Chapter 14

Lighthead's Dark Side (ライトヘッド・ダークサイド, Raito heddo dāku saido) is the 14th chapter of the Dai Dark manga series.

Characters

 * Zaha Sanko
 * Shimada Death
 * Avakian
 * Hajime Damemaru
 * Misetani Box

Summary
Sanko is held captive under the jurisdiction of The Lord of Enlightenment who is shown to be a crude boss who regularly undermines his subordinates. The Lord of Enlightenment, without any assistance whatsoever, attempts to obtain Sanko's bones for himself. In order to accomplish this, he first tries to use regular ceremonial daggers which prove to be ineffectual, however, and he elects instead to use Light Concentrating Acid. It is described as a liquid that can dissolve any and every kind of substance but cannot be preserved once combined.

With this, Sanko's arm is successfully melted off but so is the restraining device holding him down. Sanko reflexively kicks him into the opposing wall, killing him instantly.

Meanwhile, Shimada and Avakian are infiltrating their temple disguised as one of The Light Head's acolytes. The two are promptly spotted and asked to join The Light Performance. Shimada takes a bowl of a strange substance called Light Soup and head to an altar to bathe in The Rays from The Great Lord of Light. The members start chanting some sacred verses and Shimada requests that Avakian records it for potential later use. Shimada also notices that the other members' heads start shining when this ceremony is conducted.

Later noting that The Light Soup had the scent of death, the pair noclip to a place off-limits to ordinary believers where they discover how exactly this soup is made. Finding spaceling corpses held within large sacks hanging from the wall, they lament that they, personally, won't be able to use these findings for their own purposes. Avakian, however, interjects that they can summon Misetani to this place since it fills out all the requirements.

Box shows up and immediately asks where Sanko is and is informed by Avakian that he requires a new Skin of Darkness in order to save Sanko. He offers the mangled body of Hajime Damemaru in exchange which seems to delight Box.

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