"Quick decision!"
Origami Tobiichi said this, watching the area below warily.
After confirming the figure of 'Hermit', Origami and the others immediately began the extermination operation.
Because the girl knew very well that Arthas could come at any time, and once he came, the operation against the Spirit could no longer continue.
Currently present were nine AST members, floating with long-range equipment.
It was an extermination armament that was centered around a wiring suit wrapped around the entire body and the basic equipment's propulsion unit, and filled with as much ammunition as possible.
Normally, it would be a weight that would make it impossible to move the entire body - but this was compensated for by the gravity neutralization of the absolute force field, Territory, generated by the manifestation device, Realizer.
Everyone uniformly aimed their gun barrels at 'Hermit', peering at the situation.
"Now, it's enough..." A calm voice rang out, causing Origami Tobiichi to involuntarily lower her hands.
He had come after all... Arthas.
In the pouring rain, a shadow stood in front of the Spirit 'Hermit', leaving all the AST members speechless.
The rain was still falling, but not a single one of the torrential raindrops could fall on the man before them.
Or rather, all the raindrops that approached the man were frozen into ice by the terrifying cold air, scattering at his feet.
A power very similar to the Spirit, even more terrifying than the Spirit...
The detection device, which was constantly flashing with Spirit power, released a warning, warning Origami Tobiichi of the danger of the man before her.
But including Origami Tobiichi, no one retreated.
"B... Big brother?" The giant beast's roar had just sounded, but Yoshino quickly suppressed it.
The power of Yoshino's Astral Dress, the pure white frost, slowly spread. The giant beast didn't slow down the release of its power because Arthas was standing in front of it.
The terrifying cold air that seemed to be able to freeze people's souls was still spreading.
The first thing to be affected was the rain falling from the sky.
After encountering that intense freezing air, it directly turned into ice cones that glittered with cold light, crackling and inserting into the ground.
However, such an attack obviously couldn't break through the Territory on Origami and the others.
The frost descended as if it was wriggling on the roads and buildings, turning the entire street into a state as if it had been placed in a freezer.
In an instant... Origami and the others' vision was covered in ice and snow.
Pure white, pure white, pure white... Everything they saw was covered in pure white.
Even Arthas was somewhat curiously looking at Yoshino's Astral Dress, looking at this power of frost that was very similar to his own.
"What should we do now?" One of the members asked.
They had all witnessed how strong Arthas's power was. Clearly, the extermination operation could no longer continue.
"No matter what, the opponent is as dangerous as a Spirit, so immediately execute the extermination operation!"
While the others were confused, Ryouko decisively issued the order.
"No!" It was Yoshino's voice that rang out, and then endless cold air erupted.
"Uwaah..." Crying out miserably, everyone was swept away by the suddenly erupting cold air.
Before everyone's eyes, there was rain and cold air with Spirit power.
This curtain of water, and the city of ice covering the ground, became a strong protective wall that guarded the master sitting here.
Then, Yoshino, riding the giant puppet, acted, manipulating the giant beast to rush towards Arthas in front, directly taking him away, and turning around to run back.
While running away, she continued to release a large amount of cold air.
"Damn it! Don't think you can escape!" Origami Tobiichi shouted, wanting to rush over.
"Are you crazy? Everyone, retreat!" Ryouko grabbed Origami, shouting loudly, and then all the AST members quickly scattered.
In an instant, the puppet's head turned back again.
Accompanied by a deafening and unpleasant high-pitched sound, a blue light-like object was spat out from what should have been its mouth.
"Uwaah...!?"
"Ugh..."
Through the communicator, they heard the members' pained voices. It seemed that those two were a step too late in escaping.
Turning around in the air, she glanced down.
There were two snowballs with a radius of about three meters, rolling around.
There was no mistake. It was the two who had made pained noises from the other side of the communicator just now.
"It directly froze the Territory? Don't joke around!?" Pulling Origami up, Ryouko's voice was filled with disbelief.
"Yoshino, are you alright?" Sitting on the giant puppet and hugging the trembling girl, Arthas said with a concerned expression.
He had originally come to save the girl, but now it felt like he had been saved by the girl?
Arthas thought this with some amusement, but he had to admit that Spirits were Spirits.
Even Yoshino, who was defined as the weakest, still had the power to easily kill those AST members.
So... When would the AST girls realize their weakness?
"Waaah... I'm so scared. Yoshino is so scared. Those humans... They all want to kill Yoshino..."
Finally seeing the person who would protect her, the frightened girl tightly hugged Arthas and wouldn't let go.
"It's alright... It's alright. Look, what's this?"
Gently hugging the crying girl, rhythmically and gently patting her back, Arthas took out the doll that he had stuffed in his pocket.
He put the comical-looking doll on his hand and moved it back and forth, saying.
"Hey, Yoshino can't cry, you know. Didn't we agree that we have to be strong no matter what?"
"Ugh... It's not like Yoshino was crying." Looking at the rabbit doll in Arthas's hand, Yoshino wiped her eyes and smiled.
The giant rabbit was still rampaging, bringing up a sky full of frost.
After handing Yoshinon, Arthas frowned, looking at the frost that had frozen the road along the way.
"Yoshino, can you stop this?"
"Ugh... I-I can't control it..." Holding the doll Yoshinon, the girl Yoshino let out a pained cry. She had encountered the same situation as the time with Tohka.
She couldn't control her berserk Astral Dress.
"Is that so? An Astral Dress going berserk?"
Arthas muttered this to himself, placing his hand gently on Yoshino, feeling the power within the girl's body.
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