A Plan To Defeat Jack

"Weren't you saying he would find it difficult to win today's battle? Why are you suddenly saying he can fight the Anomaly on my behalf?"

"Well, because I misjudged his strength. Severely."

"…?"

"Let me tell you what happened while you were fighting the Anomaly #79."

…

Vila Real de Santo António, Portuga, Memory Shadow World.

"Not… yet…"

Emma's clone tried to maintain the barrier.

But it turned out to be futile.

The sea of bones swallowed the clone and shattered the barrier.

The clone, moments away from being crushed under the weight of the bone sea, self-destructed.

A brilliant surge of crimson light erupted beneath the grotesque sea of bones.

The creaking silence was shattered with a deafening roar.

Shockwaves rippled outwards.

Bones rattled and shifted, some melting while others turned to dust.

Nevertheless, only a small portion of the bone sea was destroyed.