The yataglass took in the ball again.

　The area went dark at once.
　What had been a pulsating visceral dungeon, even when it was scorching hot, was enveloped in darkness all around.

'So this is how it is.'

　It wasn't so much complete darkness as it was complete darkness.
　The background was so dark that I couldn't see anything, but I could see myself, I could see the yatagana.

　Only the background was shrouded in darkness, like a beginner's painting that didn't depict the scenery, and it turned into a place where if I stayed long enough, it would make me feel mentally unstable on its own.

　Eventually, a yurt that took in a ball gave birth to a small yurt.
　The yataglass of the spawned child disappeared in a flash and appeared elsewhere.

...... mammals, I guess.

　I thought it was tactless of me, but I couldn't help but go into it.

　If it's a bird, it's something that's laid in eggs, and it's characteristic of mammals that they're born this close to an adult, only different in size.

　I guess monsters don't have birds or mammals, but I still couldn't help but plunge in.

　The yataglass continued to give birth to more.
　The small glass that was born was scattered all over the space in an instantaneous movement.
　The small glass was scattered and did not attack me.

　While preparing himself, he had room to turn his head thanks to not being attacked.

''You're a grenade.''

　The three sacred artifacts that always appear in Monogame.
　A divine sword, a mirror, and a grenade.
　Because of that, the details and originals of the three sacred artifacts are a sort of "compulsory subject".
　So I know a lot about them there.

　One theory says that the gemstone represents the moon, and another says that it is a baby in its mother's womb - an infant.

　A three-legged crow.
　Something that looks like the sun has already come out, and something that looks like a mirror has also come out.
　That's the pattern of the one that is both a moon and a gem.

　I'm trying to figure out how to attack it - but I don't have enough information.
　Compared to what we've seen so far, there's a distinct lack of information.

　The reason for that is - it's not attacking us.

'That makes 12 of them now.

　Yatagaras and small glasses that spawned in a flurry, scattered only around the four corners and did not attack at all.
　On the contrary, there is no sign of them.

'Let's try it.'

　I cautiously shot one of the small glasses with a conventional round, taking a defensive stance, wary of being reflected again.

　The regular round shoots through the small glass, the small glass lets out a small scream and crashes to the ground, motionless.

'...... is this enough?'

　I thought, the next moment.

　Gasp!　And then came the shock.
　My eyes went blank and I felt dizzy, as if my head had been hit by a hammer.

　My sense of direction disappeared for a moment, and if I hadn't stayed on my feet, I would have fallen to the ground.

　Even though my eyes were still flickering, I took an evasive action.
　Anyway, I ducked, moving rudderlessly so that whatever came at me wouldn't hit me easily.

“--!

　Then I was surprised.
　All the little glasses were gone, every single one of them.

What do you mean?

　The flickering slowly subsided and I looked at the yataglass.
　The yataglass began to lay a small glass again.

'...... this one?'

　In the process of giving birth, he now shoots a conventional bullet into the yatagaras' body.

　The bullet is flicked off before it hits - but.

Mmm.

　Another shock came, and the one little glass that had spawned was gone.

'Is the damage less severe for the smaller number?'

　That's how I analyzed the small amount of damage the second time around.

　This time, I take a few steps back and keep my distance from the yatagaras and take a closer look at them.

　Three times, it begins to give birth.
　Poppily it gave birth, and the little glass that was born moved away in an instantaneous movement.
　One by one, they gave birth and moved away from each other.

　Eventually, the same 12 birds as before stopped laying.

'Order?'

　I shot the first raven.

　The shot out and the raven crashed to the ground.

......

　I cower in shock, but there was nothing.
　Second bird, shoots out.
　It is knocked down and crashes.

　Still nothing.

"......

　This time I decided to make a mistake on purpose.

　He skipped the third one and shot the fourth one.
　Just before the normal round hits, he shoots an accelerated round at himself to accelerate.

　In the accelerated world, I wait for the small glass to land.


''--Kuch!

　The moment the small glass was shot through, a shock hit my whole body.

　Even though I was accelerating, the impact coming at the same time is like an inevitable type of counter damage.

　I resisted the dizziness and shot a recovery bullet to recover.

　And then I gave birth for the fourth time.
　This time I remember the order properly, and when the twelve birds are out, I hit them in order.

'Huh?　Which is the eighth?

　I forgot about it in the middle.
　I remember the first time and the last time, my memory of the middle was fuzzy.

　And then, just like that, one of the yatter's legs broke off!

　One of them, Emily or Celeste, had broken it.

　I was a little impatient - but.

　With a huff, I fired a tracking round.
　The bullet took an arcing trajectory and shot out the eighth bird.

　The counter didn't come.
　Then it shot through the rest of the small glass, and the entire small glass was knocked off.

　The second leg was also broken.

'I could do that with the order or ...... tracking rounds, but 12 rounds max is not very cost-effective.

　As I mumbled this, time was up again, and the three legs of the yataglass were back on.

'We can do it next time,'

　I saw the whole pattern, and I knew I was going to break through in the next round.