Kyoko and Eris

Kyoko's possession enters a critical phase. Eris, whose presence is amplified by the Sanctuary crisis, tightens her grip until Kyoko is little more than a silhouette within her own consciousness. Shoko still perceives her sister in fleeting moments — a gesture, an inflection of voice — but those flashes grow rarer.

An unexpected link is revealed between Eris' threat and the fake Pope's machinations: the two crises are not independent. Eris exploits the chaos sown by the fake Pope to extend her influence, and vice versa. Saori — caught between these two threats — becomes aware that her survival depends as much on the Saintia in the shadows as on the Bronze Saints fighting for her.