Chapter 8 - The Perfect Man (1/3)

"Pervert!"

Mutsuki could hardly argue with her. A merciless punch from an angel with top class combat skills sent him flying and his back slammed into the bedroom wall.

"You…pervert! I let my guard down for a second and you cover my face in…in… ~~You perv!"

"I never actually told you to suck it."

"—————"

"Sorry."

If he argued back, his life might really be in danger. Sensing that in Ange's eyes, he sat down and bowed over and over.

After his sixth ejaculation, she had snapped and their trancelike state had left them. The two girls were wiping off what covered their faces and Machina was fixing her clothing.

"Oh, honestly! Why do I have to protect you of all people?"

An odd scent lingered in her mouth, so Ange continued shouting in anger.

"C'mon, you say something too."

After scrubbing her face with a wet tissue until it grew red, she turned to the other victim.

But Machina showed no concern as she gently wiped off the stickiness and calmly buttoned up her uniform and adjusted the ribbon.

When Ange saw how unconcerned the girl was, she must have remembered who it was who had gotten the other girl wrapped up in this in this because she stopped arguing.

"W-well, sorry this got so weird. You can leave now. Thanks for bringing us the printout."

She gave a slapdash show of appreciation and turned her back.

Machina nodded and looked to Mutsuki for just a few seconds.

She immediately looked away once he raised his head and started to leave the room.

"Ah, I-Ibekusa-san, wait."

Thinking letting her leave now would make him an awful person, he frantically called after her.

But when she looked back his way, he was unsure whether he should continue speaking or not.

"Um, it's pouring outside, so let me call a taxi."

"I have…an umbrella."

"An umbrella won't help when it's pouring this hard. Um, where do you live?"

He asked a perfectly harmless question.

However, that was enough for Ange to drop the tissue in her hand.

First, her eyes widened in surprise, but then they sharpened.

She grabbed Mutsuki by the back of the neck, pulled him over, and threw him onto the bed. She then stood in front of the confused boy.

"You're Ibekusa Machina, right?"

"Yes."

"How did you know about this place?"

She grabbed the pendant on the desk.

"The school was only given a fake address, so how did you get here?"

"…"

Ange's question was low and sharp. Machina's expression did not change, but her skin visibly tensed for just a moment.

That was enough to confirm Ange's suspicions.

"It was that pin, wasn't it?"

Mutsuki's mind had yet to catch up, but the clear angel gave her conclusion and pulled the boy from the room.

"~~~!?"

"Lithography: excellent."

The living room had completely changed from the one he had lived in for three weeks.

The TV, audio system, refrigerator, and all of the electronics they had bought to fill out the room had vanished.

The table, sofa, and other furniture had been crushed into rubble. And in that empty living room, something stood atop the bisected sofa.

"Resuming capture of angel…positive."

It almost looked like the previous spider, but this mechanical soldier's shell was even more offense-oriented. Its joints creaked as it faced them.

The belly was made from a series of joints below the head and chest. The giant joint-legged animal even had a long needle attached to its tail. This steel scorpion had devoured all of the mechanical devices in the living room and swept the furniture out of the way with its giant tail.

Finally, Mutsuki understood. That one remaining pin had become a Springloaded using the machine-consuming power that could devour everything from a cellphone to a large truck.

"Beginning capture!"

"Gh!"

The scorpion Springloaded leaped at them. The girl shoved Mutsuki out of the way and used her large sword as a shield. She fought the machine's great weight with just one slender arm.

"Run away, Mutsuki! I'll hold this thing back, so you escape from that girl!"

He looked at Machina who had left the bedroom.

"Escape? From Ibekusa-san? Why?"

"She's with FeTUS! She found this apartment using the beacon in that pin!"

"~~~!"

Mutsuki faced her in stunned disbelief.

Machina was as expressionless as ever.

She was not at all surprised at the half-destroyed living room or the moving scorpion machine.

With a sound that shook the entire apartment building, the living room's window exploded.

Ange was thrown outside into the rain.

"Why you…! Corona!!"

A thin film of blue flame instantly enveloped her. The raindrops were large enough to see their droplet shape, but they were vaporized as soon as they fell around her.

She used that air pressure as footing and returned to the balcony, but…

"Movement range: excellent. Anti-angel tools: prepared. Capture: possible."

"Kwah!"

With eight legs identical to the spider's, the Springloaded clung to the outside wall and charged forward before she could balance herself. The giant scorpion-like tail swung like a whip.

Ange somehow managed to catch the attack on her sword, but even with her great power, she lacked body weight. She was blown away.

"Kh…"

"Equal or superior power confirmed. Capture: possible. Capture: possible!"

"Shut up!"

The girl clung to the wall and swung her sword, but the mechanical scorpion's many legs gave it more chances to attack and a swing of its tail was enough to easily knock the girl away.

Unlike the spider Springloaded, this type kept pushing and pushing with its power.

"Ahh! God, you're annoying!"

"Ange, are you okay!?"

Mutsuki ran out onto the balcony and shouted her way.

Ange and the machine used the apartment wall as footing as they clashed. Even to an amateur, it was obvious the girl was being pushed back.

"If you're nothing but brute force, I just have to fight smarter not harder! Prominence – Loop!"

She split her giant sword in two and switched to her two-sword style.

Blue flames blazed along the back of the swords. At the same time, the flames erupting from her back grew more intense. The deep blue wings seemed to manifest as physical objects. The raindrops around her were vaporized, creating an explosive blast of heat that reached Mutsuki on the balcony.

"Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!"

The weight did not hold her back as she ran forward. She raced along the outer wall and charged toward the mass of machinery fast enough that Mutsuki could barely see her beyond the curtain of steam.

Once she was in range, she rotated with her arms spread wide. The girl became a top that sliced through everything in the vicinity. She even deflected the extended tail once she touched it and the Springloaded noticeably faltered.

There was no avoiding her attack at this range, but…

"Target within capture range. Firing net…positive."

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