>Alt.i.tude Control is in Full Auto Mode Operation is normal
>Hostile aircraft detected, displaying it in the radar.
While pondering about what posture should I maintain while in the sky, the motive power wasn’t boosters, the Aircross itself was floating using a different mechanism which it was equipped with.
Currently I’m entrusting it to auto mode, but I could freely move its posture manually. By combining sets of the countless Controlling Command, it was possible to move in every way――suddenly increasing and doing that won’t make my head burst.
(Hostile aircraft……I need to defeat that huh. There are also battles in other places……are those comrades? And, that is……)
A red dot was shown in the radar. Projecting it in the monitor, and thinking of 『I want to magnify it』, that exactly happened.
The ability of 『Script Manipulation』, could also interfere with the functions of the Aircross. Once I ascertained that, I felt an exceptional sense of security――though there was a normal method of manipulation, being able to instinctively manipulate was as expected a peace of mind.
――However, when I magnified the hostile aircraft, and saw that it was pursuing another Aircross, my tension instantly increased.
>Aircross 『Masquerade』 Unit 1 is being shot.
>Damage 33% Output has decreased. Speed has decreased, impossible to escape from the current airs.p.a.ce.
(So he can’t escape……this is bad, if this continues……!)
The black bird-like Aircross of the enemy, chased the silver Aircross, and continued to mercilessly attack it. The chased side avoided it with evasive maneuvers, but it was only a matter of time before he was shot down was what I think.
『――Yuuki. Can you hear me? Your buddy, is losing right now.』
[……Y,you really came huh……did you hijack the communication!?]
It was different from the voice of the adult female earlier, the voice of the shinigami girl, could be heard inside the armor as it resounded.
[First of all, I should help right……what a completely troubling world. I didn’t have any intention of fighting like this.]
『Is that so? Utilizing your power on your usable weapons, I believe that is ideal you know. Though I don’t know the method of manipulating, you understand it right?』
[K,kind off……umm, would there be problems there if I couldn’t manipulate?]
『……Well, it’s fine. Anyway, save your buddy who is being chased. If you don’t do that, you’ll probably feel lonely you know』
――That aircraft that was being chased, was called 『Masquerade』 huh. Compared to my Aircross it had a somewhat feminine form――that meant, the pilot was female right.
I was Delta 1, and she was Delta 2. Partners who are linked as a duo, does that mean that we probably have a fairly intimate relationship? Was it possible that she was my lover? If it was that kind of development, I still haven’t prepared myself mentally.
『Though she’s not your lover, it looks like your acquaintances.』
[I see, then I have to help her huh. Oh right, there’s one last thing I’d like to ask. Did I, occupy someone of this world when I reincarnated?]
『No, that’s wrong. Your existence, in order to exist from the former world to this, the principle of causality was adjusted. Though originally they didn’t exist in Unit Delta, you who is a beginner Aircross soldier, and your partner that is attached to the unit, were added to this world. 』
[……Thank goodness. Then, I am me, and no one else huh.]
My remaining doubt was resolved. If I had stolen someone else’s whereabouts, then that was a bit not good story for waking up.
『……n、it looks like she was almost hit, If you don’t help her fast, she’ll be shot down.』
[Hmm…….? What’s wrong, it seems like you’re somehow feeling bad]
『I,it’s nothing. It’s fine for you to prioritize your own survival.』
[Though that’s true……okay, battle start!]
I――to the black enemy that was chasing the silver Aircross, Masquerade, zeroed my sights on him.
It was like a bat or something, it flattered its wing in high speed, and while flying around with movements impossible for a humanoid Aircross, it turned towards Masquerade and continued shooting. Masquerade’s evasive maneuvers wasn’t that proficient, and she was also outdone in motive power, and I a.s.sessed that it was only a matter of time before she was captured.
My weapons here are――by just thinking of it, the monitor showed a list of equipments.
>Melee Weapon: Magic Light Saber Ammo: ∞
>Ranged Weapon A: Heat Seeking Small Missile Ammo: 8
>Ranged Weapon B: Machine Gun Ammo: 60
>Unique Weapon: Magic Light Sphere Ammo: Uses Pa.s.senger’s Magical Power
(Heat Guided Small Missiles……with this, even I would be able to hit……!)
[――Goooo!]
Facing the figure of the enemy, I fired the homing missile――only thinking of that and the Aircross moved as I thought of, and one of the missiles equipped in the wing part was fired off.
>『Scarecrow』 evaded.
(What……s,so it wasn’t a homing missile……!?)
Their tracking ability was too weak, they weren’t able to graze the enemy, and the missiles meaninglessly burst and scattered. Seeing the enemy’s evasive maneuver, he was used to evading missiles.
>The enemy 『Scarecrow』 that was attached to the 4th Corps is a high speed mobile type unmanned Aircross Size: S
(An unmanned Aircross……so there was that kind of thing. Then that means…)
Similar to my Aircross, perhaps I could a.n.a.lyze everything of the enemy’s Controlling Command.
>a.n.a.lyzing……Outputting the Command List of 『Scarecrow』.
>1: Accelerate
>2: Rotate
>3: Shoot
>4: Evasive Maneuver Pattern A
>5: Evasive Maneuver Pattern B
>6: ……
>7: ……
(That’s too much……even if I a.n.a.lyze his movement pattern, I don’t know in which way will he move……!)
Looking at the continuous and endless display of the enemy’s evasive maneuver pattern, as expected I was a novice and couldn’t do anything, was what I resigned myself to.
If this continues Masquerade will fall, and I will lose my buddy――even if it was a partner whose face I haven’t seen, I absolutely don’t want to let her die.
[――s.h.i.t!]
『……Before reincarnating, didn’t you ask something?』
[Eh……?]
No matter how hot-headed I had become, when I heard the voice of the shinigami again, I regained my composure. Though it was a bit blunt, it was a quiet and calm way of speaking.
『If a worm like you has the ability to remember, recall it right now. What you’ve earned, isn’t only the power to reveal the opponent’s Controlling Command, and manipulate an Aircross. What kind of action the other party will choose, it’s the power to read the flow you know. 』
――Reading the flow.
The moment I became aware of that, to the maneuver pattern of the Scarecrow in front of me, a fixed rule was born――.
>Commencing the estimation of the behavior of the enemy aircraft……Finished
>Accelerate >Evasive Maneuver G >Rotate >Evasive Maneuver F> Accelerate >Evasive Maneuver H >……
(I can see it……Evasive Maneuver G, so he’ll definitely rotate after that. In that moment, that guy would definitely stop……!)
Masquerade mustered its last strength to pull away from the enemy aircraft, as if chasing that the enemy aircraft immediately accelerated, started taking its...o...b..t to evade, and I was aiming at that finale――I used not guided missiles, but chose the machinegun and only fired one shot.
Even though the tracking ability of the missiles were weak, it’s firepower was higher compared to the machinegun. However, If you shoot the the halted enemy’s weak point, even if it was a machinegun it could shoot it down in one shot――I saw that 『Flow』.
[――Fall downn!]
The one piece of bullet that was shot, the moment the Scarecrow started choosing its next movement after its evasive maneuver, I saw it got hit.
――After a several seconds, the Scarecrow burst and scattered, and vanished from the sky.
This reminds me of a certain VN by Key (purposely being ambiguous to not spoil others) .