It was at this point that Willa turned her view to Blizzar.
"And don't think I've forgotten about you. In the name of securing the Earth, you knowingly sold the President a loaded gun he pointed straight down at us from space. He could already be many places when you only spoke his name, and you handed him the means to be everywhere at once!"
"And all for the sake of Jinzi Pantaloon. WG stooge. I've seen enough of what the stars of Heaven bring and as far as I'm concerned-"
Whatever was hidden within the sword clearly had augmented her, because she was upon them in an instant. Brandishing the Sword of the King, sheathed in a harrowing combination of
The Lion's Roar and
The Shatterlock technique, Ochazuke could only barely augment everybody's durability for a moment with
Ishiki Toei, reinforcing each of them to take the hit. In an instant the veiled aura was shattered and the four of them were thrown into the confines of
Zxu'ro's Gate.
It was disorienting immediately, like falling through the darkness as they were dragged through the Leyline route to Vermilion the first time. When they emerged in this strange inverted realm, strangely there seemed to be some continuity with the columns and carved chamber outside. Through the grounded, twisted path, everything seemed to lead to a peak in the distance...and ahead of them was another presence Ochazuke briefly lift his gaze towards.
"Kenshiko."
Binding the wound upon his arm tight, he stood, and it suddenly became apparent that gravity had tightened its hold here, and flight seemed to be stifled.
But for she who held Excalibur, who hovered slowly forward surrounded by a glowing cloud of
Rose Shards.
"I don't know if that's your face or mask," she said to Blizzar, "I've a mind to cut the whole thing off."
Ochazuke looked to his comrades, then to the peak in the distance, gritting his teeth and mindful of the length of time.
"If Kenshiko gets her hands on the Legacy, then everything's over..."
For the moment, however, he would stand with the comrades that had allowed him to come so far, and fired a pair of
Dodonpa, eliciting a series of explosions from Willa's area-of-effect defense.
Unfortunately, it was at this point where she crossed the distance and planted the flat of the warhammer across Blizzar's face.