Nililu Island is a small island in the Pacific Ocean owned by DEM Industries, almost its private property.
This is an island DEM Industries uses for secret research; almost no country knows of its existence, and even if they did, they couldn't interfere with the island's affairs.
The Spirit discovered by the Honkai Beast was imprisoned by DEM Industries on this island, and her condition was very poor, on the verge of collapse at any moment.
"At least financially, DEM Industries is truly wealthy."
After putting Yoshino to sleep, Inaba Tsukiyo arrived on Nililu Island, looking at the island's facilities, and sighed.
To ensure secret research into the Spirit's power, they had gone to such lengths. She couldn't help but admire DEM Industries' immense wealth.
What Inaba Tsukiyo needed to do now was to enter the facility, find the imprisoned Spirit, and rescue her.
This way, she could disrupt DEM Industries' plans and advance her own.
In fact, taking away the imprisoned Spirit would be a very easy task; she could simply use the power of the Imaginary Space to rescue her.
However, this would easily expose her identity. Although DEM Industries personnel had never appeared, they were certainly monitoring the Spirits' every move somewhere.
So, she decided to use a violent method to let DEM Industries and Ratatoskr know that they were not organizations to mess with Spirits.
"Since you found new technology on Spirits, then I will also use the power of technology against you. I just don't know how long you can hold out."
A large number of titans appeared on both sides of Inaba Tsukiyo as she moved. These titans were not of the same level as the Godfather.
Although their level couldn't compare to the Godfather, dealing with these titans wouldn't be easy without some effort, especially with so many titans wanting to play with them.
As Inaba Tsukiyo moved, the center of all the titans glowed with a strong blue light, taking on a running posture, and charged towards the facility.
The titans' movements naturally attracted the attention of the island's defense personnel. At first, they thought someone had invaded.
But upon discovering the massive number of titans running towards the facility, they instinctively sensed a hint of foreboding.
However, no matter how they called out, there was no response; their communication function had been destroyed.
There was no other way. Although they were panicking, their job was to protect the island's safety, so they could only steel themselves and charge forward with their light sabers.
[Clang!]
The light saber struck the titan heavily, emitting a spark, and successfully cut through the titan's armor.
Before the opponent could celebrate, a mechanical arm grabbed her body and slammed her hard onto the ground.
The strong impact made the young girl feel her internal organs shift. Enduring the dizziness, she climbed up from the ground and activated her Territory, intending to fight these titans, when she found herself surrounded by titans on all sides.
These titans watched her silently, as if frozen until she recovered, calmly waiting for her to prepare.
After the young girl was ready, the central part of all the titans lit up, and they raised their right hands, slamming them down hard towards the young girl.
In the base deep within the facility's underground, a large group of Researchers in white coats were discussing something, occasionally glancing at the room on the other side.
In that room, there was only a young girl wearing a strange device, her eyes vacant as she stared straight ahead.
She was the Spirit captured by DEM Industries and brought here. She had been imprisoned here for four years.
Every day, she endured various forms of abuse. These people had no intention of taking the spirit crystal from her; instead, they cut flesh from her body, changing locations daily, to study the reactions.
Pain, excruciating pain, and this pain occurred every day.
There are three hundred and sixty-five days in a year, and four years is one thousand four hundred and sixty days.
During these one thousand four hundred and sixty days, she endured such suffering almost every day.
When she first endured this pain, she wanted to escape from here and plan her revenge.
However, she had no way to escape. Every day, these devils only thought of new ways to torment her, and she had become numb.
This special device prevented her from using her Angel, forcing her to endure these guys' abuse, then receive treatment, waiting for the next round of abuse.
Every day repeated itself. The young girl thought today would be the same, but then she heard a piercing alarm sound in the base.
An invasion? Who on earth would have the ability to invade a place like this?
A flicker of spirit passed through the young girl's vacant pupils. This unusual situation seemed to be her opportunity.
If... if this intruder could cause a bigger commotion, she could take advantage of the chaos to leave here, to leave this devil's den.
However, as a very important place for DEM Industries to research Spirits, its defenses in an emergency were also very strong.
Moreover, very few people knew about this place. Even if someone could discover it and find this location, how could they possibly break in?
The Researchers were not too concerned about this matter; after all, their responsibility was research, and eliminating intruders was a task for others.
[Thump! Thump! Thump!]
However, the alarm did not subside, and the continuous vibrations from the facility made these Researchers realize that things were not as simple as they had imagined.
[Bang!]
Suddenly, the metal door of the laboratory bulged inwards, clearly indicating that something outside had delivered a massive blow.
This door utilized a special device, and ordinary force simply couldn't destroy it.
But that was only ordinary force. What if it wasn't ordinary force? After all, those were titan dad's fists.
Seeing that his attack hadn't broken the door, the titan dad outside, who was smashing it, had the blue light in his core turn red, and a red glow also appeared on his body.
With the enhancement of this red light, titan dad received a significant boost in both strength and speed.
[Bang! Bang! Bang!]
Farmer Three… Cough! Cough! Got sidetracked.
The berserk titan dad's continuous normal punches directly sent the door flying, hitting several Researchers along the way.
These people, along with the iron door, slammed hard into the wall. The iron door became embedded in the wall, while the lucky Researchers who managed to dodge saw blood flowing from the gaps around the door.
The other Researchers looked outside and found that the area was littered with fragments of visualization devices, and some red liquid could also be seen.
Anyone capable of conducting research here was no fool. If they couldn't realize what was happening after seeing such a scene, then they truly were foolish.
The titan dad outside wanted to enter, but unfortunately, the size of the door wasn't large enough for him to pass through.
After a moment of silence, titan dad directly smashed the space above the door as well, allowing him to barely squeeze in.
He first glanced at the Researchers cowering in the corner, then at the Spirit Girl imprisoned inside the room.
One titan dad restrained the Researchers, while the other titan dads went to rescue the Spirit Girl.
However, the entrance to this special room was only a little over two meters high, and titan dad couldn't fit through at all.
Alright, all of these titan dads activated their berserk mode, furiously using their small fists to smash the obstructing walls.
The Spirit Girl in the room still looked at the scene unfolding before her with some disbelief, even forgetting the risk of being accidentally hit by fragments of the potentially collapsing wall.
No, even if she was injured by wall fragments, it didn't matter. She had endured so many injuries over the years; a few wall fragments were nothing significant.
She… was saved? Was the intruder's purpose to rescue her?
After being imprisoned for so many years and enduring so much abuse, could she finally escape from this hell?
[Boom!]
With a loud bang, the wall was directly smashed by titan dad.
The moment the wall was broken, a girl holding a scythe appeared from behind titan dad.
The girl went straight to the Spirit Girl, looked at her device, and swung the scythe in her hand.
Without harming the Spirit Girl, the scythe girl's attack only destroyed the restraint device on the Spirit Girl.
As the device was destroyed, the Spirit Girl rubbed her aching hands, then floated up and stretched her body.
"[Sōkokuhenchitsu]."
[Sōkokuhenchitsu] is the angel the girl possesses. Its ability is omniscience, allowing her to know everything except for future events.
Of course, the prerequisite is that the girl actively searches for this information to know it, similar to a high-performance search engine.
Another way to use this angel as a combat force is future recording.
By writing down future scenarios, she can make her opponent act according to the written script. However, the Spirit Girl prefers drawing to writing, and this combat method has no time for use in actual combat.
It was because of this flaw that she was caught by the DEM Company.
A spiritual energy-formed current enveloped the Spirit Girl's body. A translucent nun's habit and a sacred book with a cross-shaped design appeared in her hand.
Facing this familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar attire, tears uncontrollably flowed from her eyes.
"Tha… thank you. Although I don't know who you are, I truly thank you."
No one knew what kind of pain and torment she had endured during her four years of captivity.
She had no freedom, couldn't move freely, and all she could do was watch these guys in white coats torture her.
This feeling of powerlessness made her think more than once that she should just die here, as ending it all was the best way to find liberation.
The titan and the scythe girl did not disturb the Spirit Girl as she vented her emotions. They stood silently by, watching the scene.
Although doing this wouldn't make her forget the pain of these years, it should at least make her feel a little better.
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