293 Where... Is My Mom? (1/2)
Reo Tachibana was currently flying. She soared through the moonlit sky, gliding like a bird while observing the lights below her and feeling the gentle breeze of the wind.
She couldn't find who she was looking for anywhere, despite searching in every possible place she could think of.
'Where… is my mom? I want to see her. I want to hear her voice again. I want to be hugged by her and feel her warmth. Just where could she be?'
Reo Tachibana kept flying, or perhaps it could be said that she was roaming.
Suddenly, her eyes flashed crimson red.
'I can feel it! Over in that direction, there's…'
A sensation resembling her mother's.
”It's coming!” Mai warned.
Seiji instantly jumped out of the bed and hurried to the next room when he received Mai's message. ”Where!?”
”Outside!”
Right as those words faded, he saw it.
A ball of pitch-black mist appeared outside the window. Seiji cast [Astral Vision] and studied the black mist.
In his enhanced vision, he could see a strange winged figure within the black mist. Its eyes shone a dull blood-red.
”Hurry up and leave!” Mai shouted.
Seiji instantly carried Mayuzumi, who had just gotten out of bed, in his arms as he cast the [Body-Strengthening Spell] upon himself and dashed off at top speed.
The black-mist-enshrouded figure broke the window and rushed into the room.
Mai unleashed the spells that had previously been cast on the house as a trap.
Various spell formations appeared and shot out numerous chains that tangled themselves around the black mist!
*Boom!!*
The black mist continued on its path.
Not only did it smash through all the chains and spell formations, it even knocked Mai into the wall with its heavy force!
”It's strong…” Mai furrowed her brows as she pulled out a grenade, pulled the pin, and tossed it.
A low explosion shook the entire room.
Seiji carried Mayuzumi out of the hotel and kept running down the street, jumping over all sorts of walls along the way until he reached Genhana High School's grounds.
He put Mayuzumi down on the practice field.
”Um…” The manga author looked back in the direction they just came from.
Seiji turned around to see that the black mist had followed them at a high speed!
”Reo Tachibana, is that you!?” he asked.
There was no response to his question.
The black mist continued to approach closer.
When the demon spirits defending the school grounds attacked it, the black mist responded with a wide area-of-effect mist that instantly destroyed the nearby demon spirits and other defenses.
Seiji also felt the impact but stood his ground and protected Mayuzumi using his body.
The black mist was very strong, but…
*Boom!*
The black mist was forcefully dissipated, and the figure within the mist was sent flying over ten meters away.
Before Seiji could even see the figure's appearance, it was surrounded by black mist yet again.
*Boom!!*
A second bullet of light struck the black mist and sent the figure flying once more, dissipating the black mist surrounding it.
Seiji looked in the direction that the bullet of light came from and saw Mai holding on to a heavy sniper rifle.
The girl with a sniper rifle had one hundred percent accuracy. The scene from the laser-tag game had now recreated itself.
But this time, Mai didn't have an imitation laser sniper rifle in her hands. She had an even larger, fiercer-looking real version!
It was a magical anti-spiritual sniper rifle, customized just for her…
She lifted her gun, aimed, and fired!
*Boom!!*
The strong recoil of the sniper rifle shook her body slightly and lifted her dark gray hair as if it had been blown by a breeze.
This scene was rather impactful, and Seiji could only inwardly exclaim at seeing it.
Behind him, Mayuzumi was also stunned at the sight.