"Don't overthink it. Well, after fighting you once, I more or less understood what you were thinking anyway."
"But the existence of a Singularity will ultimately affect human history, so it still has to be eliminated. As for Sakumura..."
Oda Nobunaga sighed as she spoke.
"Since he's already made up his mind, let's grant his wish."
"At least, nothing so far has proven that he's a bastard, right?"
That was all Oda Nobunaga could say.
Because if she didn't say that—
"...Don't worry."
Mama Bear smiled helplessly, gently pulling Black Yukina into her arms and closing her eyes.
"At the very least, isn't that a kind of tenderness too?"
"...If we're fighting Sakumura, let big sister handle it."
Pop.
Black Hoshiguma Yuna transformed in place, her ink-black hair turning snow-white. In an instant, she changed from a beautiful woman with an older-sisterly aura into a white-haired girl who looked somewhat childish.
White Yukina's eyes were filled with startled confusion.
Wait, when it was time to hit other people hard, she took over, but when it came to fighting Sakumura—a fight she couldn't bring herself to have—she was handing it to me?
Why did this "little sister" seem kind of unfriendly?
But...
Forget it.
If it was Mr. Sakumura...
White Yukina clenched her fists.
"So, where is Mr. Sakumura?"
"In this Singularity, I haven't seen anyone in the village."
Fujimaru Ritsuka voiced his question.
"Go beneath the ridge."
White Yukina took a deep breath. Her gaze became calm and serious as she looked toward the lake.
"Let's search for the answer in the lake. I once merged with Black River Mountain, so at least my intuition tells me that much."
Sakumura Kanna followed behind the group, her head lowered the whole time, as though she were thinking about something.
"Miss Kanna,