Because the hill where the shrine was located was not high, the whole process from Susuru's escape to Rozen's pursuit took less than a few seconds.
And in these few seconds, Susuru had already arrived at the foot of the hill on her self-made shikigami.
Of course, Rozen, who was sitting on Big Dipper's head, arrived at the foot of the hill from the shrine in the next moment.
Because of this, Rozen clearly saw.
He saw the scene of Susuru flying towards the truck parked at the foot of the hill.
"What's that?"
Rozen frowned.
"Truck?"
Natsume, who was also sitting on Big Dipper's head, was also startled.
Neither of them expected that Ōdaji Suzuka would choose to escape, not to escape to another place, but to escape to the truck that had been parked there for some time.
"That must be the last resort prepared by Susuru, right?"
It was easy for Rozen to come to such a conclusion.
If that wasn't the case, Ōdaji Suzuka wouldn't have fled there so desperately.
Natsume seemed to have thought of this possibility and quickly said to Rozen.
"Then let's hurry up and stop her!"
That was a very correct judgment.
Although he didn't know what method Susuru had prepared, he knew that something that could be used as the last resort by a national level Onmyoji was definitely not ordinary.
In addition, Susuru was a researcher who was trying to get involved in the taboo. As long as one thought about it, one would feel that what she prepared must be very dangerous.
Therefore, the judgment of stopping Susuru was absolutely correct.
"It's too late."
Rozen said directly.
It was indeed too late.
Taking advantage of this time, Ōdaji Suzuka had already jumped down from the self-made Shikigami and landed in front of the truck. Then, she stopped running and turned around to face this side, her eyes showing that she was unafraid of death.
Obviously, Susuru was ready to make a last stand.
"Akira."
Natsume looked at Rozen and called his name as if he was uneasy, but also as if he had realized something.
"Let's go."
Rozen stared at Ōdairi Suzuka, who was standing in front of the truck, and made such a decision indifferently.
"Yes."
Natsume nodded without hesitation.
"Big Dipper."
Rozen kicked the Big Dipper under him, and the Big Dipper let out a dragon roar in response. With a leap, he arrived at the foot of the mountain.
At that moment, Rozen and Natsume jumped down from Big Dipper's head and landed in front of Odanji Suzuka.
The two sides once again returned to the state of confrontation, but it was different from the beginning. The initiative was completely grasped by Rozen, and Ōdaji Suzuka's ease had completely disappeared.
"Tsk …" Daiji Suzuka was very blatantly speechless. She said in a self-deprecating manner, "In the end, it actually became like this?"
The one who had come to attack Rozen with confidence was Ōdaji Suzuka, but in the end, she was forced to this point. It was indeed ironic.
"Suzuka of Dalian Temple." Natsume took a step forward and stared at Odanji Suzuka. He said solemnly, "Please surrender. The winner has been decided."
It was very Natsume's style of persuasion.
Unfortunately, it was another matter whether the others listened or not.
"The winner has been decided?" The self-deprecation on Ōdaji Suzuka's face turned into sarcasm. "Who said that? The real show is about to begin! "
With that said, Ōdaji Suzuka took a step back in the direction of the truck.
"You should know what my major is, right?"
Ōdaji Suzuka asked such a question with a forced smile.
However, Ōdaji Suzuka did not answer for Rozen and Natsume. Instead, she gave the answer herself.
"My major is the study of Imperial Techniques." Ōdaji Suzuka said, "The Imperial Techniques created by Nocturne are militarized spell systems. They are practical and powerful. They were originally prepared to be used in war."
Since that was the case, if there were spells for military use, there would naturally be military combat power.
What combat power?
"Spirit-branded Retainers."
Ōdaji Suzuka's smile returned to its poisonous look.
"In addition to spells, Nocturne has also developed Spirit-branded Retainers for military use."
Hearing this, not only Natsume, but even Rozen was shocked.
Because the two of them had roughly guessed what Ōdaji Suzuka's last resort was.
"Stop!"
Natsume couldn't help but shout out.
"It's too late!"
Ōdaji Suzuka roared back in an even louder voice.
"As the descendants of Nocturne of the Earth Imperial Sect, I'll let you experience the military Spirit-branded Retainers developed by our legendary ancestors!"
Ōdaji Suzuka chanted an incantation to the truck behind her.
"Technique release! Come out! Earth Spider! "
When such an order fell from Ōdaji Suzuka's mouth.
"Bang!"
Accompanied by a strong crash, the container of the truck behind Ōdaji Suzuka trembled violently. The top of the container exploded as if it had burst open.
And on the top of the exploded container, a steel spike poked out, exposed to the air.
It was this steel spike that pierced out from the inside of the container and pierced through the container.
The container seemed to be torn apart just like that. Steel spikes poked out of the hole at the top and pulled it apart.
Immediately, a monster emerged from the inside.
It was a huge steel spider.
The first thing that came out of the container was the steel spider's foot.
It had a body made entirely of steel, about twice the size of the truck. There were machine guns on both sides of its body. The spider's face was ferocious like a ghost, and there was an armored samurai's upper body on its back.
The samurai wore old armor and a conical helmet with a dark golden pentagram engraved on the forehead of the helmet.
Such a half-human, half-spider, monster that looked like a demon beast came out of the container of the truck and landed behind Ōdairi Suzuka.
"Boom!"
The moment the huge body landed, the ground trembled slightly a few times, setting off a thick cloud of smoke and dust.
Ōdaji Suzuka, who summoned the steel spider, did not look back but showed a somewhat twisted smile.
As for Rozen, his eyes lit up when he saw this scene.
And Natsume just squeezed out a weak voice and said the real body of the steel spider.
"Armored Ghost Soldier"
"Armored Ghost Soldier."
It was a military Shikigami that was used by the army as an armament half a century ago. Although it was artificial, it was still a very precious mecha type.
The spell that constituted the Shikigami was the type engraved inside the armor, and the external body was made of steel. The power that drove it was not magic, but gasoline. It was not so much a Shikigami as a large armored mechanical spider. If it was not for the spell engraved inside that gave it the ability to move autonomously, then it was definitely not a Shikigami.
Thanks to this, this shikigami's physical attributes were excellent, and it was free from the common shikigami's physique, which was prone to cracking. It had excellent destructive and defensive power, and thus became an out-and-out military shikigami. In modern times, it had already become an antique, and was usually kept in the tightly guarded Yin Yang Hall branch.
The reason why it was not kept in the headquarters was because it was too big.
Otherwise, the headquarters of Yin-Yang Hall would never put it somewhere else.
That was not only because the number of Armored Ghost Soldier in modern times was extremely small, but its power was also outstanding. Even a level one Onmyoji would have a headache when facing such a powerful Shikigami. But it was also because it was a military Shikigami developed by Nozomi.
Da Daiji Suzuka stole it from the Yin Yang Hall branch and repaired it. In the end, he brought it here as his trump card and kept it until now.
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