Chapter 81: Volume 17 - CH 5

In the Pacific Ocean, there are over a hundred battleships on their way to Japan. They belong to the US Pacific Fleet, which is the forerunner of the Union. A JSDF squadron is nearby and issues a warning to the battleships that they are about to enter Japan’s EEZ. But the fleet is not slowing down and once the first large aircraft carrier enters the EEZ, they finally respond. The US Pacific Fleet Commander is Douglas Appleton, a Blazer nicknamed “White Whale”. The white middle-aged man in military uniform, standing on the bow of the leading ship “White Aircraft Carrier”, speaks to the JSDF over the radio. Appleton informs them that the PSYON unit has captured Prime Minister Bakuga Tsukikage at Rebellion’s HQ. The US along with the Union concluded from their interrogation that the League was behind the evil Rebellion and they are here in the name of justice. Suddenly, a huge hand made of water grabs a JSDF aircraft and pulls it to the bottom of the water. Appleton continues by saying if Japan doesn’t surrender then the US will launch bombers on Tokyo. Itsuki is in the League’s Japan branch’s operation command center as the commander and thinks what Appleton said is not really nonsense. Rebellion was not a group trying to fulfill the ideology of “building a kingdom for Blazers”, but in fact, it was a necessary evil headed by leaders of the economy side instead of the political side to prevent another world war. The League never supported Rebellion but they had allowed them to exist because Rebellion acted as a third major power that prevented the League and the Union from going into war. In a way, the League can be considered as an accomplice, but the same can be said about the Union. One of Rebellion’s Numbers was the “Grand Professor” Islands Burg who is the chairman of the US banks’ Federal Reserve Board. The fact that the Union is making such allegations publically means that they are making a move to change the world. Itsuki has the authority to be Tsukikage’s proxy during his absence based on the League’s regulations. He declares a national emergency and issues an order to destroy the US Pacific Fleet. In accordance with the national defense emergency manual, the command center is officially called the “Joint Operation Headquarters”. All of the air defense systems in the Greater Tokyo Area are activated and the hatches of shelters for citizens are opened. All of the mage-knights in East Japan are called and the ones in Greater Tokyo Area are being deployed immediately.
Itsuki is reminded by his subordinate that Appleton would be A-rank by the League’s standards. Tokyo currently lacks Torajirou Nangou, Nene Saikyou and Kurono, so it doesn’t have any Blazer that can go up against Appleton. Thus, Itsuki immediately contacts Kurono and informs her of what’s happened. Kurono who is in Touka’s hospital room is ordered by Itsuki to suspend the operation in Kyushu and return to Tokyo. The knights remaining in Kyushu will assist with evacuating the refugees to Honshu and Shikoku. Kurono suggests that she will return as soon as Tendou is defeated but Itsuki disagrees because Kurono needs to be at her best to defend Japan’s capital. The government’s decision is that Kyushu will be abandoned and the subjugation of Tendou will be left to the relief squad being sent by the League. Itsuki’s reasoning and the scene she saw from Tsukikage’s Device of Tokyo burning cause Kurono to comply. Kurono will be the only one to go to Tokyo while the rest of the knights in Kyushu led by Kaieda will help evacuating people. Touka protests at first but even she knows that defending the capital is the top priority for the country. Kanata will contact her father to help them with gathering as many boats and ships as possible for the evacuation. Kurono also orders Touka to rest today and help with the evacuation tomorrow because her strength will be needed for fighting the US forces later. Kurono promises that in 2 days she will sink the US Pacific Fleet and return to Kyushu. After Kurono leaves the room, Touka holds her knees and sheds tears as shown in a pic. She is miserable because she feels she needs to fight Tendou in Kurono’s place but she can’t say it because she felt glad before when told she didn’t have to fight Tendou. Kanata thinks someone needs to look after Touka while she’s in such a depressed state.
The refugees in Kyushu are worried after they heard the news of the US invasion and that Kyushu will be abandoned. There are too many refugees that it is impossible to evacuate them before Tendou resumes his activity. Among the refugees in Miyazaki, the woman named Itou who had caused trouble to Wakaba House before is complaining and becomes hysterical. Before Kanata could help Kaieda to calm Itou down, Itou’s cheek is slapped by Hisako Nishikata, the director of Wakaba House. Hisako is showing an amount of anger that Kanata has never seen before, and she scolds Itou for showing such appearance in front of her own child. Hisako, who had lost her own husband and child in a Blazer-related criminal incident, then says in a calm voice that there are children who don’t want to lose anything. Hisako had lost everything but she won’t regret her life if it’s for the sake of the new precious family she has now and tells Itou to do the same. Itou’s child is also anxious while being worried about his mother, and seeing her child being like this causes Itou to cry while holding her child. After Itou calmly returns to the evacuation queue, her husband apologizes to Hisako for his wife’s behavior. He wonders if he will still have a home to return to but Hisako who has lived for over 60 years believes it will be okay because as long as you’re alive anything is possible. Kanata then goes to Hisako to tell her that Touka is not feeling well and shouldn’t be left alone. Kanata asks Hisako to be with Touka which Hisako agrees to do. After Hisako has left, Moroboshi approaches Kanata and asks her the contact information for the Hagun female student who’s with Kuraudo Kurashiki. The reason why Moroboshi wants it is that the evacuation is impossible and if Tendou strikes soon there will be huge casualties. He says he won’t let Tendou do as he pleases and will show him the power of the young ones.

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Touka who is in her hospital room thinks that evacuating everyone before Tendou attacks again is impossible and feels miserable for being too weak to do anything about it. Suddenly, Tendou appears and says that it’s not true. Seeing him causes Touka’s body to tremble and difficult for her to breathe. Tendou also approaches and gently strokes Touka’s cheek which causes her to be afraid to the point that her body becomes cold, trembling so much and spilling tears as shown in a pic. Tendou who is blind can tell that Touka is afraid of him so much. He knows she can see the chain that binds her in front of the “death” he represents and says God will only grant blessing to those that broke their chains. He came here to tell Touka that he will resume attacking people later today. His Noble Art “Hyousai – Guren Jigoku (ice disaster – crimson hell)” will cause a huge blizzard that will cause almost everyone to die within 3 days. Hearing such despair caused Touka screaming, begging Tendou not to do it. While releasing flame-like light in his eye sockets, he replies that if she doesn’t want that to happen then she must defeat him. Touka tries to close her eyes but Tendou forcefully opens her eyelids with his fingers and tells her not to look away because he is the enemy that she must defeat. She asks why he’s doing this and he replies there are things he can see when blind. A very dark night that swallows the radiance of people's lives is coming from the eastern sky and so there’s no time left. Touka realizes Tendou is talking about Japan’s current situation with the US. Tendou also says the incident in the east is just the beginning. Everyone’s radiance is still small and will be swallowed by the darkness so Tendou will lead them to God in order to save them, which he believes is the reason why he’s still living. He then tells Touka that he believes in her strength and asks her to break her chain and come kill him. The next moment, Tendou’s appearance becomes blurred and slowly disappears which causes Touka able to breathe properly again.
Touka then feels cold and realizes the outside temperature has dropped. There is also a voice broadcast that says the Japan Meteorological Agency has just reported that a local change has occurred in Fukuoka City. Tendou said almost everyone will die within 3 days and it is impossible for Kurono to return here before then since she’s fighting an army with great power. Touka then believes that the only option left is to fight Tendou and in order to do that she needs to achieve “Brute Soul”. The next moment, she is back on that hill where she is completely naked and chained to a crucifixion cross. Touka now understands that this is an image of the absolute “death” that exists within her. When she was little she read a book related to Christianity which included an illustration of a saint being executed, and that horrible memory became an image of “death” in her deep unconscious mind. Touka believes this is all an illusion that represents her mind hesitating to challenge her fated death, and so if she overcomes it she will achieve “Brute Soul”. Touka is stabbed by multiple illusionary Tendou and she tries to convince herself that it doesn’t hurt since everything is an illusion. She can’t die in this illusion so she can repeat it many times until she breaks out of the chain that is restraining her.

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