I'm not going to be an Spirit! (Translate)

Stealing kills is a bad habit. 

Since this Gastrea had already been targeted by someone else, any rash action could easily lead to conflict. 

Nia Honjo decided to wait and see what happened. If the other party was unable to defeat the Gastrea, she wouldn't be resented for stepping in later. 

"Nibelcole, have you seen this child's promoter?" 

Standing atop a large tree and looking around, Nia Honjo asked with some confusion. 

This cursed child was clearly professionally trained, as could be seen from her movements. 

Well-trained, calm, and collected, she attacked with precision and dodged in an orderly manner. 

Therefore, she was likely not a wandering cursed child but an initiator belonging to some vigilante group. 

The strange thing was that most police teams acted together, but Nia Honjo searched for a long time and didn't see the child's promoter nearby. 

"I can't sense the presence of anyone else. There's no one here except us," Nibelcole said, concentrating her attention and scanning the surroundings. She detected no other biological auras. "Could it be that the promoter felt his initiator couldn't defeat this Gastrea and ran away?" 

"If that's the case, our trip today wouldn't be in vain." 

The levels of Gastrea organisms were divided into five stages. With each evolution, the more Gastrea factors they possessed, the stronger their self-healing ability became. 

Based on Nia Honjo's observation, this Gastrea was most likely a stage two creature, and the animal features on its body were very simple. Even without any explanation, one could tell at a glance that it was a Gastrea with both crab and snail factors. 

When dealing with this kind of defense-specialized Gastrea, if the promoter had no combat capability and the initiator didn't have combat-type Gastrea factors, it was hard to say who would win or lose. 

Soon, the battle not far away came to an end. 

As the cursed child's physical strength gradually waned and she could no longer maintain her previous high-intensity dodging, she was caught by the Gastrea. 

Under the relentless attack of the Gastrea, she was swept away and fell like a bird with broken wings. 

The stick in her hand was broken into several pieces. 

"Huh? Isn't that a homemade weapon?" Seeing the broken sticks revealing the color of lime, Nia Honjo asked in confusion. 

The self-healing ability of Gastrea organisms was very high, and it was impossible to cause effective damage to them with ordinary weapons. 

Even cursed children had to fight with weapons made of a special metal called [Varanium], which suppressed the self-healing ability of the Gastrea while dealing fatal damage. 

This cursed child looked like an experienced initiator, but the weapon she used was an ordinary baseball bat. 

No wonder she hadn't succeeded in killing it after fighting for so long. 

"Miss Police Officer over there, could you please help me?" 

The cursed child stood up from the ground tremblingly, her head bleeding, and she didn't look well. 

But she remained on guard against the Gastrea's actions and said calmly, "As you can see, if you don't take action, I might die." 

Did she notice us? 

Nia Honjo raised her eyebrows in surprise. 

The two of them hadn't made any sound from beginning to end and had been quietly watching the battle from the sidelines. She hadn't expected the child, who had been concentrating on the fight, to notice them. 

"No need to ask; we're ready to take action," Nia Honjo said as she jumped down from the treetops and landed steadily on the ground. "However, to avoid disputes later, let's make it clear that the commission money won't be shared with you." 

"No need. As long as you can deal with this Gastrea, that's enough." 

"Well, you're a good and reasonable child. As a reward, I'll give you one-tenth of the commission money." 

"...I really don't need it. Please work with your partner to quickly get rid of this Gastrea." 

"Eh? Don't want it? Really?" Nia Honjo was surprised again. "I'm not being polite, but if you want to be polite, then I won't be polite." 

"Please... hurry up..." 

The corners of the cursed child eyes twitched a few times, but she still spoke patiently. "This Gastrea is on the verge of evolution. If you don't take action now, when it becomes stage three, not only will it take extra effort, but the commission money will remain the same." 

"Stage three?" 

Nia Honjo pinched her chin and fell into deep thought. 

The main reason she had accepted the commission this time was to test how far she could go in a fight using her full strength but without relying on the Rasiel. 

After all, in the original work, Nia Honjo had almost never participated in any important battles and had even joked that she had no combat power. In the later parts of the original work, Mana Takamiya had replaced her as the new analyst, and she had been relegated to auxiliary work in the rear. 

So the girl had no idea what Nia Honjo was capable of in battle. 

This stage two Gastrea was obviously a good target for testing her strength. 

Because it had the snail and crab factors, its attack and movement speeds were very slow, but its defense was extremely high. 

With the blessing of the Astral Dress, a mere stage two Gastrea posed no threat to her. 

"Stage three is just stage three. It's a little more challenging and can test my true strength," Nia Honjo decided. Then she commanded, "Nibelcole, go and hold it for me!" 

"Yes!" 

After receiving the order, Nibelcole immediately became fully alert, wrapped her entire body in spiritual power, and rushed toward the Gastrea. 

With her full mobility, she kept the bulky Gastrea spinning in circles, and its pincers were completely unable to catch her. 

The Gastrea became enraged, and the Gastrea factors in its body became more active, further accelerating its evolution. 

Looking at Nibelcole fighting the Gastrea, the injured cursed child opened her mouth, wanting to say something. 

This was the first time she had seen someone deliberately allowing a Gastrea to evolve. 

However, as a wounded soldier who could no longer take part in the battle, it would be unwise to say more at this time, so in the end, she remained silent. 

"I hope you have a correct assessment of your own strength," she thought. 

Now, as a burden, she could no longer continue fighting and could only limp to Nia Honjo's side to watch the battle together. 

"Squeak——!" 

About ten minutes later, under Nibelcole's stimulation, the factors in this stage two Gastrea became overactive, and it quickly evolved into a stage three creature. 

The crab's shell sprouted many spikes. It wasn't clear if it was due to the hedgehog factor or the porcupine factor, but it looked no joke. 

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!" 

The spikes loosened and shot toward Nibelcole like bullets. If she hadn't been alert from the beginning and let her guard down, she would have been hit by now. 

If one were to be struck by these black thorns, which were more powerful than bullets, even with the extra defense provided by the Divine Power Armor, the injuries sustained wouldn't be as simple as scratches. 

"Well, that's about the extent of it," Nia Honjo said, mobilizing her spiritual power and preparing for battle. 

"Then it's my turn next!"