"Congratulations, Ibaraki!" Amber clapped, congratulating the Oni for successfully making a contract with Kai.
Shuten Douji also nodded proudly. She even had a single tear fall down her face as she was happy for her former subordinate too.
"Umu, I hope you can help the young man, Ibaraki."
"Yes, Amber." Ibaraki nodded at Amber and turned to Shuten. "Thank you for everything, Boss."
Sayo still couldn't process what had happened, but she also clapped her hands while smiling as the atmosphere seemed to call for that.
"Don't mention it!" The Oni god waved her hand casually with a smile. "Now then, let's deal with that thing, should we?" She pointed to the sky at where the Tear was.
It was considerably smaller. A few minutes had passed since it appeared, and it only spewed out one Malice each second instead of 3 now.