Yoshino, returning from the consciousness space, frowned slightly at the satellite in front of her. But remembering what Zadkiel had done to her just now, a faint blush appeared on her face, only to be quickly hidden. She hadn't expected that gentle Angel lady to do such 'excessive' things to her; she really didn't know where she learned those moves.
'But... it felt pretty good.' Yoshino immediately realized what she had just been thinking and shook her head, dispelling the strange thoughts. What was she thinking about just now!? When did she become this kind of girl!? Yoshino, you can't be like this!
'Fortunately, Zadkiel didn't go too far. Although she was a bit lost in the moment, she didn't cross the point of no return in the end.' Thinking of this, Toujou Nozomi's smiling figure appeared in Yoshino's mind, 'Why is Sister Nozomi appearing in my mind at this moment? This is very strange, right? Could it be...'
Suddenly realizing something, Yoshino felt her head spin a little. She found it hard to accept the answer she had just thought of in her mind. But she realized she didn't dislike the outcome, though the question was why Toujou Nozomi was accompanied by Minami Kotori and others? What did that mean!?
"You've transformed into an Angel now. Can you already freely use Zadkiel's power and merge with her, Yoshino?" Shiina, who had been watching the changes in Yoshino, asked. It sensed Yoshino's unusual situation, but now was not the time to worry about such things; the satellite was about to descend!
"Eek!?" Yoshino let out a cute cry, then realizing the current situation, she adjusted her mood and replied, "No, I haven't reached the point where I can use Zadkiel's power yet. She realized that if my current body were to accept the power of the kabbalah tree of life, it might not be able to withstand it, so she temporarily merged with me. This state can only be maintained for three minutes."
"Three minutes? That's really short. It's not like Ultraman fighting monsters, so how was this three minutes set?" Shiina complained, a black line forming on her forehead at the peculiar three minutes. "Forget it! Now is not the time to pay attention to such things. Yoshino, can you take down this 'tank' with its thick defense in these three minutes!?"
"No problem! I'll destroy it now!" Yoshino said. She could feel the three minutes ticking away, and she didn't have much time to waste! "With everyone's strength helping me, with everyone always reaching out to support me! I won't give up! So now, let me end all of this!?"
As soon as she finished speaking, countless light spots of different colors flew out from the ten particles on the silhouette of the kabbalah tree of life behind Yoshino, surging wildly into the red magic circle in front of her. The red magic circle gradually began to change color under the influence of different spiritual powers. As the energy concentrated, the magic circle in front of them soon turned into a multicolored magic circle.
At DEM Industries' headquarters, Westcott saw the rapidly growing Yoshino, as well as the wings that had grown on her body and the halo above her head. He couldn't help but simulate a virtual screen in front of him and personally began to monitor the energy data on Yoshino's body. However, when he saw the silhouette of the kabbalah tree of life continuously gathering energy for Yoshino, he stopped.
"Interesting, is this to better control the kabbalah tree of life, so the Angel, Ice Binding Puppet (Zadkiel), as a weapon, has merged to become the current form of an Angel? How interesting, I didn't expect the Spirits' weapons to have such a use. It seems there will be another type of experiment to conduct in the future. But the prerequisite is to be able to have the Spirits 'visit' our DEM Industries."
"Lord Westcott! Hermit, after transforming into an Angel, has begun to concentrate the power of the kabbalah tree of life from behind into the magic circle. We are now detecting that the energy of the magic circle is constantly increasing, and the energy has exceeded the limit of what we can detect! If this continues, our instruments will..." As Westcott was thinking about how to get the Spirits to 'visit,' the panicked cry of the detector came. He turned his head and saw that the energy data on the display was rapidly rising, and soon reached the detection limit.
"Bang!" The display finally overloaded and exploded. Everyone present was shocked by the energy Yoshino had now concentrated. With such energy, the satellite carrying a large number of large manifestation devices would not be able to withstand it for long. It would probably be destroyed immediately after one or two more seconds!
"It's alright! All members, hold on! Since Hermit is now concentrating such astonishing energy, it proves that she will have a period of weakness later. That will be the time for us to execute our final plan! Now, keep a close eye on the opponent's situation; don't miss any details!" Westcott ordered. He was not pressured by Yoshino's ability to gather such powerful energy. On the contrary, in his eyes, this was the best opportunity.
"Yes!?" All the members present responded.
"Everyone's power gathered together has given me the power of a god. Dragon's Breath, with this power, not only has the strength to kill dragons, but even a god would fall before this power! Try it, an attack that even a god cannot resist!" After speaking, the wings behind her flapped, and the halo above her head emitted a golden light!
"Godslayer — Cannon of Demise!"
Immediately, the crimson beam from the magic circle transformed into a multicolored color. Although the size of the beam remained largely unchanged from before, the energy contained within it was no longer comparable to what it had been. The quality between the two had undergone a tremendous change.
And just as Yoshino gathered the power of the kabbalah tree of life and boosted the energy of the original beam, that colossal satellite, laden with countless manifestation devices, silently and slowly turned to dust, dissipating into the cosmos. The beam, having pierced through the satellite, continued its trajectory, traveling a great distance before finally dispersing after Yoshino retracted her spiritual power.
"Hoo~" Seeing the satellite disappear into space, she knew that this crisis had passed. Finally, with everyone's help, this crisis was over. Thinking of this, Yoshino couldn't help but show a happy smile. Now, she should be able to stand on her own, right?
"That's great! We succeeded!?" *N
At Ratatoskr, everyone cheered loudly after seeing Yoshino successfully resolve the crisis through the screen. Itsuka Kotori, who had been sitting rigidly in the Commander's seat, also relaxed at this sight. The major crisis in Tengu City had finally passed, allowing her to breathe a sigh of relief.
"Alright! Now, listen up! Yoshino has worked so hard to resolve this crisis, so we can't let our guard down here either! Now, let DEM Industries' aerial battleship see what we're capable of!?" Looking at the cheering members, Itsuka Kotori reprimanded them sternly. There was still an annoying aerial battleship to deal with, so they couldn't be careless.
Toujou Nozomi and the others also breathed a sigh of relief, but the sharp-eyed Toujou Nozomi noticed Hoshizora Rin frowning. Her face didn't relax even after Yoshino destroyed the satellite; she still looked worriedly at Yoshino on the screen.
"What's wrong, Rin? Are you worried about something?" Toujou Nozomi asked, coming to her side.
"Sister Nozomi, Rin feels like things aren't that simple. If DEM Industries' initial goal was to destroy Tengu City, why didn't they send people to stop Yoshino at the beginning, meow? You know, Yoshino was completely still while resisting the satellite. If they had launched an attack then, they could have stopped Yoshino. But they didn't do that, why is that, meow?" Although Hoshizora Rin was an idiot, her keen intuition still sensed something strange. But her not-so-clever mind couldn't figure out what the problem was.
"Now that you mention it... it does seem that way." Toujou Nozomi also felt strange after hearing her words, but without the right conditions, she couldn't figure out the reason. "Could the reason lie with Yoshino?"
Thinking this, Toujou Nozomi unexpectedly looked at Murasame Reine's position. At this moment, she was collecting data on the random territory of DEM Industries' aerial battleship. Toujou Nozomi, thinking she had found the clue she wanted, went to Murasame Reine's side and patted her shoulder, making Murasame Reine turn around to look at her.
"Can you let me see the situation around Yoshino? I have a bad feeling." Toujou Nozomi said to her. Murasame Reine, who was about to refuse, turned around and quickly brought up the image of Yoshino on her computer after hearing Toujou Nozomi's second sentence.
"Start slowly zooming out from Yoshino as the center, so the view can be wider." Toujou Nozomi said. Murasame Reine didn't say anything and immediately operated the computer to zoom out, making the field of vision clearer.
"Wait! Here it is! Pause!" Toujou Nozomi, fully focused, noticed some unclear circumstances and asked Murasame Reine to stop. The image displayed before them showed some satellites around Yoshino's distant location.
"What's wrong? Is there anything strange here?" These satellites might have been launched into space to observe the situation on Earth, so Murasame Reine didn't find anything strange.
"No! This is absolutely wrong. Why are all these satellites pointed at Yoshino with their tails? This situation makes no sense at all; there's definitely something going on here!" Toujou Nozomi keenly noticed something unusual and shouted, somewhat losing control.
"What?" Murasame Reine's body trembled, and she immediately realized that things were indeed very unusual. Then she quickly brought up all the satellites surrounding Yoshino in the video and magnified them. As the two searched, they found a common symbol on these satellites.
"These... are all satellites launched by DEM Industries!" Murasame Reine murmured, seeing the DEM Industries company logo on the satellites. "Which means their initial goal wasn't to destroy Tengu City..."
"Their initial target was Yoshino! These two satellites were bait to make us drop our guard!" Toujou Nozomi, realizing all this, looked at the screen in horror.
Yoshino is in danger!
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