The battle outside the house quickly took a decisive turn.
In a two-against-three situation, Alkaid and Mizuhashi Yuzuki were simply no match.
It wasn’t just that they were outnumbered—Mizuhashi Yuzuki was also a newly advanced Senior Reincarnator. Her strength couldn’t compare to a veteran Senior Reincarnator’s, and she was easily suppressed.
The situation was getting worse.
“What about your classmate? When is she coming?” Alkaid couldn’t help but ask.
“She didn’t reply to my message. I don’t know if she can come, but it’s most likely a no,” Mizuhashi Yuzuki answered, her voice tinged with resignation.
“What? She can’t come?” Alkaid’s eyes widened. “Why didn’t you say so earlier?”
“You never asked,” Mizuhashi Yuzuki said.
Alkaid’s mental state instantly crumbled. He had thought his side would at least have reinforcements, but now he realized he had been completely deluding himself.
Hearing the conversation between the two, Megrez and Phecda grew even calmer, feeling that the situation was fully under their control and that nothing unexpected would happen again.
But Mizuhashi Yuzuki’s eyes suddenly widened.
While maintaining her [Jade Barrier] to parry attacks, she lifted her head and looked far into the distance. There, drifting through the air as if just passing by, she spotted a figure.
Wasn’t that the Faceless?
The Faceless, who had been “passing by,” seemed to notice the situation here and drifted slightly closer.
Seeing this, Mizuhashi Yuzuki couldn’t help but shout, “Lord Faceless! Please help us!”
Her cry startled everyone else present. None of them had sensed anyone approaching. Upon hearing her voice, they involuntarily looked in the direction she was facing.
As they looked, the Faceless drew closer and closer.
Tsukiyomi Ruri had only just arrived here a short while ago when she saw the battle unfolding. She was somewhat surprised.
She hadn’t expected Mizuhashi Yuzuki to be here. Although she knew Mizuhashi Yuzuki was also searching for Inoue Keiko, she had figured Mizuhashi Yuzuki wouldn’t be able to find anyone.
The presence of Gounon also surprised Tsukiyomi Ruri. She didn’t know why this lunatic was here, and he furthermore seemed to have become a powerful Reincarnator—and an enemy at that.
In short, the situation was a bit complicated, making her hesitate for a moment.
After hearing Mizuhashi Yuzuki’s cry for help, Tsukiyomi Ruri finally directed the Faceless to float over.
“Who are you? You’d best not meddle in our business,” Phecda said seriously to the incoming Faceless.
She didn’t know who this newcomer was or where their Original Form was, but the fact that a Senior Reincarnator like Mizuhashi Yuzuki addressed them as “Lord” stirred a vague unease in her heart.
Alkaid, realizing this person could be their rescue, loudly declared to win their intervention, “These people are the very ones the Reincarnator Forum is looking for! They’re carrying out evil experiments, murdering countless innocent Reincarnators!”
Hearing Alkaid say this, Mizuhashi Yuzuki stared at him in shock.
If she remembered correctly, when she had asked Alkaid for help after mentioning Fukuyama Shoichi, he had stated that the Reincarnator experiments had nothing to do with their current problem. So why was there a connection now?
If she had known there was a connection sooner, would it not have been better for her to just ask Kanazawa Maki for help?
In just a few short moments, complex thoughts of all kinds stirred within everyone present.
By now, the Faceless had drifted directly before them. Unsure whether she was friend or foe, Phecda, Megrez, Alkaid, and Mizuhashi Yuzuki all subconsciously halted their fighting.
Gounon, however, seemed to have lost all self-awareness. He still swung a fist, sending it crashing toward Mizuhashi Yuzuki.
But that fist never reached her. The instant Gounon threw his punch, the Faceless abruptly accelerated and appeared right in front of him.
Her movement was simply too fast. So fast that not a single one of the Senior Reincarnators present managed to track her motion.
All they saw was the Faceless suddenly appear on the battlefield. Then came a muffled grunt from Gounon as his body flew backward and landed in a pitiful heap. Even after hitting the ground, he struggled a few times and couldn’t get back up at all, his face etched with pain.
‘Hiss… who on earth is this person? Gounon’s combat power is no weaker than a Senior Reincarnator’s, yet he couldn’t even withstand a single exchange?’
Phecda’s face turned extremely grim at this sight. This was a terrible sign—one could even say the absolute worst.
Alkaid’s and Mizuhashi Yuzuki’s eyes, on the other hand, immediately lit up.
Mizuhashi Yuzuki quickly said, “Lord Faceless, their commander is in the house up ahead. He’s also captured my classmate. My Lord, could you help me rescue my classmate?”
“I can,” the Faceless said, agreeing.
But before that…
Swish, swish, swish!
The Faceless’s figure flickered rapidly several times in place, instantly flashing in front of each person.
Immediately after, Megrez, Phecda, and Alkaid were all successively blasted backward. They collapsed to the ground, clutching their stomachs, struggling but completely unable to get up. The intense pain made them feel as if they were about to bid this world farewell.
“Why… even me… why did you hit me too?” Alkaid asked in grief and indignation.
He felt like he was on the same side, wasn’t he?
But Tsukiyomi Ruri, having seen the information on Mizar’s phone, knew all about Alkaid’s circumstances. She understood perfectly that this guy wasn’t anything good, so of course she couldn’t truly treat him as an ally.
Mizuhashi Yuzuki blinked a few times at Alkaid, who was crumpled on the ground, then averted her gaze and pretended not to have seen.
She also felt that Alkaid was most likely suspicious, so she had no intention of speaking up for him.
After taking care of the enemies on the scene, the Faceless vanished from sight and rushed swiftly into the nearby house.
Seeing the Faceless enter the house, Mizuhashi Yuzuki shuffled her feet but ultimately didn’t follow. She was afraid of disturbing her, and decided to stay here and keep watch over the others instead.
…
Inside the house, the first things that greeted the eye were all kinds of experimental apparatus, along with Inoue Keiko lying on the examination table and Inoue Meiran holding a scalpel, seemingly about to cut into her.
Sensing someone’s arrival, Inoue Meiran turned around and looked over, frowning. “Who are you?”
The fact that someone could enter the house completely unimpeded gave him a very bad feeling.
Why hadn’t Phecda, Megrez, and Gounon stopped this person? What on earth had happened?
Seeing Inoue Meiran through the Faceless’s vision, Tsukiyomi Ruri was caught off guard yet again. She hadn’t expected to find him here.
On Mizar’s phone, the commander hadn’t been saved under his real name—the contact name was also Dubhe. So naturally, Tsukiyomi Ruri had no idea that Dubhe was Inoue Meiran.
But if this person was Inoue Meiran, then what was even the point of capturing Inoue Keiko?
