207: So it can't be seen

Today's update is two chapters.

This is the second chapter.

"Wha—!?"

My fist,操控 the powered suit wielded by Viridianiela, strikes Shu Shumaree's neck from behind.

But just before impact, he must have begun leaping forward.

Instead of falling at my feet, he's blown forward through the air.

"Thinking a powered suit like this can block my attack...? Huh—!?"

Shu Suumeree, still being thrown back, recovered his balance, spun around, and swung his blade while keeping me firmly in his sight.

But before his blade could swing, I leapt forward with such speed that I vanished from Shu Suumeree’s field of vision, evading the slash completely.

“Can’t block it—but I can dodge.”

“Huh!?”

Not only that, but using a combination of gravity control and gate manipulation—just like I did before—I launched myself into a high-speed aerial dash from a jump directly toward Shu Suumeree.

I kicked Shu Suumeree’s arm, which had just begun to counterattack with a returning blade.

Even Shu Suumeree, no matter how skilled, couldn’t withstand a blow from such unnatural strength while still off-balance; judging by the sensation, I’d definitely broken a bone.

"～～～～～!"

And then, straight backward.

Dodging the blast fired in retaliation, I once again moved out of Shū Suumeree's line of sight.

Yeah, by this point, it's perfectly clear.

The combination of Virijanila's exceptional vision and physical control, merged with the superhuman physical capabilities of my powered suit, has made me far stronger than I could ever be on my own.

Just to clarify, the voice being broadcast outside has been converted from Virijanira's murmurs to sound like my own.

While the movements clearly indicate a change in the operator, the voice remains the same, so it won't be obvious at first glance.

"Wha— Kerna!"

"Ah, and I can even play it too."

"Wha—?!"

That must be an application of the body control mod.

Shuu Suumeree swiftly reconnects his broken right arm and swings his sword.

But against Vilijanira, who could see both the starting point of the action and the trajectory of the blade, such a move wouldn't work at this distance.

Using a force-field generation mod prepared on the knuckles—without direct contact—precisely striking the belly of the swinging blade, deflecting it and throwing off his balance.

"Hmph!"

"!?!"

And then, launching a full-force punch from a powerful kick that cracks the corridor floor, four tendrils embedded in the back are wrapped around the right arm.

This blow, capable of reducing even a crude metal block to scrap in one hit, pierces Shuu Suumeree's abdomen and sends his body flying kilometers away.

Though it felt like my spine, hip bones, and several internal organs were shattered... still, this kind of damage won't kill a cosmic monster like me.

"Chase them down."

Knowing that, Vilijanira lunges forward to pursue.

Using her dorsal tentacles like legs, she rockets through the air at an even greater speed than before.

"Our turn..."

Meanwhile, Shuu Suumeree... just calmly hovers in midair.

It was impossible to tell exactly what kind of mod he was using, or how he was applying it.

Meanwhile, he fired a blaster, unleashing a beam so massive it obscured his entire upper body—its size utterly disregarding the gun's muzzle. Yet, Vilijaniar simply saw the attack's scale coming and effortlessly dodged it.

Meanwhile, directly behind us, the outer wall of 'Jichikane-to' had been torn open by the beam, leaving a huge hole.

"Fast!"

This attack seemed designed to buy just a little time, however minimal.

Shuu Suumeree raised his blade high, completely obscuring his vision.

Indeed, if the mod is truly about slashing exactly as one sees it, that would be the most devastatingly effective approach.

As long as he recognizes my position right before completing the upward swing, there's no way I can avoid it.

But if it's just me, that might work—against Vilejaniira, it's the worst possible move.

"If you can't see it, you can't cut it—what good does hiding your vision do?"

"!?"

For this one moment, I finally understand Shuu Suumere's feelings.

Impossible… this can't be.

Yet Vilejaniira has made the impossible a reality.

That's why my fist crashes into Shuu Suumere's face just as he finishes raising his blade.

"What...!?"

"Unfortunately, my compatibility with you is practically nonexistent."

My outline blurs, my form becoming indistinct.

I'm not becoming transparent, nor have I vanished from this place.

I've simply changed the color of my surface.

Yet, thanks to Vilejaniira calculating the visual data from Shuu Suumere's perspective and adjusting accordingly, I've merged completely with the background.

"Wait...!?"

"Then just get close and cut? I've already tried that."

Even if I try to close in and strike, the blade is deflected before it can reach.

Even if I fire a blaster, the area of effect is precisely anticipated and remains out of reach.

If the target isn't properly visible, I can't determine what to cut.

It feels almost as if the attack is targeting my former self—before I was replaced by this powered suit—perhaps due to some latent ability development. But that doesn't hold up: the pilot of the powered suit isn't me, it's Viridianiela, the suit itself has no inner substance, and the attack can't even reach the Ether Space, making such a notion impossible.

Only Viridianiela's powered suit—my fist—can reach, steadily draining Shuu Suumere's resources.

"Shuu Suumere. I do pity you. But if you've chosen to oppose the Empire, then there's no alternative for me but to crush you."

"My... Shuu-sama's... Suumere's... revenge..."

And at last, though belatedly, the poison mod specifically designed for the space monster Shuu Suumere, generated from my main body, was finally complete.

Shuu Suumere's entire body was already in tatters, bleeding from every pore, with parts of his body too weak to hold their position, simply sagging under gravity.

Neither I nor Vilijanira saw any point in inflicting unnecessary suffering.

"Grave robber with red hair... you beast wearing human skin... you society that treats you as human..."

Thus, the poison was loaded into my right fist, and without hesitation, the fist was drawn back.

"Sleep."

May you all be cursed, for eternity.

The fist smashes into Shu Suumare's head, crushing it.

The injected poison mod instantly spreads throughout Shuu-Suumeri's entire body and OS, destroying everything so thoroughly that no later inspection is possible.

"Curse... Well, I won't deny there's some truth to it."

And so Shuu Suumeree's body vanished.

Not a single speck of dust, not a single curse left behind.

03/01 Correction of Typographical Errors