Chapter 232

Crack.

The shattering of bone echoed through the room just as Matsudaira’s bodyguard reacted. Realizing his employer was done for, he immediately activated his Sandevistan—not to fight back, but simply to speed up his reflexes enough to make the right move.

In the slowed-down timefield, under the gaze of Karl, Chiyome, and Kenichiro, the bodyguard calmly dropped the gun he had just started to raise, lifted his hands into the air, and showed everyone he meant no harm.