"Alright, let's start the mission, Reine," Kotori commanded with a dignified air, waving her arm.
"Understood, Commander," Murasame Reine nodded seriously, then stood up, walked to a nearby computer, and turned on the monitor.
"This is..."
Both Arthas and Itsuka Shiori were stunned. The screen displayed the words 'Ratatoskr' designed in a cute style.
Then, accompanied by popular music, beautiful girls with brightly colored hair appeared on the screen in order, with the title 'Let's Fall in Love MY·LITTLE·' displayed above.
"This, this is..."
"Yes. A dating training game."
"Huh? A bishoujo game?!"
"That's right. And it's a game specially made by our 'Ratatoskr'. It's completely different from those simple games!"
"That's not the point..." Arthas's mouth twitched.
"Well, don't say that. This is just the first stage of training. Oh, and don't worry about the content. By the way, this thing is rated 15+."
Kotori ignored Arthas's comment and said this.
"I'll leave it to you. I have something to do."
Arthas left without looking back and pushed Itsuka Shiori forward.
"Eh? Why do I have to play something like this?"
"Well, I can't say anything about Arthas, but there's no way I'll let you escape, sister!"
Seeing Arthas run away, Kotori naturally wouldn't let Itsuka Shiori, who was still stunned, go. Immediately, ignoring her resistance and screams, she directly pushed her in front of the computer.
"I was kind of looking forward to it... but is it just kids messing around?"
Remembering what Kotori Itsuka had said not long ago, Arthas shook his head helplessly. He had actually taken it seriously not long ago.
However, talking with Spirits does seem to have a certain effect. At that time, it seemed that it was because of him that Tohka was able to stay in this world for so long, right?
Just as Arthas was thinking this and walking out of the hallway, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him.
It was a girl with beautiful silver-white short hair and a delicate face. Arthas naturally remembered her; the girl's name was Yatogami Tohka.
Not only that, but Arthas also knew her other identity: a member of the AST, an organization against Spirits, which advocates using force to eliminate Spirits.
"Um... is there something you need, Origami Tobiichi?"
Origami Tobiichi didn't answer Arthas, just continued to stare at him coldly, making his scalp tingle slightly.
Just as Arthas was about to say something, suddenly, without warning, an alarm sounded around them.
Almost at the same time, Origami tilted her head slightly.
"Emergency, goodbye."
After saying that, she turned and ran down the hallway.
"Huh...?"
Arthas had a look of bewildered amusement on his face. What exactly was going on? She didn't say a word and just left inexplicably. He didn't remember offending this girl.
But are we finally going to meet again, Tohka?
The surrounding alarm continued to blare, and involuntarily, the girl's soft and cute figure floated before Arthas's eyes.
I feel a little impatient to see you, thinking this, and then, he heard Kotori Itsuka's voice from the earpiece.
"Arthas, it's a spacequake. Move to the 'Fraxinus' for now. Return."
"Understood," Arthas replied softly.
The time was 17:20.
Avoiding the eyes of the students who had begun to evacuate, the four of them moved to the 'Fraxinus' floating in the sky above the streets, directing their gaze to the bridge screen displaying various information.
Kotori and Reine, who had changed into military uniforms, exchanged conversations from time to time and nodded meaningfully.
And on the screens on both sides were familiar images, the bishoujo dating game that Kotori had shown the two of them not long ago.
Kotori, who was sitting in the captain's seat, licking a lollipop while exchanging conversations with the crew, slightly raised the corner of her mouth.
"Arthas and big sister, it looks like you're going to have to start working ahead of schedule."
"A direct, face-to-face encounter with the Spirit?"
Itsuka Shiori said this, and Kotori nodded lightly, also giving the two a small scare.
"That's right, try not to die!"
"Eh... Is it that dangerous? Arthas has already been with that Spirit before, right? So that should mean that the Spirit isn't very aggressive, right?"
"Well, that's what they say, but you also know that's Arthas. Who knows what the Spirit's attitude will be towards you?"
While saying this, Kotori snapped her fingers. In response, the previously abstract lines on the screen turned into a clear picture.
The scene that appeared before everyone's eyes was the original school, but now the campus had turned into ruins.
A shallow bowl-shaped depression had been dug out of the schoolyard, and parts of the roads and negotiations in that area had been neatly shaved off, just like the scene in the city the other day.
"We're really lucky. Because the Spirit hid in the collapsed school building, the AST members are temporarily afraid to attack, so there's a delicate stalemate." Looking at the scene before her, Kotori analyzed seriously.
"Such a lucky situation is rare. Now it's up to you two. You have to make contact with the Spirit quickly without the AST interfering, and don't let them launch an attack."
Kotori said, waving the lollipop in her hand again.
"Well then, let's go, you two. Mission start, transfer!" After being taken to the special transfer facility, Arthas and Itsuka Shiori disappeared from the bridge.
At this moment, it was already sunset, and the ruins of the original school building before their eyes looked particularly desolate and tragic under the setting sun.
This used to be the best school in Tengu City, but unfortunately, it was still so powerless in the face of the spacequake, turning into a sad ruin as if it were a joke.
Itsuka Shiori sighed with some emotion, then together with Arthas, slowly stepped into the school building along the dilapidated stairs.
"Hurry up. The navigation has already been given to you. The Spirit's reaction is on the third floor above the stairs, the fourth classroom from the front."
Itsuka Kotori's voice rang out in their ears.
"Understood."
Itsuka Shiori nodded, looking somewhat nervous, while Arthas was already eager to see Tohka.
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