The enormous crystals held Lin Guang and Shu Ouma firmly trapped.
"Stop!"
Shu Ouma watched Shūichirō Keidō cut his finger, preparing to begin the "proposal" ceremony. Unable to do anything himself, he could only shout.
Divine Consciousness Gravekeeper and Shūichirō Keidō did not answer him. Only the Gravekeeper's crystals wrapped Shu Ouma even more tightly.
Bang! Bang!
Two laser beams flashed, shattering the two enormous masses of crystal and freeing Lin Guang and Shu Ouma at last.
"Lin Guang! Are you all right? Shu! What are you doing here?"
Ayase Shinomiya arrived just in time, piloting the Steiner. Gai Tsutsugami sat on the Steiner's shoulder, looking at Shu Ouma as though something had occurred to him.
"You really do make people worry!"
Some of Gai Tsutsugami's wounds were bleeding too, but his words were filled with concern for Shu Ouma.
"Gai!"
Shu Ouma had never expected this person he had met only a few times to be his childhood playmate. Thinking of everything Gai Tsutsugami had done, Shu Ouma felt somewhat pained.
The Steiner blasted a hole straight through the barrier enveloping the Dark Church. From the looks of it, Ayase Shinomiya and Gai Tsutsugami intended to help Shu Ouma deal with Shūichirō Keidō.
"You two took your time getting here!"
The ice blade in Lin Guang's hand disappeared as he spoke calmly to Gai Tsutsugami and Ayase Shinomiya.
"Finding this place wasn't that easy, and I got a little hurt. Otherwise, I'd have been here long ago."
Gai Tsutsugami explained to Lin Guang.
Lin Guang smiled. "I knew you were hard to kill. Injuries like those couldn't do you in!"
"Enough wisecracks. Tell us what's happening!"
Gai Tsutsugami and Ayase Shinomiya jumped down beside Shu Ouma and Lin Guang. Divine Consciousness Gravekeeper watched them, guarding against the four suddenly