Editing Toaru Majutsu no Index:GT Volume15 Chapter4 (section)

===Part 5===

He thought. Hamazura Shiage kept thinking through the entire fistfight.

Kamijou was doing ''something''.

That something was throwing off Aneri’s predictions. If this continued, he wouldn’t be able to rely on Aneri’s support.

But…

“Aneri. You don’t have to predict each individual punch and kick. Focus on figuring out ''what'' he’s doing. Taking a few hits is a small price to pay for figuring out his trick!!”

Ultimately, anything Kamijou did was a physical action located in this underground space. That made it a game of cat and mouse. And he had a limited number of cards in his deck. If Aneri could figure out his trick, Hamazura could fight back.

Meanwhile, Hamazura didn’t try to go on the attack and instead fended off Kamijou’s attacks to buy time. That had to be the least painful option, but Kamijou of course didn’t want his cheap trick to be discovered.

So he would try to end this while he still had an advantage!!

“!!”

Hamazura worked to guard his face while Kamijou charged at him. Was he going to rush in and unleash a flurry of attacks while prepared to take a few hits in return?

(I don’t have to play by your rules here!!)

Trying to fight back while Aneri’s predictions weren’t working would be foolish.

“An open space isn’t great for buying time. Aneri, do you have any spare resources? Get a list of every door in here, search out their locations, and unlock as many of them as you can!!”

The twin buzzes had a negative nuance, but he did hear the locks click open.

But why did ''this'' have to be the closest door?

Hamazura kicked a nearby toolbox to keep Kamijou back and used the brief opening to turn to the right.

He ran up some narrow stairs and slipped through an open door.

The space was about half the width of a classroom and more than twice as long. It was cluttered and better suited for hiding and launching surprise attacks than before, but…

All the doors suddenly slammed shut. And the locks engaged.

His phone sounded its loudest alarm. Aneri wanted his attention.

An artificial-sounding young woman’s voice played from all around.

Kamijou had done something again.

“Level 3 Authorization confirmed. Flight preparations complete. Takeoff route secured. Countdown beginning at January 9, 7:30 PM.”

Surprise colored Hamazura’s face, but it didn’t end there.

He heard a footstep.

Had Kamijou actually come in ''here'' with all this going on?

He could have won by launching Hamazura into the vacuum of space, but he hadn’t. Did he think Hamazura could get Aneri to take control of the craft and land it on the other side of the planet? Kamijou was afraid of losing track of Hamazura. He wanted to avoid living his life while Hamazura was hiding out on the other side of the planet and could launch a surprise attack at any time. So he wanted to end this here and now.

All doubt vanished from Hamazura. He gathered strength in his gut.

She was a great demon?

Don’t make me laugh. What right do you have to call her that? As if you have a perfect and spotless heart.

(Your ugly weakness is showing, you righteous good guy!!)

So what exactly was happening here?