Tokyo No. 2 Colony.
Kinji Hakari lay on the rooftop of an abandoned shopping mall, gripping a maintenance railing with both hands as he leaned halfway over it and roared into the deserted street.
"Angel-! Angel-! Where are you-!"
Kento Nanami stood behind him with one hand against his forehead, rubbing his temple with his fingertips.
"Hakari... I don't think shouting like this will do much good."
The two had met up shortly after entering the colony and had already spent hours searching. They had scoured the blocks, searched the station, and even checked the sewer entrances.
They hadn't seen so much as a trace of Angel!
"Say... could she have gone to another Barrier?" Kinji Hakari slid down from the railing and crouched at the edge of the roof, tilting his head toward Nanami.
"That's possible." Nanami rubbed his chin, his brow slightly furrowed.
"That's fine, too." Kinji Hakari stood and brushed the dust off his trouser legs, then produced a megaphone from somewhere and raised it to his mouth.
"Let's take another good look. If we still can't find her, we'll go meet up with Fushiguro and the others." With that, he took a deep breath and pointed the megaphone at the empty street.
"Angel-! Where are you-!"
His swagger wasn't entirely unfounded. The information on Kashimo's whereabouts indicated that he had left Tokyo No. 2 Colony and gone to Tokyo No. 1 Colony.
At first, the two had worried about Itadori and Fushiguro, but on second thought...
One had the King of Curses living inside him, while the other never buckled under pressure and could summon Mahoraga at any time.
All right. Nothing too serious should happen.
"By the way, there's something I've been wondering about." Nanami suddenly spoke.
"What?" Kinji Hakari lowered the megaphone and turned