Floating in the sky, Reine Murasame stared at Izumi, her expression filled with excitement.
But when she noticed the incoming intruders, her brows furrowed slightly.
The next moment—
A terrifying surge of power erupted from her body.
Boom—!
The girls rushing toward them were instantly struck.
Like falling raindrops, they plummeted from the sky one after another. Their CR-Units lost all functionality, shutting down completely.
"Do not interfere."
Her voice was ice-cold.
Yet—
When she looked at Izumi again, her gaze softened completely.
The sharp contrast left Tohka Yatogami utterly stunned.
"…She's a Spirit too?"
Tohka tilted her head, confused.
For some reason—
She felt a strange sense of familiarity from Reine.
Izumi nodded with a faint smile.
"That's right."
"And not just any Spirit—she's the very first one."
"The power you have… comes from her."
Tohka froze.
"…Then doesn't that make her my mother?"
Her logic was… unique.
Izumi immediately smacked her lightly on the head.
"Not even close. Don't overthink it."
Then he turned his gaze back to Reine.
"Nice to meet you… Mio."
Hearing that name—
Reine smiled beautifully.
"Nice to meet you… Izumi."
In the next instant—
She rushed forward and embraced him tightly.
"I finally found you…"
Thirty years.
She had searched for thirty years.
Even time travel had failed to locate him.
There were moments when she nearly gave up—
But she endured.
And now—
She had finally found him.
Izumi sighed softly.
"…Sorry about that."
"I had to leave you behind."
"This world was too fragile. Your birth only made it worse."
"So I jumped forward in time instead."
Reine nodded in realization.
"…I see."
That explained everything.
Why she couldn't find him.
Why he had seemed to vanish completely from existence.
Nearby—
Tohka frowned slightly.
She didn't like what she was seeing.
"…Hey…"
A faint dissatisfaction stirred within her.
At that moment—
A playful voice echoed.
"Ah~ how interesting."
"So this is the one you've been searching for?"
A shadow spread across the ground.
From within it—
A girl in gothic attire emerged.
Kurumi Tokisaki.
Unlike the original timeline—
She had not been manipulated.
Instead, she had become Mio's ally.
Even helping her search the world for Izumi.
And today—
She had come after sensing the disturbance.
Only to witness this scene.
Reine smiled.
"Thank you, Kurumi. I've found him now."
Izumi raised an eyebrow.
This development…
Was quite different from what he remembered.
In another timeline, Kurumi had sought to kill Mio.
But now—
They were allies.
And then—
More figures appeared.
One after another.
The Spirits gathered.
- Origami Tobiichi
- Nia Honjou
- Kurumi Tokisaki
- Yoshino
- Kotori Itsuka
- Mukuro Hoshimiya
- Natsumi
- Yamai Twins
- Miku Izayoi
- Tohka Yatogami
All of them—
Were here.
Izumi stroked his chin thoughtfully.
"So… you created all of them?"
"You divided your own power to bring them into existence?"
Reine nodded.
She didn't deny it.
These Spirits had been born for a single purpose:
To help her find Izumi.
But now—
That purpose had been fulfilled.
At that moment, Kotori spoke up, clearly exasperated.
"So let me get this straight…"
"Reine, you're actually a Spirit?"
"And you stayed by my side while making me deal with Spirits?"
"…You've got quite the sense of humor."
Izumi chuckled.
Reine, on the other hand, remained calm.
"That was part of my plan."
"But it's no longer necessary."
She turned to Izumi.
"What will you do next?"
All the Spirits looked at him.
Curious.
They all knew their mission.
Now that it was over—
What came next?
Only Tohka looked completely lost.
She hadn't been human before becoming a Spirit.
So she didn't fully understand the situation.
Izumi thought for a moment.
Then—
"I don't really have anything left to do in this world."
"So…"
He smiled.
"I'll take all of you to my world."
Silence.
Then—
Shock.
Kurumi tilted her head, amused.
"My, my… did I just hear something extraordinary?"
"Your world?"
"…Are you perhaps a visitor from another world?"
Izumi looked at her with a teasing smile.
"You can guess."
Kurumi rolled her eyes.
Izumi didn't elaborate further.
Instead—
He began analyzing the world.
And soon—
He narrowed his eyes.
There was more.
Adjacent to this world—
Another realm existed.
The domain where Spirits originated.
And now—
With the World Fusion Card fully integrated—
This world belonged to him.
Its most valuable asset—
The Tree of Life (Kabbalah).
The very source of the Spirits' power.
The Ten Sephirot.
Even Mio's existence was tied to it.
"If that's the case…"
Izumi looked up into the void.
"…then I might as well take it."
What if—
He merged the Kabbalah Tree of this world…
With the great tree in his own world?
If that happened—
He would gain complete control over Spirit powers.
Angels.
Sephirot.
All of it.
And more importantly—
His World Tree would finally become truly complete.
With that thought—
Izumi made his decision.
No hesitation.
No delay.
"Let's finish this."
He raised his hand—
And prepared to fuse the worlds.