Don't Be Stupid and Die on Me! Bind [Aragami's Malignant Eye]! The Sun Rises over Asahikawa City!

Chisa was stunned into silence.

The girl failed to react.

The amount of information contained in those dozen seconds—or rather, in those few sentences from Kujo Machi—was simply too much. It flooded into Chisa's ears all at once, nearly making smoke rise from her head.

Originally, they had been leisurely packing their things, preparing to wait until her master and Two-Shaku-Sama finished fighting the evil big boss before evacuating the million-plus residents of Asahikawa City.

But what did Kujo Machi mean by saying that the true deciding power over victory and defeat was in their... in Kujo Machi's hands?!

Although Chisa did not understand Kujo Machi's words right away, it felt like that was what she meant!

If this had been an ordinary sixth-grade elementary school student, she probably would have been hiding under the desk by now, drooling over candy and babbling incoherently.

Or perhaps she would have been so shocked that she was completely disoriented, then simply nodded along, saying, "Yes, yes," and followed Kujo Machi in doing whatever she had described.

But Chisa was different.

She was the girl who, in the body of a sixth-grade elementary school student, had kept herself and three helpless family members alive within the Black Phone Booth's range until Uesugi Tetsu arrived!

"Phew..."

Chisa circulated the Ki-ai Technique and took two deep breaths, calming her overheated thoughts.

She carefully glanced out the window again. Seeing that the battle was still raging, she took Kujo Machi's hands, gently placed them on her own thighs, and said,

"Machi, the battle outside won't be ending anytime soon. Why don't you spend a few minutes briefly explaining what you 'saw'?"

At that moment, a notification that Kujo Machi's trust had reached the maximum value of one hundred popped into Uesugi Tetsu's vision, but he was