SUPERB chapter! That last page was also spoiled for me through Twitter, but no matter, because:
1. Entire action sequence with H2H combat was brilliant. It seems like I can expect choreography to get much better, when it's needed and that's what I'm here for! And the fact that Noerde had Riyo beat in both H2H and Jinki (this one due to being a bad match for her) is rewarding for me. Urana-sensei made me enjoy Noerde "on the screen", without making her annoying, but WITH giving us some potential worldbuilding.
2. So... are guns straight up forbidden in the Pit or just very rare and extremely valuable? I'm hoping for the latter tbh. Riyo might be even keeping it a secret from her comrades and it really tells you something. Does that mean that this fight happens before Zanka vs Jabber resolution? Or was that a red herring and we have 2 people with guns in near proximity to each other?
3. It makes me sad that nobody really wants to talk about this series, when it does cool lore drops and foreshadows future developments - only for shocking page-turns we've already seen against our will on Twitter...