Early the next morning...
BOOM!!!
Jiu Ming shoved aside the stone slab crushing him and coughed twice, then kicked the rubble scattered across the sofa to one side. He looked up at the sky, which had yet to brighten. How should he put it... should he go back to sleep for a while?
"Ughhh!!! My treasures!!!!"
Princess Kaguya's furious roar rang out from where her room had been. Well, it had been a room before; now it too was a ruin. Mai Kashiwagi, meanwhile, watched the collapsed house some distance away with a furtive look, unable to understand what had happened. She had been sleeping perfectly well, then suddenly felt the world spin in her sleep. By the time she opened her eyes, she was already standing here.
There were clearly far more troops here this time than before!
She looked around. Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, she hesitated. If she stayed here, the situation would clearly be at its worst for her. And no one had noticed her yet—if she wanted to, she could leave without anyone discovering her.
But was that really all right?
After hesitating for a while, she made a choice that she felt completely defied the rationality of a Contractor: go back!
Hiding behind a corner, she stared fixedly at the place where the troops were most concentrated and narrowed her eyes slightly. An ominous scarlet glow lit up in them. As long as she started a blaze there, she could inflict enormous losses on this force!
The fire she unleashed would not merely burn people. Those armored vehicles would likewise struggle to withstand such temperatures, and detonating their internal fuel tanks would create even greater chaos!
"If you don't like killing people, then don't do it."
A rift appeared beside