Owari No Seraph-Ichinose Guren, 16-sai no Catastrophe Volume 5 & 6

Chapter 4 (Part 3)

11 December

Guren did not take part in the <Kiju> training.

He was sitting on his sofa at home, mulling over his thoughts without twitching a muscle.

What should he do to emerge in front of Mahiru? He repeatedly pondered this question.

She was probably anticipating this. Waiting for him to catch up, acting as though she needed help.

He stared on the black, small wand-shaped <Kiju> armament called <Shikama Doji> that was placed on the table.

She said that it was something necessary to live on after this world ended.

He looked at it.

"......"

About her wanting to protect her younger sister, was it true? Or was it that she wanted to manipulate her younger sister?

If he brought <Shikama Doji> to the laboratory of 'Mikado no Oni', he would probably be unable to pass it to Shinoa.

There was <Ashuramaru> as a precedent. This <Kiju> armament that Mahiru had entrusted to him, had become an experiment subject, and could not be taken outside.

If so, was it really okay to pass <Shikama Doji> to Shinoa, without placing any seals on it? He considered this.

If Mahiru's love for her younger sister was real, he should pass it to her just like this.

If not, then he should not pass it to her, and if her were to pass it to her, it would have to be today.

The reason was that the next day, they would begin the assault against the <Hyakuya Sect>.

"......"

Yesterday, he had told Mahiru that the attack would begin in 5 days' time, but that was a lie. The truth was that the attack would begin tomorrow.

It would become an all-out war.

Even though his side's <Kiju> research was progressing smoothly, given the immense size of the <Hyakuya Sect> organization, no matter how he looked at it he doubted that they would surrender easily.

However, there was a need to do so.

The <Hyakuya Sect> had reached out for the forbidden, destructive research named <Seraph of the End>. This point had become clear after investigation by 'Mikado no Oni'.

If they ignored this, the world might be destroyed.

Hence, tomorrow they would begin a war that would envelop the whole word. As for Guren, he had been forced to the front lines.

In other words, tomorrow he might die.

If this was the case, he had to pass <Shikama Doji> to Shinoa by today.

While he was thinking about these issues, the doorbell suddenly rang.

He stood up from the sofa, and looked at the CCTV monitor. On the screen, Mito appeared.

"What do you want, Mito?"

"Um...... Since you didn't come to training, I was wondering what you were doing or something."

"I'll go soon. Didn't I tell you just now?"

"No, um......"

"I'm very busy today. You should go back."

Then he turned off the monitor. Because if he were to pass it to Shinoa, then he had to make sure not to be seen by anyone. And Mito would spoil this plan.