Editing Hyouketsu Kyoukai no Eden:Volume 4 Chapter2 (section)

===Part 4===

The sound of passing through that rent the wind.

That which was dancing about in the sky roared and nosedived, approaching in one go.

"One unit approaching, jump to the left!"

Responding to the girl's voice behind him, he jumped. Dodging the black scrap of metal that passed by right beside him, Sheltis slashed into open space with his right sword.

────Clang!

The deflected scrap of metal flew in the exact opposite direction and collided with another scrap of metal. Becoming entangled, the two scraps unified and fell to the ground.

"Monica, go right, and Sheltis, go around the right just like that!"

Kagura was the one giving out successive instructions.

While checking both the screen of the eyeshade and the {{furigana|machine pearl|Machina}} at the same time, she calculated the path which would guarantee optimal dodging space.

"'''''Ohh, this is pleasant. Maybe I could have an afternoon nap?'''''"

"Don't say such easygoing things!"

Silencing the {{furigana|machine crystal|Ilis}}' carefree talking, he defended against the black scraps coming one after another with his left sword. Taking the strikes and killing off the impact with the back of the sword, he struck them down with his other sword the moment they stopped.

He did that how many times of times───

"Stop right there."

The instructor's order reverberated across the testing grounds.

"Fumu, it was passable."

Instructor Yumelda wrote a number down on her score sheet.

"Shooting down count ─── Sheltis, 74, Monica, 21, Kagura, 1......that totals to 96 for the unit; it's passable that it didn't reach triple digits. There were two instances of being shot as well."

"It looks like we'll pass the screening."

Monica said as she put a bottle of drinking water to her lips.

"The criteria for the first screening are shooting down over 90 and only being shot up to 7 times. It's a number for screening so it would be troubling if this didn't pass."

......For the time being, the first screening has been cleared, huh.

He disassembled the blades {{furigana|machine crystal|Ilis}} had constructed and put the swords that had become only hilts into their holders.

"However, that was another extreme assignment of roles."

The instructor who was blowing tobacco smoke narrowed one eye.

"Kagura is specialized to control, Monica is interception and Sheltis is the suicide attacker. It's incomparably extreme. An organization whose capacity would be paralyzed immediately if a single person fell isn't something I should be praising."

"Please say that it's the right person in the right place."

"You sure can say it well. By the way, where's the {{furigana|problem child|Vaiel}}? I heard you'd roped him in."

"Ahh, if you're talking about him."

Kagura pointed to the bench that lay beyond the sandy soil. Taking up a position at the center of that was a blond young man who seemed to be in a bad mood and oozed an air of not wanting to do anything.

"I don't see anything but his usual self. He's not going to participate in the mission's screening?"

"Our promise with him is that we'll travel together for the mission so the screening before the mission is outside of our negotiations."

"......Well, I don't mind if you guys says you're fine with it."

An appalled sigh or sympathy or otherwise ────── the smile leaking onto the instructor's face was filled with numerous emotions.

"By the way, you guys have no external injuries? Excess stamina?"

"We're fine."

Sheltis, who reflexively answered like that, regretted it immediately after.

"Okay, then we'll do up to the second screening today."

"Eh?"

"'''''......Sheltis?'''''"

"......People like you."

"......What are you doing."