On the Light Screen, Tohsaka Rin watched Ereshkigal's clumsy performance without exposing her, merely saying calmly, "I see. I understand."
Then she turned around, and in the next instant, she dispersed and vanished like mist fading from an illusion.
This sudden development made Ereshkigal freeze for a moment. No longer caring about continuing her awkward act, she hurriedly invoked her authority as the goddess of the underworld, attempting to determine where Tohsaka Rin had gone.
Yet, just as she had failed to notice Tohsaka Rin's arrival in the first place, Ereshkigal could not find where the departed Tohsaka Rin had gone either, as if she did not exist at all.
Ereshkigal's expression became deeply troubled and tense. She knew the other woman had not truly disappeared, but possessed a death god's power similar to that of the underworld.
In other words, relying on that death god's power, Tohsaka Rin could easily conceal herself within the underworld, a realm of death, and merge with its environment.
Unless she saw her face-to-face, Ereshkigal would never be able to find Tohsaka Rin, who had perfectly blended into the underworld.
This was completely different from Fujimaru Tachibana and the others.
As living people, even with Ishtar's authority protecting them and allowing them to move about the underworld, Fujimaru Tachibana and the others were like the moon in a cloudless night to Ereshkigal, the goddess of the underworld—she only had to lift her head to spot them.
Thus, Ereshkigal was at a loss. Growing extremely nervous and uneasy, she quickly turned her attention back to Fujimaru Tachibana's group, afraid that Tohsaka Rin might suddenly appear and attack them.
At this very moment, Fujimaru Tachibana and the others had successfully passed through the final gate of the underworld.
Like the other gates of the underworld, the