Damn, temple to temple. What's that chambered in, 308? Heh, well, she still has her face and skull cap, so maybe 223.
I digress. Not sure why some think it went past her, or the exit wound is in her forehead. The attack was 90* from that through both temples. Lots of blood. She certainly APPEARS dead...
I also don't see how some are saying this confirms Freeza is top 300.
The sniper has one more bullet to shoot, another High Ranker about to go down.
I think this is important. The first one being successful and the second one too? I think this piece of trivia will be used somehow in all this with EVK....
I don't think top 300 can regenerate like Piccolo, but that they have many means of surviving something like that. Possible means that come to my mind: an incredibly tough Head, the ability to move internal organs and not get hit in them, having a "real final form" and that Head injury being the injury to its avatar and not its true self, hax healing ofc, illusion bodies such as the Mirotic Guardian, and so on.
No, I don't think Evk particularly has any of those measures, she is vulnerable and Just got deadly injured by Lepavuv, unable to avoid Death by herself right now. No, I don't think Lepavuv takes her rank cause It wasn't a 1 on 1, but something even Bam could pull off against Kallavan, and their Power Gap is Grand Canyon. What I do think is that AA will heal Evk and in gratitude Evk Will become his teacher too. Near Death experience Will change her, as Will give the Ancient Inside the overview on Rak's potential as he looks around for a New host in the meantime that Khun still didn't revive Evk. Both Rak and Khun Will get a ticket for a lesson with Evk for helping her at this dire moment.
The reason I say this is none other than her Sad face as she is hit, meaning this isn't yet the way she is gonna die. Also, Hwaryun is involved in this as her warning took Evk's attention, and Hwaryun doesn't make stupid moves like this. That Lepavuv just wasted half his daily bullets and one Div Commander's life, and is gonna get terminated in a blaze of glory in less than 2 chapters imo.
Can't argue it doesn't
look like she's dead. But a few things piggybacking on your options and other posts. I could see:
- Firefish salvation. Khun could have put a piece of fish in all the big players. Activates at the point of near-death. (he doesn't have to be near)
- Ancient salvation - yes, it can go to a new host but that's probably a PITA. It has every motivation to keep EVK alive. Remember when Gin 'fatally' attacked Aizen, but the Hogyoku preferred Aizen so it just kept him alive?
- Hell salvation - EVK spent time in 'hell' wherever that is. Could have something to do with conquering death somehow. idk
- Forehead seal activation salvation - 'fatal' shot activates 'third eye' chakra for another 'life'? Kind of like how Danzo kept tanking fatal blows but lost an 'eye' each time...
- Ancient fire/life fire that sustains - whether it be from the ancient or from firefish or whatever. We keep hearing about the destructive power and the life-power... wouldn't be surprised if we see this in some form or fashion with the fire-bending main character.
- Phoenix salvation - EVK is 'dead' but rises as a Phoenix... she's either fated to death or overcomes it while burning brilliantly for some time. Flames pour out of her temples lol and she's able to go out in a literal blaze of glory, burning down shit left and right (maybe even the wall).
- It was really a flame clone and YHS/HWR planned ahead.
BUT, it certainly just seems like she's dead. Inglorious but that's war. As mentioned the similarities to the cigarette and Jinsung, it seems her life's extinguished but I guess we'll see. SIU might have just sidelined her for the majority of the war because she is capable of taking on so many people, only to bring her back with an above (or other) method. Or, hell, maybe she's really dead. It just seems sus, and I'm objective enough to admit I'm not a fan of her dying like this so that is probably affecting my view on her not really being dead.
