Sky Striker Ace, but Symphogear

When the smoke cleared, what Chris saw Raye, whose expression wasn't good, using the Booster on the mechanical wings behind her to slam the rampaging Hibiki Tachibana to the floor.

P. S. Good afternoon.

Chapter 103 It's terrible

Moonlight poured down from the high sky, dispelling the darkness and allowing Chris to see the situation more clearly.

Hibiki Tachibana, who had previously made things very difficult for her, was suddenly suppressed by Raye and pinned to the ground, unable to move for a short time.

"Raye... I'm sorry, I couldn't control her."

Supporting her still trembling body, Chris said with a guilty expression.

"Ah, I know, Chris, you did your best. And, report back to me later. I need to calm this beast down first."

Raye's not much to say about Chris.

After all, if we have to say, Chris also bears some responsibility for entrusting this task to Chris, especially since she hadn't yet realized the unknown factors influencing Hibiki Tachibana.

"Ooh--ah!"

At this moment, seemingly finally recovering from the dazed feeling of the heavy blow, the berserk Hibiki Tachibana began to struggle actively, swaying back and forth like a wild horse, trying to get rid of the foreign object straddling her.

Is there anything I can do right now?

Seeing Hibiki Tachibana's situation, Chris, who had personally experienced how difficult she was to deal with, stepped forward, wanting to help Raye with the power of the Bronze Serpent Armor.

"No, no need. I can handle this myself. Chris, you should... go back to the manor as soon as possible."

Raye immediately refused Chris's help without the slightest hesitation.

[Although the specifics of the battle are unclear, judging from the fact that Chris, wielding the Bronze Serpent Armor, was able to fight this guy to a standstill, it's best to send her back first.]

Raye thought to herself.

"Wait, I can still move, I still have..."

Chris tried to explain further, but noticing Raye's gaze, she stopped speaking.

"Okay, I understand. I'll go back to the mansion myself."

Chris, understanding the unspoken meaning behind Raye, looked dejected and silently used the flight ability of the Bronze Serpent Armor to escape the battlefield.

"Phew, the troublesome person is gone, now I can focus on dealing with you."

With Chris off the battlefield and no longer needing to worry about the transfer of hatred, Raye could finally focus on dealing with Hibiki Tachibana on the ground.

"Aaaaa

Seemingly unable to shake it off, Hibiki Tachibana's destructive impulses intensified, and the intensity of her struggles rose to another level.

"Compared to the last time, the berserk state is much harder to suppress. Is it because the strength, or rather the Polymerization rate with the Relic, has increased, so the boost brought by the berserk state is also greater?"

Feeling the immense, surging power emanating from beneath her, Raye pondered this.

"However, it's not a big problem. These kinds of beasts that only have instincts are relatively easy to deal with as long as their strength doesn't undergo a qualitative change."

Raye thought to herself, and released herself from the constraints Hibiki Tachibana.

While close combat is a relatively good way to suppress an opponent, it's still more advantageous to maintain some distance when facing someone who is also good at close combat.

"Aaa!"

Having broken Hibiki Tachibana instantly found herself on all fours, her crimson eyes locking onto the culprit who had just caused her such a sorry state.

"Okay, that's it. Focus your hatred on me, and don't pay attention to anything else."

Maintaining a certain distance, Raye said this, her hands gripping the Sky Striker in her hands, standing tall in front of Hibiki Tachibana.

"!!!"

Completely unaware of Raye's movements, Hibiki Tachibana had only one thought in her mind: to destroy the person in front of her.

Click -

With the sound of the ground cracking, the black beast, on all fours, charged impatiently like a bull in heat towards the white-gold color in its sight.

"First and foremost, it's important to understand that even if you go berserk, it won't change your body's organs; you'll still have to rely on sight and hearing to track down enemies."

As Raye pondered this, a yellow and white aircraft appeared before her.

If the other party possessed normal intelligence, and had already suffered a loss and was on guard, the effect would probably not be particularly good. But unfortunately, the other party does not possess such intelligence.

The next moment, the forest shrouded in night instantly became as bright as day, and the dark beast that had just charged straight at Raye was now spinning around in place like a headless fly.

"Even so, for you who Polymerization with the Relic, there is a possibility of a quick recovery, but while the physical recovery may be rapid, the mental response will still require time."

In the white world, just as Raye had done many times before, a sound entered Hibiki Tachibana's eardrums from a certain direction.

The beast, instinctively seizing its target, charged off in a certain direction. Then, as her vision returned, she saw that at the end of the direction she had attacked was a cliff.

"Alright, I apologize for calling you a beast before, because even beasts have basic vigilance and wouldn't be so easily swayed."

With tremendous effort, Hibiki Tachibana stopped her body from hurtling towards the cliff, and then, such a sound came from behind her.

Click -

At the same time as the sound arrived, Black Widow appeared from behind, accompanied by three medium-sized mechanical limbs and three small, tentacle-like ropes—the anchor.

At this moment, Hibiki Tachibana had exhausted her old strength and had not yet generated new strength. In addition, having just stopped her momentum, she stood on the edge of the cliff, her thoughts in disarray, unable to make an effective response.

[Although I don't understand why you had this impulse, the driving force behind your rampage ultimately comes from the Relic Gungnir. Suppressing Gungnir's activity should, logically, stop it.]

Standing behind Hibiki Tachibana, Rei, who Widow Anchor Raye Hibiki Tachibana's body with one hand, thought to herself.

The next moment, a specially designed, intense current that suppressed the Relic's activity was released into the black beast along the steel cable connecting the Grappling Anchor.

"Ahhh-- Ugh!"

When the current was conducted to Hibiki Tachibana, her resistance weakened instantly, and much of the blackness on her body faded away.

However, to Raye's surprise, although the rampaging blackness had faded considerably, Hibiki Tachibana still hadn't regained her senses and was still struggling haphazardly.

"Ah, now I know how you escaped from prison."

Raye thought to herself as she watched Hibiki Tachibana's movements.

While Grappling Anchor can suppress Relic, it doesn't rely on pure physical strength. Therefore, it takes time to break free from Grappling Anchor using physical strength alone.

"Even though Gungnir has been suppressed, the destructive urges haven't stopped... This is a terrible situation."

Looking at Hibiki Tachibana, who was crackling with electricity and Grappling Anchor, Raye had a headache.

P. S. Good afternoon.

Chapter 104 Biting

creak-

With that sound, the Widow Anchor, who was tied to Hibiki Tachibana, finally gave in to the weight and was pulled away by Hibiki Tachibana using only her physical strength.

After the Grappling Anchor was destroyed, the previously suppressed Gungnir regained its activity, and pitch black and scarlet colors climbed onto Hibiki Tachibana's body and eyes.

"Ugh, this is such a hassle."

[At this rate, it seems impossible to subdue Hibiki Tachibana Hibiki Tachibana perfectly without harming her.]

Raye sighed as she thought to herself.

If we disregard other factors and focus solely on resolving the other party's berserk behavior, she still has feasible solutions.

Whether she eliminates the opponent's life force through pure violence or uses her Shark Cannon to thoroughly cleanse the Gungnir within the opponent's body, which is the source of the rampage, she can achieve the goal of stopping and perfectly controlling the opponent.

[But no, we can't do that. Fine wants a living specimen Polymerization with the Relic, not a lifeless corpse, nor an ordinary human separated from the Relic.]

Raye raised her head, looking at the full moon hanging in the quiet night sky, her eyes revealing weariness and helplessness.

"Gu-

As Raye sighed, Hibiki Tachibana, who had returned to her berserk state, once again fixed her crimson eyes on Raye.

[What should I do? Should I try violence? If I beat her until she can't move, I can control her.]

Stimulated by the menacing gaze that felt like a thorn in her back, Raye shifted her gaze and glanced at Hibiki Tachibana, who had already completed her charge and was about to unleash her power. Some dangerous thoughts welled up in her mind.

[Ah, never mind, let's think of another way first. If I cripple her, I'll have to treat her afterwards, and if I accidentally kill her, it'll be even more troublesome. So, let's only resort to violence when there's absolutely no other way.]

Dodging Hibiki Tachibana's reckless and thoughtless charge, Raye temporarily rejected her earlier self-destructive thoughts.

"Ha!" "Ha!" "Heh!"

At this moment, Hibiki Tachibana seemed to become irritable because her attacks kept missing.

Like a grasshopper, it flew towards Raye from all directions, trying to catch and Raye this annoying insect.

Let's observe first and gather some information.

For the time being, Raye had no good ideas and could only deal with Hibiki Tachibana for the time being.

While observing whether the other party's rampage would stop on its own, they were also gathering information to find a solution.

"Ha ha--"

Several minutes passed, and Hibiki Tachibana, whose attacks had been dodged repeatedly, finally stopped attacking, seemingly due to physical exhaustion.

Is she resting? Well, she's still a living being; she can't always maintain full power...

Seeing Hibiki Tachibana a short break, Raye thought to herself.

"Haa-"

Then, before Raye could finish thinking, Hibiki Tachibana, who had just been exhausted, suddenly found strength from somewhere and burst forward towards her.

Snap!!

[... Well, it seems that after Polymerization with the Relic, Hibiki Tachibana, while still a living being, also possesses the characteristic of having a continuous source of energy from the Relic.]

After dodging Hibiki Tachibana's charge and using the momentum to send her flying even further away with her Sky Striker, Raye thought to herself.

[... Hmm, wait a minute?]

Just then, the moment after using the Sky Striker to Hibiki Tachibana, a certain possibility connected in Raye's mind.

[If that's the case, perhaps it would be feasible?]

Raye stood there, silently deep in thought.

"Hmm... Hoo-"

Hibiki Tachibana, who had been sent flying, shook her head like a canine and then rallied, running towards Raye.

Under normal circumstances, Raye would avoid it, and she would most likely miss her target again this time. But this time, Raye had a new plan.

[If Polymerization with Relic could grant a human the Relic's characteristics.]

Seeing the beast pounce like a fierce dog, Raye focused her mind, seized an opportunity, and grabbed Hibiki Tachibana's hands with both of them.

[So, if I combine this with my Sky Striker's ability to control Relic, along with my previous research experience on another Gungnir, and my development achievements for a higher-level Sky Striker Mecha...]

With that thought in mind, Raye pulled hard on Hibiki Tachibana's hand, using the force of Hibiki's lunge to disrupt her balance and throw her heavily behind her.

[... Could I use my Sky Striker to manipulate the Gungnir Fragment within Hibiki Tachibana's body to continuously suppress her berserk state?]

With that thought in mind, Raye leaned forward and pressed down on Hibiki Tachibana, who was stunned by the fall.

Then, she quickly drew the black and red blade from her waist, grabbed Hibiki Tachibana's wrists with her left hand, and pressed the Sky Striker against Hibiki Tachibana's chest with her right hand, where the Gungnir Fragment were most concentrated, activating its function of controlling the Relic.

[It seems possible.]

As the Sky Striker made physical contact with Hibiki Tachibana, Raye was surprised to find that, although it was somewhat difficult, she had indeed gained control over Hibiki Tachibana as an individual.

"Mmm, mmm!"

After recovering from the shock of the fall, Hibiki Tachibana tried to break free from Raye's restraints.

However, now that she has lost control of the Relic Fragment within her body, her struggles, in Raye's eyes, are like a chick being grabbed and left helpless.

[Not only did he gain control over her body, but as she struggled, the Polymerization with the Relic deepened, and it seemed to become easier and easier.]

Rei pressed the Sky Striker against Hibiki Tachibana's Raye, somewhat surprised by the result. She had never imagined that the mere function of controlling Relic could produce such a strange effect under these conditions.

[However, to maintain this level of control, I need to keep the Sky Striker pressed against her chest. Hmm, that's sufficient; it's convenient enough.]

Raye thought with satisfaction.

She had originally thought that if there was really no other way, she would just increase the number of Widow Anchor, and send in one after another as soon as Hibiki Tachibana destroyed one, until Hibiki Tachibana was tied up like a dumpling and had no strength to move.

Now that we have this method, we don't have to waste our already precious weaponry.