"That'll suffice to keep you alive."

With that, Kazuma yanked on the chain with his right hand. Oh yeah, his Shikai was still relea--

--wait, why is the ground tearing up?!

It turns out that throughout their conversation, Kazuma's weapon had apparently been digging its way through the soft earth, aiming for Raghdu. When the star portion next emerges, there's a straight line of seemingly endless chain between himself and Kazuma, the end of the weapon clipping a couple of hairs off his forehead, seemingly missing by less than an inch. As the weapon coils its way back to Kazuma, the chain disappears in wisps of silvery light, and at the end of it, he holds its sealed form again.

"I suppose you don't need me to tell you that, but you should cooperate with the one being sent here as much as humanly possible. He's not likely to see much use for you. Also, you should probably work harder to remember HER name next time. Not 'its'; HER."

And with that, Kazuma shunpos away.

[GAIDEN END]