Something seemed to be responding to him.
No, rather than responding to him, it was resonating with... something beside him?!
Its connection to him was merely incidental.
Aikawa Kaze's eyes widened. Once he sensed where the resonance was coming from, he hesitated, even stumbling over his summoning chant.
"Kaze, what's wrong?!"
Suguru Geto watched everything before him nervously, instinctively looking toward Satoru Gojo. Gojo had lifted his blindfold too, examining the Summoning Ritual with his Six Eyes.
He looked at Aikawa Kaze, who stood before the magic circle with a hesitant expression, then glanced at the equally worried Yuta Okkotsu.
Remembering how Yuta Okkotsu had just frantically "donated blood," his expression turned odd.
Was that criterion Kaze mentioned back then really okay?
Oh, right, he'd already taken back what he'd said before!
Then there was no problem.
"Kaze, what are you still hesitating for?"
"Well, um..."
Aikawa Kaze glanced uncertainly at Yuta Okkotsu, then turned the question back on Satoru Gojo as Yuta looked at him in confusion.
"I suddenly wondered... should I really be disturbing a soul that's already at rest? Is this really okay?"
"Oh, Kaze-chan, you're overthinking it! Can't you see how willing she is? She's practically dying to come over!"
"Uh..."
Looking at the flickering magic circle and sensing the eager emotions coming from the other side, Aikawa Kaze had to admit that Satoru Gojo was right.
If he hadn't left the summoning chant unfinished and the process incomplete, she probably would have leaped straight over already.
Aikawa Kaze pondered for a moment, gave Yuta Okkotsu an inscrutable look, then nodded.
"You have a point. Then... if you're willing to be summoned, please come over!"
Was that how the chant went?
Having witnessed Aikawa Kaze's complete summoning chant before, Yuta Okkotsu couldn't help feeling confused. Hadn't