Chinatsu, hovering in mid-air, was slightly out of breath. To maintain this state, she had continuously created several fields, consuming an immense amount of stamina. From the perspective of a first experiment, being able to persist until now was undoubtedly a success.
The two stared at each other, both clearly intending to end it there, but just as either of them was about to speak, a spiky-haired boy suddenly walked onto the battlefield.
"Biri-Biri's sister?!"
Kamijou Touma stared in shock at the angel-like Chinatsu. He even raised a hand to rub his eyes, unable to believe what he was seeing, before finally confirming that he wasn't hallucinating.
Kanzaki Kaori's pupils trembled as she saw him suddenly arrive at the battlefield; she had already pegged Chinatsu and Kamijou Touma as being on the same side, as obstacles opposing her.
"Seven Flashes."
Viewing Kamijou Touma as enemy reinforcements, Kanzaki Kaori prepared to unleash a slash at him. Kamijou Touma instinctively tried to raise his right hand to negate the attack.
"Don't block it! That's a physical attack!"
Chinatsu shouted loudly upon seeing this. Although Kanzaki Kaori's Seven Flashes used magic reinforcement to drive wires and launch sharp slashes, the slash itself was a purely physical phenomenon.
"What?!"
Hearing Chinatsu's shout, Kamijou Touma hurriedly withdrew his hand and leaped to the left, narrowly dodging the slash flying toward him.
Bang!!!
The missed slash landed directly in front of him, easily slicing through the blades of a small wind-powered generator, which spun 720 degrees in the air before slamming into the ground.
Kamijou Touma turned around, staring at the scene in stunned silence. After swallowing hard, he turned back to face Kanzaki Kaori.
"Return Index to me."
"Index? You're the same as that red-haired person, you're from a magic organization, right? That means you're the one who wounded Index?"
Kamijou Touma's expression darkened. He didn't have a good impression of magicians, and if someone like her wanted to take Index away, he would absolutely not agree to it.
Having been hit twice in a row by Chinatsu and Kamijou regarding the fact that she had wounded Index, Kanzaki Kaori couldn't help but press her lips together, trying to suppress her emotions but failing to do so.
"Do you think I wanted to?! Index is an important friend of mine; I didn't want to slash her from behind either. At the time, I didn't know the defensive magic on her clothes had lost its effect. I only struck because I thought she wouldn't get hurt!"
Kanzaki Kaori vented the truth with raw emotion. This caused Kamijou Touma's assessment of her to shift, while also making him feel somewhat awkward, as the defensive magic on Index's clothes had been destroyed precisely because of his right hand.
"Wait, even if you didn't know the defensive magic on Index's clothes had failed, you wouldn't normally unleash such a dangerous slash at a friend, right!"
Kamijou Touma hit the nail on the head with his question, which undoubtedly touched upon the core of the incident. Kanzaki Kaori fell into a brief, silent stupor.
And when she recovered from the silence and let out a low sigh, she had completely lost the desire to fight and told Kamijou Touma and Chinatsu the truth.
"Because if I don't do this, she cannot survive. Index possesses the 'Perfect Memory Ability', and that is the culprit of everything, the root of all evil."
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