In the courtyard, the violent blue radiance seemed to be growing even stronger... The berserk youth's roar sounded like notes summoning death, shrill and terrifying.
Madam Kaiya stood there in a daze. In that instant, the memories she had suppressed for so long seemed to awaken completely.
"Longgang—!!" Madam Kaiya let out a heart-rending scream.
She remembered everything clearly now—from the moment she had been captured by the Kingdom's Military Police at the Destiny Organization's prison, and everything that followed.
"Longgang—!"
He was her elder brother... Ever since he had infiltrated the Underwater City, he had silently supported her along the way. He had supported her when she fell in love with Yoash, and when she married her husband, he had offered his blessings from the shadows.
When her child was born, he had come. He had been happier than ever as he lifted the child high into the air.
He had always stayed in the shadows, like a guardian—and she had witnessed with her own eyes the moment her child killed her only brother.
In an instant, a long-sealed floodgate seemed to open within Madam Kaiya.
Her blood began to boil, and traces of scorching aura spread from her body... The heat wave soon erupted completely, even drowning out the berserk youth.
As Madam Kaiya rose to her feet, her gaze was unfocused. A flickering M-shaped crest appeared on her forehead—her body had already begun to transform into a beast... She had fallen into a frenzy.
Roar—!!
Hiss—!!
Like two starving beasts, the berserk youth and the berserk Madam seemed to have received some kind of response from each other. They stared at one another... and their malice kept rising.
Without warning, they pounced at each other simultaneously. The collision of their two scorching auras instantly pushed the entire