Alice x Cinderella: Book 5 Chapter 3

## Verse 1

On the rooftop of an **decrepit** skyscraper, another new hole was created.

Cinderella smirked down at Alice, who was gasping for breath, and motioned for her to come closer.

"What's the matter? You burnt out already?"

Realizing that her movement was gradually becoming limited, Alice ignored Cinderella and leaped to the next building.

"Tch. Finally caught on, did you?"

Cinderella spat, before concentrating her fire on Alice's landing spot, leaping to the next building in pursuit.

 Then what will you do next?

 ......

 Well, there's plenty of time to decide.

## Verse 2

I should test my newly awakened abilities.

I'll start by testing its maximum effective range.

## Verse 3

The terrain is on their side.

I can't even get close.

## Verse 4

If I use maximum firepower, I can pierce three buildings.

With this much power, I can do a lot of damage.

## Verse 5

Following a large attack, there's a brief moment to counterstrike.

It's not much of an opening, but it's the only chance I'll get.

## Verse 6

Well, this is interesting.

This bullet can be bent in any one direction.

Looks like I got another trick up my sleeve.

## Verse 7

It's obvious Cinderella is pretending to test her abilities on me, hoping it will back me into a corner.

For now, I'll just pretend I haven't noticed.

## Verse 8

Go and jump to that building.

The zero count is right around there.

## Verse 9

There's no way out.

You knew what to expect.

## Verse 10

*Before*

Alice was wounded all over, while Cinderella on the other hand didn't have a **single** mark on her.

But that was besides the point.

Alice had only **one** thought on her mind.

To dodge Cinderella's fatal **blow**, and in that short **moment**, strike back with everything she had left to win.

That was all that mattered.

 Stop it!

 Or will you run away again?

 ...No. I'm tired of running.

*After*

"Well... Looks like I won..."

Cinderella **sacrificed** her own body to deliver a destructive blow that far exceeded Alice's expectations.

The attack was devastating. Alice's right arm evaporated on impact, and left her entire body burning from the aftermath.

However, the price Cinderella paid was also great.

In exchange for her all-out strike fueled by her vitality, Cinderella's body rapidly withered, and her limbs became like those of a dead tree.

In her state, she couldn't even muster a dry laugh.

Nodding triumphantly, she laid down, and gazed up at the sky.

"AAAAAUUGHHH!!!"

All of a sudden, an inhuman roar shook the air.

It was coming from Alice, who should have been defeated.

Steam spewed from her severely burned blackened skin, as her body regenerated with a gruesome sound.

Once she had returned to her original form, she straddled the fallen Cinderella.

And then she mercilessly punched her, screaming wildly.

What had once been Cinderella was now nothing but pitiful scraps, scattered around them.

By the time Alice realized her opponent was dead, she had already lost control of her own power.

## Discordant Poem

[Combat Report No. 1462793]

Inciting ALICE\_F vs CINDERELLA\_F.

Observation of the difference between the abnormal and normal individuals in their EXTEND values continues.

[Combat Report No. 1462794]

Sharp increase in ALICE\_F EXTEND value confirmed.

[Combat Report No. 1462795]

ALICE\_F has eliminated CINDERELLA\_F.

ALICE\_F's EXTEND value increased 1039%.

Now entering danger zone.