Owari no Seraph – Ichinose Guren, 16-sai no Catastrophe v5c1

A kid with a sister that was regarded as such, what will they grow up into?

Ichinose Guren glared at the cold metal gate in front of him.

That young girl was in Tokyo, Shibuya, residing in a high class apartment block in front of Dogenzaka. She was living alone.

Guren reached out his hand and opened the door.

The apartment wasn’t locked.

Even the corridor connected to the entrance doesn’t have any light. According to his information, it should be a house with 2 rooms, a living room and a kitchen.

A house that can accommodate a young girl who was living alone.

Along the corridor, there are apartments to her left and right.

Across the hallway would be the kitchen and the living room.

However, he couldn’t feel the presence of anyone living there.

Guren took off his shoes and walked across the hallway.

He walked into the living room, and just like he thought, there wasn’t any light as well.

The time now is 6pm.

The curtains were drawn shut.

The time now is 6pm.

In the darkness, a young girl sat alone on the sofa, in a daze.

Hiragi Shinoa.

She was only 7 years old.

The younger sister of the Hiragi Mahiru that single-handedly had both Mikado no Oni as well as the Hyakuya Sect dancing in the palm of her hand.

“……Not going to switch on the lights?”

He asked, and Shinoa replied.

“It’s too troublesome.”

“Do you want it switched on?”

“The switch is behind you.”

“I’ll help you switch it on.”

“Ah, could it be that you want to sneak into the room of a beautiful young girl, and get up to no good in the darkness? How disgusting. Per—vert. If you do that then I’ll have to report it to my sister~”

Hearing this, he switched on the lights in the room.

Under the light, her figure emerged.

Under her head of light grey hair, she had a lovely disposition, just like Mahiru. But, unlike Mahiru, there was no trace of emotion on her face.

That was the result of being compared to the genius of a sister since birth.

That was the result of being born and raised by the Hiragis.

He asked.

“If you can report to Mahiru, then go ahead and do so.”

“Well, my sister only contacts people when it’s convenient for her do so. So, you who call yourself the lover of my sister, shouldn’t you know better than anyone else where she is? — Ichinose Guren.”

Shinoa said.

He thought about it and glanced at her.

“…………”

Mahiru disappeared entirely.

Even using『Mikado no Oni』’s excessively large network, there were no clues of her whereabouts.

When she wanted to appear, she would appear; when she wanted to disappear, she would disappear.

And every time she appeared, it is usually accompanied by a large number of deaths.

Also, the number of people that died before Guren was uncountable.

After that she laughed.

She laughed loudly.

《Too slow too slow. Guren, you’re too slow. If you don’t run any faster, the poor rabbit that is me would run straight into destruction~》

And Guren would only be a dull and slow turtle.

He had already spared no effort to catch up to her, but he still couldn’t do it. He can only wait for the rabbit to lazily stop and take a nap.

Guren glanced at the kitchen.

There wasn’t a fridge in the kitchen.

There were only some canned food and a microwave.

He asked.

“When was the last time you had a proper meal?”

Shinoa smiled.

“Haha, please don’t joke. I’m not the kind of kid that eats whatever she wants~”

“Come to my house then. The people at my place can cook good food.”

“And then, as an exchange, let me sell you information about my sister, no?”

“…………”

“Even a little kid like me knows. Sister betrayed 『Mikado no Oni』. And then, the order to execute the traitor——”

Shinoa looked over.

“……It was sent to you. Ichinose Guren. ”

“…………”

“I heard that your father as well as your subordinates are being held hostage. Well, it looks like you do have to kill her.”

But that information isn’t something outsiders should know of. The only people that know of it should be the central members of the Hiragi family as well as Shinya, Goshi and Mito, who were there at that time.

Rather,

“Why do you know about this?”

Guren asked, and Shinoa’s face broke out in a smile laced with sadness.

“Because sister called to inform me.”

“…………”

“Since it is so, Guren will just have to work even harder to chase me——Sister sounded like she was really happy when she said that. Damn, you’ve been caught by my sister. How pitiful.”

But that was wrong.

Long long time ago, Guren had already been caught.

Since when was his feet firmly planted on the ground?

Ever since that dance started, he had been caught by her.

When he interacted with her, she already had everything in her hand.

Unlike the Ichinose, she had the overwhelming strength of the Hiragi family.

And a prideful but cute personality.

At first, Guren thought that his feelings towards her were those born of jealousy.

Then, it turned into (romantic) love. A love that can never happen, a love that even stretching out their hands towards each other is an impossible thing.

Since it is something that cannot come true, the only thing left in the heart is an ugly blackness.

“……”

Guren studied Shinoa.

If the testing material that was left behind by Mahiru is real, then the original reason for planning the destruction would be to protect this sister of hers.

To protect her from the Hiragi family’s experimentations and the demon, she alone used herself as an experiment for the 《Kiju》 and started on research.

But probably, she didn’t tell any of this to Shinoa. There was no need to. For herself, she risked her own life and walked towards destruction——these don’t require her to continue living.

More so, Mahiru is afraid and so she kept her distance.

When she used Hiragi Kureto’s phone to make contact, it was clear that if it had nothing to do with her sister’s life, she would calmly discard anything.

It was all done to protect Shinoa.

Or is there some other goal?

“……”

The reason Guren came here was because Mahiru’s contact with Shinoa had become knowledge to Kureto.

“Hiragi Mahiru still seems to be keeping in contact with her sister. Go and monitor her.”

Then, was Shinoa being made use of?

Or, was it allowing the Hiragi family to think that she had been made use of, and then allowing the suspicion that fell on her be pushed elsewhere?

Either way, there wasn’t any way to know the truth. He had always been so slow, falling behind; but yet still chasing Mahiru’s shadow without rest.

“Then, what’s the real reason that you came today? To monitor me? To interrogate me? To use me as bait?”

“……”

“Ah, or, is it to kill me? If that’s the case, then how headache-causing that would be. You look so strong, and I probably can’t fight back.”

Saying this, Shinoa lifted up her right hand and moved it slightly.

In front of his eyes, a blade suddenly appeared in her hand, and she immediately slashed it in his direction.

That movement was fluid. She must have had very high levels of training.

But even so,

“……Neh.”

Guren stretched out his hand and caught the incoming blade in between his forefinger and middle finger, and then stuck an exploding charm on the blade, before using his thumb and breaking it.

And then as if nothing had happened, Shinoa half closed her eyes and said in a dull tone.

“How impressive, no wonder you’re sister’s lover.

“I’m not her lover.”

“I heard that you two slept together~”

“Tch. She even told you about these kinds of things, eh.”

“I also heard that your technique was considerably bad.”

“Eh?”

Shinoa smiled.

“Ahahaha. Tricked you~ Sister really does like you, so she’ll definitely not tell me about this kind of things.”

He glared at Shinoa.

“You little brat.”

“Ahaha.”

She laughed again, her laugh laced with light sadness.

That elder sister’s laugh was like that, no need to mention the younger sister’s.

He frowned and continued.

“Even if we slept together, it doesn’t mean that we’re lovers.”

“Gwah~ adults, it’s just like what they say; you’re a guy that doesn’t take responsibility.”

“Shut up you brat. Come to my place. Eat a proper meal.”

Guren ignored her and took out his handphone to call his people to instruct them not to prepare the usual curry, but dishes that were much more tasty.

From his contact list he found Sayuri’s name and called.

At this time, Shinoa said.

“Is this purely out of the kindness in your heart? If not, if you have this kind of contact with me, your credit with the Hiragis will fall.”

“Ha, they never trusted my family in the first place.”

“But what you’re doing now would only make the situation worse.You’ll be monitored even more closely.”

“Moreover, this isn’t out of the kindness of my heart. I want to make contact with Mahiru.”

“So you’re using me?”

“Yeah. But inviting you to dinner is another thing. At least eat a proper meal once in awhile.”

“Don’t treat me like that, I do normal things too~”

“Ah?”

“My skill with the microwave is very good……”

“Alright alright I got it.”

At this time, the call got through.

『Guren-sama!』

It was Sayuri’s voice.

“Sayuri, where are you now?”

『……right now I’m……』

Haltingly, Sayuri didn’t say where.

Hopefully, she wasn’t being experimented on.

The rest of the people with the Ichinose, now under 『Mikado no Oni』’s control, had become the lab rats for starting the 《Kiju》 experimentation.

But, Guren cannot prevent this. He was as good as trash, slow and weak, unable to protect his comrades.

If there was any resistance, they would be killed.

Guren closed his eyes.

“Are you in the middle of 《Kiju》 experimentation?”

Hearing this, Sayuri answered.

『Ah, no, it just finished!』

“……really?”

Although he would really like to apologise, he didn’t do it. If he apologised to them, it would only add to their fears for nothing.

They continued to believe in him, refusing to give up or desert him. Even if they became experimental subjects for their master, they would still continue to believe.

In comparison, he himself,

“…………”

How can he repay their loyalty?

The Hiragi and the Ichinose——the gap between them, how can he close it?

Sayuri said.

『Ah! Ah! Right, Guren-sama, what would you like to eat for dinner tonight?』

“About that……”

『You’re gonna say curry again, right?』

Guren laughed bitterly.

“We’ll eat something different tonight.”

『Eh?』

“Fish, and some of those vegetables.”

『Eh? Eh? How did that come about…..』

“We’ve got guests today. I want to let a brat that doesn’t have any semblance of normality in their life have a proper meal. Can I trouble you?”

『A guest? I understand. What time do you want me to prepare the food for?』

“At around 7.30 pm I’ll be back.”

Shinoa, who was sitting at the sofa, said.

“Can I not go?”

Guren ignored her.

“I’ll be troubling you then.”

『Got it!』

The conversation ended.

He returned the phone to his pocket and said.

“Come on, let’s go. Dinner’s waiting.”

“I said I didn’t want to go already. Maybe, you can’t go home anymore.”

“……what do you mean?”

Guren glanced at Shinoa, and saw that there was a phone in her hand.

The phone was vibrating.

Shinoa said.

“Just saying, when people call me, it’s only those who dial wrong numbers, or, it’s my sister.”

“……what about your friends?”

“What a redundant question. Please think about where I grew up.”

The Hiragi family.

This young girl, also carries the name of Hiragi—— born out of darkness. And according to the information left behind by Mahiru, this child also has a demon within her.

Guren said.

“Quickly answer the phone.”

“Please answer it yourself then. My sister doesn’t have any interest in me anyway.”

That was a lie.

To protect her sister, Mahiru was willing to risk her life. And then she broke. Even the demon that used to reside in Shinoa, she took it upon herself to shoulder her burden, and then ran away.

However, there was no need for Shinoa to know. There was no need for her to carry this burden.

Guren took the phone.

He pressed the answer button.

“Hello?”

Someone on the other side answered.

『Telemarketing calls』

That was Mahiru’s voice.

The tone of her voice sounded as if she had been listening in to their conversation.

Mahiru continued.

『I am calling to recommend you our 400 thousand yen special vacuum cleaner』

“Where are you now.”

『If I tell you, would you come over and hug me?』

“I will come and kill you.”

『How direct.』

“You should be dead.”

『That’s extreme. Wasn’t I the woman that you once loved?』

“Then please tell me how I can save you. I will save you.”

Shinoa, who was sitting on the sofa, lifted her head and glanced over.

Mahiru was silent.

He could hear the gentle sounds of her breathing.

『……ah, about that, Guren sounded really serious.』

He replied.

“Is now the time for jokes?”

『No, we just received 40 thousand units of this wonderful can-suck-anything vaccum cleaner……』

“Shut up, right now, where are you?”

『Even if I tell you, you won’t come. Shinoa’s phone is bugged by the Hiragis and they can listen in to the conversation. If I tell you where I am, then there will be many 『Mikado no Oni』 assassins coming here, and then human lives would be wasted. Of course, it would be your assassins that die.』

She already knew someone was listening in. In the worst case, Kureto might be listening in as well.

As he was thinking about things, Guren’s own phone began to buzz. Someone sent an SMS.

It was Kureto.

This was written——prolong your conversation——in the message.

Prolonging the conversation would allow them the chance to find out where Mahiru is. Following that SMS, Kureto also wrote.

——Don’t betray me at this moment, Guren. Don’t forget that if you fail to kill Mahiru by the end of September, your father will die. There will be no extensions——

Then, on the screen, it showed the date.

September 28.

Ichinose Sakae……., there was less than 2 days till his father’s execution.

Mahiru said softly.

『How can this be? You easily showed off all your feelings.』

“What are you saying.”

『You’re gripping the phone so tightly there’s a crunching sound. Your hands are straining very hard, and I know this, Guren.』

“…………”

『Well, you are cornered. Your father is being held hostage. Your subordinates, as well as anyone connected to you has been held hostage. Since it is like that, I also want to save them too……Isn’t that a little too greedy? You clearly don’t have that kind of power, how are you going to achieve that?』

“……that is.”

Guren’s phone vibrated again.

Kureto’s SMS. It looks like another order, but Guren ignored it.

“……therefore, I’m telling you to go and die.”

He said, and Mahiru laughed.

『But you didn’t act on it. Even if you say that we’ll die together and then jump off from a block of flats……my heart wasn’t pierced. I didn’t die. That time, you hugged me tightly and I could feel the warmth of your body……right now, I’m missing it.』

Guren’s phone buzzed again.

Kureto’s orders.

——Continue to prolong. Found out Mahiru’s hiding place. Preparing to go.——

In that split second, Guren wanted to warn Mahiru that Kureto was about to come over. He had no idea where this desire sprouted from, but then, Mahiru said in a mocking tone,

『I……probably can’t deal the killing blow and kill her.』

But if her warned her now, his father, his subordinates, will all be killed.

Then what should he do?

What should he do?

“…………”

He couldn’t move. Couldn’t speak. He didn’t do anything.

Mahiru said.

“Neh, Guren.”

“…………”

Another buzz. ——Reached. Going to kill that woman. Continue to talk to her——

『Guren, you don’t need to panic. I like that greedy and weak, but oh so powerful you.』

“…………”

Buzz. ——If you dare to betray me, I will kill everyone you hold dear. Speak. Say something——

“……I, I……”

At that time, Mahiru laughed happily.

『Haha, haha, cute Guren. Under these circumstances you are still so indecisive. You want to treat everyone with gentleness, but you’ll still stretch out your hand into the darkness. That darkness is much deeper than me, darker than me, obviously disguising justice, but unfortunately, there is no other place in the future……how it makes people lust after it. I really desire to see everything with my own two eyes. But, I’ll stop here.』

“Mahiru, wait.”

『I’m not waiting for you. Kureto-nii has already come, and brought along lots of people too. Ahaha, tonight’s party is about to start.』

“Mahiru!”

But, the call has already been dropped.

Guren has been excluded from the fighting between Kureto and Mahiru.

He who has no strength, no longer has any use.

After ending the phone call, it’s as if his whole body was numb, staring at his phone.

Across from where he was—— Shinoa was sat on the sofa the entire time, and she lifted her head and looked at him, saying.

“Is it over?”

Guren answered.

“Nothing has started yet. I’m on the outside of things.

“……on the outside of things……Summer should have already ended.”

“…………”

“But, I’m the same as you. Because my sister is excellent and intelligent, I have never been treated as her friend. Even when she betrayed the Hiragi family, I had no idea what her motives were.”

No, she was wrong. Mahiru intentionally kept her distance. To protect Shinoa.

“…………”

And, till today, it is unclear whether that is her true motive.

That piece of research material was left behind by Mahiru. So it is wholly possible that Mahiru would have tampered with the contents for her own reasons.

If she had left that material behind, it was possible that her little sister could have once again been used as a test subject.

What on earth is going on?

Did Mahiru really start the 《Kiju》 experiments and research to protect her sister?

“……………”

Right now nothing is clear.

His own power isn’t enough.

Either way, those are the most pressing questions at the current time.

Guren threw the borrowed phone back to Shinoa.

The phone flew in a perfect curve, landing in front of Shinoa. It bounced off the sofa and landed on the floor. It may have been smashed.

“Why didn’t you catch it?”

Shinoa shrugged.

“Either way, only my sister, telemarketers or people who dialed the wrong number call me. Even without the phone, sister can still contact me……so……”

With half lidded eyes, she looked over.

“Ichinose Guren. Other than making use of you, sister doesn’t have any other reason to contact people like me.”

She said.

『People like me』

She said that with such an emotionless voice.

It was better off that she didn’t have strong emotional attachments to her sister. No, not just her sister, but everyone else.

Because she was the child of a demon.

Or was it the because of an elder sister that was too kind and gentle on her younger sister.

To protect herself, she was willing to distance herself from others.

Guren studied Shinoa and said.

“…Still want to come to my place for dinner?”

Shinoa smiled.

“Haha, your kindness really is excessive.”

“What are you trying to say?”

“You’re that kind of person that picks up tragic little puppies that eat canned food and care for them, aren’t you? Then why not get on a plane and go to Africa to help feed the starving children?”

“You damn brat. Listen to adults.”

“But you’re just a 15 year old brat as well~”

“I’m 16.”

“Ha ha ha”

Guren stretched out his hand and and grabbed Shinoa’s arm.

“Ya~. Don’t——kidnap——little——kids——ah——”

But, she didn’t resist. Her tone was light and without much force. To her, there was no change in emotion.

Guren said.

“Obediently shut up and come with me. If you don’t come, there’ll be a lot of extra food.”

“……really, how troublesome.”

She said this, but followed him anyway.

“Let’s go.”

The two of them crossed the hallway and walked outside. At the lift lobby, where the lifts could hold only 5 people, he pressed the button for the first floor.

Inside the lift.

The floor numbers descended from the 7th to the 5th. Shinoa, eyes half closed, lifter her head and glanced at Guren, saying.

“……Neh, Ichinose Guren.”

“What is it?”

“……You invited me to dinner, because you’re just trying to hide your weak self, since you couldn’t save sister, right?”

Guren replied.

“I know.”

“Aiyah, you do know. How troublesome it must be for you.”

“But tasty food is better, right?”

Guren said, and Shinoa lifted her head and looked over.

“Yeah, of course.”

She nodded her head, and at this moment, the lift arrived on the first floor.

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A warehouse in a dark alley was where Mahiru’s phone signal was coming from.

“……open the door.”

Following Hiragi Kureto’s orders, the metal shutters were being pulled up with a loud scraping sound.

Inside, it was pitch darkness.

That is to be expected.

This time he brought along 500 plus people with 《Kiju》 weapons. The whole warehouse has been securely surrounded. In addition, the level of the 《Kiju》 weapons had been increased severely.

Mahiru might not be able to take on a battle of this size.

Then, opposite them, there was a person.

They were probably hiding in the darkness, waiting for a chance to escape.

“……if she was really here, but.”

Sangu Aoi, his subordinate, was standing right next to him. She said.

“Kureto-sama, please step back. The front lines are very dangerous.”

“Oh? Okay.”

Kureto took a few steps back. With no emotions to dictate him, he let himself be pulled into danger by sheer boredom. Although it is true that if the commander doesn’t make his move, they would be unable to win the battle, but, once he is hurt, the whole game is over.

Aoi said.

“Squad 1, squad 2, move out.”

“Yes!”

Then the two squads, wearing night vision goggles, charged into the warehouse.

If Mahiru was really hiding in there, both squads would be completely annihilated. But that is okay. Knowing that Mahiru was inside, there would be a wider range of tactics to employ.

But, a voice came from inside.

“The target is not in there!”

Kureto muttered.

“Of course……we cannot be careless. Switch on the lights.”

Aoi nodded, and raised her hand in signal. Then, from behind, there were several vehicle lights. They were switched on and the whole place flooded with light.

The inside was stacked with boxes of items; typical of a warehouse.

In the middle, there was a small cloth teddy bear.

In the bear’s mouth, there were 2 phones.

The microphones and earpieces were facing each other, held together by tape.

This was to guard against reconnaissance attempts.

The phone that was being monitored was transmitting the call that originated from somewhere else.

“Bring the phone here.”

The squad that went in took the phone from the bear’s mouth.

Aoi said anxiously.

“It is dangerous to anyhow touch the things that Mahiru had left behind. “

“But we have nothing else to go on with.”

Saying this, he pointed to one of the members of the squad and ordered him to remove the tape.

“If you please, Kureto-sama.”

Then, he carefully gave the phone to Kureto.

It looks like by using two phones, her voice could have come from anywhere.

He examined one of the phone’s caller logs. The phone had only been used once. The conversation that just happened.

He also looked at the contact book. There was nothing in it. He checked the SMS. There was a text that wasn’t sent out, and it wasn’t complete.

This was what was written

Subject: No subject

Text:

——I could have laid a trap using this phone. But I didn’t do so. Do you know why? Kureto-nii. You once said to me, that you were not my opponent. And probably, by the time you have seen this message, I will no longer be in Tokyo. I am preparing to go to Kyoto. If you want to kill me, then chase me. Ah, just saying, why not try to hunt me down like you’re in one of those famous spy movies? Hiragi Kureto. Once you open this message, you have ten seconds, after which the message will explode. 3, 2——

The message ended here.

Kureto hurled the phone to a place where no one was standing.

The phone fell to the floor and rolled a bit.

“…………”

But, the phone didn’t explode. (T/N: Oh my god kureto she said the message will explode not the phone smh)

Kureto glanced over to the phone, and said quietly.

“……damn that woman.”

Then, the other phone received a messaged. There were only a few lines of words.

——Were you scared? Were you scared? Idiot~——

Kureto said nothing, checked the sender information, and called the number.

Mahiru answered.

『Aha, nii-san. Long time no see.』

“Are you in Kyoto yet?”

『No. I’m still in Shibuya. Near the school. You can stop your investigation now~』

Either way, there was not enough time. From the start he knew it would develop like this. This time it was orchestrated by Mahiru. Therefore, she would have made complete preparations before making her move.

She is this kind of woman.

Even in the past, she was an oddity.

A complete fit of the word ‘genius’.

And everyday, with little bits of effort that she accumulated, she was taking steps effortlessly towards a different dimension.

But, because of this, she is unfit to lead humans.

Because she could not connect to anyone, she is unfit to lead the Hiragi house.

Kureto said. Just to move forward one small step. Although it is not possible to cross over to another dimension in one step, but it is still needed to take small steps, moving forward.

“……Tell me your exact location. If not I will kill Guren.”

『Wah, you’re using him to threaten me?』

“No, not threatening you. If this approach works on you, then I will do it.”

『It’s the same thing. You go ahead and do it.』

“If you don’t want that to happen, then be obedient and sit there and don’t move. If not, I will gorge out Guren’s right eye……”

『Ahaha』

“I am being serious. If you dare defy me, I will……”

『Ahahahahahaha ahahahahahahaha』

She was laughing very happily. It was as if she was elated; like a sweet, pure young maiden, she laughed.

It was of no use. Even if he gorged out Guren’s right eye, she wouldn’t mind. Even if Guren was killed, she wouldn’t mind.

Or, was it to mislead Kureto did she say these things? The thinking of monsters is unfathomable.

“Your laughter is really screechy.”

『Is it really? Guren said that he liked it alot.』

“Even if you don’t care, I will still kill Guren.”

『Ah ah』

“From today, for 3 days I will interrogate Guren, then break both his arms and legs, chop off his tongue and gorge out his eyes.

Then I will skin him alive and kill him. If you don’t come to the warehouse right now, Guren will……”

『……ah ah, you’re speaking quite a lot, Hiragi Kureto.』

“…………”

『That is correct. Everything that you have done so far has been correct. If you continue to speak like that my heart will ache. Because I really do like Guren.』

“So if you don’t want that to happen……”

But, Mahiru interrupted him, and said.

『Ah, how my heart aches. How painful…………But, how are you going to do it?』

“…………”

『Also, brother, let your loving half-sister give you some advice. From now on, if you plan to use the power of demons, doing this for a cause you suppose is right, won’t it make you weaker~?』

“…………”

『Then your slow and small accumulations would not be enough. Justice? Common sense? This lies out of it’s realm. It looks like you will never catch up to me.』

Regarding this, Kureto answered.

“For those fellows who do not follow the laws of common sense, do you know what the world calls these people?”

『I have no interest. The family that you were born in—— the family we were born in……strength is everything, brother. You’ve always known that.』

Everything she said is no longer correct.

But, even if it is so,

“I am 『Mikado no Oni』’s leader. In the area of the knowledge of humans, I have surpassed you. I will give up everything, and I will use a different method to move forward and create a new future.”

『Please feel free to. It’s time for me to go to Kyoto now.』

What is there in Kyoto? As he thought about it, he gave up. There was no need to continue to talk to Mahiru anymore.

The next time he sees her, he will kill her.

He ended the call.

Her asked Aoi.

“How’s the probe on her location.”

Aoi shook her head.

“Although we have already search the Tokyo, Shibuya regions, but so far……”

“You cannot find her?”

“Yes.”

Since the start, Mahiru already knows how to avoid their tracking systems. So there was no problem for her. Still, she used this roundabout method to send everyone on a wild goose chase.

“……Kyoto. Kyoto eh.”

In this manner, Kureto said that to himself, and lost himself in thought.

Chapter end