Lass snapped out of it. "Mutt, your saw!"

"Ah, yeah?!" Anya took out her saw-sword.

Lass moved away from Anya. "Turn it on its flat side!" he stopped and took a pitching stance.

"Got it!"

"Take it!" Lass pitched the bomb at Anya.

"Heya!"

Anya hit the bomb with both her massive sword and her massive strength, she send the bomb flying upwards, extremely high up in the air, before a giant explosion covered the night sky and a loud bang was heard over the horizon...

"Look at the size of that explosion!" Lass stared in fear.

"Yeah, I know, cool isn't it?" Anya smugged.

"Cool?! If it wasn't for quick thinking, we'd be dead! What the hell was in that thing?!"

"It's a pure Obsulyte bomb, semi-illegal produced series of experimental weapons revolving around Obsulyte! Series includes bombs, guns, swords and even machinery which is not naturally usable by non-Obsulyte users!" Omni said.

"Obsulyte-infused bombs?! What the hell mutt! What, you'll step it up next and give us dark matter bombs?!", Lass yelled.

"I was considering it, but I couldn't get the papers done in time..." Anya scratched her head.

"You're literally insane, there's no other way to put it..."

"Hey, you guys said you're going up against gods! What's wrong with a little bit of nuking if that's the target?"

"You know, master has a point," Omni said.

"Oh, piss off with you. Actually good for nothing book that got us nearly killed!"

"Excuse the error inside me, but I only ever record whatever has been written or typed down in Riza! Unfortunate errors like that were done by living beings who are vulnerable to said errors."

"You guys both need to go burn..." Lass exhaled heavily.

Just then, Luna approached them both, facing them and the explosion with a straight face.

"Hmm. Luck was on our side when they didn't detonate when I suffered a hit." Luna said.

"Hit? Hit by what?" Lass asked.

"The car.", Luna pointed at the car.

"Are you serious? Is that why there are faint blood stains on the hood of the car?!" Lass yelled.

"Yes.", Luna answered.

"Ehe...about that. I guess it's a bit late for...you know. Hitting you with a car full of explosives." Anya lowered her ears.

"Apologies accepted. Though I also take shelter in the knowledge that had I been engulfed by a bomb blast at that moment, you'd have suffered an equal fate."

"In the span of what was a few hours, Risa found an old abandoned orphanage, we bought a giant mall, Tiki broke her arm and you hit someone with a car while, I presume, you were drunk?" Lass looked at Anya.

"I was not drunk! I too have my limits, y'know.", Anya folded her arms.

"I'm damn near done for the day. I don't think I can physically, or mentally, take much more..."

Anya dragged the rest of the bombs out of the car. "Well, we still have a lot more defusing to do. Let's move a little bit away so that the car isn't in the blast radius. Even though besides that big one, all others should be fairly mild..." Anya softly gave Lass the bag of bombs.

"I'd recommend that master Lass continues the defusing while you attend to Ikarisa calling. She has requested your audience", Luna said.

"Master what now", Anya giggled.

"Master Lass, for Ikarisa to refer to anyone as her 'Darling', I can only begin to fathom what incredible abilities they may possess. Such is the origin of the title. I do hope you are not disturbed by it", Luna bowed to Lass.

"I mean...I'm not. But it's just a little...weird?" Lass said.

"I could simply call you 'master' if you wish", Luna suggested.

"Eh...honestly, you can do whatever floats your boat", Lass looked at the bombs.

"Well, in any case. Risa called for me, no? Might as well go and see what she has to say...hopefully not the usual", Anya lowered her ears and tail.

"If I tell her one bit about the bombs you 'wanted us to use against the gods', you bet your ass she will scold you harder than usual, mutt", Lass looked at Anya.

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"It was in good faith... ", Anya sighed." Anyway, let's go. If it's what I think it is then I might as well get it over with. I'll be back in a few, big guy. Do some progress until I get back and I'll catch up, oh and move away from the car in case of an accident", Anya walked away with Luna.

"What, so you're leaving me behind with a bag full of bombs?!" Lass yelled.

"You have a magical, all-knowing book by your side. You'll defuse them just fine." Anya said.

"That 'magical, all-knowing book' made one of them explode just now!", Lass looked at Omni. "Hey, are you listening?!"

"They are too far to hear you properly now, especially when you have your voice to a lowered tone than what's needed for in an open field.", Omni said.

"Shut it. Just...show me other manuals of the bombs here."

"Right away, user!", Omni flipped through its pages.

"What, I'm a user now?"

"Well, you're not my master, so that makes you a user."

Lass stared at Omni. "Yeah, you know what, screw this.", he took out his phone.

"Wait, what are you doing?"

"I'm using my own magical, all-knowing book. It's called a smartphone and a mobile data plan. Thank god the mutt gave me both."

"I still doubt you will be able to find bomb defusing manuals anywhere online than police bomb squads databases or company restricted manuals for in-door experimentation...", Omni said.

"Found it."

"What?! B-But how?!", Omni worryingly said.

"Apparently there's a QR code inside the bomb's shell that directly links to a bomb defusing manual. Pretty cool, I guess the makers thought ahead." Lass flipped through the manual on his phone.

"What the-who puts that inside a bombshell?"

"People who are afraid rich kids might get their hands on them via copious amounts of legal paperwork and potential bribing."

"Master is nothing like that, user!"

"I never said she was, just the fact that she's rich applies to her. I doubt the legal part is into play."

"What?! Preposterous!"

"She literally got an entire arsenal of 'experimental' bombs and an illegal battle suit for Tiki slotted in for us at a public mall. What law is that?"

"Corosta's Weapon Rights Law, page 56, column 7!"

"It literally doesn't exist on the map anymore," Lass said with a straight face.

"Its laws are applicable as a nation, despite capital absence! Master knew this all along! She wrote it in her messages with both Niki and her massive lawyer team!"

"You know, I'm starting to see why she keeps you locked up most of the time.", Lass angrily said.

"Do you require my help, or not?" Omni said.

"Just shut up! I'll call you when I need you!" Lass pushed Omni aside.

Meanwhile, up the stairs, Tiki followed Hikari through the hallway. Ripped and burned the wall paintings as the paintings could be seen left and right. Unlike the main hallway on the floor below there seemed to be no maintenance done to any of the objects on this floor. Trash, wrecks and rotten flowers were the only objects filling the long walk towards the door at the end of the hallway.

"Man...Compared to what I saw with Terna downstairs, this is day and night. Do you know anything, shorty?"

"I-I...I wish I did. But my memories don't seem to be serving me at the moment."

"Huh, really? Those memories seem to be serving you whenever they wish, oddly enough."

"What do you mean?" Hikari looked at Tiki.

"You want me to spell it out? Fine. As far as what I've heard from others and what I've seen and heard myself...you're full of shit."

"H-Huh?"

"Oh come on, cut it out with the conflicting personality. The girl I was told you were, compared to what I've seen is like these hallways. Day and night. Your fighting abilities could rival me, your powers have long established themselves to do way more than healing and you yourself seem to be constantly looking over your shoulder. If I'm to follow you, or anybody else over here, I'd at least appreciate knowing the very basics."

"Everyone has their burden to bear, right Tiki? I...I understand your frustration about it all...if you want to believe me, I myself am frustrated for not realizing it earlier."

"Realizing it? You mean to tell me that you did it all by accident?"

"I assure you, I'll explain most of everything...just, let the others come in as well first, okay?"

"Hmph. Fine. We're here anyway..."

Hikari pushed the door as it creaked open. Inside was a disorganized, dirty office. Loads of paperwork were tossed left and right, with a single, pristine-looking wooden desk being lit in by the large window in the middle of it all. On the floor, a large, red carpet was laid all over, and a big stain seemed to have merged with it over the years. The silver moonlight lit before them the wooden chair behind the desk, as it reflected off the royal red of the chair's cushion. Hikari could not put a finger on it, but she herself was sure. Despite her movements suggesting cluelessness, she herself was well aware that it all looked familiar...

"So this is..." Hikari approached the window. "This view..."

"All this paperwork...I mean, it's an orphanage, but does it really have this much to manage?" Tiki grabbed a few papers off the ground. "Ripped, soaked, I can make nothing out of them." she tossed them back down.

Gazing at Hikari for a second, Tiki could very well see a flash of light coming from her face, as the moonlight reflected off a single point in her face's surface.

"Hey, shorty...are you..." Tiki approached Hikari.

Hikari snapped out of view. "H-Huh?"

Looking at her image in the big window, she could see not whom she thought herself to be and a pair of tears rolling down her face.

"I-I...I'm sorry. I didn't mean to worry you, really. Sorry..." Hikari wiped the tears off her face.

"Whatever, forget about it.", Tiki stuttered as she pulled back. "Let's just wait for the others."

Those words were said, almost immediately after, and the creaking door opened again, with Luna and Anya coming forth.

"Speak of the devil," Tiki said.

"Yo Risa, you called? Luna said you wanted to tell me something.", Anya stood beside Tiki.

"Yes, I did," Hikari said.

"I suppose for such an audience, the information shared must be confidential based on previously acquired Intel?" Luna said.

"Jeez, pipe down 'Sairi'. We get it you're a mechanical smartass that kicks ass, but come on." Tiki folded her arms. "Hmm. Eh?!"

As if no pain was felt, Tiki strongly press both her arms together as she folded them...

"What the hell? Shorty did you-", Anya cut Tiki.

"Oh, so that's how the suit works...interesting even Obsulyte incompatible people can use this? Sweet!"

"What?! That's why I had such strength?! "

"Well, yeah, hence why this was decommissioned, on paper. Old blueprints tend to explore more...powerful aspects than what the world wishes to see today. But even then, I was sure it would serve you, specifically, fine!"

"You have no idea what you just did! There's a reason why demons shouldn't be infused with Obsulyte."

With a swift smack on the head from Luna, both Tiki and Anya stumbled forwards, as she cut their bickering at once.

"We can frolic with other such matters later. The gravity and importance of the situation require more attention to it, rather than this."

Tiki scratched her head. "Fine! We got sidetracked, though I'm still dragging your ass down after this!" Tiki folded her arms again. "So, shorty, spit it out."

Hikari prepared herself. "Whew... alright. I guess I should re-introduce myself then. I am not Ikarisa. My name is Hikari. Hikari Ayano. And I...I'm not the creator of Riza."

A huge shock came over everyone besides Hikari in the room, all stunned by the moonlit goddess's presence...