"Phew... phew..."
Ryu Ishigori slowly opened his eyes.
Blue skies, scattered white clouds, birds...
Reincarnated again...?
No.
There was someone beside him...
Ryu Ishigori turned his gaze toward Okkotsu. After a brief moment of thought, he understood the situation before him.
"Ah... you're still too naive, Okkotsu."
Seeing that Okkotsu clearly had no intention of responding, Ryu Ishigori continued.
"This isn't a compliment... If someone fought you with everything they had..."
Originally, Ryu Ishigori had wanted to say that it was bad to spare someone after fighting them with everything they had, but then he thought of Xuan.
He, Uro Takako, Hajime Kashimo—everyone he had seen had been spared by Xuan after fighting him with everything they had.
"If someone of comparable strength fought you with everything they had, and you still spared their life—"
"Killing you wouldn't benefit me in any way."
Okkotsu switched off her communication earpiece, then looked at Ryu Ishigori beside her.
"Miss Uro said the same thing to me too—"
"That woman's still alive... Well, the explosion after Domain Expansion wasn't all that powerful, either."
Okkotsu nodded, then held out her hand.
"Give me your points."
"Oh... so that's what this was about..."
Ryu Ishigori nodded, then summoned Kogane Bug and transferred the points he held to Okkotsu.
"Come to think of it... you and Uro were making opportunities to be alone together just now, weren't you?"
"Hm...? Did that happen?"
"...You weren't planning to form an alliance with her and take me out first, were you?"
"Probably not."
While brushing him off, Okkotsu checked her points.
Her 10 points, Uro's 65 points, and Ryu Ishigori's 76 points—151 points in total.
If Kinji Hakari and Itadori's side went smoothly too... they should be able to get Fushiguro's sister out of the Culling Game.
"If it