Chapter 5:

Chapter 5 Phantasm

Phantasm Project


The bullet flew faster than the monster could react and destroyed part of its shoulders. However, it regenerates that part in an instant.

“So you are one tough freak huh? Alright... Bring it on then!!”

The monster is then enraged and starts duplicating itself, creating a monster mold from its own body which takes a form of a hawk. It shouted a loud pitch voice and commands them to attack Haru directly.

Using her handgun, she takes out the flying small monster one by one. The bullets seem to have a homing property to them so it was easy to hit her target. If one of the monsters gets too close she will use her knife to quickly dispatch them out.

One by one the hawk monster fell and Haru was readying her attack on the sources themselves.

However, Haru notices that the crippled girl that she was protecting fainted and started to have marks of the same energy as the monster appearing all around her body.

“Crap! Is staying inside the field affecting her like this?!”

The option she has is limited at this point. If she helps the crippled girl to escape then they will be attacked by the bird monster, if she continues to fight the girl might be in even more danger.

“But… I will never put anyone in danger... Even if it hurts me, no matter how much, I don’t care…. Until everyone is safe!!”

Haru put her gun and knife in the side pocket and started to run away while carrying the crippled girl with both of her hands. The rest of the hawk monster instantly chases Haru, while she tries to avoid it to the best of her ability. In the end, there were too many flying around, and as they were about to land a hit on Haru.

A loud gunshot from a distance is heard followed by the flock of the bird monster completely obliterated by a single bullet which impacts the ground with great force creating a small crater.

Haru stopped and turned around to see what was happening.

“Wait, where did that gunshot that saved me come from?!”

Before she could react to anything, a figure appeared in a flash like lightning and cut down all the remaining hawk monsters. This figure stopped right in front between the humanoid monster and Haru.

This mysterious figure wore a pleated knee-length skirt and traditional Japanese dark blue swordsman uniform with patterns of glowing yellow lighting around it. She carries two swords, one being a Katana which she keeps in a sheath on her left hip and the other being a laser shortsword that she is holding on her right hand.

“Never thought you would become a linker… At Least thank you for buying us enough time” the mysterious figure spoke in a familiar serious tone and turned her head around to which Haru recognized immediately.

“Lin senpai?!” Haru is surprised.

“We will talk about this later. For now” Lin replied and turned her attention to the humanoid monster.

Lin takes a small USB device out of the hilt of her sword and inserts it into the other sword hilt then followed up by a phrase

“THUNDER, EXECUTE PHASE!!!”

A surge of lighting energy flows around Lin as she assumes a combat stance with her second sword and then within a single flash of drawing her sword, she dashes right at the humanoid monster cutting it in half.

Lin stops on the other side of the monster as it slowly splits in half and sheaths her sword back creating a lightning strike down on the humanoid monster which evaporates into nothing. The field of energy then starts to dissipate and the energy pattern on the girl Haru was holding also starts to disappear as well.

Haru stood there, amazed and relieved about this whole situation. Although she has a lot of questions to ask about what is going on right now.

“Lin senpai, that was so cool! You defeated that thing in a single blow” Haru quickly ran up to Lin.

“It’s nothing, We are just doing our job” she replied

“By the way, can you expl-”

Haru suddenly starts to lose her consciousness and falls on her knees onto the ground. She couldn’t make out anything she was seeing but the girl she was holding was quickly taken by someone else who is now standing right next to Lin. Then another person appeared from a high place and also stood next to Lin.

The world around Haru became blurry and the surround sound becomes a jumble but she was able to recognize those two from their distinctive features of white hair and light pink ponytail.

“Riku? Shiro?” she mumbles before becoming unconscious.

“Ho? look like the sleep dart work on her” Shiro pokes at Haru’s head with her finger.

“Alright let's quickly wrap this up and return to Aiko-san'' Lin then called a person using the headpiece in her ear. “Aiko-san we have neutralized the C-tier Phantom and secured the Wolf Phantasm with its linker.

‘Um… Will she be fine?” Riku asked with a worried tone.

“Don’t worry she is just unconscious with a few wounds, it will be your job to treat her when we get back, Riku” Lin lifts up Haru on her shoulder.

“U-Understood…"

-june-
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