Although Aaron's body was weak, he was still in a state of "Perfect Attunement."
And the Kaslana family, the "Knights" among the Three Houses of Honkai, were naturally far more sensitive to energy than ordinary people.
Aaron had originally figured that Hekatonkheires, as an offensive biological Teigu, would be about ten times stronger than Zank the Beheader's [Spectator].
Now it seemed he'd been an idiot.
To compare a functional Teigu like [Spectator] to a brute-force Teigu like Hekatonkheires... he must have been brain-dead.
And a new problem had emerged.
Hekatonkheires's original speed would have been easily outpaced by Aaron's motorcycle.
That was why Aaron hadn't let Kiana drive.
He only remembered the early plot vaguely and had forgotten whether Kiana knew how to ride a motorcycle. That's why he'd chosen to drive himself, even in his weakened state.
But now, after going berserk, Hekatonkheires's speed had also skyrocketed.
It still couldn't quite catch Aaron, but Aaron's body might not hold out much longer.
"Kiana, do you trust me?"
"What's the point of asking that now?"
Kiana hugged Aaron's waist tightly, speaking to his weak voice.
"Just do whatever you're planning. I'll back you up 100%."
"Good. Then..."
Aaron's eyes hardened. He spun the motorcycle around and, to Seryu's absolute shock...
—Charged the speeding motorcycle directly at Seryu and Hekatonkheires.
"...Heh... heheh... Hahahahaha! You villain! Have you completely lost your mind?!"
After a second of stunned silence, Seryu's expression twisted in fury.
"I was just worried I couldn't catch you and was about to make Koro go faster. And you just... delivered yourself to me?"
"Koro!"
"ROAR!"
Sensing its master's intent, Hekatonkheires's ferocity surged.
At the same time, Kiana, who had grasped Aaron's intent through their Perfect Attunement, also prepared herself.
Riding the speeding bike, Aaron popped a wheelie as he neared Seryu, launching the motorcycle off the ground.
"Wh—!"
Seryu, never expecting such a difficult maneuver, froze for an instant as the strange vehicle leaped into the air.
Then her eyes sharpened. She had a counter.
In mid-air, the vehicle couldn't change direction.
In other words, she just had to dodge this attack and let Koro smash these two damned villains, and the fight would be over!
Having formulated her plan, Seryu prepared to jump high.
But just before she could, Aaron hit the throttle, forcing the engine into an overloaded second-stage acceleration.
The suddenly accelerating motorcycle easily smashed into Seryu, who had been preparing to jump but couldn't react in time.
If this were just an ordinary motorcycle, Seryu would have, at most, been slightly injured by the high-speed impact.
But what Aaron was riding wasn't an ordinary motorcycle. It was a D-rank Noble Phantasm motorcycle, enhanced by his "Knight of Owner."
With the power of the Noble Phantasm, Seryu took the hit full-force and was sent flying.
And as Aaron triggered the bike's mid-air acceleration, Kiana, already knowing his plan through their attunement, grabbed Aaron and threw him into the air.
She then lightly kicked off the motorcycle, using it as a springboard to change her trajectory, caught Aaron in mid-air, and landed softly on the ground.
?
The low-IQ Hekatonkheires, sensing its master had lost consciousness in an instant, short-circuited for a moment.
Then, it looked at Kiana, who had started sprinting, and the barely-breathing Aaron, and it let out a murderous roar.
"Aaron, now what?!"
"Stop. For one second. And..."
As Kiana skidded to a halt, Aaron pulled the *second* [Kawasaki H2] from his storage space and said to her.
"It's all yours."
Aaron didn't know if Kiana could actually ride a motorcycle. But she seemed much more capable than her "Tuna" self, so her natural genius should still be intact.
Kiana had been watching him pilot the bike clearly from behind, so... she should be...
...fine...
...right...?
............................