Hope Existing Within the Nightmare

"The apocalypse..."

"Has arrived—"

Standing beneath the glass curtain wall of the Holy Royal Court's royal city sanctuary, Su Youzi looked up at the sky shrouded in dark clouds and the endless downpour.

Divine Remains Pupil's trembling voice came through the earpiece.

"There are two... no—"

"There are three abysses that have opened near Tokyo."

"Sixth Sequence calamity reactions have been detected near each abyss."

"Professor Tsukuyomi and the Assault Operations Unit from Tokyo have already rushed to the scene."

"'Utopia' is expected to accommodate around one hundred thousand civilians..."

"But the food supply may only last a month."

"I've prioritized taking in the schools... and—"

"The civilians in the areas where people connected to Youzi live."

"But more people will be heading toward 'Utopia.'"

Listening to Divine Remains Pupil's trembling voice, Su Youzi seemed to realize something.

"Sister Hitomi..."

"What are you doing?"

"If three abyssal rifts have opened near Tokyo—"

"Then..."

"What about the other rift?"

Su Youzi's question was met by a long silence.

"The other rift..."

"Chiraku has already gone there."

Divine Remains Pupil hesitated for a long time. She could not lie to Su Youzi.

But if she did not lie, she... seemed only able to remain silent.

In the end—

Recalling what Su Youzi had once told her, Divine Remains Pupil chose to tell her everything truthfully.

"I couldn't just watch Chiraku go to her death."

"But that defensive line absolutely cannot be breached."

"I have to go close that abyssal rift."

"This is something I have to face, and suffering I have to bear."

Divine Remains Pupil—

Was putting the Godslayer Armament back on.

Although Su Youzi had taken the God Slayer body, even with Manifest Manufacturing's resources and abilities, it would be difficult to replicate a second God Slayer body in a