Editing Kami-sama no Inai Nichiyoubi:Volume3 Chapter3 (section)

===Part IV===




It was morning.

She had to get up.

Tanya slowly rose from her pillow, waited for the blood to rise to her head, and listened to the morning sounds. There was the curtain of the early summer sun scorching the curtain, the sound of a midget hazel hunting for berries in the backyard, and a deep snore coming from the next room. Yes, Ai is definitely still asleep, so I should go wake her up....

No.

Perhaps that was not necessary anymore?

Tanya lets out a sigh. In this room, she could not hear her roommate. The latter was a heavy sleeper, so there was one explanation as to why she was not here.

…Tanya was unsure as to who left…and who remained.

Tanya thought of this question that came too late, "Unnnn" and stretched. It was probably going to be a busy day, since at least 'three people were dead. The thought of the other classes questioning her and Mageta’s demand to silence her left her with a headache..

But that was still child’s play.

It was truly easy compared to the life-shattering worries she had yesterday.

Tanya quickly got up from the blanket, and opened the curtains and windows to let the morning light in. Her skin felt warm and fuzzy, and she was bathed in the most powerful ‘sound of light’ in the world.

She felt as though she had ‘returned home’.

She had returned to her own little world.

She should be able to survive with those alone. She could live as long as she had the warmth of the sun, food to eat.

Like Ai, Alice, and Dee.

Just living alone would not allow her to survive.

She was different from them.

She felt a little sad, and yet was a little relieved.

"…Time to go."

The dormitory was flooded with the sounds of the sun.

The sounds of night were shunned to the West, and disappeared—

"Miss Tanya."

At that moment,

She heard a rainbow voice reaching the moon.

"Ai…?"

Just beyond the window, on the bare grass, stood the Gravekeeper.

"W-why are you here?"

"Because I stayed."

"What do you mean stayed…why…?"

The feet beneath her trembled, for she could predict the answer to this question.

"Of course, to save you, Miss Tanya!"

Ahhh,

Why was she such a good-for-nothing.

"…Ai"

"Yes?"

"You're making a mistake…"

Why could she only drag other people down, and prevent them from pursuing their dreams?

Tanya dragged her feet, leaned against the window sill, squirming.

"You can’t. You can’t do that. Ai…It’s impossible to save everyone. You need to give up on some people…I’m a perfect example of someone to be abandoned. I don’t have any happiness or unhappiness to say. I have no dreams, and I’m so indecisive. You should be able to give up on someone like me."

"That's not true."

Ai stared up at Tanya.

"I might not be able to save everyone after all, but it’s not my style to accept it from the beginning."

"Goodness…spare me already…"

Tanya did not want Ai to highlight how ugly she was.

"And also, you're mistaken."

Eh?

"Miss Tanya, you’re mistaken about yourself."

"What are you talking about?"

"You're not a good-for-nothing, Miss Tanya."

I'll prove it to you—

With that, Ai spun the shovel around and placed it on her shoulder. With a clatter, she scampered away.

Tanya stood by the window and blankly watched her leave.

Five minutes passed.

She assumed Ai was going to fetch something, the latter did not appear to be returning back at all. but there was no sign of her coming back at all. It was getting late in the morning, about time for wake-up time was approaching. She had to change into her uniform.

"—bbrrrrr."

Just then, the speaker lit up and the wake-up siren sounded. There would be a brief announcement by the staff after this.

Only today, however, the rest of the message was not played.

"?"

Instead, there was a lot of commotion behind the microphone. There was the sound of things falling, and one of the teachers was shouting something. There was a metallic sound resembling a sword fight, and maybe, just maybe, a gunshot.

And after all that, silence returned.

No, it was not silence. The microphone picked up a distant sound. "Alright, time to tie up everyone first." "Eh, where’s the microphone?" "Ah! I found candy! Students can’t eat them, and they hide them for themselves! So despicable. I’m confiscating!" "Ah, found the mic. Test test. Ahh~ Mic test."

She was all too familiar with this voice.

"Ehh—ahem, eh, good morning, everyone. I'm Ai Astin from Q class. I apologize for the suddenness. The staff room has been occupied."

Then the voice declared,

"I'm here to talk to everyone today."




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"That idiot[[User:Teh Ping|Teh Ping]] ([[User talk:Teh Ping|talk]]) 16:40, 22 November 2021 (CET)!!"

"Kya!"

Suddenly, the earth cracked open, and a figure popped out.

"Alice? Why are you coming from there…?"

"It’s leftover from the tunnel project—wait, that’s not important now! That terrorist! I've always thought she’s an idiot, but I expect her to be a really big idiot!"

On a closer look, popping out were Alice, and the other members of Q class. There were Rune, Volrath, Hardy, and Gigi. Basically they were the escape team. Tanya and the twins were the only ones who stayed in the end.

"Wh-what's wrong, everyone? I thought you escaped last night. …"

"Master Alice was opposed to something, so we delayed it by a day. He said he was worried about Ai…"

Gigi said.

"Oh." "Worried~."Finally, ‘worried’~~."

The twins, who had stayed out of the escape plan from start to finish, shouted teasingly.

"Shut up, your triplets. You’re noisy! Ahh dammit! What do we do now!? Isn’t our escape plan ruined now!? That idiot! Dumb eggplant! Country bumpkin!"

"Everyone shut up!"

Tanya shouted, and everyone was dumbfounded, clamming up. They had never heard the chairperson of Q class raise her voice like this before.

Tanya however paid no heed to their reactions as she listened attentively to her little friend's voice coming through the speakers.

"Uh, everyone."

She cleared her through.

"Uh, everyone.

She repeated herself again, seemingly uneasy.

"Is this switched on? Can everyone hear me? Well, even if everyone can, they can’t tell me. I guess this question is meaningless. Ahaha…huh? It's not funny?"

"That’s some lame broadcast from the start…"

"It's like a pirate hijack radio done by an amateur"

Alice and Gigi uttered.

"Quiet!"

"Yes." "Sorry."

"Ah, yes. Well, I’ll ask the people involved now—system is on when this light is. Okay, I understand. You can go back to sleep now. Thank you very much."

One could hear the sound of something being tightened.

"…What is this dark broadcast?"

"This is scary."

Volrath and Hardy noted.

"Quiet!"

"Yes." "I'll shut up."

"Let's see. There's no other reason why you're all here today.

Rune thought to herself, "…We aren’t gathered though…"

"Quiet!"

"…Th-this is unreasonable …."

"I've come to talk to you today. "

Ai began.

"I’m going to leave this school today. My time here is short, but I’ll like to start off by thanking all of you for your kindness and support. Thank you very much."

One could then hear something hit the microphone with a thud.

"…She definitely bumped her head while bowing." "I'll float over and check it out—yep, as expected, she’s holding her forehead."

"…Eh, continuing on…"

"She’s acting like nothing happened"

"I'd like to tell you about my dream."

A beat there. if she was nervous, for her breathing sound could be heard. Tanya Swedgewood could ;see Ai behind the microphone.

"I want to save the world."

After saying so, she was suddenly distraught

"But, to be honest, I don’t know how to do that. The world changes with the times, and everyone sees the world differently. I can’t do anything about something I can’t grasp."

There was a slight audio feedback.

"…So, I'm going to decide what world I want to save. I’m going to define my world, and save it!"

"Now then." "It’s coming, isn’t it?"

Dee and Alice folded their arms.

"What will be born? An enemy of the world?"

"Or an ally?"




"I want to save everyone."




Ai decided.

She had decided on her attitude.

"My world is made up of everyone. Everyone's world is crowded together. They resonate with each other, and go on forever. That's the kind of world I like. I want to help ensure that happens. But to do that, I really need your help…because your world belongs to you. It is not possible for me to save it in the first place."

Ai seemed sad. Even though she had found an answer, she looked sad.

'So, everyone, please don't give up your world. I’ll protect the world from any other harm as long as you won’t give up…but if someone wants to destroy their own world, I won’t be able to stop. If that someone has given up and doesn't want to struggle, I won’t be able to save."




"After all, every person has a world to save."




"It's decided."

Alice slammed his fists together.

"She's on my side."

"I’ve settled too."

Dee muttered disinterested.

"She's my (world) enemy."

"I told you to be quiet!"

"Yes." "I'm really sorry."

"Miss Tanya!"

She was suddenly called out.

"Please! Don't give up on your world! It's okay! I know! You're not really... "

"………?Ai?"

The broadcast was cut off abruptly.

"Ai!"




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--"The Johnson Bears are here to intercept. Looks like we can only laugh—alright, looks like it's about time, so thank you for listening. I'm Ai Astin, and I'm honored to be the DJ for today's show. The song to be aired at the end of this 3Q☆ program will be ‘Fifteen's Monsters’ by The Off Raps. I wish you all the best for the whole day, bye bye~~"

Ai carefully placed the needle on the record, fiddled with the mixer, slowly increased the volume, and removed the headphones like a pro, heaving a sigh of relief. She knew she should not brag, but she felt that she ended off pretty well. She even said three of her best jokes, so surely the others were laughing away. She might be able to make a living doing this.

Now then.

She put down her headphones and looked around the staff room again.

The room was in shambles. Several staff members who had been on duty early in the morning were tied up and knocked out, the tabletops messily covered with papers papers, cigarette butts spilled over from the ashtrays. Half of it was not Ai's fault, for it had always been like this.

"Yoo-hoo!"

Dee floated above the wreckage.

"Hello, Miss Dee, did you hear the broadcast?"

"Yes, I did. Thank you for your effort."

"Why, it's a little embarrassing, isn't it? How does it sound?"

"It was good, I think, but the line to the dormitory got cut off halfway because of the teacher. The part we heard was more than enough though."

"Eh? Wait a minute. Did I get cut off in the middle of the broadcast? T-then, the joke about the ‘unexpected common point between a two humps camel and a potter's wheel’ and the ‘surface-to-air Hampnie Hambert’…"

"It doesn’t matter here.."

And...

Dee looked at Ai with a clear smile..

Seeing this, Ai’s expression deepened.

"Ai, you’re going to save the world, right?"

"Yes."

"Is that so? Then, I’m going to end the world, and you're going to be my enemy."

I guess so. Ai answered immediately.

Dee giggled, and Ai simply puffed out her chest.

"I like people who prepare themselves so. Let’s have a contest to see whose dream will come true first…or whose dream won’t, and get beaten to the ground. "

"Yes, I guess so…ah, but there’s one thing I want to correct."

"Hmm? What is it?"

"We're not enemies."

Dee was puzzled.

"Miss Dee, you may think of me as an enemy, but I do not think of you as one. You’re a part of Ai Astin's world after all."

"…"

Dee, the ghost, the Witch of the West, was,

Momentarily distracted.

"… Ah well, have it your way."

She quickly regained herself and disappeared into the floor.

"…I'll lend you a hand until we get out of here…don't get me wrong, it's not for you, Ai, it's for Alice and everyone else."

"Yes, that's fine."

"…"

She disappeared.

After seeing off her moody friend, Ai looked out through the curtains. She could see people watching in, but they did not intend to shoot. Ai assumed they were about to intervene, but there was no action…

At that moment, she was literally knocked off her feet. The bricks on the ground crumbled away.

"Hyah!"

Ai fell on her butt. It's the raiding party! Wait, that’s where they are attacking from!? But if I can counterattack here!

"Alrighty16:40, 22 November 2021 (CET)~!"

She grabbed the dominant arm, pinned the assailant with her right foot, and pinned him with her left hand.

"OW ow ow ow ow! Hey stop it, stop! I'm here to help you out! What the hell are you doing!"

"Heh? Ah, Mr. Alice?"

He was not the only one present, for the rest of Q class burrowed their way out of the hole.

"You’re heavy, and it hurts. Get out of the way!"

"S-Sorry, but it’s amazing how many tunnels you dug."

"No comment about that. I don’t know how many holes that idiot ghost got me to dig over the past week…"

Wew~♪ Dee whistled without appearing.

"'But, well, I guess I can thank you for once. Thanks to you, we got everyone but the twins to join us."

The others were trying to shuffle their way out of the hole. Hardy was the second one out, and everyone was slow to get out as a result.

"…Except for the twins?"

"Yeah, they want me to pass the message to you, ‘We chose to stay, so don’t mind’…they're the oldest of the bunch after all. They did think hard about it."

"Hmm, I understand."

"Oh, you're okay with that?"

Yes, Ai nodded.

"I’m okay with it somewhat as long as the three of them can stay together—more importantly, I'm worried about Miss Tanya..."

Hardy finally slipped out of the hole, followed by Volrath, Gigi, and finally…

"Ai!"

Tanya jumped out and hugged Ai.

"Ai! You idiot idiot idiot! That’s a dangerous thing you did!"

"Mgh! Miss Tanya. Mfh!"

Ai was hugged so tightly that her whole face was buried in Tanya’s chest.

"Oy Prez. I think the way you’re hugging her is more ‘dangerous’ than anything."

"Eh? —Ai, Ai, are you okay?"

Fuaahh, Ai was released right when she was about to be suffocated, and gulped in the air around her..

And then she sized up Tanya closely...

"Pfftt."

"Ai?"

"Pfft fufufufu."

Ai laughed like a squirrel in early spring, clearly ‘overjoyed beyond words’.

"A-Ai, what's wrong?"

"You’re here after all, Miss Tanya."

"Yes, but…what's so funny about that?"

Tanya was a little miffed, but Ai did not apologize and stopped giggling.

"Miss Tanya, why did you come?"

"Huh?"

"Why did you come here?"

Ai giggled happily, and her tone left Tanya a little annoyed.

"Isn’t this weird? You say you’re a good-for-nothing, that you’re always scared, fearful of the unknown, and dare not act? So why are you at such a dangerous place, Miss Tanya?"

Tanya was very annoyed.

"You don’t…understand?"

"I don't understand~."

"Of course it's because he's worried about you!"

"Yes, thank you."

Once Ai heard those words, she gently hugged Tanya.

"A-Ai?"

"See, I knew it, You’re not a bad person, Miss Tanya. You’re not scared as long as it’s for the sake of others. You didn't even notice it until I told you. You are not a hollow husk. You are—"

—The green eyes and the closed eyelids stared at each other.

"You're the kind of person who risks herself for others’ sake. You’re someone who saves the world."

"I'm not that kind of person! I'm just useless…"

"You're so persistent. Well, let’s take it as that then."

"What?"

"It's just words, that’s all."

Ai clung to Tanya, as though wanting to be spoiled, or latching onto her.

"Because in reality, you’re here with me."

Ai beamed as she hugged tightly..

It seemed Tanya had no choice but to give in.

"By the way, Miss Tanya, I found out where your family is."

Ai pulled out a sheet of paper and showed it to Tanya.

"Eh!?"

"I've asked Miss Dee to investigate. Both your parents have left the village and moved to the city, and are going around looking for you—but it seems your father’s lung is ailing--"

"Where are they!?"

Tanya approached Ai, reaching out, trying to snatch the paper,

Ai deftly ducked aside.

"The outside world, you know?"

"So what?"

"Eh? Ah, no, it's nothing.…"

Ai dejectedly handed over the note once she saw the sudden change in temperament. Tanya shook the note, and listened intently to the sound of the words.

Ai was a bit taken aback by her attitude, and then smiled as she told everyone.

"Okay, let's go!"




"You idiot, who’s going with you?"




Alice delivered a chop at the head way shorter than his. Chop chop chop.

"It hurts! What are you doing?"

"How do you intend to get so many people out of here? You ruined my perfect plan. I’m sure you have another plan, right?"

"Nope."

"You've got to be kidding me…"

"No, because. I never thought there would be that many people."

I mean, why are Mr. Alice and the others still here? Ai tilted her head.

"Hm…well…it’s true that this isn’t your responsibility."

"If that's what you think, then please, stop, chopping, and apologize, to me."

"Strangely, I just don’t want to stop."

Alice continued to chop, and Ai continued to be chopped.

"Well, there’s only one way out of this, right?"

"Well, there's only one thing to do, right?

The whole of Q class stared at them, wondering what they were talking about.

"A frontal assault."

"A head-on breakthrough."




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Mageta knew this day would be a troublesome one, but even she did not expect it to be this bad.

Ai had taken over the staff room, Alice and the others had escaped from the detention room. She had sent a few people to the staff room, but none of them returned, and that ridiculous broadcast never stopped until the end.

Yes, until the end.

"A frontal assault." "A head-on breakthrough."

"'Are those kids stupid?'

Mageta laughed at her colleagues. They laughed wholeheartedly.

They were laughing partly because of the foolishness of the frontal assault, but the real reason was that the broadcast was still going on. The line to the dormitory and the school building had been cut, but the line to here was still connected.

"Disband the raid team."

"Are you sure?"

"They'll come out here. There's no need for us to look for them."

Mageta and the other teachers were guarding the main gate, the only entrance to the school. The gate was sealed with two locks and a huge bolt, and further beyond was a low concrete wall meant to defend against bullets.

"A few guns are in their hands. Be careful, everyone."

"Yes—dorm supervisor, where are the keys to the gates?

"I've got one. One of you has the other."

"Yes, ma’am. Do we kill them?"

"No."

Mageta pulled out the gun on her right hip and released the cylinder, dropping the white ink bullets at her feet.

"It's vexing, but we’re in the middle of important negotiations with Ortus and Bayak . There’ll be bad publicity if we kill seven students. We need to avoid that from happening."

Everyone’s enthusiasm was doused.

"…I guess it’s rough, huh? What about the remittances from our home?"

"We're still getting by, but the bribes to the officials are making a dent. Well, the school isn’t getting shut though…we just need to be quiet for a while…"

She took out my cigarette case, but contained inside were not cigarettes, but bullets. She took out six rubber bullets from it and put them in the cylinder.

"But, well, a successful escape would be even worse of a scandal."

With a wave of his right hand, he retracted the cylinder, made sure the palm and grip were snug, and holstered it. Normally, she would have put the hammer into the strap as a safety device, but she eschewed it at this point."

"Just do what you think is appropriate."

Copy that, the teachers picked up their weapons. Many had rubber slug shell shotguns, and the history teacher in particular cleverly loaded a grenade launcher with a wooden warhead. Some had submachine guns with low explosive rounds.

All of them were equipped with weapons designed to be non-fatal as long as the critical areas were not hit. If they still died, it was just bad luck.

"Well, if they’re dead, we’ll just send them back to Ortus."

Mageta laughed, and released the gun from the leather strap on her left hip.

It was loaded with .45-caliber enhanced ammunition to begin with.

"Dorm supervisor, I have a question."

The math teacher asked . He was a nervous-looking man with thin glasses.

"What is it?"

"Their abilities include enhanced hearing, strengthened grip, breathing underwater, hibernation, and the physical abilities of a half human, half Gravekeeper. So far, so good. But this Alice Color's Buzzer Beater’ is…"

"Ahh, that?"

Mageta tried to explain, only to hear—




"Oh yeah, do you have any strange powers, Mr Alice? You’re in Q class after all."

"Well, I do."

"Oh! Then what is it? Please tell me. Maybe that might help us escape..."

"Well, for example, here's an eraser."

"Yes."

"And over there is a mug."

"Yes. Why are you speaking respectfully?"

"I'll throw the eraser."

"It’s in. And you just ignored me."

"I'll throw the eraser again."

"Ahh, amazing, they all went in."

"In other words, this is my ability."

"Aw man!"




"And that's about it."

Mageta pointed to the speakers on the gate.

The teachers chuckled.

"Looks like it's a piece of cake."

"Save it until we win. Even without Ai, we’ll be in trouble if they get any firearms—"

"—Clank clank clank."

"Okay, gun locker's open. There’s my gun! Hey, you guys, take one!"

" I have a shovel, I don’t want it." "Guns are too noisy, I don’t want it." "Guns are too soft, I don’t want it" "Guns aren’t tasty, I don’t want it." "The people of Elha fight with bows!"

"You guys…"

A huge wave of laughter erupted amongst the teachers. Mageta, as expected, could not pay attention because she cupped her head.

"Well, then, we'd better get going…"

Just then, Alice's voice came over the speakers, strangely clear.

"Just wait."

The broadcast was cut off with a buzz.

A suspicious bewilderment began to spread amongst the teachers.

"Hey, dorm supervisor?"

"That was…"

"Don't worry about it, you lads."

Mageta tightened the reins on all of them, looking unconcerned.

"There is no other way out of here. They will come here. We don't move. We just have to fortify the gate. In position!"

Everyone panicked, and hid behind the defensive wall. However, Mageta was the only one who stood exposed, standing proud with her hands on her hips as her eyes stared straight at the school building.

Eventually,

"They’re here!"

A dusty wind howled. The wind scattered the wild sand on the road, creating a thick cloud of dust that blurred vision.

They walked on, cutting through the smoke as they kicked it aside.

Tanya and Rune, Volrath and Hardy, and Gigi.

They all appeared in uniforms, completely empty handedly.

They stood in front of Mageta, and as though premeditated they had a plan, they took off their ties and threw them in the air.

"Pick it up."

Mageta frowned and bellowed at them, but the five of them only looked a little frightened and did not obey the order.

Only two of them did not throw away their ties, for they were not wearing school regulated uniforms to begin with.

Ai carried a shovel on her back, wore a straw hat and her Gravekeeper garb. She was full of confidence completely unlike her first day.

And Alice was wearing leather boots and a tattered uniform from some unknown school. He was the only one armed, wielding two pistols just as Mageta did. The one on his right hip was a six-shooter revolver, while the one on his left was a twenty-one round automatic.

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These were the two.

These two were the cause of everything.

The two of them stopped in their tracks, and both sides faced each other. The distance between them was twenty-five meters, and so was the distance to the gate.

"Usu!"

Alice raised his right hand and casually called out,

"Yo, dorm supervisor. Sorry to keep you waiting, but the seven of us will like to go outside as promised…"

"It doesn’t count."

"… Well, of course not."

Alice sighed.

"You lot!"

Mageta taunted.

"I'm not going to take your lives since you're being courageous. Surrender now, and we won’t let you suffer."

"So she says."

Alice turned around to ask the other members.

All the faces were speaking. No.

"They say no."

"Is that so?"

Mageta pulled the gun from her right hip.

She did not care about their reply either way.

"Then crawl and lick the dirt."

With a click, the safety on the guns behind her was removed.

"Sleep."

A gunshot rang out.










Fire, fire, fire.

Revolvers, shotguns, riot guns, submachine guns.

Every weapon spewed fire. With so much kinetic energy concentrated in the air, there was little difference between live ammunition and rubber bullets.

The Q class members, clustered together, immediately fell to the ground. Even so, Mageta showed no mercy. The moment her bullets were depleted, she reloaded another six rounds and fired again, and once done, reloaded another six rounds. She continued to shoot until all the rubber bullets in the cigarette case were depleted.

Dust rose in the air as a result.

"…Did we overdo it?"

One of the teachers called out accusingly. He was the first one to stop shooting.

Mageta grabbed the shotgun out of his hand and fired into the dust.

Thunk. It sounded as if a bell had been struck with a log.

Looking through the smoke with a murderous look in her eyes, Mageta waited for the smoke to clear while holding the shotgun at her waist.

The wind blew slowly, carrying the smoke far away.




"Ack ack—…a-achoo!"




Ai sneezed loudly as she inhaled the last of the smoke.

"Hmm~ this attack was nasty. I can't stop sneezing."

"Impossible…"

The teachers, hiding in the shadows, were horrified.

"Is everyone okay? Achoo!"

"I-I guess so…"

Ai's classmates, who were lying on the ground behind her, were horrified.

Mageta was the only one who remained calm.

Bam! Another rubber bullet was shot out.

Ai swung the shovel in her right hand without even looking at it.

Thunk! There was a dull thud, and the bullet was parried away by the thick shovel.

Eight hundred times.

That was how Ai protected her classmates.

"You guys!"

The teachers, who had been in a daze, hah! came back to life with that one word, They discarded their useless guns and took out self-defense pistols loaded with live ammunition from their pockets.

This time, there was real murderous intent directed at Ai Ai and the others.

But,

This time, the shooting was not one-sided.

Alice flicked off the hem of his jacket and grabbed his pistols, he had a revolver in her right hand and a machine pistol in his left.

He fired.

The speed was mind-blowing. The teachers had yet to take aim.

However.

"?"

"…Heh, of course. There’s no way you’d hit?"

There was not a scratch on the teachers' bodies. They were hidden behind a concrete barrier, their bodies barely visible.

"Wait a minute, Mr Alice! You just said ‘Leave the guns to me!’ but you didn’t hit them at all! Of course I know you shouldn’t shoot them though!"

"What choice do I have? I've never hit a human being with a bullet in my entire life."

"You’re useless!"

"You've got to be kidding me!"

One of the teachers, hearing Alice's words, stood up. No longer thinking about his own safety, he readied the revolver and pulled the trigger.

But no bullet came out of the muzzle.

"It’s not firing?"

"Same here! What the hell is going on?"

"Firing pin."

Alice tersely pointed out. The man looked at his gun. The firing pin was an iron pin that would strike the detonator of the bullet and ignite it.

The pin was broken.

"…Metal fatigue?"

"Dammit!"




Behind the concrete, someone pulled out a gun again, Alice glanced at him and then fired. The bullet did not miss its target, grazing the firing pin and snapped it. There was only a small impact on the man's hand.

"'You knew about my ability, didn't you?"

Bam bam bam! The guns in Alice's hands started to blare away, and every single time it happened, the teachers' weapons were rendered useless. He continued to shoot away the enemei’s hammers and barrel bushings through a gap the size of a dictionary.

"This is the ability to send an object to a targeted location, ‘Buzzer Beater’."

Bam bam bam bam!

"I’ll never hit a human. Don't worry."

"Tch!"

Even so, there were too many of them. The others aside from Mageta noticed the fact that Alice only had two arms, and four of them attacked simultaneously.

"Oops."

"Damn you!"

Shots fired. At the same time, Ai stepped forward.

Clank!

And then there was a sound that no one had ever heard before.

All the bullets were blocked by Gravekeeper's shovel. Each time the silver blade swung, circular sparks scattered in the air, and all that was left were lead bullets flattened like cracked crowns and crushed fruit.

"M-monster…"

"Mm, that's rude."

Ai lowered her shovel.

"I’m not a monster. I’m me."

Clap clap clap. At that moment, an out-of-place applause sounded.

It was Mageta.

"…What is that about?"

"I’m praising you. Ai Astin, Alice Color, I've underestimated you. I apologize for laughing at the idea of a head-on assault. You have the power. I’ll show respect to you and leave you to your own devices."

"Eh?"

Ai showed a dumbfounded face, and Alice immediately doubted her words.

"…What are you talking about, old lady?"

"I'm talking about our philosophies. This school is a school for the weak. We exist to protect them. And you're the strong ones."

"Oh…"

"Thanks for that…"

"It's our mistake to allow you to enroll here. Alright, since you know, hurry on…leave the others…"

Mageta glanced behind the other two.

"I refuse."

"'Why not? They’re weak. They’re not like you. They're just dragging you down, and they're not doing you any good, no?"

"…"

"Only the strong can improve the strong, Ai Astin, you shouldn’t associate yourself with those of a lower level than you. Yes, let me introduce you to our main school. The world's greatest minds gather there... "

"You ●●."

Everyone was speechless.

Alice was the only one with his head in his hands, groaning, "You should really stop using that kind of language, seriously…"

"Ai Astin!"

"Shut up. What is useless? What are weak people? You’ll lose right now, not to me or Mr Alice, but to Miss Tanya and the others! —Let's go, Miss Dee!"

"Righto!"

At Ai's shout, Gigi and Rune raised their hands in the same motion. The next moment, the two collapsed and fused together to form a single schoolgirl wearing a uniform from another school.

"Yahoo, everyone~. I'm Dee Ensy Stratmitos."

"What! Who the hell are you!?"

"Where did you come from?"

"Shut up, you guys! Call the other departments! Those two were never here to begin with!"

Mageta calmly commanded

"That's too late!"

Alice laughed.

"Do it, Dee!"

"Uuu, I don't really want to do this because it'll stretch out my ego boundaries too much."

"Just do it!"

Okay, okay.Dee Ensy Stratmitos melted. The melted body spread out like a thick, milky white mist, densely enveloping the area.

"Wh-What the hell is this?"

"That's disgusting! Ehh, get away from me!"

"Quiet! Don't shoot! They’re in the same situation! As long as we don’t leave our stations, they won’t be able to escape anyway!"

The teachers shivered and waited in this biological, nauseating fog, which sometimes gave an illusion of strange landscapes, as though they were in a different place. There was a snowscape, ice, fire, and hordes of corpses...

The nightmarish fog seemed to go on forever. The teachers were shaking and trembling, and they were one step away from killing each other. Right at the last moment, there was a wind that seemingly dispersed everything.

The fog dissipated.

Mageta quickly glanced around, searching for the five students.

There was no one in front of her.

"Where did they go?"

Mageta swung her gaze from side to side. There was no one to the right, nor to the left. When did they retreat? She could not imagine them retreating at this moment.

There was a cool and refreshing gust behind her, blowing against my sweaty skin. It blew away the strange fog from earlier.

But wait, where was this wind coming from?

A gust of wind blew from behind.

The wind was strong and dry.

It smelled of sun and wilderness.

Mageta turned around.

A powerful light pierced her eyes.

—Why do I see the sunrise?

The wind ruffled her clothes.

─ Why is the wind blowing?

Mageta held up her hand to the light and squinted her eyes, finally looking in that direction.

Standing there were the children.

The five of them were standing against the powerful backlight of morning sun. The wind was blowing hard to bless them, and their uniforms were as dirty and flapping as any delinquent's.

They were already outside the school.

"Impossible…the key is with me…"

"You mean this?"

Volrath opened her hands and showed two spherical locks that had been smoothened.

"And the bolt…"

"It was quite tasty. The guy who made it was good."

Hardy tapped his ample stomach in satisfaction.

"…How did you make your way through the fog?"

"Ahh, that was me—"

Tanya raised her right hand in the same manner as she would have if someone had pointed it out to her in class.

At that moment,.

When Dee created the ectoplasm to obstruct everyone visually, Tanya was the one who listened to the scenery and led everyone to the gate. There, Volrath ripped the locks off, and Hardy ate the bolt.

"Uuu, I'm so tired. You guys are really horrible to work this world famous ghost so hard. Do you know how much energy it takes to assume another form? Brrrrr, the Living are scary.

Out of nowhere, the ghost came flying out of nowhere and bemoaned.

"Shut up. How’s your situation there?"

"Of course we made it, Rune and Gigi are headed to the rendezvous point."

They split into two teams. Rune would head through the sewers with her underwater breathing, while Gigi would let her pull him along with his hibernation ability.

"Okay, everyone."

Ai said to a stunned Mageta.

"Until we meet again, goodbye."

"Wait!"

Mageta shouted.

"Wait, Tanya Swedgewood!"

Tanya reacted, spooked when her name was called.

"Don't follow them! Have you forgotten about your ability? There’s no way a deviant like you can survive in the outside world! Stay here!"

"Please don't associate me with you."

Tanya hugged her chest, trembling with fear, as she shouted back.

"It’s just you people. You are the only ones who can only live by staying here."

It was a structure that had somehow been reversed. It was initially a place that was supposed to isolate children with abilities that had been scorned by society, but before they knew it, the children started to dwindle in number, and it became a world for the adults attached to it.

"I will return to the wilderness."

"!"

Mageta's left hand rebounded. The force of gravity, not muscle, caused her wrist to drop, and she pulled her grip from her holster as if it were hooked. The recoil causes the gun to cock.

Ai jumped in front of the muzzle of the gun.

"It's no use!"

She readied her shovel. Alice shouts from behind her.

"Idiot! Duck! It's not a .32 or a .38, it's a .45!!"

"I'll be fine! I got this shovel from mom! It can block a bullet from any baddie!"

Boom.

"There’s a hold[[User:Teh Ping|Teh Ping]] ([[User talk:Teh Ping|talk]]) 16:40, 22 November 2021 (CET)!"

"Oh, come on you idiot, don't cry. Look, it’s not a big hole. You can put a key ring in there. Isn’t it in vogue nowadays?"

"Shut your mouth right now, you little brats!"

Alice stepped forward to protect Ai, who was on her buttocks. Five lead bullets that would tear any personalities into flesh were waiting to be fired.

"What if I say no?"

But Alice did not shut up.

It was Mageta who closed her mouth. Then she shot.

Alice too pulled his gun out with godlike speed. He even used the muscles in his little toe and pulled out the six-shooter from his right hip, setting it at his hip while Mageta struggled with lifting the weight of the double action gun.

But even so, they fired almost simultaneously.

The trigger was pulled, and the pin penetrated the detonator. The quick combustion shocked the shell casing, and the gunpowder that was slow to ignite flared up. The pea-sized lead ball had an initial velocity that exceeded the speed of sound, and the bullet, now a high-speed object, was caught in the rifling and acquired rotational motion.

Coincidentally, both of them chose the same gun, the same bullet weight, and the same amount of gunpowder. It was the same amount of gunpowder.

The only difference was where they were headed.

The lead bullets were fired a little later after the muzzles flared. Alice's bullets were directed towards Mageta's side, while Mageta's bullets were flying towards Alice's right ventricle.

But the two bullets did not complete their route.

The two bullets faced each other, and slowly approached, approached, and approached.

They collided.

The lead balls of equal weight collided head-on, devouring each other's kinetic energy and stopping each other in midair.

Mageta was a really good gunslinger.

She maintained her composure in the face of this impossible situation, and with a slight movement of the muzzle, she aimed at the kidney and fired.

Alice too shot.

Two lead balls floated in the air.

Mageta shot. She shot. She shot.

Alice shot too. He shot. He shot.

Five rounds in total.

Mageta continued to pull the trigger. However, she could only hear a click.

The remaining lead balls in the air, in turn, fell to the ground as though they had woken up from a dream.

"I told you about my ability, didn’t I? I can hit whatever I aim at."

Alice said as he pointed his gun at Mageta. There was one last shot left in the chamber.

Click click click. Mageta pulled the trigger..

"We’re leaving."

Alice said, lowering his muzzle.

The demonic dorm supervisor merely nodded. She looked as though she had suddenly aged and become a real old woman.

"You…"

Ai tried to say something to Alice, who was walking towards the sunrise. But she could not come up with the right words, and so,

"You’re weird."

"I don't want to hear that from you."

"Well, that’s fine. I'll save you too. "

Saying this, Ai took a deep breath.

"Students of Gora Academy! You've been watching me!"

She could not see the dormitory as her line of sight was blocked by the wall. However, she believed everyone was watching and listening.

"I’m free! And you’re free too! If you want to go out, you can go out!"

Ai shouted with a heartfelt cry.

"If you want to, please step forth! Miss Dee will go over to you, and you can get out!"

The ghost who had been listening to the noise by the side looked startled, "Hey."




"I'll! Save you!"




A silence returned as though it was after a lightning strike.

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"…Are you happy now?"

"Very!"

"You’re weird."

"That’s rich coming from you."

"No, no, no, you're both weird."

Ai, Alice and Dee were arguing with each other.

As she watched them, her ‘friend’ Tanya let out a sigh and thought that the three of them were clearly weird. Them being weird in the heads could not simply be dismissed as them being different. Normal people—if she was normal, would never approach such people.

But...

"Let's go!"

Tanya shouted, taking Ai's hand and walking away.

"Whoa."

"Rune and Gigi are waiting for us."

—This is fine. So she thought.

She felt it would be wrong to distance herself from Ai because the latter was weirder.

Even if they could not understand each other,

They could still be friends.

"Let's go!"

Before the five of them, the sun began to rise, and the future had just begun to open.




"Ai~~!"




And then, after everything was over.

The man appeared.

While Ai and the others fled, a blue car appeared behind them from a side street along the school wall. The car pulled up to the main gate, and colorful hand grenades rolled out of the driver's seat.

The teachers rushed out, pulling back the flabbergasted.

Klunk!

And the second dawn of the day appeared from a flash grenade that came in the opposite direction of the sun, followed by a sound bomb bursting with high frequency, low frequency and audible sound.

"Uuuu~."

And Tanya collapsed on the spot.

"Ai, where are you? I'm here to save you!"

A rocket launcher was thrust out of the driver's seat. The man pulled aside the safety, not forgetting to open the window on the other side of the car, and fired it into the gate.

The precious flower ornament Ai received from Ortus, on display in the passenger seat, was blown away by the backfire.




"Aiii~! Where are you[[User:Teh Ping|Teh Ping]] ([[User talk:Teh Ping|talk]]) 16:40, 22 November 2021 (CET)!!"




"………….Say, Ai, he’s calling for you."

Tanya, who had taken the most damage from the sound bomb, crouched down and said,

"I don't know him."

Ai, also crouched down, squirmed defiantly.

"There is no such person as Ai here, and there is no such person as Julie."

"Shut up, you idiot! Time to clean up the mess!"

Alice kicked Ai in the buttocks. Ai scampered off without complaining, teary eyed and gritting her teeth.

"Ai[[User:Teh Ping|Teh Ping]] ([[User talk:Teh Ping|talk]]) 16:40, 22 November 2021 (CET)!"

Finally, Julie was about to get out of the driver's seat. He had an assault rifle in his right hand, a submachine gun in his left, a bulletproof vest covering Celica strapped to his chest, and for some reason, his upper body was naked.

"Ai, where are you?"

"Over here!"

Ai delivered a dropkick with enough acceleration on the big man.

Julie tilted a bit, recovered and caught Ai still in the air.

"Ai, I found you!"

"Nooo~! I got caught[[User:Teh Ping|Teh Ping]] ([[User talk:Teh Ping|talk]])! Let~me~ go~~!"

"Seriously! I was so worried! Thank goodness I listened to that stinking ghost. If anything happens to you, I don't know what I'd say to that guy in the bottom of hell!"

Julie hugged Ai with utter relief, and was completely deflated. Ai however did not want her guardian to continuously embarrass her in front of her friends, and wanted him to stop. Also, she wanted to enact revenge on Dee, who led the big man here.

"M-Mr. Julie, more importantly, Miss Scar…."

Celica happily yapped away in the big man's chest, but Scar was nowhere in sight.

"…Ah, ahh, yeah. About that…"

Julie stammered, and people began to gather behind the main gate. They were not wielding weapons meant for suppression, but heavy weapons.

"Uh oh! Anyway, let’s get out of here first. Get in!"

Julie said as hopped into the driver's seat. And then,

"That's great. Thanks, old man."

Alice got in.

"Sorry to bother you."

Tanya boarded in."

"It's squeezy," Hardy said. "Well, we can get in," Volrath said.

"More brats!?"

Julie was astonished.

"Two more to go,"

Ai said happily.

"♪."

Dee sat on the roof with her legs dangling. Celica’s eyes twinkled, thinking, ‘I'll do that next time’.

Julie stepped on the gas pedal as though it was a sworn enemy.

"So, what's up with Miss Scar?"

Ai continued to ask, even though it was a stupidly busy moment.

Julie answered in desperation.




"She abandoned the kid!"




A few days.

A car was driving through the yellow wilderness, a blue wagon with three rows of seats, carrying seven children, a baby, an adult, and a ghost, chugging on.

The three girls in the back seat screamed.

Rune, soaking wet from the exodus, was sniveling as she spoke..

"…Something smelly, Celica pooed…"

Alright! Ai raised her hand confidently.

"Yes! I've already learned to change diapers! Let me do it! Let me do it! "

Tanya calmly went through the luggage.

"Ai, we don't have any more diaper cloth…"

"Ehh? W-What should I do? Julie, Julie, Julie!"

"Shut up."

Julie replied nonchalantly.




In the middle seat, there were two people watching over an itchy, crying Celica.

"She’s so cute, Volrath."

"Yeah, Hardy, we want one too, don't we?"

"Vo-Volrath, not in front of everyone…Mr. Julie's watching too."

"Shut up."

Julie, in the driver's seat, tried his best to ignore the noise behind him and focused on being a steering wheel and pedal machine.

"Well, well, Un, cle. No pressure~."

"Shut up."

"Ugh, you’re denying the existence of a ghost…uu idiot idiot! You idiot!"

"Just shut up."

"Well, give it up, old man. She gets clingy with those she’s fond of.".

Alice said, spreading out a map on the passenger seat. Beyond the map, Gigi poked his head out. Everyone asked why he was on the roof, and he answered ‘I’m a child of Elha after all’. At this point, Julie no longer cared.

The car was filled with various noises, creating a ding-dong-like buzz in the tranquil wilderness. The wild skin lizards would always look twice at it and squeal curiously, ‘Kyui?’.

"Old man, three hundred meters ahead, turn left."

"Shut up."

"Ueh? I’m just being the navigator, right? Why do you always always say 'shut up', old man?"

"Just shu…uu…uughh."

Julie finally recovered and drove as per Alice’s instructions..

"…You guys are really going to alight in that city?"

They were headed towards the city where Tanya's parents lived."

"Well, who knows?"

Julie's gut was telling him however that the kid next to him and the ghost had no intention of doing that.

He let out a heavy sigh, thinking that he got into so much trouble just when he needed to go find Scar…

"Ah! Uncle! The left just now!! Back up!"

"M-Mr. Julie, we're out of diapers~!"

"Hey, Uncle, turn on the radio! I'm sure they'll have my favorite show, "The Pearl of the Sea Turtle," around this area... "

"…For God's sake, everyone shut up."

And so,

The car returned to the wilderness.


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