a voice as she could manage.

"Black armor... I know about that. For some reason, my memories once merged with Raye's. There, I saw her use that black power to escape when facing a powerful enemy."

Prompted by Elfnein, Kohinata Miku suddenly remembered that such a thing really had happened.

"But Raye-chan's Sky Striker is here. Even if Raye-chan wanted to run away, she wouldn't leave behind such an important Complete Relic, would she?"

Although she had mostly accepted Elfnein's explanation, Hibiki Tachibana still had some doubts.

"The lost Sky Striker... no, the Sky Striker being left behind is not definitive proof of her death. Something like this happened during an earlier battle. Back then, she tried to fake her death to achieve a strategic objective."

Tsubasa Kazanari shook her head.

When Raye had fought Fine in the past, she had already used this sort of decoy tactic, trying to make S.O.N.G., which had still been Second Division at the time, misjudge the situation.

In the end, she seemed to have been exposed because of the Complete Relic's own personality.

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