When Menina and Candice woke up again, they discovered that they had been locked inside a prison cell. Not far away from them stood their friend whom they had not seen for some time—Bambietta.
"Aita-chan, thank goodness. You're all right too."
Seeing that the missing Bambietta was safe and sound, Menina and the others were quite happy.
However, Bambietta herself was anything but pleased to see Menina and the others here as well.
"I was counting on you to save me, but who would have thought you'd get yourselves captured too..."
Ever since she had been captured alive, Bambietta had constantly hoped that her companions and friends would come rescue her.
In the end, her wish had indeed come true—her friends had come to save her. Yet, to her immense disappointment, they had gotten themselves caught in the process.
"All right, time is short, so I can't be bothered wasting words on you.
"The reason I didn't simply kill you isn't because I pity pretty women. It's because I'm worried that your deaths would strengthen Yhwach.
"Now, you have two choices. Either betray Yhwach and work for me, or I'll use the medicine I got from Captain Mayuri to turn you into mindless puppet corpses."
"You wish I would—"
Candice, who had the fiercest temper among them, had just begun to refuse Yoru Machi and curse him out.
But the instant the words left her mouth, spraying blood filled her vision.
Then, in the next second, a piercing pain erupted from her left arm.
The reason was simple: Yoru Machi had severed her entire left arm!
"I already told you, I don't have time to waste on you. Since you don't intend to become my lackeys, then I can only make sure you remain here without letting you die.
"For