There could be no rebuilding without destruction.
Since the rot had already spread throughout the body.
Then let all of this be destroyed.
At that point.
The instant that resolute thought settled in Seitenshi's heart.
The world truly heard her prayer.
Or rather.
God, who had been waiting for this moment all along, finally received the answer he wanted.
"Bzz-!"
An utterly piercing ringing.
Without any warning.
Instantly filled the entire world.
The bustling, noisy shopping street fell into deathly silence in that instant.
The rubber baton raised high in the fat patrolman's hand froze in midair, unable to descend another inch.
Because.
God no longer lurked in hiding.
He had heard it.
That resolute wish for death that came from the depths of Seitenshi's soul.
And so.
The weak perception-confusion spell previously placed on Seitenshi instantly failed amid the surge of divine will.
The fog dispersed.
When that silver-haired girl, who had remained kneeling on the ground, fiercely shielding two filthy cursed children in her arms, gritting her teeth and refusing to let go even after taking a blow.
Her true appearance was finally laid bare before everyone's eyes.
Her previously indistinct features became utterly clear beneath the red light filling the sky.
That signature silver hair.
That breathtaking face that had appeared on television countless times.
That white formal dress whose nobility could not be hidden even by the mud staining it.
The passersby looked as though a thunderbolt had struck them squarely on the head.
Their eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets.
This...
Was this the elegant, inviolably sacred Lady Seitenshi who waved on television every day?
The one who ruled this region and symbolized supreme power?
Was she kneeling in muddy water now?
And...
That blow just now...
"H-hit... her?"
Someone broke the deathly silence