Rumble...
At last, the building collapsed.
Countless bricks, glass shards, and fragments were reduced to rubble and rained down, kicking up thick clouds of dust that spread in every direction.
Mugino Shizuri, Kinuhata Saiai, Frenda, Takitsubo Rikou, Hamazura Shiage, and even Kakine Teitoku's two companions could only stare wide-eyed at the scene.
Gulp...
Someone swallowed hard.
But it was still too early to be shocked.
Boom—!
With an explosive blast, the building, now reduced to a heap of rubble, suddenly burst apart, sending a figure shooting into the sky.
The figure was not Fang Li, but Kakine Teitoku.
Cough...!
Kakine Teitoku coughed up blood. Six pure white wings unfolded behind him as he soared into the sky, an expression of shock on his face.
"H-how is this possible...!?"
He had actually been injured?
In a fight against an Esper other than Accelerator, he had been injured?
And he had been injured in a single exchange.
How could that be possible?
Before Kakine Teitoku could recover from his shock, another explosion rang out below.
From the blasted ruins of the building, another figure shot into the sky, hurtling toward him at a speed far beyond Kakine Teitoku's own.
The next second, a fist carrying terrifying power drove toward Kakine Teitoku once again.
Boom—!
The air exploded in response.
At the critical moment, Kakine Teitoku extended the white wings behind him, raising them like a shield before himself, yet he was still blasted away.
"Y-you bastard...!"
Kakine Teitoku had completely lost his composure. Ignoring the wrenching pain in his chest, he let out a low roar and finally launched a counterattack.
Shine—!
Behind Kakine Teitoku, the six white wings suddenly erupted with an intensely brilliant glow.
The white light was like scorching lava, burning the air and causing the temperature throughout the