Chapter 42 – #14.5 the Magical Girl Liberation Front, and Being Manipulated ? (One)
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Earth has been invaded by alien enemies.
Due to their hypnotic transmission, most people on Earth do not feel any sense of discomfort and wait for ‘disposal’ from aliens like livestock waiting for slaughter.
For now, the people of Earth are continuing their lives as usual.
However, they were filled with invisible shackles and had no true freedom.
The aliens who have taken over this Earth, the so-called monsters, give up their lives the moment they receive an order from them… I ended up being reduced to their slaves and puppets.
But even so.
Not all Earthlings have surrendered yet.
The magical girls, who are a problem even for the invaders, maintain their sanity because their large-scale hypnosis transmission did not work.
Also, in the case of some Earthlings, hypnosis did not work, and they felt strange and hid or avoided them.
And there also exists a group of Earthlings who maintain their sanity.
【Magical Girl Liberation Front】.
A group formed mainly by magical girls to liberate the Earth from the domination of aliens.
Groups of that nature exist not only in this country but all over the world, and they all have slightly different names and organizational charts, but their goals and activities are similar.
Protect the Earth and drive out the invaders… The purpose is to be consistent with all groups in any region.
And today too.
In this country, the magical girls belonging to Korea’s [Liberation Front]… Coincidentally, he went into hiding to carry out an operation at the ‘Factory’, one of the most important bases of the invaders…
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Late time.
【Second Factory City】, inside the factory located in the center――
There, three magical girls are carefully moving through the factory.
Security and all excellent surveillance equipment were only temporarily disabled.
This is thanks to the fact that the [Liberation Front], Which sent these three magical girls here, has a support type of magical girl who can use magic that can temporarily disable electronic equipment.
However, there are limits to the magical girl’s abilities, so the magical girls who broke into the factory were proceeding with as much caution as possible.
“… “It’s kind of eerie because it’s so quiet.”
Red Flame, the lead magical girl among the three magical girls, muttered with an unlit cigarette in her mouth.
The other two people also nodded in agreement with the words of the leading magical girl.
Originally, there would have been more guards or researchers in addition to the surveillance equipment, but due to the ‘special event’, there were so few people today that the factory was almost empty.
The reason these magical girls decided to carry out an infiltration operation today was because they obtained that information in advance.
Thanks to this, even though I sneaked inside, I barely felt any signs of presence, but because of that, I felt an eerie feeling that made me feel instinctive fear.
‘… No, it’s just because it’s quiet… Probably not.’
The reason why this factory feels eerie is probably not just because of its quietness or atmosphere.
『Factory』 In other cities mainly focuses on capturing excellent women of Earth, including magical girls, and performing hypnotic modifications.
However, if the rumors are true, this factory is said to be different from other factories.
What should I say more?
It’s terrible… Terrifying rumors were often heard.
These three were dispatched to find out the truth of the rumor, and to determine that if the rumor was true, it would certainly have a big impact even in a world dominated by brainwashing.
―If you want to go back, you can still go back.
―But if you go further inside, safety cannot be guaranteed.
Red Flame, the leader of this infiltration team, felt like such an option was popping into his mind.
Since she is the head of this team, she will have to choose her options carefully.
Therefore, Red Flame thought for a moment and then made a sign to move forward.
The other two magical girls swallowed without saying a word… Following the Red Flame’s instructions, I moved forward.
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Oh my god…
I kept my mouth shut to make as much noise as possible, but I couldn’t help but let out a voice at the terrible sight before my eyes.
The three magical girls took the card key from a researcher they encountered along the way, and were using the card key to look around the rooms inside the factory.
And in the first room, there were only devices of unknown origin, so I didn’t feel anything special, but the second room was a big shock.
Gurgling… Gurgling…
Gurgling…
Lined up in the room are many huge cylindrical cases.
In it Contains the human body, It was being cultured like a test subject in formalin.
What was inside was a human being.
Above all, like magical girlsEarthlingIt was brought in.
I could instinctively know that they were humans of Earth.
All humans in the culture medium are male.
And the strange thing is, everyone looks so different… There were even those who looked like ordinary men and had strange, monster-like shapes.
The strange shape was reminiscent of the invaders, the monsters [Mekrak].
―Remember the rumor.
It is said that the inhabitants of Mekrak, who invaded Earth, escaped the constraints of their bodies by converting their personalities, memories, and minds into data.
Thanks to that technology, they were able to modify their bodies to their heart’s content, and no matter what happened to their bodies… You can change into another body.
Even if an accident causes these monsters to die, they can be resurrected just by selecting the next body and injecting data into it.
It’s like a computer.
By inserting an existing storage device into the main body of the equipment with new specifications, the original data can be used as is… That’s it.
And this room, the new body… So-called‘Corpuscles’It was a room where bodies for monsters to be used were cultivated.
And the material for the ‘corpuscles’ was the bodies of living Earthlings…
“People taken to the factory are not coming back… I heard about it, but was it being cultivated in this way here? .”
“Well, that’s what it was… Really… It’s terrible… !”
As if agreeing with Red Flame’s words, another magical girl――Tel Aqua spoke as if her teeth were shaking.
Those invader monsters periodically recruit additional Earthlings and bring them to this factory, perhaps to replenish the number they expend by using them.
“… Flame Sister, what should we do?”
As Red Flame and Tell Aqua froze at the sight of culture tanks lined up over several floors in a space the size of a playground, the last remaining person――Arte asked a question.
Red Flame barely came to his senses after hearing that voice.
What I should do after coming here now is not be shocked and angry… It is the collection of information.
For now, I have to exclude emotions for a moment.
“Aqua, first, I’ll ask you to take pictures with the magic camera I brought… Arte, let’s take a look around with me… There might be some data worth securing…”
Following the leader Red Flame’s instructions, the other two moved without delay.
It was a quiet and calm movement to watch out for any guards that might be present, but a clear passion was rising in the hearts of the three people.
Invading other people’s planets, sending messages of friendship on the outside, and manipulating people’s minds through hypnosis.
And within a city surrounded by high walls and controlled information… They do such inhumane things calmly.
That’s why I can’t forgive.
The magical girls make up their minds again that they will never forgive them.
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So, after taking pictures of the ‘corpuscule culture facility’ and gathering as much useful information as possible through exploration… The magical girls continued to explore the factory.
It seemed that the terrible side of this factory was not limited to the ‘corpuscule culture facility’.
In addition, there was a room with an atmosphere like a blood collection room where people were put to sleep in capsule-shaped beds and nutrients were injected and something was extracted.
Alternatively, an experimental room where experiments were conducted using Earthlings as guinea pigs was also discovered.
When Aqua discovered the monster researchers who were trying to inject drugs or dissect sleeping Earthlings on a test table, she assassinated them on the spot.
There was a possibility that she would make their presence known, but her passion was so great that even the leader Flame could not stop it.
Fortunately, though, their presence has not been discovered yet.
There was no sound of an alarm, and no increase in reinforcements.
This may be because the people who made up this infiltration team are all veteran magical girls and have specialized abilities for such infiltration operations.
But clearly, continuing the search any further may be dangerous…
“… Sister Flame, shouldn’t we go back soon? If things continue like this, it might be dangerous.”
Arte, who remains calm and cool compared to the passionate Aqua, suggested so.
Flame thought about the suggestion for a moment, but then shook his head slightly.
“Yet… “Let’s wander around a little more.”
“If you’re looking for something… ?”
“I want to find the ‘Energy Plant’, the core facility of this factory. I was told that if just that was disabled, this factory would not be able to function properly for a while.”
Ugh…
Saying so, Flame gathered magical power in his hands and created something.
What was created by combining magic power was a small, fancy-looking sphere.
However, contrary to its appearance, it is a With terrifying destructive power.Time bombIt was.
The final goal of this infiltration is ‘Destruction of the ‘Energy Plant’’.
Of course, if it seemed dangerous, the instructions from the [Liberation Front] Were to return after collecting only the minimum amount of information, but…
However, now that I had come to know the inhumane experiments and atrocities that took place here, I felt that I could not just leave.
Although not as much as Tell Aqua, who was visibly angry.
The leader, Red Flame, who was supposed to keep his cool as much as possible, was also furious to the point that his judgment was clouded.
Arte, who has a cool-headed personality, recognized that fact, but he did not bother to point it out.
At this point, I decided that I would be able to get the job done more quickly if I followed instructions smoothly rather than resisting.
So, as Red Flame decided, the three magical girls continued to move through the factory.
Without even knowing what awaits at that destination…
