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Inyouchuu Etsu Chapter 3 Part 3

BZZT! BZZT! BZZT!

What resounded in the area at that precise moment was an omen of thunder, and a unique feeling of the air becoming electrified in an instant.

BBBBBBBBBAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH~~~~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Along with the crackling sound of thunderstrike, there was an arc of light that tore through the sky and cut through the prison bounded field that bound Takeru’s hands and feet.

「Sis!」

「…… So, in order to keep the big fish alive and prosperous, all that needs to be done is to kill some small fries? Is that it? I don’t remember ever learning such a bullshit theory from my own mother!!」

The blue-white steel that pierced through the bounded field was shining brightly as if expressing the girl’s anger. A red-haired ponytail reflected in the unclouded Exorcism Blade. It was Mikoto’s spirit tool, ‘Raikou’. A weapon so powerful that it could easily destroy youmas and barriers alike, materialized from the owner’s spiritual power.

「Miko-chan……」

「Both Takeru and I, and this is also true for that perverted idiot lying asleep over there…… We would never choose to sacrifice someone in order to save something else, no matter how grim and hopeless the situation would seem! And even if there is nothing you can do to, what you need to do is to keep struggling and keep trying……! That is the only way to go that we know! That is the way that we have been taught! So that is why…… Please, don’t make us hate you now, Mama!!」

SWING! SWING! CUT!

Mikoto started to swing her hands around while brandishing her sword, and with every single swing her ponytail and huge breasts would shake and sway to the sides as well.

Every time the white blade would flash brightly, a lightning would cut through the space in all directions, destroying the barrier one layer after another. As far as her spiritual potential was concerned, Mikoto’s spiritual power boasted an output that would surprise even a Veteran Exorcist. She was releasing all of it all at once, so no matter how carefully Hatsune’s barrier was constructed, it was torn off like a spider’s web, and Hatsune’s face distorted bitterly upon realizing that fact.

「M-Miko-chan, that sword of yours…… what a strong and sharp spiritual power……」

Just by looking at that sword, Hatsune was able to tell that Mikoto’s spiritual power was not something that was the sole factor with which she should be judged. More than anything else, Mikoto’s straightforward temperament was serving to amplify her spiritual power right now, as she simply could not forgive her mother’s dastardly betrayal.

「EIYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!」

After cutting through and nullifying all the remaining layers of the prison bounded field with her sword, Mikkoto shook ‘Raikou’ and put it back in its sheath. She then let out a small sigh..

「Well then, what are we supposed to do now, Takeru?」

「Sis…… You honestly did not even try to think that far ahead before you started acting?」

Although it was always the case with her older sister, Takeru’s face was astonished at her sister’s overly daring haphazardness.

「Staying here any longer would only make things worse for us. Isn’t that right…… Mother?」

Takeru asked while holding her mother’s wrists behind her back. No matter how powerful of an Exorcist she was, as long as her hands would remain sealed and she would be unable to formulate any seals with them, she was rendered utterly powerless. However, since no one was coming here or trying to stop the ritual from taking place, it was safe to assume that the entire village was in on this together with Hatsune. Which also meant that their entire hometown was now their enemies.

「We cannot just leave Tachibana-kun alone like that. If only we could somehow leave the village and return to the Black Cat Extermination Agency’s Branch Office…… Huh!? S-Sis!?」

「H-Huh!? Y-Yuu-chan!?」

ZAP!!!

After a moment of stiffness, Mikkoto’s body went completely limp as she collapsed to the ground.

「Sis!? Yuu-san, but why……!? N-Now I see…… Yes, I was too careless to even consider it……」

After being stunned for just a moment, Takeru bit on her lower lip in apparent frustration Perhaps to hide her presence, a girl with cat ears and a tail suddenly turned around behind Mikoto’s back, pressing a stun gun against her.

Now the situation has suddenly turned around once more. Unlike her mother, who was a Veteran Exorcist, Takeru would never actually consider Yuu to be any kind of threat, she she was able to become unnoticed by the two sisters. They have disregarded her, and now it was time for the two of them to pay the price for their carelessness.

「I-I’m sorry. But, I…… I……」

A pale arc ran through the electrodes of the stun gun held in her trembling hand.

「Yuu…… -san……」

At that exact time Takeru’s ears picked up a strange sound, for she heard a sound similar to that of footsteps of many people approaching the place where the ritual was carried out. This is how Shiratori Mikoto, Shiratori Takeru, and Tachibana Yamato, who was still comatose with no signs of waking up anytime soon, were easily captured by the group of Exorcists directly under Tatsuki’s orders.

It was a room that could only be described as an ancient prison cell.

There were no windows leading to the outside, and it was probably located in the basement or a semi-basement of some sorts. The air here was stagnant and musty, with the only source of light being that of a fragile candle fixed to the wall. The fact that she could not see her surroundings clearly in every corner of the tatami-floored room made Mikoto feel even more uneasy than she was already feeling.

(I’m sure it’s designed for having that exact kind of psychological effect on whoever gets thrown in here. What a sickening room, seriously!)

Even so, the girl whose hands and feet were tied up with thick ropes could not even move freely.

She also had her body bent forward and her wrists and ankles tied up, so she was forced to adopt a posture similar to “that when you would grasp your knees while sitting down. Her clothes were left the exact same as they were before, which was her work uniform, but her underwear was clearly visible in this position, from the back of her open crotch and she had to bare that shameful pose.

Of course, Mikoto’s Exorcism Sword ‘Raikou’ was nowhere to be found, probably taken into custody. After all, their current opponents were not the youmas, but the human beings like themselves, which was the least of the relief, but it could also be said that it was way more troublesome.

(I’m also sure that they are more than ready to restrain us if we were trying to escape from here……)

When it comes to Mikoto, she was much more specialized in manual labor than Takeru who was the “brains” of their team. Mikoto simply gave up on trying to come up with a plan of her own, thinking that it would not give her any good, and that it would only exhaust her mentally even more than she already was at the current moment. Her enemies were all trained Exorcists in this village, so it was obvious that they had an advantage over the two of them and comatose Yamato. So it was only natural that they would strike at any possible opening and weakness that they would show, and they would not hesitate to do so. It was only a very basic of the basics of strategy.

Besides, Mikoto could not really figure out just how serious her mother’s intentions here were.

「You seem to act awfully quiet and docile.」

A man’s low voice echoed in the surrounding darkness. Following the metallic sound of the door unlocking, the wooden lattice door opened with a slight “click” sound and several men entered through it. The one in the lead had a sturdy body and sharp eyes. Mikoto did not recognize his face, but she thought he was for sure an Exorcist from the village.

「………………………………」

She raised her face and silently muttered a curse or two, but the man blatantly turned his eyes from the girl’s face and glanced all over her now helpless body. He stared at the girl’s limbs that were all unnaturally bent and deprived of their freedom with his lewd eyes.

「Hmm, I have heard that the older sister is a sight to behold, but this is not all that bad, if I do say so myself. As expected of Hatsune-sama’s daughter, the sight is truly marvelous to the eyes.」

「We must hurry with the cleaning and preparations. Otherwise Tatsuki-sama is going to get angry with us. You there, hold her down.」

「H-Hey!? What are you……!? Yah!!」

The men who were standing to the left and right of Mikoto bent down and put their hands behind her knees.