Adjusting the Time Flow Rate

Akasaka made his move and dealt with Heathcliff in less than three seconds.

Asuna and Usagisawa Misumi still looked completely bewildered, having no idea what had just happened.

They had only just seen a huge black rat dart past them, but they had not even caught a glimpse of who it was.

Then they saw Akasaka shout something about Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi, trapping that huge black rat.

Asuna and Usagisawa Misumi stepped closer and looked at Heathcliff, who was already lying on the ground as black flames scorched him. Akasaka kept kicking him.

At that moment, Heathcliff was imprisoned within the black cage formed by Amaterasu, unable to escape.

Amaterasu's flames were inherently inextinguishable, and now they had formed a cage.

Anyone who dared touch it would be infected by those black flames.

Heathcliff did not dare touch it. He had already experienced the piercing agony of being burned by those black flames.

Usagisawa Misumi also got a clear look at the man's face, and immediately cried out in shock.

"The captain of the Knights of the Blood! Heathcliff!!!"

"He's a huge celebrity!"

"Akasaka, why did you capture him?"

Usagisawa Misumi turned to look at Akasaka.

As the captain of the Knights of the Blood, Heathcliff was quite famous. Even Asuna recognized him.

After all, they had read the newspapers recently, and there had been reports about him.

Akasaka answered Usagisawa Misumi expressionlessly, "This guy is Kayaba Akihiko."

Asuna and Usagisawa Misumi exchanged a glance, then instinctively drew their weapons—a scythe and a rapier—wanting to cut down the man before them.

After all, he was the one who had trapped them in this death game.

Heathcliff—or rather, Kayaba Akihiko—was kneeling on the ground like a beast that had lost its fangs, showing no intention of resisting.

More importantly, he had