A violent sound suddenly came from behind, like lightning tearing through the air.
Sephiroth did not even look back. He simply turned and swung his blade.
"Ah~~~~!!"
A's roar and the sight of his limb flying into the sky appeared simultaneously.
One slash.
Sephiroth had severed A's arm.
A's injury signaled the complete collapse of this support operation.
Seeing that the situation was turning bad, Rasa and the others—
fled immediately under Kamui's command.
A few minutes later.
Sephiroth's body surface wriggled, transforming back into Hyuga Sho.
Hyuga Sho left the scene, where a slash mark had been carved through the ground, and turned toward the three female knights.
"What did you do to us...?!"
The three female knights had clearly seen Steel Sea Dragon Beast turn into Sephiroth, and Sephiroth turn into Hyuga Sho.
They therefore regarded all three forms as one person.
But unfortunately...
They came from the overseas Knight Civilization.
They knew nothing about the matters of the Shinobi World.
In other words...
They did not know the title of White Devil.
Because of the influence of Jenova Cells [Gelel Stone]—
the three of them lay on the ground, their bodies twitching, yet they could not crawl back up.
"..."
Hyuga Sho casually swept his gaze over them.
With the vision granted by the Byakugan, he clearly observed the changes within their bodies.
Jenova Cells [Gelel Stone] were eroding the three women's bodies.
Combined with the brainwashing influence of Nine Faces—
in other words...
"You three will become Sephiroth's puppets sooner or later."
"What?!"
The three female knights were startled.
They could of course feel that the Gelel Stone had suddenly slipped out of their control.
It had also caused mutations in their bodies.
But they did not know what would happen in the end.
"Your