(Heartfelt thanks to Lei Xiang and Yume no Shouyou for their rewards!)
"What?!"
The one who cried out in alarm was the Prison Barrier criminal who looked like a delinquent.
"They actually blocked my..." His previously arrogant face was replaced by a gloomy expression, making his hateful features look ashen. It was clear that having his attack rendered ineffective had dealt the delinquent a severe blow.
"That flame..." The elderly man in lama robes suddenly opened his wrinkle-covered, perpetually narrowed eyes wide, and faint firelight flickered within them.
"That definitely isn't ordinary fire!"
"Who is he?..." The frivolous woman and the burly man both turned their gazes toward Wu Yan, who hovered in midair. Though one remained seductive and the other cold as ice, the gravity in their voices made it clear that they had become serious.
Having spent so long together in the Prison Barrier, they all knew how powerful the delinquent was. Yet his all-out attack had been so easily blocked. They could not help becoming wary.
Even Itsuki Aya narrowed her flame-like eyes.
The instant the Prison Barrier had been released, given the circumstances at the time, Itsuki Aya should have been able to successfully take Natsuki's time.
However, because Wu Yan had driven the Rune of All-Shattering Laws into Natsuki's body, the curse of No. 014 had been incomplete.
It had taken her power, but not her memories.
For Itsuki Aya, who intended to recreate the Dark Oath Book, that was utterly useless!
And now, it was because of this man again...
"It seems he was the one who set up that barrier..." Itsuki Aya murmured with her head lowered, drawing the attention of the other four Prison Barrier criminals.
"So it was him?!" The criminals all looked toward Wu Yan as fierce, murderous auras began