"Shinoa! Akane!"
Yuichiro looked at the two following behind Goshi Norito, feeling pleasantly surprised.
The others also stepped forward.
Shinoa Hiragi smiled and waved at everyone.
"Everyone's here."
Shinoa Hiragi hadn't expected to find these companions here; she had originally planned to find an opportunity to rescue people from the Vampires.
The group chatted until late into the night before Shinoa began to recount her and Byakuya Akane's situation.
"Akane."
Byakuya Akane nodded, and then an aura instantly swept through the scene, though it quickly vanished. Yuichiro and the others only saw three pairs of wings unfurl behind Byakuya Akane's back before they were instantly retracted.
Byakuya Akane still didn't dare to expose her presence prematurely, so she was very restrained.
Shinoa Hiragi looked at everyone's expressions with satisfaction and nodded.
"Next is me. The Colonels should know that I was actually just an experimental subject in the Hiiragi Family, inferior to my sister, and I only recently fully mastered my power."
Shinoa Hiragi pointed her hand at an empty space and took a deep breath.
Immediately after, everyone saw demon markings appear on Shinoa Hiragi's face without her using a cursed gear, and Demonic Aura condensed around her to form a bow and arrow.
Shinoa Hiragi raised her hand, the bowstring was pulled taut, and as she lowered her hand again, a Demonic Aura arrow was fired.
Watching this scene, the group didn't just stare blankly at Shinoa Hiragi; instead, they all looked toward Saotome Yuichi.
Sure enough, Yoichi's weapon was already emitting Demonic Aura.
The demon markings on Shinoa Hiragi's face faded, and she smiled at everyone again.
"How is it? I can directly use everyone's demon power, and I can even enhance their strength. Plus, no one has to worry about the demons losing control anymore."
As she spoke, Shinoa Hiragi demonstrated several abilities that the demons of those present did not possess.
"We were supposed to arrive here this afternoon, but before I left Shibuya, I devoured the demons in the cursed gear left behind there, which wasted a lot of time. Interestingly, as we were leaving, we seemed to see Vampire nobles arriving in Shibuya."
Everyone's expressions were quite vivid. Although only humans used cursed gear, Shinoa's ability was equivalent to being able to complement their strengths, which was quite good and could also enhance their power.
Goshi Norito hurriedly asked.
"Didn't you see what they were there for?"
Both Shinoa Hiragi and Byakuya Akane shook their heads.
The others stopped asking.
Yuichiro pondered for a moment and asked expectantly.
"Shinoa, can you control Mika then?"
"Hey, Yu!"
Mika protested in Yuichiro's mind; regardless of whether Shinoa Hiragi could control him, he didn't want to be thought of at a time like this.
Yuichiro comforted him.
"Don't worry, Mika. If Shinoa can even control you, wouldn't our combination be a guaranteed win!"
Shinoa Hiragi was a bit surprised; she didn't know that Mika had already become Yuichiro's demon.
"It's a long story. Anyway, just give it a try."
Yuichiro saw the surprise in Shinoa Hiragi's expression, but the situation was too complicated to explain in a short time.
Since it had come to this, Shinoa Hiragi had no choice but to try. In her mind, it should naturally be possible, since they were all demons.
However, she soon discovered something was wrong.
Shinoa Hiragi stroked her chin, looked into Yuichiro's eyes, and explained.
"Strange... I can't directly control and utilize him like the other demons, but I can still influence him. If it's just strengthening, there's still no problem."
After saying that, Shinoa Hiragi scratched her head.
"Even Black Demons can be controlled."
But speaking of being unable to control, Shinoa Hiragi remembered that strange demon that saved the Progenitor.
Shinoa Hiragi's gaze fell on the onikiri at Yuichiro's waist again.
"Hey, brat, make this little girl stop. The feeling of power being forcibly drawn is really unpleasant!"
onikiri's voice appeared in Yuichiro's mind, and Yuichiro looked at Shinoa Hiragi in confusion.
Shinoa Hiragi met Yuichiro's gaze and shook her head with a smile.
"I was just trying. After all, this demon of yours is also a bit different from the others."
This made Yuichiro a bit interested, and he quickly asked.
"Is there anything special about onikiri?"
Shinoa Hiragi shook her head.
"Not really, it's just that the Demonic Aura is a bit purer than that of an ordinary Black Demon, which is a good thing."
That strange demon really wasn't Yu's demon, but their appearance and abilities were the same. Why? Or was it actually some kind of trump card of the Progenitor? Otherwise, it would be hard to explain why that demon could enter her Sea of Consciousness without any warning.
Sayuri Hanayori saw that everyone had said about enough, so she stepped forward and suggested.
"It's getting late. Everyone should rest first. We'll discuss our future direction in detail tomorrow."
Jujo Mika was the first to agree, clenching her fist.
"Sayuri is right. Everyone should rest and build up strength. Now that we have two powerful combatants like Akane and Shinoa, if we plan it out, we can cause quite a bit of trouble for the Vampires. I must avenge Guren!"
Shinoa Hiragi smiled and pulled all the girls' hands together.
"Okay! Then I want to sleep in the middle of everyone. Little Mirai can sleep while hugging big sister! Boys aren't allowed to sneak in and attack us, oh~"
The boys all turned bright red with embarrassment; after all, they were just teenagers with zero romantic experience.
"We won't!"
Although the city had been abandoned for who knows how long, finding two places to sleep was no problem. In the apocalypse, no one was too picky; they just slept in their combat uniforms, which were damaged to varying degrees. When it got cold, they huddled together. But after a short while, Yuichiro and Shihō Kimizuki couldn't help but sit up.
Yuichiro and Shihō Kimizuki looked at each other and complained.
"Argh!!! How are we supposed to sleep with Uncle Goshi snoring so loudly! I'm impressed Yoichi can sleep through this."
"Um, actually, I'm not asleep either."
Yoichi also sat up weakly, and the three of them looked at each other.
They were already light sleepers because they had to keep an eye on their surroundings, but Goshi Norito was sleeping soundly, snoring like thunder, making it impossible for the others to fall asleep.
Fortunately, there were plenty of empty rooms. The three of them changed rooms and went back to sleep.
Once they were asleep, voices whispered in the dark.
"Scared me to death. I thought we were discovered by those brats."
"Shh, keep it down. Don't let that girl with purple-gray hair and the one with brown hair find us."
"I know. Let's leave a note for Yuichiro."
These two were naturally Lacus and René, who had been sent by Luke to find Yuichiro. Originally, when they found Yuichiro, they thought about taking him away directly in front of these humans, but those two girls had disrupted their plans.
What on earth were those?
One controls different demons, and the other is a Seraph!
So they could only wait for everyone to fall asleep before leaving a note for Yuichiro.
Lacus quietly placed the note by Yuichiro's head and left with René.
Shortly after they left, Saotome Yuichi opened his eyes, the killing intent in them almost overflowing.
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