Tsunako Mk.88

The Blood Festival: Chapter 3: Tsunako Mk.88

第二単・新たなる敵

「It seems like everyone is already here」A tall lady with a really long light purple hair, her eyes are purple color. She looks really fierce, she fits the role of the leader. Around me are girls who looks really scary as they stand at the sides of the room. 
「Everyone looks like their on the edge. How about we lighten up!」I spoke up loudly in an attempt to make the gloomy atmosphere a bit lively, 
「Who in the Shadows face is this Man?」One of the girls at my left of the room, exclaimed as she spread her fan and cover her mouth, 
「Shadows? hahaha What?」I laughed at her, 
「How dare you laugh at me!」She snapped, she then reach forward her left arm towards me. Suddenly a fireball formed in front of her palm, 
「I'll burn your bad manner-」
「Stop it!」The tall lady held the fire girl's arm to stop her from burning everything on it's way. 

「We gathered here to talk not to hurt each other. Now, you may introduce yourself Young Man」The tall lady went back behind her desk which was in front of the only window in the room, 
「I'm Maher Lazurite」I introduced myself to the people around me, 
「I don't know if you're interested but now that you are here in the Base, I expect you to fight on our side」The tall lady sat down on her fancy soft chair and stared at me, 
「Fight? Who?」I asked her, 
「I am assuming Itsuka had already told you about Florhythms and about us. Can I continue?」She asked me, 
「Yeah, she did but she only explained a small part of it. Still, continue」
「I understand. The enemy I am talking about are Meta-Rhythms」
「Wait, what?」 
「I was going to explain it but you interrupted me, now shut your mouth and let me finish」
「Okay but let me know your name first」
「I almost forgot to tell, My name is Tsunako Mk.88 and I lead the people here in Amanoshima. Now that I've introduce myself, let me explain.....」She swallowed her saliva and took a deep breath.

「Meta-Rhythms are just like us who got merged with a Material Rhythm but somehow turned into a humanoid crystal that use it's Material Rhythm until it dies. You may be thinking that we should just let them out and wait for them to kill themselves, but despite them using a large amount of Material Rhythm it takes them a long time to use all of their power. Those Meta-Rhythms just suddenly show up out of nowhere and somehow able to find out where Amanoshima Island is. Until we find the place where they come from, they will be a problem for us. We have to protect our Home, I will talk about our plans now.」Tsunako took another deep breath before she started her new topic, 
「We have spotted an astronomical amount of Meta-Rhythms nearing us and they will be here in a week. We need to protect our Home, prepare the best weapon you have and prepare for another war!」Tsunako hit her left fist on her desk, 
「How many are there?」I asked her, 
「The amount are still unknown but the estimation doesn't go below a million」She answered with a straight face, 
「A million!」One of the girls at my right exclaimed after hearing what Tsunako had said, 
「Aah, That is why I told all of you to prepare」Tsunako answered. 

A sudden silence spread around the room sending out an awkward moment, 
「I can do it」I volunteered myself to fight, 
「Are you sure?」
「Yeah, with Southern Cross on my side, I am unbeatabl-」I took out Southern Cross......the moment it turned into a sword, it fell apart. 
「Okay, that was unexpected, I'll still fight」
「I won't force you. Lazurite! You will be put in The 7 Support squad together with Hiiragi Mk.1, Sumeragi Mk.3 and Ouka Mk.47. I will be expecting a lot from you despite what you just showed us」She made fun of me, 
「I won't let you down, I've fought millions of soldiers before, doing it again won't bother me」But then again, I died at the end of that battle. I decided not to tell that from them.

To be continued in Chapter 4: