The V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, nicknamed the Osprey helicopter, was somewhat different from traditional helicopters.
In appearance it resembled a fixed-wing aircraft, but had two rotatable engines at the wingtips driving two rotors.
In fixed-wing mode, the V-22 was like an aircraft with two oversized propellers at both wingtips.
In helicopter mode it was a helicopter with two somewhat smaller rotors, giving it helicopter characteristics - vertical takeoff and landing capability - while also possessing the advantages of fixed-wing propeller aircraft: high speed, long range, and relatively low fuel consumption.
Such an Osprey suddenly appeared from the other side of the river. After noticing them, it came directly over and without a word fired warning shots with its cannon, signaling them to pull over.
In response, they could only pull over and get out, because how could they possibly resist this thing's cannon?
Under normal circumstances, Saya Takagi would only recognize this as the military trying to prevent further virus spread. So they, who were planning to escape using the waterway, would also be stopped.
Therefore, Saya Takagi wouldn't be too panicked.
She was the young lady of the Takagi family - stating her name might even get them a direct escort home, so she actually felt somewhat secure.
However, she noticed the Osprey aircraft had strange emblems and graffiti, lacking any military markings, which made her pay more attention.
So through her binoculars she saw the people in the cockpit were wrong - they didn't look like military personnel. Instead, they all wore demon-like masks.
This made her immediately realize something was wrong with this Osprey, and she promptly notified that guy through radio.
Sure enough, just after they reached shore, a masked woman jumped down from the Osprey - the key point being that this woman jumping from such a height was too abnormal.
From Saya Takagi's knowledge, even very strong soldiers in the military would be foolish to jump from such a height - it could easily cause fractures.
One careless landing could even result in death from the fall.
This meant this masked woman's physical constitution was far stronger than ordinary people.
So Saya Takagi immediately realized the other party might be that guy's hostile force, coming to stop him.
"How lucky, we accidentally caught the young lady of the Takagi family. Now we can use her to threaten that stubborn chairman of the Patriotic Concern Society."
The other party directly stated their purpose for coming, making Saya Takagi's face change.
It seemed she had guessed wrong.
"Clearly such an era has arrived, and cooperating with us 'Syringe' would bring a bright future, yet he's really someone who won't give face. So let's first cut off one of his daughter's arms and send it over. Hmm, or maybe gouge out an eye?"
The other party continued speaking cruel content in a relaxed tone, making Saya Takagi's expression even worse.
However, Saya Takagi noticed one thing - when Senior Saeko Busujima heard the other party say "Syringe," the organization's name, she had a reaction.
Senior Saeko Busujima's gaze became sharp!
If so, the other party might really be his enemy.
Maybe even the mastermind behind the current living dead disaster.
"The living dead are your organization's doing?"
"Hmm? Haha, why would you think that?"
The other party's counter-question didn't directly answer her question, but through subtle body language, Saya Takagi confirmed she had hit the mark.
She felt the other party's attitude toward her changed at that moment - previously wanting to capture her alive. Now only wanting to kill her, to silence her!
The next second, the other party who had been over ten meters away seemed to close the distance to nearly zero in the blink of an eye.
Rushing to her in an instant, those hands with sharp armor plates came within just a few centimeters of piercing her eyeball, making Saya Takagi's eyes tremble as her face went bloodless.
The reason for not being pierced wasn't that the other party held back, but because Saeko Busujima's hand blade blocked it.
Ah, there was also Rei Miyamoto, who thrust her spear at the other party, but it was similarly caught by the other party's hand.
The next second, Saya Takagi stumbled backward and fell sitting on the ground, pulled back by Senior Saeko Busujima.
At the same time, Senior Saeko Busujima immediately launched a fierce attack, while classmate Rei Miyamoto could only stand and watch.
However, after just a few exchanges, Senior Saeko Busujima took a punch from the other party, and just as the other party was about to claw her face off, the spear tip intervened.
Unfortunately, after only a few exchanges, classmate Rei Miyamoto was sent flying, heavily crashing into Saya Takagi and making her cry out.
Before the two stacked together could separate, another body crashed heavily over them, making her cry out in pain again.
Senior Saeko was also defeated?
"Quite good eyes - how about joining us?"
The masked woman saying this easily stepped back because Senior Saeko Busujima had laboriously slashed at her.
"Well then, I can only kill you!"
So hadn't that guy arrived yet?
With her body somewhat aching, after the other party approached, Saya Takagi suddenly pulled the trigger of a handgun she hadn't revealed initially.
Bang!
She saw the other party stagger backward, head also tilting back.
Hit! Too—
"What a pity, you missed."
The other party instantly straightened up, mocking her. Missed - damn it!
Suddenly, the other party sharply retreated backward as a faint orange light seemed to flash through her original position, entering the river beside them. The river experienced abnormal flashing, immediately followed by boiling, with large amounts of steam rising.
Seeing this, Saya Takagi paused then sighed in relief with some joy - that should be that guy's metal-melting bullets.
He had arrived.
Indeed, a figure instantly appeared in their field of vision, positioning himself in front of them.
"Oh? Interesting. This kind of speed isn't something ordinary people can achieve. Are you from Black Label?"
He ignored the masked woman's words and looked back at them.
Especially when his gaze lingered longer on Senior Saeko Busujima than the others, also frowning, which made Saya Takagi feel inexplicably displeased.
After he turned back around, Saya Takagi felt he had become somewhat frightening - she could see anger showing in his eyes.
"I say, ignoring what people are saying—wha!"
The voice cut off abruptly. The masked woman, Murasaki Kaoru, performed her life's final physical action - the dilation of her pupils.
...Requesting flowers...
She saw her own arm, which was trying to block the attack of the person who had almost leaped before her, get severed. Was this a joke?
The hand armor on her arm was special metal - it was cut through so easily?
Huh?
Why was her vision strange? Abnormal double vision appeared - seeing one person become two people, as if split, and they kept separating further.
Just before her vision went completely black, and before her consciousness permanently sank into darkness, she saw the other half of her body.
So that's how it was - she had been split in half.
Gulp—
This was the sound of Kiba Mikoto swallowing. They couldn't keep up, but they still had remote drones.
So they saw that man exchange just one strike with the masked woman and instantly killed her.
On screen, this masked woman split straight down from the head, divided in two.
This masked woman was a member of "Syringe," also a malignant tumor they needed to deal with. Mikoto had fought her yesterday - the other party was considerably stronger than her.
It was because she had dragged down Sister Yuko that both sisters had escaped.
Right, they were twin sisters - the other should be on the Osprey.
Now, in just one encounter, one of the sisters was instantly dismembered.
This meant if Mikoto fought this man, he could kill her in one move, in an instant.
"This is bad!"
Mikoto suddenly said this.
With her sister killed on the spot like this, the companion on the Osprey, especially the older sister, would go crazy.
Sure enough, they saw the Osprey turning, but it wasn't aiming the cannon mounted on the aircraft's exterior - instead, it was pointing its rear more precisely.
She could see the older sister at the rear hatch seemingly roaring, also holding a Gatling gun, obviously planning to personally execute him.
So hurry up!
Mikoto was already making her remote drone fly directly over to crash into them - this one also had bombs installed.
However—
Before it could crash, or rather there wasn't time, that older sister's body was suddenly half-melted in an instant.
Immediately after, the Osprey also suffered abnormal attacks, quickly showing seven or eight flashes of light. Each spot, regardless of what it was, was melted away - including the Osprey's hull, melting conspicuous large holes.
Thus, a huge fireball bloomed in the night sky.
She was somewhat stunned for a moment.
Coming back to her senses, Mikoto re-controlled the drone to aim the camera at the group of people on the ground, because she had seen orange lines streak through the night - those were shots from the ground.
After aiming the camera, she just happened to see him pointing his gun barrel this way.
The next second, the drone lost its feed.
It had been shot down.
Ah, it seemed not - the battery had finally run out and it fell.
Mikoto looked at Sister Yuko. Originally they were going to do a favor and help.
It turned out they weren't needed at all - he had handled it so cleanly and efficiently.
Should they still make contact?
He was super dangerous.
But fortunately, he obviously wasn't a member of "Syringe."
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