Origami frowned as she looked at the unidentifiable being before her.
For a single mont, she wondered if she had been hit in the head by the magic cannon and was now seeing so kind of hallucination.
But…
She had already known her answer to the question that being had asked.
"Of course… I want it!"
Origami endured the pain and spoke with difficulty.
"I want power that can protect everyone! Power that can defeat evil Spirits! Power that won't lose to anyone ever again… Of course I want it!"
She shouted.
[Is that so?]
The being replied.
[Although I really do not want to bring trouble onto myself, and I would rather avoid problems as much as possible, I suppose I still have no choice but to give this to you.After all—this is for the sake of granting my wish.]
Saying that, the being handed sothing to Origami.
It was a beautiful crystal that shone with dazzling white light, like a jewel.
"…"
Although she felt confused, Origami still reached out and touched the beautiful gem.
In the next instant, the gem floated into the air, then was absorbed into Origami's body.
"What was that just now…"
Origami tried to ask, but she found that the strange being had already vanished.
[Was it really a hallucination after all?]
She thought so.
But at that mont, it felt as if a new heart had been born inside her body, pumping burning blood through every part of her.
The abnormal sensation forced Origami to her knees. A cry of pain escaped her throat.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH—!"
For an instant, she felt as if she had been changed into sothing else.
But what followed was a flood of mories.
It was as if the mories of another Origami's entire life were violently pouring into her mind.
[AAAAAAAAAAAAAH I CAN'T FORGIVE HER AAAAAAAAAAAAAH I WILL NEVER FORGIVE THAT ANGEL-LIKE SPIRIT AAAAAAAAAAAAAH I WILL DEFINITELY KILL THE SPIRITS AAAAAAAAAAAAAH IT WAS AAAAAAAAAAAAAH I DID IT AAAAAAAAAAAAAH THE ONE WHO KILLED MY PARENTS WAS AAAAAAAAAAAAAH WHY AAAAAAAAAAAAAH] (TL:hell yeah, this is getting interesting)
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH—!"
Clutching her head, Origami scread toward the sky.
In her vision, the clear night sky turned blood-red, as if blood were flowing down from the corners of her eyes.
It felt like a grenade had been stuffed into her skull and then detonated.
The intense pain twisted her body as she lay on the ground, spasming uncontrollably.
It was a tragic mory she could not bear.
Another life she could not accept.
Through her fading consciousness, what appeared before her eyes was the face and voice of a certain boy.
"Save … Shido…"
After saying those words, Origami, unable to endure any more, collapsed in the ruins like a puppet whose strings had been cut.
On the other side, Shido, Miku, and Tohka were running through the office building.
Perhaps because of his worry for Mikoto, and because of his strong desire to protect her, or perhaps because he had already grown used to manifesting Angels, Shido had opened a barrier and was advancing together with Tohka.
The guarding Wizards had no way to deal with Shido's absolute defense.
And to Tohka's Angel, their defensive Territories were far too fragile.
After they pushed forward like this for a while, a problem appeared in an unexpected place.
"Mana!"
Through the building's windows, Shido looked outside and saw Mana fighting Ellen and the woman in the red CR-Unit up in the sky. She was in serious danger.
"Tohka! Can I ask you to help Mana?"
Shido turned around and asked.
"But if I do that, Shido…"
Tohka showed a hesitant expression.
"Guh…"
Shido understood it too.
Without Tohka, he, who only had Tsukuyomi, would not be able to continue advancing smoothly.
"Hmph!"
At that mont, Miku stepped forward.
The girl tapped her foot on the ground in rhythm. In response to her movent, a long, thin silver tube rose out of the floor, like part of a giant pipe organ.
The front of the silver tube bent toward Miku, reminding one of a stage microphone.
"Gabriel—Solo!"
Miku sang into the silver tube with a voice that could make the heart lt.
Her song echoed through the Angel, then spread through the surroundings.
And then, the Wizards who heard Miku's song all lowered their weapons in perfect order and lined up against the wall.
"You're a huge help, Miku!"
Shido did not like Miku using her song to control people, but he had to admit that her voice had truly helped them.
"Hmph!"
The Diva turned her face away unhappily.
It seed she was still acting stubborn.
"Tohka!"
"I know!"
On the other side, Tohka smashed through the glass and joined the battle between Ellen, Mana, and Jessica.
"Then let's go, Miku."
Tohka had left the group, but Shido's steps could not stop.
"Wait. If we search blindly like this, how long are we going to take? You, co over here."
Miku frowned, then turned toward the Wizards on the other side.
And as a result, they easily learned Mikoto's location from the brainwashed Wizard.
"Let's go. Until we rescue Mikoto-san, I won't believe you so easily."
Miku said.
"Yeah!"
Shido nodded and ran with her toward the isolation area on the eighteenth floor, where Mikoto was being held.
Using the ID card given by the brainwashed Wizard, Shido and Miku entered the isolation facility.
The huge room was divided into two parts by reinforced glass.
One side was the section Shido and the others had entered.
The other was the section where Mikoto was.
It seed Mikoto noticed Shido. She opened her mouth and shouted sothing.
But the entire facility, even the glass in the middle, was soundproof. Shido could not hear her voice.
"I have been waiting for a long ti, Miko's friend… May I call you that?"
Inside the research area, a man who had been sitting on a chair with his back toward Shido and Miku stood up.
"Nice to et you. I am Isaac Ray Pelham Westcott of DEM."
He slowly turned around and spoke to Miku and Shido.
"Welco, Diva, and…"
However, the instant he saw Shido, this man, whom Mikoto had judged as soone whose inner self was almost no longer human, actually showed surprise for a brief mont.
"You are… who? Could it be? No… impossible."
"I'm Itsuka Shido! I ca here to rescue Yakumo-senpai. Let her go!"
Ignoring Westcott's strange reaction, Shido shouted with anxiety and anger.
"Itsuka… Shido. When I heard the report, I thought it was impossible. I see. Hmph. Hahaha. Ahahahahahahahahaha! How laughable. In the end, everything was still within that woman's calculations."
For so reason, Westcott's face twisted with madness.
Even so, in accordance with Shido's order—or rather, his threat—he released Mikoto's restraints and turned off the soundproofing in the entire room.
Mikoto tore off the IV drip and electrode pads on her body, then ran toward Shido.
However…
The thick sheet of tempered glass in the room still separated the two of them.
"Shido!"
"Yakumo-senpai!"
The boy and girl pressed their palms together through the thick glass, calling each other's nas.
But in the next instant, Mikoto looked behind Shido and let out a cry of despair.
"Run—Shido—!"
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