"Alright, then the vote on whether to let Luke fly the helicopter officially begins!"
Votes against: Mika, Lacus, René
Votes in favor: Luke, Krul
Hiiragi Shinya abstains.
"Hooray! Majority rules. René, you drive."
Lacus breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had just survived a disaster.
But Luke's next words made his heart sink to the bottom.
"A Progenitor's vote counts as two. Alright, four to three. Let's congratulate Comrade Luke on obtaining his helicopter pilot qualification!"
Then Luke started clapping for himself.
"How can this be?! Rigged! You can't count it like that; both you and Lady Krul should only count as one vote."
Mika was somewhat unwilling to accept this.
Luke spread his hands and said helplessly.
"Fine, let's vote again."
Luke moved to Lacus's side and placed a hand on his shoulder. His voice was very low, but to the other four Vampires, it was no different from a loud threat.
"Lacus, you must have voted wrong just now, right? And that 'Cute King' title... you probably just accidentally told Mika about it, didn't you?"
Luke gave Lacus a gentle smile, but Lacus felt as if a sharp ice blade had been plunged into his spine.
The Cute King's meaning was clear: let him fly the helicopter, and the matter of telling Mika about the 'Cute King' would be wiped clean; don't let him fly, and he would be 'deleted' by the Cute King.
Lacus nodded stiffly, indicating he understood.
Then Luke glanced at Hiiragi Shinya. Shinya, wanting to avoid trouble, also nodded in agreement.
And so, in this 'open and transparent' unfair vote, Luke was elected as the helicopter pilot for this trip to Shinjuku by a result of four to two.
Without waiting for the main force or notifying Ferid, the Luke squad took off vertically!
"What atrocious behavior."
Ferid leaned on the railing, watching the helicopter gradually disappear from view, and smiled to himself.
"By the way, aren't they flying in the wrong direction?"
...The border area between Shibuya and Shinjuku.
Shinoa Hiragi, Sannomiya Mitsuba, and Saotome Yuichi were sitting in the shade, chatting.
"I really didn't expect that little girl to be a decoy set by the Vampires."
Yoichi said with a sigh.
Mitsuba picked up the conversation.
"She wasn't wrong either; after all, it was for her companions. But at first, she told us there were five Vampires, then later confessed there were actually eight. Yet we only saw two Vampire Nobles. Was it like we ran into superiors doing an inspection?"
Mitsuba noticed Shinoa Hiragi's mind was wandering and gave her a light kick.
Shinoa Hiragi snapped back to reality and asked with a smile.
"Hmm? Has Kimizuki-san finished fixing the car?"
"What? Shinoa, you've been out of it ever since we went outside the wall. What will you do if we encounter enemies? This is a battlefield!"
Mitsuba began her habitual lecturing again.
Shinoa Hiragi gave a fake laugh and apologized.
"Sorry, sorry. I was thinking about Yuu."
Mitsuba's stern expression softened slightly, and she sighed.
"There's nothing we can do. Without a cursed gear, he can't go on missions with us. It's for his own good. Sigh, I really don't know why that white-haired Vampire insisted on taking Yuichiro's cursed gear, and even wanted yours."
The Shinoa Squad went out on another mission after being debriefed following the battle. Yuichiro was forbidden from going outside the wall because he no longer had a cursed gear. It was worth mentioning that the humans at Omotesando Station hadn't been taken away by the Vampires for some reason; there wasn't a single Vampire there.
Eventually, Shinoa Hiragi contacted logistics personnel to arrange for the relocation of those humans.
Hearing Mitsuba's confusion, Yoichi thought for a moment and guessed.
"Maybe they want to study how to counter cursed gear."
Mitsuba shook her head.
"Then why specifically ask for Yuichiro's or Shinoa's by name?"
Shinoa Hiragi said uncertainly.
"Maybe it's because Yuu and I know him?"
Mitsuba and Yoichi looked at Shinoa Hiragi in disbelief.
"You know that Vampire Noble?!"
Being stared at like that made Shinoa Hiragi a bit uncomfortable, and she quickly waved her hands.
"It was from when we were kids. He was a human back then, but for some reason, he turned into a Vampire."
Mitsuba and Yoichi were shocked again—a human could actually become a Vampire!
Mitsuba wanted to press further, but the communicator at their waist suddenly rang.
Someone was requesting to join the channel? Who else knew their squad's communication channel?!Hold
Shinoa Hiragi frowned and approved the request. As soon as it connected, a familiar voice came through.
"Where are you guys?"
"Yuu?!"
"Quick, tell me where you are! I snuck out through an abandoned sewer. I'm going to find that bastard Luke, make him pay for Guren's death, and take Mika back from him!"
Mitsuba couldn't contain her anger and shouted.
"Are you an idiot? Get back here! This is a battlefield, not a game. How are you going to get revenge without a cursed gear? You can't do anything with just hot-headedness!"
"Who says I don't have a cursed gear?"
Everyone was stunned.
"Wasn't your weapon..."
Shinoa Hiragi thought of a possibility, stood up, and asked.
"Did you break into the 'Forbidden Room' again?!"
Mitsuba didn't know how many times she'd been shocked today; she looked at Shinoa Hiragi.
"'Forbidden Room'? Again?"
Yuichiro's voice came through.
"It's not as handy as asuramaru, but it'll do. Enough talk, just tell me where you are."
They looked at each other, and Yoichi asked worriedly.
"What will happen to Yuu for doing this?"
Mitsuba's face looked grim as she rubbed her temples.
"Even the death penalty wouldn't be too much."
Shinoa Hiragi was also left speechless by Yuichiro's actions.
Shihō Kimizuki's voice suddenly came through.
"Where are you? We'll drive to find you."
"Hey, wait, Kimizuki, you..."
Shinoa Hiragi cut Mitsuba off.
"At this point, it's the only way. We can't let Yuu act alone; it's too dangerous."
Mitsuba hesitated for a moment but finally compromised.
Hearing there was a car, Yuichiro was saved the trouble of running to find Shinoa and the others.
"I'm at Tianxi Pedestrian Street."
So, Shihō Kimizuki drove the newly repaired car with Shinoa Hiragi and the other two to pick up Yuichiro.
Inside a helicopter three miles away.
A voice came over the radio.
"I'm at Tianxi Pedestrian Street."
Lacus exclaimed in surprise.
"Impressive, being able to intercept even this. Hey, Hiiragi Shinya, your Imperial Demon Army equipment isn't as advanced as ours."
Hiiragi Shinya said with a dark expression.
"Thanks to certain Vampires, I'm no longer part of the Imperial Demon Army."
René also didn't like Shinya's cocky attitude.
"Heh, who knows?"
Lacus interrupted.
"So, are we going to kill them?"
Luke glanced subtly at the silent Mika and said with a smile.
"Forget it. It's more important that we get to Shinjuku as quickly as possible."
If they actually went after Yuichiro, Mika might end up being even less reliable than Hiiragi Shinya.
As Luke was thinking this, a small, fair hand grabbed his ear.
Krul said irritably.
"Give the pilot's seat to René first! Not only did you fly in the wrong direction, but you also crashed into a building. If the helicopter hadn't been so sturdy, it would have exploded long ago!"
Looking from outside the helicopter, one would see that half of its body was embedded in a building.
Luke gave a sheepish smile and obediently got out of the pilot's seat, but he still argued.
"Helicopters and cars have different control systems. It's normal to crash on your first try. Krul, let go, okay? It hurts a bit.""
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