"Oh! Then may I ask, brother, can you also use a domain...?"
Jie Jian looked at Hajime Kashimo with a curious expression.
However, before he could finish, Hajime Kashimo raised a hand and cut him off.
"Don't ask. I don't want to answer that question."
"Fine."
Seeing Hajime Kashimo keep avoiding the question, Jie Jian scratched his head and stopped pressing him.
If he kept pushing, the Deer God would get angry.
The atmosphere immediately turned grave, and both of their cursed energy began to stir.
Just as Ryu Ishigori had said.
[At this point, words can no longer solve anything.]
Jie Jian had clearly not come here with cursed energy active just to invite him to dinner.
Hajime Kashimo had not let go of his iron staff from beginning to end, either.
At this point, it would be difficult to end things without a fight!
Whatever came afterward, they could fight first and talk later!
However, just as the tension reached its limit, a regretful voice interrupted the volcano on the verge of eruption.
"So it isn't The Fallen?"
Following the voice, they saw a young woman with wings on her back and a mouth on her face flying in the sky.
Jie Jian recognized her at first sight.
"Angel," Hana Kurusu!
During the previous challenge, Jie Jian had encountered her once in the Tokyo No. 2 Colony.
However, she had only appeared after his challenge with Hajime Kashimo ended last time. This time, she had come much earlier.
Jie Jian immediately figured out why. Perhaps because he had released cursed energy right from the start, the distant "Angel" had noticed him and arrived ahead of time.
"Angel" looked gravely at Jie Jian below.
Not long ago, she had sensed a terrifying pressure of cursed energy. She had only