"—Then, my Cross will reject this evil."
The seven Crosses suddenly expanded as if they were exploding.
The metal sparks that the Crosses made flew about freely in the air.
Kamijou used his right hand to forcefully press onto the wall behind him, and immediately, he fell through the square hole and onto the other side of the wall.
The thick and huge bone-like Crosses stabbed hard into the floor, walls, and ceiling. Kamijou continued to roll on the floor.
"To think that you'd come up with such a thing, damn it!! You guys don't have any right to do this to Venezia!!"
"A pity, you've guessed wrongly. That isn't my target."
From where the barrage was coming from, Biagio smiled.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY!?"
"Then, I'll say it to you for free. What's the point of me doing that? But never mind…at least it's a lot more interesting than what you thought."
"!!"
Kamijou gritted his teeth as he used the momentum caused by rolling to get up.
He clenched his right fist, retraced his escape path, and rushed at Biagio.
However, before that,
"All sorts of meanings exist for the Cross, and most of them were added after the Son of God was executed. The Cross itself already existed before that, but all the purposes that existed before that time were wiped away by Christianity, because those were of evil pagan beliefs."
Biagio continued on.
He chose a favorite Cross of his from among the numerous Crosses in front of his chest, psychotically stroking them with his fingertips, and said,
"Among them, only one has the remaining meaning that exists from the ancient times. That's the most important thing to Christianity, and the most ancient use that has relation to the Son of God. That's—"
Kamijou used his right hand to destroy the huge Crosses that were between him and Biagio. Just as he was about to leap at Biagio, the man in a luxurious Holy robe pulled the Cross down as if he was pulling his clothes up, and raised it above his head.
"—a tool of execution."
Biagio used a low, yet mocking sound that lacked seriousness to say,
"—Simon bears the Cross of the Son of God."
CRACK.
Hearing this, Kamijou's vision suddenly changed drastically.
"…Ah?"
He was hit somewhere near his right shoulder, and a sense of pain struck. After shaking his head, he found that his vision was tilted upside-down, as if his body was hung upside-down by the tail. After his face touched the floor, Kamijou realized that…he was upside down. It took him several seconds for him to realize this phenomenon.
(What just…)
He had been attacked?
But he didn't understand what just happened.
In the past, he knew that 'he was attacked', so he could defend and avoid. But this time, it was different. He couldn't even tell when he was going to be attacked.
A sure kill.
In Kamijou's confused mind, this phrase lodged tightly into him.
Even if he wanted to get up, he didn't have any strength in his hands. Even if he lay down and tried to get up, he would be crushed in an instant.
His mind started to go blank.
At this moment, a little metal sound could be heard, turning Kamijou's consciousness outside.
It was the numerous Crosses colliding in mid-air that was letting out this sound.
"—The Cross reveals the rejection to evil."
With a low sound, the sounds of flesh being hammered and the ice floor being destroyed continued to echo throughout.