All three of the nearby Kekkei Mōra had clearly sensed Otsutsuki Shibai's sudden change in power just now, so Karin and Hikari could understand the complicated feelings Kaguya Otsutsuki was experiencing.
After all, the divine art they had performed together, the Time River, had originated with Shinji.
If the Time River could trap Otsutsuki Shibai after he had broken through the Kekkei Mōra realm and reached an entirely new level, that meant Shinji, who had created the Time River, had almost certainly reached that same new level above the Kekkei Mōra.
So unlike Kaguya Otsutsuki, whose feelings were complicated, Karin and Hikari were in high spirits, even though their Chakra was depleted and they were in terrible shape.
"Maybe... we can win!"
After exchanging a glance, the same thought arose in both their minds.
Boom.
Just then, a crack suddenly split the ground. Ada and Daemon shot up from the fissure with Amado and Scorpion, emerging onto the surface.
The siblings Ada and Daemon warily scanned their surroundings, seemingly searching for someone.
Scorpion glanced at the devastated battlefield and silently marveled.
This had once been the Research Institute's core area. The buildings on the surface had been extremely sturdy, and numerous defensive barriers had protected them. Yet after that battle, the whole area had been wiped flat. Not a trace of a building remained.
Amado paid no attention to any of that. He hurriedly asked Karin, "What happened just now?"
"Don't worry. We've dealt with him!"
Ada looked incredulous. "How did you manage that?"
"You don't need to know," Karin replied coolly.
"You!"
Ada was momentarily at a loss for words.
With her divine art, she could indeed afford to look down on ordinary people. But Karin was both the Akatsuki Organization's second-in-command and a Kekkei Mōra. Ada didn't have