Long story really short: Nikki met styling angels, one of them stabbed her in the back, Mercury shoved an ancient evil god up his ass and caused a world war to break out.
what the fuck happened in shining nikki while i was gone. i stopped playing in late 2022 but even then i stopped paying attention at around the start of volume 2. so i've been trying to catch up a bit and every single thing i learn just makes me have to set my phone aside and just. think. like seriously what the fuck