Fujino comforted Nightingale, who was clinging to her like a piece of sticky candy, and then looked at Kaltsit, whose expression was none too pleasant.
Fujino naturally knew why Kaltsit was angry; it was nothing more than the shambles of Rhodes Island beneath their feet.
Fujino had already held back her strength; otherwise, Rhodes Island would have already been split in two.
But since she caused the trouble, she still had to resolve it herself.
"No need to look at me like that. I'll help you fix it."
As Fujino spoke, to everyone's surprised gazes, golden flames emerged from her hands and spread towards the surroundings.
Amiya looked at the flames spreading towards Rhodes Island and instinctively wanted to step forward to stop them, but she was pulled back by a hand.
"Dr. Kaltsit?" Amiya looked at Kaltsit in confusion. "If we don't hurry..."
"Don't worry." Kaltsit's eyes were full of wariness. She watched the gradually spreading flames without a hint of panic, only endless wariness.
"Look at the places covered by the flames."
"The flames... how is that possible!"
Amiya suddenly let out a cry of surprise.
What was happening before her eyes completely shattered her worldview.
In the places covered by the flames, the originally massive gashes had disappeared, replaced by a brand-new scene.
"She is far more mysterious than we thought, and even 'it' probably couldn't achieve something like this."
Kaltsit said the last sentence in her heart. What Fujino was displaying now truly shocked her to the core.
Not just her, the operators watching nearby were also dumbfounded. Originally, when the flames appeared, they also instinctively wanted to run over to put out the fire, but after seeing Kaltsit stop Amiya, they didn't run over either. And because of that, they witnessed such a miraculous scene.
The miracle-like sight unfolding before their eyes struck their hearts deeply.
"Lilith, what is this?" Nightingale, holding onto Fujino's arm, looked at the surrounding flames with curiosity. They should have been scorching, but she felt no heat; instead, they felt incredibly warm, much like the feeling she got from holding onto Fujino right now.
"I'll tell you in a bit." Patting Nightingale's small head, Fujino's thoughts shifted, and the surrounding Flame of God vanished in an instant. Not only did the flames disappear, but the mess caused by the battle with Shining was gone as well, leaving the surroundings completely refreshed.
"Lilith, you're amazing!" Seeing the transformed surroundings, Nightingale couldn't help but gape, her expression one of utter surprise.
"Has your Flame of God already reached this level?" Shining walked over. Seeing Nightingale clinging to Fujino, her heart felt complicated and even a bit pained. The "daughter" she had raised for so long had actually been spirited away by this fellow Fujino, and by the looks of it, she was probably going to stay by this guy's side forever.
"Mm." Fujino gave a soft acknowledgement, answering Shining's question.
Her Flame of God had long since reached a level where it could repair the world even if it were destroyed. However, back when Fujino used the alias Lilith, the Flame of God she displayed to Shining and the others was something she had weakened countless times over.
Back then, Shining had even called Fujino a child of god because the Flame of God she displayed could even repair the oripathy of the Infected. Although Fujino's suppression meant she couldn't directly cure the Infected, she could make the Originium in their bodies enter a so-called dormant state. In this state, the oripathy would be like it was asleep—it wouldn't flare up or fuse with cells, allowing them to live like ordinary people.
The reason Fujino joined the Followers in the first place was that she had used the Flame of God during an accident to treat Nightingale, whose oripathy happened to be flaring up. In the process, she also treated the side effects the oripathy had brought to Nightingale, such as her limb issues and brain nerves.
"Let's have a good talk." Sighing, Fujino looked at Shining. "Back then, it was Nightingale who took the initiative!"
"..." It would have been better if Fujino hadn't mentioned it. As soon as she did, Shining's heart, which had just begun to calm down, became restless again, and she felt the urge to draw her sword and hack Fujino into seven or eight pieces.
However, after some thought, Shining suppressed the urge to hack Fujino into pieces.
There were two reasons.
First, she couldn't beat Fujino.
Second, it had been a long time since she had seen Nightingale smile so wholeheartedly.
"I understand." Shining sighed, finally making a decision.
So many people had seen what happened today, especially the kiss between this fellow and Nightingale. If she continued to stand in the way, setting Fujino aside for a moment, Nightingale would likely have a falling out with her.
Fujino's departure back then had already created some distance between her and Nightingale, and Shining didn't want to expand that rift any further.
"Come with me. Let's have a proper talk."
With that, Shining ignored the surrounding onlookers and walked in one direction.
"Let's go too," Fujino said to Nightingale, who was holding her arm, while slightly adjusting her posture; the horns on the girl's head were poking her a bit.
Though the horns were cute, she had to admit they were quite inconvenient at times.
"So we're leaving first. Go find Silence, and I'll come find you later," Fujino called out to Saria behind her, then led Nightingale to follow Shining.
Watching Fujino and the others leave, Saria pressed one hand against the floor. She activated the Seventh Sense Earth Control Technique she had awakened with Fujino's help before coming here. She didn't want to ask Kaltsit for Silence's location; she would find her herself. At that moment, every grain of sand and similar object on Rhodes Island became Saria's eyes, and in less than three seconds, Saria had found what she was looking for.
"Silence..."
Muttering the name softly, Saria stood up and headed in one direction.
Seeing this, Amiya subconsciously wanted to ask Saria what she was doing, but she was stopped by Kaltsit.
"Let her go."
Kaltsit shook her head, her heart feeling very complicated at this moment.
Having witnessed the miraculous flames Fujino displayed, she was a bit unsure of what to do. Perhaps that matter also needed to be re-planned.
Saria arrived before a laboratory door. Authorization was required to enter, and the person Saria was looking for was right behind it.
"Forget it, I'll just have Fujino fix it for them later."
Rubbing her fist, Saria's gaze sharpened, and she threw an unremarkable punch.
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