Chapter 323. Edie (Part 3)

Margo-san promised that it would be done in five minutes, but

The match with miss Edie didnt even take a minute.

WRYYY!!!1

Haa!

HASHOOO!!

Toa!!

Miss Edie and Margo-san exchanges attacks, but

Margo-sans not hit at all.

Both the fists and kicks were seen through.

WESHZZZ!

At the same time she avoids miss Edies feet

Margo-sans low kick bows down her pivot legs!

Miss Edie fell down.

She tries to get away by rolling on the floor

Margo-san has already moved to the destination.

As if she has read miss Edies next action.

Riding on top of miss Edie whos on the floorshe pins down with one hand.

The other arms fist heads to miss Edies face.

If she takes Margo-sans punch in that distanceits a huge damage.

Ha!

Eh?!!!

Margo-san stopped her fist in front of miss Edies face.

Thenshe said something in a low voice.

You have died five times in the fight just nowshe said

Nei-san translates.

Miss Edie whos lying on the floor looks up at Margo-san with an angry face.

Edie is angry, askingWhy did you go easy?

Go easy?

Even though when miss Edie was fighting with the three of them, it looked even

When she was fighting with Margo-san one-on-one, theres much difference?

Youre still growing. I dont intend to reap a growing budshe said

Margo-san

Above allyoure Michi-chans friend arent you? Then, youre as good as myLittle sister

Miss Edie looks up at Michi from the floor.

Is this person sister Michis teacher?She asked

Michi answeredNo

She is one of myelder sistersbut shes not my teacher

Thanks to Nei-sans translation, I can understand it.

Miss Edie looks up at Margo-san again.

Why did you hide your ability earlier? You didnt move at all when it was the three of youshe said

Margo-san answered showing a wry smile.

Well, Ive been observing your fighting power A real strong person wont show their full power from the startshe said

I seeMargo-san

Shes judging miss Edies ability by observing her fight with Seki-san and Reika

Your body is well trained. You might be physically stronger than us. But, your experience is too short. This is your first time in a real battlefield, isnt it?she said

Miss Edies expression changed.

How can you tell

Seki-san is surprised

I didnt notice that at all. Rather, she was a tough opponent because shes always aiming precisely at the blind spot

Thatalways accurateis a bad habit!

Margo-san answered Seki-san in Japanesethen returned to English

Youre aiming to the vital points too precisely. Its an assassination technique so you want to kill your opponent as fast as possible butsuch an easy to understand attack can only beat amateurs. A combat professional can easily read your next action.2 You must not make simple attacks that can make the other party anticipate your next move

Nei-san translates the English conversation fast.

That wasnt my top speed. If your speed is up to your opponents expectations, you can do anything

Miss Edie seems to argue.

Margo-san answers in a low voice.

Whats important isnt the speedits the rhythm of the fight. Your attack rhythm is always the same. Its very monotonous. Theres no variation in rhythm. I think this is perhaps because youve always trained with the same opponent all this time. No matter how fast you attack, you can defend if the rhythm is the same. Youll lose if the opponent predicts your attack

I see

If you know the rhythm then you can deal with it.

If they only come to attack the vital pointsthen, even more easier.

Rather, by always making a bout with close friends, your bad habits are attached to the movement of your body. As I deliberately attack you to break your rhythm, you stopped moving immediately. You can never win against me at this moment

YeahMargo-san is able to completely hold down miss Edies attack.

How can I win against you?

Miss Edie asks Margo-sanexposing her fighting spirit.

Margo-san smiles

Theres no meaning if you win against one. Were fighting as a team

Team?

Miss Edie shows a curious look.

Yes. It looks like that Ive won against you one-on-one, butthats not actually the case. In the fight earlierbecause I saw you fight the other two people, I was able to find your weak point. Were a team. Therefore, we just have to win as a team!

Margo-san

If ever I was defeated by you earlierthe other two would be aware of how you fight. Whatever happens, those two will definitely defeat you. You had no chance of winning from the start

Like hell Ill be defeated. Even now, I can turn the tables

Miss Edies fighting spirit doesnt go away.

Shes really a girl who hates to lose.

No, you wont win

Michi tells miss Edie.

Why, sister?

Miss Edie seems to be moved by what Michi said

Youre an assassin so youre only taught to infiltrate enemy grounds alone and kill the target, right? Theres only two choices, whether you kill or get killed. Its different from us

Different?Michi?

Our fight is to protect. Even if one person is defeated, the remaining people will take over the will and fight. We cant afford to lose. We are only allowed to have the future of protecting!

What are you protecting

Michi answers.

Ourfamily

Family3

I dont have a family. My grandmother has passed away. The cult has abandoned me

Miss Edies face gets cloudy.

The only thing I can do now is to refine my assassination techniques grandmother has taught me. This is the only bond that connects me and my grandmother

Miss Edie saidto which, Michi replied;

There was a time I thought about it that way But thats no longer the case

Sister?

Miss Edie looks at Michi.

A skill is a skillin the end its meant to be used. You dont aim to polish your skill. I have inherited my technique from grandfather and fatherI will use this technique for my familys sake. Because of that, I become more diligent. I will teach this technique on my children as well. My children will protect their families

Michis child? Sister Michi intends to bear a child?

Yes, I will

Miss Edie shows a dark face

I dont want to bear a child. I dont want to make my own child an assassin like me

Margo-san laughs.

If you dont want itto be an assassin then dont raise it as such

ButIve only been educated to be an assassin

How old are you right now?

Sixteen

Then, you still have a lot of time. You can learn something than being an assassin from now on

Miss Edie glares at Margo-san

Are you saying to drop the skills I inherited from grandmother!

Nobodys saying thatyou should just create a new martial art that does something other than assassination from the techniques handed down by your grandmother

Another martial art.

My Kudou style ancient martial arts is originally a technique to murder in the battlefield. But, may successors succeeded in various attempt on improvements so they can have the power not only on killing people

Michi looks at me.

Itonight, am using Kudou style for the first time for loves sake

The enlightenment ofShingetsuthrough sex.

Love?

Yes. Sister Edie. Im sure that your skills can be used to things other than assassination

Miss Edie looks down

I dont know about that. I dont know anything other than assassination

Thereforeyour grandmother thought that you should go outside of the cult and study!

Michi?!

Meet various peopleknow various techniques. Theres still a lot of things you dont know about the world. I think that you shouldnt say that you cant, you dont know if you dont know the world yet!

Margo-san smiles.

Miss EdieI cant lose to you so I cant teach you how to win against me butI can teach you how to be stronger than you are now

Miss Edies surprised.

Are you saying youre going to teach me?

Yeah, youre Michi-chans friend, arent you? Then I think of you as myprotegee

Margo-san smiles gently

Thats what that woman said a while ago

Miss Edie looks at Nei-san

Isnt that obvious?Maru-chan and I are members of the sameFamily Michan too. Therefore, everyone welcomes Edie!

Nei-san answers.

Or ratherEdie, join in our family!

Me?

Miss Edies surprised.

Yes. Thats for the best. Become our member !

Nei-san saidmiss Edie looks at Michi

Lets become real sisters. Does sister Edie hate becoming my sister4?

Thats not the case, but

Then thats decided!

Nei-san said laughing.

Is it okay? Im an assassin? Im from a cult?

Miss Edies uneasy.

Is what shes sayingwhat do you think, Yo-chan?

Nei-san looks at me.

Say that it doesnt matter

I said.

That doesnt matter. Yo-chan is saying that Edies welcome!

Ill ask the opinion of others. What about Margo-san?

Michi asks Margo-san

I of course welcome you

What do you think, Reika-oneesan?

Me?

Reikas surprised.

Yes, youre family as well so please answer

Michi saidReika answers in English.

Shes a top elite of Kouzuki security service so shes fluent in English too it seems.

I warmly welcome more sisters

Reika said shyly.

This lady is also just watchingif she goes serious, shes far stronger than you sister Edie

Michi said.

No, I

Reika tries to deny it but, miss Edie

No, I know that you have a body thats more trained than me!

With thefamilybecoming her companionsMiss Edie seems to be able to see the other party calmly

When she was alone assassinit seems that she denies allenemy

Except for Michi whos the only one who can use the same skill as her grandmother

I was the same as you miss Edie before

Reika said.

I tried to be aloofstubbornly sticking to my own style. And, Ive gotten confident that I was the strongest. Even though the situation of a one-on-one duel isnt a real battlefield

Reika

I realized various things by having a family. The limits of what I can do alonethe futility to trying to be aloof. I am now an elder sister for many little sisters. Everyone helps and encourages me. I will fight for my family until my life is exhaustedIve taken the chance to learn for my family. I hope that miss Edie takes the same opportunity

Edie

Please call me Sister Edie. Onee-sama

She accepts Reikas words.

The Onee-sama wordpierces my heart

Thenlooking at Margo-san, Seki-san, and Michi.

My sisters are all stronger than me. I just understand it now

The death of her grandfather, expulsed from the homelandher relationship with miss Cordelia

Miss Edie has kept her heart closed all the time.

Only the assassination techniques she learned from her grandmother has been the support from her loneliness.

Therefore, she denies other peoples skillsand only look at her own assassination technique.

Then

She met Michifelt nostalgic by seeing the same technique as her grandmothers, she opened her heart

Lost to Margo-san

Invited to join ourfamily

Miss Edies frozen heart is melting

This girls usual smile is all a fake.

Instead of killing her emotionsshe forces a smile.

Reika-oneesan says okaywhat about Seki-san?

Nei-san purposely spoke to Seki-san in Japanese.

No, uhmIm not yet in your family

Seki-san answers in Japanese.

That doesnt matteras a senior on fighting, tell Edie something. If Seki-san doesnt say something then this atmosphere wont break!

Truethey fought 3-on-1 earlier so

If Seki-san saysIm a bit differentthis latethen miss Edie would get confused

R-Right

Seki-san speaks in fluent english

Surely, you are still immature. But, youre very natural, and your training until now wont go to waste. Im sure that youll be strongerif you continue to study hard

Seki-san nobody cares about that kind of advice!

Nei-san gazes at her.

Just say whether you accept Edie as an ally or not!

Once agin, Seki-san looks at Edie

I accept you as well Lets be friends from now onmiss Edie

Miss Edie smiles.

All RightSister!

Once again, Michi speaks to miss Edie

Sister Edie, we have people to protect. Our familySister Nei, and my Master. Also, this lady which is Masters livestock. Lets protect them together

Yukinos sulking.

She said that Im a livestock again

Its better than being ignored. If we say that Yukinos not ourfamilythen miss Edie would happily kill you off

YeahI can imagine it

Yukino should thank Michi

I do

Miss Edie answers.

Sister Michis family is my familysister Michis defended people are my defended people

It seems she made an oath.

Thenthinking for a bit, she speaks again.

I seeits different than fighting alone. It feels completely different when there are people you have to protect

Mis Edies new training begins.

Now then, we talk briefly on what happened after we got caught by miss Cordelia.

Margo-san also talked about what happened to them after they parted with usthis floor has no indication of ambushes just as told in the calls.

Following, Margo-san and Seki-san asked miss Edie.

But, miss Cordelia hardly told anything about the operation as shes a newcomer.

Wellmiss Edie isnt attached to miss Cordelia at all

She listened to orders however, since shes essentially rebelliousit cant be helped.

I want to know the current situation of the hotel

Seki-san says, but

This is the VIP refuge, right? Cant we draw the information from the building?

Nei-san asks.

Theres a connector to link it with the surveillance system buttheres no terminal to use for monitoring. When a VIP evacuates here, theres always a Kouzuki security service escort with them

I seethe guard in charge would be carrying a dedicated termina.

Well, you cant just leave an opportunity to multiple confidential information in a room.

If I knew this wouldve happened, we couldve brought the terminal from room 2505

Margo-san said.

If we had such a big machine then it would be destroyed during miss Cordelias first attack

Seki-san said.

True. Thats why I left it. SeriouslyTony-san got us. He purposely made us take the biggest terminal

Margo-san smiles wryly

When we got out of room 2505, were going to have trouble carrying it so he purposely lent us a big machine.

If we get off to the 20th floor, there will be a security office. We can view some of the surveillance cameras in there

Seki-san said as she recalls.

Yeahlets go there for the time being

Margo-san decides

Its about time I thinkthe enemy wont be bothered by us

What do you mean?

Reika asks Margo-san

Its about time that Kudou-san makes an all-out attack on Cesario Viola. In that case, miss Cordelia would be heading to support Viola. Chief Tanizawa-san will be taking priority on watching over the site too

Going this far

Its still expected that theres a connection between miss Cordelia and chief Tanizawa, but

I cant feel anything connecting Cesario Viola and chief Tanizawa however.

It remains on the conflict state.

No matter how you think about it, its impossible for Viola and his men to go higher than 21st floor

Kudou-apa and the free guards would interceptand their numbers would be cut down.

When they lack in people, they would scout as they go

The speed of their invasion would be extremely slow.,

I think so too

Seki-san said

Perhaps, the deciding battlefield would be around the 19th floor!

1. ROAD ROLLER DA!

2. Joseph Joestar pls

3. This is just awkward to translate so Ill paste the authors line with the

4. One is on katakana and the other is on Kanji