Chapter 19
Excited Carmilla

Even though they were both former pilots, Shinjo still couldn't understand the complex emotions in Daigo's heart.

While surveying the city below, he familiarized himself with the attack systems installed on Victory Falcon 1, his voice tinged with anticipation as he said,

“To be honest, I’m kind of hoping some reckless monster or alien will show up right now, and then I, Shinjo, will give them a taste of what our Victory Falcon 1 can do!”

It was unclear if Shinjo had somehow unlocked a similar ability to a jinx.

Right after he finished saying that, Daigo saw a giant fireball suddenly appear below, rapidly hurtling towards them.

“Shinjo, quickly control Victory Falcon 1 to dodge!”

“There’s a fireball, quickly flying towards us!”

Shinjo reacted swiftly, immediately pulling back the control stick and steering Victory Falcon 1 in a beautiful arc to avoid the fireball attack. He didn’t forget to mutter a curse at the same time.

“Damn it!”

“Those reckless bastards really did show up to attack us!”

As they spoke.

Both Daigo and Shinjo saw several large, unidentified creatures flying up from below, their target being the two of them inside Victory Falcon 1.

Without a doubt, these giant creatures were the Kirieloids sent by Carmilla.

“Daigo, immediately relay the message back to headquarters.”

“We need to find a way to draw them away from here. There’s a city below, we can’t fight them here.”

“If not, the people in the city will be in danger!”

Shinjo pulled back the control stick with all his might, pushing Victory Falcon 1 to its limit. He followed the map markers and flew towards a remote, uninhabited mountain in the distance.

Seeing this.

The Kirieloids relentlessly pursued, constantly closing the distance with Victory Falcon 1 in front. They launched numerous fireballs, putting Victory Falcon 1 in repeated danger.

On the other side.

At Imanoe’s home.

As always.

After finishing the lunch Imanoe had brought, Su Yu chatted with her.

However.

Today was a little different from usual.

Normally, only Su Yu and Imanoe were in this home.

But today, there was one more person.

And this person wasn't some uninvited guest, but Imanoe’s close friend: Kashimura Reiko.

That's right.

At lunchtime today, when Kashimura Reiko saw Imanoe walk out of the dining hall carrying a lunch box, she knew Imanoe was on her way to deliver lunch to Su Yu.

Thus, Kashimura Reiko, who was eager to investigate the hidden secrets between Su Yu and Imanoe, would naturally not miss this opportunity. She immediately shamelessly followed.

Imanoe knew her best friend very well.

Though she didn't know Kashimura Reiko's specific intentions, Imanoe could guess that her purpose in following wasn’t simple.

But even knowing that, there was nothing she could do. Kashimura Reiko was shamelessly insistent on following to see, and Imanoe couldn't just drive her best friend away.

So she could only helplessly bring her along. Later, she would just have to remind Su Yu to keep his situation a secret.

At this moment.

Kashimura Reiko sat alone on the sofa, watching Su Yu and Imanoe sit together, chatting happily.

Seeing Imanoe smile so gently at Su Yu, her tone of voice devoid of the decisive and assertive air of a Victory Team captain, as if she were just a friendly older sister.

At this moment.

Suddenly, a peculiar feeling of sadness and loneliness rose from the depths of Kashimura Reiko’s heart.

In this moment.

Kashimura Reiko felt like the distance between her and her best friend Imanoe was stretched infinitely, her best friend no longer belonged to her alone.

She didn't know why, but Kashimura Reiko suddenly had this delusion.

Feeling upset, she wanted to cry!

Kashimura Reiko was slightly stunned, suddenly realizing: “Damn it, I’m supposed to be here to find out the hidden secret between this couple, why am I suddenly feeling sorry for myself? What the hell?”

Moreover, even if Kou惠’s heart had drifted away, she, Kashimura Reiko, could still win Kou惠 back!

“Ahem!”

Thinking of this, Kashimura Reiko deliberately coughed twice, wanting to attract the attention of Su Yu and Imanoe, so she could join in.

Beep beep beep!

Beep beep beep!

Beep beep beep!

Unfortunately, Imanoe’s communicator also emitted an urgent and hurried sound, causing Kashimura Reiko’s words to get stuck in her throat, unable to be spoken.

Imanoe took out her communicator. The gentleness she had displayed while talking to Su Yu disappeared, her expression suddenly turning serious.

“This is Imanoe, what happened?”

The voice of Nozomi, a member of the Victory Team headquarters command center, also reached Su Yu’s ears.

“Captain, Daigo and Shinjo were attacked by unknown aliens during their patrol. The situation is very critical… …”

Crackle, crackle!

On the screen of the communicator, Nozomi's words were cut short. The picture suddenly disappeared, the entire screen turned black, and a piercing noise emerged.

Bang!

Click!

Click!

Click!

The door to the room was suddenly kicked open from the outside. Carmilla, accompanied by a Kirieloid called the Witch, walked in from the outside in broad daylight.

Her seductive and charming face held an excited and cruel smile. She pointed at Imanoe with her finger adorned with purple-black nail polish.

“Imanoe, captain of the TPC Victory Team, but what I hate the most is the fact that you possess a similar power to Yuzare. It’s a similar power aura to Yuzare!”

“But none of that matters.”

“Because from now on, you will serve me!”

Back then.

Three million years ago, Yuzare had repeatedly become an obstacle to Carmilla’s control of the Eternal Nucleus.

And now.

Imanoe, who possessed a similar power to Yuzare, was about to be controlled by her own dark power.

Rounding it off.

Yuzare would become her most loyal servant.

Thinking of this, Carmilla couldn’t help but feel a surge of excitement and joy.

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