Anime Crossover: A single ranking exposed the world

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She practically uttered those words through gritted teeth, each one a distinct syllable. At that moment, Pinzi must have lost her composure.

"Harleen!"

Upon hearing Pinzi's call, the mechanical dog charged wildly toward Number Ten once again.

However, the smile on Number Ten's face did not change at all, as if he were playing a game of cat and mouse with a puppy.

He easily dodged the attack from the mechanical dog named Harlin. Now, that mechanical dog is comparable to the one he fought against Kanzaki Hikaru.

Both the ferocity of the offensive and the frequency of the attack rhythm have been significantly improved.

Even when facing Kanzaki Teru, Pinzi still didn't use her full strength.

This is probably why she dared to come to such a place alone with Kanzaki Teru, and even threaten him.

Even in the face of such an offensive, Number Ten remained completely at ease.

It seemed to have no desire to attack at all, and didn't even glance at the mechanical dog.

He kept staring intently at Pinzi, his smile seemingly filled with contempt.

Kanzaki Teru knew perfectly well what Number Ten was doing, but he didn't understand.

I don't understand why Number Ten would act this way, because it seems like Number Ten has absolutely no reason whatsoever...

So Kanzaki Teru is just watching from the sidelines for now, and has no intention of intervening.

It wasn't just because she wanted to see what Number Ten was up to; more importantly, for Pinzi, this was her own battle.

No one is allowed to interfere, not even if it costs them everything, or even more than their lives.

Although Kanzaki Teru had foreseen the outcome of this battle, he was still somewhat surprised by one particular aspect.

Pinzi has not pulled the trigger yet, and has been calmly observing the other party's movements.

I thought she had long since lost her composure, but I never expected that this combat experience had already taken root in Pinzi's soul.

Even under such circumstances, she did not lose her composure in the battle.

Pinzi is much more mature than Kanzaki Teru had imagined, but even so...

After dodging the mechanical dog's attack, Number Ten finally revealed a weakness.

However, in Kanzaki Teru's eyes, it seemed as if she deliberately revealed this flaw, and this contradictory behavior was really hard for 5.1 people to understand.

Pinzi, of course, did not let such a good opportunity pass by. Without waiting any longer, he pulled the trigger without the slightest hesitation.

This electromagnetic gun shot accurately hit Number Ten's chest, even piercing through him.

Due to its powerful recoil, it pinned Number 10 directly to the tree behind him.

At this moment, the smile on Number Ten's face disappeared, but the expression that followed made Kanzaki Teru even more unpredictable.

It seemed to carry no emotion at all, yet it also conveyed a contradictory feeling of being filled with all sorts of emotions.

Chapter 437: A Sense of Conflict

In contrast, Pinzi's calm demeanor vanished without her noticing after she realized she had been hit.

Instead, there was a kind of madness, a madness born of extreme anger.

"It's you—"

He kept pulling the trigger, since Number Ten was currently unable to move.

Pinzi no longer needs to think about aiming; he just needs to keep pulling the trigger and turning the people in front of him into sieves.

The bullets on the crossbow and Pinzi's emotions were released together, as if years of suppressed emotions had finally found an outlet.

It all erupted completely; her mind was no longer able to hold anything else, only the emotion of revenge completely consumed her.

"—You're the one who took everything...! Ah—ahhh!"

Her voice echoed through the forest, a complex mix of madness and pride bursting forth from Pinzi.

Apart from her voice, there was no other sound.

After an unknown amount of time, Pinzi's voice became hoarse from shouting.

Only his hand was still unconsciously pulling the trigger, even though the gun was long since empty.

Number 10 had more than a dozen electronic guns of various sizes embedded in her body, pinning her firmly to the tree and rendering her unable to move.

His head hung limply, as if he had lost all strength, and he remained motionless.

"Haa—haa—that's...the end..."

He stared blankly at the scene before him, as if he had lost all his strength.

Pinzi's legs went weak and he collapsed to the ground, the crossbow slipping from his fingers and falling to the ground.

"finished?"

As if she couldn't believe what she was seeing, Pinzi repeated herself again in a low voice.

Just as Kanzaki Teru had initially predicted, the outcome of this battle was entirely predictable.

Although the process was somewhat tortuous, the result was exactly as expected—number ten won, a crushing victory.

This is also why Kanzaki Teru never intervened, because it was completely unnecessary.

A clanging sound—the sound of metal falling to the ground—immediately made Pinzi understand what had happened.

But perhaps she was unwilling to face this reality; she never lifted her head again, until—

"It should be... just the beginning, right?"

The voice of the person who thought was dead was heard again, forcing Pinzi to raise her head and face reality once more.

"Harleen!"

Although she knew it would be useless, it was the only attack method she had left.

One of the reasons why Kanzaki Teru followed Hinako into this deep mountain forest without any precautions was because she was not carrying a combat suit.

After that battle, the combat suit was handed over to the man who arrived late, even though there was no concrete information.

However, the relationship between that man and Pinzi doesn't seem to be a simple superior-subordinate relationship, nor is it a complicated one.

Although the man respected Pinzi, Pinzi did not realize her superior status.

Or rather... it's more like an outsourced job, rather than being handled by dedicated personnel.

However, according to that man, Pinzi was also a squad leader, which means that she was at least one of their people before.

Has something unexpected happened? Or is there some other reason?

Kanzaki Teru had no way of knowing this, but what was certain was that Pinzi was not currently qualified to use the combat suit at will.

So after that, the combat suit was taken away by that man, and without the combat suit...

Pinzi posed almost no threat to Kanzaki Teru, which is why he followed her so easily.

Even though she was wearing a combat suit, she posed no threat to Kanzaki Teru.

At most, it would be a little more troublesome to subdue her, but Kanzaki Teru still wants to minimize the trouble as much as possible.

But for some reason, trouble seemed to be a curse attached to him, constantly haunting Kanzaki Teru.

However, as long as Kanzaki Teru wants to continue investigating the truth about this world, there will be no shortage of trouble.

Kanzaki Teru knew this all too well, but he still held onto a sliver of hope—that the trouble would be less.

Human energy is limited, and Kanzaki Teru is also human. After such an experience, he also felt a sense of fatigue.

However, this feeling was swallowed up by the bottomless black hole as soon as it appeared, although each time such a feeling only appeared for a brief moment.

However, Kanzaki Teru was able to accurately sense that this feeling was constantly growing.

Each occurrence becomes a little stronger; although the change is very subtle, it is indeed happening.

Kanzaki Teru didn't know if, when this emotion swelled to its fullest extent, it would swallow the black hole of emotion whole.

Chapter 438: Between Life and Death

By then, will I still be able to call myself who I am?

"So boring..."

Seeing the mechanical dog rushing towards him, Number Ten was too lazy to bother with it this time, looking rather uninterested.

The next moment, Kanzaki Teru felt something descending from above.

In the blink of an eye, a loud bang exploded between the two of them.

Contrary to expectations, a large amount of dust did not rise. It was only then that Kanzaki Teru realized that a light drizzle had started falling from the sky.

Moving your gaze to the source of the sound, you see a giant knight's lance stuck in the ground.

As if on purpose, the spear severed the mechanical dog's head.

When Kanzaki Teru saw the knight's lance, he had a sense of déjà vu. However, without even thinking deeply, Kanzaki Teru realized that he had seen it somewhere before.

Because the shape of this knight's lance is almost exactly the same as the horn on the head of the monster "Ichihorn" controlled by Number Ten.

Looking at the mechanical dogs scattered on the ground, only despair remained in Pinzi's eyes.

"Hey!"

Deliberately feigning some difficulty, Number Ten took the knight's lance into his hand.

In stark contrast to her petite frame, the knight's lance was even considerably taller than number ten.

However, she did not show any unnaturalness when she held it in her hand, as if she herself had become one with the knight's lance.

"Aren't you going to continue?"

With that chillingly faint smile still on his face, Number Ten approached Pinzi step by step.

But at this moment, Pinzi had lost all will to fight. She just sat there motionless, quietly waiting for death to come.

"Are you really not going to continue? Then I'm going to get some pork skewers!"

As if it were a child's joke, she held the knight's lance upside down in her hand, as if she were really going to skewer pork.

This time, however, the skewers were no longer bamboo sticks but knight's lances, and the meat was no longer pork but human flesh.

"That's it."