Only Draw Your Sword Against Companions

"Gadis Cartnip!!"

In the distance, Uryu Ishida, who had been silent as a statue, moved.

The highest-ranking member of the Sternritter Knights looked at the scene before him, and for the first time, genuine anger appeared on his eternally icy face.

His battle sword left its sheath, gleaming coldly.

"As a knight, how dare you betray His Majesty?"

"Heh, you idiot."

Faced with a question that would have made any Quincy tremble, Gadis merely rolled her eyes disdainfully and even raised a middle finger.

"When your teammates were dying one after another right in front of you, I didn't see that crappy sword of yours leave its sheath. Now that you know I'm no longer running with you, you're suddenly showing off?"

"What, is your sword like those Shinigami Zanpakuto, factory-installed with a passive that only cuts down allies? Haschwalth, is this really all you've got?"

"Betray His Majesty, betray the Wandenreich, betray the Sternritter! Die!"

Uryu's gaze turned cold as he raised his sword.

Rumble!!!

Violent lightning descended from the sky without warning. It was not ordinary natural lightning, but high-density Spirit Particle lightning plasma condensed to the extreme!

The lightning poured down like a waterfall, enveloping Gadis and forming an absolute domain of thunder.

The next second, everyone witnessed a sight they would never forget for the rest of their lives.

The black clouds in the sky split apart.

A figure wearing the True King's Palace Espada uniform, black with gold trim, descended from the heavens like a Valkyrie.

That face, that figure, that signature curly green hair—they were identical to Gadis on the ground.

"Merge, my true self."

As Gadis on the ground whispered, the two figures slowly overlapped amid the roar of thunder.

Buzz!!!

A brand-new and violent Spiritual Pressure storm swept across the battlefield. Its