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The Chains of Discipline slowly retracted, returning to the spatial ripples.
However, the spatial ripples did not vanish. Instead, they expanded, instantly reaching a diameter of four or five meters.
Then, Natsuki, Ikaros, Astrea, Aurora, and Natsuoto—five girls in all—emerged from the spatial ripples together. They stood in a row before Wu Yan, who held Excalibur, and looked ahead.
There were three people there.
The Academy Headmaster lay on the ground, clutching his severed arm, his face twisted in pain.
Standing before the Academy Headmaster was a man dressed as a butler, wearing tinted glasses and glaring at Wu Yan's group with open hostility.
And crouching beside the Academy Headmaster, holding his severed arm, was an elegant youth whose eyes brimmed with killing intent and fury.
They were the head of the Night Party Executive Department, said to be the young master of the Granville Family, who had ordered Wu Yan to kill the Academy Headmaster, and his Automaton, the so-called unfinished Mae Doll named Zhen!
Just now, Zhen had suddenly appeared and attacked Wu Yan, only to be sent flying by Natsuki's Chains of Discipline. Of course, Zhen's true purpose had not been to attack Wu Yan, but to serve as a feint, distracting them long enough to rescue the Academy Headmaster.
Wu Yan and the girls stood amid the scorched earth, facing the youth and Zhen not far away. The atmosphere around them steadily grew more tense.
Looking at the killing intent and anger contained in the youth's eyes as he stared fixedly at him, Wu Yan raised an eyebrow and smiled with blatant mockery.
"I say, Head of the Night Party Executive Department, what exactly is the meaning of this? ..."
The youth stared