The already gloomy weather grew even darker. Suddenly... a massive thunderclap rang out, as though the sky itself had collapsed.
Raiden Mei held the injured Kiana in her arms. The sudden thunderclap startled even her, and she raised her head to look at the sky in confusion. At that moment, even her Herrscher consciousness changed expression.
The sky overhead was filled with lightning, like vast nets woven from thunder that covered the entire world.
Yet this power of thunder had not arisen because of her appearance. It was a force of lightning that even she could not control.
Before she had time to think, violent winds and torrential rain followed close behind the thunder and dense flashes of lightning. Nagazora City... even the entire Far East, was shrouded in storm and rain, plunging into a terrifying thunderstorm.
At that moment... Sky Ranger looked at the second body that had just appeared beside her—another "Herrscher of Thunder," Raiden Mei!
Her appearance was completely different from the Raiden Mei in the distance. She looked more like... an oni warrior from Far Eastern legends.
In the Far East, oni were demon gods symbolizing immense power. The people of the Far East revered the strong... whether gods or monsters. Even among yokai, oni were famous as high-ranking beings.
Now, facing the Herrscher of Thunder, Sky Ranger saw that she no longer had those Honkai wings. Instead, a pair of long oni horns grew from her head. At her sides floated the arms of Jizo Mitama, while the ring suspended behind her resembled the adornment of the Three Precious Children from Far Eastern mythology.
Her eyes glowed with a faint violet light!
There was not the slightest hint of gentleness in them, only endless indifference. This girl dressed as a demon god was... the