86—EIGHTY-SIX, Vol. 01 by Asato Asato and Shirabii

Author:Asato Asato and Shirabii [ASATO, ASATO / SHIRABII]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2019-03-26T00:00:00+00:00

It took Lena until sunset to muster the will to reactivate the Para-RAID.

Ever since then, every time she tried to connect, a surge of fear assailed her along with a wave of nausea, and by the time she finally managed to make the call, night had fallen—nearly time for lights out at the base.

She timidly thought that calling this late might be a bother but raised her head to push that thought away. She knew that if she put it off now, she would probably never Resonate with them again. She would keep pushing it to the next day, using the same excuse over and over.

Conscious of her hastening breath, she inhaled deeply and activated the Para-RAID. Thankfully, the person she was contacting hadn’t retired to bed yet. The call connected immediately. She Resonated with one person—and that person only. He was the one who’d told her to cut off the link, and he was also the one who’d warned her that staying Resonated would be dangerous. She thought he was the right person to ask.

“…Captain Nouzen.”

She could faintly feel Shin open his eyes.

“It’s Milizé. Um, are you free now?”

There was an odd pause before he spoke. And for whatever reason, she could faintly hear the sound of water running ever since she connected.

“…I’m taking a shower at the moment.”

“H-huh?!”

Lena had never heard herself screeching this hysterically. Flushing red up to her ears, Lena had trouble thinking of anything to say, her thoughts going back and forth in flustered circles. It was a different sort of panic compared to this afternoon, but she somehow managed to pull herself together and squeeze out the words.

“I-I’m sorry. Yes, of course, it’s this late, after all… I-I’ll end the call now.”

Shin’s voice was, predictably enough, composed to an almost cheeky degree.

“I don’t mind, but I’ll be going to sleep after this. If you have anything to ask, you can ask me now. If you don’t mind, of course, Major.”

“V-very well, then… In that case…”

All things considered, Lena’s father had died when she was young, and she’d never had any brothers, to say nothing of a lover. This situation was a touch too stimulating for her chaste heart, and she was helplessly aware of her burning cheeks as she opened her mouth to speak.

“Ah… How did the battle go? Did anyone get hurt or…killed…?”

“We’re all fine. Is that what you called me for…?”

“No, but…”

Even for elites like them, there were no guarantees when fighting the Legion. Especially not in the midst of those horrific screams… She couldn’t hold back the terrifying thought they’d all died while engulfed by that noise and that maybe there would be no one to Resonate with.

“Captain… What were those voices I heard back there…?”

As soon as the question left her lips, she felt a terrible chill in the pit of her stomach. The static she’d always heard in the background of the Resonance, that beat in continuo, like the rustling of leaves in the depths of the forest, like the sound of distant traffic.

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