"Phew... success..."
Her internal Spirit power firmly replenished, Yoshino slowly pulled away from Shido's lips, her cheeks slightly warm.
"Ah—Ugh aaaaaaaaaah!"
Seemingly feeling the change in his body, Shido's struggles suddenly beca fierce. He continuously writhed his body, attempting to break free from Yuzuru's chains.
"Yoshino-chan, now's the ti!"
"Y-Yes!"
Yoshinon's voice snapped her out of the lingering feelings of the kiss, and she hurriedly nodded.
"Zadkiel!"
The surrounding temperature plumted, and freezing ice spread outwards with Yoshinon at the center. The moisture in the air condensed, and the surrounding trees and rocks instantly turned into crystal-clear ice sculptures.
Like climbing vines, the condensing ice crystals began to climb up Shido's legs, continuing upwards until they completely froze Shido's body below the neck.
A little sweat appeared on Yoshino's forehead.
Although superficially she had completely sealed Shido's movents, she could still clearly feel the massive Spirit power erupting from his body constantly trying to break free from the dual bindings of her and Yuzuru.
"Yutsuki-san... Shido-san... has stopped moving..."
[Excellent! Yoshino, maintain your binding on Shido like that, but keep your distance to avoid getting hurt.]
"Mhm..."
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"The Spirit power barrier is starting to weaken..."
Watching Shido finally co to a complete halt in the distance, Yutsuki muttered softly with a thoughtful expression.
Ever since the Yamai sisters and Yoshino completed their seals just now, Yutsuki noticed that the strength of the Spirit power barrier wrapping Shido had slightly decreased.
(Is this a phenonon resulting from the unblocking of the Spirit power paths? Or is Shido's physical condition starting to improve? We can't let our guard down just yet.)
Tossing extraneous thoughts to the back of her mind for now, Yutsuki continued commanding.
"Origami, Miku. It's your turn next."
[Understood.]
[No problem, Honey. Izayoi Miku, preparing to launch~]
(Next is the critical part.)
She couldn't help but gulp nervously. Yutsuki took a deep breath to keep herself calm.
The remaining Spirits lacked the speed and breakthrough power of the Yamai, and the solid defense of Yoshino. Although the strength of the Spirit power barrier had decreased, it still wasn't sothing Yutsuki and the others could force their way through.
However, this was no longer a problem.
Yuzuru's binding and Yoshino's freezing had firmly pinned the previously rapidly sprinting Shido to the spot. For Yutsuki, this was enough.
"Hop on, Izayoi Miku."
"Okay~ Here I jump~"
Boing—! A peculiar sound effect echoed. Feeling the existence of two beyond regulation sized masses pressing against her back, even fellow female Origami couldn't help but raise her eyebrows in surprise.
"Izayoi Miku, please refrain from trying to grope my breasts with your hands. If you don't hold on tight, you'll be thrown off midway."
"Eh—What a sha. I'll leave it for next ti then."
Miku withdrew her hands reluctantly with a disappointed expression and obediently hugged Origami's neck.
"tatron—"
Pushing the tiny bit of Spirit power remaining in her body, countless light particles gathered around Origami, forming a crown composed of multiple large wings of light. Imdiately after, the wings on the crown scattered again and combined into two massive wings of light.
"—Artelif!"
Next, Origami and Miku's bodies both turned into light particles and disappeared. At the exact sa ti, Izayoi Miku and Origami appeared in front of Shido.
"Wow—Amazing. We arrived in the blink of an eye."
Looking at the abruptly changed scenery around them, Miku exclaid in admiration.
"...Izayoi Miku, move a bit faster."
Origami urged, panting slightly. Teleporting with another person over such a long distance had nearly depleted the Spirit power in her body.
"Okay, leave it to ."
Miku nodded. She got off Origami's back and trotted up to Shido.
"Darling, your Miku has co to save you now."
Miku leaned close to Shido's face and kissed his lips. Then, the mont their lips parted, she stuck out her tongue and licked over Shido's lips.
"Thanks for the al~"
"—!"
The mont Miku finished kissing him, Shido's expression suddenly turned ferocious, and the surrounding Spirit power not only didn't decrease but beca even more violent.
Feeling Shido's change, Yuzuru and Yoshino's expressions both changed slightly. Shido was on the verge of breaking free from their bindings.
"Don't worry, Darling."
However, Miku, standing in front of Shido, didn't flinch or retreat at all. Looking at Shido, a sweet smile appeared on her face.
"An idol never abandons her fans, no matter the ti."
Before anyone knew it, silver-white pipe organ pipes appeared around Miku. Her slender jade fingers gently tapped the keys of light. In an instant, a gentle and peaceful lody echoed throughout the space.
"Gabriel—Rondo."
"Ugh..."
The initially violent Spirit power suddenly cald down. Unlike Yuzuru and Yoshino, the lodious music soothed Shido's mind and simultaneously cald the active Spirit power.
"Do it now, hurry up, Miss Origami."
"..."
Glaring at Miku with so dissatisfaction, Origami silently walked up to Shido and kissed his lips.
The mont she touched Shido, a switch sowhere in her body was suddenly flipped. Origami didn't separate from Shido imdiately; instead, she tried to take it a step further.
[...What are you planning to do? Origami.]
An interfering voice ca through the earpiece. Origami clicked her tongue secretly and answered with feigned righteousness.
"Pry open Shido's mouth, stick my tongue in, and give him an adult kiss. Since Miku has the right to lick Shido's lips, I also have..."
[Get back here right now!]
Hearing Yutsuki's unarguable, firm tone, Origami reluctantly let go of Shido with an unsatisfied expression. Deploying her Angel, she teleported outside the Spirit power barrier.
But soon, Origami reappeared in front of Shido, though this ti, Natsumi was beside her as well.
"Oops!"
Not used to stepping on the frozen ground, Natsumi slipped. Fortunately, Origami quickly supported her, preventing her from having a miserable close encounter with the earth.
"Are you okay?"
"Mhm, thanks..."
Wiping the cold sweat from her forehead, Natsumi answered with a dry laugh.
"Natsumi."
"Wh-What is it?"
Being suddenly called by Origami, Natsumi, who still had so psychological trauma regarding Tobiichi Origami, stuttered in reply.
"Do your best. I leave Shido to you."
"—Eh?"
She didn't expect to be entrusted so solemnly by the other party. Natsumi was stunned.
"I-I'll try my best..."
Turning her head away in embarrassnt, Natsumi walked up to Shido.
Unlike the other Spirits, Natsumi's Spirit power had been completely depleted when she dated Shido earlier. So she couldn't help Shido like the others and could only obediently wait until everyone had completely suppressed Shido before coming out to kiss him.
(Ugh... Hiding in a safe place alone is embarrassing enough. At the very least, I can't drag everyone down anymore.)
Laughing bitterly in self-loathing, Natsumi took a deep breath, quickly kissed Shido's lips, and imdiately backed away.
(Th-This should be enough, right!? D-Don't bla , idiot Shido. I had no choice! It's because you didn't give back my Spirit power that I had to kiss you like this. Even if you sue for force-kissing you while you were unconscious, I don't care!!)
After making up a bunch of excuses for herself, Natsumi barely managed to calm her burning cheeks.
"Haniel—Kaleidoscope."
Her internal Spirit power gradually recovering, a broom resembling one from a fantasy movie appeared in Natsumi's hands. At Natsumi's command, it transford into a pipe organ and keys of light identical to Miku's.
"Rondo."
The identical lodies overlapped, completely calming Shido, who still showed slight signs of struggling.
...
"Excellent! Next is Kotori."
Seeing everything unfolding according to her plan, Yutsuki couldn't help but clench her fist in excitent.
Throughout the entire process, the most dangerous part was the initial sealing action by the Yamai and Yoshino. And the most critical part was the Spirit power recovery of Origami, who could ignore the Spirit power barrier and teleport.
Judging from the current situation, every ti Shido kissed a Spirit, the Spirit power in his body would be stimulated and activated, but this effect was smoothed out by Miku and Natsumi.
Following this flow, as long as no accidents occurred, the unblocking of the Spirit power paths with all the Spirits would be completed very soon.
However—
"Ah—Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
Right at this mont, no one expected it. Shido, who had already settled down, suddenly roared again. The massive Spirit power exploded like compressed gas, shattering the chains and ice wrapping his body.
The Angel Sandalphon appeared in Shido's hand. The sharp blade swung forward, slashing Kotori's shoulder, spilling a large amount of blood.
[Kotori!]
"I'm fine... Yutsuki-nee."
Kotori forced a brave smile onto her lips. Healing flas began to burn at Kotori's wound, and that grueso sword cut healed at a speed visible to the naked eye. But even so, the pain was transmitted into Kotori's nerves without reservation.
"Consider this... my atonent... for once trying to kill Shido."
Muttering to herself with a bit of bitter emotion, facing Shido holding an Angel, Kotori didn't retreat but advanced, spreading her arms and hugging Shido tightly.
After gently kissing Shido, Kotori said with a smile.
"Onii-chan. Let's save the adult kiss for next ti."
"——————!"
Amidst a silent roar, Shido raised Sandalphon again, intending to slash at Kotori. But before that, Origami teleported behind Kotori and pulled her away in the nick of ti.
...
"Damn it! I got careless!"
Yutsuki gritted her teeth anxiously.
As the sealing neared its end, the Spirit power barrier around Shido beca weaker and weaker, and the number of Spirits recovering their power on her side steadily increased—such obvious advantages made Yutsuki unconsciously let her guard down.
Even though she knew absolutely nothing about the intel after Shido went berserk, she judged the situation based on superficial phenona analyzed on the fly, treating it as the correct answer.
Although under everyone's combined suppression, Shido didn't cause a riot for a while, his resistance actually never stopped for a single mont. Moreover, with every Spirit's Spirit power sealed, perhaps Shido's intellect recovered a bit. Otherwise, he, who was initially releasing Spirit power aimlessly, couldn't have manifested an Angel at that mont and shown such a clear intent to attack Kotori.
In other words, what they had to face next was a Shido whose hostility remained unchanged, but who was gradually regaining reason and intellect.
If Kotori didn't have regenerative abilities, she would already be a corpse by now.
(Calm down! Calm down!)
Yutsuki constantly warned herself. The current changes couldn't be considered severe yet. If she lost her cool now, they would truly be finished.
"Ratziel—Ugh!?"
[Warning! Spirit power depleted, operation impossible! Forcing shutdown—]
Like a computer automatically shutting down when its battery runs out, the Angel in her hand ignored Yutsuki's will, faded, and disappeared. In an instant, a massive sense of prostration flooded Yutsuki's body. Yutsuki painfully fell to her knees, her limbs twitching as if cramped.
"Hah... hah... Damn it... to reach my limit... at a ti like this..."
The entire process of saving Shido seed to be full of false alarms, but in reality, the fluctuations of Spirit power around Shido, and the positioning and timing for the Spirits to act—all of these were obtained by Yutsuki through analysis and calculation using Ratziel. Even though she desperately tried to minimize the consumption, the tiny bit of Spirit power remaining in her body was clearly insufficient to support Yutsuki's extravagant use. The depletion of Spirit power would instantly place an imnse burden on a Spirit.
"Yutsuki! Are you okay?"
"Tohka..."
Her body supported by Tohka, looking at the other's worried eyes, Yutsuki really wanted to put on a smile to show she was fine, but unfortunately, she currently didn't even have the strength left to make that expression.
"Sorry, I might beco a burden from here on out."
"Don't apologize, Yutsuki. I'm the one who should be thanking you for leading everyone this far. Leave the rest to , I'll take you to Shido's side."
Without any hesitation, as if it were a matter of course, Tohka answered.
"Thank you..."
Yutsuki thanked her softly, unable to help but sigh helplessly in her heart.
(Honestly... whether it's Tohka or the others. Why do such good girls like Shido?)
[...Ratziel...]
Just then, a voice from the earpiece made Yutsuki feel the blood in her entire body freeze.
(Could it be!?)
Looking up abruptly, Yutsuki suddenly realized that the originally peaceful night sky had, at so point, been covered by dense, dark clouds. Lightning snakes constantly writhed within the clouds.
[...Lightning... Strike...]
"Everyone, get down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
As Yutsuki shouted desperately, a blue-white bolt of lightning crashed violently onto the earth.
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