The sky was overcast.
Beneath the distant heavens, countless strands of Black Qi could vaguely be seen twisting about.
While Mountainside Li faced the Mahavairocana Buddha with [Buddha of Multitudinous Light ▪ Tiga Buddha] and Hatsune Miku forcefully confronted the future Buddha of Three Lifetimes, quite a few people elsewhere had also encountered enemies of this caliber.
Among them were certainly some of the world's renowned Experts, but even more were unknown individuals of mysterious origin.
...Safe Zone No. 19.
"Tenshokaku... what, are you really planning to declare war on us?"
Looking at the figures in the distance, Suhui Weaves Scenery, dressed in Hanfu and holding an oil-paper umbrella, could not help but look rather grim.
Although she had received intelligence beforehand that people from Tenshokaku would be coming, she had assumed that only a few would come at most... but now?
—Aside from a handful of people, nearly every notable Expert in Tenshokaku had arrived. It was practically a full-scale deployment.
"Perhaps."
Faced with Suhui Weaves Scenery's question, the man standing at the forefront, dressed in a kimono with a long sword at his waist, merely smiled faintly.
"Our Gods have merely returned. To move forward in accordance with the will of the Gods—this is the true path that Tenshokaku has always upheld."
"Gods..."
Before Suhui Weaves Scenery could recover, the man had already stepped back, revealing the petite Witch in white robes and crimson hakama who had been sitting silently behind him all this time.
Her black hair fell to her waist, and her eyes held an indifference as though she looked down upon all things. She possessed the same unworldly aura as the Divine Child, though she seemed far colder.
Naturally, Tenshokaku had reserve candidates chosen to serve as Witches.
After the Divine Child—or rather, after Chihou