Leviathan:Volume 7 Chapter 3
Chapter 3 - New Town in Turmoil
Part 1
At Kogetsu Academy, Year 1 Class F was having second period.
Attendance was roughly down by 20% from the beginning of the first school term, due to the frequent dragon strikes in recent months.
Futhermore, three regular attendees were absent today.
Haruga Haruomi, Anastasya Rubashvili, and Juujouji Orihime—
To Mutou-san and Funaki-san, they were friends and "colleagues." Though they did not know the precise reason, the two girls realized vaguely that something big must have happened seeing as three important members of Tokyo's defense line, involved in the field of fighting dragons, were absent at the same time...
Perhaps because of that...
In the middle of second period, when the speakers installed all around town suddenly broadcast an emergency evacuation alarm, Mutou-san and Funaki-san were not surprised at all.
'Citizens, please remain calm and head over to the designated shelters—'
The female voice announced the approaching of dragons and the need to evacuate. Notifications for guiding citizens to evacuate also arrived one after another on their cellphones.
During this time, most of the people in the class were quite calm.
At most, there were a few anxious students. After all, they were living in the twenty-first century, an era when the existence of dragons had become taken for granted.
Just as they were preparing to evacuate in an orderly manner—
"Kyahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!?"
Noticing something alarming outside, a female student near the window screamed.
She pointed outside. Two giant creatures were flying at low altitude—around a hundred meters. One was crimson, the other was silver-white.
Of course, the two creatures were dragons, but both were much larger in size than Raptors.
In addition, both were giving off pearly glows that looked like barriers.
The silver-white dragon held onto the crimson dragon tightly, even using its right forelimb to choke the opponent's throat, dragging the crimson dragon towards the Sumida River!
"Isn't that the dragon from last time!?"
Seeing the silver monster, Mutou-san stood up.
Before the summer holiday, she had met a handsome young man by chance. Before parting ways, he had transformed into that silver dragon, in the same manner as space warriors whose color schemes chiefly consisted of red and silver.
"These two would both be categorized as elite dragons."
Through her classmate Haruga Haruomi, she had learned a great deal about dragons. That power and gigantic body, as well as the glint of intellect in their eyes. Unmistakable.
"I never thought I'd see this in person one day..." murmured Mutou-san, utterly moved.
However, the surrounding people were not as laid back.
The two elite dragons had flown past extremely close by, almost brushing the edge of the school yard. Furthermore, their bodies seem to be releasing magic-like energy, causing the classroom windows to suddenly shatter all at once.
"Kyahhh!" "Wahhh!?"
Girls screamed again, followed by that of boys.
Fortunately, class was in progress, otherwise, students next to the windows would have gotten hurt.
Thanks to lesson time, everyone were at their seats and nobody was injured by the broken glass. However—
Instead, chaos broke out. Students and even the teacher rushed out of the classroom in panic, fighting towards the stairs, trying to leave the school as quickly as possible.
The students running in the corridor were not limited to those of Year 1 Class F.
The other homerooms—no, the entire school—were doing the same. An astounding number of students were congesting the corridors completely.
That being said, around a quarter of the students still remained calm.
They were calling to the other students, telling them to calm down, but to no avail.
Naturally, Mutou-san was among the calm minority.
"...Listen to me."
Someone tugged at her uniform sleeve. It was the twintailed girl, Funaki-san.
"Judging from the situation, we won't be able to evacuate for the time being. Wanna go see what's up with those two dragons?"
"Oh, good idea."
Funaki-san pointed at the classroom ceiling and Mutou-san immediately understood.
"Then let's go?"
"Yeah. Say, once we find that silver dragon, does that mean we'll be able to see that handsome guy again?"
"Assuming he—that dragon—is willing to transform for us."
The two of them left the classroom.
Shoving and squeezing, they made their way arduously to the stairs. Year 1 Class F was located on the fourth floor of the five-story school building. Compared to the school entrance on the ground floor, going up was an easier destination of course.
Furthermore, everyone else was moving downwards.
Hence, the two girls arrived at the roof relatively easily.
"Eh? It's the prez!"
Seeing someone already on the roof, Mutou-san jumped in surprise.
It was the senior student and president of the UFO Research Club—President M.
"It appears that you and I thought the same."
A hundred and twenty kilograms by visual estimates, the president was standing there with Old Tokyo's scenery as a backdrop.
The Old Tokyo Concession was actually less than a kilometer away from Ryougoku where the school was located.
Tokyo's former city center—the Yamanote Line, Shinjuku, Shibuya, Roppongi and other urban areas had become a wasteland of scrap iron and debris, silent and desolate.
However, Old Tokyo's landmark remained intact to this day.
The Monolith, a triangular prism of pure black, stood at the land that used to be called "Ginza." Towering at a height of a thousand meters, it could be seen very clearly from the school.
"The two dragons crashed over there."
President M pointed north—towards Komagata and the Azuma Bridge.
It was near the Sumida River. This first-class river served as a boundary between Tokyo New Town on its east and the Old Tokyo Concession on its west. Komagata was clearly on the east bank...
Mutou-san was stunned.
"Meaning that there are two dragons in New Town, hostile to us..."
"In my opinion, I don't think both dragons are hostile."
"What do you mean by that!?"
"The red one is probably Haruga's dragon."
"Really!? Then things might not be as serious as they seem!" Funaki-san exclaimed happily.
President M's superpowers—or rather, psychic abilities—seemed capable of seeing into the future. Not only Mutou-san but Funaki-san too were aware of President M's prowess, but—
"However, his situation does not look good either. I feel... that Haruga is fighting alone, apparently separated from his companions."
"Ehhh!?"
"At this rate... It might be over for him."
President M exhaled solemnly with a "mm-hmm."
The two first-year students held their breaths and stared at the weirdest weirdo in the school with uncertainty.
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