Published at 16th of December 2020 11:03:42 PM
Chapter 102
Collapse of Cognition]
Currently, there is only silence in the car where Roll, Tameiki-san, and I ride on .
Roll is driving, I’m in the passenger seat, and Tameiki-san is in the back seat .
It is very uncomfortable . In this situation where I hesitate even to relax, I take a deep breath once… and sigh .
When I went on a mission together with Roll, our conversation had never interrupted nor turned awkward, and when I went on a mission together with Tameiki-san, even though we had no conversation, I felt comfortable for some reason .
Honestly, I thought that Tameiki-san and Roll wouldn’t get along very well, but if I knew the mood would be this terrible, I might have refused the mission .
There was the matter with my training too; I wonder if that caused a discord between the two .
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Silence . All I can hear is the sound of the car running .
Is it better to break the silence, or is it better to keep the silence as it is?
I repeated such thoughts several times, but in the end, I didn’t break the silence .
All I can do is pray for us to arrive at the destination as soon as possible .
However, I know that the destination is still far away .
The place where Utsusemi-san was sighted was in Shan-ria, a city west of Derrida .
It seems that it will still take 7 hours to reach the city . And we will probably need a break in the middle of the way .
If such silence continues until then, I will get tired before the mission begins .
I have to start the conversation somehow .
When I thought so, Roll suddenly opened her mouth .
“However, it sure has been a long time since I went on a mission with Tameiki-san . ”
In the broken silence, I swallow my breath .
This is the first time I’ve seen Roll and Sigh having a conversation . I’m extremely nervous .
“That’s right,” Tameiki-san returned the same kind of reply as usual . However, regarding Tameiki-san, it is possible to judge whether she is in a good mood or not by the subtle change in the tone of her voice .
This is… the voice she has when she is in a good mood .
“I wonder how many years it has been . ” I glance at Roll, and she also has her usual face which I can’t tell whether she is smiling or not .
This is probably mean that Roll is in a good mood too .
“Isn’t it since that mission three years ago?”
“Oh, was it when we were attacking the West Tatsumi base?”
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“Ahh, it was the mission where Desuko left us and went back earlier . ”
“How nostalgic . That did happen, right? So, it is since then, huh . ”
Eh, what’s with this mood . Aren’t these two don’t get along well with each other…?
Certainly, the two had a common linkage, that was Desuko-san . Roll was on good terms with Desuko-san, and Tameiki-san was Desuko-san’s partner .
So, is that mean that there was some contact between the two?
Thinking about it, Roll is in Anonymous since she became aware of her surroundings, and Tameiki-san has been in the organization for almost 20 years . As such, it would be weird if they never had a contact before .
“It was around that time Utsusemi disappeared . ”
“To be honest, there’s no meaning in him joining Anonymous, right? He doesn’t work either . ”
“That’s not the case . In this way, isn’t he properly increasing our work?”
Tameiki-san reflected in the rear-view mirror curled up her lips a little . Perhaps she sees that, as Roll smiles too .
“Fufu, I’ve never heard such a joke . ”
Ehh? These two are actually good friends, aren’t they?
Then, what the heck was the long silence earlier?
“Even so, why is Utsusemi in Shan-ria of all places?”
One of the seven generals of the Self-Defense Forces, Enjoji Yachiyo is assigned in the city of Shan-ria . Roll said so because there is such a troublesome person there .
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If we cause a problem, she is probably the one who will rush in first .
“There should be no reason for her to act . Even if there is one, there’s no knowing which side will lose . ”
“Yeah…”
“Utsusemi-san – what kind of person is he, Roll?”
Getting curious about Utsusemi-san, I decided to join in the conversation .
What I know about Utsusemi-san is only what I heard from Shido-san earlier – that he has a difficult personality and that has a slight dual personality . And, that he’s an executive of Anonymous .
Those alone are a little lacking as an information .
“…Utsusemi has a special constitution in which his personality reverses every time he uses his ability . No, rather than him having a special constitution, it’s more like the side effect of his ability . ”
The one who answered my question wasn’t Roll, but Tameiki-san .
“Uwaah, that sure sounds troublesome…
So, Utsusemi-san’s ability – what kind of ability is it?”
I asked such, and the one who answered this time was Roll,
“The ability of Utsusemi is the ability to stock up to two abilities of the of the opponent who he touched . It is the so-called copy ability . ”
Copy ability, huh . That sounds like a versatile ability .
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“Well, he can’t use the ability better than the person who he copied it from . ”
“But the advantage of being able to use two abilities is big . For one, the opponent wouldn’t know what abilities he had stocked up, that in itself is a strong point . ”
“That’s right . ”
“I have two abilities in the first place, though . ” *Hmph* Roll said with a smug face .
“Thinking it that way, Skill Repeaters sure are foul . ”
The conversation stopped there .
The car that was going through the wilderness is approaching the forest road before I knew it . Trees outside the car window pass by one after another .
The time is before 7:00 pm . The sun was gradually setting and the area began to darken .
After a while of silence, I hear a small sigh from behind . I turn around and find that Tameiki-san is sleeping while leaning against the car window .
“Tameiki-san seems to be quite tired . ”
“Right . It looks like she did quite a lot of missions .
I’m getting sleepy too somehow . Can I sleep?”
I said while setting down the seat and preparing to sleep .
“Okay . Instead, you have to change with me later, okay?”
“Roger . ”