Chapter 102 – Snip Snip Snip Snip Snip

* Snip, snip, snip, snip

Loss of base.

Even so, it’s not a special zone, it’s another underground base outside.

It is clear that this place is not as wide as a special zone, and is really a place for work, with only the necessary things laid out, whether it is a meeting or short resting place or a treatment facility. Unlike the special zones inside such bases, there are men who came in as outside support personnel. He was still correct and seemed to have a good personality, but he was a doctor with an uncomfortable expression when he saw Soar and Leas, who had flown together.

The mask and gloves are not enough, so the whole body is covered in white clothes, and the attitude of looking at the red sun as if it is dangerous touches the planting of the two magical girls. It is obvious that the opponent, the doctor, does not want to be involved with these two people very much. He plucked the inside of the torn throat with tweezers, put on gauze, and immediately collected what he needed, then skimmed through the documents Soar took out and nodded.

“It’s a virus.”

“…A virus? Is he sick?!”

“It’s not a disease.”

“It’s a virus!”

“I looked at the information on the special zone and thought about it earlier, but our side (Earth) doesn’t have this kind of technology. Maybe this is a virus planted by the Evil Dead… There are mechanical engineering experts there too? They say he’s eating it. The reason why he sent this man over to me is that he wants to confirm whether it’s Earth’s technology or a unique disease, but unfortunately…”

A virus is a virus, but that’s not what it meant.

“Is it because of that chip…!! Shit, what were the medical staff doing! They did a thorough examination the other day!”

“Scientific power over there is one level higher. There’s no way you couldn’t even calculate that much. You ate one shot.”

Soar was indignant, and Leas, who had flown in with an urgent report, sighed. Leahs pretends to be okay, but he is expressing his anxiety by pounding the floor with his legs, so the only thing that gives off a carefree atmosphere to this situation is Hong-seon, who is constantly scratching his neck.

“Somehow, my throat felt itchy. I didn’t expect that the skin on my neck would suddenly come off.”

“People here have tiny holes all over their necks because of the support AI, so it must have been particularly easy to penetrate. It’s easy to think that scratching your neck because it’s itchy is like a chronic disease caused by AI. It will be worse.”

“Is there any way to cure it?”

“No… Judging by the progress, I think he will die suddenly within a few days… I’m sorry, but I thought it would be better to prepare mentally…”

“”────!!!””

A red line scratching his neck beyond the bandage the doctor wrapped around him. Even though he is on the verge of death, he has a carefree expression on his face, while the two magical girls who follow him on the contrary have a grim expression. The man’s face turns blue because he is not allowed to live with him as an ordinary person, but when Hong Seon raises his hand, the rising hair comes down again and the atmosphere calms down.

“There’s someone else to be angry with. Why are you fucking stupid people who don’t know anything?”

“Right… I made a mistake…”

“-Sorry.”

“I’m fine, but that’s all I can judge here… I want to be alone now, but would you like to go back…?”

When Hong Seon complied with the doctor’s request, the two of them opened the door first and followed after him, and they left. After the door closed, a sigh of relief was heard from inside, but they didn’t look back. Rather, the eyes of Soar and Leas are tied to the bandages around their necks. It’s thick and strong, but I can see the blood through it, so I don’t think it will last long.

“Master…”

“If this is the case, is it Humilie who sold me?”

“Yeah. That’ll happen. He said he was the one who replaced the chip in your neck? It’s confirmed just by leaving your subordinates alone and replacing it yourself. If you had known this from the beginning, you should have brought Humilier out somehow before the east branch exploded. I’m doing…”

“Even if he knew, he wouldn’t have caught it. His specialty is a doppelganger. He resembles his boss and is good at running away, so he must have thought of one or two ways to escape.”

“How are you feeling?”

“Feeling? Well, a feeling of betrayal? No, I didn’t believe it from the beginning, so there’s nothing like that. But I thought that he knew which one would be bigger than gain or loss, but it was something like ‘this is unexpected’? I thought they were great in science, but I thought I really didn’t know that you would assassinate people like this… Seeing you do it, it feels like a parrot bitch scooped a spoonful, so now I’m suspicious of you too.”

“What is a parrot again? I think I heard it somewhere…”

“The head of the Japanese branch. An executive under the direct control of the Four Heavenly Kings. To put it in a way that is easy for you to understand, the head of the development bureau… Isn’t it okay to say this?”

“…It’s the core of the developing country. It’s a vicious bitch with a bounty on the magical girl side.”

“Unlike Humilie, I thought I was very close with him, but if you feel betrayed, maybe you’re holding it… True Ghost might not be involved in this. I don’t know why, so he really thought of me as a friend.”

Normally, he was treated as a tall punching bag, but now he spoke softly about the true ghost. As if the suspect had already been narrowed down to two, after leaving the base, he sat on Soar’s arm as if on a swing, and when they floated up into the air, he placed his hand on Leas’s shoulder, who was flying forward, and picked up the black communicator as he centered himself.

“What else is that?”

“The Evil Dead direct communication device used to attack Leas before. When I was captured by the magical girls, I put it in Eliza’s ass and left it there, but I took it out this time.”

“…Do you still have that?”

Leas says it bluntly, perhaps remembering what happened then, but no one listens to such an annoyance.

“I thought I might use it, so I kept it, but the situation to actually use it came, so I’ll use it generously.”

No one criticizes Eliza for treating her as a pocket purse that naturally walks around. Rather, she even felt a bit of envy, but even that was suppressed by fear that her owner might die, and she couldn’t manage her expression. The person who should be most afraid of is scratching his neck and touching his black cell phone, and soon a familiar voice with a very youthful alarm sound…

『──────? ────? ────? ───?』

… I can’t hear it.

“Hey, I can’t hear you because of the wind noise. Flying is good, but slow down a bit.”

“Okay.”

Squeak in mid-air. As I sat comfortably with Soar’s chest as a backrest, my voice finally reached me.

『Scarlett? Hey, Scarlett? Are you Scarlett? Scarlet-?』

“Even if you don’t stretch like that, you can hear me, you idiot. I haven’t seen you for a while, so you forgot the top and bottom?”

『Ah, ah, Scarlett! Was she still alive! Thank god!”

Seeing what he was talking about, the True Ghost also frowned at the fact that he knew he was going to die. Even so, Hong Seon thought that the True Ghost would not betray him, and thanks to him, he was about to feel betrayed at last, but he changed his mind at the tone of the True Ghost.

“You, you, why didn’t you contact me sooner! I knew you still had the contact device you took back then! So I was holding this tightly every day and waiting for you to contact me, but I just neglected it!! Do you know how you feel right now?!”

‘… … ‘

Withdrawal of message.

As expected, the true ghost hadn’t spent seven years struggling with things like this.

“Sorry. I couldn’t figure out who hit me in the back, so I kept my distance from you. You’re still an Evil Dead soldier, aren’t you? No matter how close you are to me, I didn’t think you would cooperate with me.”

『Stupid guy! It’s a relationship that even did that, but you can’t believe it?! It’s me, Lilith-sama, but I swore obedience in front of you! It was just momentum, but I just cried because it was a new owner, but was I the only one who thought that?!”

“I don’t know about magical girls, but I still don’t know about the characteristics of the evil dead, so I don’t trust her.”

『Big… Isn’t that too much… Unlike magical girls, our traits aren’t widely known… Alright, let’s talk about that later! That you contacted me just now means that you noticed something about your physical condition, right?”

If you answer briefly, the true ghost goes wild.

『Humilier is doing it! I’m thinking of working with the developing countries to exclude you! Originally, it was supposed to be dealt with by the magical girls with Humilie’s intention, but since you didn’t survive enough, Soar was taken over, so the parrot is trying to dispose of it with what was prepared!”

“After all, I know that those two bastards made me like this. How did you not expect that?”

“This is not the time to be talking so casually! You could die right now!”

“Because you know, you’re heading to Japan right now.”

“Japan?!”

“If I made my body like this, wouldn’t a parrot be able to cure it? Am I wrong?”

“That’s the case… Wait, are you out now?! Lie! Say no!”

“It’s outside, so it’s up in the sky. I’m heading there with Soar and Leas right now. I’m planning to call in the other kids on the way and call in more kids to attack at once… Why? Is there a problem?”

『——It’s full of problems!!! Bar, stupid! You are really stupid!! Humilier’s purpose was to kill you, but the parrot’s purpose is you!

“…?”

When I tilt my head with an expression of incomprehension, a voice more urgent than ever hit my ears.

『The last one among the officers under the direct control of the Four Heavenly Kings! Icarus is after you! Girl, his specialty is aerial combat! The virus in your neck notifies its location in real time, so as soon as you go outside, that guy’s target is—”

‘He’s the first one I’ve heard of.’

As soon as the words were finished, the sound of the wind cutting was heard.

Chills.

Feeling that you will die if you stay still.

The executives under the direct control of the Four Heavenly Kings were still beautiful people, so the thought that it would be the same this time disappeared with the present one.

“───!!!”

“Honey?!”

With a premonition that something dangerous was coming, he escaped from Soar’s arms and fell as if skydiving, holding the device tightly. It was the moment when Soar was surprised to see him falling out of her arms and Leas looked back in surprise at the reaction.

A very blatant gap…

Was intercepted

“”──?!””

Wooooo!!!!!

“Gp, eueaaaaa!!!!”

“Kid, Lee, suddenly, where are you?!”

The moment they finally felt chills and turned their heads, they bumped into something large and lost their posture and flew away. Soar had no time to use his foreknowledge, and Leas had no time to teleport, so he was distracted by the sudden blow and tried to stand up in the air, but was staggered by the strong wind that followed. Even in the midst of this, my heart was pounding when I saw him fall without wings, but he still didn’t panic and was listening to the true ghost over the communication device.

『Icarus is a huge bird! He is the most experienced assassin of the Evil Dead with absolute stealth abilities! It doesn’t get caught up in foreknowledge or the ability to see the future! Her strength is unusual, and a normal magical girl’s body will be cut in half with just a bump!”

“Say that sooner, you stupid bitch!!!!”

『Hey?!』

As she fell, she barely opened her eyes to see a huge eagle flying around her in a white field. I didn’t know how that huge guy comparable to an apartment building could appear without a rumor, but in the meantime, one thing I knew was that he was blowing away two people who were like Hong Seon’s lifeline and was exposing his claws.

‘She’s not even a woman, and she’s not even in human form…’ As long as I can reach it, I think I can do anything, but in this situation, it’s too much… ‘

As he fell to the ground, he stretched his hands upward, but rather than Leas fixing his posture to use teleportation, bright yellow claws quickly grabbed Hongsun’s neck. Hong Seon’s eyes closed the moment he held on to Icarus, careful not to crush his face like a tomato because of his size.

『Scarlet?! Hey, Scarlett!! What is this sound?! I hope you!!!”

Kwap!

Over the device, voices worrying about Hong Seon resonate endlessly, but the body that lost its head soon misses the device.

『Scalaeeeee!!!!!

A communication device that falls from the air. Icarus held his neck with one leg, his torso with the other, and his neatly divided body, looking at Soar and Leas with sharp eyes.

「Keeeee!!!!”

“Master!”

“I’m a man, man!!!”

He let out a victory roar against the two bewildered and turned his body invisible, so he immediately ran away to prevent Reas from pursuing him. It is truly bizarre that the large body suddenly disappears and leaves no wind behind. In a hurry, Soar tried to activate his special wisdom, but as the true ghost said, nothing caught, and the two stood with a devastated expression on their faces, then fell down toward the sea with blue faces.

Hongsun Kang.

Died after neck amputation.

At least that’s how it seemed to both of them.