She is not an investigator.

"...Uh, although this isn't very nice, I still want to say that as humans, you'd better just live your lives."

The Mirror Demon scratched his face and reached out his hand to Anfer beside him.

"Can I have a bomb? I remember Igris was really good at this, like crawling into someone's body and self-destructing..."

"...You don't need to do this. In fact, you should live longer than most of us. Why don't you let me go... I'm old and it's time for me to die. It would be quite difficult for me to be of any help."

"Come on, you old codger. I've seen guys older than you. Stop arguing with me... I know I probably won't find Igris, so I'll go and be with her. Of course, if she's still alive, I hope you'll tell her when you find her that I really helped."

The Mirror Demon took the explosives from Anfer's hand, weighed them in its hand, and then transformed into the form of Igris.

It didn't really mean anything, but in any case, in this ritualistic setting, she still wanted to somewhat emulate Igris's past experiences.

Even though it didn't witness that scene firsthand, the memory remains vivid in its mind.

“Igris should really be proud of me…”

The Mirror Demon sighed silently, shook his head gently, and went to greet the slightly panting girl.

"Remember me? We know each other, you told me a lot... Never mind, enough talk, let's get this over with!"

"—!"

She let out a low, almost inhuman groan, and then charged at the enormous figure again, with the Mirror Demon following closely behind.

"...There's really nothing we can do to help."

Vicatina stood behind the group and said somewhat dejectedly.

Simia glanced at her and gently shook her head.

"If we don't mess with something like this, we're probably busy enough."

"..."

Felina looked at the group of people in the center of the battlefield and suddenly touched her cheek.

The cool touch made her raise her head in confusion.

"...Is it raining?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? At this time of year, if it's going to snow, it'll be snowing."

Even so, Simia raised her head and quietly felt the snowflakes falling from the sky.

But soon, a drop of water that landed on her forehead made her startle slightly.

"It really...is raining?"

…………

"Ugh—!"

With each attack and collision, the silt, like blood, covered the girl's entire body, constantly eroding the light shining from her chest.

The light began to dim and become increasingly fragile.

"..."

Boom—

The earth trembled again, and countless vines flew out from the ground, dragging up the Mirror Demon's body.

It went straight for the gaping hole torn open inside the body.

“Igris will be proud of me…”

The Mirror Demon silently comforted itself, and as the girl and the giant were locked in a fierce battle, it suddenly transformed into a black raven.

The heavy explosives it carried caused its flight to plummet, but it raised its head again, desperately trying to merge into the shadow screen created by Constantine, quickly following the almost completely exposed figure.

"—?!"

boom--!

With a heavy blow, the mud giant slammed the girl, whose chest light had been completely extinguished, heavily onto the ground.

The light of the silver key, a symbol of resistance, faded, and countless black sludge began to rapidly erode her body, attempting to transform her into one of their own.

But at that moment, the Mirror Demon in mid-air suddenly flew out of the screen and rushed toward the wound at an extremely fast speed.

They were so close together that the Mirror Demon could even see half of the sand table's edge exposed.

Once it rushes in and detonates the explosives, the sand table will naturally be destroyed by the impact, and its body will naturally disintegrate.

As long as we can get there—

"...?"

Its flight speed suddenly decreased.

A sudden pain shot through its body, and it lost its balance in flight.

Its wings had somehow become covered in mud, and before it knew it, they were completely broken.

Its flight capability was almost completely lost at this moment, and the weight of the explosives it carried was constantly reducing its flight altitude and speed.

It quickly transformed back into human form, and Millie's vines rose again, appearing as a fulcrum beneath the Mirror Demon's feet.

It's gotten to this point, it's come to this, as long as it still doesn't notice, as long as it hasn't even had time to react...

Watch out behind you—!

The Mirror Demon couldn't remember who the exclamation came from; it didn't even have time to turn around, only catching a glimpse of everything behind it out of the corner of its eye.

That was a deadly punch coming straight at it.

"—"

Clang—!

"...!"

A startling metallic clanging sound suddenly rang out at that moment.

It was accompanied by muffled thunder and a downpour.

"...!"

"How many times have I told you, you're not suited for head-on combat..."

“...Igris”.

The Mirror Demon's body was shielded behind Igris, and the attack that could have taken her life paused at the straight sword in her hand.

Its assimilation and contamination seem to be completely ineffective against this strangely sourced weapon.

"You've done very well, Mirror Demon. You've worked hard these past few days. Oh, and I brought you a gift."

Igris pulled out a dressing mirror and stuffed it into its arms.

“I still remember everything you said to me back then.”

“…Waaah…”

Boom—

The dull rumble of thunder sounded again, and the icy downpour, which was almost engulfing everything, began to fall continuously, striking its body and Igris's body.

"So, how do we solve this problem?"

"It has wounds on its body, and it damaged the sand table inside..."

Before she could finish speaking, Igris suddenly raised her pistol and pulled the trigger in that direction.

Naturally, the mud blocked her bullets almost instantly.

"It really didn't work."

However, at the instant it was blocked, a blue ripple also spread across its massive body.

"But the stagnation still seems to be working."

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"—"

In that brief moment of stillness, amidst the torrential rain, a gigantic tentacle ripped open its chest, instantly blasting the sand table inside away.

Its body began to dissolve and collapse almost instantly, and Igris took the opportunity to raise her own gun and aim at the sand table that had been thrown into the air.

boom--

The sand table shattered upon impact.

…………

Today is the seventh night in Frostville.

It wasn't good weather; we couldn't see the moon or the stars, and it was raining heavily.

Although it was Krystal's doing that the rain started, it's still really bad. After all, it's too cold with rain, and it'll probably freeze over by tomorrow.

The farce surrounding Frostville has finally come to an end. Under His Excellency Ivan's command, the laboratory was shut down and the relevant personnel were arrested. However, in the end, only four researchers and the commander of the Arctic frontier were taken away.

When they found him, he had completely lost his mind and had become a half-mad, half-disabled person.

Philina was taken away by Ivan and was said to be sent back to school for retraining. Vicatina went from being a wild witch to a registered academy witch and even got a job as a craftsman mentor from Nolan.

Anfer was awarded medals and commendations, and the soldiers who died as a result were buried.

However, due to the sheer number of people and the need for secrecy, these individuals ultimately received only a tombstone without any inscription.

After handling the situation on-site, the Special Investigations Division took over the remaining tasks, successfully containing the special substance and conducting thorough examinations and treatments on all those who were contaminated or potentially contaminated.

The end result is that Millie, who was the most severely infected, suffered damage to her vocal system and will be unable to speak for a short period of time. Constantine is fine, but it is estimated that the Goddess of Eternal Night will have to sleep a few more times.

Besides, although the Mirror Demon resisted treatment, with Igris's help, the possibility of it being corrupted was basically ruled out.

In addition, after being evaluated by the Special Investigations Section, Millie did not join the Special Investigations Section as a special operator, but was recruited by Ivan and underwent military training with Felina.

As for the mysterious girl, she had already disappeared when everyone arrived at the scene, and no one knows where she went. The Special Investigations Department is currently conducting a joint search with the military.

After all, she must have been heavily contaminated.

Simia ultimately chose to leave with Igris, but she said she wouldn't stay in one place for long, so they would part ways sooner or later.

Isabella and Nolan responded that it would be perfect.