Chapter 33
Exupéry and Chuuya Nakahara are currently hurting each other in the middle of the battle—or rather, Exupéry is launching a unilateral mental attack on Chuuya Nakahara.
At this moment in the central region, Vladimir is carrying out the second step of the plan.
The removal of redundant buildings is also known as demolition.
It's called clearing out redundant buildings, but in reality, it means demolishing all buildings within sight.
Or rather, blow them all up.
Holding a sniper rifle, Vladimir aimed at a building that was still intact and pulled the trigger.
The bullet pierced the window, followed by a massive explosion.
A building was reduced to ruins in an instant.
"Another building has been resolved."
As he spoke, Vladimir weighed the sniper rifle in his hand.
"It feels like we're out of bullets..."
After skillfully removing the magazine and confirming that it was empty, Vladimir took out a new magazine and loaded it.
If you look closely at the magazine, you'll find that all the bullets in it have little pictures drawn on their tips, some are hearts, some are animals, all of them are very cute line drawings.
Looking at the empty magazines that had been removed, Vladimir felt a pang of emotion.
"More than thirty explosive charges were just gone like that..."
Romain Rolland, who happened to be swimming up the wall, heard this and glanced at Vladimir, who looked slightly impressed: "So you know about saving now?"
“No, actually I just feel it’s not quite real.” Vladimir calmly replied, aimed, pulled the trigger, and snapped his fingers, turning another building into ruins.
"If these explosive charges were turned into dolls, I could keep throwing them around for a long time, but they're gone in just a short while."
Vladimir felt relaxed after scanning the area and finding that there were hardly any buildings left.
"That's really an extravagant thing to do."
"It wasn't extravagant at all. Verne probably didn't tell you beforehand—these were all stolen from 'Journey to the Center of the Earth,' so it didn't cost any money."
Vladimir was shocked: "Then he withheld my procurement funds?"
"It's already quite generous of them to give you money to purchase explosives, since they're offering you free explosives."
Although everyone knows this is actually "pocket money".
"More than that, I'm curious why you find bullet casings cute..."
The bullets used by Vladimir were homemade ammunition made by using explosive packs made from "Lolita" into cute and harmless bullet casings, and then manually filling them with primers and sealing them.
This reduces the time spent searching for time and places to place explosives in advance. The detonation relies entirely on physical detonation through frictional heat. Although it's a bit strange, it is indeed much more convenient.
But it's a bit strange that Vladimir finds bullet casings cute...
"Lolita" can turn things into a "harmless state." But what they become depends on Vladimir's own will. For example, humans he touches might turn into little girls.
So he has to genuinely think the bullet casing is cute for him to conjure it up...
Vladimir didn't even turn his head: "It's too complicated to explain in detail, so to put it simply—I'm Russian, that's all."
Romain Rolland: "Surprisingly convincing."
It seems there's nothing wrong with the Russians, the "fighting nation," finding bullets cute?
While Romain Rolland was lost in thought, Vladimir had already blown the last dilapidated building to smithereens.
"OK, the last building."
Vladimir looked in the direction of Romain Rolland—the surviving walkie-talkie Romain Rolland was carrying: "Can Verne hear me now?"
"I'm sorry, I can't hear you—Verne, Vladimir's side is finished, please bring the Nautilus over."
Without knowing what was said on the other end of the communicator, Romain Rolland quickly put down the walkie-talkie.
Vladimir had turned his head back and was looking at the sky.
Romain Rolland walked to Vladimir's side and also looked up at the sky above the ruins.
A huge submarine, gleaming with the distinctive luster of metal, was floating in the sky, flying towards them.
"At first, I was also a little puzzled as to why Verne would abandon 'Journey to the Center of the Earth'..."
Looking at the Nautilus soaring in mid-air, Romain Rolland murmured to himself, "But I understood when I first saw Jules Verne piloting the Nautilus through the air... This is..."
Vladimir chimed in, "So cool!!"
Vladimir's cheeks were flushed with excitement, and he looked very lively.
Romain Rolland glanced at Vladimir: "Speak more politely, this is called being cool."
"It's all the same, all the same." Vladimir said nonchalantly, "When I first heard 'Deep Sea Wandering,' I thought this kind of ability that only saves fuel was no fun at all... But now it's actually really cool!"
"Your first thought was to save fuel?" Romain Rolland looked quite incredulous. "Didn't I emphasize movement speed for a long time when I was explaining this to you?"
The Nautilus did indeed lack a power source and relied entirely on its "Deepsea Wanderer" for movement, which was very fuel-efficient. But wasn't the "Deepsea Wanderer's" speed still more impressive?
Oh, that's pretty impressive, being able to travel in the sky.
Vladimir recalled: "I didn't notice at all!"
Romain Rolland remained expressionless once again.
#I shouldn't have talked to this pervert#
Leaving aside the lively conversation between Romain Rolland and Vladimir, in the cockpit of the Nautilus, Jules Verne, sitting in the very center, was staring at a pile of instruments in front of him.
Christie, meanwhile, was sitting nearby, intently watching several screens.
That instrument was originally intended to detect reality-altering abilities, and the UN purchased it specifically to prevent Vladimir from acting erratically.
Based on current research findings, with some modifications, it could be used to detect "books".
The premise is that it must be on the same level as the "book".
Christie put down the communicator and turned to Verne: "Barry has already activated the ability he left here."
Verne nodded and silently turned on the communication channel.
"Daniel, begin using your special ability."
Midway through the Nautilus, an unremarkable middle-aged man stood in a closed room, his hands pressed against the ground.
On his shoulder, a parrot was flapping its wings, shouting, "Go! Go!"
The middle-aged man's tense expression relaxed: "Thanks, Friday."
The abilities in his hands were activated instantly.
【A Drifting Story】
In the eyes of Romain Rolland and Vladimir, the Nautilus suddenly began to "fade".
"Oh!" Vladimir exclaimed in surprise. "Defoe has begun!"
“Barry should have started too.” Romain Rolland’s expression tightened slightly, but not noticeably. “Simultaneously altering time and space…theoretically, it’s possible to enter the dimension of the ‘Book’ at some point.”
"However, without a specific physical quantity... that's a bit of a gamble."
Vladimir completely failed to grasp Romain Rolland's nervousness and remained extremely excited.
"This is what you call 'the romance of the Age of Exploration'!"
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