The story starts after Shidou finishes sealing Tohka and Yoshino's spiritual energy.

------Rimuru POV------

Rimuru opened his eyes with the feeling of waking up after sleeping for a long time.

His vision was greeted with nothing but dust all around him.

A gentle wind flew by, causing Rimuru's hair to sway in the wind and also blowing away the dust that obscured his view.

As soon as the cloud of dust disappeared, a city scene came into his view, surrounded by the faint sound of sirens.

He quickly surveyed his surroundings.

Currently, he was in an unfamiliar city.

And he was in the center of a large crater that seemed to be the result of an explosion.

Not understanding why he was here, Rimuru looked around once more to try to figure out why.

But then, when he looked at himself, he realized something----

The outfit that he was wearing... looked different...

It was a suit with the main colors of white and black, decorated with other small items.

The clothes give off a saintly demeanor, despite the chaos around him.

Not only his outfit was strange, but Rimuru himself was emitting energy similar to Phantom.

Rimuru began to think about what had happened, confused as to why he was here in the first place.

While thinking about what had happened. Rimuru suddenly remembered something and immediately spoke up.

"Ciel!"

Right after that, a familiar voice resounded in his head.

<<I'm here, master>>

<<Ha... Why were you silent when I was fighting the Phantom>>

<<At that time I was analyzing and modifying your body to suit the situation, Master.>>

<<Modification? What did you do?>>

<<I was...>> Ciel replied.

However, instead of answering Rimuru's question, Ciel suddenly made an announcement.

<<Report: Detect 14 individuals approaching your place, all were armed.>>

Ciel's announcement took Rimuru by surprise, and he immediately checked his universal sense.

Rimuru realized that there were people approaching his place, and around them was something quite similar to Phantom's Ain Soph.

The difference here is that they use... magical energy?

Soon, those people appeared in front of Rimuru.

They were all wearing armor, carrying various machines, and flying above Rimuru.

<<Hey Ciel, do you know who they are?>>

<<According to my analysis, they are the AST, an 'Anti Spirit Team'.>>

Just as Ciel finished explaining, someone who seemed to be the captain of that group spoke up.

"Target identified. Everyone, attack!"

"Roger!"

After the captain's command, all the others responded in unison.

Bullets were fired from various weapons to kill Rimuru.

Despite being warned by Ciel that this group of people had weapons, Rimuru was still surprised that they attacked him in such a hurry.

Rimuru could have easily dodged those attacks, but he unconsciously reached out his hand and said a name.

"<CHAOS>!"

Rimuru said, and then particles of light started to appear from thin air, forming the shape of a katana in front of his hand.

Surprised by his actions, but even so, Rimuru quickly took the katana, blocked all attacks directed at him, and flew up into the air until he was at the same height as the group AST.

Those people continued to fly around and attack him, but it was all useless against Rimuru.

While Rimuru was still surprised by what just happened, he immediately activated thought acceleration and asked Ciel.

<<Ciel! What exactly is this..... and why do I know how to use it?>>

Rimuru asked Ciel in confusion while looking at the sword in his hand.

<<According to my analysis, this is known as an angel, the power you get when you come into contact with the crystal that Phantom gave and the energy you feel is called Spiritual Power(Reiryoku).>>

<<Wait, what does that mean!?>>

<<You are currently a spirit master>>

<<Hah!?!?>>

Rimuru couldn't hide his surprise at Ciel's words.

This is bad.

Currently, he is facing the anti-spirit team, and he is...a spirit.

<Looks like it will be troublesome> Rimuru sighed

As he thought about what had happened... The crystal.... the spirit of origin ---

Rimuru was able to guess that the crystal turned Rimuru, or rather, Rimuru's physical body into a spirit.

But while Rimuru was about to ask Ciel a few things, he noticed that one of the party members attacking him was slowly changing the way she moved.

She is a young girl with short, silver-white hair and a pair of sensors attached to her hair. along with armor covering her shoulders, arms, and most of her body except her thighs.

Knowing that the girl intended to engage in close combat, Rimuru stopped talking to Ciel and switched to fighting them, dealing with the current problem.

The white-haired girl took out a laser blade from one of her legs and charged toward Rimuru at an abnormally fast speed.

Rimuru quickly raised his katana, parrying the girl's attack.

Those who were with her also tried to use all kinds of weapons to cover her when given the opportunity.

But the fight between Rimuru and the white-haired girl was so fast that they had to be very careful to avoid hitting their comrades.

While fighting the people in front of him, Rimuru was still able to take the time to observe their equipment and learn about his strength.

When the crystal was absorbed into Rimuru, he suddenly possessed the power of spirits and the knowledge of how to use it.

Although don't understand why Phantom gave him this power, if Ciel hasn't told him this is dangerous, then it would be safe enough to keep it for a while. It will also help Ciel in her analysis process.

Rimuru highly doubted the power given to him by Phantom. But at the same time, he thought that he should try using it to see how it works.

Returning to the present, Rimuru was still fighting the white-haired girl in front of him.

Rimuru quickly blocked the white-haired girl's attack, then jumped back to keep their distance and opened his mouth to speak while continuously dodging the series of attacks.

"Hey! Why do you people attack me like that? I didn't do anything to you."

Rimuru said while still moving and avoiding the attacks from the group in front of him.

"Shut up! You've destroyed an entire area like that. And now you say that you did nothing?"

The white-haired girl spoke angrily to Rimuru while still charging forward without stopping.

Rimuru parried her attack and thought about what she just said.

<'destroy an entire area'? But I didn't do any of that.> Rimuru thought.

The place where Rimuru woke up was already destroyed, but he didn't do that. Maybe there are some misunderstandings?

While Rimuru was thinking, Ciel spoke up.

<<That crater was caused by your space quake, master>>

<<Spacequake?>>

Rimuru was perplexed, as he didn't understand what a space quake was, and didn't even do anything to create it.

<<When a spirit comes to this world, there would be a large bend in the walls between the dimensions, causing a phenomenon known as a space quake to occur.>> Ciel explains.

<<So that crater was mine, huh...?>>

<<that's right, master.>>

Rimuru's space quake doesn't look small at all, it flattened a corner of the city... Such a big space quake like that would surely have killed a lot of people---

<<Report: No one was killed in your space quake.>>

<<Is that correct, Ciel?>>

Rimuru was surprised to hear Ciel's words.

<<Yes master. it is.>>

<<Ha---- that's lucky.....>> Rimuru let out a sigh of relief.

After making sure he didn't accidentally kill anyone, Rimuru returned to reality and looked at the people in front of him.

Seeing them all filled with murderous intent and pointing their weapons at Rimuru made him feel annoyed.

<..... Even I haven't killed anyone. But it would be strange to not be hunted down after causing such great damage.>

Rimuru looked dumbfounded at the crater and then at the people in front of him.

After thinking for a while, Rimuru still can't come to any conclusions.

He stopped using the thought accelerator and returned to fighting the people in front of him.

They used all kinds of weapons to attack Rimuru, but none of them even got a chance to inflict any damage on him.

Knowing that it would be impossible to negotiate with them, Rimuru now had to fight and gather information about their equipment at the same time.

The white-haired girl who was fighting Rimuru for most of the fight was much more skilled than all of her team.

From the way she block, maneuver, and attacked Rimuru, she was showing all of her strength and determination.

Except for her, the rest of the group is rather... Weak. 

While fighting them, Rimuru had an idea to test out the skills of spirit power.

Rimuru knows what he could do with the spirit power, but he doesn't know how it works, so now might be a good time to test it.

The girl in front of Rimuru continued to rush towards him as he moved backward to dodge her slash and then raised his hand.

"PHANES"

After speaking out a name that Rimuru had never heard of but, for some reason, was in his subconscious.

After saying that, a blinding light immediately enveloped Rimuru's entire body. The people around Rimuru, seeing this, spread out and became alert.

The light that Rimuru radiated was so bright that it could temporarily blind others for a while, but he was unaffected by it.

After a while, the light from Rimuru's body started to gather on the katana. And now, the katana Rimuru was holding also emitted a soft golden light.

Even though it looked normal on the surface, Rimuru could feel a large amount of spiritual energy concentrated on the blade.

Rimuru tried swinging the sword, and it released a beam of light energy that seemed to destroy everything in its path.

The light it released started to dash through the city the moment it came into existence, leaving a destroyed area behind.

Wherever the light goes, it leaves behind destruction, nothing can stop it, The dash of light keeps flying straight until it flies out of the planet's atmosphere and weakens. then slowly disappear.

Rimuru perceived this energy to be similar to the energy radiating from phantom's body. But there's one thing...

This energy was extremely unstable and difficult to control as if it had been mixed with something.

Returning to the present, right after Rimuru's attack, the people in front of him quickly closed their eyes and dodged away from that deadly light as quickly as possible.

Since Rimuru didn't originally intend to target anyone, after that attack, no one was killed.

Only some unfortunate members of the AST were knocked down by the violent shockwaves and lay unconscious on the ground.

Some of the people who had earlier attacked Rimuru were now unconscious, while others were still stunned from the blow.

There was only one person that attracted Rimuru's attention the most, and that was the white-haired girl.

After seeing the injured team members. Her face was even angrier than before.

She tried to get herself to stand up and started to rush towards Rimuru once more, shouting.

"DIE!!!!"

Rimuru was quite surprised to see that the girl was still able to continue attacking while the rest of her party members were still stunned by the attack just now.

Rimuru hadn't intended to launch such a devastating attack, but this spiritual power was too difficult to control, it was too chaotic and unstable.

However, having destroyed an entire city like this, Rimuru wasn't sure what to explain.

Moreover, he didn't think the saying 'I'm not a bad spirit' would work here.

But Rimuru still had one more skill to test.

Rimuru didn't want to stay here too long because he didn't want more people like this to come and reinforce.

Since he knew that there are many devices currently watching his battle and that there was also a large ship that was invisible.

The longer he stayed, the more troublesome things would become.

Rimuru sighed and raised his voice once more.

"PERSES"

Rimuru had just finished speaking when the spiritual energy around Rimuru suddenly got mixed with... nihility energy?

Around Rimuru, the surrounding spiritual energy gradually turned black and could be seen with the naked eye.

No, it wasn't turning black, but Rimuru's spiritual power absorbed all the light that hit it.

The dark energy then gradually accumulated in the katana, turning it into a terrifying jet-black color.

The white-haired girl who was rushing forward saw the change, stopped charging, and kept her guard up.

Feel the chaotic energy condensing on the blade.

Rimuru hesitated as to whether to launch an attack.

But then he made a decision.

he quickly made a horizontal slash.

From Rimuru's blade, a large black streak was released and became larger.

That streak of energy sliced through the sky, annihilating even the air particles in the atmosphere.

This attack once again did not aim at anyone but to create chaos and give him a chance to escape the pursuit of these people.

When that streak of energy was released, Rimuru immediately spoke to Ciel.

<<Ciel! Teleport me to somewhere else.>>

<<Yes master.>>

After Ciel's words, Rimuru appeared in an empty alley.

The whole city is now empty. Everyone has been evacuated.

Rimuru was walking in the dark alley when he suddenly felt his heart beat fast after the battle just now.

Rimuru smiled to himself, put his hand on his chest, and reassured himself.

But then Rimuru realized something was wrong----

Slime doesn't have a heart!?

Rimuru quickly knew the culprit and immediately questioned Ciel.

<<Ciel! What have you done to my body?>>

<<I changed your body to be as human as possible, master>>

<<Why did you do that!? I was fighting Phantom at that time>>

<<I did this to prevent Phantom from knowing that you are not human, master>>

Rimuru paused for a moment to think about Ciel's action.

<<Deceiving the enemy huh?.... ok then>>

Suddenly, realizing that Ciel had said 'as human as possible' just now, Rimuru quickly checked himself.

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<<Ciel! Why did you turn me into a girl!?!?>>

<<...>> Ciel didn't answer Rimuru but kept silent.

<<CIEL!!!>>

While suffering from being made a girl by Ciel, Rimuru sensed someone approaching him and---

There's spiritual power radiating from that person----

Rimuru firmly held the katana in his hand to prepare to receive that person.

"Ah... um... hey---!"

Before that person finished his sentence, the tip of Rimuru's sword was already pointed at the person's neck.

It was a boy with straight blue hair and bands down to his neck. He is wearing some kind of uniform from the school named Raizen.

Right now, he was completely immobile due to Rimuru's blade.

"Wait--- I don't have any bad intentions.... please calm down...." He panicked and tried to explain.

Of course, Rimuru wouldn't trust him with just that. Just a moment ago, he was radiating spiritual power from his body, and that was enough to put Rimuru on guard.

Even though he looks completely normal for a normal person, Rimuru was able to see through that.

There was an earpiece in his left ear. and it was connected to the large ship over Rimuru with a dozen drones.

"Who are you, and what are you here for?"

Rimuru speaks straight to the point while keeping the tip of his sword in the boy's throat.

"M-my name is Itsuka Shidou, I didn't mean anything bad," Shidou said with a scared face.

<<Report: I did not sense hostile intent from him>> Ciel confirmed Shidou's words.

After thinking for a bit, Rimuru releases him and takes a step back to keep his distance.

"I'll believe you. But what about those devices, the earpiece, the drone, and the ship that you're communicating with."

After Rimuru's words, Shidou's face became tenser.

Rimuru could see sweat pouring from his face. And clearly, he was nervous.

After a while, he opened his mouth to speak.

"These are from the Ratatoskr organization."

"Ratatoskr?"

"<Ratatoskr> is an organization that was established to save spirit"

Shidou said, looking at Rimuru with expectant eyes, waiting for a response. 

"'Save'?"

Rimuru asked, and Shidou just nodded slightly and continued speaking.

"We save the spirits by sealing their spiritual energy and giving them a normal life."

'normal life'

<I don't need that right now.

What I needed right now was to find a way to defeat Phantom and return safely.>

With such a thought, Rimuru just looked at Shidou and said,

"I don't need it."

Rimuru's words seemed to surprise him.

"Why?"

"I have more important things to do."

"Is it more important? than being chased by the AST?"

Shidou kept asking, and it started to get on Rimuru's nerves.

With a stern voice, Rimuru replied.

"Yes."

"What is it----" Shidou asked with a surprised expression.

However, just as Shidou finished his sentence, Rimuru suddenly heard Ciel's voice announcing

<<Report: The group of people from earlier are now approaching you, master,>>

After Ciel's announcement, Shidou also spoke up.

"Hey, it's dangerous here, how about---"

However, before Shidou finished speaking, Rimuru interrupted his words.

"It's okay, I can take care of them, and you should get out of here."

"No way! I'm not gonna---" Shidou outright refuses to do what Rimuru tells him to do.

But, before he could finish his sentence, Rimuru interrupted him.

"What a hard-headed."

Rimuru sighed and said to Ciel.

<<Hey Ciel, teleport that guy to a safe place for me>>

<<Yes Master>>

After Ciel's words, Shidou disappeared from Rimuru's view.

Just at that moment, the white-haired girl who had fought him earlier arrived and was flying above, along with another person who seemed to be the captain.

The white-haired girl at this time was carrying a mini rocket launcher on her body.

"Oh, we've met again."

"Tch! Die, you monster," the white-haired girl said as she launched a barrage of rockets at Rimuru.

But just as he was about to dodge that volley of rockets, Rimuru's surroundings suddenly shook and---

By the time Rimuru realized it, he had already returned to the neighboring world.

But for some reason... he couldn't move.

Or rather, Rimuru's body was unconscious, and he could only observe his surroundings with universal perception.

<<Ciel! What is this?>>

But before getting Ciel's answer, Rimuru noticed someone else's presence here.

<...Phantom>

Rimuru immediately understood that it was Phantom who brought him here. And Ciel must have put his body to sleep to prevent Phantom from realizing that Rimuru was unaffected by her strength.

Phantom was using the noise layer to conceal her appearance in front of him.

She stepped forward and looked at Rimuru with a look that seemed a bit skeptical and hesitant.

But after a while, she just... walked away.

<<Hey Ciel, was it your fault that I couldn't use any skills when I fought Phantom?>>

<<Yes Master>>

<< Why? If I had enough strength, I could have defeated her>>

<<Report: According to my calculation, the chance of you defeating her will be very low when a certain amount of nihilistic destruction is spent on the move>>

<<...is that true...... >>

<<Yes Master>>

After saying that, Ciel and Rimuru fell into silence again.

<<What can we do now?>> Rimuru asked.

<<I can analyze this world to find a way to get back to the other world.>>

<<Great, leave it to you!>>

And so he waited.

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<<Is there anything to do here, Ciel>> said Rimuru as he was tired of waiting.

<<Not, for now, Master>>

Rimuru pondered once more.

According to Ciel, he should not be conscious in this world to avoid phantom thought that Rimuru is not weak.

But if he couldn't move, there was nothing Rimuru could do but wait for Ciel.

<<Can you put me to sleep for a while, Wake me up when there is something>>

<<Yes Master>>

After Ciel's words, Rimuru's consciousness began to fade and fell asleep.

------Shidou POV------

This morning, while in class with his friends, Shidou suddenly heard the alarm of an incoming space quake.

The whole class moved to the shelter together, and he had to follow, and Tama-chan-sensei seems to be the one panicking the most.

After going down to the shelter, some students in the next class suddenly became panicked, causing chaos in the hallway.

Shidou knew that it must be the staff of Ratatoskr who were distracting everyone to let him leave.

He quickly took advantage of the chaos, told Tohka to stay with the class, and immediately went to investigate the space quake.

Immediately after getting out of the shelter, Shidou took the communication device and put it in his ear. Right after that, Kotori contacted him.

<<-Can you hear me? Shidou>> Kotori's voice came out clearly, right next to Shidou's ear.

"......Yeah, I can hear you."

<<Good, I'll send you the coordinates to you. Go to that place and do not get too close. Good luck.>>

"Understood," Shidou said.

His heart was beating fast, but there was no way he was going to run away.

With that thought in mind, Shidou started to go to where Kotori told them.

After a while, he finally approached the location.

The scene in front of him now was nothing but a huge crater.

The buildings and roads that used to be there have disappeared without a trace.

Everything had completely disappeared.

But when Shidou looks at the center of the crater.

He noticed a young girl, perhaps 15 or 16 years old, with long silver hair. Her outfit is mostly white, which gives her a divine beauty despite the destruction around her.

Today is a cloudy day, and the surrounding landscape also appears darker than usual.

In the middle of that space, the girl just stood in the middle of the place where the space quake happened and slowly opened her eyes.

Her eyes glowed with a distinctly bright golden color, which he could see even from a distance, and he wanted to get closer to the girl, but---

<<Shidou, quickly get out of there. We're late, the AST is already here.>>

"But...." Shidou wanted to protest but was cut off by Kotori.

<<We currently lack information about that spirit, we won't know how the battle between her and the AST will unfold, so let's leave quickly>> Kotori gave a quick explanation.

But before he could agree or disagree with Kotori's decision...
*BOOM!!!

A resounding explosion that could be heard clearly from the girl's position just now made him immediately look at that place with a worried expression.
The place where the girl was standing just now was covered in a thick cloud of dust and bullets started to rain down from the AST group.

But amid that rain of bullets, a faint silhouette quickly shot up from the ground and stopped in mid-air.

Even though he couldn't see from this distance, Shidou was able to guess that it was the girl.

<<Shidou! Get out of there quickly!>> Kotori's voice resounded, causing Shidou to immediately return to reality.

"U... um"

Shidou stood from afar and looked back at the girl with hesitation, but after a moment, he still had to leave.

When he went far enough, he looked at the place just now.

That girl is still there.... and is fighting the AST.

Their battle was so fast that Shidou's eyes were having trouble seeing.

The girl easily dodged all the attacks from the AST and fought Origami directly.

Sounds of explosions reached his place.

But then Shidou saw the girl suddenly stop.

Her lips muttered something...

And then her whole body emitted a dazzling light that made Shidou narrow his eyes.

That light gradually softened and gathered the sword she was holding in her hand.

After a while, she swung her sword in a vertical line and...

*BOOM!!!
A loud explosion occurred, followed by a blinding flash of light.

Even though Shidou didn't look directly at the light, the light and explosion caused him to be temporarily deaf and blind.

He took a few steps back, stumbled, and fell to the ground as a result of losing his balance.

His vision was covered with white light for a while due to being blinded.

In his ears right now, there is always a loud, annoying ringing sound.

And then, a slight warm feeling from the healing fire gradually spread throughout his body, proving that just the light from that attack was enough to cause heavy damage to his body.

As Shidou's hearing and vision gradually returned.

That white light in his eyes gradually softened and disappeared.

He slowly opened his eyes and-----

The landscape in front of him was now more destroyed than before.

The city that once existed disappeared in an instant in a long straight line.

When Shidou's ears were able to hear a little bit more, Shidou heard Kotori's voice.

<<Onii-chan! Quickly get out of there now! Did you hear that!>>

"I--I'll leave immediately."

Saying that Shidou tried to stand up unsteadily.

But before he left, he turned around to look at the place where the battle had taken place earlier.
His limbs were still shaking.

That spirit girl remained in the same spot while all the AST members were defeated.
He looked at the scene before him with fear.

He didn't know if he would be able to recover if he got hit directly by such a devastating attack.

Shidou immediately turned his back and started to run away, not daring to look back on that side of the battle.

While he was running, he heard another loud bang, but he didn't dare to look back.

But then he heard Kotori's voice through the earpiece.

<<She disappeared!? Quickly search to see if she's gone>>

Shidou, who heard that, immediately stopped and turned his head to look at the area of the battle just now.

He could see some AST figures stumbling to their feet, some helping others to get up.

Looking at people who are injured, the destroyed landscape makes Shidou think about that girl... about how scary she was.

<<Found her! It looks like she's hiding. Alright, Shidou, go back to the ship. We'll try to talk to her after we have more information>>

But instead of following Kotori's orders, Shidou spoke up.

"Please send me to her location! I'll  talk to her"

He remembered seeing the surviving members of the AST earlier.

With that power, she could easily destroy the entire AST team if she wanted to, but she chose not to.

And that was the only reason why Shidou still believed in that girl... She wasn't here to fight, but she has to.

<<No, that's too dangerous. Didn't you see that attack earlier? What if she attacks you with it?>> Kotori

"But didn't you see that she didn't kill anyone?"

Hearing Shidou's words, Kotori was silent for a bit and then asked Reine.

<<Reine how many people died from those two attacks>>

<<No one, not even any AST members, was killed>>

After Reine's report, Kotori was silent for a while and then spoke.

<<All right, I'll teleport you there... Remember, not to do anything foolish>>

"Thank you" Shidou hastily said.

After that, Kotori teleport him to the nearest place they could to the location of that girl.

When he got there, he saw the figure of the spirit girl.

Her blue hair stretched down to her back, and it looked like she was trying to calm herself.

Not wanting to surprise her, Shidou spoke softly.
"Ah... um... hey---!"

But before he could say anything more than that, the girl disappeared and appeared right in front of him with the tip of her sword close to his face.

Her long blue hair covered part of her face, and a murderous aura could be felt from her.
Her golden eyes now looked like those of a predator.
Sharp and alert.

<<Onii-chan!>> Kotori also seemed to be surprised by this action of the girl.

After that came Reine's voice.

<<Spirits are very alert to their surroundings, you should talk to her and calm her down, Shin>> Reine said in her usual calm voice.

Hearing Reine's words, Shidou quickly knew what to do.

"Wait--- I don't have any bad intentions.... please calm down...." Shidou said, his voice trembling, and he had forgotten that he should wait for Ratatoskr to tell him what to do.

Even if he knew what to do, having his sword pointed at him still scared him.

"Who are you, what have you come here for?" The spirit girl kept a cold voice and spoke.

"M-My name is Itsuka Shidou, I came here just to help you and didn't mean anything bad."

Hearing Shidou's explanation, the spirit girl in front of her suddenly had a complicated expression.

She then looked at Shidou once more, as if to judge him.

She finally lowered the blade from Shidou's face.

"I'll believe you. But what about those devices? What about the earpiece, the drones, and the ship?" The girl said and that shocked both him and the entire Fraxinus crew.

<<We were too uninformed about her power when we approached her, this is not good for us>> Kotori said, sounding annoyed.

<<Shidou, explain to her about us>>

After being ordered by Kotori, Shidou slowly opened his mouth and said,

"These are from the <Ratatoskr> organization."

"<Ratatoskr>?" The spirit girl repeated Shidou's words with a puzzled expression.

"<Ratatoskr> is an organization that was established to save spirits" Shidou tried to explain as concisely as possible.

Shidou said, looking at the spirit girl with expectant eyes, waiting for a response.

"'Save'?"

She asked, and Shidou just nodded and continued talking.

"That's right, we save the spirits by sealing their spiritual energy and giving them a normal life."

Shidou explained and then waited for her response. After a while, she spoke up.

"I don't need it" Her words surprised Shidou.

"Why?"

"Because I have more important things to do."

"Is it more important than being chased by the AST?"

"Correct," She said in another sentence.

Her words surprised him more and more, and Shidou couldn't help but ask.

"What is it----"

However, when Shidou finished his sentence, he heard Kotori's voice.

<<Shidou The AST is approaching. Take her away from there immediately.>>

After Kotori's announcement, Shidou spoke up.

"Hey, it's dangerous here, how about---"

However, before he finished speaking, the girl interrupted Shidou's words.

"It's okay, I can take care of them, and you should get out of here."

He was surprised that the girl in front of him seemed to have discovered the AST group as well. But that doesn't matter.
"No way! I'm not gonna---"

Once again, before Shidou finished his sentence, he heard a voice coming from the girl.

"What a hard-headed."

After that sentence,

Suddenly, the place where he stood right now was not a small alley anymore.

And he was in.....

In the control room of <Fraxinus>.

All of the crew members' presents looked at him in surprise.

Even Kotori is like that...

All eyes were looking at him with surprise.

---END CHAP 2---