Editing City Series:Volume3a Chapter 10 (section)

===Part 2===

Rin and Kouga were in the power station’s courtyard.

It was a gravel-covered space surrounded by school-like buildings.

The buildings were abandoned and all of the windows were dark.

“Is that a security center? Since this is a power station, we can’t do anything too reckless.”

“Where’s the enemy?”

“I don’t know. He can move fast and I saw him moving this way earlier, but…”

“Ahh, maybe we should have stayed on the motorcycle. …I left it right back there, so should I go get it?”

“No. We should stay where we can see each other.”

With that simple reply, Rin looked up and gave a shout.

“Here he comes!”

The two of them split to the left and right.

At the same time, a series of light bursting sounds arrived.

Their feet sent some of the gravel flying and the spot they had just vacated was blown away.

The gunfire was pursuing them.

Specifically, it pursued Rin while scattering gravel everywhere.

It was fast.

…''He certainly is confident.

While running, Rin cocked her shotgun and fired once toward the roof she had had seen a figure on before.

Instead of normal shot or a normal bullet, she used a specialized anti-demon round. Unlike those made for handguns, this one did not send out a spear. Instead, it fired a three meter stake made of light.

The barely-aimed bullet flew and burst in every direction once it hit the edge of the roof.

If one carved a deep groove in the tip of the bullet, it would scatter like that.

With the sound of shattering stone, a portion of the roof was blown away and the pursuing bullets stopped.

…''Did I hit him? No, I doubt it.

Without stopping her running feet, Rin pressed up against the wall ahead. She looked up and saw pieces of the concrete roof pouring down as powder.

“…”

There was no sign of the enemy.

She used her Tune power to listen for his Live, but it was no use. The residual ringing of the previous gunfire was still too strong, so the area’s Lives were still disturbed.

She exhaled, looked down, and saw Kouga behind a tree in front of the opposite building.

When they exchanged a glance, he pointed to the roof over her head and tilted his head.

…''So he can’t see anything from there either? Did he run away?

“No, it wouldn’t be that easy.”

She only wished this opponent had fled.

He was a Galgallin with a Custom Body.

“Galgallins are said to be the chariots of heaven, but it looks like that holds true even with a Nein Engel.”

She cocked her shotgun as she spoke. She shoved a round into the chamber and loaded it.

She attached a new tube-shaped magazine and counted how many she had left: two.

There were seven rounds in each, so she had twenty-two rounds left, counting those inside the gun.

“And…”

She had her combat knife Device and a handgun inside her body armor. The handgun was a Colt New Service she had received from her father.

It was loaded with the normal light spear anti-demon rounds.

She was ridiculously over-stocked for a normal firefight.

…''But will this be enough to defeat him?

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Her opponent had a lot of firepower even without considering the advantages of the Galgallin race.

“That Custom Body is dangerous even for one custom made by Archs RDC. Even one of Detroit’s virtual Custom Bodies would only be an even match.”

Suddenly, Kouga moved behind the tree. He pointed overhead.

“…!”

Rin reflexively fired her shotgun into the sky.

“Ah,” she uttered in surprise.

What she saw in the sky was not their enemy.

It was a band of light. The gathering of white points resembled stardust as it flowed through the sky like a river.

She eventually realized it was a group of Nein Engels and the white came from their wings.

These would be a portion of the six hundred Nein Engels who had vanished from Hong Kong Cave.

They had somehow arrived in the sky above Hung Hom where they decorated the night sky like stars.

They looked like angels flying around god and forming a great white wind to decorate heaven.

“Are they waiting for the Earth Burn to fly?”

At some point, the stream of Nein Engels formed a massive white ring in the sky.

Rin’s shoulders trembled because it felt like they were looking down at her.

She was certain a similar dance had begun above Beaufort Island, Lamma Island, and Tsing Yi Island as well.

“…”

She shook her head a little and looked back to the rooftop from which the enemy had vanished.

And just as she raised the shotgun again…

“Boss!” shouted Kouga.

Before she could wonder why, she heard a rumble.

It sounded a lot like collapsing rubble.

It was the sound of a great mass being destroyed.

And it came from the wall directly behind her.

“!?”

Their opponent had broken through the concrete wall behind Rin and appeared there.

She could not turn around in time.

Countless stone-like chunks of concrete poured down to crush her. The powdery crumbling sounds continued as they struck her.

And amid that concrete cascade, an attack hit her from the side with the weight of a log.

It was a powerful strike.

The great impact plowed into her and she could not even cry out.

She was only aware that her consciousness cut out.