Chapter 40

*For the later chapter with the same title, see Parting (Chapter 65).*

## Chronology

**Parting** (别離, *Betsuri*) is the 40th chapter of *Plunderer* manga.

## Plot

Due to the unexpected appearance, Licht Bach cries and said he couldn't believe that Sakai Tokikaze is still alive. The Special Service's agent then reminds Licht that Hina Farrow's life is still in danger. As the agent is afraid at Tokikaze's appearance, he tried to report Schmelman Bach about him and ask him to deal with Tokikaze. However, the agent came out a better plan than reporting the news to his lord, which is forcing Licht to kill Tokikaze for a second time to save Hina's life. The agent also stated he will watch over them inside the dimension world so he shouldn't try to harm him. When Tokikaze is about to draw his sword, Licht told him to stop and claimed that he will buy time while finding a way to save Hina. However, Tokikaze said that he already moved his sword and slashed the agent in an instant. After the agent was slashed into half and is about to die, he wondered how Tokikaze managed to move faster than a light and slashed through the dimensions effortlessly.

After Tokikaze killed the Special Service's agent, Licht can't believe that he murdered a person, although he claimed that he isn't in a better position to scold Tokikaze either. Soon, Tokikaze hugged Licht which makes Licht cries and apologizing for almost killed him 300 years ago. Tokikaze then took three original Ballots from Licht and asked him if he intent to let Althea fall into the ground, and Licht answered with yes and most of his friends supports him as well. Tokikaze draws out his sword, claiming that Licht is his enemy as his goal would interfering his plan. As soon as Tokikaze shown his hostility, Hina immediately thrown Licht's Ballot to him for defending himself. However, Licht couldn't block Tokikaze's attack and received tons of damage due to his immense speed and fall down. After Licht falls, Tokikaze begin his conversation with Schmelman via the agent's phone, declaring the Abyss will invade Althea and let them tatse the same despair as the citizens of Abyss, so Schmelman should protect his "garden" from Licht to prevent the land falling to the ground. After the declaration, Tokikaze prepared to return to the Abyss while kidnapping Hina. Licht stands up and asks Tokikaze about what he would do to Hina, Tokikaze simply stated that he will heal her injuries with the limited medical support he has from Abyss, while also claiming that she may die inside the Abyss due to lack of resources to live. Tokikaze then asked Licht what does he feel when his loved one got stolen by the others, in which he couldn't answer as he was enraged. Licht's anger just proven Tokikaze's point that if they lost someone, they only wanted revenge rather than living happily with the others. Tokikaze then slashed Licht again with his "Blink Strike", stated he had made his full preparation to counter Licht's speed of flash by training alone with hatred for 300 years long. After Licht's defeat, Hina cries and wanted to save him but Tokikaze don't allow her to do that.

After Tokikaze kidnapped Hina and returned to the Abyss, the land starts raining while injured Licht remembering his childhood memories with Tokikaze. He remembered how he was adopted by Tokikaze's grandmother in the same raining day and his first meeting with Tokikaze. While living together, Licht always caused troubles around which led to him and Tokikaze being punished by their grandmother. As the Sakai brothers became older, Tokikaze informed Licht that he will enter the military school as the war is about to start. After Tokikaze left home, his grandmother requested Licht to bring him back home while crying, as she doesn't want to see Tokikaze become a murderer. Back in present, while enraged, Licht tries to stand up and screamed Tokikaze's name.

## Characters

By order of appearance:

* Licht Bach
* Sakai Tokikaze
* Hina Farrow
* Special Service General
* Firenda (flashback)
* Jail Murdoch (mentioned)
* Nana Bassler (mentioned)
* Sonohara Mizuka (mentioned)
* Lyne Mei (indirectly referenced)
* Gespenst Zerlegen (indirectly referenced)
* Schmelman Bach (Clone)