But now.
Because of his arrival.
The gears of fate had begun turning ahead of time.
As for what lay behind Kagetane Hiruko.
A small figure followed him as well.
She had short blue hair.
She wore a blue dress.
In her hands, she carried two super varanium kodachi longer than she was tall.
Her eyes were scarlet, and a bloodthirsty smile hung on her lips.
-Kohina Hiruko.
Kagetane Hiruko's daughter, and also his Initiator.
One of the [Cursed Children], possessing the Mantis Factor.
Chapter 102: Assessment: A Shit-Stirrer! Collection: Mantis Girl!
Beneath a night sky already burned crimson by the flames of Kisara Tendo's revenge, their appearance did not seem out of place. Instead, it carried an absurd sense of harmony.
Like the finale of a grand opera, when a few characters in exaggerated makeup would always step onto the devastated stage to take their bows.
Kagetane Hiruko was in no hurry to speak.
First, he stopped walking.
Amid the air distorted by waves of heat, he slowly removed his signature black top hat.
His movements were elegant.
Unhurried.
They even had a touch of aristocratic bearing.
Then.
Under Kisara Tendo's wary gaze, and the horrified eyes of Rentaro Satomi not far away.
This man whose hands were stained with countless lives' worth of blood, whose name was synonymous with madmen and villains in this world.
Placed his left hand against his chest.
Bent at the waist.
And offered an impeccable bow, hat in hand, to the God with ink-black hair standing in the center of the ruins.
"What a..."
"What a magnificent sight."
Kagetane Hiruko straightened. His white mask, painted with an eerie smile, gleamed coldly in the firelight, and his voice trembled slightly with extreme excitement.
The murky eyes behind that mask stared fixedly at Haimo.
"I