Sounds Familiar (Continued)

"Ah?!" The girl reflexively stretched out her fair little hands to shield her eyes.

The flash came quickly and vanished just as fast. In only a few seconds, Yae Rin returned to normal.

What appeared before her was a gloomy alleyway.

Bang! Bang! Bang!!

Rat-a-tat-tat!!

Dense gunfire rang out incessantly beside her ears!

"Where is this?" Yae Rin looked around in confusion. Then, two white figures flashed past her eyes!

Yae Rin jumped and instinctively looked toward the two figures.

But her dynamic vision was simply too poor, and all she could see were afterimages.

"That gunfire... Those people have guns—heavy machine guns!"

After all, the Moonlight Throne never lacked weapons. Having been exposed to them for so long, Yae Rin naturally recognized the general caliber of those firearms.

"This is bad. I need to get away!" Just as Yae Rin fearfully shrank back, intending to flee amid the chaos.

A fragmented exchange drifted into her ears.

"Big Sister! Why... I clearly can control it..."

"A-872, ever since you left Schicksal headquarters, you have been unable to suppress your urge to drink blood. If I let you live, even more innocent people will surely suffer!"

"Big Sister... But I clearly didn't..." The woman's voice choked with sobs as she spoke, as though she were deeply upset.

Yet the other cool voice remained loud and clear.

"Enough! You carry Vishnu's genetic factor within you. Though you claim to be innocent and have no intention of hurting anyone, if I allow you to keep growing like this, I'm afraid even I, a demon hunter, won't be able to subdue you completely...

So, for Otto's orders and the safety of London's citizens, I have no choice but to destroy you! A-872, prepare yourself!"

After that, the dense gunfire erupted once more.

As Yae