قسط 12: اسکول کی یادیں، لڑکے اور لڑکی کے درمیان جنگ، اور پنکی پرامس

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In a flashback, Risu reports on an implied assassination for the Cross-Eyes, only for his friend Aikawa to interfere and attack the gangsters. Aikawa warns Risu against affiliating with the Cross-Eyes, but Risu argues against it; despite attending a sorcerey school Risu is still unable to produce any magic smoke, and feels that the Cross-Eyes' rumored research in Berith is the only hope for people who can't use magic. In the present, Risu heads to Berith in search of his killer. An unwilling Caiman is forced to defend himself against Nikaido, but refuses to seriously fight back; Nikaido beats Caiman severely, taunting him by confirming that she is a sorcerer. Hallucinating from a concussion and his legs crushed, Caiman tries to crawl to safety but blacks out; Nikaido pursues but is stabbed in the back by an unseen man she doesn't recognize. Chota gleefully finds Nikaido's body, only for Asu to appear and pull En's contract out through her wound; Asu hands Chota the contract in exchange for his silence. Nikaido wakes and Asu explains that she has only came to her senses temporarily: being close to En will cause her contract to regrow, with the only true solutions being En's death, Chidaruma nullifying it, or waiting for the next Blue Night to pass. Caiman, unconscious from his wounds, recalls awaking in Vaux's hospital in a dream. Unable to remember even his name, Nikaido notes he looks like a caiman and suggests it as a nickname, which he adopts. Waking in the present, Caiman grabs Nikaido and shoves her in his mouth as she's a sorcerer; Nikaido informs him that the man in his mouth is Risu, and Asu informs them that Risu is currently in Berith. Asu opens a magic door to help them escape En, buying them time by transforming Chota into Nikaido's doppelgänger. Exiting the door in a ruined city, Caiman and Nikaido hide from patroling demons in an abandoned subway. Asked about her past, Nikaido explains that her magic can control time but accidentally killed a friend with it, causing her to swear off using it for life. She began hiding in Hole to try and evade people like En who would want to exploit it, protecting humans from sorcerers in the hope she would become closer to a human. Given that she refuses to use magic and promises to stay friends when Caiman reverts to normal, they agree to stay friends. (Source: Wikipedia)