âYurishiaâŚâŚyou, whyâŚâŚare you, still alive?â
The ace of Masters, Scarlet Fairchildâs blue eyes were staring at her former comrade with a scared look.
Scarletâs abnormal state made Aine and Himekawa stopped their frivolous talk and focus on the two.
Yurishia smiled with a troubled look and approached near Scarlet.
âWhat are you saying all of a sudden. In the first place, I donât remember ever dying.â
Yurishia tried to put her hand on Scarletâs shoulder to show her happiness in reuniting with a friend. However, that hand touched empty air. Scarlet pulled her body and dodged the hand, her red ponytail that reached until her waist shook largely.
Yurishiaâs hand was troubled of where to go. She sighed in lament and her fingers played with her blonde hair as if to calm down her heart.
âHey, Scarlet. By any chance, were you thinking that I died?â
âIn exchange for the gearâs capabilityâŚâŚit gets shaven.â
âAah geez, I donât understand what you are talking about. Speak properly so that I can understand!â
Yurishia couldnât be patient anymore and roughened her voice. As if to oppose her, Scarlet also yelled with a loud voice.
âI told you! The source of Crossâs energy, it is your life right!?â
ââŚâŚEh?â
Yurishiaâs expression stiffened.
âIt moves by using your life as energy, so thatâs why Cross is special, I heard that! Thatâs why, itâs even stronger than our Heart Hybrid Gear. Because it moves by shaving off your lifeâŚâŚthatâs why.â
Kizuna, Aine, Himekawa, and also Kei, all the people in that place stood stock still in amazement.
âââLife is used as energyâŚâŚshe said?â
Kizuna repeated Scarletâs words in his heart many times.
âThatâs whyâŚâŚthatâs why, if your Hybrid Count becomes zero, you used up your life, the wearer of Cross will die, thatâs what I heaâââ
{Leave the idiotic gossip right there.}
A voice resounded through a speaker as if to obstruct Scarletâs words. Following after that, a violent rotor sound of a helicopter was approaching near.
âWha, what?â
When they looked up, an Ataraxia transport helicopter was in the middle of descending from the sky.
The door at the side of the helicopter was opened widely. From there, the owner of the voice leaned her body forward and got out.
âNee-chan?â
Hida Reiri appeared with a grim face.
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