TRL 92

TRL

Chapter 92

While Gide was unable to move because the Selective Wall was maintained like the Original’s domain control, it wasn’t a big problem given that the doppelgangers who lost their samples had turned into slimy blobs.

“Alright, now we just have to rescue them.”

Confirming safety, Rita stopped hiding and moved forward toward the struggling people. She approached Linzy first and caught her as she staggered.

“Linzy, are you conscious?”

“Ma…master? What on earth…”

“The details come later. Can you walk?”

Linzy blinked dizzily and vomited transparent slime with a gagging sound.

“Ugh, I’ll have to do a thorough contamination check later. The old command members had anti-contamination measures, but Linzy touched the monster without any protection… Still, most from Tritoma are probably pledged ones, so it should be fine?”

Rita clicked her tongue and then felt her hair tugged. She turned her head.

The bird that had grabbed her hair shared its vision of the greenhouse entrance. She saw bluish glowing deer running in one after another through the narrow entrance.

“The senior sent them.”

Rita immediately understood Isaiah’s intention and lifted Linzy onto the back of the first deer. Even though Linzy gagged, she reflexively hugged the glowing deer’s neck, and it ran out of the greenhouse.

Next, Rita loaded the staggered attendants one by one onto the following deer.

Gide closed his eyes, turned his head to check what she was doing, then raised the sword he had lowered from the Selective Wall.

Beyond the shimmering haze, the doppelganger who had given up wielding tentacles was howling as it compressed its body tightly.

A doppelganger that can’t transform can only perform simple attacks like swinging tentacles or body slams.

Its main body is quite heavy, and when it compresses and rolls like that, the impact is enormous enough to pierce through the Selective Wall, making it quite dangerous…

“But the opponent is Gide.”

Rita trusted him and focused on loading the people onto the deer summons. After somehow dragging a large attendant covered in slime onto a deer, a loud noise came from inside the greenhouse.

Looking through the bird’s vision, she saw Gide had sliced the rolling doppelganger in half; the two slime halves were tumbling and colliding against the greenhouse shelves and walls.

The split slime quickly began to ooze back together. The huge eyeball that had been moved aside to avoid the split also quickly returned to its place. It was almost immune to most physical attacks, just like the doppelgangers.

“What an annoying monster.”

Their plan was to evacuate everyone, then trap the creature in the greenhouse and burn it.

Rita recalled the plan as she pulled a special agent wearing a hat onto a deer. Only the magic gun special agent and the red-haired special agent remained, both staggering and trembling on the ground.

[Cast: Reinforcement magic will be cast on the user’s arms.]

Thanks to Grace’s repeated reinforcement magic, Rita dragged the tall magic gun agent forward. Suddenly, the red-haired agent regained consciousness.

“Eugh, ugh… ugh?”

Spitting out the slime in her mouth wildly, the red-haired agent wiped her pale face and gasped in horror upon seeing Rita dragging the fainted comrade.

Covered head to toe in slime from carrying those vomiting it, the red-haired agent’s blurry vision saw a slime-covered monster kidnapping a teammate.

“M-Monster! Aaaah!”

In panic, she screamed and wildly swung her sword at Rita.

Rita was momentarily startled.

Because she was viewing the surroundings through the summon’s vision, she noticed the attack late. She was in the middle of carrying a man much bigger than herself, so her reaction was delayed. With both hands full, she couldn’t immediately draw her gun.

But the surprise lasted only a moment. She quickly judged the situation and acted.

Stepping back to avoid the blade, she released the hand supporting the man and dropped it behind her, then immediately drew Silver Grace with her free hand to counterattack.

A silent bullet in the chamber fired without sound, striking the red-haired agent’s sword. The blade snapped with a clang and flew away.

Facing the shocked red-haired agent, Rita swung Silver Grace in her hand.

With a crack, the revolver’s handle struck the agent’s temple precisely. She collapsed without even a scream.

[Criticism: Attacking without assessing the situation or identifying friend or foe is a very foolish human behavior!]

[Recommendation: Due to the awkward posture at the time of firing, the user’s right hand and wrist were impacted. Please lightly stretch and massage.]

Listening to Grace’s fuss, Rita sighed.

“That was startling, but thankfully…”

It wasn’t actually fortunate.

Feeling a chilling premonition, Rita sharply turned her head.

“…!”

Gide, who had been fighting the doppelganger, opened his eyes wide. He seemed to have been startled by the recent commotion and had opened his eyes while looking back at her.

His golden eyes met the giant doppelganger’s single eye.

“No!”

Rita frantically aimed her gun at the doppelganger’s eye, but it was too late.

The monster’s single eye curved like a crescent. The transparent slime quickly shrank and transformed into a human shape.

“Damn.”

Gritting her teeth, Rita recalled the doppelganger’s annoying ability.

“It dives into the memories of whoever it makes eye contact with and transforms into a form that person can never attack. Then it charms them…”

Its cruel ability targets the most vulnerable point. The one who makes eye contact cannot escape the charm or defeat the transformed doppelganger. Someone else has to deal with it.

Prepared to immediately shoot whatever it transformed into, Rita loaded an explosive bullet. But when she saw the completed doppelganger form, she froze for a moment.

“That’s…”

It’s me.

Lillietta stared blankly as the doppelganger aimed a gun.

Black combat clothes with many pockets. A black magic gun held by a gloved hand.

Reddish brown hair tied back in a single strand. Sharp eyes softened gently, freckles over the bridge of the nose moving.

“Rita Pascal” smiled and looked at Gideon.

“Gide.”

Her voice was sweet.

“Long time no see.”

Gide’s pupils trembled wildly. He froze, holding his breath, completely mesmerized, unable to move as he stared at “Rita Pascal.” He didn’t even notice the monster sliding the gun barrel his way.

As it aimed at Gide, Lillietta reflexively pulled the trigger.

Bang! The explosive bullet fired with a roar. At the same moment, “Rita Pascal’s” reddish brown eyes flashed and the gun barrel turned toward Lillietta.

Bang! The shots collided almost simultaneously. “Rita Pascal’s” bullet bounced off Lillietta’s explosive bullet. The exploding bullet crashed loudly into the wall, setting the plants on fire.

[Shock: There is another human capable of such a skill besides the user?]

No time to answer Grace.

Lillietta swallowed a curse and rolled away. Gunshots followed, hitting where she had been.

While rolling, she thought:

If the opponent is “Rita Pascal,” how do I kill her?

Branches of thought quickly formed different possible options. She discarded impossible ones and chose the fastest and simplest method for the moment.

Using the gap between “Rita Pascal” and herself.

When she got back up, she opened her closed eyes and fired with a hand blazing with golden Od.

“If I compress as much Od as possible into the explosive bullet…”

KABOOM!

With a deafening blast, a brilliantly white bullet fired, leaving a clear comet-like trail.

“Rita Pascal” fired her magic gun expressionlessly. Her similarly glowing explosive bullet met and collided with Lillietta’s.

And then, shattered.

“It’s definitely my victory. The amount of Od I can use now is different from before.”

If the same skill is used, Lillietta’s power would be much greater.

Lillietta’s explosive bullet pierced “Rita Pascal’s” bullet and struck its target: “Rita Pascal’s” forehead.

The bullet embedded in the doppelganger’s head exploded. “Rita Pascal” shattered and exploded.

“Ah.”