Editing Toaru Majutsu no Index:MvM2 Depth5 (section)

===Part 7===

The carrier was burning.

The fire was contained to the cruise ship camouflage and it likely wouldn’t affect the actual carrier’s functions much, but that wasn’t the real problem.

This massive nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was meant to carry thousands, so trying to operate it with less than 200 had been impossible from the start. They were all elites with extraordinary specs, but doing more than ten times the work of an ordinary person meant more than ten times the fatigue.

YF-22A thought to herself as she slowly circled the carrier waiting for the landing runway to be cleared.

It wasn’t just Shirai Kuroko. The entire crew of the carrier and landing ship had been working nonstop with little rest or sleep, so they were reaching their limit. Order would break down before long.

These people had fought to protect the Imperial people even though they were enemies, but they were being pursued by the Empire that had readily abandoned its own people. And these people were on track to be broken by their own fatigue before the battle even began.

“…”

What had they done to deserve this?

They had suddenly been thrown into an unfamiliar sea on an unfamiliar ship, they had been unilaterally attacked by the Imperial military on suspicion of violating their territorial waters, and yet they had still risked their lives to rescue the Imperial people.

Which side was in the right?

That wasn’t really a question. If she found herself hesitating even momentarily, she needed to choose what she thought was right.

Only then could she put this world back on the right path.

“Brat 04 to Carrier Izanami.”

“What is it, Brat 04?”

“I thought I would give you some simple advice since you don’t know much about the local geography and international situation. Are you all interested in a way of receiving plenty of supplies and rest?”