On a road with few pedestrians, a tall figure and a short one passed each other.
But the taller figure slowly stopped and looked back in surprise.
"Isn't she... someone from Anteiku? Strange... why does she smell like Lu..." Tsukiyama watched the girl recede into the distance. Though the scent was faint, he knew it all too well.
There were only two people there. He couldn't have been mistaken.
"She looks a little younger than Hinami."
Tsukiyama touched the mask hidden inside his suit, thought for a moment, then followed her.
Elsewhere, beneath a streetlight, two figures faced each other. The atmosphere instantly grew tense.
A fight? Here?
Louis frowned as he looked at Eto, who had already revealed her kakugan.
The scene before him seemed to slow down. Every second became crucial.
Whoosh-
A cold wind swept past. Wearing a blue-white crystal mask, with crystallized skin exposed beyond his clothes, he stood ten meters away like a statue, gripping a blade in both hands across his body, ready for battle.
Only the black flames and his hair still danced in the breeze.
In less than a second, Louis brought his body's capabilities to their peak.
Even a second's hesitation would have meant disrespecting the person before him.
"I really don't want to fight you..." Louis held his blade in both hands, choosing neither to attack nor to flee.
Both were extremely dangerous choices at that moment.
If a fight broke out, this place and the surrounding area would be investigated. Though the cameras hadn't captured his face head-on, the people who had accompanied him today would be implicated.
As for fleeing, turning his back on an opponent was extremely dangerous. He didn't know which of them was faster now, either, but at least last time, he had still