Vivy Prototype Vol. 2 by Tappei Nagatsuki

Author:Tappei Nagatsuki [Nagatsuki, Tappei]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: light novel
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Published: 2022-09-21T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 4:

From the Songstress to the Lovers

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A GUNSHOT RANG OUT in the warehouse, and the gun that Miki was holding flew backward.

“What?!” Miki blurted, holding her hand in her other.

Vivy turned around; the gunshot had come from behind her. There was Kakitani, now sitting up. He held a revolver just like Miki’s in his hands.

“Kaki…tani…san…” Miki said in a feeble voice before collapsing.

She didn’t move; it looked like she was unconscious again. Vivy tried to run to her side, but a strike to her temple sent her tumbling. An alert in her field of vision informed her she’d been shot. The screech of metal on metal cut off the sounds of rapidly fired bullets…but she wasn’t struck again.

Matsumoto had jumped in front of her, using his body as a shield.

“Why the hell are you here, Cubeman?!” Kakitani shouted, still pointing the gun at Matsumoto. He held a hand to his head, which was wrapped in a bandage Vivy had put there to stop his bleeding. His feet wobbled as he tried to stand up; either he had lost too much blood or he’d sustained a brain injury.

“It’s been five years, hasn’t it, Mister Kakitani?” said Matsumoto. “We mean you no harm. Honestly. Would you mind putting down that empty gun now? It makes me uneasy.”

“Why are you here?!”

“Because we saved you.” Matsumoto spread his manipulator arms to indicate the area around them. “Two hours and eighteen minutes have passed since Toak was pushed back by Metal Float. We mounted a rescue but were only able to save five of your members. We have administered first aid and called for ambulances. Although you stopped Miki-san from her suicide attempt, she is the one in the worst condition. However, you too are in quite bad shape, Mister Kakitani.”

Kakitani looked angry. He immediately tore the bandages from his head and threw them to the ground, a clear sign of hostility and rejection. The blood hadn’t yet clotted and ran down his face, drawing a red line. “Stop lying. I know you’re working with Saeki. Metal Float didn’t have an interception system extending beyond the island’s border. You two overrode it, didn’t you?”

“I see…” Matsumoto sounded impressed. “So that’s how you understand it. Well, it might very well be the truth, but…Mister Kakitani, would you work with us now?”

Kakitani glowered. It looked like he didn’t understand at all. The same was true of Vivy.

“Matsumoto?” she said in a transmission.

“This is the most logical route.”

Matsumoto shifted his body away from Vivy as a show of willingness to talk. “I can only ask you to believe me,” he said, “but we also seriously regret what happened to Metal Float. We stood against you in the AI Naming Law incident, and again on Sunrise, but…our goals are aligned in this instance. You are aiming to destroy Metal Float, right?”

The warehouse fell silent. Only the fire burning away in the drum made a sound.

“Who the hell are you two?” asked Kakitani.

“You’re asking who we

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