Mio’s attack cuts through the air.

It didn’t hit again.

Suppressing his presence is probably the special ability of Rokuya and some sort of job skill in the assassin category.

(He is good to a bothersome level-desu wa. I have never seen a more perfected hit-and-run that utilizes evasion and blind spots this well.) (Mio)

With another sigh she has been doing for who knows how many times already, Mio is impressed by the technique of Rokuya who she is fighting against.

At times, she would catch his presence or she catch his figure with her eyes, but her attacks end up being avoided like just now.

And yet, opposite to this, Rokuya has been dealing powerful attacks to her from every direction.

At core, Mio does not place importance in defense and evasion.

Or more like, she doesn’t need to do it.

And so, the strategy of hit-and-run of Rokuya fits perfectly in a bad way for her.

But…

(Well, the damage that I am receiving is slower compared to the speed I am recovering at, so there’s no point though. What’s strange is that there’s no way this rude and outspoken man wouldn’t notice.) (Mio)

Mio had shot a serious spell at first, but after that, she has been dealing with Rokuya without being serious anymore.

It is true that he is a problematic opponent to hit attacks at, but once one attack actually connects, the match will be completely decided, is how she thinks.

There’s most likely not even a 1% chance of Mio’s attacks hitting Rokuya.

But Mio doesn’t think of that percentage as small.

She understands that there’s no need to be in a hurry.

As long as it is not going against the instructions of Makoto, it is fine to do as she always does.

And then, after dulling the movements of Rokuya, she will give him a lesson.

Since he is immortal, it shouldn’t be a problem if she were to release her restrain a little bit.

Mio was thinking in this way.

It looks as if she is calm…and angry.

In other words, the same old Mio. She is operating as normal.

“Shadow stroll, [Skywalk]; domain of Gods [Chronos Filing].” (Rokuya)

(That’s most likely the skill that makes it almost impossible to grasp his presence. The other is probably something that increases the reaction speed of his body.) (Mio)

Rokuya showed up in a slightly faraway location, and then, when he utilized his skill again, his figure disappears again and Mio is unable to catch his presence anymore.

From there, he uses enhanced skills and attacks in conjunction. This is a pattern that has been repeated countless times already.

Shortly thereafter, the presence of Rokuya is caught in the perception of Mio. A bit fast.

Mio continues sighing as she shoots a darkness bullet.

“[Counter Death Scythe]!” (Rokuya)

(As I thought. Eh?) (Mio)

“Fang that destroys the soul, [Soul Slaughter]!” (Rokuya)

It didn’t end with only the pattern that has been repeated countless times. When Mio showed an opening from her weariness, Rokuya closed the distance and hit her with the katar that had a dark purple blade.

The strongest attack until now had hit the side of Mio.

At the same time, a miasma that invites death spreads into her body and was eating away the magic power that was clad on Mio as well.

Mio has defeated several assassins already, but this attack is a first for her.

“Without taking your time in the attack that connected, you once again disappear. And it was quite the brutal technique.” (Mio)

Mio perceived something with her instinct and reflexively clampers up.

Right after, from her right shoulder she placed to cover up her right side, the same attack was dealt.

When she looks at that place, she could see Rokuya there.

She could see him, but there was not a single trace of his presence.

Even though she could see him, he wasn’t there.

A strange sensation was transmitted to Mio.

“[Enchant Poison, Ghoul Witch], [Enhance, Ogre]” (Rokuya)

“!!”

In that instant that felt as if it was a ‘oh crap’ moment, and the instant that felt as if she had been perplexed by a strange sensation, Mio, who had noticed the pattern of her opponent and saw Rokuya preparing his katars by crossing them together…smiled.

“Then…the equality of 4,000 lives turned to dust, [Wind of Destruction]” (Rokuya)

The figure of the assassin disappeared, and in place of that, a black mist passed by Mio.

“Finally brought it out. A combo attack and your trump card huh.” (Mio)

Several thousands of deadly attacks were assaulting the body of Mio.

And yet, Mio had received that attack without breaking that smile from her face and didn’t show any care about her kimono that was being steadily torn off.

“…After receiving that, this is your impression of it? Well well, you are far stronger than I expected.” (Rokuya)

Rokuya had returned to his usual atmosphere he had when he first met Makoto’s group and spoke.

Mio’s knees fell to the ground, but the blade storm didn’t allow her to fall down, and yet, he spoke in such a calm manner. In a sense, this manner of act was scary in itself.

“…”

As expected, there was no response from Mio.

“This attack is the one with the strongest power I currently have at hand.If you were to come to our territory and had twice the power I had assumed you had, this should have been plenty enough to deal with you guys, but as expected, it just won’t go as planned huh.” (Rokuya)

‘Good grief’ is what Rokuya says as he holds his head with his hand and shrugs his shoulders.

Utilizing skills continuously, moving continuously, and attacking continuously; there’s no way he wouldn’t get tired.

That’s also one of the reasons why Mio is not growing impatient.

Because she understood that the one who will be running out of stamina first will be the opponent.

And then…the storm stops.

He thought that she would fall, but Mio simply stood up like nothing and patted her body from up to down.

“!!!”

A black kimono instantly covered the body of Mio.

There was not a single trace of a cut, and there were no signs of the skin color change caused by poison.

It was all like when she first got teleported to this place.

The shock of Rokuya couldn’t be helped.

“…Even if you catch me by surprise, even if you shower me with attacks, even if you hit me with a finishing move; your attacks won’t reach me.” (Mio)

“They were reaching…is what I thought though…” (Rokuya)

“Those splendid katars of yours, or more like, your blades in general and the several types of poisons you used won’t leave a single wound in my body.” (Mio)

“…It is just as you say.” (Rokuya)

“The compatibility is good, don’t you think? Is the confidence of that big mouth of yours still remaining?” (Mio)

The words of Mio continue on.

That’s right.

From the very beginning, Mio had the intentions of watching all that Rokuya had to bring out.

She had decided that she would receive them all and laugh at him.

And after that, she would punish him.

With the carefully selected lineup of punishments she has repeated against Shiki and the small number of rude ones at Asora.

Going into details, it would be: scouring, mopping, rotary cutting, and pocky; those ones are settled, and any others are added on her whim.

That’s how Mio’s plan goes.

“…Yeah, that hasn’t changed. From within that group, you were the one I was the most compatible against. Today, with these conditions, I have confidence that I will definitely not lose.” (Rokuya)

“What did you say?” (Mio)

Mio reflexively asked back.

The eyes of Rokuya did show fatigue, but there was no despair.

Even though he had shown his trump card, he didn’t show any signs of giving up.

“After fighting you, my instincts whispered to me that maybe your objective was buying time, you see. And so, I thought that instead of the objective planned at first, it would be better to defeat the Calamity Spider.” (Rokuya)

“…”

How displeasing, is what Mio straightly felt from this.

Just like Rokuya said, this battle has way too many advantages on one side. Even so, there’s no doubt the strong ones here are Mio, Tomoe, and Makoto.

And yet, this old adventurer standing in front of her was not trying to oppose her, but defeat her.

This isn’t something that Mio could forgive.

“But, even when I tried to analyze the many battles going around while attacking you, I was unable to grasp any decisive conclusion. The former Superior Dragon, Tomoe-dono, having a tough fight, and on the contrary, the group of that dwarf is proceeding with the battle predominantly; both of those things were out of my expectations, and those are indeed key factors, but it definitely doesn’t show what’s on the other side of the door.” (Rokuya)

“…That’s why, even if you had to take the method that required time, you were thinking of defeating me first and then join in the information gathering yourself.” (Mio)

“Yeah, that’s how it would be. Or more like, it has already been done.” (Rokuya)

“Are you…referring to the poisons that are combining inside of me? If that’s what you mean, that’s quite the overly optimistic preparation you had.” (Mio)

“By no means. The poison was just a decoy. The weakness I am sure you have is not related to poison. Or rather, poison wouldn’t work on you at all. In the first place, for a long time…the Calamity Spider has had no weaknesses.” (Rokuya)

Rokuya lifted both of his hands as if stating his surrender.

If someone is able to obtain a piece of the hard carapace, thread, fangs, claws, or poison of the Calamity Spider, they would be able to buy a house with it.

All of them are high grade ingredients, and at the same time, they are the proof that the Calamity Spider has conquered all the weaknesses a spider mamono has.

The Calamity Spider has no weaknesses.

Until now, there hasn’t been a single one who has been able to defeat it.

It is exactly because Rokuya has been in the know of the bad news that the Calamity Spider has brought about for longer than the normal adventurers that he is able to understand this fact to his very core.

“…”

“But, right now, you are Mio. Not a spider.” (Rokuya)

“What are you trying to say? Yo—Eh?!” (Mio)

“Your footing was neglected. Was it because you didn’t think of my attacks as a threat? Or maybe because you thought that combo attack was my trump card? Or it might be because you lowered your guard with the combining poisons? Whatever the case, you noticed way too late.” (Rokuya)

The state of affairs were affirming the words of Rokuya.

The footing of Mio was producing a faint light and several gears restrained the body of Mio.

Unknown if this was real or an illusion, it looked like some of those gears had melded with the body of Mio, and at times, they would make some sort of rough noise.

The gears that didn’t even reach ten, began to slowly rotate, and it seems that that movement was proving painful for her, her expression distorts into anguish.

Legs, arms, waist, shoulders, neck, chest…

Gears were enfolded around every part of Mio’s body.

This is the true trump card Rokuya aimed at Mio.

“This is…a type of restraining barrier huh. Moreover, it even generously adds pain! I don’t think this is the kind of skill an assassin would use, but no matter how powerful it is, to think you would use something like a barrier as a trump card against me.” (Mio)

“Just as you have guessed, this is not a skill from my guild or my job; it is an ability that only I can use in this world. Gears of fantasy, [Grim Tale Gear].” (Rokuya)

“Grim Tale?! I don’t care about the name. If this is your trump card, I will tear it down into pieces–!!” (Mio)

“No, you should listen. This ability can only be used on certain people of power, and as an assassin, it possesses an incredibly powerful effect.” (Rokuya)

“…It is true that this is something that even super specialized magicians wouldn’t be able to reach in their lifetime! Leaving aside if this would effective against me though!” (Mio)

Mio responded  to the words of Rokuya, but wasn’t complying to them.

The rotation of the gears was slowly but surely becoming slower.

It is also beginning to create creaking ear-piercing sounds.

This is proof that the barrier was clearly about to be destroyed.

“Therefore, there’s a particular restriction to those restrains.” (Rokuya)

“Res…triction?” (Mio)

“”If there’s someone who destroys this restrains with their own strength, the fantasy gears will provide a blessing.” (Rokuya)

“Fufufufu! What’s with that?! There’s nothing good for you! Using a power that’s too much for you; rather than calling it a restriction, it is more of a price!” (Mio)

“That’s right. It restrains the target physically and magically, and will slowly lead them to their death. The only way to get out of it would be to destroy all the gears while in a state of having your power restrained in all senses. It is a power that’s wasted on me.” (Rokuya)

“No matter how great it is, it is just a matter of time before it is destroyed! If this is all you have, it is time for your punishment, Rokuya. I won’t let you escape.” (Mio)

“You are truly scary. If you are able to destroy this, you will be released from all your bindings and be free.” (Rokuya)

“I see, that’s great to hear! After all, I will be able to teach you your own posi—- All the…bindings?” (Mio)

The words of Mio suddenly lose their heat.

It seems she noticed something.

Rokuya has already noticed.

No, his aim was that from the very beginning.

The weak point of, not the spider, but Mio… that is…

“All your bindings. Any kind of pact, restrain, restriction; all your bindings will be destroyed along with the fantasy gears.” (Rokuya)

“…Rokuya…you!!!” (Mio)

“Of course, it would be the same if you just have them bound again later. But, can you really throw that away with your own hands? The pact that is your bond between you and Makoto. The pact that led to being given the name Mio. The pact that was most likely the first one you have formed in your life.” (Rokuya)

“Fuh…!! Fuuuh…!!” (Mio)

“…It is true that Makoto-kun, who you treasure more than anything, is stronger than you. We wouldn’t be able to take him as hostage, and depending on the situation, he might even be more of a problem than you. We wouldn’t be able to use this kind of method as a weakness. But you… your love for Makoto-kun is excessive. To the point that you wouldn’t throw away a single thing he has given to you even if it cost you your life. That’s how much you love him. That’s a weak point. You can’t do something like throwing away the pact you have with him with your own hands. At the very least, at present, you can’t.” (Rokuya)

“!!!! !!!”

She increased the strength, but, showing an expression as if fearing the creaking sounds of the gears, she decreased her strength, and accepts the pain.

“Well then, stay like that for a while please. I will be going.” (Rokuya)

“…Quite…impressive. To think you had set up such a threat, I wouldn’t have expected it at all. But, even if I have given up on fighting back…these gears can’t kill me, you know? It only hurts a little.” (Mio)

“Having you stay there obediently is plenty enough.” (Rokuya)

“And also, Rokuya, I won’t let you go anywhere. The first spell I shot, do you know what it was?” (Mio)

“The first spell you shot? Ah, the one you used to catch me?” (Rokuya)

“No-desu wa. In a radius of around 300 meters, I made it so noooo one can leave. If it’s Waka-sama and Tomoe-san, they would be able to leave in given time but, I wonder if you would be able to accomplish that?” (Mio)

“?!”

Rokuya opens his eyes wide.

“At any rate, it would be troublesome if you were to escape, so only that one spell, I placed serious power when activating it. The effective time of this ability is not eternal, right? It is a powerful ability after all. If the gears disappear naturally…let’s go for a round 2. I won’t lose next time. The punishment is still on hold, okay? Ufufufufufufu~~~.” (Mio)

“Tch! A draw was one of the worst developments within the possible scenarios! At the very least, I have to silence the group of that dwarf!” (Rokuya)

Glancing at the unmoving Mio for a second, Rokuya’s figure disappears.

Only the small laugh filled with anger of Mio remained in that place, and Rokuya was unable to get out from the space that Mio had setup there.

Mio was unable to move because of the gears’ restrain; Rokuya was sprinting at full speed in search for a seam in Mio’s spell.

In this space where the battle had finished, there’s currently no deaths.

* * *

“Ah, so that’s how it is.”

“…You are interested in the battle between Rokuya-san and Mio-san? Sorry, I can’t show you due to Rokuya-san’s request.” (Hitsuna)

“Eh?”

“Ara, did I misinterpret that?” (Hitsuna)

“This is your territory anyways. Well, I understand that there’s a lot going on on your side. What I got just now……was your power, Hitsuna-san.” (Makoto)

“?!”

“You called it ‘Safety Zone’, right? You said so before but, it is certainly not an invincible space.” (Makoto)

…It is just slight but, I felt the emotions of rage from Mio.

It is a situation I didn’t expect.

Even so, in order to change the situation, I have to do something about this space first.

The analysis of it…is probably finished.

“Cutting off the attacks from the outside, and also deploying a space that prohibits fights inside. I see, it does sound like a power in an MMO. The condition for its activation is not a catalyst, but time.” (Makoto)

“…”

“It seems like this is the type that is tough on its effective time and cooldown time.” (Makoto)

“And Makoto-kun has an ability that can analyze our abilities? This might be out of expectations.” (Hitsuna)

“So, it looks like you can’t shorten the effective time from inside, but judging from its composition, I thought that maybe attacks from outside would manage to reduce the effective time.” (Makoto)

“!!”

The expression of Hitsuna changes.

If that expression was translated into words, it would be: ‘yeah, that’s right’.

Looks like she is the type that can’t hide things.

I feel like we can be friends.

I feel like we can do some relaxing trades.

“Uhm, Makoto-kun? Where did that mass of magic power, that was coming out from you, go?” (Hitsuna)

“Ah, are you talking about the thing I can bring out whenever I want?” (Makoto)

In the time she was completely concentrated in the amazing combination attack of the two adventurers against Tomoe, I utilized a blind spot she wouldn’t have been able to notice unless she stood up.

“Yeah yeah, that.” (Hitsuna)

“I was wondering if I could let it out from the Safety Zone, you see. So I stretched it a bit.” (Makoto)

“What did you say?!” (Hitsuna)

“And…you know…” (Makoto)

“…”

Hitsuna gulps.

But the answer had no mercy.

“I managed to let it out.” (Makoto)

It seems I myself can’t get out, but the Magic Armor was able to leave by squeezing through a part of the Safety Zone that was relatively far from me.

“Geh?!” (Hitsuna)

“And so, I will be taking my leave now.” (Makoto)

If possible, after assisting Tomoe and Mio, I would like to help out Beren and the others too.

By that time, we should be able to move the situation heavily.

We will achieve our objective while protecting everyone.

It is about time I make my move as well.

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    • I thought it was his magic power armor that was being used? Sakai for analysis, and the magic power for action.

    • He 'leaked' his magic power outside the safe zone, through some crack he found, counstructs him Magic Armor outside and used it to pummel the zone's barrier. That should reduce the barrier's defense integrity and he can then force himself out.

      Makoto is a thinker.

  • Oooo... Ohohoho. What a clever strategy!

    I was wondering if it was referring to a weakness of the Calamity Spider and her regeneration, but no, this is legitimately Mio's weakness. Bravo, well done Rokuya. Full points if only Mio didn't cover her bases beforehand.

    Even better, we got to see some more of Mio's fighting. It's occurred to me that we've gotten to see very little of all the main cast's fighting styles, so the more subtle approaches are lost on us.
    Tomoe's skillset implies tricky illusions, but her interests imply a focus on close quarters techniques.
    Mio's regeneration and genius implies she just takes her time absorbing attacks both physically and mentally, but she seems big on using techniques as well.
    Shiki is clearly an analysis type and we've gotten to see a bit more, but it seems like he still hasn't reached full potential with his many rings yet, which all suit a variety of approaches to battle.

    • Yup, and I'm fairly confidant that if Tomoe was still thinking as Shen, thus not absolutely wanting to fight like a samurai, she wouldn't have had a tough time in the previous chapter. It had already been stated that the adventurers of Origins considered it really reckless and inadvisable to fight the Muteki(invincible) Shen.

      Honestly, when speaking of "invincible", illusion isn't the thing that first comes to mind. It's part of her techniques, but I'm pretty sure that we've NEVER actually seen her fight seriously. Even against Makoto, she wasn't serious at first, and after the memory thing she didn't even want to fight, instead wanting to join Makoto. It kinds of pisses me off that people assume that what she was doing against Makoto was her at her strongest and her being serious. It wasn't.

      Plus, I also dislike how people say that she doesn't have much experience because she was sleeping all the time. The thing is that her sleeping for the length she did is nothing when compared to her entire life. It was already hinted that she didn't use to sleep all the time, and that she instead got bored of life, and felt a lack of challenge, a lack of interest in how the world was under the Goddess. It is thus VERY likely that she wasn't as lazy before the Goddess took the world over. She's also hinted to be the only dragon(along with Root) who didn't reincarnate, thus meaning that no one ever managed to kill her(she probably never fought Root to the death though).

      Also, considering how much the Adventurers of Origin seem to place trust and important in Spacial control techniques, and that this is literally one of Shen's field of expertise(making barriers and spacial control stuff, even making some one that made the Forest Oni's forest impossible to notice or enter for centuries(Shiki could only enter it when it was weakened), and that she did it without needing to give it energy regularly, instead just making it up once and then leaving.

      Shen IS strong as fuck. I'm sure the Adventurers of Origin would have been as careful of her as they are of the Calamity Spider had they known she was Shen. Instead, it seems that they think she's just another less known Superior Dragon who only became this more powerful due to the pact.

      • She wasn't weak by any account, even the fact the she prefered to use ilusions doesn't diminish the fact that she was a Superior Dragon, but at some point in the figth with Makoto he did have her in the ropes, if she didn't readed his mind and liked it, one of them would have been dead at the end of that figth, beside Makoto was guetting ready to use one crazy powerfull attack at the end. Now I don't know if its true or not because we really never saw her seriously figth before the pact, but the Adventures combo said that any other Superior Dragon would have died in that attack combo, that Tomoe survived it because the pact with Makoto made her stronguer.

        • Actually they said "If this were a simple Superior Dragon, after that full hit, what would be left to do is gather the corpse". In short, if it were one at the level of Lancer or Waterfall. the key word is "simple". What you are saying is that it would have beaten Root because he's an other supreme dragon who hasn't a pact.

      • I dunno about that. My impression is that Makoto was still stronger than Shen during their first meeting.

        It is a fact that we've never seen Shen fight seriously though. I think she still died of old age or something over time though. I don't remember where, but I think it's been mentioned that Tomoe's reincarnated a number of times as well-though for non-combative reasons. It might have been mentioned when Root's memory purging of Futsu came to light? I don't know.

        Because of that, along with the fact that Shen probably had truly few experiences with legitimate threats, I actually think she's somewhat lacking in personal combat experience. That said, the fact that she can absorb and read memories renders this issue more or less moot...

  • It is too soon, to think that Makoto has it all solved. There is still the mercenary who hates makoto, the master of the dungeon, and above all the knight who was about to arrive. Everything points out that someone will be in danger and sumanos tomoki and followers of the goddess would be a battle of all against all. I hope that Makoto gets serious or wants to kill someone to conclude this interesting arc

    • Well if the Safety Zone has proven something is that Makoto is dangerous enough for them that the only way to stop him is by constrictin his movement, if they could kill him it would cost them mutch more that they are willing to risk, even more with his subordinates around, besides the mercenaries are been restrained byt the trio form Asora, I doubt that even if Tomoki appeared he could do something to MC and the Goddes Apostales aren't problaly interested in the laberinth so far since it isn't affecting the War with the Demons neither the rules of the Goddes.

  • Thanks for the chapter!
    I've literally banged my way through this over the last couple of days.

  • Thanks for the chapter
    Imagine Rokuya try to find a glitch way out of the room but full of sandbox in the surroundings in MMO perspective....

      • nah, at this point he's a player with an avatar that transcended outside of the game world to our own, picked up a baseball bat and use it to physically destroy the game he came out of

      • more like GM vs Hacker account or possibly the game scripter writer that got bored and just wanna try the game that he make and having a bad luck suddenly got reported to GM but then the GM ask nicely is it glitch or did he hack the game , having a nice conversation, and then because he need to go , he just use the 'code' to runaway from the GM 'prison cell' (kinda like RO private server prison system in which GM can teleport player into the prison as they like)

  • Guys/ Girls, just listen, you might not realize this so I'll tell you just in case you don't realize it yet.

    The next chapter of TsukiMichi will most likely show Makoto getting out of the safe zone (stylishly), but... Makoto's decision of who he will go and help first will reflect who he treasures the most.
    Tomoe OR Mio.
    His action will be equivalent to him professing his feelings.

    Who do you think he will go to first ?

    • 35% chance he goes to Mio
      20% chance he goes to Tomoe
      45% chance his bad luck acts up again
      ... does that sound about right to you?

      • ... bad luck acts up again? Hahaha... didn't see that coming.

        So you're leaning towards Mio? I can see why, but if he really does then it will be the same as telling Mio "You're more important!"

        • Yes, I'm supportive of Mio, but the reason I think it's more likely that he'll aid Mio first is that burst of emotions he felt from her. He doesn't know what's happening on Mio's side so she'll become a priority.

          • In terms of ships, I'm in the Mio boat myself.

            Tomoe doesn't really have all that many good moments with Makoto in that way, and Mio only goes from abomination against all that exists to a pure lovestruck girl with Makoto's influence.

      • dude....... its like...
        1% Mio
        1% Tomoe
        2% Hokuto, Shii, and Beren
        97% Bad Luck say hi to his face

    • Ooo...That will be interesting.

      ...Or, it would have be, I should say. It feels like Makoto would go with a non-answer. He already notes he prioritizes his wives over Beren's group, but there's really no reason he can't snipe his way through the dungeon into both their arenas at the same time.

      It's like Batman being asked to choose between a love interest and the greater good by the Joker.

      Only, instead of Batman, it's Superman. And instead of death traps that activate so fast it'll be an exclusive choice, it's two slightly annoying pranks that trigger in opposite corners of a room barricaded with empty cardboard boxes. And instead of the Joker, it's a trashtalking group of toys like in Toy Story.
      So basically nothing at all like what I just said it was.

      • I hope he's not going with the non-answer.

        Right now the author has given herself (I assume the author is female) two path to choose. Since she's not going the harem route, she will make Makoto choose between Mio or Tomoe. The result of this won't influence the overall TsukiMichi story, but it will heavily impact the future character developments of Mio and Tomoe, and their relationship with Makoto henceforth. They're both rivals in love and whoever Makoto choose to save first would be the best girl for him (let's put ourselves in Mio's and Tomoe's shoes for a bit). Tomoe has been feeling a little left out of the whole romantic relationship as of lately, and if Makoto chooses Mio, it's like the end answer for her.

        Tomoe and Mio has never been in such a predicament, and I can see Makoto getting (little) anxious while covering his feelings with haughty words. He has to be. He has experienced the loss of Mio and Tomoe in the alternate realities (his 'dreams', remember?).

      • Interesting. The only other person beside Joker that might set up the so called toys would be the Toyman from Superman comics.

    • Honestly, he is already wondering what is happening for Mio to be this angry, and he already knows that Tomoe has the situation under control.
      Obviously he's going to go to Mio, and that won't have anything to do with which one he values most.

      Also, most of all, when he notices and understand what Rokuya has done to Mio, I'm pretty sure that we'll get to see Makoto in rage mode for a short while once again. If the pact is undone, then Makoto won't be able to make a new one with Mio anymore. Rokuya is thus literally taking away Makoto's family. Makoto also probably won't try to erase it because doing that could also count as being taken off of Mio, and thus severing the pact.

      I can thus easily see Makoto threatening Rokuya, torturing him, saying that he's going to kill everyone else(on Rokuya's side) in the dungeon if he doesn't undo the technique, or just tell him to undo it if he doesn't want things to get WAY out of hand(thus then making it so that Rokuya will imagine what could happen instead of Makoto actually saying he will kill everyone). Oh, and in all options, I see Makoto in rage mode while possibly also unleashing his magic power(aka not hiding the absurd amount)(I'm pretty sure he hasn't shown everything yet).

      Another thing that could happen when Makoto is there is that he could just(while in rage mode) focus on severing the dungeon itself apart. With that serving as the threat that he could do so much worse to them, and that Rokuya should undo the technique.

      • You're all on Mio's path. Why not Tomoe? That gal needed some 'saving' to be done for her! She's against two enemies okay?

        Well... it's obvious to us who's in more predicament, but Makoto only saw Tomoe's fight.

        If he goes to Tomoe, it's understandable because he saw the fight. Or it could be because he trusted Mio enough to hold on her own. Rokuya's sealing technique don't lasts forever. She has to hold the pain and when it's over, Rokuya would be in torture line.

        If Makoto go to Mio first, it would be choosing the uncertain, since he don't know her fight. Going to her is a bit of a gamble. If he did .. Well well well... look who's getting all the attention then?
        Poor Tomoe.

        • Except that Tomoe isn't in danger. She now using both the Makoto boost AND her dragon abilities that she wasn't using before.

        • That and even if he saw Mio's fight he knows that he has a bit of time before he go and help. Since both Mio and the one she is fighting trap each other. So he probably has maybe a few min's before he go and help and will focus on Tomoe.

    • Oh dear Orca, don't forguet that he has the magic Armor, he can go to one place and control the Armor to go to the other at the same time, or even divide the armor and send one prove to help the others with out him moving around.

      • He has never done that (divide the armor).
        If he send the armor to help Tomoe and he HIMSELF go to help Mio, it will still imply that he chooses her.

        • Orca, you seem to assume that Makoto going to Mio himself first means that he doesn't like them equally. He perceived that there was a problem, that Mio was enraged because it, but he doesn't know what happened precisely. On the other hand, Tomoe isn't in any immediate danger, and he fully knows what's going on there.

          This is a choice of situational priority, NOT a choice of who is loved most.

          • Pragmatically speaking, it does mean that Makoto can make an easy choice without overthinking it.

            But who's the say that Mio and Tomoe won't think of it in that way at least a little? Conversely, it might also hurt their pride that their master had to come bail them out.

          • For Mio, I think she would just be happy that Makoto saves her from that pact nullifying technique.

      • Oh, you're completely right. I didn't think of that. In that case, I think he'll go himself to Mio and send the Armor to Tomoe.

        • And so, you finally reveal your true colors. I don't think Mio likes you though. She only loves her Waka-sama.

          Also, the way I see it, if he sends the magic armor to Tomoe and goes himself to Mio(to deal with the possible bigger problem), the magic armor by itself is already overkill. As such, technically speaking, in this manner he helps BOTH Tomoe and Mio. There's no choice of who to help as a priority, for both his main body and the magic armor(which is controlled by the main body) are aspects of himself. He is thus in both places.

          • I've always show my true colors. It's black and white... and Mio has always been my favourite. Although, as much as I like Mio I also wants to see Tomoe get the attention she deserves.
            It's not about helping both of them. Makoto will help both of them.
            Only question is who he is worried about the most. No matter how small the issue/predicament is, a person will worry about the one they love.

            For now, I'm not betting all my money for Mio since Makoto is the 'logical thinking' (kill all) type who's almost devoid of emotion when making decision in battle.
            *he's struggling inside to maintain his humanity*

        • Now I...see.....Orca..........you, you are also a Fan of the OPPAIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALL HEIL OPPAAIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!! Thats why Tomoe deserve some serious loving!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They bounce, they float....THE OPPAAAIIII IS MULTIPURPOSEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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