Naobito Zenin, Twenty-Sixth Head of the Zenin Family! Inside the subway station.
The narrow corridors of the subway station were covered in traces of battle.
Kento Nanami flicked the blood of the Transfigured Humans from his "blunt blade" onto the ground.
Maki stood back-to-back with Nanami, gripping Playful Cloud's three-section staff as she vigilantly scanned their surroundings.
Because of her earlier argument with Jie Jian, and because their opponents were only Transfigured Humans, Maki had not allowed Jie Jian to possess her.
Even though all the Transfigured Humans had already been eliminated, Maki continued to warily survey the subway station.
But no new enemies appeared. The subway station was utterly silent.
"Uh... Nanami-senpai, is Mahito really in here?"
Maki lowered her voice and asked skeptically.
"He is."
Nanami answered without hesitation.
His gaze rapidly swept over every corner of the passageway.
"Mahito must have secretly deployed so many Transfigured Humans. Otherwise, they could not have surrounded us without us noticing."
That reasoning did sound perfectly reasonable.
Maki frowned and tightened her grip on Playful Cloud.
Seconds ticked by. Several minutes passed, yet there was still no sound or movement in the subway station, nor was there any trace of Mahito.
Maki could not hold back any longer and spoke to Nanami again.
"Nanami-senpai, is Mahito really here?"
Nanami did not answer.
Because even he was beginning to doubt it.
As a Grade 1 Sorcerer, his perception of cursed energy might not have matched a monster like Satoru Gojo, but it was still exceptionally sharp.
Yet at this very moment, he could not sense any cursed energy fluctuations belonging to a Special Grade Curse.
If Mahito were truly here, he could not have concealed himself so completely.
Unless...
Nanami's pupils suddenly contracted.
Unless Mahito had never been targeting them!
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