"Splash!" Yet the faint but steadfast sound of flowing water kept Homura Akemi's panic going.
Homura Akemi was shocked to discover that the illusory river before Chen Luo was still flowing relentlessly.
It was a sight Homura Akemi had never seen before.
Even against the most vicious Witches Homura Akemi had encountered, even the Night of the Witches, her Time Stop Ability had remained effective.
Chen Luo held himself still, pretending he could not move, trying to spare Homura Akemi some dignity.
As for the River of Time, Chen Luo could not help Homura Akemi with that, because even he could not make the River of Time stop flowing.
It was precisely because he did not want to embarrass Homura Akemi that Chen Luo pretended to have been frozen by time.
But Homura Akemi herself did not seem to care much about the dignity Chen Luo had spared her. Instead, she was excessively wary of the River of Time.
Homura Akemi instinctively took a step back, but the next moment, something even more astonishing happened.
"Jingle!" A wind chime rang.
The shadow of time that had shrouded everyone was immediately dispelled. Yakumo Yukari pushed open the door and entered. After glancing at the three Qiu Bi floating atop the River of Time, she paid them no further attention.
Chen Luo must be fooling a newcomer again.
Yet Yakumo Yukari did not realize just how shocking her appearance was to Homura Akemi.
"Cough, cough, cough!" Homura Akemi had no time to be surprised, because she felt as though someone had heavily punched her in the chest.
Though her barely developed chest had not been flattened by the blow, Homura Akemi felt awful.
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