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"Actually, the ones Lady Patchouli and Miss Alice liked weren't that Black and White Rat, but you, Lord Bai!"
That earth-shattering statement made the entire battlefield-like chaotic scene fall into an utter stillness, as if time itself had stopped.
The fist crackling with blue-white arcs of electricity came to an abrupt halt just before it could strike Marisa's face. Its momentum remained, and the wind from the punch blasted across Marisa's face, sending her dazzling golden hair flying wildly.
Looking at the fist hanging less than five centimeters before her, a bead of cold sweat slid down Marisa's cheek.
Wu Yan no longer paid attention to Marisa. He turned toward the source of the voice outside the barrier. His face, which had been grim and ugly under the influence of negative emotions, was now filled with astonishment.
As for Patchouli and Alice, their pretty faces shifted from green to white, black to blue, before both finally turned a rose-red flush.
Not only Patchouli and Alice, but even Remilia and Flandre, who had come along with them, could barely react. Their eyes widened as they looked toward the culprit who had uttered those words.
Sakuya!
Those words had come from none other than the head maid famed for her perfect elegance!
And judging by Sakuya's somewhat stiff expression, she had clearly shouted it out in a moment of desperation.
Of course, a desperate shout was still a desperate shout. But Sakuya had not said it without thinking.
Naturally, Wu Yan, whose mind was currently filled with negative emotions, could not possibly understand Sakuya's reasoning. He stared at her outside the barrier in bewilderment.
"What you said... is it true?..."
Everyone present immediately turned their eyes toward Sakuya.
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