"My defenses really got broken." On Little Nine's side, he sucked in a cold breath as he rubbed his neck, looking somewhat conflicted. Since when had his body become this weak?
"Stop right now!!!"
The moment Sakurazaki Setsuna, who had just walked in, saw the strange coin Little Nine was holding, her face changed drastically and she lunged over. With a bang, she barely managed to seize Little Nine with both hands, then fumbled frantically to catch the coin that had already been tossed into the air.
A Magic Coin that had already been used was completely unaffected by outside forces. The instant she reached out to catch it, it vanished without a trace. "What did you do?!"
Thinking of how ridiculously treacherous this thing was, Sakurazaki Setsuna gripped Little Nine tightly with both hands and growled in a low voice. At the same time, she stared warily at the ceiling, terrified that a thunderbolt would descend from the sky the next moment and blast a hole through the place!
"So what are you worried about? This thing seeks out its rightful target to do its work. Even if it's a lightning strike, it'll only come down directly on the real body." Little Nine spoke without the slightest hurry, pointing at the sky. "Ten seconds have already passed. If there were going to be lightning, it would've struck long ago."
Noticing that Little Nine seemed to be in a fairly good mood, Setsuna narrowed her eyes and studied him for a while. "It worked?"
"What do you think?"
As Little Nine spoke, he tossed out another Magic Coin!
This time, Setsuna clearly saw the faint pained look on Little Nine's face. "All right, even a fifty-fifty chance can fail."
Unlike before, when it had failed again and again, using Magic