Editing Mushi Uta:Volume 12 Chapter 3 (section)

== 3.05 OPS2 Part 6 ==

Ume was considering how to best reject the reality of what he was witnessing.

What happened was, as far as he knew, impossible.

“No—”

Harukiyo, the flame devil.

No Mushitsuki existed in the world who wouldn’t get scared by hearing that name. He never involved himself with whatever battle there was, but he was a Rank 1 who brought destruction on a whim as though he was a natural disaster.

Comparing him with the other Rank 1s—Kakkou, Fuyuhotaru, and Lady Bird—his existence already approached the domain of a legend.

Ume prided himself on being the one who’d been with Harukiyo the longest.

For him, Harukiyo was always overwhelming in battle.

No one could match Harukiyo.

The flame devil was a special being.

And yet, such a man—

“No way…”

Was covered in blood and held up by a single girl.

His neck grasped by a thin hand glowing in silver, he was being raised to the air with one arm.

Their fight was so fierce it didn’t seem like they were even human—or even Mushitsuki. Even the planetarium they inhabited no longer retained its original form.

“Harukiyooo!”

The flame devil didn’t even twitch upon being called by Ume. With his limbs hanging listlessly, it was doubtful if he was even breathing.

Due to their long acquaintance, Ume knew that he wasn’t just pretending to be defeated.

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“—”

The silver girl’s eyes turned to look at Ume and the others.

After casually throwing away a Rank 1, she began to slowly approach them.

Also—

“Aah—”

Next to him, Maria raised a voice of despair.

She was looking toward the already broken silver cocoon.

Slowly but steadily, something black was oozing out from the inside.

It was—a swarm of small, black Mushi.

“No way—the Undying—”

Tear welling in his eyes, Ume sank on the spot.

It wasn’t just Ume. Haruka had already lost all will to fight upon seeing Harukiyo lose like that and crouched down. Witch had apparently lost consciousness due to her grievous wounds, and Maria just stood there, feet paralyzed.

Santa Claus, the bearded man, was just stunned—

“—Operation 2… has failed…”

He only mumbled this to no one in particular.



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