![]() Asahi and the rest of her peers who had seen the devastation firsthand had coped by pretending a powerful, godlike being had descended to try to wipe them out. And the only reason the damage wasn’t worse was because demigods came in to stop them in their tracks. Sometimes I think God called a ceasefire with the demons, hired them, and came down in his Ancient of Days form to try to utterly destroy the Philippines but the Mist made us mere mortals perceive them as a super typhoon. Almost all the buildings we saw were destroyed. I could count on my hands the number of coconut trees that remained standing. In some areas, you couldn’t look anywhere without seeing dead bodies cried over by their loved ones or rows of body bags. I have seen typhoons leave behind devastation before, but they were nothing compared to Haiyan, Asahi had told her in the months after the disaster. Sumire could still remember the news of Typhoon Haiyan striking the Philippines, and that had been one of the worst disasters to strike that part of the world in recent memory. But… why? And how? Sumire desperately hoped her relatives in that country were okay. The article even seemed to imply that this had happened before with the way it was phrased in some places. Wait, a typhoon carrying an abnormal number of Shadows within it? That was new. Strike teams have been prepositioned in places where their strongest concentrations are expected to be. The typhoon is expected to carry a higher number of wind, electric and water affinity shadows. However, there was one line in particular that caught her attention. ![]() The Filipinos were calling the storm Ompong, and the article itself mentioned that the government was making preparations in anticipation for its arrival. Scrolling over to the next article, Sumire read about the typhoon Mangkhut, which was about to hit the Philippines in a few days. Perhaps it would help make Violet more famous among the Thieves? Sumire wasn’t sure whether that was a good thing. Nanjo Group’s Archives? How did the Nanjo Group have Archives on Shadows, and how did Aunt Maya have access to them? The article did not elaborate, and continued to talk about Violet’s fighting style, praising her for her grace and dexterity and comparing her motions to those of rhythmic gymnastics, a remark that made her smirk knowingly.Īll in all, the article was quite thorough and well-written, and it was the first one Sumire had seen so far that had focused almost exclusively on her alter ego. If anything though, this only makes Violet’s battle all the more impressive, given that she was able to adapt on the fly to these new and unknown threats. ![]() In the videos of her battle, Violet was noticed to have visibly hesitated upon seeing the three rarer species, and it is highly likely that she also had not encountered them prior to coming to Osaka, as these species of Shadow are also notably absent from the streets of Tokyo and Yokohama, both according to the Phantom Afficianado Website and the Nanjo Group’s Archives. These Shadows are normally found around Nagoya, Sumaru City, and Mikage-Cho, and tend to be among the more uncommon species of Greater Shadow across Honshu. These are the blue bulls, called Gozuki, the red pigs, called Kamapua’a, and the frost maidens, called Yuki Jyorou. ![]() Towards the bottom of the article though was a portion that was more analytical.Īll in all, Violet successfully held her ground against a large and well-coordinated squadron of Shadows, several of which had not been seen in Osaka until that day. It was fairly standard for an article on one of the Thieves, praising her deeds and fighting style, with several of the praises being enough to make Sumire blush. Wait, Aunt Maya was the one who wrote this!? Sumire pulled up the article. Sumire was already a little embarrassed about the whole thing, but then she froze as her eyes drifted down to the name listed as the author. Violet Protects Crowd from Unexpected Shadow Attack! After a couple minutes of searching, she came across several articles that had hit front pages across Japan about the incident, and oh boy, there was an article about her. Sumire wondered what the news had to say about Isobe’s Palace. During the bullet train trip from Tokyo to Osaka, she’d worked on her school assignments, but she was already done with the ones due next week, and there was no news from her teachers on anything new. ![]() They arrived four minutes early, so after settling down and getting their seats, Sumire wondered how she could occupy her time while waiting for the two and a half hour ride to be over. Sumire wished she could stay and have breakfast with the strike team, but it seemed most of them were still asleep, and Sumire and her coach had to take the bullet train arriving at 6:28 A.M. After checking out of their hotel, Sumire and Coach Hiraguchi rode a taxi to Shin-Osaka Station. ![]()
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