Corpse Princess, Vol. 13

"Shall we......lend you a hand?"

So says the black cat--Ouri's constant companion who calls him an "ominous death omen." Makina is powerless before an awakened Hokuto, and Ouri is out of options. In this dire moment, the cat appears. Ouri needs the power to escape this predicament, and what he gets is

a startling transformation.

Shikabane kills needed for Corpse Princess Makina Hoshimura to ascend to heaven: 90.