Editing Absolute Duo:Volume 3 Chapter 6 (section)

===Part 2===
Reversing the time to when Tooru and Tomoe were at the mountain ridge.

“Excuse me.”

A staff member brought a ponytailed girl into the office Sakuya and Lilith were in.

“What’s wrong?”

Since there was an emergency at the main school, Sakuya was irritated, although it didn't show on her face.

However, anger leaked into her voice and both people that entered the room got overwhelmed for an instant.

(Ahaha………it’s hard to think that you're ten years old.)

Even though Imari thought that of the girl in front of her, she immediately composed her feelings and proceeded with her business.

“I am sorry. One student from the main school got lost in the forest and has not came back yet. I apologize but can I borrow a terminal to use?”

When Tooru and Tomoe ran out, she tried telling them about the armband-based tracking device but her voice did not reach them. Imari did not chase after them and told the problem to a staff member immediately; that’s why she went there to receive permission to borrow a terminal which acts as a receiver.

“…………..Understood. We will prepare it.”

Although Sakuya was thinking '''''why of all times''''' in her mind, she changed her displayed mood and gave orders to the staff.

Left there, Imari felt the uncomfortable atmosphere in the room.

The owner and the previous visitors remained silent and the air there was heavy.

Regardless of the fact that she holds the highest authority in the academy, Sakuya was still a young ten year old genius.

Another was a girl wearing a butler outfit.

The last person was the <<Rifle>> user and has another name, <<Exception>>.

Imari did not have many chances to talk with Sakuya so she had no idea what she’s like.

Even though Sara talks a little, she has seen her swear her loyalty to the gold girl.

Lilith was the only one there that she had spent any time with these past few days and somewhat understood.

Although she is a little selfish and follows her own pace, she basically has a sociable personality and because of that, she has a good relationship with the other students. She’s a beauty and although she knows it, she doesn't boast about it. She probably was confident about herself. She was so relaxed that it was unthinkable she was the same age as Imari.

And one more thing------She does not hide her affections for Tooru at all, regardless of the surroundings.

That all was Imari’s observations could conclude of the three people in the room.

(I wonder if they were talking about something serious……..?)

Something had happened judging by the atmosphere, but Imari would never have come to the conclusion that the main school was being attacked.

Within the silence, Imari glanced towards the gold girl.

Because Imari would often come in contact with Tooru, she would talk to Lilith too; and although she likes her personality, it was hard to speak as long as the others wouldn’t do so.

Lilith finally broke the silence.

“……….Imari, who got lost?”

“Ah……..Err, it’s Miyabi. Tooru and Tomoe are looking for her now”

“I see. That’s so like Tooru.”

Imari felt the room atmosphere turned a little lighter when she saw her smiling.

At that time, the staff member that went out of the room came back with the terminal in his hands.

“Thank you very much. If you would excuse-----“

Before she could finish excusing herself and leave...

“--------!!”

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Gattann*. Lilith suddenly ran to the window and looked out with a stern expression.

Imari decided against leaving, temporarily, when she saw Lilith's expression as the gold girl quietly looked at the situation outside.

“……………we got hit. I never would have thought they would come using HALO……….”





High Altitude Low Opening<ref group ="3G">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-altitude_military_parachuting</ref>----AKA, HALO.

An air delivery method which consists of jumping out of an aircraft flying at a height of 10,000 meters, and opening the parachute after reaching just 300 meters above ground. Infiltrating from a distance that even Lilith could not perceive their presence, the island was swallowed by chaos.




On the other hand, many of the students preparing for dinner in the hall first noticed the abnormal situation when they heard the sound of parachutes opening. Even though everyone pointed at the night sky and saw something falling down, only a few of the students there realized that it was a HALO.

This would be included later in their curriculum but at the current point, since this was a technique not taught to them yet, it was only normal for them to be unaware.

However, it was different for the teachers and staff who had graduated from Kouryou academy. They immediately noticed it was a HALO and judged that an unscheduled abnormal situation completely irrelevant to the sea school training was happening.

Intruders started landing one after another. They all had the same mechanical designed battle suits on, helmets covering their face leaving only the mouth exposed, and all of them were holding assault rifles.

With the students unable to understand what was going on, none of them moved and they continued staring at the intruders until-----

Muzzles flashed and bullets flew. 

Screams rang out one after another-----and what’s more, they were from comrades they trained together with every day; the students fell into a panic.

Everyone was running around screaming and many of them ran away without any shame or honor. The box filled with ingredients got kicked down; the campfire used for cooking was trampled, and they ran away pathetically thinking of their own safety first. Even though they received <<Exceed>> training, they were still trainees. There were only a handful of people there with the will to fight. 

A small teenager stood among that handful----Tora held his <<Katar>> and was glaring at the men.

“It’s you bastards…….!! Fuun, I will now repay my previous debts!!”

Within sparks of flames, Tora, his <<Duo>> Tatsu, and the teachers confronted them.

He jumped into an attacker’s chest area and made it a melee fight after slashing with his blade. Since the enemies were were in a chaotic mess, the attackers stopped using their guns to avoid shooting their own people and close combat became the main focus in the battle.

Tora’s fighting capability makes it hard to think he is a trainee.

(…………..mu? That’s-------)

Within the chaotic battle, Tora noticed the girl standing frozen at the edge of the hall with a scared expression----it was Miyabi.

He also saw one of the guys in battle suits approaching her.

“I-iyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!”

Tora started running when he saw Miyabi running into the forest with the man chasing after her.

“…….Fuun, she sure loves to cause trouble.”

Clicking his tongue, Tora disappeared into the dark forest too.








The team sent by <<Equipment Smith>> was trampling over the hall with overwhelming power.

Even though the teachers and staff were putting up a good fight, the situation gradually turned disadvantageous.

The students thought they would be killed.

Under the situation where most of the students were starting to fall into despair from fear------

There was only one person there with a smile.

“Kuhah, Kuhahah……….! Oi oi! That sure was flashy, huh oi! I didn’t hear that these visitors were coming. I didn’t hear it but………it’s damn interesting!!”

Wearing a rabbit hairband, a remaining teacher with a youthful visage was laughing.

Her blood was boiling at the battle that was starting.

“There are a lot of things I want to say like, what the hell are you doing to our brats, or how dare you do that to Doryo but oh well. Anyways, I get to be serious after such a long time……!!”

The rabbit-ear girl-----Tsukimi Rito swung the <<{{Furigana|Fang sword|Tebutje}}>> in her hands.

One guy in a battle suit nearby jumped out of her range and dodged it-----or that was what he 'tried' to do.

The blade separated and suddenly extended its range.

The attacker could not avoid Rito’s attack and his blood splashed all over.

Rito’s <<Blaze>> was not a <<{{Furigana|Fang sword|Tebutje}}>>, but rather it was a <<{{Furigana|Snake |Whip blade}}>>.  Two-thirds of the sword’s body was connected with a metal steel line that separated into several blades and was used as a whip------this was one of the things she did not show Tooru and the others during their fight.

“Kuhahahaha! Ora ora ora, bring it onn!!”

An insane rabbit was hopping along in the moonlight.

One attacker after another fell each time she swung her sword.

“This woman is on a whole different level, be careful! Unlike the brats, you can kill her!”

Ordered so by the leader, the attackers scattered and started shooting at Rito after gaining some distance.

Although Rito was a <<{{Furigana|V|Level 5}}>> which is a <<High Level>>, not only was she outnumbered by the attackers with powers incomparable to normal people-----(What’s more they are even stronger compared two months ago), they also have guns at their disposal.

Even though she knows she won’t lose, it was true that the damage would increase if this goes on.

While dodging the bullets and hitting them down with the <<{{Furigana|Snake |Whip blade}}>>, Rito clicked her tongue.

“Seriously, how annoying……. but, Mr Damn-Glasses not appearing even though I am causing this chaos would mean-----it’s okay '''''if I use it''''' right?”

Having passed her time in the hall, Rito has no idea Mikuni had already left the island and was heading to the attack occurring at the main school.

But, since there were no orders given for this kind of situation, she decided that it was okay and----shouted.

“Devour-------<<Ouroboros>>!!”

Rito’s <<Blaze>>, which is classified as a destruction type, released its real power by the use of the <<Words that carried strength>>.

A change-----

The attackers were overwhelmed at that appearance and loosened their triggers.

They doubted reality and were wondering if the scene they were looking at was an illusion.

The <<{{Furigana|Snake |Whip blade}}>> Rito was holding was only one-third of the sword’s actual body.

Then, what happened to the remaining two-thirds? ------The answer is on top of Rito’s head.

Further up the hand she was holding up to the sky, the blades had formed a circle and were rotating, as if they was like a snake biting its own tail.
After they saw the ring-formed blades floating three meters off the ground, the veteran solders (Attackers) felt a chill run down their spines-------

Rito made a wicked smile.

“Well then, time to go crazy with the moon rabbit!!”







After getting trampled one-sidedly, the Kouryou academy swiftly moved to counterattack because of Rito’s <<Blaze>>.

The blades moved continuously slashed and slammed at the attackers one after another by Rito’s command.

“Amazing……… I didn’t know <<Blaze>> had that kind of <<Power>>……..”

Imari was the one surprised when she saw the battle in the hall from the office. Lilith stopped her from leaving, saying that it’s better not to head outside, and thus she remained there looking at the situation outside the room.

If Imari was in the hall, she did not know if she could remain this calm.

With a window frame between her and the scene, she could be somewhat remain calm.

“I knew this from the data but, it’s still amazing.” 

“The low accuracy is a flaw in the crystal though.” 

Lilith mumbled, and Sakuya responded to her comment.

However, it was true that there was no more trustworthy existence than her in this current situation.

But-------even with the accumulation circumstances of <<Ouroboros>>’s weakness, Rito’s battle-loving traits, and the violent firefight piling up on top of one another, one more new danger arrived.

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Dozunn*……….!! A sound and tremor of a small explosion echoed from the corridor. 

“Wh-who are you all!!”

Immediately, shouts from the staff standing-by outside the room were followed by the sound of blades clashing.

“…………..Ya-re Ya-re. Both the main school and the attack outside were diversions, huh?”

In the main school attack, they made a situation there to make the strongest ally - Mikuni leave the island-----

In the branch school attack, they pulled the attention of the remaining strong ally - Rito outside away from them ------

With a small time delay, the intruders moved to their true target.

Everything was dancing in the enemy’s palm.

“Sakuya, you head underground. The staff there can operate the boat right? Sakuya please follow them. Imari, head outside and take Sara with you. I’m sorry, but you'll need use the window to exit.”

“I understand. I leave the rest to you.”

Sakuya took a glance at the gold girl who gave out the orders, giving a simple response, before disappearing through another doorway with a staff member. There were stairs behind the door and it was connected to an emergency evacuation pathway.

“What do you mean by leave the rest to you…………what are you going to do, Lilith?”

“I am obviously going to hold them off here.”

As long as they have no clue as to what the attackers real intentions were, Lilith’s top priority was to let Sakuya get away.

If she was the target, then she concluded that everything would end if she turns the tables here.

Sara sent a surprised look towards Lilith, who threw back her {{Furigana|blonde hair|Yellow Topaz}} hair, while making a very natural smile.

“Ojou-sama!? No way, if ojou-sama is going to stay, I am-----”

Lilith faced to the ponytail girl, ignoring her perplexed butler.

“Imari. It’s going to get annoying for you but please do this. Also------please tell the situation to Tooru. You have the terminal so you should able to find him in this situation.”

“I-I understand!”

Even if she brings Tooru here, the battle situation here would not change much. Everyone would say that, if they saw the collapsed staff members who, incidentally were the same <<{{Furigana|III|Level 3}}>> as Tooru.

---but, Lilith was different. She knows Tooru would be able to do something about this.

Imari understood her feelings and gave a firm nod.

“I’ll find Tooru and bring him back.”

“I’ll be expecting that. I think the preparation for teatime would be over if you take your time though.”

After Lilith sent her a one-eyed wink, Imari made a small smile and carried Sara out the window before running into the chaos outside. 

“Okay then………”

After seeing them off, Lilith slowly turned around.

In front of the gold girl, the door opened and-----

A teenager with arrow-like eyes was standing there with his subordinates.

“Sorry but, you’re not getting through.”

“Fufu, well looks who we have here………..it’s unexpected that you would be the one taking the role of stopping us, Miss Bristol. I am greatly honored to see you. My name is <<K>>----Pleased to meet you.”

Lilith frowned at the unpleasant feeling coming from the polite words spoken in a rude tone and attitude.

“Okay, Miss Bristol. I apologize after just meeting you but, we have to bring the <<Blaze Diabolica>> to <<Equipment smith>>-dono. We did not receive any orders to invite you this time, so please move away from there; it will be a great help if you make this quick………..”

A gunshot echoed and a hole was formed in the floor.

“I won’t say it twice. I already told you, you’re not getting through.”

“This is a disappointment but, we can't just go along with your wishes and leave.”

“Then prepare yourself and come at me. I already charged up my energy to protect that cute girl today.”

After making a wink, Lilith pointed her gun at the gang.

“I guess I have no choice.”

Offer declined-------but, the teenager never thought the offer would be accepted in the first place anyway.

Matching <<K>>’s words, the three men standing behind him stepped out and forward.

Under the watchful gaze of those arrow-like eyes, a three vs one battle started. 

Since the room was not that big, Lilith chose to use the <<Rifle>> like a club. It’s disadvantageous for her to handle several opponents like that but even so, she would sometimes shoot bullets and cleverly take advantage of the walls and office tables to prevent the three of them from attacking at the same time.

“How magnificent. You sure have the stuff to back up your title of <<Exception>>, as expected.”

The enemy-<<K>> expressed his admiration at the sight of her magnificent footwork and the blocking of his blade with the <<Rifle>>.

“------nonetheless, we don’t have the time to dawdle around like this.”

<<K>>’s priority was to execute his mission.

That’s why it was obviously necessary to stop wasting time with Lilith, and prevent Sakuya from running away-------so he had prepared a gun in order to finish this quickly.

It was a gun that caused a loud explosion that could be heard throuout the office-----a grenade launcher.

A moment before he pulled the trigger, Lilith noticed <<K>>’s posture and was shocked.

“uhhh!! That isn’t funny!!”

Immediately, the door was blasted open with a loud sound, and the building shook.




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