'This can't be happening...' Niko watches in horror as Akane is killed by Ryunosuke, he snaps her neck the same way he'd done to Daichi.
Although nowhere near enough to hear it, she still imagines the chilling crack as she places a hand around her neck.
She then pictures herself being under the foot of Ryunosuke, looking up as it bares down on her, "n-n-no!" She feels a chill run up her spine.
Suddenly a realization dawns on her, did the same thing happen to Daichi and Ikari? Could it now be her turn...?
Although she has already been frightened so much she couldn't stand, her eyes widen and her pupils start to dilate as she looks on at Ryunosuke, who returns her gaze.
'This should work,' Ryunosuke thinks up a plan on the spot, he closes his eyes as time stops once again.
"You're not done Ryunosuke, what are you doing back here?" Ouroboros taps on the screen, a cat video is displayed in reverse from Ryunosuke's view.
Ryunosuke forces himself to speak despite the uneasiness he feels, "the last girl, could you at least spare her?" He recalls the courtesy she'd shown him.
With meows in the background, Ouroboros responds, "that's up to you, if that's all then you can go back now, go on shoo" He wags his tail at Ryunosuke.
"What? But you said I had to!" Ryunosuke snaps at him despite knowing what'd happen, but this time Ouroboros does nothing. "I can reasonably call you a hot-blooded killer, so I think we both know I got what I wanted already."
He pauses for a moment before speaking again, "why so quiet...? Jeez fine, I'll admit I was just saying that to be dramatic, satisfied? Also you could've just killed one, therefore I didn't make you do anything at all, merely gave you the idea."
Before he could say anything in protest, Ryunosuke realized he'd been sent back to his body in the material world, time resumes.
'That detestable bastard...' Ryunosuke clenches his hands so tight they bleed.
In that moment, Ouroboros's voice plays in his head, "ahem... Test test one two, that'll be mission complete and try not to bother me again for a while yeah?"
Ryunosuke sucks in a heavy breath and angrily yells at the top of his lungs, "I'M GONNA KILL YOU!!"
Upon hearing this, Lyrielle turns to Niko who now passes out with the thoughts, 'h-h-he's gonna k-kill me...'
Although far away from Niko, he notices her falling backwards over the hilltop in the corner of his eye and realizes what he'd just done.
Even though she was still trying to process what had just happened, Lyrielle gets up and runs to Niko, she places two finger below her nose, 'still breathing,' then moves them to her left wrist, 'still has a pulse.'
Lyrielle plants a hand on her own chest whilst heaving in relief.
As Ryunosuke feels himself calming down, he takes a deep breath as his mana starts to fade into the air, seeming like it was melding with it.
Soft patches of grass get trampled underfoot as he walks up the hill, with Lyrielle anxiously looking down at Niko who now breathes slowly, having fallen asleep from exhaustion.
Upon making it up the hill, Lyrielle turns to him with a momentary look of fright on her face, before turning into a more confused expression. "You looked so weird earlier but now you look normal...? What on earth happened?"
He rubs the back of his neck unconsciously, "it's a long story."
"What long story?! It's only been a couple minutes at most!"
"Ouroboros." He only said this one name because he figures she'd know about it, surely enough, Lyrielle instantly froze at the mention of this legendary being.
"O-O-Ouroboros...?" She stammers without correcting herself and stands up to meet Ryunosuke in the eyes whilst gripping the collar of his hood, "what are you on about!!" She yells as she slaps him hard across the face with her eyes closed.