City range

 Vol. 3

If one were to look at the scene from above the sky, they could probably detect that something was amiss.
The area where Kurumi had stepped on, turned dark.
Yes——it was as though the shadow made by Kurumi during her movements had never left the spot at all.
"It's almost, time."
And then, her heels clacked at the floor.
Following that, the circle of darkness at the center of the rooftop, slowly started to expand its surface area.
Swallowing the entire rooftop; reaching out to the outer wall of the school building, eroding the school hall, not long after it covered an entire city area with the school as its core.
"——Kihihi, hihihihihihihihi."
Her lips twisting into a crescent, she let out a laugh.
"Aaah, aaah, Shidou-san, Shidou-san. My dear Shidou-san. Even like this,
do you still intend to save me? Do you still intend to help me?"

 Vol. 7

As though their restraints were removed, the crowd began charging at Shidou and Kurumi. Having tried to maintain some semblance of courage so far, Shidou couldn’t help but cower at the sudden force.
“Ku, Kurumi! This is too dangerous! We have to flee!”
But Kurumi was not moved by it, and stood her ground.
This was to be expected when one thought about it. Shidou’s group was
completely surrounded by a numerous crowd, without room for escape.
“Ku…!”
Everything ends now. The man leading the charge, reached his hand out at the
cornered Shidou--
At the moment he was about to touch Shidou, there was a sudden sound, and he
was sucked towards the ground by an unknown force.
“Eh…?”
Shidou let out a surprised noise -- and immediately pressed his knees.
Seeing the moment when the men were sucked into the ground. A strong sense of
tiredness washed over him.
“This, this is…”
Shidou used his entire body’s weight, before being able to maintain the posture he had before, squeezing out a noise.
Looking in front, the men that had surrounded Shidou, were all on the floor, in painful moans.
And then, the surroundings that were supposed to be lighted by the street lights,
were surrounded by a layer of darkness.
This was a familiar feeling. That’s right. Three months ago - during the period Kurumi attended school, Shidou had experienced it before.
“<City of Devouring Time> …?”
“- Uhe, hehehe. That’s right. It’s good that you remember it, Shidou-san.”
Kurumi twisted her lips, as she looked at Shidou. The left eye that was
emblazoned with a clock, was quickly ticking backwards.
“While it’s also tiring to spread my shadow through a large area, ufufu, there
really aren’t much opportunities to absorb so many people’s [Time]. So let me
make good use of all of you”
“Kurumi, you dare to do such dangerous things…!”
“Ara ara, are you saying it’s better to be captured?”
“Ku…”
Shidou painfully bit his teeth as he walked forward.
“Be… merciful…”
“Mm, mm. I know. With such a large amount, although everybody is affected, on average everybody’s time won’t be heavily affected. There should still be enough time left for everyone”
“...”
There was nothing left except to believe her words. With heavy footsteps, Shidou passed the collapsed followers.