Chapter 96

Sky Ship. Even though it can be said without exaggeration that the deck above is somewhat disconnected from the ground, there were about a dozen people busily looking down at the ground.

The moment something is dropped from the sky ship, it would undoubtedly be fatal to those on the ground. Yet, the reason they continued to search for a target was because this target was someone who must not d*e.

Since the buildings looked like small dots from this distance, they held precise binoculars that allowed them to observe even the smallest details.

Of course, they weren’t only searching from the deck like fools. The people inside were also using the vast vision of the sky ship to search.

In an instant of awakening, they pushed the old protected subject and now the biggest adversary of the Busan Girl to the brink of defeat.

“…Can’t see it, though.”

“Try looking more carefully! She must surely be planning something and not giving up… Ugh.”

Despite using the precise binoculars and the wide vision provided by the sky ship, they couldn’t locate Erica who had disappeared at some point.

Nevertheless, the girl who continued to give orders stumbled, pressing her hand to her head.

It was undoubtedly the result of having to expend her energy again to manufacture the explosives that would release their iron cores upon activation, triggered as soon as Erica’s power reached them.

However, the reason the Busan Girl was overexerting herself wasn’t due to some lofty cause like eliminating a girl who might threaten humanity or fulfilling a mission to k*ll a supernaturally powerful ability user.

If she was someone so devoted to the greater good, she wouldn’t have conceived the idea of rebelling against the country in the first place, would she?

Rather, for the revolution of her father to succeed, many people of Busan must survive. Due to the event, she had become adversarial towards the young girl. Thus, she had to either k*ll her or incorporate her into the terrorist group, now cooperating with them, to prevent further hostilities, which already pushed her situation beyond her limits.

Of course, the terrorist organization could not be trusted by the group under the command of the Busan Girl, but this had to be taken into consideration.

When the Busan Girl had recovered somewhat from her dizziness, a young man observing her asked:

“If the one we’re chasing has fled, what should we do? Should we help our people? Or assist the organization we’ve formed an alliance with? Or, shall we continue looking for the target we were asked to find earlier? You know the other one will arrive soon, don’t you? Isn’t that right?”

The sky ship is one of Busan’s greatest forces. Bringing it out is practically declaring war against the government, which has prohibited its deployment.

Once it was removed from the protective barrier where it was always kept, it could not be concealed any longer. It’s highly probable that the government has already detected the sky ship’s appearance.

In particular, the moment this sky ship was brought out, the radar installed at the Busan branch was set to sound an alarm. There are only two sky ships; one with Busan Girl’s team, and the other held by the Busan Branch Manager.

Yes, since they trusted them, they were allowed to possess one sky ship, and the other is owned by the strongest Branch Manager in the Busan area.

How quickly she arrives is uncertain, but it will take her at least 20 minutes or more.

From the moment of extracting the sky ship, this battle was against time. They must conclude everything before the Busan Branch Manager arrives.

“Eh~ Let’s put the unpleasant things on hold. First, the terrorist group must never be helped. They were deceiving and taking advantage of us.”

The Busan Girl shook her head to dissipate her pondering about how the Branch Manager, who was close to her, would react to this matter.

The more pressing issue than contemplating the arrival of the Branch Manager, who could come in a few dozen minutes, was handling the relationship with the terrorist group at the moment.

Their actions didn’t constitute a perfect betrayal, though. It was more like they had made it impossible to cooperate by using a ‘target’ they could not overcome, thus performing a betrayal-like act.

Since the moment Erica’s power was revealed, the Busan Girl couldn’t help but feel that they never intended to cooperate from the start and merely used her.

However, when considering what would happen to them without the help of the terrorists, they couldn’t help but reconsider cooperation with them.

This country still holds records of even the revolutionaries of Busan who ultimately ended up dead. There are surely ‘artifacts’ with powerful abilities like the sky ship in other regions as well.

Though they might own another sky ship, it wasn’t an artifact with absolute power, even though it did possess formidable strength.

Flying means the ability to attack unilaterally from the sky; hence the sky ship’s strength was relatively powerful.

However, the sky ship on the opposing side, belonging to the Busan Branch Manager who turned enemy through this event, was a much better ship than theirs. Moreover, skilled individuals could even bring down the sky ship.

The Busan Girl, filled with worry and anxiety despite being on the sky ship, was approached more closely by the young man beside her.

“Since we never wanted to collaborate with those who massacre civilians, we should be fine. Then, should we go the route of helping ours?”

The Busan Girl’s heart always points towards Busan.

Even though it’s urgent to strengthen the fragile alliance with the terrorist group or capture the necessary target, the Busan Girl’s right hand could read her deeper worry for those who followed her into this grand rebellion.

To her, although forming a solid alliance with the terrorist group was pressing business, it wasn’t as important.

From the perspective of the Busan Girl, who didn’t know that the power held by Erica was of a type that would eventually fade with time, allowing such a powerful supernatural ability user, capable of turning everything into a puddle of bl**d, to remain unchecked would be dangerous.

But she was someone who could not help but turn her gaze toward her subordinates given her consistent concern for the well-being of her followers; she couldn’t worry about Erica as a dangerous element any longer.

“Leader! Lieutenant! We’ve got big trouble!”

While the Busan Girl and her team’s lieutenant were in conversation, eventually aiming to strengthen the alliance with the terrorist group, a sailor among those moving below the deck shouted frantically as he came up.

Before they could even ask what the matter was, someone emerged from behind him and delivered a flying kick that easily floored him.

Knocking someone out isn’t an easy task, but despite the kick looking weak, the sailor collapsed onto the deck and couldn’t get up.

However, it was something that was supposed to be impossible. The sky ship was floating at a high altitude. How could an intruder possibly come aboard without being detected?

It was late spring, and yet the deck of the sky ship was cool. The moment the girl appeared, the heat on the deck suddenly escalated. It was as if her mere existence was setting it alight.

“Breathing hard, I thought I’d d*e running.”

The girl, who reached here in time before the ‘bl**d-red World’ ability faded, counted how many people were on the deck while panting.

There were twenty-two people on the deck. Including the ones she incapacitated along the way, the total was roughly forty-five.

Erica didn’t know from her knowledge whether forty-five people were many or few to control such a large vessel. Moreover, there might be more sailors hidden somewhere she couldn’t see.

But it seemed enough to topple the Busan Girl who appeared to be the main leader here. Once she was down, the rest, however many more there were, wouldn’t be much of an issue.

“There’s no more place to run.”

With the remaining time nearing two minutes, Erica prepared to end the matter by taking down the Busan Girl.

The escorts familiar with Erica’s face from her profile photo immediately rushed to block the path leading to the Busan Girl, but that was purely their intention alone.

There were those who didn’t even attempt to move, and others who fell unconscious, which is the ultimate form of non-lethal suppression.

Given her limited time, Erica couldn’t afford to waste it worrying about the repercussions, heating the bl**d of others to make them move.

As a result, every person whose bl**d she could influence, she did, raising their temperatures, tampering with their brain nerves, without caring whether they lived or died.

“Huh?”

She knew it wouldn’t affect a skilled person like the Busan Girl but would only provoke her, but still…

Ultimately, only three figures remained on deck: the Busan Girl’s right-hand man, the Busan Girl herself, and Erica.

Without the time to feel guilty about bringing this calamity upon herself, Erica charged, a speed slow enough for the sailors still standing to easily suppress her if they were normal.

“This time, I’ll check myself, so please step back and wait.”

The man grabbed Erica’s hand to move her back a few paces forcefully but was forced to let go as her palms grew unbearably hot.

“Ugh!”

There was no way anyone could endure the heat Erica herself was struggling to control, let alone another individual.

“I don’t want to see your trick, so move aside.”

The young girl who shoved the man aside with a body slam immediately ran towards the Busan Girl, but her attempt was thwarted.

“Revolution – Gravity Abnormal Zone.”

The ship tilted. In an instant, the gravity Erica was subjected to increased, causing her knees to hit the ground. Simultaneously, the Busan Girl’s knees also touched the ground.

Increasing the gravity for everything on the sky ship was a way to briefly immobilize the unexpected visitor who managed to board without prior communication.

“I’ll finish this!”

The tall man shouted and displayed his ability.

His power, [Navigation], allowed him to manipulate the sky ship, a massive object, regardless of any forces or resistance acting against it.