Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu (WN)
Chapter V.28: Scratched Operations Conference
"Wait, let's calm down. First of all, we're going to sort out the information we have. Ready?"
After hearing what was communicated full by Ferris, the limits of the tolerance of Subaru's information finally become suspicious.
To Subaru, who raises his hand and proposes, both Ferris and Ricard will pull their jaws, and will organize and share information, including the broadcast now.
"Change places...... is it tough because there are a lot of injured people"
"Yeah. I've already handled the first aid for most people, so people who change suddenly don't have to."
Prioritizing Ferris' willingness to be highly professionally conscious, the discussion begins without changing the place. The first thing Subaru cared about was this field hospital.
For minimum lighting, hiatus and cold stone ground. Due to its unique sense of air, Subaru decides that this place is close to underground - department stores and other parking lots.
"Where the hell is this shelter? Must be Pristella, huh?
"Make a mistake at the shelter. You remember this morning's magic machine broadcast, right? This Pristella is structurally concerned about water damage in the event of waterway problems, so shelters are set up in various parts of the city. This is also one of the most street-based shelters."
"It's close to the square where my brothers flipped. After that first broadcast, Wye found your brothers with the safe evacuees and brought them here. Oh no!
Take over Ferris' words, Ricard slaps on the thick chest plate and answers aloud. Ferris glanced sideways at a recard that would not lower his voice no matter how many times he was noticed,
"It was full of injuries, but you were lucky Ferri was here, sir. Even if you can carry an injured man, you can't treat him."
"Shit! I'm glad Wye's having a bad aftertaste, too! haha!
Ricard, who opens his mouth lavishly and laughs, hasn't forgotten his usual attitude in this situation. I don't know if it's a place full of wounded people, but just because there's one person who doesn't have a serious face, there's some part of me that feels saved.
"So, that's why Subaru was falling..."
"Oh. There's a Bishop of the Great Crimes out in the square. Those are the two of us, Greed and Wrath. It was' greed 'that decided my leg, and this guy took Emilia.... It's just not' greed 'that hurt the legs of the people around you. The power of Anger."
"What do you mean?
"The Bishop of the Great Sin of 'Anger'... it's hard to explain, but he had the power to make someone feel the same wounds and feelings as they did to other humans"
Subaru, who manages to chew up Sirius' powers and convey them as he chooses words. Ricard tilted his neck at the words, but Ferris changed his complexion instantly realizing the danger.
He looks at the wounded, then at the bandage on Subaru's right leg,
"Oh well.... That's why Subaru and the others' scars are too similar. I thought it was too bad a hobby to scratch just like that... maybe that would have been better."
"... oh"
If your personality is just crooked, you can talk about it just because of your physiological disgust. But in Sirius' case, his character is bent over his power is troublesome.
The more difficult it is to convey the content, the more Subaru dislikes it.
"And 'greed' is a pain in the ass."
"Ugh, I mean it, Ferri, he said he wanted to hear the bad stuff already"
"Sorry, but I can't. - The 'Greed' bastard is the owner of the power to disable the attack, though I don't know Karakuri. Zero damage, be it flaming, whipping, or beating. Besides, I might be able to apply it not only to myself, but to the person I'm touching."
In the arms of the Leggles, the unconscious Emilia should have been defenseless. He should have been under Sirius' flaming attacks and such in that state, but Leggles protected himself as well as Emilia from such a situation. The result would be more correct in making Emilia invincible too with that inexplicable ability than the Regulus struggled.
However, in that case, it would be outrageous.
"The one who propagates wounds to others and the invincible one... is done"
"The previous Bishop of the Great Crimes...... the guy from Petergius was a force that could handle many invisible arms. I thought it was pretty good, but by the nature of it, it's definitely up there."
In the first place, Petergius' powers of surprise had no effect on Subaru.
I have a strong impression that for Subaru Petergius was just a lunatic, forgetting the crown of Bishop of the Great Crimes, than Petergius' ability as Bishop of the Great Crimes did not work.
This would be the first time we have fought the Bishop of the Great Crimes in the true sense of the word.
"As for naming the Bishop of the Great Crimes in the same way... you can assume that the 'lust' on the earlier broadcast is also a nuisance close to it"
"It sucks... even though there could be five Bishops of the Great Crimes"
"... five?
In front of the lip biting Subaru, Ferris mouths a bad feeling beyond that imagination.
What brought me to that idea?
to Svalbard rounding his eyes, Ferris stood his finger in exhalation,
"Yikes? Remember that broadcast earlier. At the end of the day, 'lust' said this, right? Control of the city's four waterways and secure its location."
"Oh, yeah, you said it. If they manipulate that waterway, this city will sink to the bottom of the water... so I guess it's a bad idea."
"It's just possible that the witches are occupying... but all three Bishops of the Great Crimes are already in this city, right? This is unprecedented, and the worst I've ever imagined... I have four controls."
"Four..."
Speaking of numbers, Subaru finally understands what Ferris wants to say.
The control hitches controlling the city Pristella's watergate are one east, one west, one north, one west, and four in all. And if you took possession of that control...
"Are you trying to tell me that there is one Bishop of the Great Crimes for each tower...... four Bishops of the Great Crimes secure in four towers!? Even so, there should be four of them..."
"Subaru Kiyun. That was on the air earlier. - The magic apparatus that broadcasts can only be made in the city hall in the heart of the city. The enemy has the central function of a city, occupying five bases."
"-"
Subaru stuck his breath in the desperate imagination of even more.
Ferris is right. Broadcasting that can only be done because you own a city building. Aside from the "lust" of the Bishop of the Great Crimes, two Bishops of the Great Crimes have been identified.
There is no reason anywhere to estimate that this is not a simultaneous attack on an existing witchcraft.
"Other than us in the square... you know, was there a scene? Someone's gonna hurt you."
――――
When I assumed it was a major witchcraft offensive, it's hard to imagine that that square was the only place where there was noise. Praying that the bad imagination would not take shape, Ferris silenced on Subaru, who dared to avoid the expression 'casualties'.
Subaru's mind deviates from the leaning Ferris, but instead it's Ricard who coughed it up.
The dog-faced beast man opens his mouth full of fangs to a subaru stripping his eyes,
"To be honest, I don't know what's going on with Wye. It is also unknown to Wye and others what will happen to the shelter of the extra space. I just can't help wandering around outside."
"Why? Shouldn't we work with other places somehow? Even you should be concerned about your people... yes!
Subaru rushes to see Ferris as he talks to Ricard, who arms him.
The indissolubility of not seeing anyone but Ferris and Ricard in this shelter full of injured people. Especially if you have Ferris.
"What about Mr. Krusch and Mr. Wilhelm? It's too rare for those two and you to be together. Aren't you with me in this shelter?
"... because it's hard to ask. As you can see, there are only two facial acquaintances here, Feri and this uncle, Subaru. And then..."
"- You mustn't trouble Master Subaru too much, Ferris."
Subaru's gut hurts from nervousness in Ferris' answer that fuels anxiety. And it was the soft voice that made me feel the strength of my core that solved that sense of urgency.
Jumping his face up to his abruptly sounding voice, Subaru glances around. But no matter where you look, you won't find the Lord of that voice. and
"I'm sorry. Looks like you surprised me the other way around. Ferris, make sure you look like Subaru properly."
"Yes, I don't have to be Master Krush anymore."
"What? Huh?
Ferris exchanges words with the Invisible Lord in front of Subaru, who rounds his eyes. His nostalgia wandered, and when he saw what had been pulled out of it, Subaru's eyes became even more round.
Then, the seeds of this trick came to terms.
"You, that."
"That. One of the loots from a year ago. Bring it in this time, you were right, weren't you?
Holding in Ferris' hand, he says, is a hand mirror the size of which fits in his palm.
At first glance, it's a mirror that looks like nothing strange, but what you see there is a long green-haired, gentle-faced beauty - indisputably, Krush.
Its magic device, called an interactive mirror, is like a different world version of a cell phone that allows you to talk to the owner of a pair of mirrors. A year ago, it helped during a confrontation with witchcraft. That was brought to this city this time, apparently.
In front of Subaru with no voice, Kursch across the mirror frowned slightly,
"Ferris. Isn't Master Subaru in trouble?"
"I'm sorry. But I didn't think I'd hear from you so soon. The explanation is too late. Dialogue mirrors are not universal either."
"Ma, wait. I see what you mean. Enough thanks to the dialogue mirror. Uh, Mr. Krush and the others are contacting us from a different shelter, right?
"Yes."
Subaru sorted out his confusing head as he listened to the Lord's exchange.
If you think the Krush supremacist Ferris is a lot calmer, apparently because he was checking Krush's safety with the power of a dialogue mirror.
For one thing, I'm fortunate to have been able to confirm the safety of Kursch. Subaru gazes over the mirror as Ferris remains in his hand, toward Kursch.
"Good... it's hard to say what the situation is, but I'm lucky to be able to keep in touch with you in this condition. Is Mr. Krusch okay with injuries or something?
"Yes, thank you for your concern. Fortunately, I was never harmed until I fled into the shelter. Master Subaru is the one who heard that he was seriously injured. Are you all right?
"It's perfectly fine, I guess. But I'll do something about it. I can't stay asleep, and I'll move on as soon as the wounds get blocked.... Ferris, don't stare."
Absolute rest, Ferris' harsh gaze pierces Subaru's attempt to ignore the diagnosis in front of him. but bad for him but subaru doesn't say such recklessness without thought. The status quo is so urgent that no matter when or what happens.
Don't fall asleep and make the worst of it.
"As we discuss that later... Mr. Krusch, what's the status of that shelter over there? Who else but Mr. Krusch?
"Yes, you're here..."
"I'm here, Subaru. Fortunately, we were able to get the rest of them out of the inn."
Interrupted from behind Kursch is a graceful voice that can be seen even through the mirror with one voice.
For a moment in the sound of that voice, Subaru stopped thinking, but immediately shook his neck to the side. I don't want to be so stupid that I don't know how comforting he is to be there in the present situation.
"If you'd be there, I'd be a little relieved, Julius."
"I was also worried when I heard that you were unconscious and in charge. You seem to have recovered to such an extent that you are unsure whether to slap your mouth down or not.... Is it true that Master Emilia was exposed?
"... true. Bad. I'm not worthy."
"There are two Bishops of the Great Crimes. I'm not going to be a bad guy enough to blame you for your lack of power. In addition to me and Master Kursch here, Anastasia and a few of them are" Iron Fangs ". Oh, Master Felt's squire is joining us."
An attitude that briefly confirms Emilia's condition and makes no further pursuit.
Julius' care across the mirror seemed gratifying, and it also inspired Subaru's self-blame even more.
Listening to his words afterwards, Subaru confirms this and the shelter injured. I found the face I searched for there,
"I'm over there, tell the two of you with Felt. The other one of your people is hiding over here. He's hurt, but his life is safe."
"Well, that's lucky. They're strong, too, but they looked like they cared. Let me tell you something. - Well, Subaru."
Julius let his voice down when he told Ton and Kang that Latins was safe. The atmosphere of the story changes. When Subaru waited for the word, Julius spoke in a low voice,
"What do we do?
"... Sora again, that's a lot of out-of-the-box talk"
"Remember when you were 'lazy'. If you're witchcraft, I'm hoping you'll be a professional. [M] A moment later, he said he might open up the situation with something I didn't even think he'd do."
"What kind of impotence. No, it's not a witchcraft specialization."
"That's unfortunate, but there's also something about Emilia. Most of all, you must be the one who feels in danger. [M] I want to be frank about what you're going to do."
Julius doesn't look discouraged, even though it's not the answer he wanted. Even from him, you knew Subaru was a witchcraft killer as an expectation close to your dreams.
Rather, I soon found out that the subject was that of those who later brought it.
"... it was' greed 'that took Emilia away. Even now, the chill runs over his self-righteous theory about his hair. You can't keep Emilia for a second."
"Which means that you will receive Emilia's recapture from Greed."
"Naturally.... Did I say take it, now?
Julius flaunts his forehead across the mirror to Subaru, who has taken the lead in momentum. As it was, the knight spread his palms to look Subaru, showing him five fingers.
"Look, Subaru. If you talked to Ferris, I know, but witchcraft occupies five of these Pristella strongholds. If you consider that each has enemies of the Bishop of the Great Crimes class, the allocation of power becomes a very important issue"
"... because the city will sink if the water gate is manipulated in one place?"
"That's the thing. As a condition for us to leave witchcraft, we are required to strike down these five strongholds simultaneously. For once, it will be a judgment based on a scratch of what can be recruited as a force of war from a city official... but you know it's difficult, too, at the moment?
It is harder to assemble the total force in the cities Julius has spoken of than to communicate between shelters everywhere. Originally, the magic apparatus located in the city hall would have been in charge of collectively communicating with the various places.
This time it has fallen into the hands of the enemy up to its city hall, so the shelters are equal to each other in a disjointed state. Each shelter needs to determine and act on the situation.
"By the way, my uncle confirmed it, because he talked about witches being a little around the city. And some of the windy people who lost their sanity are talking to the mob."
"... a witch and a Sirius idiot. Damn, you're getting desperate."
Scratch your head at Ferris' ungrateful supplement and Subaru has no choice but to bite into a situation that gets worse and worse. At the very least, if there's a way to get in touch with all the existing forces...
"The people involved and missing are us, Garfiel and Otto. It doesn't mean Emilia was taken by 'greed' either, it doesn't mean she's gone. That's lame..."
"I have Joshua and then three deputy directors of" Iron Fangs ". Neither Master Wilhelm nor Master Felt or Reinhardt know where he is. The Priscillas..."
"I don't know about Al with him and his fucking middle-aged, but Priscilla would have been in the city park on the streets shortly after the noise. Where did you evacuate from there...... oh, shit. Liliana should have been with us. I guess they're safe."
She must be a girl who doesn't like Priscilla and doesn't even think about whether Liliana is honest or not, but she also has enough feelings in Subaru to want her not to be caught up in the damage.
Lucky and twitchy woman and singing princess of that character, so I think she's safe.
Patrash should have stayed connected to the Water Feather Pavilion, too. It's about her smart, so I don't think she's rambling and catching an extra eye, etc., but the seeds of worry are endless.
When I scratched those anxiety elements, I didn't feel that it lacked realism in realizing five simultaneous raids.
Anything is too reckless. With the current strength, it is also imperative to send one strong person to each of the five locations. Not to mention the other guy is a Bishop of the Great Crimes - because he's nothing but a hopeful observation, such as being able to do it decently one-on-one.
"... wait. In the first place, why do we need to strike down five places at the same time?
"What are you saying? I told you. Wherever a control hitch takes place, it can do a lot of damage to the city. Take away even one of the four..."
"It's not. No, you're right, but you're not. I know I have to get all four of them back. But what does it have to be at the same time? Where is it?"
"If one anomaly is understood, the other three will naturally go into action. That's why they've launched such a big offensive against this city."
Julius tries to make sense of Subaru's hook.
Listening to his words, Subaru wondered whether it was really right. Regardless, it hurts to know that Julius's opinion is correct in reason. I know, but they're not the kind of people that reason works for.
Now, Sirius and Regulus were seriously killing each other in that square.
The damage didn't spread because the Leggles weren't more serious, but Sirius should definitely have been willing to burn the Leggles to death. With Leggles, if Subaru didn't get in the way, it's likely he'd have torn Sirius to pieces.
Are those people really working together to drop this city?
"... aren't they really working together? Of course, I don't talk about manipulating Watergate with control as a threat, but I'm not working as well with the rest of them anyway. I think so."
"I guess there's a rationale, huh?
"In the square, the two Bishops of the Great Crimes were trying to kill each other. I heard there was a new instruction in the Gospel on the way, so I interrupted, but without it, one would have been less."
"It's hard to imagine those people working together..."
To Subaru's answer, but Julius's answer is somewhere sinister. Hopeful observation, I guess I can't throw that line away. I also know Subaru that. It's just...
"Are you checking outside or something?
"I'm putting up an" Iron Fang "lookout here to make sure the control hitch is in a visible position... any thoughts?
"I'm imagining this, if they try to keep in touch on a regular basis, the easiest thing is to launch magic into the sky, right? Control hitchhiking is away from each other, and going to and from each other is a hassle because it's a city you're in. If you try to interact verbally on purpose, you can't help but take the time to not even bring in a dialogue mirror"
"You can see that witchcraft is unlikely to be bringing in a dialogue mirror. If a large number had been brought in, the Spirit would react to the mixed lines of the dialogue mirror. None of my quasi-spirits have captured the signs. - Right, I mean, you know what?"
While answering, Julius seems to have come to the same conclusion as Subaru.
Subaru prefaced with "Oh," and then
"If they're not in regular, understandable contact, there's a good chance they won't take action unless it's a visible noise when one of the places is raided. I can't wake you up because you don't realize it in the first place, but this will reduce the need to disperse your power."
"... there's just one problem with that draft. Only one place, unlike the others, has the means to tell them that they've been attacked."
"- Urban government buildings. Only that building, which can be broadcast with a magic device, can be vocalized to other control seats that there was an attack. So the first thing you have to do is drop it quickly."
The first thing you need to concentrate on and drop is the central city hall. If you can hit an existing force there and get rid of witchcraft, all you have to do is crush the control setup one by one.
Still, it should be a speed battle, but it should be less dangerous than five simultaneous attacks. And I want to believe that.
――――
Beyond the magic vessel, I found Julius silent as he contemplated.
The current proposal from Subaru also merely followed the hopeful observation that 'witchcraft collaboration is rattling' because of the way Regulus and Sirius were reconciled.
If the Gospel's description were to say, "Kill us all amicably," this idea would be overshadowed from the ground up if they were to follow it.
If this is the case on that occasion, if only I could at least hear the Gospel statement -.
"- I'm sorry I'm late to contact you. Now, do you hear voices?
In the midst of heavy silence, another voice broke into that conversation.
The sinister voices over that month seem to rely on more than anything else in this situation right now and Subaru jumps up in the face.
The dialogue mirror clearly showed the face of an old swordsman with gray hair.
"Mr. Wilhelm! Safe!"
"Grandpa Ville! Good. How worried I was because I couldn't reach you!
Not only Subaru, but Ferris also makes him see the person and play his voice. For the first time in that welcome, the gentleman in the mirror, Wilhelm, opened his eyes with a surprised face and then lowered his head gently.
"Excuse me. The situation was in here, too, and I couldn't calm down. Now I'm finally jumping into a nearby shelter with my citizens. Lord Subaru and Ferris were safe and above all. What about Master Krush?
"I'm safe, too. Wilhelm, I'm glad you're okay."
"What a waste of words...... no, as long as I am not at your side in this situation and it is not worthwhile. Please wait there for a moment. I'll definitely pick you up."
"Wow, you feel different..."
Kursch and Wilhelm exchanging words across the mirror. Seeing an overwhelming sense of security in that exchange of subordinates, Subaru sighed at Wilhelm's sawdust.
And while I'm delighted with his safety, I try to renege on earlier exchanges to get him to join me in this situational arrangement.
But...
"There are a number of things I'd like to talk to you about, but let's start with a fire emergency."
The words of the reunion are there, too, and Wilhelm disappears immediately from the front of the hand mirror. And, reflected there on behalf of the old swordsman was a kitten beast man with a monocle on him.
He was Tibby, vice president of "Iron Fang". Apparently he was rendezvous with Wilhelm, too. It's just that that look is always rugged,
"Whoa, Tibby! Safe and above all!
"The captain is the one who's safe and above all.... but we're not safe either. Over there, don't you have a sister?
"Is that Mimi? Don't look, what happened?
I narrow my eyes to Tibby's voice, who is not energetic, to see if Ricard felt something too. From beyond that Tibby, someone broke into the mirror and
"Right, Captain! Your sister! Your sister... Huh!
"Heh, heh, tallow? No, no, no, no. Disturb me!
Jumping into tears was Hetalow, two melons to Tibby. He's a weak-faced boy from time to time, but now he specifically distorts that look to sadness.
tears in his round eyes, the voice-shaking boy took to the hand mirror,
"The influence of" Three Minutes of Protection "is pouring in from your sister! Well, that's the scar... the wound that's flowing is this, sister..."
"Brother, I'm calm.... Captain, as you asked. Your sister got wounded somewhere, and the effects are being passed on to me and your brother. So..."
"- Okay. Okay, so, both of you. Waiting. Soon, Wye will look for Mimi. If I don't cry, I'll wait. Yeah."
As never before, Ricard speaks across the mirror in a quiet voice.
To the serenity of that voice, Subaru shivered his spine, savoring a sense of compression he had never felt before from Ricard.
Anger was in the eyes of the canine faced beast man, and sharp fangs peered out of his loose mouth. A giant body rises with its muscles deflected and grips a giant squeeze in its hand.
As it is, I'm going to go looking for a girl I can't find inside the city.
"- Wait. No, Ricard. We won't allow such a random imitation."
But it was the voice that arrived from the mirror as well that stopped Ricard's foot trying to rush out.
At the end of Ricard's gaze looking back, Anastasia was floating firmly, having been given the place to get the priority of the mirror.
When Ricard wrinkled his nose, he slammed the girl, his employer,
"Don't stop, young lady. There are times when you can hang out with jokes."
"If this sounds like a joke, I can't tell you how long I've been with us, or how I haven't had a big bond, Ricard. I've told you so many times. I'm not allowed to act on my own right now. Even if it's for Mimi."
"You abandon Mimi to Wye, little girl!!
The shelter air is shaken by a large mouthed, angry recard.
I tasted the feeling of shock waves without joking, and Subaru was turning away. A fierce sign of a fierce carnivore emanates from all over his body, and Ricard stares at Anastasia.
But Anastasia cut the glance straight through the mirror.
"You should understand, Ricard. Circumstances don't allow predictions. And you're one of our most important warriors. You can't just walk around on your own."
"Will you tell me? Who are you hanging up on, Ana Fong?
"Do it for granted. You forgot, dog monster."
The two of them inflate the one-touch instant air while calling each other what only the pattern of old knowledge knows. I feel tingling on my skin and Subaru is seriously worried about which one to put on my shoulder. No, I don't have to worry about it.
It's obvious that Anastasia's opinion is more true than seeing fire, even if she wants to shoulder it in a recard emotionally.
And nothing else. Instead of outfield, Anastasia, the party concerned, has made the choice of giving priority to the recapture of the city over Mimi himself.
There's nothing like Subaru pinching his mouth. You know exactly what that means, even on the recard.
――――
As it is, the time for glancing continues.
If you shake it off and Ricard tries to pop up, you can't stop him with the injured Subaru and the non-combatant Ferris. So what was holding him back was one of the Anastasian glances that crossed his gaze over the magic vessel.
But Ricard looks back out of the mirror at the lid.
"Wait, Ricard!
"- Shit. No sooner."
Anastasia raised her voice to that Ricard's behavior, but Ricard's response to her voice, stuffed with cuts, is a quiet one.
He looks back and squeals his nose as he looks towards the entrance and exit of the shelter.
"Something, approaching. What, this... smells like blood?
"The smell of blood...?
They smell a new smell of blood, even among all the wounded.
The vigilance is also revealed, and the entrance and exit are stared at with the bamboo that Ricard has in his hand. Subaru and Ferris also take a hard spit and watch over the judgment of that recard,
"- Huh!"
With stiff footsteps, a shadow rushed into an underground shelter.
For a moment, the injured men who were in shelter in the presence of that intruder were also breathtaking, but the first to break the silence was no other Subaru.
I was standing there because I was a blonde and a small, sighted man.
"Garfiel!?
Garfiel, who was scratching sweat and out of breath.
When he hears Subaru scream and realizes this way, he rushes up in suspicious footsteps. And Subaru realized late.
That the cause of Garfiel fluttering is in his arms.
――――
Garfiel reaches below Subaru as everyone loses their word. As Garfiel collapsed, he lowered his head to clasp Subaru,
"Sorry, Admiral...... ugh! I'm useless! I can't... ugh!
Garfiel shouts sad screams at me for saying so.
In his bloodstained arms was the appearance of Mimi held in a state of imminent death.