“That’s the Magic Cube’s Power!”
The spatial shift didn’t cause any tension between the two girls.
Su Qingyu instantly recognized the true nature.
“Don’t worry, this kind of Spatial Structure Change can’t directly harm people.”
Bai Xia nodded slightly, a dark glimmer flickering in her eyes.
Through her Vision Ability, she had already seen the person using the Magic Cube hiding just behind the corner, but she didn’t make a sound, instead drawing her attention back to the Gray-Clad Man.
“Su Qingyu.”
The girl reported some information.
“He isn’t wearing earplugs.”
Su Qingyu immediately understood and brought the Melodica to her lips.
Bzzz–!
Bai Xiaoya shook her head, feeling a bit uncomfortable, while Bai Xia was momentarily paused.
“How is it, did it work?”
The girl had just recovered from her stiffness and immediately asked her companion, but she noticed Su Qingyu’s expression was very grave.
Looking toward the Gray-Clad Man, she saw he was still moving leisurely.
“His affected time is about the same as mine?”
Bai Xia asked.
“No.”
Su Qingyu bit her lip.
“He isn’t affected at all.”
Even less than Bai Xiaoya.
Maybe he has a mysterious item with resistance effects, or there’s a small chance that he himself is problematic.
Su Qingyu couldn’t decide, so she didn’t make a move.
But Bai Xia directly pulled out a Poker Card.
“Your Melodica’s rank is too low. Let me hit him with this—it’s sure to work.”
With that, she threw out a King of Hearts.
The basement’s space began shifting again.
Under the power of the Magic Cube, although it could only move one grid at a time, each shift was very fast, so the Poker Card’s speed was a bit slow.
“Tch.”
The girl pulled out a Queen of Spades.
“Too far. We need to get closer.”
Su Qingyu held her ground, grabbing Bai Xiaoya’s hand.
Although she didn’t know why Bai Xia suddenly charged ahead, she knew that her teammate was “cunning and scheming” and definitely not a mere brute…woman.
So when she rushed forward, her own role was to protect the big-breasted girl.
Click!
Click!
The sound of mechanisms was extremely loud.
The room kept shifting under the Magic Cube’s power.
Su Qingyu and Bai Xiaoya remained in the same grid, which was still safe, while Bai Xia danced between grids.
Or perhaps “hurdling” would be a better description.
During the spatial shifts, things occasionally appeared to block Bai Xia’s path—tables, chairs, stools, some old furniture—but Bai Xia was never stopped. She either kicked them aside or vaulted right over them.
She didn’t have Su Qingyu’s lightness, but her double arm strength easily let her hoist herself over obstacles.
“This woman’s strength is insane. Damn, and she hasn’t even used the Pocket Watch!”
The Magic Cube user hid behind the corner, stealthily observing the situation while supporting the Leader, constantly pushing the girls’ grid away to prevent them from approaching the Leader.
Wrong, wrong, all the intel is wrong!
Su Qingyu doesn’t only have the Magic Flute and Melodica, and Bai Xia doesn’t only have the Pocket Watch.
And what the hell is that mysterious Deal Ability!
Strictly speaking, being good at cards is like juggling—not exactly some big deal.
But her cards are too strong and forceful.
After several flips and rolls, Bai Xia finally closed some of the distance. Taking advantage of the spatial change, she pulled out two cards, one in each hand, ready to throw.
The Magic Cube immediately tensed, frantically twisting the device in his hands.
Swish—
Click!
The grid where the Gray-Clad Man stood moved aside, and the card plunged deep into the wall, revealing half a Three of Diamonds symbol—enough to show the girl’s strength.
That was close.
The Magic Cube wiped sweat from his forehead, a bit relieved, and then thought of something else—why the Three of Diamonds?
After all that running, just to throw a pair of threes?
Wait, the other card…
A sharp pain shot through his arm.
He screamed, nearly dropping the Magic Cube.
A card was embedded in the wall behind him, most of its black-and-white Joker face exposed, stained with blood.
Joker Card.
Because he was hiding, the aim wasn’t perfectly precise; the Joker Card only sliced his arm, not deeply enough to immobilize him.
Still, the halted spatial movement proclaimed its victory.
“Impressive, Bai Xia.”
Su Qingyu was the first to realize.
“Feint to the east, strike to the west—rough on the surface, but detailed inside!”
It looked like she was blindly charging at the Gray-Clad Man, but her true target was the hidden Magic Cube holder.
“She couldn’t paralyze the enemy, but that’s fine,”
Bai Xia retreated to the girls’ grid, pulling out the Pocket Watch.
“As long as it hits, it’s enough.”
Just wait one minute.
Now, forty seconds left…
The Magic Cube user, seeing her actions, realized his own situation.
He clutched his bleeding arm.
“Leader, what do we do?”
He said.
The Joker Card on the wall seemed to mock him, its face burning.
“Execute Operation Death Crow.”
Whether it was Bai Xia’s charge or the long-range Poker Card attack, the Gray-Clad Man never made any big moves, always strolling calmly in place, never leaving his grid.
It was so obvious it was like “I have a trump card” was written on his face.
So when he finally said those words, all three girls became alert.
Bai Xia pulled them into another grid nearby.
She didn’t know if it would help, but standing still was not an option.
“Alright, your turn, Death Crow!”
The Magic Cube shouted from behind the corner.
He let go of his wounded arm and gripped the device tightly again.
The rush of adrenaline made him forget the pain as he twisted it in a specific direction.
A few minutes ago, when he learned the contents of Operation Death Crow, he felt anxious and uneasy, thinking it was somewhat inhuman.
But when the Joker Card stabbed the wall, its ghost face laughing at him, only one thought remained.
“Kill them! Death Crow, kill them!”
Click. Click.
This time, the mechanism’s sound was excruciatingly slow.
A closed room, not originally here, was moved in.
The door opened, and a dozen ordinary members were thrown out like garbage, scattered across the floor.
“Ouch.”
“Who…who did this?”
“Let me go! I never agreed to hand over my life to you!”
The scene was chaotic.
But except for Bai Xiaoya, the other two girls ignored the rest, focusing only on the person with a white gauze-wrapped face.
He emerged from the room with the ordinary members, but his presence was entirely different.
Though his expression was hidden, his eyes blazed with fanaticism.
“You’re Death Crow?”
Su Qingyu probed.
“Your last resort?”
Bai Xiaoya’s eyes lit up.
She felt like she was about to say those two words herself.