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The chapter opens not on Earth, but in the ethereal, crumbling remains of the Mamodo World’s throne room. We see Gorm , the enigmatic and powerful entity who stole the memories and powers of the Mamodo, seated upon a throne made of crystallized amber. His form is still obscured, a silhouette of jagged edges and glowing violet veins. He is not gloating; he is calculating.

Zatch closes his eyes. Instead of forcing lightning, he focuses on the feeling of protecting his friends. The phantom Brago lunges—and Zatch catches its fist. Not with electricity, but with raw will. The phantom cracks, revealing a sliver of the real Brago trapped inside, screaming silently.

The scene shifts to Zatch, now physically a young teen (about 15 in human appearance), wandering a strange, warped version of the human world—a pocket dimension created by Gorm’s magic. He is alone, but he feels Kiyomaro’s presence like a faint heartbeat.

Back on Earth, Kiyomaro and Suzy are ambushed by a new type of enemy: a Belgim E.O. Sentinel . It’s a humanoid construct of black iron and violet energy, its face a blank mask except for a single, weeping eye. It speaks in a distorted chorus of voices—the stolen voices of the Mamodo. zatch bell 2 chapter 3

“It’s not working,” he mutters. “Three years of research since they were taken. The book won’t reignite because the connection isn’t just power—it’s memory . The Mamodo don’t remember us, so the spells won’t return.”

He’s interrupted by a knock. It’s Suzy Mizuno , now a tenacious investigative journalist. She’s one of the few humans who still believes the “Mamodo incident” wasn’t a mass hallucination. She hands Kiyomaro a worn photograph of the old gang: Zatch, Tio, Kanchome, Ponygon, and the others.

He encounters a shadowy doppelgänger of Brago (who, in reality, is still a brainwashed servant of Gorm). The phantom Brago doesn’t speak—it attacks with a corrupted, jagged version of Gravirei . Zatch tries to use Zakeru , but only a weak spark of static emits from his hands. The chapter opens not on Earth, but in

“Return the golden book’s echo. The King’s heir must not awaken.”

A close-up of Zatch’s hand reaching for the bell’s rope. His fingers tremble. Then, a tear rolls down his cheek—and the bell chimes once, silently, sending a shockwave across dimensions.

Kiyomaro’s eyes widen. Zatch is communicating. Somehow. The chapter ends on a double-page spread: Zatch, standing on a cliff in the pocket dimension, looking up at a colossal, cracked bell floating in a void sky. Behind him, the shadows of all 100 Mamodo children—trapped, asleep, frozen in crystal. He is not gloating; he is calculating

In his hand, he holds a pulsating orb of black light—the sealed "Core of Answers," the very essence of the Answer-Talker ability that once belonged to Zatch’s mother. He crushes it slightly, and a scream echoes through the void. It’s Clear Note (the former final antagonist), now reduced to a ghost-like, whispering servant bound to Gorm’s will.

“I can’t fight like this,” Zatch pants, dodging a crushing gravity wave.

Kiyomaro doesn’t flinch. He pulls out a strange device—a modified cell phone that emits a frequency that disrupts Gorm’s control over minor constructs. It buys them ten seconds.