The powerful King of Guze, Destructive Blade, Sabrac.
With his wide-area surprise attack, all the Flame Haze became incapable of moving in an instant.
While Wilhelmina fights alone in an attempt to finish her fateful battle,
Yuji runs to Shana's side.
Looks like you're too tired to even conceal that you are so.
Then it's about time we bid farewell,
Manipulator of Objects!
This is endless ~de arimasu.
Mustn't speak negatively.
Many thanks for your care.
But you must leave this place at once.
No matter how close we are, we won't be able to protect you if you're here.
But...
Yuji!
Sakai-kun.
Shana!
Yoshida-san?
Why are you here, Yoshida-san?
You were treating Shana?
In that case, can I ask you to use this?
It's from Carmel-san.
Please do it fast. I need to go help Wilhelmina.
No, you need to head to where Margery-san is.
I have an idea.
You're finally starting to show exhaustion, no less.
I wanted to dispose of you along with the Engage Link,
but I guess I'll prioritize getting rid of the pest first.
It can't be.
The other Flame Haze have to be half-dead from my Stigma.
But this crimson flame is undoubtedly...
The Flame-Haired Red-Hot-Eyed Hunter.
Shana!
Make sure you add that on the end.
Why?
The wound from Stigma must surely have inflicted enough damage that she cannot move by now.
Yet, why?
You thought I hadn't prepared anything for the battle against my archnemesis ~de arimasuka?
Equip secret weapon.
It's a spell insignia to counter Stigma that was being developed by the excellent Mystes spellcaster you had assaulted countless times.
His insignia has been assembled, tested during battle, and finally completed.
You will now witness the power of the Eternal Lover's, Johan's, power!
What?!
This is impossible...
My spell... My Stigma...
...was undone by a Mystes?
Are you all right, Wilhelmina?
No problem ~de arimasu.
Ready for everything.
The real battle begins now ~de arimasu.
Carmel-san.
Can you hear me?
What are you doing returning ~de arimasuka?
Please listen. I'll explain the plan Shana, Margery-san, and I devised.
Plan?
Yes. A plan to defeat Sabrac.
You see, I've been feeling something strange since this morning.
Like a cloud in my heart.
When Zarovee showed up, I'd assumed that he was the cause of it.
I assumed that since his presence was so small, I couldn't notice that he was a Tomogara.
However, the cloud didn't disappear even after Zarovee and the Wanderer were defeated.
You feel it from the entirety of Misaki City?
You felt that presence more strongly underground?
Sabrac is capable of doing a wide-area surprise attack without having anyone notice him.
If the presence I'm feeling is his self spread throughout Misaki City, then...
His self...
You don't mean...
This entire city is Sabrac?
If I think of it that way, everything makes sense.
The hole made by Shana when the Wanderer was defeated...
I didn't sense his presence just from there.
How could this be...
Then, what is before us now is not his entire self but...
Fragment.
That's how it is.
I see. That explains his insane defense ~de arimasu.
He keeps satiating his lack of power of existence by using his own that was distributed throughout the city beforehand.
Continuous supply.
But that doesn't change the fact he's a difficult enemy to face.
How exactly do you propose we defeat him?
There's something I want to try.
Even if Stigma is of no use, the fact I have the advantage does not change.
It's part of their nature that Flame Haze are at a disadvantage in a war of attrition.
The Interpreter of Condolence is already implementing that?
I thought this was the only way to defeat him when he always has the upper hand in wars of attrition.
Please, Carmel-san!
I'll guide you, Carmel-san.
Miss Yoshida Kazumi?
I don't know how well I can do this, but...
No, I will do this right.
Very well.
Then until the Interpreter of Condolence prepares herself, I shall slave as you direct ~de arimasu.
Break one's back.
The golden egg is at the bottom of the sea!
It was tossed away there!
Keisaku, where's the next one?
Take a turn left at that intersection.
Near the railroad ramp.
Okay.
Seriously, we never get bored in this city.
I can agree with the Flame of Heaven wanting to call this place a Maelstrom of Warfare.
Plus, we're even about to find the secret behind Sabrac.
It's a benefit of living so long!
In about 100 meters, you'll see an instrument shop.
The intersection there is the thirteenth point.
Carmel-san, once you reach the main road to the south, force him right.
You'll be in range for a while.
You won't know if things will work out unless you try.
Everything could just be my imagination.
But...
There once was a strange fish!
We have no choice but to do it.
You brought it right to me!
This is the only thing we can bet on now.
To fight together with everyone...
To fight together with...
...Shana.
Why you...
I told you that I am your opponent ~de arimasu!
You should know by now from the battles we've been through...
...that that level of attack won't do a thing to me.
Shana!
I'm fine.
Your plan will work.
Yeah.
But, how do you propose we beat such a massive Tomogara?
If what you said is right, we have to make dozens of explosions like the one we killed the Wanderer with.
This city'll be turned to rubble by then.
Well, all we have to do is fix it later.
You can't!
If we waste power of existence like that, he's sure to start eating people.
I will protect this city.
I'm fighting to protect this city!
Sakai-kun...
There is a way to defeat Sabrac without razing the entire city.
Okay, tell me about it.
Right now, Carmel-san is keeping Sabrac busy.
She's capable of keeping him busy.
That, itself, is a big hint.
A large Tomogara should be able to attack us here while fighting Carmel-san.
But he doesn't.
Or rather...
...he can't.
What do you mean by that?
The unpredictable, extremely large attack he used as he appeared is limited to being used once.
As long as he is present in front of you, he will only fight with the opponent in front of him...
...and will not commit another wide-area attack ~de arimasu.
So, even if his existance is distributed throughout the city, the absolute quantity is no bigger than what an individual carries.
I think that is the truth behind Sabrac.
I see. He may have a huge body, but the one fighting carries the brain.
If you think this way, it makes sense how he's limited to only one wide-area attack.
Right now, he no longer has the ability to scan a wide area.
Then, what exactly does it take to defeat Sabrac?
You need to detach the brain from the body.
Exactly. You cut the pipeline that provides him with the power of existence, and then...
We kill him.
Yeah.
Gather the power...
Until the moment comes.
How is it looking, Keisaku?
It's looking good.
The insignia are getting placed correctly.
Where's the next place?
Keep going straight ahead.
You'll see a big parking lot soon.
That's the final point.
Roger that.
And, the answer to the question you asked earlier.
I can't think of what happens after you die.
You asked me what I would do if you died, right, Margery-san?
Screw that question!
I'm going to give everything I have to you so that you keep living!
That's all I have to say.
What an idiot.
Margery-san is heading for the final point.
Please keep him occupied, Carmel-san.
Why? Why did the Flame-Haired Red-Hot-Eyed Hunter step aside?
Why won't you all come at me at once?
You aren't planning on something as foolish as setting a trap for me, are you?
I've never longed for the Interpreter of Condolence this much before in my life ~de arimasu.
Await patiently.
He's coming!
Emergency evasion.
You're mine!
Preparations complete!
Let's get this started!
We'll make it a blast!
What?
It's your mother who showed up!
Catch a female ostrich!
Jump on its back and you get?
A free flight to the moon!
What?! What is this?!
The rest is up to you ~de arimasu.
Yuji.
Nothing!
You could have told him.
I wouldn't have stopped you.
Not only did he defeat the Jaeger himself and notice the Wanderer, he solved the mystery behind Sabrac's nature.
To top things off, he even came up with a plan for defeating him.
Sakai Yuji...
The Mystes of Reiji Maigo.
When did he become such a significant being?
Looks like it's all over.
Yeah, finally, if you ask me.
It's our victory ~de arimasu.
Vexation appeased.
It's all over now?
I'm so glad.
I'm sorry I worried you.
Are you really all right now?
Yes, I'm all well now.
It's thanks to Yoshida-san and Shana-chan.
And Carmel-san's medicine, too.
Tell her I said thank you.
What about me?
Oh, I'm not sure.
I'll see you again.
Yeah. Thank you.
Yoshida-san!
I might make you angry again...
...but let me apologize one more time.
I told you how I have to leave this city, right?
So that I couldn't be spoiled by you...
But I was wrong.
I was...
What I said then was...
To protect this city.
You fight to protect.
When you said that, you were the Sakai-kun I know.
Yoshida-san.
Yuji.
Shana.
We'll resume training starting tonight.
Okay.
Oh yeah, Shana.
What were you going to say then?
On the roof of the building, right before defeating Sabrac.
N-Nothing.
But...
I said it was nothing!
Shana!
Shut up, shut up, shut up!
The flow of time changes everyone.
Shana and Yoshida come to the conclusion that they will each write a letter to me expressing their hearts.
Next time on Shakugan no Shana Second.
Christmas Eve.