The clamorous noise had been ringing out without end.
People's shouts, the sound of vehicles moving, helicopters darting overhead, and the horns of cruisers—all those sounds blended together and rang out incessantly around them.
Natsuki stood in the middle of that noisy scene, staring blankly toward the Old Southeast District. For a long time, she remained unable to come to her senses.
No one knew how much time had passed before a voice finally sounded from behind Natsuki.
"I never expected that, in the end, you would be the one who failed to stop your younger brother from intervening in the Feast, Demon Hunter Nangong."
As the voice rang out, a quiet girl with a book in her hands, glasses on her face, and her hair tied in a ponytail appeared behind Natsuki.
Natsuki did not turn around, but she came back to her senses and spoke in an extremely displeased tone.
"Was this within your calculations as well, Lion King Organization?"
Upon hearing that, Yugiri Asagi sighed.
"Even so, I couldn't have predicted that your younger brother would possess such power."
That was probably the truth.
After all...
"We could never have known that the real 'god' had been protecting Nangong Day Star from right beside him all along. You concealed it quite deeply, didn't you, 'Witch of the Void'?"
Yugiri Asagi spoke those words lightly, but her eyes were anything but calm.
Natsuki merely snorted coldly in response.
"Now that Yao has joined the Feast with Aurora, it's about time you told me what your objective is, don't you think?"
Only then did Natsuki turn around and look at Yugiri Asagi.
Naturally, her questions concerned several matters that had yet to be explained.
"Why did the Lion King Organization become the arbiter of the 'Feast of Blazing Light'?"