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"Though we remain enemies, there is a delicate balance—one I… don't wish to break. Not yet," Lord Chaos spoke.
Amaterasu swallowed hard, sensing the ominous weight behind that single "yet"—the promise of an eventual demise that had only been delayed.
"Now, let's go," Kireina's father said. He warped reality with a casual gesture, opening a black gate that led to his home. "I hope you don't follow us. You would be welcomed… with plenty of surprises."
He laughed, waving his hand in a friendly farewell before vanishing along with the others, as though they had never been there at all.
"Cough… cough…" Kaguya gasped for air, still struggling under Amaterasu's lingering presence. "You… I can feel we once shared a connection. You're a Divine Spirit, the embodiment of two Primordials… and you managed to stand your ground against me?"
