The trigger had already been pulled all the way back, yet the hammer did not fall to ignite the primer and blast Tracy's defenseless, sleeping head into pieces.
Because it had been tightly bound by threads completely invisible to the naked eye, unable to move.
Angel's gun-holding right hand was likewise immobilized, as were her body identical to Tracy's and every part below her neck.
Binding marks appeared all over her body, pressing dense rings of indentations into her already form-fitting shirt and tight trousers, making her graceful figure appear even more alluring.
Klein beside her was in the same state. His golden-red dress wrapped around his legs like a corset skirt, the flower knot behind his belt pressed tightly against his waist, and his not particularly prominent chest was nearly flattened. Only his eyes could move, and he looked at Angel, catching a trace of a signal in her gaze.
The next second, the candle flames in the wall sconces surged violently, burning toward the invisible threads around them. Within the firelight, strands as fine as spider silk revealed their true forms. Yet, to their surprise, they were not afraid of fire and continued binding them from all directions.
Not even the threads created by a Sequence 4 "Lady Despair" were this powerful. Could this be the Demoness of Unaging... Angel immediately understood her predicament and unhesitatingly activated Mirror Substitution.
Once again, every reflective surface refused to receive her spirituality or become her substitute. Unlike when she had faced Panacea, even the Magic Mirror she carried, which had been soaked in her blood, reacted the same way!
Klein was also trying to save himself. After discovering that fire could not destroy the threads, he immediately activated Flaming Jump, locking onto the candlelight at the other end of the Black