“Sion?! What happened?!”

Concerned, he immediately ran to her side...and suddenly fell. His face was blank, utterly confused by having tripped over nothing. Then he screamed. Howling in pain, his hands went to his right ankle.

“But...how...?”

It was the same thing Sion was experiencing. Youichi had been attacked in the exact same way. But he didn’t have the same kind of resistance that she did. There was no way he would manage after losing his ankle like that.

He used his left hand to press down on his right foot next. Everything that had happened to her was now happening to him. Why? How was it even possible? Sion couldn’t explain it. And then she remembered. She had summoned a man in a lab coat who had known Yogiri. He had exploded soon after she brought him to this world. She hadn’t known why at the time, but she was starting to understand it now. Yogiri could use his powers through other people.

“What is this?”

Sion shuddered. Aoi had said earlier that the world was as good as dead. Sion had written her off as having lost her mind, but she was finally beginning to comprehend her fellow Sage’s words.

“My foot...my hand!” Youichi was in agony. He was screaming as he lost parts of his body bit by bit.

Watching him slowly dying before her, Sion finally gave in.

After a short while, just as Yogiri had predicted, Sion returned.

“Please...don’t hurt Youichi anymore.” The way she sat on the ground and begged him made her look somehow pathetic.

“I said right from the beginning that I just wanted to talk. If you answer my questions, I won’t hurt anyone.” Now that she was back, Yogiri was satisfied. “I’m sure you’ve figured it out, but I can kill you no matter where you go, and I can attack anyone you’ve seen.”

“Your words are beyond terrifying!” Hanakawa interjected. “Wait, does that mean I am also at risk?”

“Don’t worry; you aren’t a target, Hanakawa. I can only do that while I’m in Phase 2.”

-Volume 4 pages 225 and 226