After leaving the [Fatebreaker] battleship and returning home.
Lin Guang saw an uninvited guest.
A being covered entirely in mosaic, whose appearance was as indiscernible as static, had appeared in the Itsuka household.
At that moment, no one else was home. There were only [Phantom] and Lin Guang.
"Mukuro Hoshimiya shouldn't have appeared yet. She came too early."
[Phantom]'s very existence made it impossible for anyone to describe her voice or determine who she actually was.
But Lin Guang was an exception. He knew that the [Phantom] before him was a part of Mio Takamiya.
At that moment, [Phantom] continued, "I'm amazed that you have a battleship like that in space, and I never expected you to develop so quickly."
"But none of that matters. Even if you seal away two or three Spirit Crystals, I have ways to retrieve them. But Mukuro Hoshimiya cannot appear now, because everything isn't fully prepared yet."
[Phantom] had been watching Lin Guang ever since he appeared and sealed Tohka Yatogami's Spirit Power.
Even when Lin Guang sealed Tohka Yatogami and Yoshino in succession, [Phantom] had never appeared, because one or two Spirit Crystals would not affect the final outcome for the time being.
And later, Shido Itsuka had also sealed Kaguya Yamai and Yuzuru Yamai, allowing [Phantom] to relax a little.
Even when [Phantom] saw Nia Honjo appear at Lin Guang's side and even do that sort of thing with him, she simply gave up on Nia Honjo's Spirit Crystal altogether.
With Shido Itsuka's interactions with Miku Izayoi going smoothly as well, [Phantom] felt that everything was beginning to move in a good direction.
But just then, Lin Guang appeared with Mukuro Hoshimiya.
And Mukuro Hoshimiya was the key to awakening Shinji Takamiya's memories. The Spirit Power within Shido Itsuka was currently insufficient,