Seizing the opening, Yuta Okkotsu dashed toward the street with Rika.
Ryu Ishigori's eyes lit up at the sight.
"Hah! Trying to run?!"
The cannon on his head swiveled, firing more than a dozen cursed energy shells after Okkotsu.
But Takako Uro had already stepped into their trajectory, spreading layers of warped space between her hands.
"Hey, hey, hey! I'm your opponent!"
"I'm not interested in an old woman like you!"
"Who the fuck are you calling an old woman, you bastard?!"
While Takako Uro kept Ryu Ishigori occupied, Okkotsu began recalling the information he had on Dhruv Lakdawalla.
According to the information Maki had given him, Dhruv Lakdawalla was an Ancient Sorcerer revived through a second incarnation.
In terms of raw strength, he could be considered the strongest Player in the Sendai Colony!
His Inviolable Domain was immensely powerful. Probably only Satoru Gojo's Limitless could withstand it.
Under normal circumstances, there was no way Okkotsu could kill Dhruv Lakdawalla in two and a half minutes.
Okkotsu raced through the ruins, with Rika following close behind like a white ghost, fending off the shikigami Dhruv Lakdawalla had newly summoned.
Takako Uro intercepted Ryu Ishigori's Cursed Energy Cannon. The explosions and curses behind Okkotsu grew more distant, but he did not look back.
Time was running out.
He had to kill Dhruv Lakdawalla as quickly as possible.
Three minutes had passed since Rika manifested, leaving him a window of two minutes at most.
Within those two minutes, he had to cross a battlefield covered by both shikigami and the Inviolable Domain, find Dhruv Lakdawalla's hiding place, and kill him before the domain fully formed.
Otherwise, not only he but Takako Uro would be trapped here until they died.
As he sprinted, Okkotsu forced himself to calm down, rapidly reviewing the