"tatron—"
As if responding to Origami's words, dazzling light burst and flickered from all around Origami, turning the sky, which was being dyed by the twilight of the setting sun, back into daylight.
The light materialized in Origami's hands, gradually taking the form of long, slender wings, ultimately coalescing into a halo.
"This is bad..."
Watching Origami summon her Angel, beads of sweat couldn't help but form on Yutsuki's forehead.
From the past until now, Ryougi Yutsuki had always considered Wizards as her imaginary enemies when formulating combat strategies, so the techniques she created were mostly aid at Wizards. To use gaming terms, Ryougi Yutsuki was a character with the "Bonus Damage to: Wizards" attribute.
In other words, if she fought against a Spirit, Yutsuki had absolutely no advantage to speak of.
And right now, not only could she only deploy a partial Astral Dress, but Ratziel had also been destroyed just monts ago, putting her in an awkward situation where she couldn't use it for a short ti.
In this situation where things went from bad to worse, comparing herself with a Spirit of unknown abilities in perfect condition... The result could obviously be sumd up in two words.
Certain death.
(If I could use 'that' right now, I'd still have a fighting chance. But on Kotori's end... Ah—this is so troubleso!)
Yutsuki scratched her long hair, feeling a headache.
She had to admit, Phantom's interference completely and utterly pushed Yutsuki into the fire pit.
However, blaming everyone and everything wouldn't help. After briefly analyzing her situation, Yutsuki quickly made a decision.
"Again! I'm out! Fleeing is best!!"
Without hesitation, Yutsuki turned and dashed into the shadow of a house, using the buildings of Tengu City as cover to dodge Origami's line of sight, quickly fleeing the scene.
However, this ti, her escape wasn't as successful as before.
Origami spread her hands. At the sa ti, the crown above her head split into two, turning into halos resembling the sun. Together with the halo of light in her hands, they echoed each other, emitting intense sunlight.
"—Shesh (The Sun)!"
With Origami's command, a rain of light descending from another sun showered upon the earth with majestic Spirit power that seed capable of destroying the world.
The asphalt roads. The abandoned cars, the shops, and the buildings. Everything in Tengu City within that incomparably brilliant rain of light was completely destroyed like paper models.
After destroying the cover before her, Origami retracted her Angel. Staring at the ground, she quickly discovered that in the ruins of what used to be a butcher shop, Ryougi Yutsuki was deploying a barrier of Spirit power, barely surviving her indiscriminate bombardnt.
"tatron—Mal'akh(Heavenly Wings)."
The halo in her hand changed form after a flicker, condensing into the shape of wings on Origami's back. The wings flapped slightly, and in the next instant, Tobiichi Origami suddenly vanished from her spot and appeared right in front of Yutsuki.
"Holy crap, teleportation is way too foul play!"
After shouting in surprise, Yutsuki released lightning in all directions to keep Origami in check, while using electromagnetic force to quickly pull herself to another pile of rubble, executing an ergency evasion.
"tatron—"
However, before Yutsuki had ti to catch her breath. Origami manipulated her Angel like floating funnels. The Angel dispersed around Yutsuki, and their muzzles began gathering terrifying Spirit power.
Yutsuki believed that if even one of them hit her, her fragile Astral Dress would be shattered to pieces, and she herself would naturally face certain death.
"What do I do, what do I do?"
Feeling death approaching so urgently for the first ti, Yutsuki's brain worked in overdrive. However, no matter how much she racked her brains, Yutsuki couldn't think of any way to escape this desperate situation.
(Calm down! At a ti like this, if I really give up, there's truly no hope.)
Yutsuki let out a deep breath. Looking at her life flashing before her eyes, she tried to find a breakthrough.
[I am very sorry for the crisis this might put you in next. But please rest assured, he—will be here shortly.]
Recalling the words Phantom left behind before departing, Yutsuki seed to understand sothing and widened her eyes in surprise.
"—Artelif (Crown Cannon)!"
No ti to think!
Seeing the laser cannons about to fire, Yutsuki hurriedly shouted at the top of her lungs:
"Idiot, I'm over here! Hurry up and save !!!!!!!"
Subsequently—
"Raphael! Zadkiel!"
As if answering Yutsuki's call. A fierce gale ca from afar. In the next instant, a black silhouette charged into the encirclent of tatron at a speed even Origami couldn't track.
At the sa ti, the dispersed Angels fired a sure kill strike at Ryougi Yutsuki.
But.
"It missed?"
Origami was exceptionally surprised. From the tactile feedback transmitted from her Angel, she clearly felt that just as the beams were about to hit the target, they were all deflected by an inexplicably sturdy wall of ice.
And Yutsuki, who was originally trapped by her, had already been carried to another place by that black silhouette.
"Shido..."
Upon clearly seeing the true identity of the black silhouette, Tobiichi Origami's shoulders trembled uncontrollably.
"Sorry I'm late, Yutsuki."
Holding Yutsuki lightly in his arms, Shido said softly.
"You—re—al—ly—are way! Too! Late! Do you have the guts to tell what the hell you've been learning from ?!"
A large red cross vein representing anger popped up on Yutsuki's head. She grabbed Shido's cheeks and pulled hard outward.
"I-I'm thorrey! (I'm sorry!)"
Shido hurriedly apologized.
"Phew... whatever, we'll settle the score later."
Slowly exhaling, Yutsuki let go, patted Shido's shoulder lightly, and asked sowhat worriedly:
"How is it? Charging in so recklessly? You're not hurt, are you?"
"I'm fine. The attack just now was very similar to the laser weapons in our training. I used Zadkiel to deflect most of them. The rest only caused superficial wounds, which have already been healed by the healing flas."
Shido shook his head, indicating he was unhard.
"Is that so... Then, were you put in won's clothes and violated?"
"Ehhh Σ( ° △ °|||)????"
"No... pretend I didn't ask."
Seeing Shido's completely bewildered reaction, Yutsuki understood that the words Origami used to provoke her earlier were fake. After casting a slightly resentful glance at Origami in the sky, Yutsuki sighed helplessly, rested her head on Shido's shoulder, and slowly closed her eyes.
"Hah—I've reached my limit in every sense of the word. I'm leaving the rest to you, Shido."
"Mhm, thank you, Yutsuki."
Silently holding the delicate body in his arms a bit tighter, Shido pursed his lips slightly. After taking a deep breath, Shido looked up, staring directly at Origami in the sky.
"Origami... Why did you beco a Spirit? Why were you fighting with Yutsuki? I won't ask too many questions for now. But, can you listen to for a mont?"
"Guh..."
Seemingly feeling uneasy and guilty towards Shido, Origami turned her face away.
Shido was the only one Origami didn't want to see her current state. This was the last remnant of innocence—and also her selfishness—left in Origami, who had sacrificed everything in pursuit of power.
"tatron—Mal'akh ."
At Origami's call, the 'tatron' floating around gathered together and ford wings on Origami's back.
"Eh? Wait a minute, I haven't finished speaking—Origami! Origami——————!!"
Ignoring Shido's calls, Origami drove her Angel and fled towards the horizon at an astonishing speed.
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