Kelvin didn't think. He moved. Police training + something else. Something in his blood.
The demon's claws went through his shoulder. Didn't hurt. Felt cold. Like the river.
Kelvin grabbed his gun. Shot it. Three times. Center mass.
Bullets went through. Hit the wall. The demon didn't bleed. It laughed.
"Shadow tools only," it hissed.
Shadow tools. Kelvin looked around. Kitchen knife. Useless. Then he saw it. The kimono cloth. Yume's wrapper.
He grabbed it. Wrapped it around his fist. Punched the demon in its face hole.
The demon screamed. Real pain. The kimono smoked where it touched. The demon staggered back.
"Yume's blood," Hana shouted. "Her blood is on it! From 15 years ago!"
Kelvin didn't stop. He kept hitting. Every punch burned the demon. It thrashed. Then it turned to ash. Black dust.
The other three demons vanished.
Kelvin fell to his knees. The mask was hot now. He ripped it off. His shoulder was fine. No wound. Just cold.
Aoi was staring. "You… you killed it."
"No," kelvin said. Looked at the ash. "I banished it. They're not dead. Just… gone. For now."
Kalina had stopped crying. She was staring at the ash. Then she looked at kelvin.
And smiled.
Same smile Yume had before she jumped.