As the hot water washed over him, the blood thinned and spilled onto the floor.
"Tch..." Louis looked at his back. Once he stopped supplying blood, the writhing Kagune gradually settled, and the pain slowly subsided.
But part of the Kagune had already embedded itself in his flesh. Though it had temporarily lost its activity, it would not withdraw on its own.
"I don't feel like cleaning it out... I'll leave it like this." Louis maintained the Crystallization at the connection points and put his clothes back on.
Fortunately, Banjō's Kagune was small. Spread across his back, it formed such a thin layer that nothing showed even beneath a short-sleeved shirt.
Louis turned his attention to his right hand again.
As before, he had no sensation in it, nor could he turn it back into flesh. It was almost identical to the crystals he formed with cold air.
The only difference was that it could bend just as his arm had before.
If everything below my neck were cut off, would I be impossible to kill as long as my head wasn't destroyed?
Louis pondered silently.
Knock, knock, knock...
A knock sounded at that moment.
Louis glanced back, and the blood remaining in the bathroom instantly turned into icy mist and dispersed.
One of the major benefits of keen senses was knowing who was outside without opening the door.
"Click-"
Louis opened the door and found Hinami and Ryoko waiting quietly outside.
He took a look at Hinami. Her gaze was resolute, her lips lightly pressed together. There was a strange sense of distance about her, and she did not seem ready to speak.
Even without understanding microexpressions, spending time with someone every day gave him a rough idea of what they wanted. The two of them seemed to have