Stiyl: This Is a Necessary Sacrifice!

"Don't underestimate me!"

Shatiora was no ordinary person. She was also an esper, a Level 4 Rare Earth Expansion user.

By storing and releasing energy through rare-earth metals, she could trigger violent explosions.

Witch Hunter King was blasted apart outright, but the monster reappeared soon afterward.

As long as no one found the rune, Witch Hunter King was invincible.

"Damn it!" Shatiora cursed under her breath.

Witch Hunter King continued charging toward the armored vehicle.

"Just who are you—" Shatiora thought this bandage-covered man was another terrorist like the ones before.

And an esper at that.

"Stiyl!"

At that moment, Kamijou Touma finally arrived at the scene.

"Don't fall for it! Arisa Meigo can't leave Academy City right now, or a disaster will happen!"

Touma shouted.

"Normally, that would be true," Stiyl said. "But if we prepare a core in advance and complete the replacement, there won't be a problem. Just replace the bullets with blanks."

Stiyl's words stunned Touma. Was there really a way?

But Shatiora clearly had no intention of dealing with the bandaged man. She immediately turned invisible again, leaving Touma to handle the battlefield.

"Huh?!"

Weren't we supposed to fight together? Why did you run off first?!

Shatiora continued the pursuit.

Strangely enough, although she had clearly lost track of them because of that bandaged freak, she somehow seemed to know exactly where Arisa Meigo was.

Just like when she learned that Arisa Meigo had been kidnapped and immediately set off after her.

"Found you!"

The "apprentice witch's" ability was naturally nothing impressive. When the massive armored vehicle leaped directly in front of their car and pinned it down, all three of them were flung out.

"...Hoh, looks like the boss lady won't need to make a move," Tsuchimikado Motoharu said as he watched Shatiora defeat