DEM, the seat of Tenku City.
Today is the first day that Takamiya Mana. She agreed to the assignment because she heard that nightmares were appearing in the city.
In addition, her brother also lives in this city, so she wanted to come and visit.
Ryoko Kusakabe was very welcoming to Mana's arrival, after all, Mana had once killed a spirit all by herself, and Ryoko Kusakabe admired her abilities.
Her parents have been telling her lately that they want a grandson, which has put a lot of pressure on her.
After all, as a captain in the AST, she had a lot of work to do, and the origami often caused all sorts of trouble, which made her friend very worried.
Now that she has someone to help her, she will definitely be able to reduce a lot of the pressure.
Ryoko Kusakabe also held a brief welcome meeting to welcome Mana and read out her story to the team members.
Many team members showed expressions of admiration when they heard that Mana had killed an elf.
Their team stationed in Tenku City has yet to inflict any effective damage on any Pokémon, and upon hearing Tobiichi Origami's eyes shone with even greater hope.
"Everyone..."
Before Mana could even introduce herself, Tobiichi Origami quickly stood up. "I want to fight you! I want to know how long it will take me to kill a Spirit!"
Ryoko Kusakabe sighed helplessly when she saw the person stand up.
She had guessed this would happen before the welcome party, and had told Mana about it.
Mana smiled and said, "Alright, before the self-introductions, we can have a practical test. I also need to know the extent of your combat capabilities."
After saying that, Mana glanced at Origami, then looked around at the crowd below, and said, "You can all come at me together."
The group headed to the training grounds at the SAT headquarters.
Moment.
Mana fought ten opponents single-handedly and successfully defeated all the AST members, including Tobiichi Origami.
Ryoko Kusakabe, watching the battlefield from the control room, couldn't help but sigh, "As expected of someone who has killed elves, he can take on ten opponents so easily."
However, no sooner had they finished their exclamations than an alarm suddenly sounded within the AST.
"Mana, an elf has appeared!"
Captain Kusakabe's voice came through the communicator, and Mana indicated that she understood.
"It seems I'll have to postpone my self-introduction," said Takamiya Mana to Origami, the only surviving member.
Origami's skills are quite good among the team members, but she still has no chance of winning against her.
Origami nodded knowingly; she had also heard the alarm.
The team members packed up their equipment and immediately headed towards the location where the spirit's power had appeared.
This time, Ryoko plans to watch from behind the scenes. If he can really lead the team, she can gradually delegate more authority in the future.
Gokah Family.
Everyone was still shocked by the changes that had occurred to Takamiya Shinji.
"Are you still a true warrior?" Itsuka Tatsuo asked in shock.
Shinji was also shocked and said, "Of course I am Shinji, but in this situation, I don't know what happened."
"Dad, Mom, Uncle Shinji is showing signs of spirit power. Her current condition is probably caused by spirit power."
Both Itsuka Tatsuo and Itsuka Yoshiko were a bit confused.
Although they knew about the spirits, it was still quite perplexing that this happened to Shinji.
"But when I went up Ratatoskr with him, didn't he say that he didn't have any elven powers?"
Shido doesn't know how to address Shinji yet; he's struggling with a difficult situation, so he can only refer to him as "he".
"Uncle Shinji didn't know he was dead, and Mom and Dad just told him that he had died thirty years ago. This must have stirred up Uncle Shinji's emotions and activated the spirit power hidden in his body."
Tobiichi Origami said thoughtfully.
As the commander of Ratatoskr, she knew that elves were prone to losing control of their powers when their emotions were running high.
Takamiya Shinji's current situation perfectly fits the scenario of power going out of control. Fortunately, it didn't cause Spatial Quake, otherwise this house would have been reduced to ruins.
This is a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.
After all, Shido's father, whom she had just met, had become her mother in the blink of an eye, which even she, as an outsider, found hard to accept.
"The power of the spirits... could it be the power that Mio left in my body?"
"Takamiya Shinji said with his head down."
The dress she was wearing made her feel very uncomfortable, especially since it was such a girlish style. She didn't even dare to look up or meet people's eyes.
It's so embarrassing.
"Who is Mio?" Kotori asked curiously.
Itsuka Yoshiko said, "They are our friends. Your Uncle Masayuki died because of Mio."
"Huh?" Tobiichi Origami felt a little confused.
What does Uncle Masashi's death have to do with this Mio?
Takamiya Shinji interrupted in a much clearer, more cheerful voice, his voice filled with a mournful lament. "Can you let me turn back? I feel... very uncomfortable..."
The first time she ever wore women's clothing, especially in front of her best friend, she felt ashamed and couldn't hold her head up.
"Well..."
Kotori hesitated, then looked at Shido.
Shido immediately felt a chill run down his spine from her gaze and hurriedly said, "She's my father! How can I seal her? I can't do it, I can't do it, I can't do it..."
As Shido spoke, his figure turned gray.
The biological father she had just met, who was related to her by blood, turned into an elf in front of her, and she needed to seal her to restore her to normal.
This kind of thing, this kind of thing... this kind of thing! How could anyone possibly do such a thing!
"Waaah! I don't want to!"
Shido was on the verge of tears, let out a scream, and ran back to his room.
Tobiichi Origami also felt that it was a bit of a stretch...
At that moment, an uninvited guest appeared in the backyard; Takamiya Mana, who was wearing a manifestation device.
Before coming, Takamiya Mana had found it strange.
This place seems to be her brother's house, so how could there be spirit power here?
With this in mind, Takamiya Mana activated the manifestation device with all her might, arriving at the Gokah Family much faster than the others.
There were many people standing in the living room.
But her older brother was not there.
Looking around, Mana spotted a girl sitting on the sofa with her back to her, who appeared to be wearing very fancy clothes.
Mana immediately shouted to the people in the living room, "You all need to get out of here right now! She's an elf, an elf who has killed countless people!"
Everyone was startled by the sound coming from outside.
Kotori just received a message from Ratatoskr: a team of AST members was heading towards the Gokah Family, and one of them had arrived first at an astonishing speed.
"AST, this is troublesome."
The AST is unaware of her role as Commander of Ratatoskr, and she doesn't want the AST to know.
So now I suddenly feel like I'm facing a lot of trouble.
I should have transferred Uncle Shinji the moment the spirit power appeared.
However, the fact that Uncle Shinji was a spirit was too much of a challenge to her worldview, which is why she forgot about the existence of AST.
If Ratatoskr can detect elven power, then AST can too!
Tobiichi Origami could only bite the bullet and ask, "What spirit? What are you talking about?"
Itsuka Tatsuo noticed his daughter's predicament and frowned as he said to Takamiya Mana, "We don't know you. We hope you can leave as soon as possible, or we'll call the police."
Takamiya Mana tensed up, speechless at the sight of these ordinary people being so disobedient.
If she gets into a fight with the elves later, she won't have time to take care of these ordinary people. She'll just have to wait for her teammates to arrive.
Itsuka Yoshiko tugged at Itsuka Tatsuo's clothes.
He shook his head.
"What's wrong?" Itsuka Tatsuo frowned.
"Look at the way she looks..."
Itsuka Yoshiko pointed to Mana's appearance.
"Since Shinji can be resurrected, can Mana also be resurrected? That girl outside really looks like Mana..."
Takamiya Mana is Itsuka Yoshiko's best friend. Everyone can forget what their best friend looks like, but she can't.
Takamiya Mana was her good friend, and she always thought that after Takamiya Mana disappeared, she had probably gone with Shinji.
But now that Shinji has appeared, is it possible that Mana has also been resurrected?
Even before Mana arrived, she had this strong thought. Now that someone who looks so much like Mana has appeared in her home, she can't help but feel a sense of disorientation, as if from another world.
"Hoshima Haruko, let's be best friends for life!" Mana's voice echoed in my ears.
He glanced at Shinji, then at Mana.
They both looked exactly the same as they did thirty years ago, but she and Long Xiong had aged.
Upon hearing his wife's words, Ryūō also noticed that the girl did indeed resemble Shinji, but he had almost forgotten what Mana looked like, so he couldn't quite recognize her.
On the contrary, it was Takamiya Shinji.
The moment she heard Mana's voice, she recognized it as her sister's voice!
He suddenly turned around.
Happy!
Surprise!
"That's true!!!"
Takamiya Shinji wanted to fly over and hug Mana.
Thirty years have passed, and her mana is still so young!
In fact, she did fly over. Shinji didn't know what her power was, but she just wanted to hug Mana immediately, so she flew up and rushed towards Mana.
Then, a sharp blade of light pointed at Shinji's nose, making her afraid to approach.
"Mana, what are you doing? I'm your brother!" Takamiya Shinji was so frightened by the weapon that he broke out in a cold sweat and quickly said with an embarrassed smile.
"Are you kidding me? My brother isn't an elf, and he certainly wouldn't wear clothes like that."
Mana looked at Shinji with a smug expression.
Zhenshi: "..."
Extremely angry.
I want to cry.
Even if she's going to change, she should do it after meeting Mana. How could Mana recognize her now that she looks like this?
After thinking for a moment, Shinji quickly said, "If you don't believe I'm your brother, you can ask me any question! I promise I can answer them all!"
Mana looked disdainful and didn't bother to talk to Takamiya Shinji.
If her teammates hadn't arrived yet, she would have killed the elf right now.
Tobiichi Origami wanted to remind Takamiya Shinji that the ASTs were indiscriminate in their dealings with Spirits, and nothing she said would make a difference.
However, she is now very confused and doesn't know what to do.
"Interesting, I didn't expect all the characters to gather so quickly."
Meanwhile, Kurumi, who was watching the show through a remote window, happily shared Shido's situation with Mio Takamiya.
Mio Takamiya is still Kurumi to a chair by Kurumi and can't move. She can only watch helplessly as Shinji reunites with his old acquaintances.
Meanwhile, Mio Takamiya looked at Masashi in the window with a happy expression.
"Sir..."
Even though she has become the Magical Girl Shinji, Mio Takamiya is still very happy.
That was the happiness of having a long-cherished wish fulfilled and dying without regrets.
Kurumi rolled her eyes.
If things continue like this, Mio Takamiya, with her love-obsessed mind, really get punished?
It would be better to just kill them.
"Really..."
After looking at Shinji, Mio Takamiya turned to Mana. She and Mana used to be good friends, but after Shinji died, she didn't have time to pay attention to Mana anymore, so she didn't even know when Mana disappeared.
So Mana has actually become a member of AST...?
Could it have been Westcott who did it?
"You're right, it was him who did it."
Westcott, the big boss of DME, is the one who killed Takamiya Shinji and took Takamiya Mana away.
It can be said that this guy is the core of the entire Date A Live storyline. Otherwise, without his existence, Takamiya Shinji would not have died, Mio Takamiya would not have wanted to revive Takamiya Shinji, and that would have directly led to Itsuka Shido's disappearance.
"Takamiya Mana probably only has less than ten years left to live. Without your knowledge, Westcott captured her and froze her, causing her to lose most of her memories. After waking up, she underwent extensive modifications and is not far from death."
"..."
Mio Takamiya somewhat sad.
I never imagined that Mana had suffered so much.
At this moment, through the window, both of them saw that after the subsequent AST members arrived, Takamiya Mana and Takamiya Shinji quickly started a fierce battle, and the surrounding buildings collapsed rapidly under their fighting.
Takamiya Shinji had little combat experience, and since Mana was his sister, he didn't dare to use his full strength and could only passively dodge.
Tohka, Half-elf, appeared out of nowhere and began fighting with Takamiya Mana.
Taking advantage of this moment, Kotori contacted Shinji and asked him to go to a certain location, then teleport to Ratatoskr and use the ship's shielding device to block the power on her body.
In order to avoid fighting with Mana, Shinji nodded without hesitation.
Soon, as the fight raged on, Tohka disappeared into the dust and smoke following the collapse of the building.
Today, AST also gained nothing, but Takamiya Mana's battle was still recognized by all the members of AST.
Ratatoskr.
Shido is here too.
He witnessed AST members attacking his father with weapons, especially the blue-haired girl who looked somewhat like him, who attacked him the most viciously.
If we want Dad to continue living safely, his seal is essential.
The seal means a date!
Waaah...
Words that should have filled one with anticipation now instead brought Shido to the brink of despair.