Gokukoku no Brynhildr 9

Reserved for Trinity BAKumA. Do not use without my permission.

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Text: The future will shatter.
Chapter 9: Harnessed

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Text: Chopped-up Neko...!!
Saori: ...
Saori: How foolish of her.
Ryouta: It's still alright.
Saori: !?

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Saori: Who...
Saori: Who are you...!?
Ryouta(thought): "Saori-chan is a hybrid."

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Kana: One of her magic is "slashing".
Kana: She can cut up anything within a 6-meter radius.
Kana: And the other is "time manipulation".
Kana: She can turn back time by just one minute.
Ryouta: ...
Ryouta: Time manipulation?
How is that possible...
Ryouta(thought): Wait...but if I think about it, the very existence of these two here...
Kazumi: But manipulating time really takes up a lot of magic power.
Kazumi: If Saori uses that magic, she will definitely hang up.
Kazumi: Although she won't use it during battle, so no need to worry about it.
Ryouta: Can she freely choose the exact time to revert to within that one minute?
Kazumi: No, she can't.
To be exact, I think it's about 50-something seconds prior, since winding back takes some time as well.

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Ryouta: Saori has used that "time manipulation" magic at least once before, right?
Kana: Of course she has.
Ryouta: If so...
Ryouta: Then the memories of what happened within that lost one minute would be gone when time winds back.
Neko: Why is that?
Ryouta: Let's say that if the memories remain, then everyone would have two sets of memories for that one minute.
If that's the case, the people all over the world would notice that time has been wound back.
Ryouta: And the very fact that it isn't so means the memories have all been wiped out.
Neko: ...
Box: Turning back the time by one minute...
Box: As long as she has the choice to use it or not, there isn't any way we can benefit from it...

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Ryouta: Turn back the time.
Ryouta: I definitely stabbed your heart.
If you do nothing, you will die within a few seconds.
Ryouta: You don't have any choices!!
Ryouta: Hurry and do it before you lose consciousness!!
Saori: ...
Saori: Guh...

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Ryouta(thought): There she is...
Ryouta(thought): So she's the enemy...
Neko: !?
Neko: She hung up!!
Saori: Tch!!
Ryouta(thought): Hm?
Something blew out of her neck.

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Neko: Catch Saori-chan!
She hung up, so she can't use magic anymore!!
Ryouta: Huh!?
Saori: Tch!!
Ryouta: Hey...
Ryouta: Wait!!
Saori: Ah...!
Saori: Hah...
Saori: Hah...

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Neko: When we hang up...
We lose our strength...
Neko: And almost not able to move...
Ryouta: Could it be...
That you wound back time?
Ryouta: Just what happened?
You should still have that memory, right?
Ryouta: If not, then there's no way to prove "time manipulation" has taken place.
Saori: ...
Ryouta: ...
Neko: Where are you looking at?
Ryouta: Ah...
Nowhere...

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Box: No matter how many times I look...
Box: The moles aren't there after all...
Ryouta(thought): Although...
Ryouta(thought): It feels like I forgot about something important...
Saori: I can't believe it...
Saori: I lost to some rank B magic user and a mere human...
Saori: Even after I turned back time, nothing change...
Saori: I...will be killed...
Neko: If you report that I was killed...
Saori: You should know that they won't be satisfied with just that!!
I was told to pull out and bring back the Harnessed after I kill!!
Saori: Of course, hanging up means that I failed my mission.
Saori: The signal that I hung up should already have been sent back through my beacon.
Saori: At this rate...
I could be ejected at any time...
Saori: I'll be killed...

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Ryouta: The beacon is able to transmit information...
Ryouta: So does that mean this conversation can be passed back as well?
Saori: I don't know about that.
Saori: But it's definitely not impossible.
Ryouta: It could be that it's only able to transmit signals, but one can't be too careful.
You had pen and paper before, right? Let me borrow them.
Paper: If the beacon isn't on you, they can't control you remotely, right?
Otherwise, Kuroha and the other would have been killed already.
Paper: Try to take it out and show it to us.
Saori: Are you stupid?
Saori: If it's so easy, then none of us would suffer.
Ryouta: If you just assume that, it'll only limit your options.
When your life is on the line, shouldn't you try everything you possibly can?
Saori: ...
Saori: ...It's just as you say...
And my strength has returned a bit...
Saori(thought): It's too early to give up...

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Saori(thought): With my current state...
Saori(thought): I can kill them unarmed...
Saori(thought): And if the beacon is transmitting our conversation like the guy says...
Saori(thought): I can still be saved if I kill them now.
Saori: Please...untie my hands...
Ryouta: Huh?
Saori: I have something to tell you and need to write it on paper...
Saori: So that it won't be heard through the beacon...
Saori: It's mounted on my neck,
So even the smallest voice can be heard over there.
Saori: Please, untie me...
Neko: I'm sure that Saori-chan won't try to run away anymore...
Ryouta: ...
Ryouta: Alright.

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Ryouta: Wha!?
Ryouta(thought): The bottom left button is being pushed...
Ryouta(thought): The left one is...

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Saori: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Saori: Aaaaaaaaaaaaah
Saori: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Saori: Aaaa...
Ryouta: Wha...
Ryouta: What should we do!?
Neko: There's...
Neko: Nothing we can do anymore...

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Ryouta: ...
Ryouta: We couldn't save her...
Ryouta: ...Let's go.
They already know that Saori failed to capture you.
Ryouta: Someone else may come.
Ryouta: We have to find the medicine before then...
Can you stand up?
Neko: ...
Neko: !?
Neko: Hey...what's that?
Ryouta: Huh!?

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Ryouta: Wha....
Ryouta: what is that...?
Ryouta: It's trying to...
Ryouta: Get back to the Harnessed...
Ryouta(thought): Could it be...
Ryouta(thought): That it's a parasite living inside magic users?
Ryouta: Even if it's trying to get back...
Ryouta: The host is already dead...

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!?

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Ryouta: Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!
Ryouta: Hah...
Ryouta: Hah...
Ryouta: Hah...
Ryouta: Hah...
Ryouta: Hah...
Ryouta: Hah...
Neko: Just what...
Neko: Are we...?
Neko: What...
Neko: Have they done to us...?

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Ryouta: I...
Ryouta: Misunderstood something...
Ryouta: The Harnessed...
Ryouta: Doesn't mean...
"Being tied to a harness"...
Ryouta: It's actually...
Ryouta: "Her nest"...