Chapter 492: [490] Arrival
Atop the ruins of the MAR research facility, Mimori Akatsuki stared blankly.
In a pool of blood nearby, the dismembered fragments of her son, Kojou Akatsuki, lay scattered.
In her life, nothing mattered more than her two children. Now, her son had died right before her eyes—a devastating blow.
"Kojou—"
She stumbled toward the pieces of his body, clutching his head.
Crimson Queen sighed at the sight. Regardless of sides, as a mother, Mimori was pitiable in this moment.
A white-haired parent burying a black-haired child—the pain was beyond words.
August noticed Mimori, cradling Kojou's head with a vacant, chaotic gaze.
He knew this woman well. She was a deeply hidden figure—a MAR researcher secretly collaborating with Senra Itogami, pulling strings behind the scenes.
When August watched the series, he'd suspected more than once that Kojou becoming the Fourth Progenitor wasn't an accident.
It started when Kojou, still human, joined his sister Nagisa and their father, Togo Akatsuki, on an archaeological expedition to Gozo Island.