Hundred - Volume 4 - Chapter 4

Chapter 4: Unidentified Ship / Replicant / Intruder 

– *Sniff*, why am I not guarding the same place as Emilia-sama…? Furthermore, unlike the Slayers of Little Garden, we don’t have free time… 

On the deck covering three quarters of the outer circumference of Little Garden, the girl belonging to the army of Gudenburg, Claudia Lowetti, complained. 

She’s on the side of the connection of the military district side. 

As it can be understood from the fact that she’s wearing her Variable Suit, she’s, of course, in this place to protect it. 

However, her attitude became warped like a child. 

Crouching down at a corner of the deck, she’s timidly pressing her fingers on the deck. 

It was a young boy who wore a Variable Suit of the same design as Claudia who raised his voice on her back. 

He’s Roy Kiring. 

– But Claudia-sama, once this festival is over, won’t Emilia-sama come back to Gudenburg with Kisaragi Hayato? 

– That’s not decided yet, and it depends on the answer of Emilia-sama. 

– But, considering the condition of King-sama, shouldn’t she return to the country at once? 

– I think the same too. That’s why I accepted Kilfelthar’s proposal to be with Kisaragi Hayato. 

Saying so, and when Claudia stood up, something was visible to her. 

– What’s that? 

While staring at the sea, Claudia muttered. 

She spotted ahead of her line of sight a black mass approaching Little Garden at a considerable speed. 

Roy also turns his line of sight to it. 

– Is that an unloading boat? 

Saying that, Roy inclines his head to the side. 

– I haven’t heard that such a thing would come closer or anything like that. Besides, it’s not going to stop at that speed, isn’t it…? 

At the same time Claudia felt danger, *Beep* *Beep*, the two wireless rings began to sound. 

It’s an?emergency call?from the briefing room. 

Next, the voice of a boy was heard. 

This is Chris Steinbelt, member of the Student Council of Little Garden. We have confirmed an unidentified ship with the radar. It’s approximately 200 meters away from Little Garden at the moment. Can you confirm it with the naked eye?? 

– This is Claudia Lowetti of the Army of Gudenburg. That ship is going to collide already! So, we will es—— 

It was already late when Claudia tried to escape. 

– Uwaah!? 

The unloading ship collides with Little Garden while violently raising splashes of water and runs up onto the deck. 

– Are you alright, Claudia-sama? 

Roy, who escaped earlier, comes to the side of Claudia who fell on the flooded deck. 

– As you can see, I don’t have injuries, so… Roy, run away! 

Claudia, despite doubting her eyes, raised her voice. 

Coming down to the ground from the stranded unloading ship that has its bow opened, the Savages appeared on the deck in a forward-bent posture——the so-called defense posture. 

Looking back, Roy also notices them. 

– Uwaaa, what’s the meaning of, this…? Why are, the Savages…? 

Those are smaller than normal types. 

However, their number is over ten and give a somewhat uncomfortable feeling. 

(What the hell are these Savages?) 

For that motive, Claudia soon noticed. 

The head of all the Savages has no core. 

Besides, the color of the pattern of the body is different too. 

It’s not a yellow fluorescent color, but an orange almost red one. 

Moreover, they don’t have two eyes but only one in the center, and there is no tactile where it should be. 

– Briefing room, do you see this? What the hell are these Savages? 

While confused, Claudia got up and took out the Hundred. 

– It’s the first time that we’ll have to deal with Savages without core, jeez…. Let’s, go, Roy. ——HUNDRED ON! 

                             ??? 

– One-eyed Savages without cores you say…? Chris, project on the main monitor the footage of the camera in the vicinity immediately! 

Claire, who was listening to the communication from Claudia in the briefing room, ordered Chris. 

– Roger. 

Chris nods and starts operating the keyboard. 

It was Charlotte that was licking a candy on a tick there. 

– It looks that it has become a serious thing, huh. 

– Charlotte! 

Claire raises a bright voice. 

If she comes, she thinks that technical questions can be solved quickly. 

– I’ve grasped the situation. There’s no need to explain it. 

Saying, Charlotte stood next to Claire. 

– We were able to prepare a video of the core-less Savages. I’ll project the live video on the monitor. 

Then, the state of the deck is projected on the monitor set on the back wall. 

Looking at it, Claire muttered. 

– … certainly, no core is found in the Savages and they have only one eye desuwane. And the pattern of the body isn’t yellow, it shines red masuwa. 

– This may be the same as the discovery report at Mt. Kongur. 

Charlotte muttered. 

– What discovery report desuno? 

– There are two girls who were attacked and received fatal injuries during the search in ?The Second Operation of Bird in the Basket?. Only that, it’s presumed that they had some kind of memory loss, but that doesn’t mean that it’s true. 

– But, why from an unloading ship….? 

– Although these are no more than conjectures, there are three possibilities. 

Taking out the candy from the mouth and swinging it like a pointer when doing a teaching, Charlotte continues. 

– The first one is that someone caught them. The second one is that they are terminals of Tamer type Hundreds. And the last one is that those are machines manufactured by a person. 

– What are you saying is that you don’t know which one it is desuwane? 

– Exactly. Well, I think that the possibility of the last one is high. 

– Is there a way to destroy them masuno? 

– As you can see, it seems they stop attacks with normal weapons up to certain degree. Therefore, we should assume that the steel shell is equivalent to the steel shell of the Savages. In that case, there’s a possibility that they can be destroyed with the attack of the Hundreds accompanied by powerful energy. If you don’t try it, we’ll never know. 

– In short, you are saying that the Slayers must do something desuwane. We can’t let them invade into Little Garden no matter what masenwa. 

Of course, that goes to Sangria side as well.