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Gunshots ring out under an alien sky.
Each time my assault rifle spits out rounds, the enemies around me randomly take cover.
“Mwa-ha-ha-ha-ha! Kneel before the Kisaragi Corporation’s Agent Six! Be sure to mention my name when they ask who sent you to hell!”
“Boss! Can’t you stop using that line? It makes us sound like the bad guys!”
As I cackle and eliminate the enemy, Rose, the Artificial Chimera, sighs. She keeps the enemy from closing in, kicking the ones that get too close.
“Don’t be ridiculous! This is war ! Winning is all that matters! They say the good guys always win, right? That means winning justifies everything else! It doesn’t matter how much villainy I’m up to on a daily basis. So long as I win, I’m still the hero!”
“I may not be very smart, but I’m pretty sure you’re wrong there!”
Tiger Man is leading the remaining Kisaragi operatives against the Demon Lord’s Army coming from a different direction.
My squadron is taking on one of the enemy’s elite companies.
Ordinarily, it’s not a force you take on with just five members, but hey, I’m known as Agent Six, Kisaragi’s oldest surviving veteran elite combat operative.
Thanks to the marvels of modern technology, Alice and I use the devastating power of firearms to overpower the demons who brought swords and knives to a gun fight.
Rose backs away from me a bit as I cackle and fire off random shots from my rifle. Snow comes to join me instead, looking quite pleased with herself.
“Six! There’s a lot of them. Use that weird weapon to wipe them all out! I’ve gotten to do enough test cuts with my new sword! I’ll give you a full account of this wonderful blade’s edge over drinks… It slices through flesh like it’s butter…”
“Hard pass on the gory stories! Hang on a sec; I’ll take out the Demon Lord’s Army for you. Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Who’s next on the chopping block? Come get som—”
With a loud click , my assault rifle stops firing.
“Um… Uh-oh. Gimme a sec, my gun just jammed…!”
I smack my rifle, trying to remove the jammed round. Snow’s expression sours with concern.
“H-hey, Six! They’ve surrounded us! H-h-hurry up! Quick!”
“Don’t rush me! Shaking me will only slow me down! Where the hell is Grimm? This is why we have her, isn’t it?!”
Yes, Grimm, Archbishop of the dark god Zenarith.
As a follower of a dark god, she doesn’t do a whole lot during the day, but she’s useful against a large group of enemies like this one.
“She’s the best one to hold off…”
I get the jammed round out of my rifle and turn around to see…Grimm sitting there in her wheelchair, happily asleep and drooling from the corner of her mouth.
“She fell sleep as soon as the battle started.”
“Take advantage of the fact that she’s sleeping and toss her out there!”
A lizard-shaped demon jumps at me while I’m barking orders at Rose.
Just as the demon leaps, its flank gets pumped full of shotgun shells, and it crumples to the ground with a whimper before going still.
“Thanks, Alice! I guess you can be useful from time to time!”
“Yep, I’m the high-spec pretty-girl android Meowlice, after all. But pay attention, here come the next ones.”
The demons in front of us advance, as though they were waiting for Alice’s go-ahead.
I send the requisition I scrawled before battle, then shoot off a burst of rifle fire.
As the demons cower at the gunfire, I grab the teleported object and toss it toward them.
“Scared me for a second there, you bastards! Taste the power of SCIENCE!”
I take cover. The high-yield explosive I tossed into the group of the demons goes off with a blast, cutting down the horde!
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