Editing Mushi Uta:Volume 10 Chapter 4 (section)

== 4.06 Kanon Part 8 ==

The Abandoned Land he’d seen for the first time in a while was just like a fortress.

The spires viewed in the distance were the Castle. Perhaps having been dyed over, the walls that used to be a faded brown were now white, looking more like an actual castle.

All extraneous buildings were demolished from the vast premises and an asphalt road was paved. Piled-up mountains of debris or scrap wood from the remaining buildings grew up here and there like bamboo stalks. The parked heavy machinery and crane vehicles looked like tanks protecting the Abandoned Land.

Although it was still early morning, they had already started demolition work.

However, not a single sound could be heard from the Abandoned Land. None of the heavy machinery moved, and no workers who operated them could be seen.

It was as if no one was present at the Abandoned Land.

However, it wasn’t so.

The people living there all held their breaths, waiting for this time.

Waiting for their salvation.

Everyone was waiting for night to fall.

“Everyone… Kanon’s back.”

On top of the barricade used at the border of the Abandoned Land, Kanon mumbled.

Following him, many shadows also stood at once on the barricade.

There was also his friend Nii nearby, and some other comrades who followed after Kanon.

“Is it really tonight?”

Snow Fly—Anmoto Shiika—asked Kanon. Perhaps wearing combatant gear, she was clad in a leather-made suit with a radio hanging down from a gun belt at her waist.

As if to protect Shiika, the Mushitsuki of Mushibane lined up together. Aijisupa, Namie, Halensis, Peedwood, Lucifera—including the other comrades who underwent battle training, about thirty elite forces arrived here.

“Yes. Tama-chan will definitely try to do something tonight.”

At first, it was just a small lie told by Kanon.

From there Tamaki added another lie.

Another lie.

And another lie.

By piling up all these lies, they became a fortress.

That was—the Castle.

When there were no longer any lies to used as building blocks, Tamaki piled another thing on top of them—a sacrifice.

Kanon was disgusted and had left.

However, Tamaki kept on piling sacrifices even now.

What was she going so far to create?

She had already obtained the castle she wished for—

“Can we really stop that person?”

Kanon mumbled at Shiika’s question.

“If we talk, Kanon is sure she will understand. …But, Kanon alone would be killed long before reaching Tamaki, so—”

“Understood. So we just need to buy you some time.”

Shiika smiled.

Kanon bit his lips.

“Why are you helping? Do you believe Kanon?”

“To get Alpha back, obviously. …But, also because you’re the same as us, Kanon-san.”

“The same?”

“We all hate fighting.”

Shiika, who wore such an embarrassed smile, was definitely as far from the word “fighting” as possible. Even after spending a few days with her Kanon couldn’t really believe she was one of the strongest Mushitsuki.

“Let’s all stop her together.”

“Right.”

Kanon nodded.

He had explained to Shiika and the rest that the Kanon currently residing in the Castle was a fake.

However, he did not confess the lie that Kanon had the power to erase Mushi. The people of Mushibane always looked at him with half-doubting eyes.

It wasn’t to preserve himself.

That lie was until now his ace in the hole.

In the case that he couldn’t convince Tamaki—he would use that ace.

“Hey, that…!”

One of the people of Mushibane pointed to the distance.

Kanon and the rest gulped.

On the exact other side of the Abandoned Land they could see a fire pillar pointing to the sky. That thing whirling high above also looked like a Great Yama tiger beetle with tusks of different lengths.

“So that bastard’s also here…”

Nii’s voice full of hatred was slightly shaking. Kanon couldn’t tell if this was anger for his fallen comrades or else cause by fear.

He raised his face to the sky.

An endless blue sky was spreading there. White clouds were flowing by.

In several hours it would become night, and the sphere causing the fourth miracle would probably float there.

“—Let us go!”

Along with Shiika’s call, Kanon and the rest started running.

Three months have passed since Kanon and Tamaki’s first lie.

Tonight was the fourth full moon.

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