Kami-ko-kami- kadze

A second before impact, Soda suddenly leaned back, dodging the blades and seeing her reflection in them, and swung her leg, aiming for the android's head.

"Kami-kami-kaze!"
Kamiko screamed through her teeth, which were clenched tightly around the hilt of her katana until it cracked.
"God of the wind!"

The boot hit Ningen's chin hard and with such force that his head came off and flew upward. Kamiko, by inertia, collided with the android's body and tore it away from his legs. And, like a pancake on water, she skidded along the sleepers with a scream until she stopped.

"Kami-sama, what a ride!"

She came to her senses, and then she noticed.

"Oh, and the suitcase is here!"

The android's head immediately fell on him with a crash, frightening the girl. Kamiko rose to her feet and assessed the situation, trying to figure out what and how to take with her.

"M-mellow, can you hear me? We need to clean up here, otherwise… I don't have enough hands for everything."

Kamiko placed the katana on the suitcase, taking hold of the handle with her teeth. And skillfully she threw the android's head and severed arms onto the suitcase with her feet, and then covered herself with a single mass left over from the melted jacket, which was easy to track down by the missing seat next to her.

***

Somehow Soda made it to the nearest base at the temple, where Fumiko had rushed.

"Kamiko!"

Mellow screamed as she ran.

"I'm so happy! W-what is this? T-takeshi!?"

“Here I am… and I found him… our little brother…”

Kamiko said without strength and lost consciousness.

Soda came to her senses in bed, but still without arms.

"Oh, are you awake? How are you feeling?"

"Brings back memories…"

"Y-yes… Come on, I'll show you something."

"O-okay, but not so fast. I'm thirsty."

Kamiko followed her sister.

"Your favorite?"

Fumiko smiled and took out a can of cherry soda, opened it and inserted a straw.

"How will you drink?.."

Kamiko pointed at her chest with her eyes, embarrassing her sister even more. Fumiko, embarrassed, placed the jar and went to the lab. She envied her sister, who was several sizes bigger. Although in the future it would help Fumiko. Kamiko caught the straw with her tongue and took a life-giving sip, sighing blissfully.

"W-what did you just say?"

Kamiko spat out the straw, shocked.

"I received important data from Ta-… Ningen's head? The Mukibutsu called this object «Magmatama» — the soul of magma. Almost like us, and that fits the essence."

"In terms of?"

"I haven't figured it out yet. We still can't study it in detail. The object's own radiation interferes with the study. But it seems that it can penetrate the earth's crust like a knife through butter, and then affect the planet's magma layer."

“It can’t be… but for what?”

"Tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, typhoons — all this and more can be caused with the help of this small suitcase."

“Well, it depends on how you look at it, I’m tired of dragging him here along with…”

Kamiko became embarrassed and turned her eyes from the data screen to the android's head.

"As you might have guessed, Mukibutsu did transfer his brother's consciousness into the android's head. Was it just a test or to put pressure on the Sun Guardians…"

"So, it's not just a face? He doesn't remember me."

"Yes, judging by the pattern of the recorded personality, but… it's still an android, albeit with Takeshi's face and a copy of his consciousness, which Mukibutsu worked on."

"Damn Mukibutsu! If only my hands could reach them…"

"Haha, don't worry, we'll fix them and return them soon. By the way, you can say hello to your new partners, although you already know two of them."

"Eh? Partners? I work alone! I mean, with you!"

"Itsuki will be there too."

Fumiko added slyly, knowing about Kamiko's love.

“Uh?” Soda blushed.

“Go-go. I’ll dig around in my brother’s head to find out more…”

Fumiko pushed her sister into another room and returned to the lab.

Kamiko lost her balance as she entered, and the can slipped out of her chest. The girl managed to imagine how stupid she would look if she fell and was covered in soda, but at the last moment a guy nearby managed to grab her and the can.

"A little clumsy as always, Kamiko?"

The guy also grabbed the can and returned it to its place. Kamiko blushed deeply, as if she was about to explode.

“A-a-a-a-try walking without arms and keeping balance with such a… heavy can!”

" Miyata Kamiko is at her best! Meet Takagi Gian."

"Call sign Omosa. Nice to meet you."

A massive cyborg with a childish face creaked up from the sofa and bowed, the floor began to creak. On the back of the pumped-up "sumo wrestler" was a backpack.

"L-Likewise…"

"My specialty is close combat, for which I use a backpack - part of an exoskeleton with an additional muscle system. With it, I'm even more, heh-heh."

"I-I see. I prefer close combat too. Now we're evenly divided: Itsuki and Toshi specialize in long-range combat."

Hirano Itsuki was throwing up strange metal devices in the form of balls, juggling them, precisely tracking their movement with his dark blue eyes. Sometimes they literally froze in the air, forming an electric arc between them. It created an eerie shadow on Itsuki's face, enhancing his strict features, although in normal lighting he looks “softer” and kinder. Especially with his black hair almost to his elbows, making him look more feminine. Call sign Jutsu.

In contrast, Sakamoto Toshi looked more menacing, although he often tried to joke around to look simpler. But the various types of firearms and explosives hanging all over his body made him even more frightening. Especially when he scratched the back of his silver hair, squinting his acid-green eyes creepily and smiling with a gun in his other hand. Call sign Buki.

"Yes, we've already met. I think we'll make a great team!"

The bald, big man, Takagi Gian, was half Asian and half African American, as evidenced by his unusually large frame and dark skin with distinctive, if mysterious, brown eyes. Even so, his size was superhuman, something that could only have been achieved through cybernetic implants.

"You’re too! We just needed a big guy like that!" Toshi confirmed.

"Judging by the harness, Buki is a shooter. And Jutsu… looks like an operator. The brains?" Jan guessed.

"Haha!" Kamiko suddenly laughed.

“Did I say something wrong?..” Jan was embarrassed.

"Not really. I use special small devices made from magatama, throw something at me."

"OK."

Jan looked around, there was only a pillow nearby. He quickly threw it, but the pillow seemed to crash into an invisible wall. Itsuki took out a small device in the form of a sphere, which created a repulsive gravitational field.

“Ah, so you’re a magician!” Jan guessed.

"What!?" Itsuki was indignant.

"Ha-ha-ha, exactly!"

Both Kamiko and Toshi supported each other.

"A-a-a-a!"

Suddenly a loud scream was heard from the laboratory.

All four of them immediately rushed to check.

"Fumiko! What happened?"

Seeing her gloomy expression, they immediately adopted it.

"It turned out to be much more complicated and worse than I expected…" Fumiko began to explain. "The Mukibutsu weren’t only developing cybernetics and robotics, but also biological weapons! Right now, an experiment is underway to create weapons of mass destruction or even something more terrifying…"

"Eh? What could be more terrible than a WMD?" Itsuki was surprised.

"Don't keep me in suspense, sister…"

"Apparently, they’re creating a virus that will allow the body to be changed at the will of the owner, and in the future, to… control people."

"It sounds like they want to take over the world. Too prosaic, but… we're talking about Mukibutsu."

"T-that's right, Toshi."

Fumiko shook, missing the keys on the keyboard. Although Mellow used the technology almost "directly" through a special helmet, the tactile feedback was useful in special situations.

"I'm currently tracking the subject and other details, but I'm not sure that this data is in this head and that I won't be discovered on their server sooner…"

"Did you all hear!? This is our new mission. Are you ready!?"

Kamiko said sternly, looking at all three of them.

"Yes ma'am!" They answered at once.

"Well…" Kamiko hesitated, and then smiled predatorily. "It seems like a big fight is brewing!?"

The bell of fate rings louder and louder!