Ye Qiyan leaned close to Lisette and sniffed. Apart from the faint scent of shower gel, there was absolutely no other smell.
He looked at this big star called Alice, his eyes filled with suspicion.
Time? Smell?
"Ah, no, not an actual smell. It would be more accurate to describe it as a kind of feeling. The person beside you should have a weapon related to time, which is why I..."
"Stop right there, Miss Alice. What exactly do you want?"
Lisette silently stood by Ye Qiyan's side, her Chrono-Mechanical Armament quietly materializing behind her.
Three spikes of varying lengths waited only for their master's command to launch an attack on Alice.
"I, I, I... I just wanted to say, at that day's concert... you heard what Barr and I, that woman with the centipede, said, right..."
"You guess?"
"But, even if I did hear it, what of it?"
Ye Qiyan put down the half-eaten burger in his hand and snapped his fingers.
Snap—
【Arrogance】and【Bewitchment】
The whispers of a demon echoed through the space.
The power of Arrogance caused the shop staff to involuntarily lower their gaze.
The corner of his mouth lifted slightly.
"A traitor of Abukado, the great singing star, Miss Alice."
Alice's face turned deathly pale.
"I, I..."
"Relax, Miss Alice."
"First, answer a few questions for me. We can discuss the rest... slowly."
The light gradually faded from Alice's eyes.
Her resistance to Bewitchment was even lower than that of many ordinary Train Conductors.
"Okay..."
Her voice was slow, as if she had completely lost herself.
"Hmm? So effective? It's like hypnosis... but, whatever, I'll ask first."
There was really only one thing he wanted to know.
"What was the ability that reversed your talent at the concert that day?"
Reversing a talent... if he could get his hands on such an ability...
His Sublimation might not be limited to just his own items.
"That is a level 13 item... called Reverse Innate. It's a unique consumable item belonging to the BOSS of Abukado."
"When I was still in Abukado, they used me, employing Reverse Innate to launch attacks against cities. It's a power specifically designed to deal with Train Conductors."
"This item... can only be used once every seven days..."
Alice's body trembled.
Her voice also became increasingly slow.
As if she could collapse and faint at any moment.
"A level 13 item? No wonder it's so buggy."
"Speaking of which, things that can affect talents seem to have pretty high levels."
The cube that contained Zhou Shangqing's【Surpass the Stars】was also level 12.
"What is Abukado's goal?"
This was the second question.
The Emperor's Order exists for the sake of Card Sequences, and its members are all Card Sequence holders.
What about Abukado?
Just to cause destruction everywhere?
For an organization with quite a reputation, that would be a bit too low-class.
Alice trembled even more violently.
She seemed to have an innate, deep-seated fear of abilities like Bewitchment.
It was also as if something was preventing her from answering.
But.
This was Bewitchment. This was a demon.
Alice could not withstand this power.
The thing trying to stop it couldn't withstand it either.
Because, this was something Ye Qiyan wanted to know.
"For... for... talents..."
"The members within Abukado... all have talents."
"And the organization's... boss... possesses an item, which is also..."
"Level 13."
"Talented individuals he kills or captures... are made into... food... Eating it grants... one-tenth of... the talent's effect..."
Ye Qiyan frowned slightly.
"A talent that devours others' talents?"
"Emperor's Order, Card Sequences."
"Abukado, talents..."
"That makes sense."
If humans form factions, they must have their own goals.
The existence of talents, while not necessarily rarer than Card Sequences.
But the rarest few among them are more terrifying than Card Sequences.
Whether it's his "Sublimation" or Zhao Lin's "Luck Conservation."
Looking at it this way, is the Emperor's Order weaker than Abukado?
Of course not.
Although Ye Qiyan wasn't clear about others' situations... but who says you can't have a talent while also possessing a Card Sequence?
Furthermore, having a talent doesn't necessarily mean you'll be strong.
Don't forget how his talent was forcibly interfered with by an unknown entity back then.
If he hadn't fought with all his might, choosing self-sublimation instead of stopping out of fear of death, and succeeded in sublimating at the last moment.
His talent would have remained there forever, with no chance to progress further.
"What is the Abukado BOSS's talent?"
A trail of bloody tears streamed from Alice's eyes, as if the power trying to prevent her from speaking was nearing its limit.
But, she still answered:
"I... don't know..."
Thump—
Alice collapsed onto the table, fainting dead away.
Ye Qiyan brought his finger close to her nose.
Still breathing.
"This is the first time Bewitchment has caused a situation like this... no, it's not really related to Bewitchment. Is she... just unable to withstand this type of ability?"
"Forget it, the food here isn't that great anyway."
Summoning a Demon Raven, he had it carry Alice and followed behind as he walked straight out of the burger shop.
She was a star, after all. Leaving her alone here, face covered in blood, was a bit too much.
Ye Qiyan simply took her back to his private room.
His questions had indeed been answered.
So now it was time to properly discuss the price, what kind of price this woman should pay for him not to reveal this matter~
After all, he only said he'd let this great singing star answer questions.
He never said he wouldn't reveal her status as an Abukado traitor.
"Who would have thought someone would actively come knocking to deliver warmth. I'm short on money right now, and as a singing star, she should be pretty rich, right~"
To be honest.
If this woman called Alice hadn't actively sought him out.
He had never even considered revealing her status as an Abukado traitor.
In fact, he had almost forgotten about the whole thing.
But, just then, she came knocking.
"But what was that about the aura of time? I think I forgot to ask about that just now..."
Ye Qiyan muttered a couple of times, looking at Alice who had been tossed onto the sofa by the Demon Raven like a broken doll, and curled his lip.
"Using Bewitchment one more time, she'd probably die, right?"
"So fragile..."
"Forget it, let nature take its course~ I'll wait until she wakes up."
Inside the arena, twelve of the life-and-death battles to advance to the top thirty-two had been completed.
Now, it was precisely Zhao Lin's turn.
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