Something twinkled in the heavens spread out above the broken ceiling.
It was a white light.
Immediately after Kamijou’s mind interpreted it that way, a giant pure-white pillar of light poured down in a straight line and enveloped Fiamma.
A sound like oil poured on a hot wok reached Kamijou’s ears an instant later.
“Wha—!?”
There was an explosion.
A brilliant light as if from welding made Kamijou cover his eyes with his hands. It was so bright he started to get a headache and then he felt his feet float up off the ground. Immediately afterwards, he was knocked back a few meters.
That was nothing more than an aftereffect.
There was such heat that the air exploded and the shockwave that created was enough to blow away a human body.
But…
“An Academy City optical weapon, hm?”
That refreshingly cool voice came from within the explosive beam of light.
Despite supposedly receiving that mysterious attack, Fiamma’s manner of speech did not change in the slightest.
“If I remember correctly, their officially announced number of satellites is four, but from this, it seems I was right in assuming there was something very off about the distribution map of their space forces. Most likely, smaller satellites and space ships are being deployed from a large central station.”
The pure-white light that had shot down from overhead had looked like it had come straight down on Fiamma’s shoulder.
However, it had not.
In reality, the third arm growing from his shoulder was lifted straight up as if it were a giant parasol. It did not allow the falling light to encroach on his position. Fiamma then casually swung his right arm. That was all.
And yet the air shook greatly.
The white light was blown away by his third arm like eraser scraps being flicked away with a finger. That was all. With that, that tremendous light that had been wielded with such fury vanished. Kamijou’s vision was average, so he could not see what was occurring outside the atmosphere, but he knew. Fiamma, the man who stood before his eyes, had shot down the satellite with that simple motion.
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