Hakuto stares at the sky, terrified. His body trembles as he watches the fuchsia petals drift down slowly.
He grips his long diamond blade, bracing for the inevitable.
He's seen those petals before—during the battle against Drakhul Volkom's reanimated corpse—and the memory is far too vivid.
~What... the hell is he doing here?!~
The glowing petals begin to cluster together—first forming a mound, then...
A flash of light bursts out.
Akashi Chihane materializes right where the petals gathered, only a few meters from Hakuto.
The vampire, dressed in his usual nineteenth-century dandy outfit, radiates a crushing aura of flaming fuchsia energy.
His right eye, marked by a white cross-shaped pupil, glows with the same violet light—the Eye of the Fallen-One.
Hakuto's body trembles harder in Akashi's presence.
A chill runs down his spine.
Only now does he notice the vampire's right index finger is missing a segment—severed cleanly at the middle.
