Asahi Light Cannon

 

Right before Talos’s eyes, Laelaps—snared in a sticky net—was yanked away as if two space warships were abducting it.

It thrashed and resisted, but that only made the net wind tighter. Even when it tried to fire a beam at the ships, it was jostled like a toy in someone’s hands—its aim never settling long enough to draw a clean line of fire.

「…Huh?」

Europa went blank at the sheer absurdity of it.

「A net? That net? You’re telling me that’s enough to neutralize Laelaps?」

She sent commands to Laelaps—only for the reply to come back as nothing but confusion.

It was bound up in something like a tacky spiderweb.

「It seems the dispersal rockets and the iceberg warship’s separation were a ruse meant to deceive us. They likely used oil to reduce the friction coefficient close to zero, making Laelaps easy to move. Its claws can’t bite into the Polar Management Facility’s floor, so it