Neither Jiang Xiang nor Kusuo Saiki was afraid of a trap, so they followed Blink without hesitation.
In a city far across the ocean, however, things were very different.
Streaks of silvery-gold light flashed past, their tremendous speed drawing orange trails through the atmosphere.
They soared recklessly above the city.
These robots paid no heed to whether ordinary people were still up in the sky, or whether any planes were flying there.
One plane was particularly unlucky: the air currents generated by their passage knocked it off course.
Its sturdy wing tore as easily as a flimsy sheet of paper.
With the wing ripped open so suddenly, the pilot had no time to react.
After the rupture, the plane instantly lost its balance and began to plummet at a speed that was difficult to gauge.
Meanwhile, minor problems developed in the engine and fuel tank. As all these issues compounded, smoke began pouring from the plane, and flames engulfed the entire passenger aircraft.
The plane plunged uncontrollably toward the ground.
It slammed into the ground in a dazzling burst of light.
The departing Sentinels showed no intention of stopping to check what had happened.
They swept through the city again without a care, converging in one direction.
BOOM-
The impact of the crash blasted a massive crater into the ground.
Dozens of minutes after the crash, a squad of Sentinels arrived to extinguish the raging fire.
The explosion and thunderous noise caused by the falling plane could be heard practically throughout the city.
Yet the people showed no signs of panic. Instead, they all looked utterly numb.
"Look over there. Another bunch of unlucky bastards got..."
"Shh." His companion hurriedly grabbed him and whispered, "Do you have a death wish? You can't just say whatever you want!"
"But it's true,