Sky Striker Ace, but Symphogear

If the bright white armor Raye had worn before represented absolutely never giving up hope, always adhering to reason, and steadily using power to achieve her goal,

then this armor, interwoven with black and scarlet, absolutely possessed an ominous power entirely different from that brightness.

"Um... enemy."

With almost no hesitation, Raye immediately raised her head and growled after putting on the armor. Her scarlet faceplate locked onto the white-haired girl who had yet to recover from the sudden change, and she extended and opened her hand.

"[Tiger Shark]"

At the terse command, black-red smoke surged from within the armor and converged in midair into the shape of a shark. Then the smoke-solidified shark opened its enormous jaws and lunged toward Chris, biting at her without the slightest delay.

"Oh no, Killter Ichaival tron!"

There was no time to think about what was happening. Amid her roar, Chris quickly sang out a sonorous chant. The scarlet Symphogear covered her body, while she crossed the two red crossbows before herself.

"Ahhhhhhh--"

Sent flying without mercy, Chris was slammed against the rooftop wall like a flying insect, bitten and rammed by the phantom shark. The sudden agony drew a scream from her.

"My arm hurts so much. It's bleeding. I can't move."

When Chris recovered from the pain, she realized that the biting attack had not only damaged the ArmdGear on her arm. The energy-smoke fangs had also left a deep, blood-gushing wound that exposed the bone.

[If I hadn't transformed in time, that attack would have killed me... I see. In this form, she's using every ounce of destructive power in a do-or-die battle, without holding anything back.]

In their brief exchange, Chris understood that she was facing a Raye completely different from before—one who genuinely wanted to take her life.