"I didn't expect you to choose such a way to end it."
Kuesumi looked at the AT Field, which had a huge crack from the explosion, and spoke in a complex tone to the large pit, about a hundred meters in diameter, in front of her. Thanks to Kuesumi's protection, the six girls behind her were unharmed, but Takamiya Mio's self-detonation power actually managed to crack Kuesumi's powerful AT Field like this. If Kuesumi hadn't increased her mental energy output and strengthened the AT Field, she might not have been able to defend against this attack.
"She got off too easy!"
Origami looked at the deep pit with a displeased expression. She was very dissatisfied with Takamiya Mio's easy escape. Dying so completely meant all her sins were simply erased, which Origami found somewhat unacceptable. She believed such a punishment was far too light for Mio.
Kurumi looked at the deep pit with a complex expression, a sense of relief in her heart. This way, she wouldn't have to agonize over whether she had met her before. The person was no longer here.
"Let's go back!"
Watching the soul depart peacefully, Kuesumi didn't do anything extra. Her sins, upon reaching the Underworld, would be fairly judged and sentenced by Hades. This was a pitiful woman driven mad by love, and now she had paid with her own life. So, Kuesumi had no intention of touching her further.
Turning to the six girls, whose expressions varied, Kuesumi said a word, then activated a teleportation. The seven disappeared from their original spot. She believed people from the hidden world would soon come to deal with things there!
After sending the six girls to their residence, Kuesumi came to observe beneath the aerial battleship flying over Tengu City. As expected, it was currently in a state of chaos due to the disappearance of 'Reine Murasame.'
"Let me add some fuel to your fire!"
Watching Kotori frantically busy, Kuesumi couldn't help but feel a little mischievous. She began to resonate with the full-point Spirit power within her body, and a gigantic, transparent spherical shape slowly began to appear in the sky. It was very strange that almost no one could see this sphere; only those with Spirit power could perceive it.
"Kotori, Kotori, a giant sphere has appeared in the sky."
Busy Kotori frowned after receiving a call from her older sister, as she found no abnormalities on her screen.
"Use the Spirit Power Scanner to investigate."
Kotori ultimately believed Shiori's words and had her subordinates investigate.
"Commander, a large energy sphere has been detected."
"Furthermore, according to the Spirit Power fluctuations, there are ten different fluctuations together. The familiar ones include Tohka, Yoshino, the Yabai Sisters, and yours, Commander."
"Nani?!"
Kotori couldn't help but roar. What was going on?! But it seemed she could only postpone the search for Reine for now.
"Notify everyone, sound a Level 3 alert, and quickly analyze this thing for me."
Calming her anxious mood, Kotori calmly issued various commands.
"Little Kotori, let's have a good time with this game!"
Kuesumi looked at the Spirit Power mass and dripped something like a golden liquid, which fell to the ground and transformed into a golden flower. From within it emerged a cute girl. Kuesumi quickly concealed her aura. She couldn't let Mayuri discover her existence yet; she still had to do one last preparatory task.
"See you later, Mayuri."
Watching the girl… oh no, Mayuri, observe her surroundings in confusion, Kuesumi softly murmured to herself, then disappeared from the spot.
"Why can't I sense it suddenly? That warm, motherly feeling, where are you exactly?"
Mayuri flew to where Kuesumi had disappeared, looking around in confusion, muttering with a mix of doubt and anxiety.
"Is that it? But the feeling isn't right. Never mind, I'll go take a look first!"
Sensing a place where Spirit Power was gathered, Mayuri, despite the different feeling from before, decided to go take a look first. Thinking this, Mayuri disappeared from the spot.
After leaving, Kuesumi found an uninhabited place, raised her left hand high, which was covered with densely packed ancient divine script. Each character was filled with divine power. This thing had kept Kuesumi busy for over half a month to successfully create. With even a slight error, Kuesumi's entire arm could be used as a nuclear bomb, with an absolutely astonishing explosion.
"Let's do the final work!"
Kuesumi looked at the runes on her left arm and took out her grimoire to begin accumulating energy.
On the other side, Mayuri, like a skilled assassin, sneaked into Shiori's home. Looking at Shiori's cheek, she shook her head.
"It's not her. Where are you?"
A somewhat dejected Mayuri was discovered by a surprised Shiori. Then, Mayuri ran away as Shiori blinked.
"Who was that child? Kotori's friend?"
Shiori murmured to herself, looking at the disappearing figure.
After being busy for a long time, Kotori finally came up with her plan: to have Shiori go on dates with the Spirits.
But was it that simple?
"How are things?"
Kotori looked at Shiori and Yoshino, who had completed their date mission, and asked her subordinate.
"It's no good, Commander. There are no signs of it disappearing."
Hearing her subordinate's reply, Kotori looked at the spherical object detected on the screen with a complex expression.
"Where exactly is the problem?"
"Where are you exactly?"
Both were questions, but coming from different people, their meanings were different. After running away from Shiori, Mayuri sat silently in the park. She still hadn't found the target she needed to detect.
"Oh my, dear child, it's late. Why aren't you home?"
Kuesumi, appearing from somewhere unknown, looked at Mayuri sitting in the park and asked her with a hint of concern.
"You can see me?"
Mayuri stood up from the bench in a panic, looking at the newcomer and asking in surprise.
"Of course I can see you! My eyes aren't blind."
Kuesumi smiled mysteriously at Mayuri, not denying Mayuri's words.
"No, I mean, are you a Spirit?"
Mayuri explained in a flustered manner, with a cute, squirrel-like feeling. Kuesumi admitted she was charmed and began to talk to Mayuri with a kinder expression.
"So you don't have a place to stay? Then how about coming to my house?"
Kuesumi said to Mayuri with'surprise'. Her current expression and demeanor truly made it seem like that. If there were an award for best expression, she would definitely win it, easily fooling Mayuri, who was taken aback.
"Don't worry about me, I will disappear on my own. If I can't find the target, the meaning of my existence can be said to be gone."
Mayuri refused Kuesumi's invitation. Although the person in front of her gave her a familiar feeling, her mission was to observe the vessel, and if she didn't find the vessel, it was normal for her to disappear.
During her conversation with Kuesumi, she had already begun to give up searching, and the Spirit Power in her body slowly began to dissipate.
"I really want to experience that warmth again, I really want to see you. Why don't you come to see me?"
With these thoughts, Mayuri manifested her Astral Dress, preparing to fly into the power aggregation in the sky.
But...
Before Kuesumi could even try to stop her, the Spirit Power aggregation in the sky began to undergo a massive change.
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