I'm going to kill everyone who calls me Hill.

"Seele, this is Rodin, a mutual friend of Bayonetta and me." Enzo turned and introduced Seele.

"Hello, sorry for disturbing you with your sudden visit."

Xier greeted politely.

"Hello."

Rodin answered with a look of indifference.

Enzo whispered beside Xier: "Don't look at him like that, he's actually quite out of tune... Ouch! Damn it!"

Just as Enzo was talking to Xier with a sly grin, a silver dinner knife stabbed straight into Enzo's leg.

"Humph!" Rodin snorted coldly and looked at Enzo and said, "I heard everything."

"Well... don't be angry, doesn't this make you look more friendly..." Enzo said quickly from the bottom of his heart.

"If you have anything to say, please tell me now. I have a business to do."

"By the way, the table is on your account."

Rodin picked up another cup and began to wipe it slowly.

"you!!"

Enzo pointed at Rodin angrily for a long time, but he couldn't say a word.

"Okay... I'll just ask straight away, where is Bayonetta?"

Enzo asked awkwardly.

"Bayonetta?"

Hearing this familiar name, Rodin was stunned for a moment, then said, "Didn't she go to cause trouble for the sage?"

"So where is she?" Enzo said, spreading his hands.

"do not know……"

"That's right. If you're happy, I'm happy too. It's a win-win situation, right? Wait a minute!"

Enzo's smile froze on his face for a few seconds, then he stared at Rodin and asked, "You said you didn't know?"

"Yes, she hasn't come to my place for quite a long time."

Rodin spread his hands, as if he hadn't seen Bayonetta for a long time.

"Then let me ask, where is Theresa?"

Xier didn't pay attention to what Rodin said, then stared at Rodin and asked.

"Theresa? Who is Theresa?"

Enzo was stunned. Who was this person with a beautiful name?

"Oh?"

Rodin's eyebrows raised again, and he looked at Xier in silence for a long time. Although he was wearing sunglasses, Xier could clearly feel that Rodin was looking at her.

After seemingly taking a thorough look at Xier, Rodin spoke.

"She should be in Champagne Island now."

"Ok, thanks."

"Ah? Aren't you looking for Bayonetta?"

Enzo stared blankly at the interaction between Xier and Rodin. He felt like an outsider.

"Tsk tsk, there are some things even you don't know."

Rodin mocked Enzo wantonly, and when Enzo heard what Rodin said about him, he immediately started to quarrel with him. The relationship between the two had already surpassed that of ordinary people, reaching a level that ordinary people could not reach. The two were now even inferior to elementary school students.

“Champagne Island?”

Xier didn't pay attention to the two people's quarreling in her ears, but thought about this place carefully.

Since Rodin knew Theresa's name, it meant that he knew Bayonetta's true identity. Bayonetta said that she went to find the sage, which meant that Champagne Island was the sage's territory.

Xier thought about the gem in her hand again. It seemed that she had to go somewhere, but she didn’t know where that place was.

Just as Xier was thinking hard about how to get there, Rodin, who was arguing with Enzo, suddenly turned around and said, "Let me give you a ride."

"what?"

Xi'er was stunned for a moment. Give her a ride? How?

"You just stand there."

Rodin grabbed Enzo with one hand, then lifted him up like a chicken, then drew a circle in front of him with his free left hand.

Just when Xier was curious, a small blood-red magic circle suddenly appeared under her feet.

“Have a nice trip.”

Rodin waved his hand and continued arguing with Enzo.

Before Xier could even utter her question, she turned into a streak of light and disappeared into the store.

Looking at the disappearing Xier, Rodin let out a deep breath.

(Fuck, that crazy woman can be so quiet sometimes?)

Chapter 48: The Final Battle (Bayonetta's POV)

"Drink!!"

On the top floor of the Avada Group, the battle between Bayonetta and Balder continues.

Balder was like a proud peacock, standing high in the sky, with the eight feathers behind him constantly pointing towards Bayonetta below.

Bayonetta below was trying her best to resist Balder's attack. She was like a butterfly dancing in the hail of bullets. Even though Balder's attack was swift, Bayonetta was still able to escape from this airtight attack.

At the same time, Bayonetta was not just dodging. Her four pistols danced with her body and kept firing. The bullets always hit Balder from unexpected places.

However, Balder just smiled at the bullets and stopped all the bullets in front of him with a wave of his hand.

"Tsk..."

Bayonetta smacked her lips without any grace when she saw this scene. The sage and the witch were like symbiotic twins, the abilities that one had, the other also had, but the witch was more inclined to time, while the sage was more inclined to space.

However, the Balder in front of her seemed to have a cheat code. Not only did he have strong spatial abilities, but his time abilities were also extremely strong.

She used Witch Time to stop time several times and then launched attacks, but all of them were cracked by Balder. Her Witch Time could not last for more than a few seconds in front of him, let alone defeat him.

"Hahaha, so powerless..."

Balder covered half of his face and laughed wildly, his eyes full of mockery.

"Is this all you have power?"

Balder roared and dived towards Bayonetta. Bayonetta didn't dare to resist and quickly transformed into a black panther to avoid Balder's direct attack.

"Well!"

However, Bayonetta did not expect that Balder had already calculated his own trajectory. The next moment when she turned back to the world, Balder teleported in front of her. Before she could react, Balder grabbed her throat and lifted her up.

"Game over."

Balder looked at Bayonetta and said calmly.

"Yeah……"

A trace of red crept up Bayonetta's face and her breathing was becoming difficult, but there was no fear in her eyes.

Bayonetta punched hard to the side with her right fist. Just as Balder was puzzled, a magic circle appeared beside him. A huge fist with butterfly-like patterns directly knocked Balder away. This was the incarnation of the demon Lady Butterfly who had a contract with Bayonetta.

"Cough cough..."

Bayonetta fell to the ground and coughed softly twice, then stomped her feet hard on the ground. Another magic circle appeared under Balder. Madam Butterfly appeared again and kicked Balder into the sky.

“You~~…”

Just as Balder was about to fight back, he was frozen in the air by Bayonetta.

Bayonetta used all her magic power to maintain the witch time, so naturally she did not summon the devil to devour Balder's magic power. But Bayonetta did not intend to do so.

She took out a delicate lipstick from her bosom, stuffed it into her pistol, and pointed it in the direction of Balder.

'boom! '

The lipstick shot out from the muzzle and flew straight towards Balder.

It's not that Balder is unable to think at this time. Although his body is imprisoned, his consciousness is extremely clear. That's why he can see clearly the lipstick that Bayonetta stuffed into the gun.

"Rosa..."

Balder murmured softly, but he couldn't say the words because time stood still.

Of course he recognized the lipstick. It was a gift he gave to Bayonetta's mother Rosa. When Rosa died, the only relic she had was this lipstick.

"Don't bother witch!"

As Bayonetta spoke, the lipstick finally appeared in front of Balder.

'boom'

The lipstick hit Balder's forehead hard, and even sank halfway into it. At this time, Bayonetta finally couldn't maintain the witch time, and time began to flow again.

"May Jubilee bless you!"

Balder's eyes were filled with reluctance and calmness, as well as a hint of barely perceptible relief. However, Bayonetta did not see these. Seeing that he had already been defeated, Balder slowly closed his eyes, whispered the last words, and fell outside the building along with the rubble.

"Pretty!"

The moment after Bayonetta ended the battle, Luca, a girl who had been offline for a long time, ran out from somewhere.

"Why do you always come out of strange places?"

Bayonetta looked at the laughing girl speechlessly, then turned and walked towards little Theresa who had been lying quietly beside her.

She was hypnotized by Balder before the two started fighting, and she did not wake up even though the battle was so fierce.

Bayonetta gently picked up Theresa, touched her hair and removed Balder's magic. The little girl slowly opened her eyes in her arms, and looked at Bayonetta with a little sleepiness in her big eyes.

"little one. I'll take you home."

Bayonetta said as she took out the jewel she always carried with her - the Left Eye of Darkness.

"Ok?"

As soon as Bayonetta took out the gem, she keenly discovered that the gem she had been carrying had become much dimmer, but this did not affect its ability.

Bayonetta held Theresa in one hand and pointed the gem at a glass with the other.

The light of the gem flickered, and when Bayonetta could see clearly again, she had arrived in an old-style bedroom.

Gently placing Theresa on the bed, Bayonetta touched her head again.

"Did you find what you were looking for?"

Theresa suddenly opened her eyes and asked.

"Hmm? ...Yeah, I found it..."

Bayonetta was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Well, goodbye...Thérèse."

"Click, click!"

The sound of a mirror shattering was heard, and Bayonetta returned to her own time.

"Finally... it's done."

"Ahhhhh!!"

Just as Bayonetta was about to leave with Luca, a familiar voice came from the sky.

"Xie'er?"

Bayonetta looked carefully and found that it was her little waitress, Seele, in the sky.

"Hey!!! Bayonetta!!!"

Seele screamed, then fell towards Bayonetta without slowing down.

"Snapped"