"Yo... Youzi!??"
Hearing the girl's familiar voice, Kujo Ryuko turned around in astonishment.
She stared at the girl who had suddenly descended from above, wrapped in a bathrobe... which seemed to be the only thing she was wearing.
Kujo Ryuko had been immersed in the desire to slaughter, to the point that even Miss Hayabusa, who had followed her ever since graduation, had been unable to rouse her. Yet she came to her senses on the spot.
The girl who descended from the blue motes of light looked as though she had been relaxing in a bathtub just a moment ago.
Her wet short hair clung to her forehead, and water droplets still dripped from the tips.
The girl's slender collarbones appeared and disappeared amid the flickering blue motes of light. From time to time... the water-colored hollow at the base of her neck could be seen swaying faintly.
"Guh..." She swallowed with some difficulty.
Her hand tightened around the Blood Saw unconsciously, and Kujo Ryuko suddenly felt... a little thirsty.
"Youzi!??" Wielding the Blood Saw to fend off the tentacles, the hideous black-and-red beasts arched their bodies one after another, guarding Su Youzi.
Looking at the young police officer lying at Su Youzi's feet, Kujo Ryuko immediately realized what had happened.
Hayabusa's ability was "Substitution."
She should have placed the mark in Youzi's dormitory.
Just now... after she had fallen into madness, Hayabusa had intended to use "Substitution" to teleport herself and Kujo Ryuko to Youzi's dormitory.
But under that monster's psychic assault, "Substitution" had gone in the wrong direction.
It had teleported Miss Youzi over while she was still bathing in her dormitory.
"Damn it..."
Kujo Ryuko felt as though she had missed out on a fortune.
But... the more important matter right now was Youzi's safety.
Even