(Thank you very much to 'Akaya. Mona', 'Yunqi Qinggu', 'Youcai Luobo', 'Yuezuki Tatsuha', 'Wo Ci Renzha Xiang', 'jd', 'Sui Feng Qi Wu', and 'halcyon' for the rewards!)
(Happy Dragon Boat Festival, everyone~~~)
(And now, please support me for the Dragon Boat Festival~~~)
Looking at Itsuki Aya, who wore a smile on her face, Natsuki frowned.
Natsuki and Aya had once been close friends who trusted each other ten years ago. Though the confrontation before them hardly suggested how good their relationship had been, that was indeed the truth.
Natsuki understood Aya very well, just as Aya understood Natsuki. Therefore, Natsuki knew that given Aya's personality, even if witches themselves were creatures steeped in deception, this display was not merely a bluff.
At that moment, a flash of fire, a streak of lightning, an afterimage, and a cloud of golden mist appeared behind Natsuki at the same time, coalescing into the figures of Kotori, Kojo, Yukina, and Vattler.
"Natsuki-chan! (Nangong-sensei!)"
Kojo and Yukina came to Natsuki's side and looked at Itsuki Aya across from them with her. Kotori, meanwhile, silently returned to Wu Yan's side, remaining in her Spirit form as she restrained the flames covering her body.
Staring straight ahead, Kotori did not turn her gaze toward Wu Yan.
"Aren't we going to take her down?..."
Though they were not on the same level as Wu Yan and herself, the five Prison Barrier criminals who had attacked were indeed powerful—far stronger than ordinary Prison Barrier criminals!
Given the strength of those five Prison Barrier criminals, they should have been the strongest existences within the Prison Barrier...
In other words, if they captured all five of them, there would be no major surprises left in this Prison Barrier liberation incident.
Now, Shtra, Giriola, Kiriga, and Brude had already been defeated. Only