Mahoraga Accepts the Challenge

"Seriously...?"

When Mo Bai turned, he saw the one who had just made that sound of a wheel turning.

But the sight of that figure brought no smile of reunion with an old friend to Mo Bai's face.

There was only surprise.

The enormous gray body, the two pairs of winglike shapes on its face that resembled eyes, and the long tail behind its head that looked like flowing hair...

There was no doubt. This was the strongest Shikigami Mo Bai had personally exiled to Void Matter Space.

Mahoraga.

If Mo Bai had only encountered Mahoraga looking as he did now, he would not have been surprised.

What truly startled him was the object above Mahoraga's head.

Bzz, bzz—

That purple-black Wheel radiating an ominous aura...

What was that? Had a new Wheel of Adaptation grown?

No. He had personally stripped Mahoraga of his entire [Adaptation] ability. That couldn't be it.

This Wheel did not seem to be a conceptual construct like the last one. It was a tangible object condensed from a vast quantity of Void Matter.

So what exactly was it...?

Thud. Thud. Thud.

While Mo Bai was still thinking, Mahoraga strode up to him.

Mo Bai thought the time had come for their battle, the one they had agreed to back in Void Matter Space, but...

Whoosh.

He realized Mahoraga had merely glanced in his direction before turning away.

"Right. This is inside those frequencies' memories. That means this is Mahoraga from the past."

Having worked that out, Mo Bai followed Mahoraga to see what he was doing.

Mahoraga's presence here, along with the new Wheel above his head, made it clear that every change in the Dark Origin Void Matter was connected to him.

From then on, Mo Bai kept his full attention on Mahoraga, watching