Origami disappeared from the living room under the power of Yod Bet. Everyone looked at Origami's departing back and sighed deeply.
Although Inaba Tsukiyo had prepared everything for Origami, she didn't know what Origami would experience returning to the past this time, and she didn't know what would become of her in the end.
Just then, a mosaic figure suddenly appeared in the room. This figure then removed the mosaic and appeared before everyone in its original form.
Mio Takamiya. The mosaic was used to prevent others from knowing her identity.
"Why are you doing this? Shiori already knows your identity and has accepted you, hasn't she? Why did you let Origami gain the power of a Spirit?"
Inaba Tsukiyo asked, looking at Mio Takamiya with some anger, feeling that this person was completely causing her trouble.
"...Five years ago, after I gave the spirit crystal of the Flame Spirit to Kotori. As I was leaving, a Spirit that hadn't appeared before suddenly attacked me."
Mio Takamiya looked up and recalled, recounting what happened that year to everyone.
At that time, after she guided young Shiori to seal Kotori's power, she sealed Kotori and Shiori's memories of her.
However, as she was leaving the scene, a Spirit suddenly appeared and launched a fierce attack on her. The power of this Spirit was The Crown, and she hadn't found a suitable host for The Crown's power yet.
Later, she learned that this Spirit had come from the future to kill her and prevent something from happening.
At the time, she was very surprised that this Spirit could use The Crown's power so skillfully, but she didn't have the power to kill herself, so after a period of entanglement, she left, but she remembered the other party's appearance.
Over the years, she had been secretly investigating this person, looking for a suitable time to give her The Crown's power.
"If I don't give her The Crown's power when she returns five years ago, then the future could very likely change. To prevent this from happening, Tobiichi Origami becoming a Spirit is necessary."
"..."
Everyone fell silent, especially Main Body Kurumi, whose emotions were the most complex after hearing Mio Takamiya's words.
She wanted to change what had happened in the past, but changing the past could very likely alter the future.
Although she was mentally prepared, was it really a good idea to do this? Could doing this truly change the tragedy of events? She didn't know.
Inaba Tsukiyo was very worried about Origami's situation, worried that after experiencing despair, Origami might fall into an abyss from which she couldn't escape.
All she could do now was hope that Origami could withstand this blow.
After being hit by the Twelfth Bullet, Origami felt herself being pulled into an oppressive vortex.
After a brief period of unconsciousness, Origami recovered and found herself above Amamiya City.
Unlike the Amamiya City before, what should have been a night city was now engulfed in a sea of flames.
Origami could clearly see people fleeing in all directions and hear piercing screams.
Staring at Amamiya City, enveloped in flames, Origami's emotions also boiled over with the sight of the inferno.
Since she had returned to the past, she would find the person who caused all this and kill her, kill her by any means necessary!
Recalling what Shiori had told her, when Kotori became a Spirit, there was a strange Spirit present.
Leveraging her ability to fly, Origami quickly found Mio Takamiya, who was watching Kotori and Shiori near the Itsuka residence.
At this time, she was still in a mosaic, hidden state, because the spirit crystal given to Kotori was not yet fully refined, so Kotori lost control after gaining this power.
The great fire in Amamiya City was also caused by Kotori's inability to control her own power.
The moment Origami discovered Mio Takamiya, she attacked her with her Angel without any hesitation.
Just as when she used the visualization device, the Silk of Light, under Origami's control, transformed into a longsword and flew towards Mio Takamiya at an extremely high speed.
The attack, which she thought was foolproof, was easily dodged by Mio Takamiya, who moved swiftly between buildings.
"That's strange, why do you possess this power, unknown Spirit?"
Mio Takamiya looked at Origami with some surprise; she knew very well that she had not given out The Crown spirit crystal, and she hadn't granted power to this girl before.
At this time, Mio Takamiya was surprised why Origami would launch such a fierce attack on her without hesitation; she remembered that the only person who hated her should be Kurumi.
But when she met Kurumi, she had interacted with her as Mio, not in her current form.
While dodging Origami's attacks, Mio Takamiya pondered the reason for Origami's appearance.
Mio Takamiya had no intention of fighting back, but kept dodging Origami's attacks.
Prolonged failure gradually made Origami's emotions anxious; she could have severely injured her opponent with just one hit, but Mio Takamiya always managed to dodge the attack at the last moment before it hit her.
Origami, usually very calm in her actions, now seemed to return to the time when she used the forbidden visualization device to deal with Kotori, her heart growing increasingly impatient.
This time, she had returned five years ago not only to kill the Spirit who caused her parents' death but also to try and save her parents.
Attacks formed by the Silk of Light continuously weaved through the great fire in Amamiya City, and inadvertently, the battlefield arrived at the place where Origami lived as a child.
At this time, Origami's parents were taking young Origami to a nearby underground shelter, but young Origami had temporarily separated from her parents due to the fire.
Origami, who was continuously attacking, noticed her parents' figures, and at the same time, an Angel's bombardment was fired towards Mio Takamiya.
This time, Mio Takamiya also dodged Origami's attack, and the bombardment flew directly past Mio Takamiya, continuing forward.
At this moment, Origami suddenly realized that the direction the bombardment was flying was her old home, and the direction of the bombardment was exactly where her parents were.
"No!!!!"
Origami, realizing a certain possibility, watched everything before her in despair, but the bombardment did not stop as Origami had hoped, directly hitting her parents.
Origami flew in a daze, looking at everything she had caused. What had she done?
She wanted to prevent her parents' death, she wanted to kill the Spirit who caused all this in advance, she wanted to save her parents in this way.
But... why? Why did it turn out like this?
Although the surrounding air was scorching hot, Origami felt as if she was in an ice cellar, her entire body incredibly cold.
Origami held her head and twisted her body, resisting everything that was happening with all her heart.
Origami began to loathe her own existence, and an unparalleled sense of despair continuously grew in her heart.
She finally understood why Inaba Tsukiyo had been so hesitant when sending her back.
It turned out she had long guessed that such a thing might happen, it turned out she had long known that the Spirit who killed her parents was herself.
The Spirit who killed her parents, whom she had hated all this time... was herself.
The person she had always wanted to kill... was herself.
"It was me who... It was me who... Dad... Mom... they... they..."
She could hear her younger self cursing her, just as she remembered herself cursing the person who killed her parents back then.
It turned out... the attack that hit her parents at that time was not Kotori's attack, but her Spirit's attack—the Angel of Extinction.
"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!!"
On the other side, Inaba Tsukiyo and the others were anxiously waiting for Origami's return, everyone worried that events would take the worst possible turn.
"...I hope this is just my imagination, but I have a feeling things are going to get very troublesome."
Recalling the item in the Imaginary Space, Inaba Tsukiyo preemptively took out Mikazuki Munechika from the Imaginary Space.
Just as everyone was puzzled why Inaba Tsukiyo would take out a weapon, the living room space began to distort, and Origami's figure appeared in the distorted area.
Nia stepped forward, wanting to check on Origami's condition, but Inaba Tsukiyo stopped her.
"Don't go over there!"
Inaba Tsukiyo stopped everyone who wanted to go over; Origami's condition was very wrong, and the aura emanating from her was very ominous.
Once Origami fully appeared, everyone clearly saw her condition.
Dull, lifeless eyes, tear-streaked cheeks, dry lips.
It was as if she had experienced all the despair in time, a lifeless face, like a corpse.
Her pupils were abyss-dark, completely devoid of life, and no emotion remained in them; she had abandoned everything she possessed.
"Damn it! Things have indeed taken the worst turn!"
The next moment, black particles appeared around Origami, enveloping her body and exuding an aura of darkness.
Originally, Origami's Angel was made of white silken light, but now, Origami was shrouded in an ominous aura, as if consumed by despair.
"It seems Origami couldn't withstand the despair," Mio Takamiya sighed, understanding what had happened to Origami. No one knew better than her what Origami was going through.
A Reversal. After realizing that she was the one who had killed her parents, Origami was completely engulfed by despair.
"Originally, I didn't want to use this method, but since it can't be changed, I'll let you vent properly."
While Origami was still in her Reversal state, Imaginary Space arms appeared around her, grabbing her body and forcibly pulling her into the Imaginary Space.
Origami, in her uncontrolled state, had a high probability of destroying Amamiya City. What Inaba Tsukiyo needed to do now was to let Origami fully unleash her power. If she still couldn't wake up in the end, then… "I'll stop you, Origami. After all, this is my promise!"
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