LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 56
Wiiiiiiing!
“Ugh?!”
Wiiiing!
[Heavy Armor] hastily raised its shield but began to get swept up by the recoil of the golden chainsaw.
Wiiiing!
Chunk chunk!
“It’s useless.”
The dual circular saw blades spun at an incredible speed, producing a chilling sound that made it feel like the head was ringing. [Heavy Armor] quickly threw away the shield and filled its armor with a deep golden starlight, deflecting the blades.
Rumble rumble rumble!
Ping!
[Aaaah! Armor!]
The gleaming plate armor vibrated, and the height of the [Heavy Armor] magical girl rapidly increased.
“Was it a reinforcement type?”
[Heal] sparkled with golden eyes and deployed golden surgical tools from her unique equipment medical bag.
Clatter clatter!
A golden hammer, chisel, awl, scalpel, syringe, and saw spilled out of the bag, floating around [Heal] while forming a golden protective shield.
Wooooooom!
As the armor giant stomped, a tremendous sound shook the world.
BOOM!!
Thud!
Thud thud!
Amidst the cloud of dust, [Heal], the magical girl, elegantly grasped the end of her long skirt and ran up [Heavy Armor]’s leg. Her legs, visible beneath the raised white skirt, were moving at an incredible speed.
[Damn it! Get away!]
Along with the terrifying voice of the giant, a massive gauntlet came chasing to catch [Heal].
Swish swish swish!
However, the thousands of golden surgical tools floating around [Heal] began moving, dismantling the armor.
Chunk!
Chunk!
Chunk!
Chunk!
[Get away!]
Wooooooom!
A dazzling light burst forth from [Heavy Armor]’s massive body, releasing strength. The surgical tools that were trimming the armor fell down.
[Where is she…?!]
[Heavy Armor] missed [Heal] climbing up its body while shaking off the surgical tools.
Wiiiing!
Responding to the sound, looking up to the sky, [Heal] gracefully descended, swinging the golden chainsaw.
She thrust the saw deep into the helmet’s face guard and spun it.
Wiiiiiiiiiiiiing!
Greeeeeek!
Thud!
Boom!
Thud!
With a sound like a drum, a grizzly bear fell, bleeding.
“Oh! What enthusiastic summons!”
[Martial Artist], dyed in a blood-red hue from the beasts’ blood, lightly shook off his fists and charged at [Beast].
“It’s not over yet!”
The magical girl [Beast], wearing a bear skin, glared with glowing eyes and roared.
Grrrrrrrrr!
As a storm of falling leaves swept by, the area within a 50-meter radius filled with wolves, bears, and leopards.
[Beast] shouted while perched on a lion the color of autumn leaves, flashing her gaze.
“It’s hunting time!”
Grrrrrrrr!
Woof woof!
Grroooowwwl!
Before [Martial Artist] was a sea of teeth, teeth, and teeth. Dozens of beasts charged at him with mouths wide open, glowing eyes fixated.
The pure will of animals.
Smirk!
“That’s true passion!”
Radiating a sky-blue light, [Martial Artist] whipped his arms and legs, rendering them nearly invisible.
Whoosh!
Bang!
His hands and feet emitted raw and primal energy, alongside pure destructive force.
With a single punch, a wolf’s face was obliterated.
With a single kick, a bear’s belly tore apart.
With a gust of wind, a leopard’s claws broke.
Bam!
Chunk!
Finally, the hidden ambush of the boar was also stopped.
“This is not enough! Let’s burn with passion!”
“Ugh?!”
The clear-eyed giant enveloped in sky-blue light charged towards the last beast, a lion alongside a girl.
“Passion!!”
Beep!
Clatter clatter!
With the sound of [Order]’s horn, the entire space was covered in yellow police lines like a maze, and the ground jutted out to block all paths that [Flame] wished to take.
Bang!
As [Order] fired a blank shot into the sky, dozens of searchlights hovering in the air shot towards [Flame], obstructing the view.
“From now on, this is my investigative territory!”
Swish!
Swish!
[Order] darted through numerous obstacles, teleporting and rolling, making it impossible for [Flame] to locate their position.
‘This level of trap is…!’
[Flame] calmly closed her eyes, generating faint flames around and fired arrows skyward.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Cling!
Cling!
[Flame] fired a burst of over 10 shots straight ahead, where her eyesight lay.
Thud thud thud!
Cling!
Obsession in obstructing her line of sight actually revealed her position, causing the searchlights to diminish quickly.
‘Obscuring the view is a prelude to a surprise attack.’
…And from behind!
Bang bang bang bang bang bang!
Whoosh!
Feeling the heat that collided with [Order]’s body now closing in from behind, [Flame] repeatedly teleported side to side, opening her eyes and shooting.
“Ugh…?!”
Caught up in the obsession with the surprise attack, [Order] didn’t anticipate reaching the direction the searchlights illuminated, squinting and missing the shot, retreating again.
Click!
Reloading sound.
[Flame] teleported directly towards where she heard the sound. But the one holding the gun was a clone resembling a male police officer.
A trap.
“Officer Yamashita!! Fire!!”
Bang bang bang bang bang bang!
Two clones stood up from cover and opened fire at [Flame].
Born as a 2-Star clone, they couldn’t display intricate moves outside of the summoning type.
[Flame] remained composed, simply flicking her red high heels to shoot flames and dodged backward.
Bang bang bang!
Thud!
Bang!
Thud!
Amidst the hail of bullets flying in all directions, [Flame] calmly landed a perfect shot, pulling out her flame sword and twisting her body.
Bang bang bang bang bang bang!
Naturally, every bullet missed her as she twisted away.
“Ugh, did it miss again…?!”
When the space-warping magical girl spreads clones, it’s usually to lure attention.
What she desired was a second surprise attack.
And [Flame] intentionally executed a backstep towards cover.
“I cannot lose!!”
“Ugh?!”
The crossing between [Flame]’s red gaze and [Order]’s dark blue gaze, as she dashed forward with her flame sword trained on him.
Huff huff…
Kaede’s male dress shirt was torn, her left arm broken. All the poisons, shurikens, and preparation discarded, crumpled on the floor.
The limit of a magical girl who could not bloom was here.
No matter how many poisons and shurikens she prepared, they merely bounced off the unreasonable starlight.
“…”
Ichika silently looked at Kaede with burning eyes, no longer teasing her like before.
“…I lost again. Just kill me.”
Kaede closed her eyes, accepting her defeat.
After all, in this illusionary space, life and death were meaningless.
She accepted the result neatly.
The sticky feeling in her chest was an emotion that couldn’t be released.
To go back to the lady quietly…
“…Why did you want to fight me?”
“What?”
Kaede opened her eyes, looking at Ichika.
“For Fujimoto? No. You came wanting to kill me, at least even as a fake. Isn’t that right?”
“…Don’t spout nonsense, just kill me.”
“Get up.”
Ichika spoke with her green eyes ablaze.
She had to fulfill the duty of a rival against the enemy who came looking for her with resentment.
I am your adversary.
A wall to overcome.
“Get up by your own will.”
Your own will.
Hearing those words, Kaede recalled her past life in her mind.
Until she received the name Kaede from being an unnamed orphan, it had been only training.
Training without meaning.
A puppet.
The day Elder Fujimoto gave her a name.
“From now on, your name will be Kaede.”
From that day on, Kaede’s life filled with meaningless training was defined by loyalty.
“That was the way it had to be…”
After losing in her first outing while fulfilling the duties of the cornerstone, she became a servant not of Fujimoto, but of the lady. Nevertheless, Kaede wasn’t too displeased about it.
Why?
Why?
Why did the defeat suffered at the hands of the merchant hurt more than being called “the ninja abandoned by Fujimoto” after a lifetime of training?
The first time meeting someone in a similar situation as herself.
“I am…”
Creak!
Ignoring her broken bones, Kaede stood up.
“I am…!”
What dwelled in her heart was…
“I wanted to be like you…!”
Why was it that you, who were also an unnamed child, were so free?
And why was it that I, who was also an unnamed child, was so miserable?
We are both magical girls!! Why am I!!
“I wanted to be like you!! I was jealous!! Even though we’re the same orphan, you’re strong and free on your own!!”
Kaede finally revealed her true feelings.
And in response to her true feelings, the emerald green star vibrated.
Surrounding her was a swirling emerald green light…
“Ugh, this is really frustrating.”
“…”
In a style exactly like Ichika’s, a sailor uniform appeared.
Unlike Ichika’s white outfit, it was a black sailor uniform draped with an emerald green scarf.
Blooming Born 2-Star [Jealousy] Magical Girl
Kaede
By envying someone, Kaede finally discovered her desires.
She truly realized that the only feeling that remained in her heart, which she thought was an emotionless puppet, was jealousy, not loyalty.
Goooossshh…
“Come.”
“I will… defeat you!”
Ichika bore her will of struggle and faced the oncoming storm of green.
Kaede charged, releasing emerald green mist from her entire body.
BOOM!