"Hahaha, I shouldn't have been so curious and watched from the sidelines."
With that, Sarah adjusted her position. It was definitely too late for her to escape the area at her current speed.
So, she needed to find a good angle; perhaps she could still survive.
Soon, there was a loud boom.
The buildings surrounding Sarah all collapsed onto her, quickly turning into a pile of ruins.
...Meanwhile, on Hoshimi Aya's side.
After confirming that the people over there were crushed under the abandoned structures.
Hoshimi Aya once again focused her gaze on the giant special mechanical body attacking her.
After creating some distance, Hoshimi Aya held her blade horizontally before her, her eyes fixed on the vastly superior mechanical body.
The next second, Hoshimi Aya's figure vanished from her original spot and reappeared behind the special mechanical body.
An X-shaped blade light appeared in the center of the special mechanical body, directly splitting its upper and lower halves apart, causing it to slump powerlessly to the ground.
Subsequently, ether energy floated out of the fallen mechanical body and dissipated into the air.
The Hollow also stopped expanding and even showed signs of slowly shrinking.
However, the out-of-control Hoshimi Aya did not notice this and continued to search for targets aimlessly.
At the same time, Hoshimi Miyabi and the others, led by the rebel, were approaching the area Hoshimi Aya had passed through earlier.
"Hey, are you really leading us properly?"
"If we find out you aren't leading us correctly..."
"You know what methods we have."
Nekomata threatened, though she looked fiercely cute, completely lacking any sense of menace.
However, the rebel did not relax their vigilance because of this and continued to flatter, "Almost there, almost there! Officer Sarah is just up ahead, not far now."
Seeing this, the rebel sped up their pace and ran toward the location their companion had reported.
Hoshimi Miyabi and the others followed immediately without a second thought.
Soon, Fairy detected that something was wrong.
"Master, according to our current route..."
"We will collide with the out-of-control Miss Ya in three minutes."
"Do you require me to alter our forward path?"
Fairy spoke up to remind them.
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately stopped and looked at the rebel with questioning eyes.
"Aha! I knew agreeing so readily meant you weren't up to anything good!"
"So you planned to have us run into the out-of-control Aya so that you could use our entanglement as an opportunity to escape!"
Saying this, Nekomata unceremoniously punched the rebel in the abdomen.
The others did not stop this action when they saw it.
"This is bad, it's Aya!"
Nicole was the first to spot Hoshimi Aya's tracks, pointing toward Hoshimi Aya, who was staring at them not far away, and exclaimed in alarm.
Fairy had said they would encounter Hoshimi Aya in 3 minutes, but their group hadn't been moving very fast.
Since the distance wasn't great and their group had a relatively large number of people, Hoshimi Aya naturally discovered Hoshimi Miyabi's party.
"Everyone, fall back!"
"Aya seems wrong!"
Hoshimi Miyabi blocked in front of everyone, looking at Hoshimi Aya with a serious expression.
"How could she not be wrong when she's out of control?!"
Nicole hid behind Hoshimi Miyabi.
"A prompt: the out-of-control Miss Ya does not seem to have her scabbard nearby."
"Based on past judgment, the scabbard seems to have a certain suppressive effect on the Nine-Tails."
Fairy stated the results of her inspection.
"...Leave this to me."
"You all go find Aya's scabbard."
Saying that, Hoshimi Miyabi placed her hand on her sword hilt, staring unblinkingly at Hoshimi Aya.
The next second, the two charged simultaneously, rushing toward each other.
Although there was a distance of over a hundred meters between them, their blades clashed in an instant.
Blue flames and black flames confronted each other directly, neither yielding to the other.
"Again!"
Hoshimi Aya revealed a strange smile, knocked Hoshimi Miyabi away, and then pursued her.
The two exchanged blows back and forth, and the surrounding structures gradually began to be flattened centered around the location where the two were fighting, due to the rampant blade light.
"Nine-Tails, your technique is still so rigid."
Hoshimi Miyabi commented after exchanging a dozen moves.
If her technique improved, perhaps she would no longer be weaker than her.
Hearing Hoshimi Miyabi's words, the smile on Hoshimi Aya's face widened, and her movements became even fiercer.
Seeing this, Hoshimi Miyabi also became more serious, as sparring with an opponent of this caliber was not a frequent occurrence.
Moreover, wasn't this also a form of training?
Gradually, the two became engrossed in their duel.
The terrain was continuously altered by the residual shockwaves generated by their battle.
After an unknown amount of time, Rei's group retrieved Hoshimi Aya's scabbard from the previous base.
"Damn, can humans really cause this much destruction?"
Billy exclaimed in shock.
"It's normal. It's normal for two Void Hunter Level individuals fighting to produce this kind of residual impact."
"But what should we do now?"
Tsukishiro Yanagi looked at the two figures, one black and one blue, rapidly overlapping not far away, and asked for guidance.
In this situation, it was impossible to rashly intervene.
"I don't know."
"I also don't know what to do."
"My brother and I have never dealt with Aya being out of control before."
"All this time, Aya has always resolved it herself."
"Alternatively, we wait until the energy within Aya is depleted."
"Then Aya will naturally exit the uncontrolled state."
Rei shook her head; they didn't have a standard procedure for such matters.
"Then what do we do?"
"Are we supposed to wait until they finish fighting?"
"How long will that take?"
Nicole looked at the two figures, one black and one blue, in the distance, seeing that neither showed any sign of stopping, and complained.
"Perhaps there is another way."
"In any case, let's first try to wake Aya up through verbal means."
Tsukishiro Yanagi thought, as methods for dealing with loss of control varied from person to person.
In the current situation, they could only try things one by one.
"Fine, I'll try."
"But it might not be of any use."
With that, Rei began adjusting Eous's audio settings, tuning it to maximum volume.
"Aya, can you hear me?!!"
Rei's voice spread across the entire area, and the two figures, one black and one blue, actually paused because of it.
Mainly, Hoshimi Aya's body stiffened and stopped, and Hoshimi Miyabi stopped along with her.
"Great, it worked!"
Rei exclaimed excitedly.
Seeing the fighting stop, the others moved closer to the two figures.
The black flames that were intensely blazing on Hoshimi Aya's body began to gradually dim.
This was why the others dared to approach.
It was clear that Hoshimi Aya was beginning to exit her uncontrolled state.
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