Chapter 23: Incomplete

My thoughts stopped.

Rebuild what?

The Eden Treaty?

Wasn’t the Eden Treaty a treaty that could not be established without the General Student Council President from the beginning?

What are they going to do about the ETO, since the intervention of the General Student Council cannot be expected?

“Seia and I are currently reviewing the Eden Treaty as a whole and plan to revise the content.

We plan to create new content that cannot be established without that person.

That’s why you’re needed.”

Revising the content.

We, who are imperfect and incomplete, revise the content that is established because she is perfect.

Was I obsessed with a perfect treaty?

No, this treaty must be perfect…

Isn’t it foolish to be obsessed with making something that can no longer be perfect perfect?

More than that, why am I needed?

“Sora, so… I’m going to ask you a favor that I’m a little sorry for.

We are going to greatly extend Seia’s guard time.”

“Yes…?”

“Starting with Sora, we plan to inform some trusted Tea Party members of this matter.

Originally, after the midterm exams, the term of office of the host was also scheduled to pass to Seia, but due to the postponement of the midterm exams, the term of office of the host has already passed to Seia.

Therefore, I, who have been working on the Eden Treaty for a long time, and Seia, who is a well-informed host, plan to stay in Trinity for a while and adjust.”

I see, I must have been a little mistaken.

In the first place, I haven’t done anything important in the Eden Treaty.

Yeah, what I have to do is just accept the treaty that changes and becomes firm from above.

Whether it’s my current life or my past life, I’ve been led and supported by someone, not leading something.

Then what I have to do would be the same.

In the way I’ve repeated for years, I roll like a single cog.

It doesn’t have to be perfect, does it?

It’s just that a result that is sufficient to the extent that it meets the standard, not a perfect result, is enough.

“Please spend your daytime as you please. I will take care of your attendance separately.

From tomorrow night, to be precise, please come to the Tea Party’s host office about 30 minutes earlier than the school dismissal time, which is when the Justice Task Force leaves work tomorrow.

As the handover has become complicated due to the Eden Treaty, it will not be seen as strange to those around us that Seia and I are working together in the host office.”

“…I understand…”

I think I have a rough idea of what I need to do.

Everything is for the children.

The sound of explosions, which had been ringing repeatedly from early in the morning until lunchtime, hit the Justice Task Force again.

The parade ground or training ground within the Justice Task Force site.

The parade ground, a place prepared for the physical training of the Justice Task Force members, simple sparring, or training in an environment similar to actual combat, was now full of roars and swirling dust.

-Boom!-

“Uh… Is it okay to… not stop that…?”

“….Koharu… It’s her choice. Tsurugi will also do it while keeping the degree…

I don’t know what wind blew either. I don’t know what ignited her desire for improvement, but it seems that she has her own goal.

It would be for her if we don’t interfere… But… It’s certainly a worrying sight… Although she’s taking breaks, it’s not something that an ordinary student can withstand. Sparring with Tsurugi.”

-Boom!!-

I don’t remember how much we fought, continuous sparring.

If both sides were at full power, I would have already been folded in half and thrown into a corner, but… Thanks to Kenza-senpai’s consideration, I can stand on my own two feet even in this long sparring.

“Kiheeeek!!”

With Kenza-senpai’s scream-mixed kick, a cabinet that was installed as a shelter flies in.

I punch it back with my empty left hand…

-Crash!-

With a roar, the cabinet is split in half, and Kenza-senpai rushes in.

-Bang!-

I aim and shoot the red-painted Type 99, but there’s no way this can stop Kenza-senpai.

When the distance gets close enough, Kenza-senpai’s two shotguns spit fire.

-Bang, bang!-

“Ugh…”

I’ve been using my wings as a shield all along, but the impact I felt while facing Kenza-senpai was the greatest.

What will come next will probably be a kick again.

Kenza-senpai didn’t choose the option of shooting my shield to break my guard.

During the continued engagement so far, senpai has continued to push my guard aside with kicks, so I placed my wings slightly diagonally this time.

As before, the guard of the wings is pushed aside by the kick.

But this time, my posture doesn’t collapse.

-Bang! Bang!-

As if she had already assumed that, the Winchester aimed at the bridge of my nose spat fire.

I quickly turn my head to the side to avoid it, but I couldn’t respond to the shot aimed at my solar plexus that followed.

“Cough…”

“Hehehe…”

My posture collapses greatly, and I almost get hit in the head, but I quickly jump back to create distance and avoid it.

It’s tricky… Strong… The only thing I can compare is my strength, so the only option I can choose is close combat, but I’m far behind even in the sense of close combat.

Endurance? Telling me to have an endurance battle with Kenza-senpai is just telling me to die.

“Kieeeek!!”

As if not giving me time to catch my breath, Kenza-senpai rushes in again.

Kenza-senpai just takes my shots with her body or avoids them.

It has already been proven long ago that Trinity’s strategic weapon cannot be stopped by my shooting.

-Bang, bang!-

Even during the rush, senpai’s Winchester spits fire, trying to hit the shield.

…If this goes on, I’ll be lying on the ground again and forced to take a break.

I don’t want to experience what I’ve already experienced several times.

Trying to block everything is my bad habit, but there was no problem until now.

Almost no opponent has broken through my wing’s shield until now.

A habit that had no problems until now.

But the fox of disaster I faced just yesterday and the senior in front of me broke my guard… Then the habit of the past becomes a bad habit.

What I have to support is absurdly heavy, so I, who must become one of the many pillars that support it, must change and become stronger.

I readjust my grip on the Type 99.

I grab the body of the gun, not the trigger, and lower my body significantly to avoid senpai’s check and rush in.

“Kihek?”

It’s a bold appearance that is very different from the defensive appearance of enduring attacks and putting in shots from time to time.

Yeah, I wasn’t wrong when I lost my mind and ran wild… That’s also me, isn’t it? Isn’t it rather the strongest me?

I thrust the bayoneted Type 99 like a spear at a sufficiently close distance.

Of course, senpai avoids even this.

Still, she seemed a little embarrassed… No, she was enjoying it.

-Bang! Bang!-

Senpai’s close-range shot.

I block senpai’s shot by raising my wings.

Senpai will definitely respond with a kick to the wing.

Before the kick comes, I move the wing to induce a miss, grab the leg, and throw it.

The decisive blow.

The thrown senpai’s posture was broken for the first time in the sparring that started early in the morning.

I know that if it’s not now, there will be no chance in the future, so I immediately jump and stab the bayoneted Type 99.

With the gunshot, my head is thrown back and I’m blown away.

She recovered her posture in that short time and put a bullet in the bridge of my nose.

It’s a possible story if it’s senpai’s experience and strength.

“Hehe… It’s fun… It’s fun!!!”

I almost lost my mind for a moment, but I somehow managed to maintain my mind and succeeded in getting up again.

But at least it helped to determine the direction of my future growth.

While adjusting my posture and preparing to rush in again…

“H…H…Hhh… Die!!!”

Senpai’s halo flickered.

“Huh? Senpai?”

It was already too late when I felt something was wrong.

Senpai’s Winchester spits out flames that are incomparable to before.

“Kyaaaak!”

My consciousness was cut off there.

-After Sora collapsed, in the office of the Justice Task Force leader-

“Tsurugi… Isn’t that too much?”

“That girl… She exchanged blows with me for a moment at the end… Hehe…”

“…Sigh… So how was Sora?”

“…That girl… She didn’t use that at all. She probably doesn’t know. Hehe… Later… It’ll be fun…”

“If Tsurugi’s evaluation is like that, it’s reliable…”

Fortunately, I was able to wake up on the bed of the Aid Squad in the afternoon after the sparring.

My condition was relatively fine, so although I got scolded by Serina-senpai, I was quickly discharged and headed to the Tea Party’s dressing room.

I repaired the Tea Party uniform and took out a spare uniform again because it was ripped to shreds in just one day due to sparring… Still, today’s sparring was quite helpful.

I take out the Type 99, Daedalus, Millennium-made weapon case, and Evolys and start maintenance.

I always maintain Daedalus, and I didn’t use Evolys much, so there was no big problem even if I just cleaned it.

But I had a hard time maintaining the Type 99 I used during sparring.

“Ugh… It’s covered in sand… And the soot is huge… Wow… The blade of the bayonet… It’s still fine…”

There was still some time left, so I decided to look for related materials.

Gun maintenance was a familiar task, so even if it was a little difficult, I finished it quickly, but I didn’t know how to handle the blade of a bayonet, even swords, so I needed separate materials.

Even if it’s fine right now, I don’t know when the blade will become unusable.

I was able to find materials in the technical books of the Trinity Library.

It is said that in the past, there were people who made swords in Trinity.

It was before guns were developed, so it could be.

Related materials have remained until now and have continued their lineage. Of course, just reading a book doesn’t make you proficient in handling, so I decided to find a specialist separately.

“You’re here, Sora. I heard you continued sparring with Tsurugi, are you okay?”

“Yes, she held back her strength to some extent, so there are no particular problems.”

“I see… Then I’ll ask you again today, Sora. It’s time for a shift change.”

“…Then… Can the Justice Task Force members leave work?”

At Nagisa’s words, two Justice Task Force members who were waiting in the office for the purpose of guarding the Tea Party leave.

They’re probably all 3rd-year executives.

“Then shall we move? Sora?”

“Yes? Weren’t we going to continue working here?”

“Panic room. We’re going to proceed in the safe house of the Tea Party, which only a few high-ranking officials of the Tea Party know about? Even if there are guards, it’s beneficial to not be discovered in the first place.”

“It’s like that, Sora. I wouldn’t recommend trying to memorize the location. There are over 80 of them.”

“Ahaha… It’s getting absurd…”

I took all the weapon cases and the Type 99 and followed the two to the panic room.

As an aside… Spending the night just guarding without doing anything was not a very pleasant experience.