"Finally she showed herself, beware of Space Manipulation techniques, Asahi."
A slight warning from Asagi that talks inside her mind. Glowing two red lights that resemble an eye make both of them terrified like they're being stared by a devil. Soon after the black hole completely vanished the figure also disappeared.
"Where is it?!"
"No way…"
Both of them look around for where the figure might be, but suddenly Asahi grabs Sanna and blasts off the ceiling and flies out the building. Surprised, Sanna quickly see at Asahi's that trying to lift her up to the sky already changes to her first stage form.
"Asahi!"
"This is bad… It manipulates space around us.."
"What- Woahh!"
Asahi attempts to dodge a shooting beam from the blasted roof.
"You didn't even hear it…"
"I…"
Sanna realized she didn't hear anything while it moved around.
"Sanna! Cast Distortion Wave now!"
"O-okay!"
Sanna materializes her pistol and shoots an energy to the sky and it creates a dome.
Distortion Wave is a special casting ability that Sanna developed to detect any movement, it will send a vibration into Sanna's mind, telling her where exactly the movements are.
"I sense one vibration, standing and watching us from there- It jumps right at us!"
Asahi immediately swings Sanna behind her and flies toward the figure and clashes with it. Sanna quickly materializes a pair of energy wings behind allowing her to fly.
"Asahi.."
A smoke can be seen in the blue skies. As an effect Asahi and the figure clash together.
"Well, well… I thought you were smart enough to not directly crash into your enemy."
"You are…"
They griping hands, holding each other force of power. Soon after the smoke cleared the area, Asahi could see the figure's face.
"Sagara Sarasaki! I knew it was you!"
"Asahi Fukasawa, I also know you have more potential than the others. If you can only just surrender your power it would be easy."
"Surrender? I never thought someone would want this scary power of mine. If you get it, then what will you do?"
"None of your business. In fact, you and your other self only want selfish things."
"?!"
On hearing that Asahi was stunned.
"You seemed surprised Asahi, let alone yourself, I am aware of your other existence. Or should I say, you shouldn't even exist."
"What are you-"
"You are a taboo.. Your existence is confusions, no matter how much you sell your soul for others, you cannot save anyone-"
Suddenly a big air blasted into Sagara's face. She looks at Asahi, her eyes begin to slowly change color into red. Seeing that, putting a smile on Sagara's face.
"Shut your damn mouth."
"Oh ho~ which one we're talking to?"
"The one who you shouldn't talk with."
Asahi swung a heavy hit on Sagara, blew her away into the ground and made a hole in it.
Asahi's movements become faster and quickly chokes Sagara before she can stand.
It was Asagi who completely taken over Asahi's body and
"Killing you is easy, you know."
"Why didn't you try it?"
On hearing that, She put more strength to her hand to choke Sagara.
"I warned you."
"Do it, If you want. That will not change everything. You're still only a confusion."
Her eyes glow red, and her expression changes, somehow showing a killing intention with a slight smile on her face.
But suddenly a green light hits Asahi's back,
"Distortion…"
She turns her head halfway toward Sanna that already landed near her.
Seeing a chance to slip away, Sagara summons a black hole and sucks herself into it, running away from them.
Asahi began to gain her consciousness, her eyes reverted back to their color.
"Hah.. ha…"
Desperately trying to catch her breath Asahi look around to the area,
"Asahi!"
Sanna runs towards her, undoing her form. She holds Asahi with both hands, preventing her from falling.
"Sanna.. What happened?"
"It seemed you lost control for a bit.. But manages to stop you from killing her."
"K-kill?!"
"Yeah. It turns out your theory is right. Sagara is the reincarnation of The Verdant."
Asahi stands up, after she already catches her breath.
"Yeah… And it seemed like she was interested in me."
"You?"
"Yeah.. She asks me to surrender my power to her."
Hearing that, Sanna was stunned.
"We better get back and report this. Hopefully Takaya is already there."
"Y-You're right.."
Both of them headed back to the S.V facility to meet up with the others.
"S.V Underground Facility."
Both Asahi and Sanna arrive at the underground parking lot, they exit the car and walk towards the elevator. Asahi keeps silent along the way until there. Telling Sanna that Asahi had something in her mind. Waiting for something Asahi will say, she stays quiet and follows along the way into the meeting room.
The elevator brings them to the entrance of the facility, using their card to scan the entrance door and walks into the facility. Walking through the hallway until they met with Rin in the middle of the way.
"Ah, Rin!"
Asahi shouted to Rin and run toward her,
"Asahi?! Finally you're back."
"What do you mean, Finally?"
"My brother is waiting for you, I'm about to go to his place-"
"Let's go! I need to report something as well."
Asahi walks away from Rin, weirdly enough like she's in a hurry. Rin then takes a look at Sanna and sees her reaction is a bit odd as well, then she walks along them to Takaya's place.
Once they arrive at the meeting room, Asahi with no hesitation walks into the room.
"Takaya!"
Asahi shouted to Takaya that he was just having a sip of a cup of coffee. He spits out the coffee and coughs.
"What's gone into you?! Can you knock?!"
"Shut it, you'll never believe what we just encountered!"
Asahi walks toward the screen and points her finger at Sagara's picture using astral armor.
"She is the Verdant! We've met her. And actually I broke up a fight between her."
"And??"
"Don't you 'and' me! This is seriously bad. She targets me from the start!"
Sanna grab Asahi's shoulder,
"Umm Asahi, You better look at the screen once again…"
"Huh?"
Asahi looks at the screen and sees Sagara and Sagiri picture already signed as The Verdant.
"What?! SAGIRI?!"
"You encountered her sister?"
Hearig Sanna reaction, Takaya places his coffee at the table, walks toward she screen,
"Sagara also came to us and immediately both of them disappeared.
Asahi calms down herself,
"Taka, did they mention the missing person or Asahi?"
"No, Sagiri did mention about Sagara, but didn't have a chance to finish it."
Sanna seemed confused about Takaya's encounter with Sagiri. Feeling something was off. Rin gives Asahi and Sanna a glass of water, and both sit at the sofa, together with Rin.
"So, what will we do now?"
"We still don't know how to find them, and their motives, but Rin has an idea about that."
Asahi looked at Rin who sitting beside her,
"Rin, have any thoughts?"
"Yeah, a very strange one though.."
"Huh?"
Rin places her drink on the table,
"They probably know about our operation, and they ambush both of the team at the same time. But it looks like both of them have a different goal."
"Different goals?"
"Both of them didn't come out just to see one person. Is easy enough for them to take one of you if they come together, but it seems neither of them do for that reason for now.'
"Sagara said she wants my power, and then.."
Asahi seemed had a hard time to say something,
"Asahi loses her control again, nearly ending Sagara's life. But I quickly stopped her."
"What?!"
Takaya widens his eyes on hearing Asahi lose control again,
"Lose control? What are you talking about?"
Rin got confused by the topic Sanna brought to the conversation,
"Asahi had a condition that her body was unable to control some amount of her power, making her overtaken by her own power and eventually lose control."
On hearing that, everyone was shocked by the made up story that Takaya came up with to explain it to Rin.
"Is that true?"
Rin looked at Asahi,
"Yeah.. "
Looking at that, Sanna feels guilty about the idea, even though Sanna knew Takaya didn't come up with that with an unreasonable excuse.
"Then this may have something to do with your power. And Sagara might be in Command in this whole thing that happened with Saegapi Lil sis and Annabelle."
"Pffffftt- ahahahahahahahha… SAEGAPI…"
"Ehhh?!"
The serious topic became hilarious on hearing Saega's name given by Rin. Saega also place her hand on the forehead, disbelieved that Rin being that plain to bring that name.
"Ahh.. You..."
"Ahhaa~ God that's was funny..."
"Asahi..."
Asahi slowly stop laughing, she calm herself after a moment.
"Well then.. It seems we don't need to search for them, they will find us and catch us. As long we more than them, we may catch them."
Rin's idea actually have a point. Rather than search for them, they will come to them in time where they need to.
"So we couldn't move around freely for now."
"Especially Asahi, you are the interested one."
"I'm popular amongst the enemy~"
Tonk, Sanna hit Asahi's head with a can.
"That is not a thing that you can be joking with."