"Clang!"
In the originally dim space, a dazzling pure-white flash suddenly appeared, bleaching everything around it.
"Ah...! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah──--!"
Yukina, who was about to be cut down by the Zero Style Assault Demon Subduing Twin Guns, let out an unceasing scream as spiritual power surged through her body.
This surging spiritual power gradually transformed into an immense Divine Aura amid the radiance.
The Divine Aura gathered behind Yukina, turning into a pair of wings that slowly unfurled.
"What?"
Kageno Meiga, who had always remained calm and composed, was moved for the first time. The confident look on his face turned to astonishment.
"This sight... angelification...!?"
Yugiri Asagi, lying on the ground, saw the scene as well, and her pretty face changed drastically.
At the brink of life and death, Yukina's spiritual power had run wild, causing the power of angelification to surface once again.
"Yukina Himeragi!"
Amid the radiance bursting forth from Yukina, Kageno Meiga shouted. White smoke poured from his entire body as it gradually charred.
"Crack!"
Kageno Meiga's glasses shattered, exposing his eyes to the air.
Upon closer inspection, they were a pair of dull, pitch-black eyes like those of a corpse, utterly devoid of the vitality a living person should possess.
The fugitive from the Prison Barrier was not human, but a demon.
At that moment, Kageno Meiga revealed his true nature. His formerly composed expression twisted, and his eyes were replaced by hatred.
That look was exactly the same as the one Kageno Meiga had shown when he saw Yukina appear outside the chapel in the Prison Barrier, holding the Seven Style Assault Demon Subduing Machine Gun.
Watching Yukina cry out amid the immense Divine Aura, Kageno Meiga clenched his teeth in hatred.
"I see. Have you also already stepped into Fuyuka's domain?"
As he spoke, Kageno