In a shocking turn, after Alma decapitates her, Utsuro swallows a mysterious capsule that allows her head to fully regenerate. She reappears with completely black eyes, revealing her true, eerie form. Key Revelations and Flashbacks

: Finding cracks, tight spaces, and sudden defensive maneuvers to reshape the battlefield. 3. The Artwork and Visual Shock Value

Nearby, Toma kneels over a motionless form: Riko’s jacket, torn, tangled under rubble. Riko herself is alive but unconscious, a burn across one cheek. Toma’s hands shake; he refuses to accept Riko is gone. Kaede orders calm, then exposes a small, humming shard of amber-black resin embedded in the debris — a remnant of the Queen’s pheromone matrix. It pulses faintly, like a trapped heartbeat. The shard draws them like a lodestone; Kaede pockets it despite Toma’s protests.