Elsa slowly walked past Petelgeuse and headed directly into the fortress, while Petelgeuse stared at Ayanokouji with confusion on his face: "Sir Ayanokouji, what is going on?"
"I have some special arrangements for you." Ayanokouji said without any change in his expression.
In Petelgeuse's eyes, that expression was actually... a kind of extreme arrogance, so he always believed the other party was the Sin Archbishop of Pride.
"You may need to move first, go inside, and I will tell you the specific plan."
"Do you want to advance?! Do you want to advance?!"
A look of impatience appeared on Petelgeuse's face. He kept rubbing his face with his fingers, satisfying himself with the pain.
"I can't wait to take action! Can't wait, can't wait, can't wait! I can't wait to conduct the trial!"
After speaking, Petelgeuse turned around excitedly and prepared to return to his fortress. He expressed his unnatural love and admiration for Satella.
Suddenly, he felt a cold touch on his neck—it was the dagger in Ayanokouji's hand.
"What?"
Without giving Petelgeuse time to react, the dagger had already sliced his neck, cutting not only the trachea but also the artery.
Ayanokouji knew that slitting the throat was an effective method of killing from behind, and he was familiar with the human body, knowing the angles and places to cut the artery effectively.
If the main artery ruptures, the bleeding cannot be stopped. A person will go into shock in ten seconds and die within a minute.
Of course, all of this is based on the fact that the target is an ordinary person.
Blood spurted from Petelgeuse's neck, cold air rushed into his trachea, and his body temperature quickly drained along with his life.
"Sir Ayanokouji, why why why why why? Is this the instruction of the Gospel?!"
Petelgeuse's face was full of confusion, and he opened his mouth to express his question, but his cut throat made it difficult to make a sound.
He trusted him deeply and could not imagine the other party would attack him at this moment.
Ayanokouji didn't offer any explanation but held the dagger and stabbed Petelgeuse's heart again.
Cutting the main artery was already a fatal injury for an ordinary person.
But he knew that Petelgeuse could not be considered an ordinary person, especially with healing magic in this world, so he had to make sure he could kill him completely and never miss the last chance.
"AHHH!"
The feeling of betrayal and the pain of being stabbed caused Petelgeuse to let out a hysterical howl, almost like a beast from within his throat, and an unseen hand suddenly emerged from his back, rushing to attack, but Ayanokouji could clearly see this, and he could see it more clearly than in the last regression.
As long as the movement was clearly seen, this unseen hand posed no threat. He pulled out the dagger, widened the wound, and avoided the opponent's attack at the same time.
"Why! Why can you see it! Why?!"
Petelgeuse shouted in his heart and asked.
Even other Sin Archbishops should not be able to see his power.
Why could Ayanokouji see his power?
But now Petelgeuse's consciousness began to blur, and the strength in his body gradually disappeared. He was ready to activate his 'dependency' ability and replace himself with the body of a Finger—but he then found he could no longer feel the presence of his Fingers.
"How is it possible... My beloved Fingers, why...why?!"
"Your subordinates, I had fun with them."
Elsa slowly came out of Petelgeuse's fortress, her high heels making a sharp sound on the ground.
The black clothes on her body were covered in blood, and red spots stuck to her beautiful face, like blooming cherry blossoms. Her tongue flicked between her lips, as if her lips were covered in blood, and they looked more delicate. The blood on her body was not hers, but that of Petelgeuse's ten Fingers.
Elsa was originally an assassin with very terrifying power, not to mention the ten Fingers who regarded her as a companion and had no defense at all.
In an instant, she had eliminated the ten Fingers inside.
Petelgeuse fell into his own pool of blood. He couldn't believe what was happening in front of him. He crawled with difficulty. He used the last of his strength to lift his head and looked in Ayanokouji's direction.
He roared, and his strong desire to survive made him use the rest of his life to sit up from the ground and stretch out his blood-stained hands.
This was not to activate the unseen hands, but only to forcibly activate his power. Among the people present, there was only one person who met that requirement.
Given Ayanokouji's compatibility with the Spirit, he would be a very suitable body for him.
But... his possession had no effect, and he couldn't possess the qualified body.
Ayanokouji had previously learned the requirements for this forbidden technique from Beatrice, so he had signed a contract with Beatrice beforehand.
"Sorry, you're in my way." He said slowly to Petelgeuse's exhausted body, then took the dagger and mercilessly stabbed it into his skull.
Petelgeuse's eyes finally lost their light, and he lay on the ground like a puppet with its strings cut, soaked in his own blood.
Now that all ten Fingers were killed, Ayanokouji also made sure there was no one else around. This meant that Petelgeuse was truly dead, and the battle between him and his opponent was completely over.
In the last regression, Petelgeuse almost became a terrifying monster to everyone, and couldn't be killed no matter how hard he was killed.
But in this life, Ayanokouji had clearly understood Petelgeuse's information and gained the other party's trust—this meant that Petelgeuse was no longer any threat, like an ordinary person waiting to be slaughtered.
With the dagger in his hand, Petelgeuse's life was taken, but Ayanokouji, who created all this, had no change in expression on his face, or any fluctuation in his heart. For him, it was like removing a roadblock in front of him.
❀❀❀
"Is that really just a high school student?"
In the Shinnomiya house, which was like a palace, Shinomiya Kaguya watched the images on the big screen and unconsciously clenched her fists.
Ayanokouji Kiyotaka was clearly just a high school student the same age as her, but why could he kill someone so naturally and skillfully without feeling any problem in his heart, as if he himself was an assassin?
Kaguya knew that even if the other party was her enemy, if she killed him with her own hands, she might not be able to calm down for a long time.
"Hayasaka, can you help me investigate the identity of Ayanokouji Kiyotaka?"
Kaguya turned and said to the maid beside her.
❀❀❀
At Advanced Nurturing High School, a group of students were discussing Ayanokouji's killing of Petelgeuse.
"Did he eliminate Petelgeuse? That was too easy!"
"If you don't see it, it will cost you your life."
"But why is Ayanokouji so skilled at killing people... Could he really..."
"Don't talk nonsense. It's just a video. He's just an ordinary high school student. How could he kill someone?"
Sakayanagi was in her room, carefully observing the images on the TV. Only she knew clearly that the Ayanokouji in the video was real.
The real Ayanokouji was fully capable of doing such a thing.
Using others without a problem, killing others without a problem...
Only Sakayanagi knew how terrifying the real Ayanokouji was.
❰❱SKY SCREEN❰❱
"Quite enjoyable."
Elsa stepped over Petelgeuse's body and had no intention of splitting his stomach, because in her eyes, Petelgeuse was Ayanokouji's prey, not hers, his intestines were worthless.
Ayanokouji walked towards Petelgeuse. His heart was pierced, and his aorta and trachea were severed.
He bent down and took the Gospel from Petelgeuse's body. Although he could not understand the words in it, he might find a way to decipher it, and he might also use this Gospel to obtain more information about the Witch Cult, and then use it as evidence and a trophy for the Emilia camp to kill the Witch Cult.
"Then we should go." Ayanokouji hid the Gospel book in his clothes, turned to Elsa, and said.
"Mm, is the second round coming?"
Elsa had a smile that could even be called sweet on her charming face, but her eyes were full of excitement, and the desire to kill deep in her eyes was clearly revealed.
The scene changed. Ayanokouji and Elsa had returned to where everyone was. They had first removed the bloodstains from their bodies. Emilia and the others didn't know that Ayanokouji had just killed the Sin Archbishop of Sloth and didn't even know about the existence of Petelgeuse.
The reason Ayanokouji wanted to eliminate Petelgeuse first was because his power was too difficult for others who couldn't see it, and even though based on current intelligence, his only target was himself and the ten fingers, to prevent any suitable hosts among more than a hundred witch cultists, he would never allow Petelgeuse to come to the front lines.
Most importantly, it was to prevent Petelgeuse from revealing his identity and causing unnecessary trouble.
"Ayanokouji, what are the results of your investigation?" Emilia asked nervously.
They were hiding in the forest and could already see the witch cultists in the distance. This was her first time facing such a situation. She had no experience and didn't know what to do.
"There are no other witch cult members around. We only need to deal with them." Ayanokouji said slowly. "If I remember correctly, if a fire magic stone is hit hard, it will explode."
"That's correct!" Puck nodded and said.
"Then Puck and Emilia, use magic to attack the fire magic stone from a distance."
As Ayanokouji spoke, he shifted his gaze to the witch cult's fortress in the distance, where the fire magic stone was placed in a more visible position. These believers were unaware that their leader had been eliminated by him not long ago.
"After creating the explosion, the others will take this opportunity to kill the fish that slip through the net."
"Got it!" Emilia nodded enthusiastically, and a look of eager anticipation appeared on Elsa's face.
"Prepare to take action." Ayanokouji said.
He knew that if they stayed for too long, the witch cult followers might notice the 'scent' on his body, so he had to take action first.
Emilia and Puck rushed out of the forest. When the witch cult followers realized the issue, they had already created a large icebreaker and struck the fire magic stone with great accuracy. The latter was hit with significant force, and a blazing fire erupted.
*KA-BOOM*
The sudden explosion flattened the surrounding forest. The loud roar echoed through the woods, scaring the wild animals and sending them fleeing in all directions.