86—EIGHTY-SIX, Vol. 10: Fragmental Neoteny by Asato Asato and Shirabii

Author:Asato Asato and Shirabii [Shirabii and Asato Asato]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2022-05-18T00:00:00+00:00

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Only Shin and a single Scavenger returned, carrying a bundle of aluminum fragments that were supposedly from Eijyu and the others’ units.

“…I knew you were a god of pestilence,” Seiya growled.

“Maybe I am,” Shin said, not looking him in the eye.

None of the others survived, but Shin only had a few bruises and scratches. And that was despite him serving as the vanguard, the role with the highest mortality rate, in this mission, too. His devil’s luck and absurd combat skills seemed cheeky now.

No one else returned, but he did. As if he’d stolen all their luck, sacrificed them so he could survive.

“He survived four years…” Seiya clenched his teeth. “So why now…?!”

But he bit his lip before he finished that sentence. That’s right. It’s because he’d survived for four years in this hell. The Eighty-Six were all fated to die. The Legion outnumbered and outmatched them, and this was a ward where the fighting was especially savage.

So even if it did happen soon after Shin came here…that wasn’t why Eijyu had died. That wasn’t why at all.

The sensible part of Seiya’s mind knew this, but his emotions couldn’t come to terms with that. It wasn’t just Eijyu. Everyone else had died all at once in this battle. Even if the Eighty-Six all die sooner or later, squadrons don’t get entirely wiped out that often.

And not to mention every single squadron Shin’s ever been a part of. That makes no sense.

If you can’t call him a god of pestilence, what is he?

A grim reaper, perhaps. A grim reaper who ruthlessly cuts down both friend and foe without distinction—

Shin parted his lips indifferently, not knowing the anger brewing in Seiya’s heart or the jeering he was struggling to keep himself from saying aloud.

“Head Mechanic. Captain Nunat told me to decide on a Personal Name and Mark, remember?”

Seiya let out a long sigh, as if trying to vent out the pressure building up inside him. He’s saying that now?

“Yeah… He did. Though, I think he wanted to think of one for you.”

He likely expected Shin to be the first one under his command to survive a year. He perhaps saw him as something of a younger brother.

But Eijyu’s gone now. He’s gone and nowhere to be found.

“Yes… So I’ll decide them for myself.”

With that said, Shin handed Seiya a small aluminum plate. Seiya froze and blinked in surprise. It was a fragment of a Juggernaut’s armor. It looked pretty old, and it had a faded, unfamiliar Personal Mark drawn on it. It didn’t belong to any of the members of this base. But then whose unit was this? Where did Shin find this?

“I’m not good at drawing. Could you help me with this?”

So he was asking him to draw this?

Seiya found himself taking the plate and examining the Personal Mark. A headless skeletal knight shouldering a long sword. Name Bearers were seen as those who survived by stepping over the bodies of their dead comrades, and so their Personal Names were generally menacing, unpleasant titles.

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