Over the next few months, members of Red Wings continuously received commissions from the alliance, all tasks requiring them to harass the enemy's rear. To quickly end the war, Nagi readily accepted the alliance's commissions and began to rush around completing the tasks assigned by the alliance. But soon, Yoshino discovered something amiss in the missions. Although nothing seemed wrong on the surface, Nagi and the others, though they had noticed it long ago, hadn't told Yoshino. She always felt that something was about to happen, because the recent missions were simply too dangerous.
This time, after Nagi received a new mission from the alliance, she returned to the Red Wings base and remained silent for a long time. Finally, seemingly having made up her mind, she said to Yoshino: "Um... Yoshino. This mission assigned to us by the alliance is quite dangerous, so you should stay at the base and wait for us to return."
"..." Yoshino didn't say anything after hearing Nagi's words. She just exchanged glances with Shiina silently before walking over to Nagi. Nagi saw that Yoshino's expression was a bit off, and just as he was about to say something, a large number of hands suddenly emerged from the shadow on the ground, immobilizing Nagi. When he looked up at Yoshino, he found that the pupil of Yoshino's left eye had turned into an ancient clock, but that wasn't the most important thing. Because an energy ball filled with a tyrannical aura appeared in Yoshino's right hand, Nagi recognized at a glance that this was her most proficient magic: Thousand Thunders.
"Wait... wait! Yoshino. Although a single Thousand Thunders attack won't harm me too much, it will hurt a lot! And it's a zero-distance attack, do you want to kill me?" Nagi, fixed in place by the hands emerging from the shadow on the ground and unable to move, looked at the Thousand Thunders just a few centimeters from him and struggled frantically. But how could an angry Yoshino let Nagi break free so easily? She had reinforced these hands by adding her spiritual power and Zadkiel's power to the shadow, unless a Thousand Thunders was fired at these hands.
"Hey! Yoshino, this is the Red Wings base. If you use that move here, you'll destroy the place." Just as Yoshino was about to throw Thousand Thunders at Nagi, Al stepped out and spoke to Yoshino. Just as Nagi thought Al was coming to save him, Al's next words made his expression freeze. "Even if you're going to do something, drag him outside the base first. As long as you don't use Thousand Thunders here, you can discipline Nagi however you want."
"Al! You guy! Why didn't you save me! Hey! What's with these hands? Why can't I break free? And why am I being pulled into the shadow? Someone save me!" Feeling himself being pulled into the shadow, Nagi struggled and called for help from the others. But everyone turned their heads away, refusing to look at him. This time, he brought it upon himself, and no one else was to blame.
After Nagi was completely pulled into the shadow, another Yoshino appeared from Yoshino's shadow. This phenomenon made the Red Wings members widen their eyes, completely baffled as to what was happening.
'Is this a clone spell? No, that's not right. The energy within both Yoshinos is identical, as if they are both the Main Body without any change. But two identical people appearing at the same time just doesn't make sense, does it? And the clock in Yoshino's left eye is truly too strange. Could this be a newly awakened ability of Yoshino's?' Stroking his chin, he watched Yoshino, deep in thought. Through his senses, it seemed as if a continuous stream of power was emanating from the clock in Yoshino's left eye. Could this power be... Al turned to look at Seguto, who nodded back at him.
Yoshino, after handing the Thousand Thunders to the other Yoshino, watched as the other Yoshino merged into the shadow and did something unknown. After a long while, the shadow on the ground once again extended its eerie hands, only this time it released Nagi, who had just been pulled in. Although Nagi appeared to have been electrocuted by high-voltage electricity, he still showed signs of life, and no one worried about whether he would live or die.
"Yoshino, if I'm not mistaken, the power of the clock in your left eye should be time, right? That power that all mages consider taboo?" Al asked Yoshino. In this Magical World, 'time' and 'magic' are considered taboo powers. However, 'time' is even more dangerous than'space,' so in magic, it's also called the taboo among taboos.
Even he wouldn't dare to casually touch the power of 'time.' One must know that in the current Magical World, aside from a few descriptions of'space,' there is absolutely no description of 'time.' At most, there are only some books that introduce mages to why 'time' is considered taboo.
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