The satellite captured it!
It was merely a massive orange-and-black domain, spreading outward like radiation.
What exactly was happening inside?
The people aboard Fraxinus had no idea either.
But!
In truth, there was no need to say more.
Everyone could guess.
"Is she going to completely exterminate all of humanity... the entire world?" One of the members of Fraxinus was on the verge of breaking down.
Griseo had driven those painting maidens to do something like this.
Whatever she wanted, whatever she intended to do...
There was no room left for any fluke.
She was making herself the enemy of the world.
No!
It would be more accurate to say...
She was judging the world.
Why was she doing this?
To... purify the world?
Because of what had happened earlier.
After hearing what Griseo had said to Five Rivers Shiori, someone quickly thought of this possibility.
But the more they thought about it, the more absurd it seemed!
And yet, beyond the absurdity... it somehow felt only natural!
She really was a Goddess, wasn't she?
The Goddess had descended.
She had come to bring a great cleansing upon the world.
It was just like in mythology: the horn of the apocalypse sounded, the great flood arrived, and only a tiny number of people could survive.
Could Fraxinus...
be taking on the role of the so-called Ark?
Even so.
They couldn't laugh.
Their faces were pale, their lips pale.
When they spoke, their entire bodies seemed stiff with an indescribable terror.
Perhaps they did feel somewhat fortunate.
Fortunate that Amemiya City was no longer within the scope of the cleansing.
But what then?
Then... what could they do?
They looked at Griseo on the screen, and the dread in their eyes deepened.
They even felt somewhat envious of Five Rivers Shiori.