I followed Yusa, slipping into a different alley than the one we had just entered.

A dark space where not even a sliver of light reached.

As we walked along, the few lingering signs of life vanished, leaving behind an absolute silence.

Creak.

Yusa sat down on an empty wooden crate, his pale green hair shifting slightly.

Watching him, I had a thought.

"He's strong."

Strong.

Perhaps it was because I had reached transcendence, but I could see it more clearly now. Things I had never noticed before stood out sharply.

"Strong and immense."

Not just his raw strength.

I had sensed it before, but the sheer intensity packed into that small body had been bothering me.

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I hadn't known what was contained within that small frame.

I had only speculated that something was there.

"But now, I can see it."

My refined body, having advanced to a higher realm, had granted me clearer vision.

"…He's deliberately maintaining that small form."

Compression upon compression.

For reasons unknown, Yusa was exerting an immense amount of pressure just to keep that frail body of his.

"Unbelievable."

I nearly laughed.

I barely managed to hold it in.

No matter how I looked at it, it was absurd.

"He was containing all that power?"

Yusa was far different from what I had assumed.

So much so that—

"The fact that I survived that night was a miracle."

That night when I had faced both the Blue Leader and Yusa together. The fact that I had provoked him and still lived.

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