Inside Fraxinus's medical bay, Shido, lying in the recovery capsule, suddenly trembled!
A shocking crimson flame, without warning, shot up from the horrifying gun wound on his chest.
The flame was not scorching; instead, it carried a warm, life-giving aura, burning and dancing gently at his wound as if conscious.
Enveloped by the flame, the torn muscles and tissues visibly wriggled and healed at a speed discernible to the naked eye; damaged blood vessels reconnected, and even lost blood seemed to be replenished.
In just a few breaths, the flame gradually diminished and extinguished, and aside from residual bloodstains and torn clothing, Shido's chest was smooth as new, without even a trace of a scar.
"Uh... ah..." Shido let out a low groan, his long eyelashes fluttered a few times, and he slowly opened his eyes. What met his gaze was an unfamiliar ceiling and the soft glow emitted by medical instruments.
(Where... where is this?)
(An unfamiliar ceiling.)
He sat up somewhat dazed, looked around, and it took him some time to piece together information from fragmented memories—this should be Fraxinus, the aerial battleship where his sister Kotori was.
(I... wasn't I sniped...)
He subconsciously touched his chest where he had been shot, but only felt intact skin and dried blood scabs.
(The wound... it's gone? What happened?)
Before he could ponder further, a more urgent thought struck him like lightning!
"Tohka! Tohka was sniped! How is Tohka?!"
He abruptly leaped out of the recovery capsule, disregarding his still-weak body, fumbled to take off his patient gown, grabbed a brand-new school uniform that had been prepared on a nearby chair at some point, hastily changed into it, and then rushed out of the medical bay like a headless fly.
As soon as he stepped out, he bumped into Murasame Reine, who seemed to have been waiting outside.
"Reine-san! Tohka, she..."
"Shido, it's good that you're awake." Reine still looked sleep-deprived, but her tone was soothing, "Come with me, we'll talk as we go."
On the way to the main control room, Reine concisely told him everything that had happened after Shido's "death":
Tohka's rampage, Chinatsu's appearance and her "despair" performance, Tohka's refusal, and finally, the sudden change in Heavenly Judgment's behavior, which was currently engaging Tohka in aerial combat. Fraxinus also analyzed that Heavenly Judgment might have a "dual personality" within her, and they were fiercely fighting for control of the body.
When he heard the analysis of "dual personality," Shido visibly let out a sigh of relief.
(So that's it... Chinatsu... she didn't really want to do that; was it another consciousness within her causing trouble?)
Arriving at the main control room, Kotori was chewing on a precious jewel, her expression solemn as she stared at the aerial battle on the main screen.
"Kotori! Let me go! I want to stop Tohka and Chinatsu!" Shido said without hesitation.
Kotori turned her head, saw Shido fully recovered, and a flicker of subtle relief flashed in her eyes, but it was immediately replaced by an expression of "watching a good show." She licked her lips and pointed at the screen:
"Oh? You want to break up a fight? Alright. But look, both the Princess and the Queen are flying in the sky..."
She paused, revealing a sly smile: "Since that's the case, how about we just drop you down from here? Parachute? No need for such a thing."
"What?!" Shido's face turned pale.
Kotori ignored his reaction and continued to explain in a relaxed tone: "Because we've already descended to low-altitude flight, you see. And, when you get close to the Spirits, we'll help you adjust the surrounding gravity, ensuring you don't splat. Ah ah, hmm, no problem, no problem~"
She changed her tone, her smile becoming even more "nuclear-friendly": "The premise is—you must stay directly below Fraxinus, okay?"
Shido swallowed, his voice trembling: "If... if I deviate from directly below... what will happen?"
Kotori tilted her head, speaking in a tone as if discussing the weather: "Hmm... well, of course, a beautiful flower will bloom on the ground~ And its color will be bright red~"
"That's just going to turn me into a meat paste!!!" Shido was drenched in cold sweat.
Immediately after, Kotori quickly explained to Shido the "method to stop Tohka and Chinatsu," the content of which sounded extremely unreliable and incredibly difficult.
"Wait... wait a minute! This method sounds too difficult, why choose this method...!" Shido tried to protest.
"How annoying," Kotori pouted, "Since the success rates are about the same, of course, we should choose the more interesting method."
"You're the only one who finds it interesting, ahhhhh!"
"So noisy," Kotori impatiently waved her hand, "Take him away."
"Yes!"
At Kotori's command, two strong, expressionless crew members immediately appeared from nowhere, grabbing Shido's arms, one on each side.
"Ah! What are you doing! Kotori—you, remember this!" Shido struggled in vain.
"Alright, alright. I'll remember it~" Kotori waved with a smile.
"Have a safe trip~"
Amidst Kotori's "sincere" blessings, Shido was swiftly dragged out of the main control room by the two burly men, in a manner that brooked no resistance, and taken to an emergency exit hatch located beneath the ship.
"Good luck." One of the burly men said emotionlessly, and together with his companion, violently pulled open the hatch!
A powerful gust of air instantly rushed in, making Shido unable to open his eyes.
"Wait—!"
He couldn't even shout out a complete complaint before he felt a huge force from behind!
"Yaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh—!!!!"
Accompanied by a long, piercing scream that echoed through the clouds, Itsuka Shido—the young man burdened with the crucial task of conversing with Spirits and saving the world—was unceremoniously kicked down from the high-flying Fraxinus, like discarded trash!
He began his freefall towards the area where a fierce aerial battle was unfolding!
His "peacekeeping" mission had officially begun in this extremely hardcore and irresponsible manner.
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