After hearing the Aberrant invasion alarm, Su Yuzu and Unohana Chiyo exchanged a glance and immediately rushed out of the hospital room.
Inside the ward... only the girl whose knees were locked tightly together remained, her gaze nearly unfocused as she stared in the direction where the invisible devil stood.
The more she told herself not to think about it, the more chaotic thoughts seemed to bubble up inside her head.
Evil, evil, evil.
That unnamed Goddess... no, devil, was absolutely the most evil existence in the world.
Biting her lip hard, the girl simply buried her head under the quilt.
Just treat it as a penance.
"It... it's just one day, woo—"
"Excess moisture can simply be evaporated with the Holy Flame."
"But... to actually use the Holy Flame for such a shameful thing..."
The girl was torn.
But if she didn't do this... she would have completely lost in this game against the god. She wouldn't have even been able to hold onto her final bottom line.
Lyudmila felt as if she could hallucinate the devil's wicked laughter.
"Woo." Her eyes were unfocused.
The stigmata brand on the girl's back lit up faintly; she ultimately chose to submit.
Between succumbing to that devil's tyranny and being forced to use the Holy Flame, the Saintess chose the latter.
Lyudmila bit her lip, on the verge of crying.
She was actually desecrating the holy with her own hands.
That god standing behind Su Yuzu was indeed wicked to death, just as wicked as Su Yuzu herself.
"Student Mira?" looking worriedly in the direction Yuzu-senpai had left.
The Little Rabbit looked at the room... at the firelight lighting up from under the bedding, feeling somewhat confused. She gently poked the quilt.
"Eek?!!" Lyudmila, startled by the Little Rabbit, trembled.
The firelight went out.
The Saintess's head poked out from the hospital bed's quilt, turning stiffly and slowly toward Saotome Yukina. Her eyes were so hollow it was as if she had lost something quite important.
"Mira?" Saotome Yukina looked at Lyudmila's lips, which appeared somewhat dry due to the Holy Flame going out of control, and hurriedly tried to pour some water.
Watching her roommate's considerate action of pouring water, Lyudmila's gaze held a touch of terror, and she was nearly moved to tears on the spot.
"I'm fine..." The girl, who could no longer feign a demure appearance, spoke with a choked voice. "I... I'm fine."
"Don't pour water... woo woo woo... don't pour it."
Sprinting rapidly through the streets.
With the physical enhancement of [Blood Manipulation (25%)], Su Yuzu, who was merely First Sequence, ran even faster than the Second Sequence Unohana Chiyo.
This was actually quite normal.
The gap between the Second Sequence and the Third Sequence was immense.
One-quarter of the power of a Third Sequence Blood Esper was even enough to rival some weaker Second Sequence Espers.
Although it wasn't exaggerated enough to be a 'one-man army'.
But... defeating a tactical squad would be no problem at all.
Unohana Chiyo was a metal-transformation type Esper after all; it was normal that she couldn't outrun Su Yuzu.
Before even reaching the central training hall, Su Yuzu saw from a distance the dark red erosion domain unfolded in front of it.
And... more than a dozen Second Sequence seniors and teachers who had completely surrounded the dark red erosion domain.
Unlike that Second Sequence peak Aberrant whose danger level was maxed out, Mihou Sakai was, after all, only a First Sequence Esper.
Even after undergoing Aberration again, she had not stepped into the Second Sequence.
Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi had merely delayed her for a moment, and a large number of upperclassmen and teachers rushing from inside the training hall had already surrounded her.
Su Yuzu approached slowly.
"Ah—" She heard the girl's singing, weeping like a whale song.
An extremely ominous premonition suddenly rose in Su Yuzu's heart.
She subconsciously swiped open the [Operator Development] panel.
On the field that was identical to her own Q-version chibi's interface.
Besides herself, there was a panting Soga Ishikawa Kiyomi, and... Mihou Sakai, whose stamina bar had turned completely crimson.
[Weep—]
[Unceasing soul of a young girl.]
[Manifest here from the gloom of the Abyss.]
[—Aberrant · Return from the Abyss—]
The girl's weeping, melodious singing sounded so harsh to Su Yuzu, piercing straight into her heart.
In the center of the erosion domain before her was Mihou Sakai.
"Attention, attention!"
"Do not hurt her."
"Student Soga, increase the intensity of mental interference. You two from the Assault Department, block her! Block her!"
"Gentler, gentler!"
"Don't provoke her. If she breaks through to the Second Sequence, she'll be beyond saving."
Su Yuzu heard a childish voice that seemed to be commanding.
She walked straight through the yellow and black police tape.
Then—
Su Yuzu saw Yamabuki Nanako standing on a bench, holding a small megaphone and directing the scene.
And... the Aberrant girl in the center of the erosion domain, surrounded helplessly.
Su Yuzu felt as if her breath was choking in her throat.
"Eh? Student Yuzu." Yamabuki Nanako, hearing footsteps, looked at Su Yuzu coming from outside the police line. "You came just in time."
"Quick, help us control her."
"Control her?" Su Yuzu looked down at Yamabuki Nanako standing on the bench.
Yamabuki Nanako felt that Su Yuzu's voice sounded a bit scary, but at this moment, eager for research, she only answered subconsciously, "Yes..."
"That student's Aberration is very abnormal."
"I suspect it has a major connection to that gear Director Saionji sent over yesterday."
"We can definitely obtain extremely important data from her."
"But... she is crying." Su Yuzu looked at Mihou Sakai, who was sobbing helplessly like a trapped beast surrounded by hunters.
"What?" Yamabuki Nanako didn't react for a moment.
She watched Su Yuzu bend her body slightly and accelerate, appearing directly in front of Mihou Sakai. Suddenly realizing what Su Yuzu intended to do, Yamabuki Nanako hurriedly raised her megaphone, "Stop her, stop her!"
But before the words could leave Yamabuki Nanako's mouth, her entire person was lifted up from behind. "Wu!???"
Unohana Chiyo, who had only just caught up, directly pressed the loli-sized Yamabuki Nanako into her embrace.
Su Yuzu stood in front of Mihou Sakai, looking into the girl's dark golden vertical pupils.
The girl, who had just been whimpering and struggling like a trapped beast, immediately stopped all movement.
Those dark golden vertical pupils stared straight at Su Yuzu.
Su Yuzu could see... behind those dark golden vertical pupils, the girl curled up at the end of the darkness was whimpering and reaching out to her.
She was... asking her for help.
Her breath seemed to stop.
For the first time... Su Yuzu could clearly feel that, accompanied by the anger suppressed in her chest, the beast hiding in her bosom, which seemed as if it could never be satisfied, was roaring.
[Cast aside the hypocritical husk.]
[Let the world be shaken.]
[Ding—]
[Congratulations, you have unlocked a new achievement: Throne of Evil Karma.]
[Ding—]
[Your achievement — "Side of the Abyss" progress has increased.]
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