AN: Thanks to NachoC for allowing me to use her story 'Goodbye' as a basis for the follow up sequel, which is this story, and for that I am crediting this upcoming story to her as well o3o

Bayonetta: Umbran Phenomenon

Prologue: Queen of the Forever

Narrator for the prologue – Umi Sonoda

Long ago, there exist two clans…

The Umbra – Overseer of Darkness, and the Lumens – Overseer of the Light; both were in charge of maintaining the balance of the world.

Respected and feared throughout the world, both clans paid great respects towards each other, but neither were they good from the word go.

They both influenced humanity for the best, but also for the worst – they maintain balance while holding 'The Eyes of the World'.

Their rules, however, were questionable.

A member of the Umbra fell in love with a Lumen Sage – a righteous one at that – and conceived a child of both Light and Dark.

The Umbra Witch imprisoned for life, while the Lumen Sage exiled for all eternity.

The Umbra and Lumens believed the 'filthy' union of both light and dark will cause the world to topple, and free will to be destroyed.

Or so that is what they believed – those clichés of 'Dark cannot meet Light' and other nonsense…

The Witch Hunts did happen, but I reckon it was just fear overtaking the Lumen Sages and wanting to 'cleanse the world of darkness' in general – the Umbras were never evil completely.

For if not for those two people, then maybe my life would not have been saved by their 'dear, sweet child' – and perhaps the School Idol industry would never ever got over the devastation either.

The child whom people recognized as Cereza - the Cereza whom had grown up to be the ultimate witch.

She has many names – Angel Slayer, Destroyer of Evil, Slayer of Chaos, Mistress of Guns, The Famed Witch, Overseer of Darkness, the Holder of the Left Eye.

But to me…

She is One of a Kind – the Queen of the Forever.

She is Bayonetta – the Ultimate Umbra.


(Scene cuts over to two feminine figures fighting)

Bayonetta swiftly wasted no time in dual-wielding a pair of Rakshasa blades upon her hands and feet and charged towards the Whisperer of Dementia – Alraune.

The rose-like narcissist who claimed to be 'Ruler of Inferno' unleashed a huge torrent of spiky whips towards her attacker, but Bayonetta swiftly burst into flocks of bat.

"What?" Alraune frowned in shock.

Soon enough, Bayonetta materialized herself back into her original self, pushed her senses to her limits just as time slowed down to a crawl.

"So close!"

A huge wave of purple rippled through the surrounding just as Bayonetta swiftly unleashed two sweeping slashes, two acrobatic flip saws midair, unleashed another double sweeping slashes, followed by a giant pair of purple ethereal blades that struck Alraune down; all these actions down within a fraction of a second in Alraune's view as she yelled in agony and disbelief.

"Impossible, I am far stronger than this!" Alraune shook her head in disbelief as she planted her hands upon the ground, summoning two slime-spitting roses.

Bayonetta's swiftly shot down one rose, much to Alraune's utter disbelief. The latter unleashed several claw shockwaves upon the Umbra Witch, but Bayonetta just flipped out of dangers way.

Upon landing on her feet, Bayonetta was greeted by an approaching spiky whip, but the Umbra Witch smirked and swiftly burst into a flock of bats once more.

"Is that all you got, Alraune? I was expecting much more!"

The Umbra Witch wasted no time in displaying her powers – she swiftly morphed into a crow, spearheaded herself towards Alraune, unleashed two sweeping slashes with her Rakshasas on her hands, and two flipper kick slashes with the Rakshasas on her feet. Three giant energy blades erupted from the ground up and impaled through Alraune's slender body and blasted her away to the far end of the rose battlefield.

Alraune fell onto her knees, gritting her teeth in anger and disbelief; how could she, a demon who possessed so much hatred for Bayonetta's contracted demon – Madame Butterfly – not just overpower the Umbra Witch by sheer hate alone?

Impossible!

"You filthy bitch!" the Whisperer of Dementia snarled as she hulked out – tapping into several energy sources as her body grew bigger, taller, and stronger.

Her lower half of her body grew scaly, akin to that of a dragon, with huge spiky limb, a thick, bony tail with a huge spike upon its tip, and deep red scales that surrounded her abdomen.

What shocked Bayonetta was not Alraune's secondary form.

It was what inside Alraune's abdomen – the power source the Whisperer of Dementia used to hulk out.

For inside held two feminine figures – a long white hair witch of the same Umbran background as her…

And a certain blue hair girl with hazel eyes, rosy cheeks, and wearing what was to be a uniform with the symbol of 'Muse'.

"Jeanne!" Bayonetta's eyes widened, and at once, too, recognized the other feminine figure beside her Umbran Sister.

"Umi…Umi Sonoda of Muse?" Bayonetta continued as she faced Alraune's second form – the Whisperer of Insanity.

"Have you cried for mercy, you may have lived, but now nothing but your last breath awaits you!" Alraune smirked as she continued taunting.

Bayonetta stood still, at first that of slight shock, but swiftly recovered her composure – she was known to have nerves of steel.

Bayonetta danced her way as she proceed to taunt Alraune even further, whipping four blue pistols called 'Love is Blue' – attached upon her hands and her feet.

For years on end, Bayonetta may be a fan of jazz, and anything classy, but Muse had always had a soft spot on her despite their origins as a pop-genre School Idol Team; their upbeat music and rendition of a lot of songs have certainly got the Umbra Witch's attention and eventually, a huge fan as well.

How she got to know them, well, that would be reserved for another chapter to be told.

As for Jeanne, well, what more needed to be said? It was her Umbran Sister, for Queen Sheba's sake!

Her Umbran Sister was at the risk of extinction, and so does Umi Sonoda of Team Muse – Bayonetta is not going to let Alraune go…

Not that easily.

Her voice dropped down several notches; shit's about to get real quickly.

"Then it's going to turn into a bloody coronation." Bayonetta frowned. "Now, release my Umbran Sister, and Umi Sonoda!"

Alraune roared as she swiped in for the kill with her right claw. Bayonetta, however managed to back flip out of harm's way and unleashed a huge aura of purple surrounding her body.

"I hope you like the Climax I am about to give you!" Bayonetta snarled as she activated Witch Time and unleashed her Umbran Climax – several Madame Butterfly's Infernal Weaves fists rocketing out in merciless fashion towards Alraune's abdomen, ending with a massive headbutt from her nemesis Butterfly herself!

Alraune swiftly got back up her feet and attempted to run Bayonetta over, but the Umbra Witch was quick enough to dodge roll over towards the other side. The Whisper of Insanity, however, swiftly attempted to counter the roll by drawing up an Umbra Witch symbol, unleashed a giant spiky whip rocket towards the Umbra Witch, and even unleashed into a song that swiftly turned into streams of aquatic arrows!

All the more Bayonetta was not going to take this down; Alraune was using Jeanne and Umi Sonoda as a power source; with every attack…their chances of survival dwindled.

But she was not going to flare up and lose her cool; she knew she was going to make it, but boy would she punish the Whisperer good with her tranquil fury.

Bayonetta swiftly dodged past the Umbran rocket, swiftly brought out a golden moon-shaped bangle filled with intense arcane magic power, drew a symbol of the Umbran Witch, swiftly timed her blocks with each rapid fire arrows raining upon her, and fully neutralizing it!

"WHAT?" Alraune's voice rose to fervent disbelief, but was swiftly met by a strong head butt from the Angel Slayer herself.

A ripple of purple followed afterwards as Bayonetta swiftly whipped out her Love is Blue and performed a flurry of gun kata moves – sweeping punches, vice grips, break dances, uppercuts, flipper kicks, and even rapid fire fisticuffs - that damaged Alraune heavily within just fractions of a second!

Before Alraune can even get a seconds' thought, Bayonetta swiftly pinned the Whisperer of Insanity down with a pair of Madame Butterfly's hands, suplexed the enemy all over the place, pinned her down towards the other side, exerted her Megaton strength to rip off the left half of the abdomen casing where the souls were kept, and punched the rose demon back.

Bayonetta then stomp on the ground with a heel, unleashing a ginormous hair boot – Madame Butterfly's – and promptly smashing through Alraune's spine!

Unleashing her Umbran Climax once more, Bayonetta danced her way through with enormous sweeping Infernal Weave slashes, uppercuts, cross slashes, and used her Rakshasas upon her legs to summon a giant demonic unicorn with a giant fencing horn.

He had many name, but for one – Severer of the Dark 'Diomedes'.

Diomedes proceeded to unleash a giant cleave that sliced through the armored flesh of Alraune's body, sending her screaming in frenzy.

Within a span of a few more spinning slashes and overhead flipper Infernal Weave slash, Bayonetta swiftly cancelled any delays between her attacks by dodge-cancelling, swiftly kicked her blades high up the air, and summoned Diomedes once more.

This time, however, the Severer of the Dark wasted no time in appearing from just right beneath Alraune's bottom and promptly drilling and impaling her from the ground up, causing immense amount of damage.

A swift slash later, and a huge bat-like demon dive bombed past the Whisperer of Insanity and slammed her on the other end of the battlefield. The bat demon had two sets of wings – one top and one bottom - multiple eyes, sharp teeth, and a pair of sharp horns with special arcane membranes covering it.

With almost no chances of attacking Bayonetta at all, Alraune attempted to unleashed several large claws, followed by a huge tail swing that unleashed a wave of music sonic boom, but Bayonetta burst into a flock of bats, grabbed Alraune by her abdomen, unleashed a duplex towards the ground, and proceeded to rip off another half of the abdomen's casing!

"YOU BITCH!" Alraune roared.

"Well, now look who's talking; claiming that she can be the Queen of Inferno, but nothing more than just a bloodied pulp from a mangled mess! Dreadful!" Bayonetta taunted.

Alraune roared as she threw away all sense of logic, composure, and started to unleash two giant slashes that threatened to tear Bayonetta apart, but the Umbra Witch promptly danced her way through without harm.

Alraune stomped the ground with her left leg, unleashing giant waves of musical notes that materialized into several strands of spiky rose whips, and sending them flying straight towards the Umbra Witch!

"Is that all you got?" Bayonetta grunted as she swiftly utilized her Bat Within ability, activated her Witch Time, and activated her Umbran Climax once more.

The relentless flurry of graceful slices, pirouettes, whirlwind, and cross slashes that impaled, pierced and sliced through Alraune's thick, platy flesh sent the rose demon into abject agony as the Rakshasa drew demon blood with every slice; her grip upon the two souls loosen with every strike.

Bayonetta in Umbran Climax mode swung her dual Rakshasa into the air with a combination of grace and force, summoning the same huge bat demon that ran the Whisperer of Insanity through previously – Mictlantecuhtli. The Bat Demon obeyed the Umbra Witch instantly as it drilled through Alraune from the ground up, slicing and crushing through every bones, membranes, nook and cranny with utmost speed, poise, and brutality that it sent the Whisperer of Insanity through the other side of the wall almost instantly!

Knowing that the rose demon had lost the last of her stamina to hold any of the two souls, Bayonetta summoned Madama's Butterfly's left hand, lunged it towards Alraune's abdomen, and swiftly wringed both Jeanne and Umi's souls out of harm's way. The Whisperer of Insanity's screams pierced through Inferno's skies; the insurmountable pain depowered her back to her Whisperer of Dementia form, as she slumped on the ground and writhe in loathe and agony.

With only minutes left till both Umi and Jeanne's souls expired, Bayonetta swiftly bed them down gently as she attempted to shake them awake by their shoulders.

"Jeanne! Umi! Wake up!" Bayonetta called out, her voice tinged with concern; Jeanne as her Umbran Sister, and Umi as part of Team Muse – one of her most favorite music groups in a list of favorites filled with Jazz.

Upon turning her head to see Alraune attempting to get back up for a second wind despite her injuries, Bayonetta swiftly lost her cool – if only for just a few seconds despite not screaming like the usual berserker whathaveyou – and attempted to unleash a giant left hook with Madama Butterfly's Wicked Weaves. However, a familiar bald-headed man swiftly intercepted the coup de grace with just a raise of his right palm.

The bald-headed has black skin and demonic tattoos upon his head. He wore a pair of matte black glasses, brown leather jacket with a jet black business suit, a pair of dark yellow combat jeans, and a pair of huge brown boots.

Bayonetta frowned slightly.

"Rodin, don't you know I have a score to settle with this rose child?" Bayonetta wondered.

"Damn woman," Rodin sighed as he replied in a deep baritone. "I thought I told you to chill! I know how you feel, but are you seriously gonna get in between a man and his payday? Besides, you have bigger shit to deal with, so let me take care of business as usual, ya dig?"

Bayonetta looked back and saw both Jeanne and the blue hair idol – Umi Sonoda's soul – lying motionless; Rodin was right – there was bigger fish to fry.

Taking out a silver like medallion with black crystals embedded upon it, Bayonetta swiftly attached the artifact upon Jeanne's left chest. The Umbran Watch was the said medallion – the source of an Umbra Witch's immortality – for whoever's soul regained it can get a second chance in life as long as said soul was found.

Bayonetta calmly shook Jeanne and Umi up – knowing that Umi was just a human and therefore did not need any special artifacts to wake her up – it would not be that hard, right?

"Jeanne, wake up! Umi, you blue hair maiden, you too!" Bayonetta shot out.

No response…

"Jeanne, wake up! You're going to be late." Bayonetta persuaded, her voice rose to that of a concerned woman.

"Umi, you're going to be late for Muse's reunion too." Bayonetta attempted to be calm as she tried to shake Umi up, despite being aware that Muse disbanded a few years ago.

Still, no response from either soul…

Concern and panic threatened to break the usually calm and confident Umbra Witch; her voice of concern grew even more as she attempted to shake them up yet again, and her eyes were reduced from confidence to that of anxiousness and near-despair.

For the first time in her life, she was that vulnerable.

"Jeanne! It's time, get up! Umi, you too! The rest of Team Muse must be crying right now and I certainly don't want my favorite singing group to be down with grief, so get up!" Bayonetta shook her head in corncern, unable to accept the fact – the chance – that she might just be off the mark…

A bit too late…by even an inch of a second.

Bayonetta shook her head in disbelief - no, that was not how it was supposed to end, she thought.

The sight of not just one, but two favorites gone, forever?

Perhaps it was something Bayonetta could feel genuine anxiousness and concern for the first time since 500 years ago, before the Umbra Witches' near-extinction and her mother's death.

"Please Jeanne, Umi! Wake up!" Bayonetta shot out, her voice upon the verge of crying; a well of emotion – mainly regret and sadness – on the verge of pouring out like a heartrending fountain.

At first all hope seems to be lost, but seconds later, a huge glow of blue and purple engulfed the ruined battlefield. Bayonetta shielded her eyes and soon perked up upon hearing two distinct moans – a wakeup call.

"Jeanne!" Bayonetta heaved a sigh of relief as she soon switched back to her calm and collected self in a matter of an instant, such was her character – she knew that there was just this tiny bit of hope, no matter how dwindling it maybe.

And hope she did, for the next moment; Umi's soul was stirring up too.

"Cereza…" Jeanne moaned as she stirred up from her sleep, slowly opening up her eyes to her childhood friend and her friendly rival.

"Ugh…w…what happened? Honoka…is it you waking me again?" the blue hair maiden groaned as she rubbed her head, yet when she regained her sight, all she saw was a tall slender woman with short hair.

Bayonetta grunted and simpered. "What do both of you need; a wake up kiss or something?"

Jeanne sighed softly as she attempted to sit up despite her sleep inertia taking over her at the moment; Umi, too weak due to the long sleep, could barely make out the surroundings except for the apparent figure standing right in front of her – it was certainly NOT Honoka, that was for certain!

And wherever she was, it was certainly not a welcoming place either.

"Y…You...Who are you? And…why am I here? And why…why is my whole body translucent purple?" Umi posted many questions in a matter of seconds.

"Heh…the both of you sure aren't much of morning persons, were you two?" Bayonetta calmly snarked while chuckling. "Besides, Umi, I should be the one who should ask you about how the heck you managed to be dragged all the way here."

"I don't know what really happened…all I know was that I was run over by a winged-motif car…and the next thing I know, I was dragged down here…" Umi moaned, still rubbing the sore pain upon her forehead.

"An Irenic…she must have been run over in the same way I almost got ran over in Route 666 while finding my own identity back then." Bayonetta calmly thought.

"Still, how…how do you know my name?" Umi's eyes widened. "And…where is this place, of all things?"

Upon clearing her vision, Umi rubbed her eyes and got a clearer look of the Umbra Witch that stood in front of her and Jeanne.

Jeanne's eyes widened in surprise as she exclaimed, "This…this is…"

She continued after taking a few deep breaths, "Cereza, you came here to…to rescue me? Here? In Inferno? And that girl too?"

Inferno, just the word is enough to set Umi's mind into a cold sweat, for it did not take an idiot to know what Inferno was…

Hell.

Sure…that 'Cereza' might have rescued her, but…to go to Hell, literally, just to rescue both Jeanne and her?

And most importantly…there was a chance that she could have died, completely, were it not for 'Cereza''s timely intervention!

"But…but that's insane." Jeanne looked down, a tinge of shame and relief welling up in her as she looked away. "And I am sure…even the human would know that too."

The Umbra Witch simpered. "You both took the words right out of my mouth, huh?"

Umi nodded weakly; the headache soon returned and disallowed her to think too much. Still, whatever it was, that 'Cereza' figure saved her from the clutches of Hell – and potentially…the grief of Muse's members as well.

At the same time, Umi could hear the distant cries of anguish. Several familiar ones as a matter of fact…

"Honoka, don't, don't you dare cry on Nico!"

"Umi-chan, you were an amazing person! You will always be my best friend! I am sure we will always stay connected, no matter…no matter where you are going to end up!"

Umi shook her head upon hearing a familiar meow, following a huge bawl, as several other girls crying too.

"Nico! Rin! Eli! Honoka! Maki! Hanayo! Nozomi!" Umi shook her head in shock.

And a familiar, high-pitched confession…an anguished confession mixed in with the acceptance of despair.

Kotori.

"No…no…I have to return back, one way or another! Everyone's calling for me…thinking I am dead…My life is not going to end here!" Umi shook her head as tears began welling up her eyes.

"No worries, young lady!" Bayonetta simpered. "It's going to be a matter of time before you end up floating just like Jeanne did and…speak of the devil."

Both Jeanne and Umi's body began glowing as they soon began rising up into the air; a signal of their soul returning to their physical body soon – Jeanne by means of the Umbran Watch, and Umi through the anguished voice of Team Muse.

"Now off you go, Jeanne, make sure you rest well, and no making stops on your way back, you hear?" Bayonetta simpered.

Jeanne simpered in return and nodded softly, with Umi rising up soon after.

"I don't really know who you are, or who might be that friend of yours, but you…you saved me from…from a certain death." Umi shook her head, tears welling up upon her eyes as gratitude welled up upon her chest. "I…thank you."

"Ha…" Bayonetta crossed her arms. "Now, now, no crying unnecessary in front of a lady, yes? For someone who has a refined attitude, you certainly don't look the type when you cry!"

"Still…thank you, thank you very much!" Umi bowed. "Maybe we will have a chance to meet someday, and maybe I will really get the answers there…but for now…"

"For now, focus on getting back to your anguished friends, calm them down, and get some well-needed rest!" Bayonetta instructed calmly. "Like I told Jeanne, there's absolutely no stopping along the way for you! I surely do not one of my favorite music groups to end up croaking in grief now, do we?"

"But…when can we meet again?" Umi wondered, her voice slowly drifted off into the distance.

"We have met before, don't we? You just need time to recollect the memories after you have rest, yes?" Bayonetta winked. "By the by, the name's Bayonetta!"

With a wink of her eyes, Bayonetta sent Umi off to the waking world, the Realm of Humans, to be with the living once more.

There was so much to think about…

Where in the world is Inferno?

Is there really such a supernatural place called Hell, or was it just some folk's tale?

Why all of that supernatural bull all of a sudden?

And how did Bayonetta knew about Honoka?

"Damn…my head is too heavy to think about anything at the moment…just be glad that I can finally…" Umi shook her head and cried silently in relief.


Upon the realms of the living…

Tears of grief and sorrow flowed through Kotori's eyes as they drizzled through the assumed dead face of Umi.

"So, that's why…Goodbye, Umi-chan. I love you…Umi-chan…"

As the hazel-hair woman kissed her supposed lover upon her forehead, with all of her passion, with all of her might…

A flash of blue engulfed the entire hospital!

"W, Wait, what the heck?" Rin shielded her eyes as she yelped.

Everyone reacted by shielding their eyes through the blinding light, but as soon as the blinding light faded...

"Mmmm…"

Umi's fingers began twitching, and her closed eyes began moving…

Moving, as if it were alive.

"Wait…wait…Umi, Umi is moving? UMI IS MOVING! UMI IS MOVING!" Rin's voice rose to a fervent pitch as her eyes clearly saw what happened.

The few seconds – or rather minutes – were rather automatic; the doors burst open, the Team Muse members rushed outside to inform the nurses and doctors of the 'miracle', doctors came rushing in, even shooing the Team Muse members out just so they can conduct their work properly amidst the shock…

Everything was just chaos…but a good kind of chaos.

"U…Umi is alive!"

"What? HOW? But the autopsy said that she's…"

"Make it null and void! It is clear that the patient's sign is running normally!"

"Someone inform both Mr and Mrs Nishikino immediately!"

An hour later…

"This is…is…impossible!" Mrs Nishikino frowned in disbelief. "Not that I am unhappy about Umi's recovery; I am relieved…elated even…but how?"

"W…Who's the one who saved you? Tell me! Tell me!" Kotori elatedly shook Umi, much to the latter's chagrin. "I want to give her a proper thank you; though I don't think even that would be enough!"

"I don't know…someone by the name of Cereza – still it is all rather vague to me. It happened so fast, me getting ran over…ending up in 'Inferno', getting trapped by someone named 'Alraune', and being rescued by that 'Cereza' along with her friend Jeanne." Umi sighed softly. "It all seems to be so fast-paced…or maybe my mind is just blurred from the injuries I have been getting."

"But what about the specifics, nya?" Rin shot out.

"I guess I can sort of describe it; a tall, slender woman – she looked intimidating though…with pistols upon her feet and all. Black hair…and even had a pair of butterfly-themed glasses somehow." Umi tried her best in describing it. "I'm sorry, that's the best I can come up with…"

"Woah…hold up! How is there someone who held guns upon her feet and even in arms? Wouldn't that violate gun safety laws in general?" Mrs Nishikino wondered.

"Sorry, Mrs Nishikino…I am just describing what I have seen – I have no intention of lying." Umi shook her head.

"I am not certainly accusing you…" Mrs Nishikino chuckled sheepishly, and then frowned slightly. "Still…if that is what you really described…"

"Mom, do you happen to know something that we don't know?" Maki wondered.

Mrs Nishikino shook her head and denied what she was thinking. "Nonono, not really. I was just thinking that it's nearly impossible for a person to hold guns…on feet."

"Did she said that we have met somewhere before? She seemed to be a kinda person who knows her place!" Honoka shot out.

"Now that you said it…she did say that we have met her before…and that she also remembered you as well, Honoka." Umi lowered her head.

"But…that doesn't make any sense still…" Honoka pouted.

The whole of Team Muse sighed…

"Whoever she was, we definitely own that gun-toting, bespectacled woman gratitude…" Nozomi sighed. "To go through Hell and back, literally, just to save you; that is something only a madman could think up of!"

"It is still unbelievable that such supernatural things exists…but..I guess there is no other ways to explain this…this miracle." Kotori relented, smiling sadly. "Whoever that Bayonetta was…"

Mrs Nishikino simpered as she quietly made her leave, living Team Muse to celebrate Umi's miracle.

As Mrs Nishikino returned to her office room, she sat upon her armchair and looked up upon the night skies; a full moon shone brightly across the skies in all of its majestic glory, emanating its usual mysterious aura.

"So…Inferno is real after all…" Mrs Nishikino frowned. "That means Paradiso, The Gates of Hell, and even Purgatorio exists too…"

The mother of Maki Nishikino sighed as she looked at an old group photo. In the photo there were three distinct people out of the ten – a small young child wearing a multi-colored scarf and a brown jacket, an middle-aged man with white beard and wearing a green and brown scarred jacket suit, and just right beside the child…was Mrs Nishkino herself – when she was just 18; she was now 38.

Twenty years have passed since the group photo…since Mrs Nishikino herself was an archeological medic before becoming a full-fledged medic.

"So your ramblings on there being the Trinity of Realities ain't a hoax after all…guess all our work ain't for nothing." Mrs Nishikino sighed deeply in relief. "About time too…getting sick and tired of the 'dark is always evil' sort of crap I have been seeing in movies these days….Antonio-sensei."

Just how did Bayonetta knew about Honoka and co?

With Team Muse – the pioneer of the ever so popular Love Live competition – saved from sorrow thanks to Umi's miracle revival, how will others react in a world where supernaturals were already happening?

Just why Maki's mother knew so much about the Trinity of Realities?

What was really Mrs Nishikino's previous profession before becoming a full-fledged owner of a private hospital?

And most importantly…

Who was that Irenic that 'killed' Umi anyway?

So many questions will be answered within the chapters to come…

Next episode: We meet again?! Bayonetta and Team Muse!