Kiana rushed towards the immobile Bronya, and swung the baseball bat fiercely. The air wailed under the swing as Kiana put all her strength into it.
"Successful!"
Because she was about to hit Bronya, Kiana's mouth corners rose, and the pain in her body temporarily subsided a lot.
"You annoying dwarf, you dare throw me!"
"Look, I will let you taste the feeling of pain all over your body!"
Bronya noticed this and looked at the baseball bat coming at her back with terrifying force, without any ripples.
"Kang."
A dull sound rang out in the long, narrow corridor.
The large mechanical hand grasped Kiana's baseball bat, which had enough power to smash a wall.
The passage was made of machinery, and the mechanical creatures, with white and silver as the main colors, floated quietly above Bronya.
Kiana's face changed slightly because of this strange creature that suddenly appeared and blocked her attack.
What the hell?!
Because of this strange creature, Bronya had successfully freed herself from the stalemate with Mei. She then issued a combat order.
"Project Bunny 19c..."
Accompanied by the emotionless and childish voice, the narrow, long mechanical compound eyes of the autonomous combat machine named Project Bunny 19c flashed with red light.
In an instant, a sense of danger surged into Kiana's heart.
Following this feeling, Kiana immediately gave up the handle of the baseball bat in her hand and did a backflip with a clever stance to distance herself from Project Bunny 19c.
"That machine creature gives people a bad feeling..."
Mei, who had come to Kiana's side a moment ago, looked at her with a serious face and then Project Bunny 19c floating in the air as she murmured.
"Well, it's very strong..."
Kiana felt the same as Mei and expressed her feelings about the brief contact just now.
"...It's best not to be attacked by that weird thing; otherwise, it will probably result in serious injury at the least."
The force of the blow she made with all her strength was almost 500 kilograms, but this weird thing caught her swing so easily, so the strength can be imagined.
"Is that so?"
Mei couldn't help but have a headache.
She was only good at close combat, but according to Kiana's statement, close combat with the opponent was obviously a dead end.
The small sword in her hand alone couldn't cut the steel monster, and her weak body couldn't withstand the strange power that Kiana had mentioned.
This compatibility was really bad...
Mei looked at Bronya under Project Bunny again.
This girl is also troublesome.
Although Mei could get the upper hand in close combat, she was afraid she couldn't get close to that mechanical creature.
"Cough..."
Hearing Kiana's cough, Mei glanced sideways and saw Kiana with a pale face.
...Kiana's condition doesn't seem to be very good.
"There's nothing we can do."
Her eyes flashed with helplessness.
This was the enemy's base camp. There was a tricky enemy blocking the way. Kiana's condition was not good. Staying here was definitely not the right choice.
So...
"Let's leave here first, Kiana," Mei approached Kiana and lowered her voice.
"...I know."
With her current low health, even with Mei, Kiana couldn't beat this dwarf. Although Kiana was still a little unwilling to accept this, she also knew that it was the wisest choice.
"Want to escape?"
Seeing the two retreating, Bronya had a blank expression.
Escape was certainly the right choice, but she would not let these two invaders escape just like that!
"Project Bunny 19c."
Bronya decisively gave the order.
"Take down these two."
As soon as the order was given, the mechanical compound eyes of the previously motionless Project Bunny flashed with red light, and it rushed towards Kiana and Mei at an extremely fast speed.
In response, Kiana, who had been prepared, stretched out her hand from her waist and wiped it.
"Shua."
A stream of light accurately hit the Project Bunny, causing the Project Bunny's movement to stop.
This was the special ability of the Artemis' Guardian that Kiana had drawn before.
The Artemis' Guardian that disrupts the target's gravity state.
This time, to be conservative, Kiana brought a Artemis' Guardian.
Because it was an infiltration mission, it was initially useless in order not to attract attention. But now, as the two were escaping from this building. There was no need to worry about being ostentatious.
Seeing that Project Bunny was hit, Kiana followed Mei and rushed directly to the nearest exit of ME Society without hesitation.
The time that Artemis' Guardian could stop the enemy was extremely limited, and the stronger the enemy, the weaker the restraints. They had to use the time when Project Bunny was stuck to escape from this building.
Fortunately, this was not difficult.
As the eldest lady of ME Club, Mei could still find the way to the exit.
With their speed, a few seconds were enough to rush to the door of ME Club without the trouble of direction.
Hmm... the door wasn't open?
So...
"Bang."
Kiana raised the Moon Guardian and shot the glass of the ME Company's door.
No courtesy at all.
It's Mei's family property anyway, so she didn't have to worry about compensation after breaking it.
After escaping from the ME Company building, Mei was relieved.
As long as she escaped from the ME building, she could basically enter public places. If the other party wanted to chase them in such a crowded place, they couldn't make such a big fuss if they didn't want to cause a sensation.
So, if they escaped to a public place, they were basically safe.
Of course, what they didn't know was that after the Project Bunny was restricted, Bronya didn't intend to chase them at all.
Well... it's not that she didn't want to chase.
Just before Project Bunny was released from control, Bronya was still going to chase them.
But Cocolia called and told her not to chase.
Because the experiment wasn't ready yet.
So even if she caught Mei, she would have to be locked up. So, it would be fine if she could catch her, but if it was difficult to catch her, she could just drive her away.
Anyway, when the time was right, Mei, as the third Herrscher, could run away.
But the monk(Mei) could not flee with the temple(Nagazora).
"Bronya understands."
Bronya was still expressionless.
It didn't matter whether she chased or not.
As long as Seele could return to her side in the end, it didn't matter what she did.
For this goal, it didn't matter if she violated her previous oath or helped Cocolia complete a plan that was anti-human and would never be accepted by Seele!
She turned around and prepared to return to the underground research institute of the ME Company.
However, in a moment, a rare fluctuation appeared in Bronya's gray eyes, which contained neither joy nor sadness.
Her gaze went straight to the broken corner of the wall and the dark blue hairpin lying quietly on the ground.
This familiar hairpin... It can't be wrong, absolutely not wrong!
Picking up the hairpin, Bronya recalled the night many years ago when all the children in the orphanage received gifts from Mother Cocolia. This hairpin was the one that Seele liked the most and always wore on her head.
"Why is it here..." Bronya murmured. She remembered that this hairpin should have disappeared with Seele.
Wait...
Bronya suddenly recalled what happened in the battle just now. She smashed the reckless white-haired idiot against the wall, and then...
Bronya instantly tightened the hairpin in her hand, looking in the direction where Kiana and Mei fled, with a hint of danger in her eyes.