Maki stood before the Barrier, tilting her head back to look at the black wall stretching into the sky.
Having just heard Maki's words, the Zenin Family member behind her was so moved that he didn't know what to say.
In the past, the Zenin Family's higher-ups had always treated him as cannon fodder. No one had ever cared about them the way Maki did.
If the occasion hadn't been so inappropriate, he would have thrown both hands into the air, jumping up and down and shouting Maki's name.
Maki turned and glanced at him.
"I'll go in first. Just stand guard out here. When Yuji Itadori and Panda arrive, let them know."
After leaving her instructions, Maki turned and headed toward the Barrier's entrance.
As she approached, ripples spread across the Barrier like a stone dropped into water.
Maki stepped into it, her figure disappearing into the darkness in an instant.
The Zenin Family member behind her stayed where he was, clenching his fists. In the end, all he could do was sigh.
The instant Maki entered the Barrier, a familiar sensation of weightlessness enveloped her.
She instinctively closed her eyes, ready to wait for the "Free Teleportation Rule" to activate.
According to the rules, anyone who entered the Culling Game would be randomly teleported to a "spawn point" somewhere inside the Barrier.
Yet all Maki felt was as though she had passed through a thin curtain of water. A slight chill brushed her body, and then...
Nothing happened!
"Huh?"
Maki opened her eyes in confusion.
She stood right where she had been, with the asphalt of modern civilization beneath her feet and Tokyo's gray sky overhead. Behind her was the boundary of the Barrier she had just seen.
What caught Maki's attention even more was that the buildings