Ayato took out an Evil Piece. "Now that you understand everything, can we begin?"
"O-okay."
Kamiyo nodded and began to move.
But...
Her face inevitably flushed red, and her movements grew slower and slower.
Although it was just her outer clothes...
It was the first time in her life she had done this in front of a man.
It was far too embarrassing.
Her heart was incredibly flustered.
No one knew how long passed.
Kamiyo finally held her outer clothes to her chest.
"Tsk, tsk. They're pink. Completely different from your appearance."
Kamiyo quickly pulled her outer clothes up, completely covering her undergarments.
"If you do that, I can't place the Evil Piece, you know."
Ayato toyed with the Evil Piece, smiling faintly. "Or do you want to stay like this? I don't mind either way."
Kamiyo: "..."
Fine. I'll just go for it.
When Kamiyo moved her hands down, Ayato stopped dawdling and placed the Evil Piece on her.
The cool touch made Kamiyo's eyes tremble slightly.
Thump, thump, thump!
The sound of her heartbeat echoed like a drum.
Inside her body, earth-shattering changes began.
At the same time.
A red light flickered in the room.
The power of the Boosted Gear's Balance Breaker began to slowly flow through Kamiyo's body.
"A Magic-type Balance Breaker?"
Ayato sensed it and nodded slightly.
A moment later.
Kamiyo was somewhat dazed.
She clenched her fist tightly and felt that her strength had increased a hundredfold, a thousandfold.
Especially inside her body...
She possessed two completely different, yet incredibly mysterious powers.
She looked at Ayato, about to say something, but her Devil senses detected an immense terror descending from the sky.
Crack! Crack!
In the sky...
There seemed to be a sound of something shattering.
"Master, my barrier is broken."
Seiko's expression changed. "It's very likely the fierce god targeting Ai has come."
The barrier that enveloped the entire shrine was set up by her using the power of her Balance Breaker.
Even a High-Class Devil absolutely couldn't break through it easily.
And yet...
It collapsed at the first touch.
"Interesting. I haven't gone looking for you, yet you've come to me?"
The corner of Ayato's mouth curled up. "Come on, let's go see this suicidal fool."
"Yes, Master."
Seiko and the others acted very readily.
Because they knew...
As long as Ayato was here...
A mere fierce god, even a hundred times stronger, would be nothing.
Of course.
Kamiyo, who had just become a Devil and had a psychological shadow, was a little scared.
Almost instinctively, she hid behind Ayato and cautiously looked ahead.
"Devil, you have crossed the line."
A figure resembling a young boy, wearing white clothes, with dark eye sockets, walked slowly forward.
"You clearly knew she was my target."
"And yet you dared to reincarnate her as a Devil. Unforgivable."
An indescribable rage flashed across Taisai Seikun's face.
He was furious to the extreme.
He had just taken his eyes off her for a moment, and this accident happened.
That tender young sacrifice had become a Devil. How could he not be angry?
"Even if you are Devils, daring to touch my sacrifice, I will make you die without a burial place."
Taisai Seikun's figure floated up, an earth-shakingly terrifying aura shooting straight into the sky.
Even though it was afternoon...
It felt like night had fallen.
Thick clouds blotted out the sun, and eerie winds howled through the shrine.
"I... I'm not afraid of you now."
"Y-you should leave quickly."
Grabbing Ayato's arm, Kamiyo mustered her courage and shouted.
"Hmm?"
Taisai Seikun frowned slightly, his entire aura growing even more sinister.
"Woman, my choosing you is your honor."
"Don't think that just because you've become a Devil, you can escape my control."
"Even if you are no longer a qualified sacrifice, I will still imprison you by my side forever."
"Because... no one can take what is mine."
His figure grew closer.
His aura grew stronger and stronger.
"Which of you reincarnated her as a Devil?"
"If you tell me, I might let you die..."
"Finished with your nonsense?"
Ayato said calmly.
"What did you say?"
Taisai Seikun's sinister gaze fell on Ayato.
After a moment...
He let out a soft exclamation of surprise.
Because...
He couldn't sense any aura from Ayato at all.
There were only two explanations.
He was an ordinary person.
Or...
He was very strong, or possessed a special method to block his perception.