“Yuris.h.i.+a&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;you, why&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;are you, still alive?”

The ace of Masters, Scarlet Fairchild’s blue eyes was staring at her former comrade with scared look.

Scarlet’s abnormal state made Aine and Himekawa stopped their frivolous talk and focused on the two.

Yuris.h.i.+a smiled with troubled look and approached near Scarlet.

“What are you saying all of a sudden. In the first place, I don’t remember ever dying.”

Yuris.h.i.+a tried to put her hand on Scarlet’s shoulder to show her happiness in reuniting with a friend. However, that hand touched empty air. Scarlet pulled her body and dodged the hand, her red ponytail that reached until her waist shook largely.

Yuris.h.i.+a’s hand was troubled of where to go. She sighed in lament and her finger played with her blonde hair as if to calm down her heart.

“Hey, Scarlet. By any chance, were you thinking that I died?”

Scarlet’s shoulder jumped twitchingly.

“Be, because, Yuris.h.i.+a’s Heart Hybrid Gear&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;Cross is&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;”

“Hm?”

Yuris.h.i.+a tilted her head.

“In exchange for the gear’s capability&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;it gets shaven.”

“Aah geez, I don’t understand what are you talking about. Speak properly so that I can understand!”

Yuris.h.i.+a couldn’t be patient anymore and roughened her voice. As if to oppose her, Scarlet also yelled with loud voice.

“I told you! The source of Cross’s energy, it is your life right!?”

“&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;Eh?”

Yuris.h.i.+a’s expression stiffened.

“It moves by using your life as energy, so that’s why Cross is special, I heard that! That’s why, it’s even stronger than our Heart Hybrid Gear. Because it moves by shaving off your life&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;that’s why”

Kizuna, Aine, Himekawa, and also Kei, all people in that place stood stock still in amazement.

‘――Life is used as energy&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;she said?’

Kizuna repeated Scarlet’s words in his heart many times.

“That’s why&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;that’s why, if your Hybrid Count become zero, you used up your life, the wearer of Cross will die, that’s what I hea――”

{Leave the idiotic gossip right there.}

A voice resounded through a speaker as if to obstruct Scarlet’s words. Following after that, a violent rotor sound of a helicopter was approaching near.

“Wha, what?”

When they looked up, an Ataraxia transport helicopter was in the middle of descending from the sky.

The door at the side of the helicopter was opened widely. From there, the owner of the voice leaned her body forward and got out.

“Nee-chan?”

Hida Reiri appeared with a grim face.