Editing City Series:Volume3a Chapter 10 (section)

===Part 5===

“You’re kidding!”

By the time she cried out in protest, she had already been slammed into the ground.

The impact made all the bones in her body ache.

At the same time, she heard a hard metallic sound in her hand.

The sensation in her hand told her that her Device had broken.

However, this was no time to be groaning in pain.

“…”

She clenched her teeth, got up, and faced forward.

Double Lee still stood at the center of the Tune Emblem.

“You took far too much time. …Can you not grow any stronger without our mother?”

She started to answer but then froze in place.

The wound in her side had opened a little. Blood was flowing and spilling out once more. She reflexively threw aside the broken spear and held her side.

The liquid wetting her hand felt like warm oil.

Still, she faced her brother.

She did not look up or down at him. She looked straight at him.

Her brother responded with a bitter smile.

“With that look in your eyes, you would think I was in the wrong here. …As a Tuner, you should have better judgment.”

…''About what?

“Both Tuning and Busting are not just for fun. Have you never heard about the past wars? These are true weapons meant to kill.”

He slowly raised the sword Device in his hand.

After gently, gently raising the straight line of silver light overhead, he took a breath.

His eyes were looking to the center of the Tune Emblem at his feet.

“…!”

Akira stood up and tried to run.

…''I have to stop him!

Double Lee watched her take the first step.

Their gazes seemed to audibly collide.

“Move!”

The Live carrying his voice knocked her out of the way. In the span of a breath, she was knocked back to the reactor and her winged back slammed into the wall.

She felt the impact and the pain while also hearing a dry sound much like a breaking branch. Her main right wing and the small, deformed wing had broken.

“…!”

She grimaced but still faced forward as Double Lee spoke with his Device still raised.

“This is not something someone as weak as you can participate in. You know nothing. You do not know what our parents and the Archs they fought wished of us, so there is nothing for you to do here.”

…''What are you saying our parents wanted!?

She asked him a question.

“All mom said was that she wanted to see heaven because dad died! She only wanted to see him after he had died! She never said she wanted anyone to kill people with Tuning!”

“You are simply ignorant,” he spat back at her before closing his eyes. “Either way, you are no match for me with your spoiled style of Tuning. …Just watch.”

He took a breath.

“This is true Tuning!”

He moved his Device in an absolute straight line to use it as the Baton.

With an ear-splitting metallic sound, the Device’s tip stabbed into the asphalt.

“Word Accel, you Live with an Octave of 40,960,000!”

After his shout, he released his Live.

“Haaaaaaaa!”

Pushed on by his voice, the Device sank further down.

The sword seemed to actually fall straight down as the guard and hilt were swallowed up by the asphalt.

It vanished almost immediately.

A short pause followed.

In contrast to Double Lee’s previous actions, all sound vanished.

However, that great silence was soon broken.