0.22: Foresight in blindness!

SPEW!!

CRASH!!

Cob got tired of the endless chasing Noriko forced him into. No matter how much he chased her, he could not get a single hit. ("This brat won't give up…")

~WEB PROWESS: INSECT CAGE!!

SPEW!!

He dislocated his jaw and began producing a heap of webs out of his mouth. Noriko finally reached the city's center but at the cost of being cornered. In the four-way street, there she stood, surrounded by innumerable demoniacs and Cob on the building.

"You are a fool to think you'd come in and out of the most unsafe quarts now, did you?"

She fired the flare in the air; all the demoniacs had watched it before its explosion. The other guilds witnessed the unfeasible, a flair in the central region.

"Sir, did you see the recent flare shot?!" Ryo Yakuza, a member of the Sapphire Frosts, asked.

Austin looked out of the window and then went out of the car.

"I… can't believe it, someone made it to the center. Call headquarters immediately!"

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ROAR!!

The demoniacs became restless and slowly began drawing closer to her.

"HAHAHA! Any last words, girl?!"

She showed zero emotion to his question. "TCH, you dumb brat… YOU'RE ABOUT TO DIE! AT LEAST FEEL SOME FEAR!!"

He crawled in front of her and finally stood up. She witnessed his actual height as he stood towering before her. "Do you finally feel it? The feeling of worry?!"

A smile cracked on her face while she gazed up at the sky.

"And now you'll just ignore me?" He built up spiritas and went in motion to decapitate her. "LET ME GET YOUR ATTENTION THEN!!!"

~HAKURAA: DEVIANT STORM!!

BWOOSH!!

The north road was wiped clean of all the demoniacs that stood there; none were spared.

"Alright, look, I am already in a bad mood. So, let's get this over with quickly, please?"

Gaiyato stood before Noriko while guarding Cob's arm with his fist. "You guys attacking kids today is a weird coincidence."

"And who the hell might you be?!" Cob asked.

Noriko already climbed up his back and smiled at him.

"You don't know me? That's good; you won't have any reason to run away." He let go, and Cob kept his distance. "Little girl, hold on tight."

He inhaled, then slowly exhaled.

~HAKURAA: OBEDIENCE!!

BWOOSH!!

All the demoniacs fell face down and immobilized. Cob had his hands straight while facing the ground, his head not letting him stare at Gaiyato.

"ARGH! W-WHAT IS THIS?!"

"Sorry, I'm a shy guy…I hate it when so many monsters are staring at me." Gaiyato said mockingly.

Cob kept trying to lift his body back up, but it felt like gravity was working against him. "Oh, but if you want to look up, suit yourself. I mean, hah, I'm not forcing you, right?"

"RRAHH!!" Cob used all his strength to withstand the pressure and eventually got up again, unfortunately, to another attack.

~MY PROWESS: RED-END!!

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"And then a HUGE explosion will erupt from there; we will feel it too! Noriko will come back running with something to remember Mister Gaiyato with, and then we'll have pudding for breakfast!"

…

Everyone looked at the drawing, then back at Seto.

HAHAHAHAHA!!

"Are you delusional or what?!"

"Unless you want to start making up stories for a living, we agree!"

"YOUR SISTER IS ALREADY DEAD, IDIOT!!"

Skiros could not stop laughing at his hope, and Sayori could only look away.

("Yeah, that's right. Keep laughing…") Seto assured himself.

Haruro had his eyes on the sky. "HUH?! T...the flare has been shot!"

Everyone turned back in stillness, Skiros most specifically.

BOOM!

The ignition echoed through the city, and everyone knew of the breach in the central region. A few minutes later, Noriko returned running with a coat on her.

"NORO!" Sayori ran and hugged her. Seto smiled and joined them as well. "Sis, glad to see you made it here safely."

Skiros fell to his knees and was still petrified by her survival. After carefully examining it, Eunice returned to Seto's drawing and noticed that everything had occurred precisely as he predicted. "T…That should be impossible; he just…foretold the future?"

Skiros stood and strode back to his car. "Alright, everyone…back to the base. Welcome back...Noriko."