After a long discussion, they had more or less settled on the candidates for the Ring War. Now, the only question was...
Akasaka turned his gaze to Mahiru. "Are you confident you can beat XANXUS?"
That was the key issue.
He had inherited the Second's Flame of Wrath, as well as the Seventh's weapon—a modified Beretta pistol. His strength was formidable.
Mahiru's gaze darted away. She stammered, unable to say anything, her hands clutching the hem of her skirt tightly as she pressed her lips together.
Reborn, standing beside her, spoke up. "Let me explain this."
Reborn swept his gaze across everyone, starting with Amasawa, then Asuna, Morishita Ai, and Ichinose, before finally fixing his eyes on Mahiru.
"Her strength has improved quite..."
Reborn paused, seemingly adjusting his wording before finally saying it.
"With the limited time we had, her improvement has been fairly average. She can barely use Dying Will Mode. As for Zero Point Breakthrough, she hasn't learned it yet."
Zero Point Breakthrough was the quickest route Akasaka and Reborn had chosen to defeat XANXUS.
That was what Reborn had done in the original story as well.
After all, XANXUS's Flame of Wrath combined with the Seventh's weapon was simply too overpowered. It would be difficult to win through conventional means.
Only Zero Point Breakthrough could counter the vast majority of Dying Will Flames.
Akasaka had originally intended for Mahiru to take the shortcut, but unfortunately, she had not learned it yet.
Still, that was only normal.
There simply had not been enough time.
They had only had one week.
For Mahiru to master Dying Will Mode in that time already showed that her talent was exceptional.
Tsunayoshi Sawada in the original story had already had his foundations polished by Reborn before participating in the Ring War.
That