399 "Abnormal scene" (1/2)

This scene caused Seiji to recall when he was fighting Reo who had lost control of herself.

At that time, it was as if she was possessed, with a green-winged beautiful woman's ethereal shadow behind her. She had been able to shoot her feathers as a method of attacking.

Was the mysterious power activated again due to the influence of that strange spell?

It seemed likely to him.

The situation seemed better than that time since there was no black mist… but he couldn't know if there would be any black mist later.

Should he wake Reo up now?

Just as Seiji was thinking about it, she made a sound from the hospital bed.

”Mmm…” Reo was moving.

All of the falling feathers instantly disappeared.

Reo slowly opened her eyes.

”Harano onii-san…”

”How do you feel?” Seiji asked in concern.

”I had a dream… I dreamed that I went to the amusement park together with onii-san.” The little girl rubbed her eyes.

An amusement park… Seiji recalled that they had visited an amusement park together before in her soul realm.

”Just a dream? You didn't feel anything else?”

”…I also feel a little uncomfortable.” Reo looked towards the IV drip in her hand, then glanced over at the IV bottle.

Since her fever hadn't receded yet, it was only natural for her to feel uncomfortable.

”The doctor's medicine seems to be quite effective. At this rate, your fever should be gone by morning.”

”Oh…”

Reo began looking around the hospital room.

Although Seiji wanted to have her continue to sleep, would those feathers reappear if she fell asleep again? Should he let things be? Seiji mulled things over.

”Reo, there's some manga available here. How about reading one?”

”Sure.” The little girl nodded.

Seiji brought over a manga for her from the bookshelf in the room.

Reo sat upright and began reading the manga. Seiji indicated to Shika that he was leaving for a bit, then headed to Mayuzumi's hospital room to check on her.

He saw that there was an abnormal scene in her room as well!

Some blue lanterns were floating around the mangaka's hospital bed, white flames quietly burning within them.

Seiji had seen identical lanterns in the soul realm before, when Mayuzumi had combined with Hinako Haza and transformed into ”Blue Lantern Ghost.”

He walked up closer and observed.

”Harano, what's the matter?”

Saki, who just walked out of the restroom, saw that there was something off about his behavior.

”Editor Yoshizawa, please don't approach here for the moment.” Seiji held up his hand.

Saki paused in her footsteps.

”What exactly happened?”

”Sensei's mysterious power has been activated. There's some things around us right now.”

If they were touched, would they disappear just like Reo's feathers, or would there be some other reaction?

Seiji wanted to confirm it; even if there was the possibility that they would explode on touch… although he felt that was highly unlikely.

What exactly were these, anyways? Astral projections? Materializations of Mana? Personal barriers?

Should he contact Natsuya and discuss things with her again?

Her current situation was one where she was forced to report any relevant information to her family, and Seiji didn't want Reo and Sensei to get involved…

He mulled it over for a while.

He decided not to tell Natsuya about these abnormal scenes for the time being. Nor would he attempt to investigate. He would simply observe.