Back at Chaldeas, Fujimaru Ritsuka immediately heard the alarm.
"Doctor—what's the situation now?!" Without stopping to sort himself out, Fujimaru Ritsuka hurried alongside Mash, carrying Lawrence between them as they rushed to Roman's side and looked toward Sheba.
All of Chaldeas was shrouded in red, just as it had been at the beginning. But now, every Singularity had been resolved. By all rights, no Singularities should have remained—yet this reaction was—
"This is an inevitable reaction, Ritsuka." Roman stood with both hands braced against the console, staring gravely at the seemingly burning Chaldeas. "First, congratulations. You won your battle. Even with a monster like Beast standing in your way, you still emerged victorious."
"Now, all seven Singularities—Orleans, Rome, the Ocean, London, North America, the Middle East, and Mesopotamia—every one of them has been eliminated."
"But there is still one final trial standing before you, before all of us."
He glanced at Ritsuka, then turned his gaze back to Chaldeas.
"You eliminated the seven Singularities. That Beast who called himself King Solomon may have put on a tough front, but after you've come this far, there's no way he wouldn't react." Leonardo said with a smile as she lifted Lawrence off Fujimaru Ritsuka's back. "And while you were doing your best, those of us here at Chaldeas weren't idle either."
"The instant you stepped into the Spiritron Transfer passage, we... caught it."
Roman clenched his fists.
"We caught King Solomon's weakness and found where he was hiding—a 'Singularity' located in a special region."
"Of course, reaching this conclusion was fundamentally mutual. At the same time we discovered him, he discovered us as well. And now, the result is—"
"We are heading toward him, and he is heading toward us."
A bead of cold sweat appeared on Mash's face.
Fujimaru Ritsuka fell