Chapter 61: Otherworldly Beast

“This is the target location.”
“The Imaginary Space is about to open.”
“Little Tina, prepare for battle.”

“Tina has received the directive.”

A white streak shot across the city’s sky.
The Humanoid Weapon Research Society’s Tina appeared punctually beside Su Xiao Zi, the thrusters on her back letting out a roar of steam as she slowly descended and landed on the ground.

The Imaginary Space opened.

Tantan City was scanned by azure lines, and all the buildings were replicated within the space.
Su Xiao Zi’s vision became hallucinatory and distorted for a moment before the scene gradually stabilized.

At the same time, just as the intelligence data had predicted, within a minute of the Imaginary Space opening, a huge fluctuation immediately appeared in the center of the school field.
It wouldn’t be long before a rift was torn open.

Su Xiao Zi’s nerves instantly tensed.
The expressionless Tina had already reached her hand under her skirt.
The hem was lifted slightly, and to Su Xiao Zi’s surprise, she pulled out a high-energy beam rifle.

“Eh!?”
“L-Little Tina, where did you pull that gun from!?”

“Hm?”
“Under my skirt.”

Tina answered with perfect composure, her voice devoid of any fluctuation.
She had always been such an emotionless child.

Su Xiao Zi blinked, then quickly gave a few awkward coughs, her face slightly red.
She asked in a hushed voice:

“H-how did you put such a long gun… u-under your skirt?”
“It’s, it’s a four-dimensional space, right!?”
“It has to be a four-dimensional space!”
“Where else could you fit it!?”

“Vice-Instructor, my panels indicate that your emotional state seems to be somewhat agitated and elevated.”
“Do not worry.”
“Although this is the Vice-Instructor’s first time facing a large Otherworldly Beast, Tina will have no problems.”

Mimicking the confident look of a human girl, Tina very stiffly patted her own flat chest, then used her other hand to calmly pull out an identical beam rifle from under her skirt.

‘Ah, this child is just like a mature adult.’
‘In comparison, I’m the one who

seems a bit childish…’

Su Xiao Zi swallowed.
As if she had made up her mind, she clenched her fists, focused her attention, and stared fixedly at the location of the fluctuation ahead.

“Mhm, Little Tina, I’ll support you from the rear.”
“After all, I’m your instructor.”
“Although I don’t know what kind of person your previous instructor was, I will definitely work hard to become someone you can admire like that!”

“That is not possible, Vice-Instructor.”

“Ah, eh—eh!?”
“That’s so discouraging…”

Tina often mentioned her former main instructor during conversations.
It seemed she hadn’t erased the commands her former instructor gave her and was still strictly executing all of them.

It seems that person held a very high position in her heart.

“Because my former main instructor was male, and you are female.”

Tina seemed to be telling a deadpan joke.

After she said that, both the atmosphere and Su Xiao Zi’s cheeks became a little stiff, but Tina didn’t notice at all.

“Ahaha, so that’s what you meant.”
“Speaking of which, Little Tina, you’ve never told me your former instructor’s name.”
“I was quite curious…”

“The instructor said that I am not to leak his information to anyone.”
“Compared to that, Vice-Instructor, the enemy target has appeared.”
“Shall we proceed with its elimination now?”

With a deafening roar, a huge beast the size of a truck had appeared right before the two of them.

It had a head like a wild boar, huge tusks, crimson eyes, and a massive body with bulging muscles.
It stood upright on the ground, hot white vapor puffing from the corners of its mouth.

“It’s finally here.”
Su Xiao Zi gritted her teeth, slowly lowered her body, and confirmed that the enemy was indeed a “Type-Three Otherworldly Beast,” a particularly ferocious type among the large Otherworldly Beasts.

At that moment, the Otherworldly Beast immediately noticed Su Xiao Zi and Tina standing in the distance.
It let out a strange, dull gurgling sound, and then its gaze instantly locked onto Su Xiao Zi.

“So this is a real… Otherworldly Beast…”

The moment her eyes met the Otherworldly Beast’s, Su Xiao Zi felt an unprecedented sense of pressure.
Her heartbeat quickened drastically, as if an invisible hand was choking her, making it almost impossible to breathe.

For a rookie instructor like her.

This time, it was no longer a holographic simulation test, but a confrontation with a real monster…

“Extermination Art, deploy!”

“Little Tina, blast it so that not even dust remains!”