The world shuddered.
The Child's massive body convulsed, its scream stretching across land and sea until mountains split and rivers boiled. The wound collapsed inward, crushing bone and flesh into a spiral of ruin. Kaito and the Son were caught in the collapsing chamber, their bodies hurled against living walls slick with blood, milk, and venom.
Yet amid the collapse, Kaito burned brighter.
His golden fire didn't flicker—it expanded. It filled the chamber, devouring darkness, spreading through veins and arteries like molten light. The Child's body, once endless, now burned from within, every nerve lit aflame by his presence.
The Son staggered, venom dripping from his mouth as he clung to Kaito's shoulder. "You… you're not just sealing it… you're becoming something else."
