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Yuki: [ "𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐀𝐑𝐔𝐍𝐀!" ]

[ 𝘕𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 ] 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 "𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘢" 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. “𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘢” 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘪𝘢𝘯, 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 "𝘦𝘺𝘦" 𝘰𝘳 "𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨."   “𝘙𝘶𝘯𝘢” 𝘪𝘯 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘢, 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘴, 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 "𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯" 𝘰𝘳 "𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯," 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩. 𝘛𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, "𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘢" 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 "𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯" 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴, "𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘉𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨," 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘮𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘴.  𝘠𝘶𝘬𝘪'𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤, 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.  𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳.  𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮.   𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘢, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘶𝘴.  𝘐𝘬𝘬𝘦𝘪’𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.  𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘢, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥, 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘠𝘶𝘬𝘪'𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.

Ikkei: "Damn it!"

"I give up!"

"Ahhh!"

"GO AWAY!"

Makaruna advances toward Ikkei, who panics and cries out for help. 

Ikkei:

“GOD, HELP M—” 

Before he can finish, Makaruna grabs him, lifting him high above the ground.

As his skin turns from white to yellow, Mike, who was prepared for death, suddenly opens his eyes to witness the towering figure.

Mike: “What… is that?” 

“Another Peakeast member?” 

“They’re fighting amongst themselves…” 

“It’s clear now. They’re here to wipe everyone out from Peakwest and win. Muzan must be behind this, keeping Alan away so he won’t interfere.”

Makaruna hurls Ikkei away, breaking through multiple barriers until he crashes within Barrier B, where Eren and Rishi are shocked to see him. 

Eren: “What the hell?” 

Rishi approaches Ikkei and turns him over. 

Rishi: “This guy… doesn’t seem like one of ours.”

Ikkei coughs and spits out the crucifixion locket. 

Eren: “S-grade tool… but who did he lose to?” 

“No, it’s more like… how strong was his opponent? Is there really someone of S or SSS grade here?”

Ikkei's face begins to melt, revealing his soul has been distorted by a technique.

Rishi: “Ew.”

Eren: "Wait—Alan?"

Rishi: “Can’t be him. Alan’s technique doesn’t involve souls. Besides, is he even strong enough to take down an S-grade?”

"He might be barely close to B-grade or A-grade at his max."

Eren: so do you think you're some Ultimate Grade? Shut up yapper.

As the two debate, Makaruna shifts his attention to Mike.

Despite Mike’s best efforts to evade, he is kicked with such force that he crashes through every barrier in his path, ultimately activating the Rinkawa Barrier. 

Mike regains consciousness to find himself in Lucifer’s Realm.

Lucifer: “Thank goodness, that was close.”

“Muzan is quite the mastermind…”

Unnoticed, Lucifer quietly slips out of the barrier.

𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘢𝘸𝘢 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭, 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯.

A yellow beam descends, binding their souls. 

Lucifer:  “So, the Rinkawa Barrier is active. But how?” 

He smirks. 

“Seems Muzan has some devious plans in store.”

𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮, 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.

Back in Kyoto, Makaruna strides through barriers as if they are nothing. Inside Lucifer’s Barrier, Aarush prepares to face him.

Aarush: “This shouldn’t be possible… Lucifer’s barrier is one-time entry only.”

He braces himself, determined to prevent the monster from entering areas with human activity.

Moon: “We need to get out!” 

Aarush: “No, I’ll handle this. You take Mike and Jack to the hospital. If they ask for money, you know what to do.” 

“Make sure this thing doesn’t get close to civilization.”

Jack: “Stay safe.” 

Aarush: “𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙚.”

He smirks devious.

Aarush steadies himself, taking aim at Makaruna, preparing for the battle ahead.

To be continued…

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