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"What are you two doing, pointing blades at each other?"

With Hikari's strength, catching Tokugawa Shizuka and Dolly's ultimate attacks barehanded was effortless.

"Sir Touma, you—"

Turning to look at Kamijo Touma, who was slumped against the wall, his face flushed crimson and both his heads engorged, the ninja Hikari frowned.

"Have you been poisoned?"

It was no surprise that Hikari and Tokugawa Shizuka both thought of that first. After all, Touma was a powerhouse who had managed to struggle through a few exchanges against a god-level being. His current state, slumped against the wall, could only be explained that way.

"No, it's not poison."

Bracing himself against the wall, Kamijo Touma bent over and pushed himself to his feet. His eyes were bloodshot, but a shred of reason remained.

So—

"AAAAAAAHHHH!!!"

Throwing his head back sharply, Kamijo Touma roared as he mobilized all the Spiritual Power in his body.

Then:

Boom—

He slammed his head heavily into the ground in front of him!

???

It happened too abruptly. Tokugawa Shizuka and Dolly, who had been glaring at each other in fury, along with the utterly bewildered Hikari, had no time to stop him.

Rumble rumble rumble~~~

The ground exploded apart, and amid flying chunks of flooring, dirt, and stone, black metal was revealed beneath.

That was right.

The area beneath the Tokugawa Clan had long since been rebuilt into an entirely metal underground structure.

On one hand, it was to guard against Espers with abilities like "burrowing." On the other, it was to provide Tokugawa Shizuka with weapons.

That headbutt had smashed the ground to pieces, exposing the dented metal layer below—and that was while Kamijo Touma was not in his right state.

The Tokugawa residence had already been wrecked by Tokugawa Shizuka and Dolly's battle, with houses and