Vol. 2 Ch. 2 Ep. 17: Turning the Tides

Chihiro!

Ahhh! Vice President!

We were waiting for you, Vice President.

How did you...?

Oh, you're right! I thought Eridu's network communications were...!

I thought Rio managed to kick us out!

Right, but Himari prepared something for a situation like this.

Oh... That's it! Momoi!

Wh-What are you talking about, Midori?!

It's the thing that we found to interpret G.BIBLE!

"The Mirror!"

Yes, I hacked and occupied Eridu's encrypted network with the Mirror.

And I kicked out the president while I was at it.

Wh-Wh-What?! Then the reason Himari had the Mirror confiscated by the Student Council was...!

To prepare for a day like this?

The former president of Veritas shouldn't be underestimated.

G-Goddess...is too much, Sensei.

Huh?! B-But wasn't it hard to get to the contraband storage?!

How did you break in? That must have been impossible.

Oh, someone helped me.

Someone who was able to escape Rio's surveillance thanks to her inherent abilities...

Hello, Trainer.

I couldn't just sit around and do nothing when I heard about Aris, so I decided to help.

Yes. If it weren't for you...

...But now, there's a battle going on against the drones in the contraband storage.

I don't know how long we can hold out.

Don't worry about it. I'm confident in my endurance.

I guess this is to be expected... We used the Mirror, but the firewall reacted right away.

Before we're cut off at the pass, we have to take the initiative.

Veritas, it's our turn.

Okay, leave it to me, Vice President.

Even if we have to use all our resources, we'll maintain the network perfectly!

Yes. You can count on us.

Okay, I'll leave that to you. I'll take charge of guiding them.

Is everyone still able to fight?

"Yes!"

Then, it's time for a counterattack.

The Avant Guard has slowed down, so now's the time, Engineering Department!

Roger!

I'll install the item we made just for this!

"Wh-What is this thing?!"

It's equipped with autonomous tracking and is waterproof and dustproof.

In addition, it boasts absolute stability, even in an absolute zero or high-temperature environment of over three thousand degrees!

The Engineering Department poured half a year's budget into making this masterpiece...

A state-of-the-art remote speaker!

...

*shock*

"...Why does it have all those features?"

What an inane question, Sensei.

Anytime it's possible to add a function...

...it only makes sense to add it.

They said it best.

Now...

Fire!

*gulp*

I wanna say something cool like that too!

Th-That's besides the point right now, Momoi!

...Please don't start speaking like that.

...I'm proud of the speaker we made. It's fantastic.

Semantics. Anyways, let's get to it, everyone!

...Wow, we actually managed to defeat it.

It worked! Wow!

But...we were able to defeat it because we all worked together.

But...we were able to defeat it because we all worked together.

Yeah! It kind of feels like...

We successfully defeated a boss monster in a raid together!

All right, good job, everyone. But that was only the beginning.

We have to move quickly while the network is occupied by the Mirror. I'll lead the way.

Well, about that.

You see...

...Sorry, I think we're at our limit.

"I-Is everyone okay?"

We managed to get the speakers installed, but it took everything we had...

It was very hard for us, being more indoor kind of people...

...I can't even move my fingers.

As you can see, we have to retire here, at least for now.

Utaha...

Yeah, it's okay! Thanks for your help! The speaker-rocket thing was incredible!

We'll take it from here!

"Don't worry. We'll make sure to rescue Aris."

Okay. We'll entrust her to you.

Momoi.

Yes?

I'll give this to you just in case. You should use it if you're in danger.

Are you sure...?

Okay, got it!

I'll leave the rest to you!

Good luck, everyone.