"Is that you!"
The gathered darkness writhes violently, scattering into seven towering, colossal shadows that hold up the heavens and the earth. Countless gazes fall from above, like spotlights, focusing on Bologue.
They have already given their answer.
"The Devil cannot interfere in the Material Realm... because they do not exist in the Material Realm at all," Bologue mutters to himself, "Because you, like the Secret Source, reside within this Ethereal Realm."
As if responding to Bologue, the towering shadows merge once more, a dark umbilical cord darts at lightning speed. Bologue tries to evade it, but when he moves his body, he finds he's already ensnared by this cord.
Umbilical cord.
On Bologue's abdomen, a dark cord similarly snaps into position.
The shadows aren't trying to capture Bologue; Bologue was already in their clutches. Now, all they need to do is reconnect Bologue's cord.
The two cords swiftly converge, intertwining and becoming one.
